Kickstart Fund
| Private | |||
| Industry | Venture capital | ||
| Founded | September 2008 | ||
| Founders | Gavin Christensen | ||
| Headquarters | Cottonwood Heights, Utah , United States | ||
Area served | Mountain West | ||
Key people | Dalton Wright Curt Roberts Al Soffe | ||
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| Website | kickstartfund | ||
Kickstart Fund, also known as the Kickstart Seed Fund, is a Utah-based[1] venture capital firm that works primarily with Startup company startups and growth-stage companies within the Mountain West region.[2][3] [4][5]
The firm has backed technology companies including Podium[6], Sondermind[7], Grain[8] and Lucidchart[9]
Founding and partnering
Kickstart Fund was founded in September 2008 by Gavin Christensen with Partner Dalton Wright. In the same year the company closed its first fund of $8 million.[10]
On April 29th 2020, Kickstart Fund announced the oversubscribed close of Fund V at $110 million, raising its total assets under management to over $250 million.[11][12]
The firm is headquartered in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.
Investments
Kickstart Fund works with Seed money, Startup company and growth-stage investments. Its seed and early stage investments include Pura[13][14], Alumni[15], Spiff[16][17] and Sondermind[18][19]. The firm’s growth capital investments focus on more developed companies that require a larger amount of capital to expand their business such as Lucidchart[20][21], Chatbooks[22], Nav, Havenly[23], TaskEasy and Self.
Campus Founders Fund
Campus Founders Fund (CFF) is a venture fund that invests in student-run Utah-based startups. It was founded by Kickstart Fund in October 2014.
References
- ↑ "Kickstart Seed Fund Closes Largest Seed Fund Ever in Utah, Adds Two Industry Veterans to Management Team". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
- ↑ "Kickstart Seed Fund Closes Fourth Fund at $74 Million". Wall Street Journal. 2018-01-18. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
- ↑ "Utah-based seed fund Kickstart closes fifth fund worth $110M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ Irving, Fraser. "Kickstart Seed Fund rakes in $74m for fourth vehicle after attracting new LPs | AltAssets Private Equity News". Retrieved 2020-10-22.
- ↑ "The Daily Startup: Latest Kickstart Seed Fund Looks to Boost Utah Startups". Wall Street Journal. 2015-01-30. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
- ↑ "Utah's Podium raises $125M Series C led by YC after reaching $100M ARR". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ "As demand for mental health services soars, SonderMind raises $27 million to expand its services". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ "Grain, a startup built expressly atop of Zoom, has raised $4 million". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ Raymond, Art (2020-04-29). "Kickstart ready to boost the next wave of stellar startups with new, $110 million fund". Deseret News. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ Stauffer, McKenzie (2020-02-07). "'It was not easy': Company helps 'kickstart' entrepreneur dreams in Utah". KJZZ. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ "Utah-based seed fund Kickstart closes fifth fund worth $110M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ "Kickstart Seed Fund Announces the Close of $110 Million Fund V". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
- ↑ Newsdesk, HrNxt (2020-02-21). "PURA raises $4.4 mn seed funding led by Kickstart Seed Fund". hrnxt.com. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ FinSMEs (2020-02-21). "Pura Raises $4.4M in Seed Funding". FinSMEs. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ FinSMEs (2020-01-28). "Aumni Raises $10M in Series A Funding". FinSMEs. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ "Spiff Announces $3M in Seed Funding". Silicon Slopes. 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ "Automating payments for the corporate sales force leads to a $10 million windfall for Spiff". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ "SonderMind lands $27M to expand its therapist matching, scheduling services". MobiHealthNews. 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ Hall, Christine (2020-04-07). "SonderMind Raises $27M Series B For Mental Health Accessibility". Crunchbase News. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ "Utah-based seed fund Kickstart closes fifth fund worth $110M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ Fund, Kickstart Seed (2020-04-29). "Kickstart Seed Fund Announces the Close of $110 Million Fund V". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ "Chatbooks Secures $6 Million Series A Funding, Sells 1 Millionth Automatic Photo Book". www.businesswire.com. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ "Havenly closes third round of funding". businessofhome.com. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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