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KCRise Fund

4 employees

KCRise Fund is a Kansas City-based VC firm investing in Seed & Series A stage technology companies in Kansas and western Missouri.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Software21
Automotive8
Artificial Intelligence8
Health Care7
Information Technology6
Technology6
Education5
E-Commerce5
Human Resources5
GovTech4
Enterprise Software4
Wellness4
Machine Learning4
Logistics4
SaaS3
Marketplace3
Wholesale3
Automation3
Supply Chain3
FinTech3

Funding rounds participated in

$250K sweet spot round size

Most of their 58 investments are in rounds between $2M and $9.2M

Investor type

Micro VC

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

Food and Beverage
Transportation
Artificial Intelligence
Network Security
FinTech
Smart Building
Machine Learning
GovTech
Logistics
Sports

Date founded

2016

Investments made

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Outbound AI raised $16M on June 21, 2023

Investors: Pack Ventures, Tacoma Venture Fund, Madrona Venture Group, Ascend.vc and KCRise Fund

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PLOT Construction Communications raised $2M on June 5, 2023

Investors: Koch Supply & Trading, NetWork Kansas, GroundBreak Ventures and KCRise Fund

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Ox raised $13M on April 25, 2023

Investors: Atento Capital, Cortado Ventures, Vuzix Corporation, MaC Venture Capital, TechSquare Labs, Florida Funders, BBG Ventures, Agya Ventures and KCRise Fund

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Vytelle raised $20M on April 4, 2023

Investors: Fulcrum Global Capital, Grosvenor Food & AgTech, Open Prairie Ventures, Serra Ventures, Mountain Group Partners and KCRise Fund

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Redeem raised $2.5M on March 1, 2023

Investors: Kenetic, VC3 DAO, Monochrome Capital, Flyover Capital , CMT Digital and KCRise Fund

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Healium raised $3.6M on February 20, 2023

Investors: impact Venture Capital, The Ambition Fund, Tidewater Capital, Stadia Ventures, Missouri Technology Corporation and KCRise Fund

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Free From Market raised $2.1M on January 26, 2023

Investors: Bluestein Ventures, 1st Course Capital, Beta Boom, AssetBlue Investment Group and KCRise Fund

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Saile Inc raised $1.4M on November 22, 2022

Investors: Valor Ventures and KCRise Fund

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QuickHire raised $2.3M on November 7, 2022

Investors: Female Founders Alliance, MATH Venture Partners, Sandalphon Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Revolution LLC, Sixty8 Capital, Tenzing Capital Ventures and KCRise Fund

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Boddle Learning raised $3M on September 23, 2022

Investors: Cortado Ventures, Atento Capital, Lightship Capital and KCRise Fund

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