Dalton Wright
InvestorPartner at Kickstart Fund Β· General Partner at Kickstart
Salt Lake City, Utah
Writes $500K β $3M checks Β· typically $1.5M
About
Dalton Wright launched Mexico's first early-stage venture fund, built clinical data networks at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, mentored a student-run fund, and now serves as general partner leading Colorado expansion.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechMarketplacesSaaS
Experience
- KickstartGeneral Partnercurrent2013 β presentUtah and Colorado
- Kauffman FellowsFellow- Class 19current2014 β present
- Pluto BioBoard Directorcurrent2025 β presentDenver, Colorado, United States
- Rad AIBoard Observercurrent2024 β present
- Rad AIDirector2020 β 2024Berkeley, California, United States
- Federated ComputerDirectorcurrent2024 β present
- Angel StudiosInvestorcurrent2014 β present
- Angel StudiosDirector2014 β 2024
- SaladDirector/Board Observercurrent2018 β present
- CarputtyDirectorcurrent2021 β present
- TrinsicDirector/Board Observercurrent2020 β present
- DollarizeBoard Observercurrent2022 β present
- HavenlyInvestorcurrent2015 β presentDenver, Colorado, United States
- HavenlyDirector2023 β 2025Denver, Colorado, United States
- MNTGEDirector2022 β 2025
- LootDirector2022 β 2025
- TiledDirector2018 β 2025
- LifeSpotDirector2023 β 2025Denver, Colorado, United States
- Graphite Systems Inc.Director2019 β 2025Utah, United States
- VutilityDirector2023 β 2024Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area
Education
- The Wharton SchoolMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurial Management
- The Lauder Institute - University of PennsylvaniaMaster's Degree, International Studies2012 β 2014
- University of UtahBA, Finance
- Kauffman Fellows2014 β 2016
Skills & more
Leadership9Strategic Planning11Strategy31Analysis3Management8Due Diligence25Venture Capital48Start-ups53Valuation12Angel Investing13Business Modeling3Entrepreneurship44
+11 more
Financial ModelingDeal SourcingFundraisingInvestmentsMarket ResearchBusiness StrategyPrivate EquityCorporate DevelopmentLBOMergers & AcquisitionsCorporate FinanceLanguages Spanish
From Dalton's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended The Wharton School1,323
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures
+ 1,317 more
Also attended The Lauder Institute - University of Pennsylvania35
Wesley TilluPartner at S32 focused on frontier technology investmentsMarΓa de Lera AuerspergInvestor at KfundKent MadsenFounding Managing Partner Emeritus & Venture Partner at EPIC VENTURESCristobal De AtuchaPrincipal at FinTech CollectiveDan SiazonFounder & Managing Partner at Kickstart VenturesStephen SnyderManaging Director, Head of Operations & Partnerships at JetBlue Ventures
+ 29 more
Also attended University of Utah66
Eric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKelly KoVice President of Technology Ventures and Innovation at Flare Capital PartnersTravis HeathAdministrative Partner & CFO at Signal Peak VenturesJason LangInvestor at EPIC VENTURESGeoff SwindleInvestor at EPIC VENTURESTommy AhlquistInvestor at EPIC VENTURES
+ 60 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Kauffman Fellows360
Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaTobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesRoi Bar-KatManaging Director at Intel CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalNick WashburnSenior Managing Director, Intel Capital (North America)Vinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate Ventures
+ 354 more
Also worked at Tiled2
Also worked at Artemis Health Inc.2
Colleagues at Kickstart Fund
Alex Soffe
General Partner & CFO at Kickstart Fund
Anna Sophia Rowe
Associate at Kickstart Fund
Brandon Beck
Principal at Kickstart Fund
Curt Roberts
General Partner at Kickstart Fund
Gavin
Investor at Kickstart Fund
Gavin Christensen
Founder & General Partner at Kickstart Fund
Jaime Novoa
Investor at Kfund
Karen Zelnick
Senior Director of Platform at Kickstart Fund
Network7
Shruti GandhiScout
Investor at Array Ventures Management Llc
Zach Bratun-GlennonScout
General Partner at Gradient Ventures
Brandon Beck
Principal at Kickstart Fund
Curt Roberts
General Partner at Kickstart Fund
Jaime Novoa
Investor at Kfund
Kat Kennedy
General Partner at Kickstart Fund
Matt Smith
Principal at Kickstart Fund
Investors connected to Dalton in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.




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