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KB Partners

Founders Byron Denenberg Keith Bank

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Total investments 70
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$8M
Portfolio companies 46
Rounds per year 2.50
Lead investments 18
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.34
Exits 10
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Sports
  • Software
  • Gaming
  • eSports
  • Health Care
Summary

KB Partners appeared to be the VC, which was created in 1996. The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Highland Park.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the KB Partners, startups are often financed by Canaan Partners, ABS Ventures, Enterprise Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Wand Partners, Ticketmaster, Kettle Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Sterling Capital Management, RiverVest, Kaiser Permanente Ventures.

The current fund was established by Byron Denenberg, Keith Bank. Besides them, we counted 1 critical employee of this fund in our database.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The real fund results show that this VC is 17 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The important activity for fund was in 2001. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Opposing the other organizations, this KB Partners works on 1 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2010.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Active Network, Verax Biomedical, Accumetrics. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Manufacturing, Service Industry.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Real Established

$4M28 Dec 2023 Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Rypplzz

Augmented Reality
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Enterprise Software
Geospatial
Media and Entertainment
Security
Software
Telecommunications
$3M14 Dec 2023 Los Angeles, California, United States

Omorpho

E-Commerce
Retail
Sporting Goods
$3M13 Nov 2023 Portland, Oregon, United States

Bookseats

Reservations
Sports
Travel
$1M12 Sep 2023 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

nVenue

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Software
Sports
$3M09 Jun 2023 Houston, Texas, United States

GridRival

Apps
Fantasy Sports
Gaming
Mobile Apps
Software
Sports
$4M10 Mar 2023 Portland, Oregon, United States

ShotQuality

Analytics
Predictive Analytics
Sports
$3M05 Oct 2022 Larchmont, New York, United States

Kaya Climb

Communities
Information Technology
Outdoors
Social
23 Sep 2022 -

Goss

Gaming
Mobile Apps
08 Aug 2022 London, England, United Kingdom
News
StatusPRO Raises $5.2M in Seed Funding

– StatusPRO is a sports technology and gaming company based in Miami, FL.
– The company raised $5.2m in seed funding.
– The round was led by KB Partners and TitletownTech with participation from Greycroft, Verizon Ventures, Haslam Sports Group, 49ers Enterprises, SC Holdings and additional strategic investors.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate the expansion of products aimed at reshaping how players and coaches prepare for games, while defining a new form of engagement between athletes and fans.

Kenshō Health Raises $3.5M in Seed Funding

– Kenshō Health is a care navigation and provider discovery platform for holistic medicine.
– The company raised $3.5m in seed funding.
– The round was led by KB Partners, with participation from Company Ventures and Gaingels.
– All of Kenshō’s Pre-Seed investors – Crosscut, Female Founders Fund, Alumni Ventures Group, and Evolve Foundation also take a participation in the round.
– The company intends to use the funds to continue to build out its team, drive patient demand, and capture provider supply, serviced by its latest product, Care Matching.

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Total investments 70
Average round size 8M
Rounds per year 2.50
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 18
Follow on index 0.34
Exits 10
Group Appearance index 0.76

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Real Established

$4M28 Dec 2023 Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Rypplzz

Augmented Reality
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Enterprise Software
Geospatial
Media and Entertainment
Security
Software
Telecommunications
$3M14 Dec 2023 Los Angeles, California, United States

Omorpho

E-Commerce
Retail
Sporting Goods
$3M13 Nov 2023 Portland, Oregon, United States

Bookseats

Reservations
Sports
Travel
$1M12 Sep 2023 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

nVenue

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Software
Sports
$3M09 Jun 2023 Houston, Texas, United States

GridRival

Apps
Fantasy Sports
Gaming
Mobile Apps
Software
Sports
$4M10 Mar 2023 Portland, Oregon, United States

ShotQuality

Analytics
Predictive Analytics
Sports
$3M05 Oct 2022 Larchmont, New York, United States

Kaya Climb

Communities
Information Technology
Outdoors
Social
23 Sep 2022 -

Goss

Gaming
Mobile Apps
08 Aug 2022 London, England, United Kingdom
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