Houston Ventures III Management, LLC
Micro VC, based in Houston, Texas, reporting $27.1M of fund assets across 2 funds.
Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.
4 additional co-investors and affiliates, 1 verified contact (1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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Nothing material in the last 180 days.
People to know
View all people- Member And ManagerWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
- Member And ManagerWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
5 connected entities
From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.
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Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.
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Investing
8 companies on record, 2 new in 12 months
Investments on record
What these amounts mean“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.Acquired, Public, Exited and Active are what the firm’s own portfolio card says, read on the date shown when you hover the chip; they are not deal dates. A company with no chip is one whose card states no outcome: DFX does not assume it is active.Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- not stated or not yet read
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
20 current, 3 departed
Decision makers
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
Investment team
How the team is orderedPartners who lead rounds first (rounds led, then deals attributed, then seniority), then the rest of the investment team, then investor relations, finance and operations. A person named by two sources under two spellings is shown once.- Member And Manager
- Member And Manager
Contacts
1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
2 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
What these amounts meanGAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMH Private Equity Group III (institutional), L.P. | Fund | 2011 form d first sale | Harvest | $15.5M Feb 8, 2024 | 31 | $13.1M | Nov 19, 2012 |
| SMH Private Equity Group III, L.P. | Fund | 2011 form d first sale | Harvest | $11.6M Feb 8, 2024 | 70 | $11.1M | Nov 19, 2012 |
Limited partners
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areEach commitment is counted once across the pension tape and the allocator graph. A commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the report date. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value, never a commitment. Rows without a fund on the venture graph are commitments to this manager.Relationships across DFX
1 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
- 2009-09-011 shared deal · one time
Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph ShowHide
- The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Houston Ventures III Management, LLC is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
The joined record opens with the product, beside every other relationship on this page.
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Evidence and history
3 dated events, 31 observations from 2 sources
Timeline
- Mar 29, 2012SMH Private Equity Group GP III, L.P. first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)
- Mar 29, 2012SMH Private Equity Group III, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by SMH Private Equity Group GP III, L.P. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $10,167,766
- Mar 29, 2012SMH Private Equity Group III (institutional), L.P. first reported on Form ADV by SMH Private Equity Group GP III, L.P. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $12,969,543
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Feb 8, 2024 · 2 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Houston, TXadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HOUVEN.COM
- SEC adviser type
- Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- Venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Feb 8, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 2 (2 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $27.1Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $27.1M across 2 vehicles
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2012-03-29 | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-02-08 | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Headquarters | Houston, TX | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 2 | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $27.1M | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Jul 15, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 2 | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Feb 8, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersMicro VC, confirmed · 8 filing advisers share this firmShowHide
Venture manager, reported GAV $27.1M across 2 vehicles
One of 8 advisers that share houven.com; the firm is Signet Healthcare Partners. Signet Healthcare Partners, LLC, Houston Ventures IV Management, LLC, Signet Healthcare Management LLC and 4 more advisers. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.
- importance
- gav: 0.13 · funds: 0.17 · people: 0.16 · investments: 0 · co investors: 0
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: not scored
- emerging manager
- fund count: 2 · reported gav: $27.1M · first adv filing: 2012-03-29 · years since first filing: 14.5
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Grouped with firm2026-09-30
- Grouped with firm2026-09-14
- Adviser's first ADV filing2012-03-29source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.