Investments
195Portfolio Exits
19Funds
5About Kickstart Fund
Kickstart Fund is a seed fund that aims to kickstart companies in Utah and the Mountain West by aligning technology creators, industry, entrepreneurs, and capital sources behind the funding and mentoring of seed investments.

Want to inform investors similar to Kickstart Fund about your company?
Submit your Analyst Briefing to get in front of investors, customers, and partners on CB Insights’ platform.
Research containing Kickstart Fund
Get data-driven expert analysis from the CB Insights Intelligence Unit.
CB Insights Intelligence Analysts have mentioned Kickstart Fund in 1 CB Insights research brief, most recently on Oct 26, 2021.
Latest Kickstart Fund News
Jan 24, 2023
Elements , a Salt Lake City, CA-based provider of a financial monitoring platform, raised $5M in Seed Extension funding. The round, which brought brings total funds raised to more than $9M, was led by Flyover Capital, with participation from Kickstart Fund, Venture Capital, Grand Ventures, Forward VC, SaaS Venture Capital, and angel investors. The company intends to use the funds to further its efforts to grow its client base and provide more innovative services. Led by CEO Reese Harper, Elements helps clients that promote financial health by displaying digestible pieces of critical financial data, including debt, savings, spending, insurance, investments, and more, that become the building blocks of a comprehensive, easy-to-monitor financial plan. The Elements scorecard provides advisors a way to capture vital client data quickly and easily and present a holistic picture of their financial life in a tangible and understandable way. In 2022, the company created a simplified, streamlined one-page financial plan whereby advisors can use the information entered by their clients to quickly develop a roadmap to guide the client’s financial life. Commenting on the news, Reese Harper said: “..This additional funding will enable us to continue to scale, innovate and bring new services to our advisors.” FinSMEs
Kickstart Fund Investments
195 Investments
Kickstart Fund has made 195 investments. Their latest investment was in Elements as part of their Seed VC on January 1, 2023.

Kickstart Fund Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/24/2023 | Seed VC | Elements | $5M | Yes | Flyover Capital, Forward Venture Capital, Grand Ventures, Kickstart Fund, SaaS Venture Capital, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and Venture Capital | 7 |
1/17/2023 | Seed VC | pieFi | $4.6M | Yes | 1 | |
12/8/2022 | Seed VC | SaVia Health | $8.5M | Yes | 11 | |
12/6/2022 | Series A | |||||
11/1/2022 | Series B |
Date | 1/24/2023 | 1/17/2023 | 12/8/2022 | 12/6/2022 | 11/1/2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC | Series A | Series B |
Company | Elements | pieFi | SaVia Health | ||
Amount | $5M | $4.6M | $8.5M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Flyover Capital, Forward Venture Capital, Grand Ventures, Kickstart Fund, SaaS Venture Capital, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and Venture Capital | ||||
Sources | 7 | 1 | 11 |
Kickstart Fund Portfolio Exits
19 Portfolio Exits
Kickstart Fund has 19 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was KPMG Spark on November 30, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/30/2022 | Acquired Unit | 4 | |||
11/1/2022 | Acquired | 6 | |||
10/18/2022 | Acquired | 4 | |||
Kickstart Fund Fund History
5 Fund Histories
Kickstart Fund has 5 funds, including Kickstart Seed Fund V.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/29/2020 | Kickstart Seed Fund V | Early-Stage Venture Capital | Open | $110M | 2 |
1/17/2018 | Kickstart Seed Fund IV | ||||
1/30/2015 | Kickstart Seed Fund II | ||||
6/5/2014 | Kickstart Seed Fund III | ||||
12/31/2008 | Kickstart Seed Fund I |
Closing Date | 4/29/2020 | 1/17/2018 | 1/30/2015 | 6/5/2014 | 12/31/2008 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | Kickstart Seed Fund V | Kickstart Seed Fund IV | Kickstart Seed Fund II | Kickstart Seed Fund III | Kickstart Seed Fund I |
Fund Type | Early-Stage Venture Capital | ||||
Status | Open | ||||
Amount | $110M | ||||
Sources | 2 |
Kickstart Fund Team
6 Team Members
Kickstart Fund has 6 team members, including , .
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Nattu Adnan | Mindvalley, and ServisHero | Founder | Current |
Name | Nattu Adnan | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | Mindvalley, and ServisHero | ||||
Title | Founder | ||||
Status | Current |
Discover the right solution for your team
The CB Insights tech market intelligence platform analyzes millions of data points on vendors, products, partnerships, and patents to help your team find their next technology solution.