KiwiVenture Partners

2014

Founded

15

Investments

United States

Offices

Venture Fund

Investor Type

About

KiwiVenture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in New York City, specializing in investments in innovative technology startups. Founded in 2014 by Rakesh Gupta, Bill Cohen, and Neal Gupta, the firm focuses on aligning with top-notch entrepreneurial teams to foster growth and success. KiwiVenture Partners employs a unique and vibrant deal origination engine and diligence method, reviewing thousands of startups annually to identify companies with demonstrated value propositions and, often, proven revenue models.

Their understanding of the technology behind portfolio firms enables more educated investments and better outcomes. Beyond providing capital, the firm offers advisory services, strategic introductions, and access to an arsenal of engineering talent to guide entrepreneurs through the startup process, leading to a higher percentage of successful investments. The firm's areas of focus include advertising, e-commerce, email marketing, marketing automation, retail, consumer goods, lifestyle, e-sports, online games, big data, cloud data services, enterprise software, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile apps, music, software, health care, information technology, mHealth, mobile devices, delivery, food and beverage, recipes, Android apps, consumer electronics, edtech, education, iOS apps, and language learning.

KiwiVenture Partners has made investments in companies such as Veritonic, Dinegigs, Stache, PuzzleSocial, Brilatta, Loopster, Librify, Sensery, Hello-Hello, and Bespoke Post.

Portfolio Companies

Veritonic, Dinegigs, Stache, PuzzleSocial, Brilatta, Loopster, Librify, Sensery, Hello-Hello, Bespoke Post

Gepgraphic Focus

United States

Key Differentiators

Unique and vibrant deal origination engine, Comprehensive diligence method, Access to engineering talent, Advisory services and strategic introductions

Thypical Investment Size

$100,000 to $500,000

Total Funds Raised

Not publicly disclosed

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Advertising (AdTech)

E-Commerce

Marketing (MarTech)

RetailTech

New York

Seed

Series A

Series B

United States