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Blair Garrou

Investor

Managing Director at Mercury Fund · Co-Founder, Mercury Fund at The Artemis Fund

Houston, Texas

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

About

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

Experience

  1. Mercury FundManaging Partnercurrent2004 — presentHouston, Texas Area
  2. Rice UniversityAdjunct Professor of Management, Rice Businesscurrent2006 — presentHouston, Texas Area
  3. Cart.comVenture Investor & Board Membercurrent2021 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
  4. OttoVenture Investor & Board Membercurrent2019 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
  5. LISNRVenture Investor & Board Membercurrent2014 — present
  6. collide.Venture Investor & Board Membercurrent2025 — present
  7. OmniScienceVenture Investor & Board Membercurrent2023 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
  8. BitGoVenture Investorcurrent2024 — present
  9. OpenTradeVenture Investorcurrent2025 — present
  10. StarlabVenture Investorcurrent2024 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
  11. Venus AerospaceVenture Investorcurrent2025 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
  12. Nectar SocialVenture Investorcurrent2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  13. MealMe, Inc.Venture Investorcurrent2024 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
  14. SmartAC.comVenture Investorcurrent2024 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
  15. Medefy HealthVenture Investorcurrent2023 — presentTulsa, Oklahoma, United States
  16. PredactivVenture Investor & Board Membercurrent2007 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  17. SpruceVenture Investor & Board Membercurrent2018 — present
  18. The CollectivSr. Advisorcurrent2023 — present
  19. South Loop VenturesSr. Advisorcurrent2021 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
  20. The Artemis FundStrategic Advisorcurrent2020 — presentHouston, Texas, United States

Education

  1. Washington and Lee UniversityBS, Management1990 — 1994

Skills & more

Venture Capital99Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Internet19Digital Media68Enterprise Software99

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Same school

Shared employers

Deals · 10

Molecule Software, Inc.Board seat

via Mercury Fund · filed Jul 2025 · $11.9M raise

Digital Wildcatters, Inc.Board seat

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

Meal MeBoard 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.

Colleagues at Mercury Fund

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