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Kern Venture Group
Venture capital · Bakersfield, CA, United States · North America
Kern Venture Group is a venture fund founded in 2018 and headquartered in Bakersfield, California. It provides capital, a network, and experience to early-stage startups and aims to support growing industries in the Central Valley region.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsindustry_agnosticearly_stagecentral_valleycommunity_impactagricultureaerospace
Your fit with Kern Venture Group
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Or find every investor that fitsKern Venture Group lists 35 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (28%), Healthcare & Biotech (16%) and Enterprise Software (12%). 91% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Elevate Ventures, Techstars and Y Combinator.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Kern Venture Group, 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 Kern Venture Group's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 35. 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 | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 73th | 35 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 45th | 28% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 28% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 16% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| Food & Agriculture | 8% | 3% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
| Gaming | 4% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Elevate Ventures | 2 |
| Techstars | 2 |
| Y Combinator | 2 |
| 7percent Ventures | 1 |
| 8VC | 1 |
| ADB Ventures | 1 |
| Advisors.Fund | 1 |
| AgLaunch | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3497%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- 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 Elevate Ventures
Compare Kern Venture Group 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 Kern Venture Group| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Kern Venture Group
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Kern Venture Group's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
35 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akadeum Life Sciences develops and provides cell separation technology for therapeutic applications | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Autio creates a GPS audio tour app for road trips with location-based audio stories. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Backline automates the entire remediation process, from consolidating and prioritizing vulnerabilities to generating, testing, and delivering production-ready safe fixes. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| BIOS Health develops neural interfaces and AI to read and write the body's neural data to understand and correct faulty signals in real-time | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cambium accelerates reindustrialization by developing and manufacturing advanced materials, including composites and thermal materials, for various industries such as defense, aerospace, and energy. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Compression Works produces and distributes medical devices, specifically tourniquets, for hemorrhage control. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| DermaSensor develops an AI-powered device for skin cancer detection | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Drop Water offers smart water refill stations for offices, gyms, hotels, and other locations. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| EarthSense develops and provides precision robots and AI for oil palm plantations, orchards, and vineyards. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Edge Sound Research develops patented audio technologies that capture, render, and reproduce sound, including turning physical surfaces into sound emitters. | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Everyset provides background actor management software for film and TV productions | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Evitado develops and provides collision avoidance systems for airport ground safety, specifically a LiDAR perception system for pushback tugs and ground equipment. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Fabalish produces and sells plant-based dips and baked falafel products. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| FanUp operates a platform for fantasy sports and pop culture contests with cash prizes and brand experiences. | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Flume monitors and detects water leaks in homes, providing detailed water usage data and alerts | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| ForHumanity provides personalized health care programs, including testosterone optimization and peptide therapy, guided by board-certified physicians and based on diagnostic measurements and lab tests. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| NeoCharge installs and provides products for home electric vehicle charging | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Sensate produces a device that uses sound and vibration to calm the vagus nerve for stress and sleep relief | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- kernventuregroup.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 22 May 2026
- Companies checked
- 35
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