Trailblazer Capital
_Retail Technology Venture Capital. We invest in founders who are innovating ways forbrands and retailers to better serve their customers. OUr Ethos PORTFOLIO _Who we are. RevTech Ventures is a Dallas-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage retail technology. As thesis-driven investors, we currently focus on companies building cutting-edge technologies and concepts that will drastically […]
In the firm's own words, from its website.
6 additional team members, 5 additional investments, funds and LPs, 10 events, 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- Managing PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
- Managing PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
- Managing DirectorWhy: Managing directorNo route on file yet
Relationship network
20 connected entities4 observed rounds1 repeat counterpartyrounds 2009 to 2014
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.
Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.
Click any name or line for the rounds and sources behind it. Line weight is rounds together; dashed lines are inferred.
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›How strength and recency are read
Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.
Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.
How am I connected?
Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to Trailblazer Capital: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.
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Investing
2 companies on record, 0 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.| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netsocket Inc | Form D equity offering | unknown · board | Joel Kent Fontenot (strongly supported) | $3.0M form d sold | unknown | Jul 3, 2014 | Inference Form D |
| cycleWood Solutions, Inc. | Form D equity offering | unknown · board | Joel Kent Fontenot (strongly supported) | $549,998 form d sold | unknown | Jun 18, 2013 | Inference Form D |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- ai
- Stages
- pre seed, seed, series a, early
- Geography
- north america, texas
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- seed
Team
10 current, 1 departed
Decision makers
- David S Matthews · Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility
- Joel Kent Fontenot · Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility
- Laura Baldwin · Managing DirectorWhy this person: Managing director; Named with investment responsibility
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.- Managing Partner · 4 deals attributed
- Managing Partner
- Managing Director
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- George J Barber · Venture Partner · Dec 1, 2013 to Mar 3, 2017 Inference
Contacts
1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trailblazer Koupon Media Series C, LP | Fund | 2016 adv first reported | Harvest | $700,000 Mar 3, 2017 | 6 | unknown | unknown |
| TBC Nitero, LP | Fund | 2016 adv first reported | Harvest | $500,000 Mar 3, 2017 | 6 | unknown | unknown |
| Trailblazer Oculus360 Series A-3, LP | Fund | 2016 adv first reported | Harvest | $300,000 Mar 3, 2017 | 1 | unknown | unknown |
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.| Allocator | Type | Fund | Amount | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inasmuch Foundation | FOUNDATION | TRAILBLAZER CAPITAL II at Trailblazer Capital | $95,699 fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Dec 31, 2024 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
Relationships across DFX
1 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
- 2014-07-031 shared deal · one time
Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph · 1 capital path ShowHide
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Trailblazer Capital is the same institution as 1 record in Allocators.
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Checking your plan…
Trailblazer Capital sits on 1 traced path of capital across the graphs.
DFX traced 1 path of capital through this record
Every record on each path, what it committed or lent, and as of when.
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Evidence and history
15 dated events, 30 observations from 2 sources
Timeline
- seen on or beforeSep 15, 2026Trailblazer Capital: MICRO_VC -> SEED_FUND_MANAGER (name or self-description says seed)Classification changedClassificationInference
- Mar 3, 2017George J Barber (Venture Partner) no longer on Schedule A of Trailblazer Capital
- Mar 3, 2017Trailblazer Capital Fund 1a LP no longer reported on Form ADV by Trailblazer Capital
- Mar 3, 2017Trailblazer Capital LP no longer reported on Form ADV by Trailblazer Capital
- Mar 3, 2017Trailblazer Cyclewood LP no longer reported on Form ADV by Trailblazer Capital
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Mar 3, 2017 · 5 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- unknown
- Office address
- unknown
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- TRAILBLAZERCAP.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
- Mar 3, 2017
- Private funds reported
- 5 (5 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $22.5Madviserinfo.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 carried3 on recordShowHide
- Sep 15, 2026Seed fund manager (confirmed, 95%)Name or self-description says seed
- Sep 15, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $22.5M across 5 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $20.5M across 1 vehicle
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Mar 3, 2017 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 3, 2017 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2012-04-11 | Mar 3, 2017 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2017-03-03 | Mar 3, 2017 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 3, 2017 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Mar 3, 2017 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Description | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | Firm website | |
| Self-described type | seed | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | Firm website |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 3, 2017 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | Firm website | |
| Private funds reported | 5 | Mar 3, 2017 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $22.5M | Mar 3, 2017 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | north america, texas “geography words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | Firm website |
| Stated sectors | ai “sector words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | Firm website |
| Stated stages | Pre seed, seed, series a, early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | Firm website |
| Team page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | Firm website | |
| Venture funds reported | 5 | Mar 3, 2017 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Mar 3, 2017 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website resolved domain | revtechventures.com | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | Firm website |
| Website resolved domain | revtechventures.com | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | Firm website |
| Website resolved domain | revtechventures.com | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | Firm website |
| Site title | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | Firm website |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersSeed fund manager, confirmedShowHide
Name or self-description says seed
- importance
- gav: 0.11 · funds: 0.67 · people: 0.2 · investments: 0.22 · 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: 8 · reported gav: $22.5M · first adv filing: 2012-04-11 · years since first filing: 14.5
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Organization classification changed2026-09-15
- Adviser's first ADV filing2012-04-11source 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.