Silverton Partners

Silverton Partners is a U.S. early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, and widely regarded as the most active early-stage VC investor in the Texas technology ecosystem. The firm was founded in 2005-2006 by Bill Wood (co-founder of Austin Ventures, one of the longest-established Texas VCs) after initially operating as a family office, and subsequently institutionalised. Current leadership includes Managing Partner Morgan Flager alongside General Partners Kip McClanahan, Adam Chibib, and Mike Dodd. Silverton invests at seed and Series A stages across enterprise SaaS, cybersecurity, consumer marketplaces, financial services and fintech, insurance / InsurTech, real-estate technology (PropTech), digital healthcare, CPG consumer-brands, and tech-enabled services, typically as the first institutional investor / lead-investor with initial check sizes in the USD 1 to 5 million range. The firm has raised seven flagship funds to date: Fund III USD 75 million (2006), Fund IV USD 75 million (2013), Fund V USD 108 million (2018), Fund VI USD 144 million (2020), and Fund VII USD 177 million + Opportunities II USD 71 million = USD 248 million (2022), with cumulative AUM of approximately USD 750 million+. Notable portfolio companies include WP Engine (majority-acquired by Silver Lake for USD 250 million), Storable (self-storage-software PE exit to Cove Hill), SailPoint (NYSE IPO; later acquired by Thoma Bravo), Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), TurnKey Vacation Rentals, The Zebra, AlertMedia, Aceable, Self Financial, Wheel, and Billie.