Where does Blair Garrou work?

Blair Garrou is Managing Partner at Mercury Fund and Board director at Cart Com and Board director at Digital Wildcatters, Inc. and Board director at Amify.

What check size does Blair Garrou write?

Blair Garrou typically writes checks of $250K – $4M.

What boards does Blair Garrou sit on?

Blair Garrou holds tracked board seats at Amify, Apartment Butler, Apto, Cart Com, Digital Wildcatters, Inc., Label insight, MealMe, Molecule, Return Logic, Televet.

Where did Blair Garrou go to school?

Blair Garrou studied at Washington and Lee University (BS, Management).

Blair Garrou

Investor

Managing Partner at Mercury Fund · Sr. Advisor at South Loop Ventures · Sr. Advisor at Collectiv · Co-Founder, Mercury Fund at The Artemis Fund · Venture Investor at BitGo · +3 more

Houston, Texas

Writes $250K – $4M checks · typically $2.5M

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297 people in our graph share verified history with Blair — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Ren RileyunlockedBlair: together at Cart Com (2023–2026)

Blair: together at LISNR

Blair: together at Rice University

×2Blair: together at OpenTrade

About

Co-founder of Mercury Fund; previously CEO of Intermat and a principal at Genesis Park, and helped build Houston's innovation ecosystem including the Houston Technology Center and Houston Angel Network. He teaches entrepreneurial finance at Rice's Jones School of Business.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

b•••@mercuryfund.comreveal

Board director at Cart Com

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Cart Com's investors · 22

Co-founders at Cart Com

Omair TariqFounder and CEO

Jim JacobsenDirector

Omair T.Founder

Saheb SabharwalFounder

Remington Tonar, PhDCo-founder

Board director at Digital Wildcatters, Inc.

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Digital Wildcatters, Inc.'s investors · 1

Mercury FundHouston · $250K – $4M checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Digital Wildcatters, Inc.

Collin McLellandExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Amify

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Amify's investors · 6

CincyTechCincinnati · $500K – $750K checks · since 2019 Dundee Venture CapitalPittsburgh · $500K – $3M checks · since 2019 JobsOhio VenturesColumbus · since 2019 Mercury FundHouston · $250K – $4M checks · since 2019 Saas Ventures, L.L.C.Miami · $75K – $5M checks · since 2023 Urban Capital NetworkHouston · $20K checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Amify

Ethan McAfeeExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

Mercury FundManaging Partnercurrent2004 — presentHouston, Texas Area
Rice UniversityAdjunct Professor of Management, Rice Businesscurrent2006 — presentHouston, Texas Area
Cart.comVenture Investor & Board Membercurrent2021 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
OttoVenture Investor & Board Membercurrent2019 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
LISNRVenture Investor & Board Membercurrent2014 — present
collide.Venture Investor & Board Membercurrent2025 — present
OmniScienceVenture Investor & Board Membercurrent2023 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
BitGoVenture Investorcurrent2024 — present
OpenTradeVenture Investorcurrent2025 — present
StarlabVenture Investorcurrent2024 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
Venus AerospaceVenture Investorcurrent2025 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
Nectar SocialVenture Investorcurrent2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
MealMe, Inc.Venture Investorcurrent2024 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
SmartAC.comVenture Investorcurrent2024 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
Medefy HealthVenture Investorcurrent2023 — presentTulsa, Oklahoma, United States
PredactivVenture Investor & Board Membercurrent2007 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
SpruceVenture Investor & Board Membercurrent2018 — present
The CollectivSr. Advisorcurrent2023 — present
South Loop VenturesSr. Advisorcurrent2021 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
The Artemis FundStrategic Advisorcurrent2020 — presentHouston, Texas, United States

Skills & more

Venture CapitalStart-upsEntrepreneurshipInternet19Digital Media68Enterprise Software

From Blair's professional profile.

Deals · 9

Digital Wildcatters, Inc.Board seat

via Mercury Fund · filed Mar 2025 · $7.4M raise

MealMeBoard seat

via Mercury Fund · filed Mar 2024 · $13.1M raise

TelevetBoard seat

via Mercury Fund · filed May 2023 · $41.3M raise

Apartment ButlerBoard seat

via Mercury Fund · filed Sep 2022 · $25.6M raise

Trackx HoldingsBoard seat

via Mercury Fund · filed Jan 2021 · $207K raise

AptoBoard seat

via Mercury Fund · filed Jul 2019 · $1.9M raise

AmifyBoard seat

via Mercury Fund · filed Mar 2019 · $5.9M raise

Label insightBoard seat

via Mercury Fund · filed Feb 2016 · $10M raise

TrendkiteBoard seat

via Mercury Fund · filed Nov 2015 · $10.7M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Cart Com Molecule Return Logic Venus Aerospace

Per SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at Mercury Fund

Adrian Barwinski

General Partner at Mercury Fund

Adrian Fortino

General Partner at Mercury Fund

Aileen Allen

Partner at Mercury Fund

Alex Gras

Principal at Mercury Fund

Andreas Galliker

Chief Financial Officer at Mercury Fund

Andrew Clark

Director at Texas Ventures

Aziz Gilani

Associate at Mercury Fund

Brad Van Otterloo

Venture Advisor at Mercury Fund

Network3

Adrian Fortino

General Partner at Mercury Fund

Alex Gras

Principal at Mercury Fund

Dan Watkins

Venture Advisor at Mercury Fund

Investors connected to Blair in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Blair Garrou?: Co-founder of Mercury Fund; previously CEO of Intermat and a principal at Genesis Park, and helped build Houston's innovation ecosystem including the Houston Technology Center and Houston Angel Network. He teaches entrepreneurial finance at Rice's Jones School of Business.
Where does Blair Garrou work?: Blair Garrou is Managing Partner at Mercury Fund and Board director at Cart Com and Board director at Digital Wildcatters, Inc. and Board director at Amify.
What check size does Blair Garrou write?: Blair Garrou typically writes checks of $250K – $4M.
What boards does Blair Garrou sit on?: Blair Garrou holds tracked board seats at Amify, Apartment Butler, Apto, Cart Com, Digital Wildcatters, Inc., Label insight, MealMe, Molecule, Return Logic, Televet.
Where did Blair Garrou go to school?: Blair Garrou studied at Washington and Lee University (BS, Management).