Kern Venture Group

Investment firm

Kern Venture Group

Venture capital

WebsiteCrunchbase profileCalifornia·United States7known portfolio companies2people tracked20co-investors

Kern Venture Group is a venture capital firm. Based in Bakersfield, California, United States. Known portfolio companies include Cambium, Autio, Sigo Seguros, BIOS, DermaSensor and MIMOSA Diagnostics, 7 companies in all.

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Investment focus

Who to pitch at Kern Venture Group

Kern Venture Group portfolio companies (7)

  • Cambium
  • Autio
  • Sigo Seguros
  • BIOS
  • DermaSensor
  • MIMOSA Diagnostics
  • Measure Studio

Co-investors

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About Kern Venture Group

The firm's listing covers sectors Consumer, FinTech, Hardware and Travel, and focus areas Aerospace, Audio, Clean and Renewable Energy and InsurTech; known deals cluster at Seed, Series A and Series B.

John-Paul Lake (Managing Partner) and Austin Llach (Advisor) are listed as the contacts to pitch at Kern Venture Group.

Kern Venture Group shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Revolution, Fifty Years and Groundswell.

Frequently asked questions

What is Kern Venture Group?

Kern Venture Group is a venture capital firm based in Bakersfield, California, United States, with a known portfolio of 7 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.

What does Kern Venture Group invest in?

Listed sectors include Consumer, FinTech, Hardware and Travel; listed focus areas include Aerospace, Audio, Clean and Renewable Energy and InsurTech. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.

What stage does Kern Venture Group invest at?

The known deals of Kern Venture Group include Seed, Series A and Series B rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.

Who should I pitch at Kern Venture Group?

Both people on file at Kern Venture Group are listed as contacts for the firm, each with their own profile page.

How do I contact Kern Venture Group?

Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 2 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.

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