# Kapow funding: rounds and investors > Kapow has raised $1.6M across 2 rounds since 2012. Investors include Chicago Ventures, Alumni Ventures and Drive Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kapow (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Kapow* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. B2B Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$1.6M** raised across 2 rounds since 2012, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Venture Jul 2017 - **Biggest round:** $1.6M Series A · Dec 2012 - **Investors:** 8 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 **$1.6M** Series A **?** Venture - **First round:** Series A, $1.6M - **Biggest round:** $1.6M - **Between rounds:** 4.6 years ## The rounds - **Jul 2017** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* *1 returning* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) Source recorded - **Dec 2012** Series A **$1.6M** *6 new* [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) [FireStarter Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firestarter-fund) [Brian Hand](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-hand) [Jeff Carter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-carter) [Pat Ryan Jr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pat-ryan-jr) [INCISENT Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incisent-labs) Reported by finsmes.com SEC filing: $1.2M sold, first sale Sept 2012 ## Founders and team From Kapow's own website: 5 on the team. - **Ron Shah** Chief Executive Officer - **Amy Rixmann** Chief Revenue Officer - **Tor Miller** Chief Technology Officer - **Bryan Plofsky** Head of Customer Success - **Mitch Jean-Milard** Head of PLG ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Series A** 2012 **Venture** 2017 [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) [FireStarter Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firestarter-fund) [Brian Hand](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-hand) [Jeff Carter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-carter) [Pat Ryan Jr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pat-ryan-jr) [INCISENT Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incisent-labs) ## Everyone who backed them [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) VC firm **1** round [FireStarter Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firestarter-fund) VC firm **1** round [Brian Hand](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-hand) Angel **1** round [Jeff Carter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-carter) Angel **1** round [Pat Ryan Jr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pat-ryan-jr) Investment firm **1** round [INCISENT Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incisent-labs) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=kapow). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Kapow as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [NCT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nct-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Kapow ### Who invested in Kapow? Kapow's investors include Chicago Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Drive Capital, FireStarter Fund and Brian Hand, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Kapow raised? Kapow has raised $1.6M across 2 rounds since 2012. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Kapow last raise? Kapow's most recent round was a Venture in Jul 2017. ### What was Kapow's biggest round? Kapow's largest round on record is $1.6M (Series A), in Dec 2012. ### Who backed Kapow first? Kapow's first round on record, in Dec 2012, was backed by Chicago Ventures, FireStarter Fund and Brian Hand and 3 others. ### What stage is Kapow at? Kapow's latest named round is a Venture, in Jul 2017. ### Where is Kapow based? Kapow is based in the United States. ## Companies like Kapow In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**MURAL** $67M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mural)[**Different** $48M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/different)[**Dapta** $6.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/dapta)[**Amani Therapeutics** $60M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/amani-therapeutics)[**Relay** $207M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/relay)[**Bash Capital1** $5.7M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bash-capital1) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app