Allison Wood Ventures

Allison Wood Ventures is a Houston, Texas-based venture capital and investment firm founded by Allison Wood, who serves as CEO. The firm focuses on creating growth opportunities for industry game-changers, backing emerging growth companies across software, SaaS, property management, energy technology, real estate, media, and consumer technology. It maintains a particular concentration in Ohio, California, and Texas, and takes a hands-on, personally engaged approach to each investment opportunity. Allison Wood Ventures leads rounds and has made 7 investments with checks ranging from $1 million to $5 million at seed and Series A stages. Portfolio companies include CookinGenie (a $2 million seed investment in a personal chef marketplace), Innago (property management software, $4 million additional investment), Venera (cloud-based media quality control), and Tobi Cloud (non-emergency medical transportation software). The firm targets software companies with clear product differentiation and defined commercial traction. Operating as a lean, single-partner vehicle, Allison Wood Ventures offers founders direct access to Allison Wood's investment judgment and personal network without the layers typical of larger institutions. This structure enables faster decision-making and a more bespoke engagement model, particularly suited to early-stage software and proptech founders who want a capital partner with genuine operational focus and the ability to commit meaningfully to a small number of high-conviction opportunities across the US market.