# Joe Kaiser at Mercato Partners > Joe Kaiser, CEO and Managing Director at Mercato Partners. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-kaiser (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Salt Lake City, US · Partner # Joe Kaiser CEO and Managing Director at [Mercato Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercato-partners) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** 5 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 1 +5 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - ✓ **On filings** 5 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Mercato Partners - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=joe-kaiser)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=joe-kaiser) ## The firm [**Mercato Partners** VC firm · US **2** cheques in 12 months **26** all time **4** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercato-partners) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Beam Dental](https://millionrounds.com/company/beam-dental) - [Central Logic](https://millionrounds.com/startup/central-logic) - [Cloud Elements](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloud-elements) - [Domo](https://millionrounds.com/startup/domo-2) - [Ephesoft](https://millionrounds.com/startup/ephesoft) - [Fusion-io](https://millionrounds.com/startup/fusion-io) - [Goal Zero](https://millionrounds.com/startup/goal-zero) - [Ingram Medical](https://millionrounds.com/startup/ingram-medical-inc) - [Kalderos](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalderos) - [Klover](https://millionrounds.com/startup/klover) - [Kuali](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuali) - [Laticinios Sao Vincente](https://millionrounds.com/startup/laticinios-sao-vincente) - [Lendio](https://millionrounds.com/company/lendio) - [MediConnect Global (MCG)](https://millionrounds.com/startup/mediconnect-global-mcg) - [ObservePoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/observepoint) - [Primary Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/primary-data) - [PrinterLogic](https://millionrounds.com/startup/printerlogic-inc) - [SaltStack](https://millionrounds.com/company/saltstack) - [Sphero](https://millionrounds.com/company/sphero) - [SpinGo](https://millionrounds.com/startup/spingo-2) - [Stance](https://millionrounds.com/startup/stance) - [Summersalt](https://millionrounds.com/company/summersalt) - Altitude Digital - Control4 - Cymphonix - Galileo Financial Technologies - Skullcandy - SteelHouse ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Paytient Technologies, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2023 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Beam Technologies Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2021 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Summersalt, Inc.** Director since 2020 - SEC Form D · Company raising **KALDEROS, INC.** Director on 3 filings · since 2019 - SEC Form D · Company raising **EPHESOFT INC.** Director since 2017 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Mercato Partners - [**Alan Hall** Founder & Chairman *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alan-hall) - [**Greg Warnock** Co-Founder, Managing Director *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/greg-warnock) - [**Kent Thomas** Operating Partner *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/kent-thomas) - [**Aaron Hall** Director *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aaron-hall) - [**Josh Christensen** Director, Growth Equity *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-christensen) - [**Maxwell Rice** Head of Product *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/maxwell-rice) - [**Nicky Rodriguez** Office Manager & Executive Assistant *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/nicky-rodriguez) - [**Ryan Parker** Chief Financial Officer/chief Compliance Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-parker) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 13 Nov 2023 · 46 min 409. Why the Growth Equity Model is Broken, the Playbook for Scaling in Between the Coasts, and the Verticalization of Big Data (Joe Kaiser) With [Joe Kaiser](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-kaiser) Mentions [Mercato Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercato-partners) About this episode Joe Kaiser of Mercato joins Nate to discuss Why the Growth Equity Model is Broken, the Playbook for Scaling in Between the Coasts, and the Verticalization of Big Data. In this episode we cover: Investment Strategy and Ideal Company Fit for a Midwestern Venture Capital Firm Scaling Companies in… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Joe Kaiser in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 18 Apr 2024 · 7 min Investor Stories 344: Best LP Question (Kaiser, Jones, Jain) Mentions [Joe Kaiser](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-kaiser) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Joe Kaiser Michael Jones Gaurav Jain We asked guests to share the best question they've ever been asked by an allocator. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 29 Feb 2024 · 6 min Investor Stories 337: Visionary Founders (Stack, Kaiser, Green) Mentions [Joe Kaiser](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-kaiser)[Mitchell Green](https://millionrounds.com/person/mitchell-green) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Risa Stack Joe Kaiser Mitchell Green We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so special. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 1 Feb 2024 · 7 min Investor Stories 333: Disruptive Forces (Neumann, Kaiser, Beller) Mentions [Jerry Neumann](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jerry-neumann)[Joe Kaiser](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-kaiser)[Morgan Beller](https://millionrounds.com/person/morgan-beller) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jerry Neumann Joe Kaiser Morgan Beller We asked guests to discuss the factor that could cause the most disruption to the industry going forward and how that will change the next decade of venture. The hosts of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 11 Jan 2024 · 6 min Investor Stories 330: Key Advice (Ding, Wagner, Kaiser) Mentions [Peter Wagner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-wagner)[Joe Kaiser](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-kaiser) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Shensi Ding Peter Wagner Joe Kaiser We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd share with folks early in their venture career. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 7 Dec 2023 · 8 min Investor Stories 325: Why I Passed (Stack, Kaiser, Tully) Mentions [Joe Kaiser](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-kaiser) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Risa Stack Joe Kaiser Tim Tully Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=joe-kaiser). ## Find people like Joe Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. 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