Knightsgate Ventures

Knightsgate Ventures, founded in 2018 and based in Houston, Texas, is a venture capital firm focused on driving innovation while fostering social good. The firm emphasizes the importance of uplifting underrepresented communities, supporting women and minority founders, and promoting sustainable business practices. Knightsgate Ventures provides value-added services to its portfolio companies, including assistance with technology, market entry strategies, operational execution, and preparation for future capital raising rounds. The firm has contributed to significant societal impacts, such as producing millions of units of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, facilitating student loan forgiveness for teachers, and establishing global supply chains that adhere to environmental and human rights standards. Knightsgate Ventures actively monitors and reports on its progress related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives while aiming for exceptional returns on investment.

Sylvia Bouloutas

Principal

Allen Bryant

Partner

Durg Kumar

Co-Founder and Partner

14 past transactions

Realworld

Seed Round in 2022
Realworld simplifies and automates the complexities of adulthood -- finance, health, insurance, and more, all in one place.

Culina Health

Seed Round in 2022
Culina Health offers personalized virtual nutrition counseling by registered dietitians to improve health outcomes for patients with various chronic conditions. The company aims to make expert nutrition care accessible and affordable, providing culturally competent support tailored to individual needs.

TO THE MARKET

Series A in 2021
TO THE MARKET specializes in the ethical manufacturing and sourcing of apparel, accessories, and home goods. Established in 2016 and based in the United States, the company collaborates with artisan groups and suppliers globally to provide sustainable solutions. Its services encompass design, production, compliance, sourcing, logistics, and reporting, catering to a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies, brands, and retailers. By focusing on transparency, sustainability, and authenticity, TO THE MARKET aims to create products that resonate with a new generation of consumers, while promoting a supply chain that empowers communities and protects the environment.

Ilumivu

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2009, ilumivu provides healthcare decision support applications using the psychology of behavior change, combined with real-time data from smartphones and wearables. With a pedigree in research in multiple disease areas at over 100 leading research universities and health systems, ilumivu delivers just-in-time adaptive interventions based on individualized baselines to improve measurable patient care outcomes. ilumivu supports healthcare research via its digital health SaaS software to monitor patients with multiple health conditions. ilumivu’s digital health platform has been used to monitor numerous diseases and conditions including autism, Alzheimer’s, heart/blood pressure/strokes and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic lung disease including COPD, dementia, epilepsy, mental and behavioral issues, traumatic brain injury, suicidal tendency, and trauma/PTSD. In October 2021, ilumivu acquired heart health app Cardiogram. Cardiogram, founded in 2016, has developed and trained a neural network using millions of cardiovascular data points and records to identify medical conditions such as atrial fibrillation, diabetes, hypertension, and sleep apnea. The Cardiogram mobile app is compatible with Apple iOS and Android smartphones, as well as Apple Watch, WearOS by Google, Fitbit, Garmin, and Samsung wearables. It has been downloaded by more than 2.6 million individuals worldwide.

Realworld

Seed Round in 2021
Realworld simplifies and automates the complexities of adulthood -- finance, health, insurance, and more, all in one place.

Drive It Away

Seed Round in 2021
Drive It Away is a landmark moment for automotive retailing, bringing the emerging “new age” of Mobility as a Service and Shared Mobility.

Lightyear

Seed Round in 2020
Buy and manage your business telecom services (internet, voice, WAN, data center) through a single, trustworthy pane of glass. Carrier neutral. Transparent. Fast.

Chipper

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Chipper is a student loan app that lower payments, qualify for forgiveness, and chip away debt faster. Chipper's mission is to build modern financial products for a generation that is drowning in student debt. Founded in 2018, Chipper is based in Austin, Texas, United States.

Voyager Portal

Seed Round in 2019
Voyager Portal is a demurrage & operations platform that helps bulk charterers improve efficiency while reducing cost, risk, and complexity. With Voyager, maritime leaders and operators can collaboratively manage their shipping process in a unified environment, automating manual tasks while leveraging real-time insights to increase demurrage savings.

Lalo

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Lalo is a modern baby and toddler brand built for today’s families. Lalo was formed around a belief that the job of parenting should be more important than the task of shopping for it. Lalo streamlines shopping for babies from end to end, with an intuitive online experience, straightforward information, and well-made essentials. Each Lalo product is thoughtfully designed and built with both parent and baby in mind by experts who understand what families need. Lalo is creating the products parents need for each exciting milestone. Lalo's products will continue to grow as your family does, to be with you every step of the way. Simple, quality essentials that are easy on the eyes, honestly priced, and rigorously tested to ensure they adhere to the highest safety standards.

Clyde

Seed Round in 2018
Clyde is a product lifecycle platform that aims to assist businesses to increase profits and provide their clients with high-quality services.

TO THE MARKET

Pre Seed Round in 2018
TO THE MARKET specializes in the ethical manufacturing and sourcing of apparel, accessories, and home goods. Established in 2016 and based in the United States, the company collaborates with artisan groups and suppliers globally to provide sustainable solutions. Its services encompass design, production, compliance, sourcing, logistics, and reporting, catering to a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies, brands, and retailers. By focusing on transparency, sustainability, and authenticity, TO THE MARKET aims to create products that resonate with a new generation of consumers, while promoting a supply chain that empowers communities and protects the environment.

Headstart

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Diverse candidates are often systematically excluded when it comes to campus recruiting and high-volume hiring. Headstart diversity recruiting software breaks this cycle of exclusion and levels the playing field for all candidates by removing bias from recruiting processes. When it comes to diversity, we are all in.

Clyde

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Clyde is a product lifecycle platform that aims to assist businesses to increase profits and provide their clients with high-quality services.
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