# Kinetic: portfolio, investments and team

> Kinetic is an accelerator. 5 investments on record, latest Feb 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/kinetic (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Kinetic

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Jul 2026, closing $111M. Last cheque observed Feb 2019.

Quiet New fund $111M, Jul 2026 Accelerator

Series A Seed

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **2798** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$7.7M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 60%**

Pitch Kinetic

## Kinetic highlights

- 01 5 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $400K

## What they do

- **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Feb** **[ThunderCore](https://millionrounds.com/company/thundercore)** Series A · US · VentureBeat **$50M** With 9 others
- **2018** 3 rounds
- **Jun** **[Optii](https://millionrounds.com/company/optii)** US · FinSMEs **$4.0M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Instant Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/instant-financial)** Series A · CA · FinSMEs **$11M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Staq](https://millionrounds.com/company/staq)** US · FinSMEs **$2.0M** With 3 others
- **2014** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Wirkn](https://millionrounds.com/company/wirkn)** Seed · CA **$400K** 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

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

DS **Darren Schlanger** Member of the General Partner - Kinetic Alternative Fund I GP LLC i Filing they signed

DC **David Casey Woodrum** Director i Filing they signed

JW **Jeffery Wayne Morgan** Director i Filing they signed

MS **Michael Scott Williams** Director i Filing they signed

We also hold **7** 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.

New fund on file

**$111M**

raised in Jul 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Series A Seed

Median round joined **$7.7M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$400K**

Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Feb 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A *2*
- Seed *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2014 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Kinetic put money into.

[**ThunderCore** $50M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/thundercore)[**Optii** $4.0M · Jun 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/optii)[**Instant Financial** $11M · Apr 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/instant-financial)

## Quick answers about Kinetic

### What does Kinetic invest in?

Kinetic invests most often at Series A and Seed (100% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Kinetic?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2019.

### What has Kinetic invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: ThunderCore (Series A, Feb 2019), Optii (Undisclosed round, Jun 2018) and Instant Financial (Series A, Apr 2018).

### How big are Kinetic's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.7M.

### Does Kinetic lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Kinetic invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (60%) and Canada (40%).

### Is Kinetic investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2019.

### What kind of investor is Kinetic?

Kinetic is an accelerator.

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