S3 Ventures

S3 Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with an additional office in Houston. The firm specializes in investing in seed, series A, B, and C-stage startups, focusing primarily on sectors such as business technology, digital experiences, and healthcare technology. S3 Ventures typically invests between $10 million and $20 million per equity transaction and concentrates its efforts in the Southwestern United States, particularly in Texas and Austin. The firm aims to support entrepreneurs in building high-impact companies by providing patient capital and substantial resources, with a preference for exiting investments through acquisitions or initial public offerings.

Rajiv Bala

Principal

Joe Curry

Senior Associate

Carolyn Houren

Investment Associate

Sarah Morgan

Vice President

Aaron Perman

Partner

Charlie Plauche

Partner

Brian Smith

Founder and Managing Director

Katie Wallis

Investment Associate

Past deals in Storage Services

Hydrolix

Series C in 2025
Hydrolix is a data lake platform focused on enhancing the cost efficiency of log data management for organizations dealing with large volumes of information. The company offers a robust solution that addresses challenges in data storage, real-time analytics, and scalability. By utilizing elastic cloud technology, Hydrolix enables high-performance query capabilities for high-volume, high-cardinality data stored in affordable cloud environments. Their platform features high-density compression, scale-to-zero controls, and zero-egress on-prem deployment, significantly lowering costs associated with ingesting, querying, and storing append-only data. This allows clients to execute sub-second interactive queries while maintaining consistent performance, even as data demands grow.

Hydrolix

Series B in 2024
Hydrolix is a data lake platform focused on enhancing the cost efficiency of log data management for organizations dealing with large volumes of information. The company offers a robust solution that addresses challenges in data storage, real-time analytics, and scalability. By utilizing elastic cloud technology, Hydrolix enables high-performance query capabilities for high-volume, high-cardinality data stored in affordable cloud environments. Their platform features high-density compression, scale-to-zero controls, and zero-egress on-prem deployment, significantly lowering costs associated with ingesting, querying, and storing append-only data. This allows clients to execute sub-second interactive queries while maintaining consistent performance, even as data demands grow.

Hydrolix

Series A in 2023
Hydrolix is a data lake platform focused on enhancing the cost efficiency of log data management for organizations dealing with large volumes of information. The company offers a robust solution that addresses challenges in data storage, real-time analytics, and scalability. By utilizing elastic cloud technology, Hydrolix enables high-performance query capabilities for high-volume, high-cardinality data stored in affordable cloud environments. Their platform features high-density compression, scale-to-zero controls, and zero-egress on-prem deployment, significantly lowering costs associated with ingesting, querying, and storing append-only data. This allows clients to execute sub-second interactive queries while maintaining consistent performance, even as data demands grow.

Pivot3

Series H in 2016
Pivot3 is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. This approach aims to reduce costs, minimize risks, and streamline complexity for enterprises. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technology has been deployed in over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage arrays across 53 countries, benefiting a wide range of industries, including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail. Its solutions help organizations achieve lower total ownership costs, maintain uninterrupted revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. By automating the management of on-premise, edge, and cloud environments, Pivot3 enables scalable performance while easing overall system management.

Pivot3

Series G in 2015
Pivot3 is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. This approach aims to reduce costs, minimize risks, and streamline complexity for enterprises. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technology has been deployed in over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage arrays across 53 countries, benefiting a wide range of industries, including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail. Its solutions help organizations achieve lower total ownership costs, maintain uninterrupted revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. By automating the management of on-premise, edge, and cloud environments, Pivot3 enables scalable performance while easing overall system management.

Pivot3

Series E in 2014
Pivot3 is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. This approach aims to reduce costs, minimize risks, and streamline complexity for enterprises. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technology has been deployed in over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage arrays across 53 countries, benefiting a wide range of industries, including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail. Its solutions help organizations achieve lower total ownership costs, maintain uninterrupted revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. By automating the management of on-premise, edge, and cloud environments, Pivot3 enables scalable performance while easing overall system management.

Pivot3

Series E in 2014
Pivot3 is an IT company focused on simplifying data center operations by integrating storage, compute, and network resources into a cohesive solution. This approach aims to reduce costs, minimize risks, and streamline complexity for enterprises. The company offers Dynamic Hyperconverged and PCIe Flash Arrays, which enhance resource utilization and ensure high availability for mission-critical applications. Pivot3’s technology has been deployed in over 16,000 hyperconverged infrastructures and flash storage arrays across 53 countries, benefiting a wide range of industries, including energy, aerospace, logistics, and retail. Its solutions help organizations achieve lower total ownership costs, maintain uninterrupted revenue generation, improve customer satisfaction, and boost employee productivity. By automating the management of on-premise, edge, and cloud environments, Pivot3 enables scalable performance while easing overall system management.
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