{"id":478591,"date":"2026-10-27T22:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T22:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478591\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T22:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T22:18:18","slug":"dallas-based-disruptive-raises-10b-flagship-tech-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478591\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas-Based Disruptive Raises $10B Flagship Tech Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alex<\/p>\n

Alex Davis is founder and CEO of the Dallas-based venture capital firm Disruptive Technology Advisers. [Photo: Disruptive]<\/p>\n

Dallas-based venture capital firm Disruptive Technology Advisers has raised a $10 billion fund, its largest to date.<\/p>\n

The fund plans to invest up to $1 billion each in about 10 growth or late-stage companies, the firm said. It cited artificial intelligence, AI infrastructure, defense and national security as areas where it sees significant business opportunities in need of large amounts of capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best private technology companies are growing larger, staying private longer and requiring more capital than ever before,\u201d founder and CEO Alex Davis said in a statement announcing the new fund. \u201cWe have always focused on a small number of exceptional companies, building the conviction and relationships to be there for founders at their most important moments. The Disruptive Flagship Fund gives us the scale to match the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Responding to demand<\/p>\n

The firm said it decided to create the Disruptive Flagship Fund in part at the urging of its limited partners. Previously, the firm raised money deal by deal. Investors were looking \u201cfor consistent access to the firm\u2019s investments,\u201d so it created the pooled fund.<\/p>\n

Disruptive\u2019s new fund is the largest in Texas. The firm\u2019s investors include sovereign wealth funds, family offices and institutions. It has a growing investor base in North Texas.<\/p>\n

A $10 billion fund is unusual but not unheard of. In January, Menlo Park, California-based Andreessen Horowitz said it had raised more than $15 billion<\/a> across several funds. And in February, New York City-based Thrive Capital raised a $10 billion fund<\/a>, which it plans to split between early- and late-stage investments.<\/p>\n

About Disruptive<\/p>\n

Davis, grandson of the late oil and entertainment investor Marvin Davis, founded Disruptive in Los Angeles in 2012. He moved the firm to Austin in 2021 and to Dallas in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The firm\u2019s model has been to make large investments in private technology companies, typically in the late or growth stage of development. Some of its past and current portfolio companies include Airbnb, Databricks, ElevenLabs, Groq, Palantir, Stripe, Shield AI and Spotify.<\/p>\n

In addition to its mega-fundraise, the firm recently made two C-suite changes.<\/p>\n

In July, Disruptive hired Joy Royal as CFO. Royal had spent nearly two decades in senior finance leadership roles at Los Angeles-based Oaktree Capital Management. And in May, it named Brunswick Group alum Ash Spiegelberg as its chief strategy officer<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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The planned DFW network would link DFW Airport, Love Field, Frisco Station and four other area airports once Archer\u2019s Midnight aircraft wins FAA certification. San Jose, California-based Archer aims to help commuters turn 60- to 90-minute drives into 10- to 20-minute flights.<\/p>\n

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The grant, awarded to UT Southwestern biotech spinoff MusiQ Bio, could pave the way for human clinical trials of the startup\u2019s proprietary cancer-fighting platform within five years.<\/p>\n

\t\"Stage<\/a><\/p>\n

Four years after arriving at Pegasus Park, the Boston-based accelerator is adding health and security accelerators and founder clinics, backed by a renewed two-year grant from Lyda Hill Philanthropies.<\/p>\n

\t\"flex<\/a><\/p>\n

Flexcar says it\u2019s disrupting a $110 billion industry \u201cby providing customers a better alternative to car ownership.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\"Mark<\/a><\/p>\n

Set for Thursday, Oct. 22, the sixth annual venture capital and technology event connects investors, founders and innovators.<\/p>\n

\t\"Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n

Through demos, webinars and ready-to-use prompts, Retail Ready tackles one real-world retail problem at a time \u2014 with no tech expertise required.<\/p>\n

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Located at DFW\u2019s Terminal A, the Bonton Farms retail store will introduce travelers to the nonprofit\u2019s mission while selling local honey, handmade jams, goat milk soaps, grab-and-go food items, apparel and gifts. It is the organization\u2019s first location outside South Dallas.<\/p>\n

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A small-scale version of Richardson with storefronts and local landmarks serves as a centerpiece of economic and financial literacy education for fifth-and seventh-graders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Davis is founder and CEO of the Dallas-based venture capital firm Disruptive Technology Advisers. [Photo: Disruptive] Dallas-based…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[158988,161617,3436,102,104,103,161618,11901,7735],"class_list":["post-478591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-aerospace-defense","tag-alex-davis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-disruptive","tag-venture-capital","tag-yall-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}