Kickstart portfolio

Kickstart (Venture capital) is known to hold 119 companies, 60 of them startups. 34 of them are hiring now, with 336 open roles. Its companies closed 5 venture rounds in 12 months, raising $82.6M. Most of them work in E-learning, Marketplaces, LLM & Generative AI.

Source: Alion Venture capital Oct 6, 2026
Investments
119
60 of them startups
Hiring now
34
336 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
5
$82.6M raised
Exits
1

Companies Kickstart has invested in

Carputty Inc. Leasing, Auto & Equipment Finance · United States Series B · this month portfolio pageOct 3
Sift Fraud Detection · United States Series B $42M · 6 mo ago 7 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Tava Health Digital Mental Health · United States Venture round $35M · 10 mo ago 2 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Monarx Threat Intelligence · United States Venture round $5M · 10 mo ago 1 role portfolio pageOct 3
Pomp Beauty, Inc. United States Venture round $584k · 10 mo ago portfolio pageOct 3
Kadence United States Series A $20M · 14 mo ago portfolio pageOct 3
PhotoPharmics Neurotech & Neuromodulation · United States Series B $6M · 17 mo ago portfolio pageOct 3
Alianza United States Venture round $12.5M · 19 mo ago 6 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Kangarootime Continuing Education · United States Venture round $2.7M · 19 mo ago portfolio pageOct 3
Chargezoom Billing & Subscription Management · India Series A $11.5M · 21 mo ago lead 1 role portfolio page, round in the pressDec 16, 2024
Qwick Freelance & Talent Marketplaces · United States Venture round $15.6M · 2 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Epistemix Simulation & Digital Twin Software · United States Venture round $5M · 2 yr ago 6 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Bandwango Higher Education · United States Venture round $1M · 2 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Tiled Office & Productivity Software · United States Convertible Note $600k · 3 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Clientbook Luxury Retail · United States Venture round $7.2M · 3 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Claravine Data Governance & Catalogs · United States Venture round $2.3M · 3 yr ago 3 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Pluto Biosciences, Inc. Higher Education Venture round $3.7M · 3 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Degreed Corporate Training · United States Venture round $50.9M · 3 yr ago 2 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Schola Venture round $745k · 3 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Yofi Marketplaces Venture round $1.5M · 4 yr ago 5 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Trinsic Network Security Seed $8.5M · 4 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Ingo Money Mobile Games · United States Venture round $45M · 4 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Anagram Venture round $60.1M · 4 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Blyncsy Venture round $2.6M · 4 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Podium CRM Software · United States Series D $201M · 4 yr ago 59 roles portfolio pageOct 3
MarketDial Predictive Analytics · United States Venture round · 4 yr ago 1 role portfolio pageOct 3
Nursa Healthcare Staffing · United States Venture round $21.9M · 4 yr ago 1 role portfolio pageOct 3
Forj E-learning Venture round $4.5M · 5 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
SonderMind Psychiatric Care · United States Venture round $241.5M · 5 yr ago 81 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Recyclops Waste Management Seed $3M · 5 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Zencastr Podcasting Venture round $4.6M · 5 yr ago 5 roles portfolio pageOct 3
TaskEasy United States Convertible Note $2.5M · 5 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Salad Technologies AI Compute & Inference · United States Venture round $3.2M · 5 yr ago 1 role portfolio pageOct 3
Spiff Venture round $9.3M · 6 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Huckabuy Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Venture round $2.2M · 6 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Reputation Online Reviews & Ratings · United States Venture round $30M · 7 yr ago 14 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Suralink Accounting & Tax Software · United States Venture round $5.3M · 7 yr ago 8 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Havenly United States Venture round $31.8M · 7 yr ago 15 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Exigo Office Management · United States Venture round $3.5M · 7 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Converus Venture round $5.6M · 7 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Artemis Health Care Coordination & Population Health · United States Venture round $22.9M · 7 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
PebblePost Advertising · United States Series C $24.8M · 8 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
TAFT Clothing Footwear · United States Venture round $5M · 8 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Cheddarup Venture round $150k · 9 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
SalesRabbit United States Venture round $3.1M · 9 yr ago 1 role portfolio pageOct 3
Chatbooks Venture round $11.5M · 9 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
eVisit Hospitals & Health Systems · United States Venture round $9.7M · 9 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Tealdrones Venture round $3M · 9 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
RackWare Marketplaces Series B $10M · 10 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Stance US Sporting Goods · United States Venture round $20.4M · 10 yr ago portfolio pageOct 3
Lucid AI Agents 21 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Rad AI Medical AI · United States 17 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Rithum Marketplaces · United Kingdom 13 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Pura Fragrances & Perfumes 14 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Angel TV Production 10 roles portfolio pageOct 3
WorkWave Field Service Management Software · United States 10 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Cotopaxi Outdoor & Camping Gear 8 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Self Personal Finance Apps & Education · United States 6 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Nomi Health Health Insurance & Benefits · United States 4 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Straddle Corporate Events 4 roles portfolio pageOct 3
Eptura Facilities Management 3 roles portfolio pageOct 3
HireVue Inc Recruiting & Staffing · United States 2 roles portfolio pageOct 3
BrainStorm, Inc. Corporate Training · United States 1 role portfolio pageOct 3
Color Factory Gift Cards & Loyalty Programs 1 role portfolio pageOct 3
Gravwell Log Management & Analytics · United States 1 role portfolio pageOct 3
Alysio Incident Response portfolio pageOct 3
Blerp Speech & Audio AI portfolio pageOct 3
CareCar Care Coordination & Population Health portfolio pageOct 3
Diversifi Logistics portfolio pageOct 3
Federated Computer Unified Communications portfolio pageOct 3
Getaltitudeai Industrial Automation portfolio pageOct 3
Grain United States portfolio pageOct 3
Graphite Connect Supply Chain portfolio pageOct 3
Grow BI & Dashboard Software · United States portfolio pageOct 3
Halda AI Agents portfolio pageOct 3
Hallo Language Learning portfolio pageOct 3
Keap CRM Software portfolio pageOct 3
Kiln Coworking & Shared Office · United States portfolio pageOct 3
Moises United States portfolio pageOct 3
Nav Credit Bureaus & Rating Agencies portfolio pageOct 3
Nitric Developer Tools portfolio pageOct 3
ORI Supply Chain portfolio pageOct 3
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Focus

Markets
E-learning5%
Marketplaces3%
LLM & Generative AI3%
Care Coordination & Population Health3%
Higher Education3%
Human Resources3%
Corporate Training2%
Leasing, Auto & Equipment Finance2%
Where its companies are
United States38%
India1%
United Kingdom1%
Stage of its companies
Venture, series not stated80%
Series B8%
Series A4%
Series C and later4%
Pre-seed & seed4%

Questions about Kickstart

How many companies has Kickstart invested in?

Kickstart is known to hold 119 companies: 60 startups, and 1 exits so far, read from its own portfolio page and the funding rounds that name it.

Is Kickstart investing now?

Kickstart has no round in the press in 12 months and no new company on its portfolio page in 90 days.

What does Kickstart invest in?

The markets of the companies Kickstart holds: E-learning (5%), Marketplaces (3%), LLM & Generative AI (3%), Care Coordination & Population Health (3%), Higher Education (3%).

Which Kickstart portfolio companies are hiring?

34 companies Kickstart holds are hiring now, with 336 open roles listed on this page.

Who does Kickstart invest alongside?

The investors that hold the most companies together with Kickstart: Park City Angels, Y Combinator, Founders Circle Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Silverton Partners.

How this page is made

A company counts as a holding when the investor’s own portfolio page links to it, a program’s catalog lists it, or a funding round in the press names the investor. The numbers are rebuilt every night; each company shows where it came from and when it was first seen.

Sources: its portfolio page, read Oct 4; 1 rounds in the press that name it

Kickstart portfolio: 119 known companies. Alion, Oct 6, 2026. https://alion.io/company/kickstart-3/portfolio

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