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KCRise Fund
Venture capital · Kansas City, MO, United States · North America
KCRise Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies with a strategic connection to the Kansas City region. It publishes a portfolio of software, healthcare, and AI companies, many headquartered in Missouri and Kansas.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordstechnologysoftwarehealthcareaikansas cityearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsKCRise Fund lists 49 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (20%), AI & Machine Learning (17%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (11%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Digital Sandbox KC, Royal Street Ventures and LaunchKC.
Counts come from funding rounds that name KCRise Fund, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not KCRise Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 49. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 2 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 82th | 48 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 61th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 17th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 20% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 11% | 7% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 4% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Digital Sandbox KC | 5 |
| Royal Street Ventures | 5 |
| LaunchKC | 4 |
| M25 | 4 |
| Firebrand | 3 |
| Flyover Capital | 3 |
| Plow Ventures | 3 |
| Sandalphon Capital | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4592%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company48%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Digital Sandbox KC
Compare KCRise Fund head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with KCRise Fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 24 Nov 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 1 Jan 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for KCRise Fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in KCRise Fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
49 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attane Health delivers personalized groceries, educational support, and essential data to help people successfully manage chronic health conditions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| The company provides a platform for total rewards communications and employee engagement, offering tools and services for creating and delivering tailored pay communications and total compensation statements. | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Bardavon is a nationwide network of PT/OT providers treating workplace injuries with a patient-centric approach | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Benefitbay administers health insurance through the ICHRA platform, connecting brokers, employers, employees, and carriers | Healthcare & Biotech | May 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Rig provides commercial truck breakdown, mobile diesel repair, and fleet services | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Boddle creates a 3D math and ELA game for K-6 kids | EducationGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Bungii provides fast, localized delivery for large parcel, big and bulky, and palletized freight. | Legal & ComplianceIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| CarePilot prepares medical notes, attaches codes, and drafts orders as a visit unfolds, writing the work back into athenaOne as structured data | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cariloop provides caregiving solutions and support to employees, helping them manage care gaps and balance work and family responsibilities. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Celerity Enterprises automates the Special Pricing Agreements reconciliation process for electrical distribution companies | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI-powered vehicle inspection and damage detection services. | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| CryptoSlam provides data and analytics on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Daupler provides response management solutions for public works, utilities, and other service providers | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2025Seed | Funding round | ||
Space & DefenseSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | |||
| Generation Esports offers esports competitions and gaming curriculum resources for schools | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| PLOT provides construction logistics management software for general contractors | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Roz connects evidence collection, control testing, human review, and workpaper delivery in one AI-powered platform built for audit | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- kcrisefund.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Jan 2025
- Companies checked
- 49
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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