Keiretsu Capital

Keiretsu Capital, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seattle with an additional office in San Francisco, operates as a private equity firm specializing in early-stage venture capital. The firm focuses on providing access to proprietary deal flow for its investors, enhancing the value of investments made by members of the Keiretsu Forum. By leveraging the world’s largest angel investor network, Keiretsu Forum, along with other prominent angel groups, Keiretsu Capital aims to achieve significant capital appreciation through investments in high-quality emerging companies. The firm strategically targets sectors such as life sciences, healthcare, technology, and real estate, with a particular emphasis on healthcare devices, information technology, and telecommunications. Through its various co-investment funds, Keiretsu Capital seeks to facilitate the successful presentation of portfolio companies to a broad range of investors, including venture capitalists and corporate investors.

Barry Heninger

Managing Partner, Real Estate Access Fund

Nathan McDonald

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner

Past deals in Seattle, WA

Tend Health

Venture Round in 2021
MicrobiomX, Inc. develops fecal microbiota transplant solutions. It offers clinicians a non-invasive way to restore their patient’s personalized healthy intestinal microbiome. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Healionics

Venture Round in 2021
Healionics Corporation develops and manufactures synthetic biomaterials and implantable medical devices. It offers STARport HDTM, an implantable device that allows needle-free bloodstream access for hemodialysis treatment; STARgraft, a synthetic vascular graft for maintaining blood flow; and sphere templated angiogenic regeneration technology that provides 3D biomaterial scaffolds that enhance the bio-integration and function of medical implants. The company also provides solutions for implant applications, including the ability to impart resistance to infection and fibrous encapsulation, and promotion of angiogenesis. Healionics Corporation was founded in 2007 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

HaptX

Series A in 2019
HaptX® makes technology that simulates touch sensation with unprecedented realism. HaptX Gloves enable natural interaction and realistic haptic feedback in virtual reality for the first time. Built with patented microfluidic technology, HaptX Gloves feature 130 points of touch feedback, apply 4 lbs. of resistive force feedback per finger, and track hand motions with sub-millimeter precision. Founded by Jake Rubin and Dr. Bob Crockett, HaptX has 35 employees, with offices in Seattle, WA and San Luis Obispo, CA.

Beta Hatch

Seed Round in 2018
Beta Hatch grows insect protein for animal feed. Nutrient balanced fertilizer is a sterile by-product of their process. Beta Hatch knows bugs better than anyone- they use their expertise in entomology to grow the most efficient and nutritious insects. They are currently farming mealworms from their urban farm in Seattle. They believe in changing food systems. Their goal is to develop the technology and knowledge that will make insects the next commodity crop.

OtoNexus Medical Technologies

Private Equity Round in 2017
OtoNexus Medical Technologies Inc. specializes in the design, development, and commercialization of ultrasound medical devices for diagnosing middle ear infections, known as otitis media, in both children and adults. The company's innovative hand-held device enables clinicians to quickly and accurately distinguish between viral and bacterial infections, facilitating appropriate treatment decisions regarding antibiotic use. Utilizing ultrasound technology in a novel manner, the device offers rapid diagnostic results in seconds, making it user-friendly for both physicians and non-physician healthcare providers. Additionally, the incorporation of one-use-per-patient tips generates a recurring revenue stream for the company. Founded in 2010 and based in Seattle, Washington, OtoNexus Medical Technologies aims to improve the efficiency and accuracy of middle ear infection diagnosis.

Blaze Bioscience

Series B in 2017
Blaze Bioscience, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops tumor paint products and Optide-based guided therapeutics. It offers BLZ-100, a tumor paint product candidate for cancer surgery in various solid tumor types that includes an optide, which binds and internalizes into cancer cells, and a fluorescent dye that emits light in the near-infrared range. The company’s products are used in brain, breast, prostate, lung, colorectal, skin, and sarcomas cancer applications. Blaze Bioscience, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Phytelligence

Convertible Note in 2016
Phytelligence is a product-focused technology company that develops and provides smart plants and solutions to growers, nurseries, and horticultural experts. It provides custom genetic analysis services that assess the similarity or dissimilarity of closely related samples. The company provides plants free of diseases, viruses, and pests. Its portfolio includes the Geneva series, Gisela series, and Krymsk series of rootstocks. Phytelligence was founded in 2012 by Amit Dhingra, and it is based in Pullman, Washington.

Resonance AI

Seed Round in 2016
Resonance AI specializes in the fields of artificial intelligence, analytics, and video streaming. Using advanced machine learning available, Resonance AI’s unmatched efficiency and accuracy enables quick decisions about content and talent grounded in real performance data. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Cone & Steiner

Venture Round in 2016
Cone & Steiner is a one-stop shop brimming indoors and out with fresh flowers and produce, dry goods, ice cream, and a curated selection of prepared foods. It features a unique twist on the corner store it features specialty, local, and staple goods, as well as a robust assortment of craft beers and fine wines.

Reelsonar

Venture Round in 2016
ReelSonar, Inc. designs and develops a mobile application through which the location of fish underneath the water can be determined. It offers iBobber, a software and hardware fish finding product that uses sonar to locate fish down to 135’ in the water, while the application enables users to GPS tag favorite hotspots, map waterbed contours, and measures water temperature. Its iBobber works with smartphones and tablets. The company offers its products through retailers, distributors, and online in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and internationally. ReelSonar, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Blaze Bioscience

Venture Round in 2016
Blaze Bioscience, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops tumor paint products and Optide-based guided therapeutics. It offers BLZ-100, a tumor paint product candidate for cancer surgery in various solid tumor types that includes an optide, which binds and internalizes into cancer cells, and a fluorescent dye that emits light in the near-infrared range. The company’s products are used in brain, breast, prostate, lung, colorectal, skin, and sarcomas cancer applications. Blaze Bioscience, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Monitor Mask

Venture Round in 2016
Monitor Mask Inc. is a Seattle-based medical device company that specializes in manufacturing and selling face mask solutions designed for CO2 sampling in sidestream capnography, particularly during sedation anesthesia. Founded in 2012, the company primarily serves hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, catering to various medical environments such as operating rooms, emergency departments, post-anesthesia care units, intensive care units, emergency medical services, and catheterization laboratories. The initial product, the M1 Capnography Mask, inspired the development of the CapnoVue face mask series, which aims to enhance patient safety and streamline clinical workflows. As of May 2019, Monitor Mask operates as a subsidiary of Salter Labs Inc.

Tether Technologies

Series A in 2016
Tether Technologies, Inc. provides a preemptive key loss technology that helps people and businesses maintain security while eliminating key loss events and costly repercussions. It offers ekt (electronic key tether), a preemptive key loss solution that locates the keys before they are lost, as well as keeps the keys within a 15-step radius of the user. The company also provides support services. It serves security, janitorial, property and facility management, hospitality, health care, and law enforcement and corrections markets. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

KPI Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2015
KPI Therapeutics is a healthcare company that connects initiative between drug development firms and private investors. The company believes that as an industry we can do better than develop just 20 to 30 new drugs per year. Our vision of KPI is to speed the progression of promising drug candidates through the critical translational stage of development and work with commercialization partners who have a strong commitment to improving access to important new medicines. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Monitor Mask

Series A in 2015
Monitor Mask Inc. is a Seattle-based medical device company that specializes in manufacturing and selling face mask solutions designed for CO2 sampling in sidestream capnography, particularly during sedation anesthesia. Founded in 2012, the company primarily serves hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, catering to various medical environments such as operating rooms, emergency departments, post-anesthesia care units, intensive care units, emergency medical services, and catheterization laboratories. The initial product, the M1 Capnography Mask, inspired the development of the CapnoVue face mask series, which aims to enhance patient safety and streamline clinical workflows. As of May 2019, Monitor Mask operates as a subsidiary of Salter Labs Inc.

OtoNexus Medical Technologies

Private Equity Round in 2015
OtoNexus Medical Technologies Inc. specializes in the design, development, and commercialization of ultrasound medical devices for diagnosing middle ear infections, known as otitis media, in both children and adults. The company's innovative hand-held device enables clinicians to quickly and accurately distinguish between viral and bacterial infections, facilitating appropriate treatment decisions regarding antibiotic use. Utilizing ultrasound technology in a novel manner, the device offers rapid diagnostic results in seconds, making it user-friendly for both physicians and non-physician healthcare providers. Additionally, the incorporation of one-use-per-patient tips generates a recurring revenue stream for the company. Founded in 2010 and based in Seattle, Washington, OtoNexus Medical Technologies aims to improve the efficiency and accuracy of middle ear infection diagnosis.

Kineta

Series B in 2015
Kineta is a biotechnology company engaging in the discovery and development of antiviral therapies and immune-modulating drugs for the treatment of RNA viruses that include hepatitis C, influenza, West Nile virus, and the common cold. Kineta was founded in 2008 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

KPI Therapeutics

Series A in 2015
KPI Therapeutics is a healthcare company that connects initiative between drug development firms and private investors. The company believes that as an industry we can do better than develop just 20 to 30 new drugs per year. Our vision of KPI is to speed the progression of promising drug candidates through the critical translational stage of development and work with commercialization partners who have a strong commitment to improving access to important new medicines. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Tether Technologies

Venture Round in 2014
Tether Technologies, Inc. provides a preemptive key loss technology that helps people and businesses maintain security while eliminating key loss events and costly repercussions. It offers ekt (electronic key tether), a preemptive key loss solution that locates the keys before they are lost, as well as keeps the keys within a 15-step radius of the user. The company also provides support services. It serves security, janitorial, property and facility management, hospitality, health care, and law enforcement and corrections markets. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington.