Kickstart
Seed-stage investor focused on Mountain West, uniquely operating a student-run fund across 11 universities to source and funnel university startups into main funds, offering dealflow and a talent pipeline.
Los Angeles, United States · 99+ investments · 131 portfolio companies
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, United States
- Founded
- 2008
- Website
- kickstartfund.com
- AUM
- $230.0M
- Portfolio Companies
- 131
- Total Investments
- 99
- Last Investment
- Jul 2026
- Geographic Focus
- United States, Utah, Colorado
Investment Thesis
Kickstart is a Venture Capital firm based in Los Angeles, United States. It has made 99 investments in Education and Robotics, including Blyncsy, Transcelestial and Beanstalk.
Portfolio131
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Venture Capital ×21 · Accelerator ×1 · Growth Equity ×1 · 57 shared rounds
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