Holt Ventures

HOLT Ventures backs young companies on behalf of HOLT CAT, a Caterpillar dealer in San Antonio, Texas that the group calls the biggest in the United States. It invests in entrepreneurs who want to improve how industrial businesses operate.

Products and services

• Early-stage investment: capital for young companies in industrial technology.
• Dealership piloting: new tools are trialled inside its own dealership so they can be refined.
• Industry knowledge: insight from service, manufacturing, rental and distribution operations.
• Partnership: support to help founders build and scale, beyond funding alone.

Clients

The fund targets entrepreneurs improving service, manufacturing, rental and distribution businesses. Portfolio examples include PLNAR, a digital measurement system for contractors, insurers and inspectors, and Streamline, which treats sour water and gas for oil, gas, utility and industrial customers. The parent HOLT Group also runs businesses in energy, technology and training.

Key facts

• Based in: San Antonio, Texas, US
• Parent: HOLT CAT and HOLT Group, a family-owned company
• Focus: industrial, construction and energy-related technology