Fundraising Fox
Eli Kia
InvestorGeneral Partner at Fortify Ventures
Los Angeles
Writes $100K – $2M checks · typically $250K
Find your path to Eli
Sign up to see every warm intro you have to Eli
- Paths you didn't know you had: your email and LinkedIn already hold routes to Eli. We find them for you
- 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: the friend-of-a-friend routes that take hours to manually find through your inbox or LinkedIn
- Answers now, not in days: momentum is everything in a raise. Skip asking around whether someone knows someone
Days of research, done the moment you sign in, with every route ranked by how warm it is.
About
Eli Kia is an early-stage investor based in Los Angeles who spends most of his time building Fortify Ventures, a fund backing next-generation human health and performance products with checks of $100k to $2m targeting 7% ownership. He also writes small angel checks through Coral Tree Canyon, using personal investments to get operationally involved with founders outside Fortify's scope. Before investing, he worked at Seaside Ventures, Handle Delivery, Duffl, and Telos Capital Management. He publishes a newsletter called Two and Twenty aimed at helping emerging fund managers access information, news, and events.
Contact· published on Eli's own website
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Runs Fortify Ventures, a fund focused on human health and performance. Makes personal angel investments through Coral Tree Canyon.
- Communities
- Splits time between Los Angeles, New York, the Bay Area, DC, and Tel Aviv. Previously lived in New York and visits every few weeks.
- Hobbies
- Spends much of his free time cycling. Tinkers with small electronics like Arduinos. Obsesses over biometric data and biohacking. Surfs a 9'8 longboard. Enjoys chasing warm weather. Prides himself on making an excellent burger.
- More
- Has a VO2 max of 59. Traveled to Antarctica as a child just to see penguins.
From Eli's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Investments
Investor
Alter (YC S25)BoardyBOLD BARCurve ComplianceDifferent HealthhowieLyme AlertParalexrorrasamphire neuroSomble
Sources: curated public sources · the investor's own website.
Writing
All posts ↗Eli has recently been writing operational guidance for emerging venture fund managers, covering fund taxation (K-1s, carried interest holding periods, 83(b) elections), selling shares on the secondary market, and compliance tracking and fund policies.
Eli explains how venture fund taxation works for emerging managers, covering K-1 pass-through reporting, the 3-year carried interest holding rule, 83(b) elections, and non-deductible management fees.', ' .
Eli walks through how to sell fund shares on the secondary market, including gathering documents, checking transfer restrictions and ROFRs, making a one-pager, and talking to the company.
Eli covers fund compliance tracking, detailing what to record for LPs, side letters, expenses, and regulatory filings, plus adopting policies like a valuation policy.
Colleagues at Fortify Ventures
Network1
Investors connected to Eli in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Eli Kia?
- Eli Kia is an early-stage investor based in Los Angeles who spends most of his time building Fortify Ventures, a fund backing next-generation human health and performance products with checks of $100k to $2m targeting 7% ownership. He also writes small angel checks through Coral Tree Canyon, using personal investments to get operationally involved with founders outside Fortify's scope. Before investing, he worked at Seaside Ventures, Handle Delivery, Duffl, and Telos Capital Management. He publishes a newsletter called Two and Twenty aimed at helping emerging fund managers access information, news, and events.
- Where does Eli Kia work?
- Eli Kia is General Partner at Fortify Ventures.
- What check size does Eli Kia write?
- Eli Kia typically writes checks of $100K – $2M.
- What companies has Eli Kia invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Different Health, Samphire Neuroscience, Alter (YC S25), Boardy, BOLD BAR, Curve Compliance, Different Health, howie, Lyme Alert, Paralex, rorra, samphire neuro, and 1 more.
- What has Eli Kia written?
- Eli Kia has 3 tracked posts on 2and20.vc, including "The Operating Manual: Week 31", "Week 30: We're so back", "Week 29: Making the lawyers happy".
- Does Eli Kia lead rounds?
- Yes — Eli Kia has led 2 tracked investments.
About this profile. Compiled from public sources — Fortify Ventures's own website, press coverage and public professional profiles — and summarised by Fundraising Fox; every fact is kept with where it came from. Spotted an error, or would rather not be listed? Email privacy@fundraisingfox.com · How we build profiles · Your rights