K5 Global

K5 Global, founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, is a new media and financial services advisory and consulting firm that operates across various industries, including sports, technology, politics, and entertainment. The company collaborates with corporations, government entities, and startups, acting as a liaison to facilitate high-level connections between influencers, celebrities, entrepreneurs, and brands. K5 Global also invests in companies at multiple stages, from seed to growth, with a focus on sectors such as Enterprise SaaS, Vertical SaaS, and FinTech. In addition, the firm incubates global business opportunities leveraging A-list talent to enhance its strategic initiatives.

Bryan Baum

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Bryan Baum

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Jessica Bixby

Associate Partner

Michael Kives

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Daniel Marcotte

General Partner

43 past transactions

Roofr

Series A in 2022
Roofr Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in providing a marketplace for roofing services, utilizing satellite imagery technology to facilitate accurate assessments of roofs for replacement and repair. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Toronto, Roofr connects homeowners, insurance companies, property managers, and roofing contractors, offering services that include both domestic and commercial roofing solutions, such as copper, metal, asphalt, cedar, slate, and flat roofing, along with repair and eaves trough cleaning services. The platform generates instant estimates by leveraging aerial imagery, ensuring transparency in pricing for roofing materials and labor. Operating in Ontario, Florida, and California, Roofr aims to enhance customer experience through convenience and affordability, prioritizing quality workmanship in the roofing industry.

Footprint

Seed Round in 2022
Footprint is a developer of an identity verification platform designed to enhance how companies gather and manage user information. The platform offers tools for verifying, authenticating, and securing identities efficiently and cost-effectively. With features such as one-click Know Your Customer (KYC) processes and a secure data vault, Footprint simplifies user onboarding and allows businesses to manage sensitive data without friction. By enabling the creation of a shared knowledge database of bad actors, Footprint supports clients in expanding their user base while empowering consumers to maintain control over their personal information.

Better Stack

Series A in 2022
Better Stack develops a downtime management platform designed to enhance the management and monitoring of software stacks. The platform offers SQL-compatible structured log management and infrastructure monitoring capabilities, ensuring users can effectively debug issues and resolve incidents. When problems arise, it provides alerts through voice calls, SMS, and other notifications, accompanied by screenshots and error logs to facilitate quick resolution. By turning logs and monitoring into valuable tools, Better Stack enables faster software delivery while maintaining efficiency and reliability at an affordable cost.

Hintsa

Venture Round in 2022
Hintsa Performance is a leading provider of human high performance services.They offer coaching services and digital tools to improve the life and performance of individuals, teams and entire organisations. Their mission is to guide individuals, teams and organisations to enjoy better life, and consequently better performance.

Spiderwort

Series A in 2022
Spiderwort is a Canadian company based in Ottawa, founded in 2015, that specializes in developing biomaterials for regenerative medicine. The company focuses on creating plant-derived cellulose-based biomaterials, which are engineered to form various scaffold architectures. These innovative biomaterials aim to facilitate the repair and regeneration of tissues within the human body, including applications for spinal cord injury repair and soft tissue regeneration. Currently in the pre-clinical stage, Spiderwort's products show promising results in terms of biocompatibility and the ability to induce angiogenesis, which is the generation of new blood vessels within the scaffolds. By utilizing both biological and synthetic polymers, Spiderwort offers a range of product forms, including powders, gels, membranes, and pastes, contributing to advancements in healthcare and regenerative therapies.

Kolors

Series A in 2022
Kolors is a technological platform dedicated to enhancing intercity bus transportation through advanced artificial intelligence. The company offers a comprehensive smart bus platform that assists in various aspects of transportation management. Key features include route optimization, virtual stops, scheduling, pricing, digital payments, GPS tracking, and CCTV for security. By leveraging these capabilities, Kolors enables small and medium bus operators to improve their operational efficiency and increase revenue while providing passengers with a more convenient and enjoyable travel experience.

Village Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Village Labs is a developer of a customer relationship management (CRM) platform designed to automate segmentation, incentives, and communications for businesses. Its platform enhances operational efficiency by automating manual processes, thereby reducing costs and increasing revenue. By providing tools for user acquisition, engagement, and retention, Village Labs enables businesses to lower customer acquisition costs while improving customer loyalty. The solutions offered by Village Labs, including automated incentives, revenue sharing, and referral programs, create a seamless flow of value that helps businesses differentiate themselves in a competitive market.

PayEngine

Series A in 2022
PayEngine is a payments platform tailored for vertical market software vendors, enabling them to enhance their payment revenue while minimizing liability and simplifying operations. The platform allows vendors to establish their own interchange rates, giving them control over profit margins and enabling them to retain a larger portion of their earnings. Additionally, PayEngine addresses concerns such as merchant of record liability and dispute management, as well as data security and compliance issues. Its integration capabilities include APIs, drop-in widgets, and customizable user interfaces, which collectively help businesses streamline their processes and enhance the overall customer experience.

Sentry

Series E in 2022
Sentry is an open-source platform focused on enhancing workflow productivity by providing real-time monitoring of application errors and crashes. The platform captures detailed information about each incident as it occurs, allowing users to prioritize and identify issues effectively. Sentry's tool also offers insights into software deployments and includes data necessary for reproducing and resolving crashes. This functionality enables businesses to pinpoint errors that significantly impact their operations and understand how these issues affect their financial performance. Through its comprehensive monitoring capabilities, Sentry assists organizations in maintaining software reliability and improving overall user experience.

Stark Bank

Series B in 2022
Stark Bank develops a banking API that automates and simplifies banking operations, facilitate reconciliation, and scale companies. With Stark Bank, companies can scale their operations, allowing them to execute more transfers, payments, and charges. Stark Bank was founded in 2018 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

WeLoveNoCode

Seed Round in 2022
Fast NoCode Development For a Low, Flat, Monthly Fee

SeeMetrics

Seed Round in 2022
SeeMetrics is a cybersecurity performance management platform that enables security leaders to effectively measure, track, and enhance their operations. The platform integrates security data, metrics, and business objectives into a user-friendly interface, connecting with the entire security stack to extract relevant information. By delivering meaningful metrics, SeeMetrics empowers security leaders to proactively manage their operations, assess their capabilities, and monitor progress. Additionally, the platform facilitates collaboration between security leaders and non-security stakeholders, allowing for informed, data-driven decision-making.

Astronomer

Series C in 2022
Astronomer, Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, provides a managed platform for Apache Airflow, catering specifically to data engineers. The company focuses on enabling organizations to harness the capabilities of Apache Airflow through its flagship offering, Astronomer Cloud, which is recognized as a leading Airflow-as-a-Service solution. Astronomer is dedicated to enhancing standards of scale, performance, and reliability for enterprise-level data orchestration. Its platform encompasses a comprehensive suite of products and services that facilitate the deployment, management, and scaling of data pipelines. This includes features for isolated resource allocation, user access, and account management, allowing data engineers, scientists, and analysts to efficiently build, run, and monitor pipelines-as-code for effective business analytics.

NextMed

Seed Round in 2022
Next Medical operates a digital healthcare concierge service that connects patients with medical providers for personalized treatment plans across various health concerns, including allergies, women's health, sexual health, weight loss, acne care, and general wellness. Utilizing artificial intelligence and smart medical devices, the platform facilitates remote diagnostics, allowing medical professionals to visit patients' homes to collect necessary information efficiently. This approach enables immediate access to diagnostic testing and expedites the treatment process. Patients can also benefit from medication prescribed for immediate pick-up and ongoing communication with top-quality doctors, ensuring comprehensive care and support throughout their treatment journey.

OpenComp

Series A in 2022
OpenComp is a compensation solution combining software, trusted market data, and expert consultation in one easy-to-use tool. The company's tool helps to see how changes in the organization will affect a company's cash and equity burn, enabling companies to accurately benchmark by gender and ethnicity within workforce.

Algorithmiq

Seed Round in 2022
Algorithmiq specializes in developing quantum algorithms aimed at addressing complex challenges in life sciences and data science. By leveraging its expertise in quantum information, complex systems, and computational physics, the company creates software solutions that accelerate the process of drug discovery and material identification. Its technology integrates advancements in complex network theory and quantum computing, allowing researchers to more efficiently understand disease origins and identify potential treatments. Algorithmiq's innovations aim to harness the power of quantum computing to transform the landscape of drug development and research in various scientific fields.

Firebolt

Series C in 2022
Firebolt Analytics Inc. is a startup that specializes in developing a cloud data warehousing platform designed for fast and efficient analytics. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Firebolt's platform enables users to streamline analytics and gain insights through continuous data ingestion and comprehensive database management system capabilities. It supports ANSI SQL, handles semi-structured data, and ensures end-to-end security. The software-as-a-service solution leverages an efficient SQL query engine that separates storage and compute resources, allowing businesses to scale their analytics infrastructure without compromising performance. Firebolt's data warehouses can manage multi-terabyte and petabyte-scale data, facilitating interactive, high-performance analytics that empower analysts and improve the return on investment in data collection.

Product Science

Series A in 2022
Product Science increases product metrics for mobile applications and helps apps work faster by providing insights into key performance issues that impact user experience. Product Science analyzes the code and actual runtime data to pinpoint performance issues. Our AI enables us to do it more efficiently by providing unique insights for data visualizations to help mobile developers to identify the problem right away.

Proof of Learn

Seed Round in 2022
Proof of Learn (POL) is a blockchain start-up Web3 education platform.

Cockroach Labs

Series F in 2021
Cockroach Labs, Inc. specializes in developing open-source database software, notably CockroachDB, which is a distributed SQL database tailored for modern cloud applications. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company also has an office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. CockroachDB is designed to scale horizontally and can withstand various types of failures, including those at the disk, machine, rack, and datacenter levels, while maintaining minimal latency and no need for manual intervention. It supports strongly-consistent ACID transactions and offers an SQL API for data management. The software is suitable for diverse clients, ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies, and is utilized for enterprise-grade disaster recovery services. CockroachDB combines the rich features of SQL with the scalability typically associated with NoSQL databases, enabling developers to innovate rapidly without compromising on consistency. The platform is trusted by major enterprises across various sectors, including finance, retail, and media.

Slingshot

Series A in 2021
Slingshot is a decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform that facilitates the trading of crypto assets. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, Slingshot helps users find the best prices for token trades and offers a mobile-friendly interface for seamless trading. The platform aggregates a wide variety of tokens, providing valuable insights that enhance the trading experience. By enabling clients to trade digital assets securely through their wallets, Slingshot aims to simplify and improve access to the growing crypto market. The company was previously known as DEXAG, Inc. before rebranding in November 2020.

TrueNorth

Series B in 2021
TrueNorth is a software company based in San Francisco, California, focused on addressing inefficiencies in the independent trucking industry. Founded by Stedge and Sanjaya Wijeratne, the company provides a platform that combines various tools and resources for independent truckers. This platform assists truckers in managing essential aspects of their operations, including insurance, fuel, and maintenance. Additionally, TrueNorth helps optimize routes, coordinates loads, and offers automated tracking, enabling truckers to secure better-paying jobs and find dedicated routes. By consolidating these services, TrueNorth aims to streamline operations for independent truckers and enhance their overall efficiency in a fragmented market.

Stark Bank

Series A in 2021
Stark Bank develops a banking API that automates and simplifies banking operations, facilitate reconciliation, and scale companies. With Stark Bank, companies can scale their operations, allowing them to execute more transfers, payments, and charges. Stark Bank was founded in 2018 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Therify

Seed Round in 2021
Therify is a mental health benefit provider that focuses on enhancing employee well-being through an inclusive web platform. The company offers access to culturally responsive therapists, personalized therapist matching, live community sessions, and self-guided digital content. By leveraging AI technology, Therify aims to connect employees with evidence-based mental healthcare solutions tailored to their individual needs. This approach supports emotional well-being, happiness, and productivity in the workplace, addressing the growing demand for comprehensive mental health resources.

Glorify

Series A in 2021
Glorify is a mobile application designed to enhance the daily spiritual practices of Christians by providing a platform for meditation and worship. The app offers bite-sized devotionals, curated Bible verses, guided meditations, prayers, and exclusive music, all aimed at helping users strengthen their relationship with God. Additionally, Glorify includes features that allow users to track and monitor their daily worship activities, facilitating a structured approach to spiritual growth. Through its diverse library of resources, Glorify seeks to bring joy to the practice of connecting and reconnecting with faith on a daily basis.

Monet

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Monet provides Instant Salary Advances to employees. Monet is a mobile app available to any employee with a recurring income and a bank account.

Partly

Seed Round in 2021
Partly Group Limited is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company based in Christchurch, New Zealand, established in 2020. The company focuses on transforming the way individuals and businesses engage with vehicle parts. By leveraging innovative technology, Partly aims to streamline the process of sourcing and managing vehicle components, enhancing efficiency and accessibility in the automotive industry. Through its platform, Partly seeks to provide a more intuitive and effective solution for customers, thereby reshaping the interaction landscape in the vehicle parts market.

Canva

Venture Round in 2021
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

DockWorks

Seed Round in 2021
DockWorks is a seed-stage B2B SaaS startup focused on providing a comprehensive operations platform for marine professionals. The company has secured over $1.8 million in funding from notable investors in the SaaS sector. Its cloud-based platform is designed to simplify and automate various aspects of marine business operations, allowing users to manage payments, streamline scheduling, and enhance dispatching processes. Additionally, DockWorks equips technicians with accurate and reliable data crucial for servicing marine equipment in the field, thereby improving efficiency and effectiveness in marine operations.

Knowde

Series B in 2021
Knowde is an online marketing platform and marketplace focused on the chemicals and ingredients sector. It facilitates connections between suppliers and customers by allowing users to create product pages that enhance visibility in search engine results. The platform leverages advanced technologies, including deep learning, to streamline the trading process for chemicals, polymers, and industrial ingredients. By enabling clients to search, filter, sample, quote, and purchase products conveniently, Knowde aims to simplify the sourcing experience, making it easier for customers to compare offerings from various suppliers worldwide. The service is designed to be user-friendly, allowing businesses to build their product pages quickly and begin their marketing efforts at no initial cost.

Firebolt

Series B in 2021
Firebolt Analytics Inc. is a startup that specializes in developing a cloud data warehousing platform designed for fast and efficient analytics. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Firebolt's platform enables users to streamline analytics and gain insights through continuous data ingestion and comprehensive database management system capabilities. It supports ANSI SQL, handles semi-structured data, and ensures end-to-end security. The software-as-a-service solution leverages an efficient SQL query engine that separates storage and compute resources, allowing businesses to scale their analytics infrastructure without compromising performance. Firebolt's data warehouses can manage multi-terabyte and petabyte-scale data, facilitating interactive, high-performance analytics that empower analysts and improve the return on investment in data collection.

Relativity Space

Series E in 2021
Relativity Space, Inc. is an aerospace manufacturer based in Long Beach, California, founded in 2015. The company specializes in the design, production, and launch of orbital rockets, notably developing the Terran 1, the world's first fully 3D printed rocket. By leveraging advanced technologies such as 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and autonomous robotics, Relativity Space aims to revolutionize the aerospace sector with a simplified supply chain and a production timeline that can yield a rocket in less than 60 days, utilizing 100 times fewer parts than traditional methods. Relativity Space is focused on creating a multiplanetary future, with long-term aspirations to enhance human life both on Earth and Mars. The company is supported by a range of prominent investors, underscoring its innovative approach to the aerospace industry.

Relativity Space

Series E in 2021
Relativity Space, Inc. is an aerospace manufacturer based in Long Beach, California, founded in 2015. The company specializes in the design, production, and launch of orbital rockets, notably developing the Terran 1, the world's first fully 3D printed rocket. By leveraging advanced technologies such as 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and autonomous robotics, Relativity Space aims to revolutionize the aerospace sector with a simplified supply chain and a production timeline that can yield a rocket in less than 60 days, utilizing 100 times fewer parts than traditional methods. Relativity Space is focused on creating a multiplanetary future, with long-term aspirations to enhance human life both on Earth and Mars. The company is supported by a range of prominent investors, underscoring its innovative approach to the aerospace industry.

Alchemy

Series B in 2021
Alchemy Insights, Inc. is a blockchain intelligence and infrastructure platform that serves hedge funds and financial institutions. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, it offers a comprehensive suite of tools for analyzing blockchain data, including on-chain data, market trends, and community activity. The platform employs advanced machine learning techniques to help users identify entities, individuals, and currency flows on the blockchain, thereby aiding in sales, security, and strategic decision-making. Alchemy's emphasis on providing developers with essential tools allows for the creation of scalable and reliable decentralized applications without the complexities of managing blockchain infrastructure. The company is backed by notable organizations and individuals, reflecting its prominent position in the blockchain space.

CircleLink Health

Private Equity Round in 2021
CircleLink Health LLC specializes in patient engagement solutions, primarily focusing on chronic care management. The company offers its CarePlanManager, which aids patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, HIV, and irritable bowel syndrome in adhering to their personalized care plans. This is achieved through a variety of communication channels, including mobile applications, messaging, and web portals. Additionally, CircleLink Health provides services like telephone nursing for chronic care management and behavioral health integration, allowing healthcare providers to enhance patient monitoring and earn Medicare reimbursements. The platform facilitates patient targeting and enrollment while integrating seamlessly with electronic health records, ensuring that healthcare professionals can maintain continuity in their systems. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, CircleLink Health employs a team of registered nurses to deliver meaningful remote patient engagement on behalf of physicians.

CircleLink Health

Debt Financing in 2021
CircleLink Health LLC specializes in patient engagement solutions, primarily focusing on chronic care management. The company offers its CarePlanManager, which aids patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, HIV, and irritable bowel syndrome in adhering to their personalized care plans. This is achieved through a variety of communication channels, including mobile applications, messaging, and web portals. Additionally, CircleLink Health provides services like telephone nursing for chronic care management and behavioral health integration, allowing healthcare providers to enhance patient monitoring and earn Medicare reimbursements. The platform facilitates patient targeting and enrollment while integrating seamlessly with electronic health records, ensuring that healthcare professionals can maintain continuity in their systems. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, CircleLink Health employs a team of registered nurses to deliver meaningful remote patient engagement on behalf of physicians.

Alula

Seed Round in 2021
One in four Americans will get cancer in their lifetime. Alula is the place where cancer patients and their loved ones discover the things they need to feel better and get through treatment and recovery. We do this with a marketplace of products curated by other patients and oncologists, radically honest content, facilitating patient connections, and shareable treatment calendars to pick up where the hospital leaves off.

June Homes

Series A in 2021
June Homes operates a network of fully furnished private rooms in prime locations across major American cities, including New York and Washington, DC. The company focuses on providing flexible month-to-month rental terms, making it easier for individuals to find and secure living arrangements without the burden of broker fees. By utilizing a property technology platform, June Homes aims to modernize the apartment rental experience, offering reasonable prices and a hassle-free process for both renters and landlords.

Supergreat

Series A in 2020
Huddle is a video based peer-to-peer support community. A social platform that's focused on comfort, safety, and allowing users to pixellate themselves to their comfort. A support group community made up of real people, talking about real things, ready to connect, and support one another on the issues that matter to them.

Supergreat

Series A in 2020
Huddle is a video based peer-to-peer support community. A social platform that's focused on comfort, safety, and allowing users to pixellate themselves to their comfort. A support group community made up of real people, talking about real things, ready to connect, and support one another on the issues that matter to them.

Genvid Technologies

Series B in 2019
Genvid Technologies develops innovative software tools for interactive streaming specifically tailored for the eSports industry. Founded in 2016 and based in New York City, the company focuses on providing a unique streaming engine that integrates seamlessly with game engines, allowing game developers and broadcasting companies to enhance the viewer experience. Genvid's technology enables users to create custom camera angles, develop interactive viewer interfaces, and analyze player statistics in real-time. By offering a software development kit (SDK), the company empowers game developers to integrate its tools into their games, facilitating premium interactive broadcasts across multiple streaming platforms.

The Boring Company

Venture Round in 2019
The Boring Company is an infrastructure and tunnel construction firm established by Elon Musk in late 2016. The company focuses on efficiently digging tunnels to create an underground transportation network aimed at alleviating traffic congestion. Its services include the construction of tunnels that facilitate faster and more economical transportation options, addressing urban mobility challenges. By providing innovative tunneling solutions, The Boring Company seeks to improve the overall efficiency of transportation systems in congested areas.
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