S3 Ventures

S3 Ventures, established in 2007, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, with an additional office in Houston. The company specializes in Series A to C investments, focusing on early to growth-stage companies in the technology and healthcare sectors, particularly business technology, digital experiences, and healthcare technology. S3 Ventures typically invests between $10 million to $20 million per equity transaction, providing patient capital and substantial resources to support visionary entrepreneurs in building high-impact companies. The firm's investment strategy emphasizes the Southwestern United States, with a particular focus on Texas and Austin. S3 Ventures aims to exit its investments through acquisitions or initial public offerings (IPOs).

Nicole Bentz

Vice President

Joe Curry

Principal

Eric Engineer

Partner

Carolyn Houren

Senior Associate

Sarah Morgan

Vice President

Aaron Perman

Partner

Katie Wallis

Investment Associate

Past deals in Storage Services

Hydrolix

Series C in 2025
Hydrolix is a data lake platform that aims to enhance the cost efficiency of log data management for organizations dealing with large volumes of data. The company specializes in providing high-performance, scalable data storage solutions that cater to both structured and unstructured data. Its technology features high-density compression and scale-to-zero controls, allowing clients to perform sub-second interactive queries while minimizing costs related to data ingestion, querying, and storage. With a focus on real-time analytics, Hydrolix addresses the challenges of data management, ensuring consistent performance as data volumes grow. Their platform is designed to adapt to the evolving data needs of enterprises, making it a valuable asset for organizations looking to optimize their data handling capabilities.

Hydrolix

Series B in 2024
Hydrolix is a data lake platform that aims to enhance the cost efficiency of log data management for organizations dealing with large volumes of data. The company specializes in providing high-performance, scalable data storage solutions that cater to both structured and unstructured data. Its technology features high-density compression and scale-to-zero controls, allowing clients to perform sub-second interactive queries while minimizing costs related to data ingestion, querying, and storage. With a focus on real-time analytics, Hydrolix addresses the challenges of data management, ensuring consistent performance as data volumes grow. Their platform is designed to adapt to the evolving data needs of enterprises, making it a valuable asset for organizations looking to optimize their data handling capabilities.

Hydrolix

Series A in 2023
Hydrolix is a data lake platform that aims to enhance the cost efficiency of log data management for organizations dealing with large volumes of data. The company specializes in providing high-performance, scalable data storage solutions that cater to both structured and unstructured data. Its technology features high-density compression and scale-to-zero controls, allowing clients to perform sub-second interactive queries while minimizing costs related to data ingestion, querying, and storage. With a focus on real-time analytics, Hydrolix addresses the challenges of data management, ensuring consistent performance as data volumes grow. Their platform is designed to adapt to the evolving data needs of enterprises, making it a valuable asset for organizations looking to optimize their data handling capabilities.

Pivot3

Series H in 2016
Pivot3, based in Palo Alto, is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by unifying storage, compute, and network resources into streamlined solutions. Founded with the goal of reducing cost, risk, and complexity, Pivot3 has developed technologies that have enabled thousands of enterprises globally to achieve their IT and business objectives. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3's solutions deliver significant business benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, uninterrupted revenue generation, and improved customer satisfaction. With a diverse product portfolio optimized for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has successfully deployed over 16,000 systems in 53 countries, serving a wide range of industries including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail.

Pivot3

Series G in 2015
Pivot3, based in Palo Alto, is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by unifying storage, compute, and network resources into streamlined solutions. Founded with the goal of reducing cost, risk, and complexity, Pivot3 has developed technologies that have enabled thousands of enterprises globally to achieve their IT and business objectives. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3's solutions deliver significant business benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, uninterrupted revenue generation, and improved customer satisfaction. With a diverse product portfolio optimized for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has successfully deployed over 16,000 systems in 53 countries, serving a wide range of industries including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail.

Pivot3

Series E in 2014
Pivot3, based in Palo Alto, is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by unifying storage, compute, and network resources into streamlined solutions. Founded with the goal of reducing cost, risk, and complexity, Pivot3 has developed technologies that have enabled thousands of enterprises globally to achieve their IT and business objectives. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3's solutions deliver significant business benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, uninterrupted revenue generation, and improved customer satisfaction. With a diverse product portfolio optimized for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has successfully deployed over 16,000 systems in 53 countries, serving a wide range of industries including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail.

Pivot3

Series E in 2014
Pivot3, based in Palo Alto, is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by unifying storage, compute, and network resources into streamlined solutions. Founded with the goal of reducing cost, risk, and complexity, Pivot3 has developed technologies that have enabled thousands of enterprises globally to achieve their IT and business objectives. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged Infrastructure and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3's solutions deliver significant business benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, uninterrupted revenue generation, and improved customer satisfaction. With a diverse product portfolio optimized for various applications such as server virtualization, data center consolidation, and disaster recovery, Pivot3 has successfully deployed over 16,000 systems in 53 countries, serving a wide range of industries including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail.
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