Kinetic Ventures

company

About

Kinetic Ventures is a leading venture capital investor in high growth, industry defining communications, information and power/clean

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Details

Industries
Enterprise Software,Mobile,Venture Capital
Founded date
Jan 1, 1985
Number Of Employee
1 - 10
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
Venture Capital

Kinetic Ventures is a leading venture capital investor in high growth, industry defining communications, information and power/clean technology companies. For over two decades they have partnered with outstanding entrepreneurs to build world-class enterprises. Kinetic is gratified to be partners with many remarkable entrepreneurs in the creation of industry defining companies like Ciena, VerticalOne, Corvis, Cerent, Peace Software, Broadware, APX, Calix, Altierre and SmartSynch.

Kinetic Ventures VIII, capitalized by corporate pension, endowment and family office investors primarily invests in early stage companies. They also selectively invest in seed and growth stage opportunities. Areas of focus for the fund include:

- Communications. Solutions that bring greater speed, functionality, usability or accessibility to voice, data and video networks.
- Information Technology. Solutions that deliver greater efficiency, collaboration, security and functionality to users.
- Power/Clean Technology. Solutions for the power and related industries that take advantage of the ongoing and rapid evolution in communications, information and energy technologies.

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
6
4
Kinetic Ventures has made 6 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 1, 2018, when ThunderCore raised $37.05M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Mar 1, 2018 ThunderCore
Series A $37.05M Blockchain
May 18, 2017 Cardlytics
Series G $11.94M Advertising
Sep 8, 2016 PlumSlice Labs
Series Unknown $2M Customer Service Yes
Oct 29, 2013 9Lenses
Series A $1.10M Enterprise Software Yes
Sep 12, 2013 9Lenses
Series A $3M Enterprise Software Yes