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Kicker Ventures
Venture capital · Menlo Park, CA, United States · North America
Kicker Ventures invests in companies developing novel, transformational technology solutions to healthcare problems. It also runs programs intended to support the startups and partners in its community.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordshealthcaredigital healthaidata sciencehealth tech
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Or find every investor that fitsKicker Ventures lists 19 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (58%), AI & Machine Learning (13%) and Enterprise Software (8%). 67% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside HalfCourt Capital, AIX Ventures and Acre Venture Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Kicker Ventures, 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 Kicker Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 19. 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 | 2 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 49th | 19 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 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 | 88th | 58% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 58% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Fintech | 4% | 12% |
| Food & Agriculture | 4% | 3% |
| Gaming | 4% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| HalfCourt Capital | 2 |
| AIX Ventures | 1 |
| Acre Venture Partners | 1 |
| AgeTech Capital | 1 |
| Alesta Yatırım | 1 |
| Alpha Edison | 1 |
| Argon Ventures | 1 |
| Asahi Kasei Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers19100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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 HalfCourt Capital
Compare Kicker Ventures 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 Kicker Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept 2026 | Round | |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Seed Led |
Round details for Kicker Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Kicker Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
19 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anise Health provides therapy sessions with culturally-attuned therapists | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Beacon Biosignals uses AI-powered technology to accelerate drug development and power home sleep testing diagnostics | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Behavidence provides a high-precision clinical decision support platform for mental health monitoring | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Colabra provides an AI workspace for M&A due diligence that turns sell-side dumps into source-linked findings, financial models, and investment memos for buy-side teams | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| CoTrainer provides a system for football clubs to manage their teams, training, and communication | EducationEnterprise Software | Jun 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| DO.SUKASU develops technology to evaluate and train visual cognitive abilities | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Gravel AI provides market intelligence and data tools for the beauty and personal care industry | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Jona provides microbiome analysis and offers insights into gut health, providing personalized recommendations based on reported symptoms and current scientific research. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kanvas Biosciences develops microbial ecosystems for health and creates therapies to modulate host immunity and improve patient outcomes. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells football jerseys online. | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Sept 2026Round | Funding round | |
| Mello develops AI agents to automate operational tasks in healthcare, such as submitting prior authorizations and handling paperwork across different systems. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| One Bio develops and sells fiber supplements to restore the missing fiber signal in the human body | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company advances genomic research through precision-driven innovations in DNA nanotechnology. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Ruby Bio uses naturally occurring yeast to convert low-cost sugar into high-value products. | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Swing Therapeutics develops digital health solutions that help people with chronic illness live their best lives, including the Swing Care clinic and Stanza, a digital behavioral therapy. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Talofa Games makes fitness games that turn everyday movement into play | GamingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Woebot Health builds chat-based AI wellness tools to make mental health support radically accessible | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- kickerventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 24 Jun 2026
- Companies checked
- 19
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