K5 Global is a venture capital firm and incubation studio founded in 2018 by Michael Kives and Bryan Baum. The firm invests in technology, media, and consumer companies, supporting founders across the entire business lifecycle from inception to IPO.
Average disclosed round size is $44.5M (across 79 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
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Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
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Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
88 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 thoughtly | Seed | $5.5M | Apr 2026 |
| KKled | Seed | $5.5M | Mar 2026 |
 Ten63 | Unknown | — | Feb 2026 |
 HaulerHero | Series A | $16M | Feb 2026 |
 Curate | Series A | $10M | Jan 2026 |
 Kled AI | Seed | $5.5M | Jan 2026 |
 Certifyde | Seed | $2M | Jan 2026 |
 Liquid | Series A | $18M | Jan 2026 |
 Sphinx | Seed | $9.5M | Sep 2025 |
 Alpic | Pre-Seed | $5.1M | Sep 2025 |
 Retab | Pre-Seed | — | Jul 2025 |
 Hyper | Seed | $6.3M | Jul 2025 |
 Doubleword | Series A | — | May 2025 |
 Adaptive Security | Series A | $43M | Apr 2025 |
 Sotira | Pre-Seed | $2M | Feb 2025 |
 WiseLayer | Seed | $7.2M | Jan 2025 |
 Carbon Arc | Unknown | $56M | Jan 2025 |
 Lightning AI | Series C | $50M | Nov 2024 |
 Nagish | Series A | $11M | Jul 2024 |
 Cube AI | Pre-Seed | $2.5M | Jun 2024 |
| Adaptive Security | Series B | $43M | Mar 2024 |
 dub | Seed | $17M | Feb 2024 |
 Grafana | Series B | $270M | Jan 2024 |
 Dub | Seed | $17M | Jan 2024 |
| UUtila Io | Seed | $11.5M | Jan 2024 |
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Top Co-Investors
Coatue Management LLC10 shared
Y Combinator10 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners6 shared
Sequoia Capital6 shared
Thrive Capital6 shared
Tribe Capital6 shared
Andreessen Horowitz5 shared
Greylock Partners4 shared
J.P. Morgan4 shared
Glynn Capital4 shared
Dawn Capital4 shared
Mantis VC4 shared
SoftBank Latin America Fund4 shared
Neo4 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC4 shared
Khosla Ventures4 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners4 shared
Horizons Ventures4 shared
SV Angel4 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026