# Kickstart: portfolio, investments and team > Kickstart is a vc firm. 143 investments on record, 15 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Kickstart Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 143 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $50M, Sept 2025 VC firm Pre-seed Seed Series A Artificial Intelligence Information Technology Follow Kickstart and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fkickstart) Deploying now **48%** of best year **15** **cheques in 12 months**, 143 on record Since the last cheque **61** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$4.1M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $4.0M** Rounds led **0 of 143** Sole investor **25 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 87%** Pitch Kickstart Another investor of this name exists, and we could not establish from the rounds which of them the press meant. Treat the record below as possibly belonging to either. [Tell us which](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=kickstart) if you know. ## Kickstart highlights - 01 15 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 60% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 25 rounds, median $1.9M - 04 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $500K – $4.0M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Artificial Intelligence Information Technology - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **143 appearances** - **2026** 8 rounds - **Sept** **[Carputty](https://millionrounds.com/company/carputty)** Series B · US **$75M** With 4 others - **Jul** **[Refr Sports](https://millionrounds.com/company/refr-sports)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 2 others - **Jun** **[Redo](https://millionrounds.com/company/redo)** Series B · US **$81M** With 3 others - **May** **[SponsorCX](https://millionrounds.com/company/sponsorcx)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Apr** **[Angel Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/angel-studios)** US **$35M** With 2 others - **Mar** **[SponsorCX](https://millionrounds.com/company/sponsorcx)** Venture · US **$4.1M** Sole investor - **Jan** **[Monarx](https://millionrounds.com/company/monarx)** Venture · US **$5.0M** With 2 others - **Jan** **[DiversiFi](https://millionrounds.com/company/diversifi)** Seed · US **$8.0M** With 2 others - **2025** 29 rounds - **Dec** **[Trendtracker](https://millionrounds.com/company/trendtracker)** Series A · BE · Capricorn Partners **$7.0M** With 2 others - **Dec** **[Pomp](https://millionrounds.com/company/pomp)** Venture · US **$584K** With 3 others - **Dec** **[Quickture](https://millionrounds.com/company/quickture)** Pre-seed · US **$1.9M** Sole investor - **Dec** **[Valinor Discovery](https://millionrounds.com/company/valinor-discovery)** Seed · US **$13M** With 3 others - **Nov** **[HapWare](https://millionrounds.com/company/hapware)** Grant · US **$250K** With 2 others - **Nov** **[Crew](https://millionrounds.com/company/crew)** Seed · CA **$3.8M** With 1 other - **Nov** **[The Invention Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-invention-network)** Pre-seed · US **$4.0M** With 1 other - **Oct** **[Gravwell](https://millionrounds.com/company/gravwell)** Series A · US **$15M** With 2 others - **Sept** **[Aervivo](https://millionrounds.com/company/aervivo)** Venture · US **$2.2M** With 1 other - **Sept** **[Vector](https://millionrounds.com/company/vector)** Series A · GB **$61M** With 3 others - **Sept** **[Angel Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/angel-studios)** Debt · US **$100M** With 2 others - **Aug** **[Quadratic](https://millionrounds.com/company/quadratic)** Seed · US **$5.5M** With 3 others - **Jul** **[Kadence](https://millionrounds.com/company/kadence)** Series A · US **$20M** With 6 others - **Jul** **[Mindsmith](https://millionrounds.com/company/mindsmith)** Seed · US **$4.1M** With 3 others - **Jul** **[ZioSec](https://millionrounds.com/company/ziosec)** Seed · US **$2.1M** With 1 other - **Jul** **[Nav](https://millionrounds.com/company/nav)** Venture · US **$5.0M** With 6 others - **Jun** **[Nitric](https://millionrounds.com/company/nitric)** Seed · US **$4.9M** Sole investor - **May** **[Mention](https://millionrounds.com/company/mention)** Pre-seed · US **$1.6M** Sole investor - **May** **[Pluto Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/pluto-biosciences)** Seed · US **$3.6M** With 1 other - **May** **[Moises](https://millionrounds.com/company/moises)** Series A · US **$30M** With 5 others - **May** **[Rad AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/rad-ai)** Series C · US **$8.0M** With 4 others - **Apr** **[PhotoPharmics](https://millionrounds.com/company/photopharmics)** Series B · US **$6.0M** Sole investor - **Mar** **[Alianza](https://millionrounds.com/company/alianza)** Venture · US **$13M** Sole investor - **Feb** **[Halda](https://millionrounds.com/company/halda)** US **$1.6M** Sole investor - **Feb** **[Vitazi.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/vitazi-ai)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Feb** **[CareCar](https://millionrounds.com/company/carecar)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Feb** **[Uptime Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/uptime-industries)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 2 others - **Jan** **[Music.AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/music-ai)** Series A · BR · LatamList **$40M** With 13 others - **Jan** **[Mosaic Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/mosaic-solutions)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **2024** 19 rounds - **Dec** **[Chargezoom](https://millionrounds.com/company/chargezoom)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 3 others - **Dec** **[Chargezoom](https://millionrounds.com/company/chargezoom)** Series A · US **$12M** With 3 others - **Dec** **[Lydia.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/lydia-ai)** Venture · CA **Undisclosed** With 1 other 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 Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **6 named** AT **Alex Taylor Soffe** CFO and CCO - Kickstart Capital, LLC i Form ADV CM **Clarke Miyasaki** Manager i Filing they signed GT **Gavin Taylor Christensen** Managing Director, Member, Manager - Kickstart Capital, LLC i Form ADV KL **Kewsong Lee** Managing Partner i Filing they signed MC **Megan Cooley** Controller and Chief Compliance Officer i Filing they signed PK **Peter Ko** Managing Director i Filing they signed We also hold **9** 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 the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$648M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Kickstart Capital, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 167541 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **60** of 60 we have independently watched raise [Aervivo](https://millionrounds.com/company/aervivo)[Alianza](https://millionrounds.com/company/alianza)[Altitudeai](https://millionrounds.com/company/altitude-ai)[Alysio](https://millionrounds.com/company/alysio)[Anagram](https://millionrounds.com/company/anagram)[Apaluma](https://millionrounds.com/company/apaluma)[Artemishealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/artemis-health)[Bandwango](https://millionrounds.com/company/bandwango)[Blerp](https://millionrounds.com/company/blerp)[Blyncsy](https://millionrounds.com/company/blyncsy)[Brainstorminc](https://millionrounds.com/company/brainstorm-inc)[Carecar](https://millionrounds.com/company/carecar)[Carputty](https://millionrounds.com/company/carputty)[Chargezoom](https://millionrounds.com/company/chargezoom)[Chatbooks](https://millionrounds.com/company/chatbooks)[Cheddarup](https://millionrounds.com/company/cheddar-up)[Claravine](https://millionrounds.com/company/claravine)[Clientbook](https://millionrounds.com/company/clientbook)[Colorfactory](https://millionrounds.com/company/color-factory)[Converus](https://millionrounds.com/company/converus)[Cotopaxi](https://millionrounds.com/company/cotopaxi)[Dataqualityco-op](https://millionrounds.com/company/data-quality-co-op)[Degreed](https://millionrounds.com/company/degreed)[Directscale](https://millionrounds.com/company/directscale)[Diversifi](https://millionrounds.com/company/diversifi)[Evisit](https://millionrounds.com/company/evisit)[Gravwell](https://millionrounds.com/company/gravwell)[Hallo](https://millionrounds.com/company/hallo)[Havenly](https://millionrounds.com/company/havenly)[Hirevue](https://millionrounds.com/company/hirevue)[Huckabuy](https://millionrounds.com/company/huckabuy)[Ingomoney](https://millionrounds.com/company/ingo-money)[Kadence](https://millionrounds.com/company/kadence)[Kiln](https://millionrounds.com/company/kiln)[Lucid](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucid-software)[Marketdial](https://millionrounds.com/company/marketdial)[Moises](https://millionrounds.com/company/moises)[Nitric](https://millionrounds.com/company/nitric)[Nomihealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/nomi-health)[Nursa](https://millionrounds.com/company/nursa)[Ovationventures](https://millionrounds.com/company/ovation-ventures)[Pebblepost](https://millionrounds.com/company/pebblepost)[Photopharmics](https://millionrounds.com/company/photopharmics)[Podium](https://millionrounds.com/company/podium)[Quickture](https://millionrounds.com/company/quickture)[Qwick](https://millionrounds.com/company/qwick)[Rackwareinc](https://millionrounds.com/company/rackware)[Radai](https://millionrounds.com/company/rad-ai)[Recyclops](https://millionrounds.com/company/recyclops)[Reputation](https://millionrounds.com/company/sim-partners)[Salad](https://millionrounds.com/company/salad)[Salesrabbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/salesrabbit)[Schola](https://millionrounds.com/company/schola)[Simplecitizen](https://millionrounds.com/company/simplecitizen)[Sondermind](https://millionrounds.com/company/sondermind)[Spiff](https://millionrounds.com/company/spiff)[Stance](https://millionrounds.com/company/stance)[Suralink](https://millionrounds.com/company/suralink)[Taskeasy](https://millionrounds.com/company/taskeasy)[Tavahealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/tava-health) and 54 more 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 **1 in all** **[GroSocial](https://millionrounds.com/company/grosocial)** Bought by Infusionsoft **Undisclosed** Jan 2013 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$50M** raised in Sept 2025 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$4.1M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.9M** Led 0 of 143 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $500K – $4.0M - **Sole investor:** 25 rounds - **Last cheque:** Sept 2026 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Venture *41* - Seed said *36* - Series A said *22* - Pre-seed said *12* - Series B *11* - Debt *7* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [Pelion Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners) 11 - [Peterson Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-ventures) 10 - [Album VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/album) 9 - [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 8 - [SaaS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saas) 7 - [Service Provider Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/service-provider-capital) 7 **Pitching Kickstart?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Kickstart. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Pelion Venture Partners** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners)[**Peterson Ventures** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-ventures)[**Album VC** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/album)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**SaaS Ventures** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saas)[**Service Provider Capital** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/service-provider-capital)[**Techstars** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**Right Side Capital Management** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Next Frontier Capital** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-frontier-capital)[**Stout Street Capital** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stout-street-capital)[**500 Global** Angel **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) ## Recently backed The latest companies Kickstart put money into. [**Carputty** $75M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/carputty)[**Refr Sports** $2.0M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/refr-sports)[**Redo** $81M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/redo)[**SponsorCX** May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sponsorcx)[**Monarx** $5.0M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/monarx)[**DiversiFi** $8.0M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/diversifi) ## On podcasts 2 episodes naming Kickstart in the title, and 4 more that mention it. - [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 17 May 2023 · 39 min Joan Yao: Impact Investing to Kickstart VC, Philippines Startup Perception vs. Reality (Brain Drain, Families & Acceleration) and Lose Nothing By Asking Mentions [Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) 16 Feb 2023 · 26 min Rapid Response: Kickstart your users from passive to passionate, w/Kickstarter’s Everette Taylor Mentions [Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart) Apple Podcasts ### Mentioned in - [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 27 Apr 2026 · 39 min Inside the Boardroom: How VCs Actually Deal with Fraud & "Bad Faith" Founders - E690 Apple PodcastsShow page - [Equity](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/equity) 26 Feb 2024 · 12 min Why some VCs are pulling back from Europe, Google’s AI push, and who is the CEO of Byju’s? Apple PodcastsShow page - [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 30 Jun 2021 · 52 min Milan Reinartz on Founder Growth, Flipping Cars and On-The-Job CEO Learning - E72 Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) 24 Feb 2020 · 32 min SaaStr 311: When To Hire Generalists vs Specialists, How To Retain Agility With Scale and Process and How To Always Keep Your Hiring Funnel Full with Karl Sun, Founder & CEO @ Lucidchart Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Kickstart ### What does Kickstart invest in? Kickstart invests most often at Venture and Seed (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology. ### How active is Kickstart? 143 investments on record, 15 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026. ### What has Kickstart invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Carputty (Series B, Sept 2026), Refr Sports (Seed, Jul 2026) and Redo (Series B, Jun 2026). ### How big are Kickstart's cheques? The median round it joins is $4.1M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $4.0M. ### Does Kickstart lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 143 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Kickstart invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (87%) and Canada (5%). ### Is Kickstart investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 15 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Kickstart invest alongside? Most often Pelion Venture Partners (11 rounds together), Peterson Ventures (10 rounds together) and Album VC (9 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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