KCRise Fund

Investor type

VC

Founded

2016

AUM

$100 M

Location

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Investment Ticket

$10-50 m

Investment Stage

Seed Pre-seed Series A

Region of investment

North America
Investor profile last updated: 31 August, 2026

Profile

KCRise Fund is a venture capital firm with over $100 million in assets under management, investing in early-stage technology companies. Our LPs are Corporations, Universities, Family Offices, and prominent business leaders connected to the KC region, and we co-invest alongside established venture capital firms from across the country.

We invest primarily in pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds. We are industry-agnostic investors with 48 portfolio companies in a variety of verticals with a particular focus on: Supply Chain/Logistics, Automotive, GovTech, FinTech, Benefits/HR and Digital Health.

Industry

Education Fintech Healthcare Services Security Software Transportation Financial Services SaaS HealthTech

KCRise Fund Funds

Name Type
Questionare
Industry
Questionare
Stage
Questionare
Region
Size AUM Launch date
KCRise Fund I
Venture Capital (VC)
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
SaaS
Security
Software
HealthTech
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$19 M
June 2018
KCRise Fund II
Venture Capital (VC)
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
SaaS
Security
Software
HealthTech
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$41 M
February 2021

Contacts

Name
Title
Email
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Edward Frindt General Partner
General Partner
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Darcy Howe Founder, Managing Director
Founder, Managing Director
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FAQs about KCRise Fund

KCRise Fund is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Seed, Pre-seed and Series A, writing tickets of $10-50 m.
KCRise Fund is located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
KCRise Fund was founded in 2016.
KCRise Fund invests in companies and startups in Education, Fintech, Healthcare Services, Security, Software, Transportation, Financial Services, SaaS, HealthTech.
KCRise Fund invests in companies and startups in North America.
KCRise Fund invests in companies and startups at Seed, Pre-seed, Series A.
KCRise Fund usually invests $10-50 m on average.
KCRise Fund has around $100m assets under management.
KCRise Fund last fund was created/launched in 2021-02-02
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