KB Partners is a suburban Chicago-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments at the intersection of sports and technology. Founded in 1996 by Keith Bank, the firm typically provides $1-3 million in initial capital as the first institutional investor, with a portfolio spanning sports tech, gaming, media, and consumer sectors.
Deal activity increased 300% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (43% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $25.1M (across 30 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
35 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 ShotQuality | Seed | $3.2M | Sep 2026 |
| RRedrob | Series A | $10M | Nov 2025 |
 Crystalys | Series A | $205M | Sep 2025 |
| DDatumo | Unknown | $15.5M | Aug 2025 |
 Vow | Seed | — | Aug 2025 |
 IDL | Seed | $7M | Jan 2025 |
 Pathalys | Series B | $105M | Aug 2024 |
 The Realest | Seed | $12M | Jan 2024 |
 Rypplzz | Seed | $3M | Dec 2023 |
 BookSeats | Strategic | — | Sep 2023 |
 BookSeats.com | Unknown | $1.4M | Sep 2023 |
| HHyAxiom, Inc. | Growth | $150M | Jul 2023 |
 Nitra | Seed | $62M | Aug 2022 |
| SStadium Live Studios, Inc. | Series A | $10M | Jul 2022 |
 Neubility | Series A | $21M | May 2022 |
 GridRival | Seed | $3M | Oct 2021 |
| SStatusPro, Inc. | Seed | $5.2M | Aug 2021 |
| Aasensei | Seed | $2.2M | Jun 2021 |
 Spinny | Series B | — | Mar 2021 |
 StreamLayer | Unknown | $4M | Jul 2020 |
| Spinny | Series B | $43.7M | Mar 2020 |
| SSteadyMed Therapeutics | Unknown | $10.4M | Jan 2012 |
 Accumetrics | Series D | $28.8M | Feb 2008 |
| SSarvega | Series B | $10M | Jan 2003 |
| MMezzia | Unknown | $5.6M | May 2001 |
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Top Co-Investors
Alumni Ventures3 shared
General Catalyst2 shared
Safar Partners2 shared
Accel2 shared
Alteria Capital2 shared
Catalys Pacific2 shared
Sharp Alpha2 shared
NBCUniversal2 shared
Elysian Park Ventures2 shared
RiverVest Venture Partners2 shared
The Fundamentum Partnership1 shared
New Enterprise Associates1 shared
Gold House Ventures1 shared
Primer Sazze Partners1 shared
SparkLabs Taiwan1 shared
Pantera Capital1 shared
Gaingels1 shared
Dunamu1 shared
Soma Capital1 shared
Treville Capital Group1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026