Texas Weekly Deal Highlights
January 4, 2026
Happy New Year!
While we look forward to a 2026 filled with deal activity in Austin and across Texas, we’ve got another slow holiday week to recap for you below.
Austin Deals
83Bar, a provider of patient journey management and activation technology for clinical trials and commercial healthcare clients, raised $14.62M from undisclosed investors. $40.62M raised to date.
Greater Texas Market
Nacuity Pharmaceuticals (Fort Worth), a clinical-stage biotech developing antioxidant therapies to treat blinding eye diseases caused by oxidative stress, raised $12.89M in a deal led by Foundation Fighting Blindness’ Retinal Degeneration Fund and National Neurovision Research Institute with participation from other undisclosed investors. $40.59M raised to date.
Frontier Direct Care (Harlingen), a provider of employer-funded healthcare delivering integrated primary care, virtual care, and prescription services, raised $28.90M in a deal led by Mehshah Capital, Amerisource Business Capital, Health Advance Partners with participation from other undisclosed investors. $33.82M raised to date.
Buildforce (Houston), a construction workforce tech platform connecting skilled tradespeople with contractors, raised $7.67M undisclosed investors. $20.18M raised to date.
See you next week! —Mason & Joel
This edition was supported by Bradford Martin.
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