Kickstart is a venture capital firm. Team members are concentrated in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The known portfolio counts 10 companies, including Crew, Kadence, Vector, DiversiFi, Quadratic and ZioSec.
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- AnalyticsBankingCloud InfrastructureData AnalyticsDigital HealthEdTechEnterprise SaaSHR TechInformation ServicesMountain West focusPaymentsSales
Who to pitch at Kickstart
Kickstart portfolio companies (10)
- Crew
- Kadence
- Vector
- DiversiFi
- Quadratic
- ZioSec
- Mention
- Pluto Biosciences
- Nitric
- Prova
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About Kickstart
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and Education, and focus areas Analytics, Banking, Cloud Infrastructure and Data Analytics; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A.
The team counts 8 people in our database. Gavin Christensen (Founder and General Partner), Dalton Wright (General Partner) and Kat Kennedy (General Partner) are shown as the contacts to pitch.
Kickstart shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Kickstart Ventures, Run Ventures and Forward Venture Capital.
Frequently asked questions
What is Kickstart?
Kickstart is a venture capital firm whose team is concentrated in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, with a known portfolio of 10 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 Kickstart invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and Education; listed focus areas include Analytics, Banking, Cloud Infrastructure and Data Analytics. 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 Kickstart invest at?
The known deals of Kickstart include Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A 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 Kickstart?
3 of the 8 people on file at Kickstart are listed as contacts for the firm. All 8 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Kickstart?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 8 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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