# K5 Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> K5 Ventures is an accelerator based in United States. 50 investments on record, latest Dec 2018. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# K5 Ventures

Last cheque observed Dec 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet Accelerator

Pre-seed Seed Series A Marketing Market-tech Vehicle

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 50 on record

Since the last cheque **2888** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$25K – $2.0M** Rounds led **0 of 50** Sole investor **9 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 76%**

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## K5 Ventures highlights

- 01 50 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 86% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 9 rounds, median $150K
- 04 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> K5 Ventures | Early Stage Technology Venture Capital From their own website

- **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $25K – $2.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Marketing Market-tech Vehicle
- **Based in:** Newport Beach, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **50 appearances**

- **2018** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[BIOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/bios)** Seed · GB · TechCrunch **$4.5M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[myLAB Box](https://millionrounds.com/company/mylab-box)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.6M** With 4 others
- **2015** 4 rounds
- **Jul** **[myLAB](https://millionrounds.com/company/mylab)** Seed **$500K** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Visage](https://millionrounds.com/company/visage)** Seed · US **$2.1M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Connectifier](https://millionrounds.com/company/connectifier)** Series A · US **$4.1M** With 7 others
- **Jan** **[Digsy](https://millionrounds.com/company/digsy)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **2014** 13 rounds
- **Sept** **[Orange Glad](https://millionrounds.com/company/orange-glad)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Wonder Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/wonder-technologies)** Seed · US **$796K** With 7 others
- **Jun** **[Repsly Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/repsly-inc)** Seed · US **$1.2M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Coin](https://millionrounds.com/company/coin)** Series A · US **$16M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[AuraLife](https://millionrounds.com/company/auralife)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Curb Call](https://millionrounds.com/company/curb-call)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[TrueVault](https://millionrounds.com/company/truevault)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 7 others
- **Mar** **[Javelin](https://millionrounds.com/company/javelin)** Venture **$1.5M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[SquareOne](https://millionrounds.com/company/squareone)** Venture · US **$200K** With 8 others
- **Mar** **[Immediately](https://millionrounds.com/company/immediately)** Seed · US **$400K** With 11 others
- **Feb** **[Crowdfunder](https://millionrounds.com/company/crowdfunder)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 12 others
- **Jan** **[Cloud 66](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloud-66)** Seed · GB **$350K** With 9 others
- **Jan** **[AirPair](https://millionrounds.com/company/airpair)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **2013** 17 rounds
- **Dec** **[Startup Compass Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/startup-compass-inc)** Venture · US **$700K** With 9 others
- **Oct** **[datapine](https://millionrounds.com/company/datapine)** Series A · DE **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[qLearning](https://millionrounds.com/company/qlearning)** Series A · DE **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[okay.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/okay-com)** Series A · HK **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Pogoseat](https://millionrounds.com/company/pogoseat)** Seed · US **$750K** With 16 others
- **Aug** **[BioBeats](https://millionrounds.com/company/biobeats)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$650K** With 7 others
- **Jun** **[Experiment](https://millionrounds.com/company/experiment)** US **$1.2M** With 23 others
- **May** **[Infobitt](https://millionrounds.com/company/infobitt)** Seed · US **$300K** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Strikingly](https://millionrounds.com/company/strikingly)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$1.5M** With 10 others
- **Apr** **[mascotsecret](https://millionrounds.com/company/mascotsecret)** Seed · US **$60K** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Yorxs](https://millionrounds.com/company/yorxs)** Series A · DE **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Yorxs](https://millionrounds.com/company/yorxs)** Seed · DE · finsmes.com **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Plasmyd](https://millionrounds.com/company/plasmyd)** Seed · US **$15K** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[datapine](https://millionrounds.com/company/datapine)** Seed · DE **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Raynforest](https://millionrounds.com/company/raynforest)** Seed · US **$300K** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Tred](https://millionrounds.com/company/tred)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.7M** With 9 others
- **Jan** **[Nextlanding](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextlanding)** Seed · US · k5launch.com **$20K** Sole investor
- **2012** 10 rounds
- **Nov** **[Momentum Machines](https://millionrounds.com/company/momentum-machines)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Happy Kidz](https://millionrounds.com/company/happy-kidz)** Series A · DE **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Submittable](https://millionrounds.com/company/submittable)** Venture · US · pandodaily.com **$750K** With 6 others
- **Nov** **[Conductrics](https://millionrounds.com/company/conductrics)** Seed · US **$210K** Sole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **10** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**10** of 16 we have independently watched raise

[Conductrics](https://millionrounds.com/company/conductrics)[Experiment](https://millionrounds.com/company/experiment)[Flipagram](https://millionrounds.com/company/bytedance)[Honeybook](https://millionrounds.com/company/honeybook)[Screenshot](https://millionrounds.com/company/instrumentl)[Screenshot](https://millionrounds.com/company/fama)[Submittable](https://millionrounds.com/company/submittable)[indinero](https://millionrounds.com/company/indinero)[talkable](https://millionrounds.com/company/talkable)[truevault](https://millionrounds.com/company/truevault) Curebit SignNow bodymatter carro simply bread sleepwatch

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all**

**[Plasmyd](https://millionrounds.com/company/plasmyd)** Bought by Academia.edu **Undisclosed** Oct 2013

**[CudaSign](https://millionrounds.com/company/cudasign)** Bought by [Barracuda Networks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barracuda-networks) **Undisclosed** May 2013

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$3.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$150K**

Led 0 of 50 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $25K – $2.0M
- **Sole investor:** 9 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Dec 2018
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *35*
- Series A said *7*
- Venture *6*
- Series B said *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2011 2018

Often in the room with

- [Amir Banifatemi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amir-banifatemi) 10
- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 5
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 4
- [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) 3
- [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) 3
- [Adam Breckler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-breckler) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as K5 Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Amir Banifatemi** Angel **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amir-banifatemi)[**500 Global** Angel **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**FundersClub** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub)[**Kima Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures)[**Adam Breckler** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-breckler)[**Andy Piggott** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-piggott)[**Cavalry Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cavalry-ventures)[**China Rock Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/china-rock-capital)[**Chris Yeh** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-yeh)[**David Ulevitch** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-ulevitch)[**Firestartr** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firestartr)

## Recently backed

The latest companies K5 Ventures put money into.

[**BIOS** $4.5M · Dec 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/bios)[**myLAB Box** $1.6M · Aug 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/mylab-box)

## Quick answers about K5 Ventures

### What does K5 Ventures invest in?

K5 Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (86% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Marketing, Market-tech and Vehicle.

### How active is K5 Ventures?

50 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Dec 2018.

### What has K5 Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: BIOS (Seed, Dec 2018) and myLAB Box (Seed, Aug 2018).

### How big are K5 Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.0M. It says it writes cheques of $25K to $2.0M.

### Does K5 Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 50 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does K5 Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (76%), Germany (16%) and the United Kingdom (5%).

### Is K5 Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2018.

### Who does K5 Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Amir Banifatemi (10 rounds together), 500 Global (5 rounds together) and Y Combinator (4 rounds together).

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