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What does Kinetic Ventures invest in?
Kinetic Ventures invests most often at Series C and Series A (54% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Batteries, Oil and Telecommunications.
Kinetic Ventures highlights
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38 rounds on record
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Mostly Series C and Series A: 54% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $2.0M
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5 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Accelerating Entrepreneurial Growth Since 1985 and 'Where We Invest' sections indicate venture capital investments.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- BatteriesOilTelecommunications
- Based in
- Atlanta, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first38 appearances
- 2014
5 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Sept
- Jul
- May
- 2013
3 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Jan
- 2012
5 rounds
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Jun
- 2011
4 rounds
- Nov
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- 2009
1 round
- Oct
- 2008
1 round
- May
- 2007
2 rounds
- Apr
- Jan
- 2006
2 rounds
- Sept
- Jan
- 2005
4 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Jan
- Jan
- 2004
2 rounds
- May
- Feb
- 2003
5 rounds
- Dec
- Jul
- Jul
- Mar
- Feb
- 2001
2 rounds
- Apr
- Feb
- 2000
2 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
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 registration5 named
BDBernard D. Tarr, Jr.Manager of the Managing MemberiFiling they signed
BDBernard Davis TarrManaging DirectoriForm ADV
NCNelson Chien ChuManager of the Managing MemberiFiling they signed
SMSydney Mary ShepherdChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
WTWilliam Thomas HeflinManager of the Manager of the ManageriFiling they signed
We also hold 8 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
$196Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C.
- SEC number
- CRD 144453
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
7 of 20 we have independently watched raise
9lensesAndomoneyCarputtyInstantKobitonVizbeeZiftsolutionsCienaCsrwireFiercetelecomFoodbuyFourthItccapitalpartnersLeasetermsolutionsNavistoneNorthbaybusinessjournalOptiisolutionsProctorfreeVirtanaWashingtonpost
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 listed5 in all
SmartSynchBought by Itron$100MFeb 2012
CalixListedUndisclosedMar 2010
Caymas SystemsBought by Citrix SystemsUndisclosedJun 2007
Proficient SystemsBought by LivePersonUndisclosedJul 2006
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.