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Keyhorse Capital
Venture capital · Lexington, KY, United States · North America
Keyhorse Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in tech-enabled companies across Kentucky, from pre-seed through Series A and beyond. It is an initiative of the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation, in partnership with the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and KYInnovation, and operates funds including the Programmatic Discovery Fund, the Kentucky Enterprise Fund, and KSBCI 2.0.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordslogisticsadvanced manufacturingautomotivehealthcareenergyagriculture
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Or find every investor that fitsKeyhorse Capital lists 145 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 1 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 (25%), AI & Machine Learning (18%) and Education (11%). 80% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Airwing Ventures, Fireroad Ventures and Render Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Keyhorse Capital, 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 Keyhorse Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 145. 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 98th | 147 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 54th | 2% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 36th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 95th | 10 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 25% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 18% | 18% |
| Education | 11% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
| Consumer | 3% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Airwing Ventures | 5 |
| Fireroad Ventures | 5 |
| Render Capital | 5 |
| Connetic Ventures | 3 |
| Elevate Ventures | 3 |
| Techstars | 3 |
| Access Ventures | 2 |
| Allos Ventures | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers14197%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company43%
- 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 Airwing Ventures
Compare Keyhorse Capital 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 Keyhorse Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 26 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Keyhorse Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Keyhorse Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
145 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AboutBit delivers modular infrastructure to clients operating in the High Performance Computing market. | Crypto & Web3Space & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Airtrek Robotics develops autonomous robots for airfield safety, including wingwalking robots that safeguard aircraft alongside ground teams. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Another Nine provides private indoor golf simulator suites for practice, play, or competition | Enterprise SoftwareLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Apellis develops life-changing medicines for patients with debilitating diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AquiSense produces UV-C LED water treatment systems | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AuthoFi transforms the complexity of healthcare pre-authorizations into a seamless, automated experience | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Avana Health is a women’s health company developing a platform for uterine treatments | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces a lowering device for controlled and smooth catches during tree climbing and rigging operations. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Beauty Intelligence provides data analytics and insights to help beauty brands and retailers understand consumer behavior and make informed business decisions. | ConsumerHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Beltways designs and installs modular conveyance systems to move large volumes of pedestrians quickly. | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Bert Thin Films develops and manufactures copper paste for the solar industry as a substitute for silver paste | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| BeyondWill provides estate planning software for financial advisors | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| BioGlitz sells biodegradable glitter and related products | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Biscuit Belly bakes and serves scratch-made biscuits and Southern comfort food | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| Lok-N-Blok produces a patented, mortarless interlocking block system for homes, ADUs, rebuilds, and development projects. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| BrainSTEM provides virtual reality services and educational solutions to classrooms | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Brite Trace is a Software as Service company providing a personalized service for people suffering with dementia. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| C2 Keep provides a compliance tool to help track and manage controlled substances and related records for pharmacies | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
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About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- keyhorse.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 26 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 145
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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