Key Investment Partners

Key Investment Partners is a venture capital firm established in 2018 and located in Denver, Colorado. The firm focuses on providing equity to early-stage companies across various sectors, including software, consumer products and services, business products and services, cannabis, fintech, wellness, and life sciences. With a preference for seed, early, growth, and later-stage investments, Key Investment Partners targets businesses that demonstrate potential for significant growth. The firm aims to support innovative companies in North America, facilitating their development and expansion through strategic financial backing.

Tiberio Erdely

Co-Founder and Partner

Erdely, Tiby

Founding Partner

Pete Karabas

Founding Partner

12 past transactions

Katalys

Seed Round in 2023
Katalys is a partnership marketing technology platform that offers Brands and Publishers innovative solutions for revenue generation within the performance marketing sector. Created from the merger of RevOffers, known for its cookieless graph attribution technology, and the embedded commerce capabilities of 1o.io, Katalys aims to transform the digital marketing landscape. The platform's embedded commerce technology enables consumers to complete transactions seamlessly during product discovery, whether through display advertisements, in-app experiences, videos, blog posts, or social media, including immersive environments like VR and AR. By combining performance marketing with effective affiliate monetization tools, Katalys empowers digital companies to enhance their marketing strategies while allowing brands to manage their first-party data without modifying their existing business models.

Botanica Seattle

Series B in 2023
Botanica Seattle specializes in the production of natural and handmade cannabis edibles. Its products include mixed fruit chews, chocolate pattie, infused cannabis oil, and cannabis mint made from an alcohol-based extraction process with multiple stages of quality control to guarantee accurate and consistent dosing during final formulation, enabling people to enjoy the taste of handmade cannabis product. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

springbig

Post in 2022
Springbig, Inc. develops loyalty marketing, communication, and customer relationship management (CRM) software specifically for cannabis dispensaries and brands. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, Springbig offers a platform that enhances customer retention and revenue while fostering brand loyalty through effective marketing campaigns. The platform enables cannabis retailers to implement loyalty programs and rewards, manage digital communications via SMS and email, and gather customer feedback. Additionally, it supports referral programs and brand advertising services, thereby facilitating stronger connections between consumers and cannabis retailers. Springbig serves clients across the United States and Canada, focusing on improving customer engagement within the cannabis industry.

Katalys

Debt Financing in 2021
Katalys is a partnership marketing technology platform that offers Brands and Publishers innovative solutions for revenue generation within the performance marketing sector. Created from the merger of RevOffers, known for its cookieless graph attribution technology, and the embedded commerce capabilities of 1o.io, Katalys aims to transform the digital marketing landscape. The platform's embedded commerce technology enables consumers to complete transactions seamlessly during product discovery, whether through display advertisements, in-app experiences, videos, blog posts, or social media, including immersive environments like VR and AR. By combining performance marketing with effective affiliate monetization tools, Katalys empowers digital companies to enhance their marketing strategies while allowing brands to manage their first-party data without modifying their existing business models.

Rev Ventures Group

Seed Round in 2021
Rev Ventures brings over 20 years of branding, communications, planning, media optimization, and revenue operations experience to the table. Rev Ventures Group, is a technology driven performance marketing ecosystem. RevOffers, is a wholly-owned subsidiary and flagship company of Rev Ventures Group. RevOffers is an advertising network that connects brands with publishers who are looking to generate advertising revenue.

Front Range Biosciences

Venture Round in 2020
Front Range Biosciences brings modern agriculture to cannabis and hemp to improve reliability, efficiency, and safety for cultivators and consumers. They provide advanced agricultural science services to plant growers.

springbig

Series B in 2020
Springbig, Inc. develops loyalty marketing, communication, and customer relationship management (CRM) software specifically for cannabis dispensaries and brands. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, Springbig offers a platform that enhances customer retention and revenue while fostering brand loyalty through effective marketing campaigns. The platform enables cannabis retailers to implement loyalty programs and rewards, manage digital communications via SMS and email, and gather customer feedback. Additionally, it supports referral programs and brand advertising services, thereby facilitating stronger connections between consumers and cannabis retailers. Springbig serves clients across the United States and Canada, focusing on improving customer engagement within the cannabis industry.

BDSA

Series C in 2019
BDSA is an analytics platform focused on the cannabis market, offering business intelligence and market insights to various stakeholders, including retailers, manufacturers, brands, wholesalers, and investors. The company provides tools for tracking retail sales, understanding consumer behavior, and forecasting market trends, which help clients make informed decisions regarding product innovation, pricing strategies, and market expansion. By delivering actionable insights, BDSA enables its clients to enhance profitability, boost revenues, and improve their competitive positioning within the industry.

Katalys

Seed Round in 2019
Katalys is a partnership marketing technology platform that offers Brands and Publishers innovative solutions for revenue generation within the performance marketing sector. Created from the merger of RevOffers, known for its cookieless graph attribution technology, and the embedded commerce capabilities of 1o.io, Katalys aims to transform the digital marketing landscape. The platform's embedded commerce technology enables consumers to complete transactions seamlessly during product discovery, whether through display advertisements, in-app experiences, videos, blog posts, or social media, including immersive environments like VR and AR. By combining performance marketing with effective affiliate monetization tools, Katalys empowers digital companies to enhance their marketing strategies while allowing brands to manage their first-party data without modifying their existing business models.

Leafwire

Seed Round in 2019
Leafwire, Inc. is a networking platform tailored for the cannabis industry, founded in 2016 and based in Denver, Colorado. It serves as a secure environment for members of the cannabis community to connect and collaborate, addressing the industry's need for a dedicated space to share news, promote events, and find business partners, employees, and investors. The platform offers features such as verified accredited investor listings, job postings, and a custom-curated news feed, facilitating the flow of information and business opportunities within the cannabis ecosystem. Formerly known as Leafwires, LLC, the company rebranded to Leafwire, Inc. in October 2020.
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