Kickstart Fund
Venture capitalSalt Lake City · Seed · 11 people tracked
Investment thesis
Kickstart invests in non-consensus ideas and overlooked founders across the Mountain West, particularly in Utah and Colorado. The firm believes that fund size, team, and culture form a fund's strategy and emphasizes early-stage investing. Partners underwrite elite founders building across the innovation stack, maintaining deep regional networks of entrepreneurs, operators, and investors within approximately two hours of 95% of their portfolio companies.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 21, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 80 of 95 portfolio companiesSaaS ×36Enterprise Software ×32AI & Machine Learning ×27Fintech ×11Data & Infrastructure ×8Healthtech ×8HR Tech ×8Cloud Computing ×7
HQs:United States×21France×1
Investments · showing 60 of 95
founders shown can be your intro pathGrow is a no-code business intelligence platform that enables organizations to connect, visualize, and analyze data from 100+ sources without SQL expertise. The platform serves business teams seeking to democratize data access and automate analytics across their organization.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Chargezoom provides an AI-native platform that automates accounts receivable workflows including invoicing, collections, and reconciliation. The platform serves businesses seeking to accelerate cash flow and reduce manual accounting work.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Aervivo provides a cloud-based connectivity platform that delivers managed gigabit WiFi and fiber connectivity to residential communities. The platform targets multifamily property operators seeking to generate additional revenue while providing residents with high-speed internet service.
Cloud ComputingPropTech
Alianza provides a platform for service providers to modernize voice and communications operations through AI-infused experiences and simplified network management.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Altitude AI is an AI platform that helps system integrators save time on industrial documentation, engineering drawings, PLC code, and troubleshooting. The platform analyzes, generates, and validates control documents, electrical/mechanical drawings, and programmable logic controller code for complex manufacturing and industrial automation projects.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Alysio is an AI-native platform that unifies revenue, sales, and go-to-market data from multiple tools like Salesforce, HubSpot, and Gong into a single conversational interface. The platform provides real-time revenue intelligence, sales insights, and AI-powered automations for revenue operations teams, sales leaders, and customer success teams.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Anagram provides an AI-powered Site Agent platform that helps e-commerce brands answer customer questions, recommend products, and guide purchasing decisions in real-time. The platform enables retailers to capture customer intent from AI-driven discovery and improve conversion by delivering contextual answers throughout the customer journey.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech
Anagram Security builds security awareness training software designed to replace ineffective video-based compliance programs. The platform targets CISOs and enterprise security teams seeking to reduce human security vulnerabilities through more engaging training methods.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Harley Sugarman(CEO)
MarketDial provides a testing platform that combines machine learning with human expertise to help companies conduct in-store experiments and make data-driven decisions. The platform serves retail and consumer-facing businesses seeking to validate ideas through controlled testing.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRetail TechSaaS
Artemis Health provides data analytics and insights software to U.S. employers, advisors, and payers to optimize health benefits and reduce healthcare costs. The platform aggregates medical, pharmaceutical, and claims data to help benefits teams make decisions that improve outcomes and lower spending.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech<UNKNOWN>, US
Blyncsy provides an AI-powered platform that automates roadway inspection and asset inventory for cities and state departments of transportation by analyzing crowd-sourced dash camera imagery. The platform helps municipalities reduce maintenance costs, improve safety compliance, and manage road networks at scale.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechGovTech
BrainStorm provides a platform for driving enterprise adoption of AI and software tools through behavior change orchestration, rather than traditional training. The platform helps organizations turn software licenses and AI access into lasting workplace adoption by reaching employees across existing communication channels and measuring usage outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Care by Clay provides AI-powered lesson planning and digital behavior coaching tools for early childhood educators and school staff. The platform helps teachers reduce absenteeism, manage classroom behavior, and incorporate social-emotional learning into their curriculum.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechMental Health
CareCar connects health plan members with a network of caregivers to improve access to care services. The platform works with payers and health plans to facilitate connections between members and care partners.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Carputty modernizes auto financing through a digital lending platform that offers straightforward, fixed-rate loans for vehicle purchases up to $45,000. The platform serves buyers seeking transparent, flexible financing options with tools to track vehicle value over time and make purchasing decisions with greater clarity.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerFintech
Qwick operates a platform for hospitality businesses to post shifts, find and vet workers, and manage payroll and compliance. The platform serves restaurants, hotels, catering companies, and other hospitality venues with on-demand staffing, hiring, and workforce management tools.
B2B MarketplacesHR TechSaaS
Cinch is a customer data and marketing automation platform that unifies customer information from multiple sources and enables B2C businesses to create personalized marketing campaigns across SMS, email, direct mail, and other channels. The platform helps multi-location businesses segment customers, increase retention, and optimize customer lifetime value.
Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaS
Claravine provides a SaaS platform that enforces consistent data standards and taxonomy across digital marketing operations for enterprise brands and agencies. The platform ensures clean, reliable data capture and governance across analytics, automation, and marketing technology stacks.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing Tech
Verl Allen(Chief Executive Officer)Justin Shepard(Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer)Bernard Kiyanda(Chief Technology and Product Officer)Dan Bowes(VP of Enterprise Transformation & Customer Enablement)
Clientbook is a digital sales assistant platform designed for luxury retail teams to drive sales and customer retention through AI-powered client recommendations, personalized messaging, analytics, and automation tools.
AI & Machine LearningSaaS
CoNextions Medical develops implants for orthopedic soft tissue and tendon repair, designed to provide superior fixation to bone compared to traditional suture methods. The company offers the Coronet Soft Tissue Fixation System and CoNextions TR Tendon Repair System for use in surgical procedures.
Medical Devices
Converus develops eye-tracking technology for deception detection, offering solutions including EyeDetect and VerifEye for law enforcement, corporate, and government credibility assessment. The company's oculomotor deception test technology helps identify dishonesty and verify truth across security and investigative applications.
Deep TechEnterprise SoftwareGovTech
Dr. John Kircher(Chief Scientist)
Crew is a financial technology platform that provides a high-yield checking account with integrated budgeting and automation features. It allows users to create virtual "pockets" for goals and expenses, automate paycheck splitting, and track spending, with banking services provided by Bangor Savings Bank.
Fintech
Crew manages trash removal and can-to-curb service for short-term rental owners and property managers. The service handles regular trash pickup and on-demand removal across multiple U.S. states.
B2B MarketplacesPropTech<UNKNOWN>, US
Cam Lam(Founder)Tanner Davis(CFO)Travis Zappia(COO)
Degreed provides an enterprise learning experience platform that helps organizations collect, understand, and develop workforce skills through AI-driven learning experiences. The platform serves enterprises seeking to build a skilled, adaptable workforce through integrated learning resources and talent development.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
David Blake(CEO)Eric Sharp
Havenly provides virtual and in-person interior design services, connecting customers with professional designers who create personalized plans, select furnishings, and provide 3D renderings of spaces. The platform also offers curated access to home furnishing brands at discounted prices.
ConsumerMarketplaces
DirectScale, now part of Exigo, provides software platform solutions for MLM and direct-selling businesses. The platform serves companies operating in the social and direct-selling spaces.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
DiversiFi provides an AI layer that connects 3PL warehouse management systems, carrier networks, and accounting platforms to automate pricing, billing, and shipment routing. The software helps third-party logistics providers increase revenue, reduce manual labor, and optimize margins through dynamic markup recommendations and fully automated billing reconciliation.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply Chain
Dollarize enables cross-border money transfers via chat messaging, allowing users to send funds from any country to any country without fees and receiving money instantly via virtual or physical Visa cards. The service targets families and individuals sending remittances globally.
FintechBrooklyn, US
Rithum is a commerce platform that enables brands and retailers to list, market, and optimize products across 600+ marketplaces while managing inventory, orders, and fulfillment centrally. The platform provides tools for catalog management, retail media campaigns, and supply chain visibility across ecommerce channels.
B2B MarketplacesE-commerceSaaS
Epistemix provides simulation and modeling software to help organizations understand product adoption patterns at the individual level and test strategies to optimize market penetration. The platform enables decision-makers to observe market conditions, run scenario analyses, and track execution against strategic plans.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
eVisit provides digital care coordination and delivery software for healthcare systems, enabling them to expand care access, improve operational efficiency, and reduce costs across clinical, financial, and operational functions.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech
Exigo is an enterprise platform for direct selling and multi-level marketing (MLM) companies that provides commission management, back-office operations, eCommerce, analytics, and field engagement tools. The platform serves direct selling organizations globally and has supported over 100 brands.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Federated Computer provides software applications that help companies reduce their SaaS spending, claiming users save 80% or more monthly on subscription costs.
SaaS
Forj provides a combined learning management system and online community platform built specifically for associations and professional networks. The platform integrates community, digital learning, and member analytics to help organizations improve engagement and member retention.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Campfire provides customizable leadership development programs for organizations, offering flexible content delivery, facilitated sessions, and coaching tools that adapt to company culture and real-world work contexts. The platform serves HR leaders, L&D teams, and talent leaders scaling leadership development across distributed, high-growth teams.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaS
Redo provides returns management and fulfillment software for e-commerce businesses, featuring AI-powered SMS messaging, order tracking, and integrations with platforms like Shopify and ShipHero.
E-commerceSaaS
Grain is an AI-powered meeting capture and enrichment platform that automatically records and transcribes meetings, then integrates with AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to enable AI agents to perform work based on meeting context. It serves teams and agents needing to extract actionable insights from meetings across any communication platform.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Graphite provides a procurement platform that enables faster supplier onboarding and ongoing supplier management through automated risk assessments, data validation, and compliance monitoring. The platform serves procurement teams managing vendor relationships and third-party risk across enterprises.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Gravwell is a security data platform that collects, stores, and analyzes unstructured logs and large data volumes in raw format without enforcing predefined schemas. The platform serves security teams and IT departments with advanced search and analytics capabilities under a predictable pricing model.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Halda provides AI-powered agents for student recruitment and enrollment management at educational institutions. The platform automates personalized email campaigns, website conversion, and 24/7 student engagement through voice, SMS, email, and WhatsApp to increase enrollment yield.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Hallo provides AI-driven language proficiency assessments across speaking, writing, listening, and reading in over 80 languages for global hiring and candidate evaluation. The platform delivers instant CEFR scores and detailed feedback on fluency, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR Tech
Crew is a recruiting software platform that combines applicant tracking and customer relationship management features for staffing agencies and independent recruiters, with built-in sourcing tools, automation capabilities, and LinkedIn integration.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechParis, FR
Amine Skalli(Founder)in
HireVue provides AI-powered hiring software including virtual job tryouts and skills assessments to reduce bias and simplify the recruitment process. The platform serves enterprise hiring teams with data-driven tools for candidate evaluation and talent matching.
AI & Machine LearningHR Tech
Huckabuy provides edge infrastructure for rendering and serving web pages to search engines and AI agents, enabling faster content delivery and improved SEO performance. The platform automates technical SEO practices to increase organic visibility and help websites rank higher in search results.
AdTechCloud ComputingSaaS
Ingo Money provides instant payment orchestration and account funding services for fintechs and financial institutions, enabling customers to transfer funds inbound and outbound across multiple channels with real-time underwriting and fraud protection.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Kickstart Fund invest at?
- Kickstart Fund invests at the Seed stage.
- What sectors does Kickstart Fund focus on?
- Kickstart Fund focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Kickstart Fund located?
- Kickstart Fund is headquartered in Salt Lake City, US.
- Does Kickstart Fund lead rounds?
- Yes, Kickstart Fund leads investment rounds.
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