KCRise Fund is a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage technology companies with a strategic connection to the Kansas City region. It operates as a co-investment fund, investing side-by-side with other institutional venture capital investors.
Their most common stage is seed (42% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $9.4M (across 23 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
21
Fund Size
$34M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
EF
Edward Frindt
VC Investor & General Partner
DH
Darcy Howe
Founder, Managing Director
LR
Liam Reilly
Principal
AA
Aaliyah Aramjoo
Venture Capital Investor
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
24 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSailes | Series A | $5.1M | Sep 2024 |
 Cariloop | Series C | $20M | Jan 2024 |
 PLOT | Seed | $2M | Jun 2023 |
| FFree From Market | Seed | $2.1M | Jan 2023 |
 WorkTorch | Seed | $2.2M | Nov 2022 |
| RRealto Inc. | Seed | $4.5M | May 2022 |
 CryptoSlam | Seed | $9M | Jan 2022 |
 Whipz | Pre-Seed | $1.8M | Jan 2022 |
 TripleBlind | Series A | $24M | Oct 2021 |
| Cariloop | Series B | $15M | Jan 2021 |
| TripleBlind | Series A | $24M | Jan 2021 |
 Boddle Learning | Seed | $3M | Jan 2021 |
| DDynamhex | Seed | $1.5M | Jan 2021 |
 BacklotCars | Series B | $25M | Apr 2019 |
 BacklotCars | Series A | $8M | Dec 2018 |
| BBungii | Series A | $9.4M | Jan 2018 |
 Blooom | Series B | $9.2M | Feb 2017 |
 Roz | Pre-Seed | $1.9M | — |
| BacklotCars | Series B | $25M | — |
 dScribe AI | Pre-Seed | $1.2M | — |
 Outbound AI | Seed | $16M | — |
 LODAS Markets | Unknown | $4.5M | — |
 Saile | Seed | $1.4M | — |
| MMain Street Data | Seed | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Service Provider Capital6 shared
Pritzker Group Venture Capital3 shared
Origin Ventures3 shared
Flyover Capital3 shared
Stripes2 shared
Firebrand Ventures2 shared
Noro-Moseley Partners2 shared
Green Park & Golf Ventures2 shared
Mayo Clinic2 shared
AVG Basecamp2 shared
Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health2 shared
Dolby Family Ventures2 shared
General Catalyst2 shared
Basecamp Fund2 shared
Clocktower Technology Ventures2 shared
Accenture2 shared
NextGen Venture Partners2 shared
Valor Equity Partners2 shared
Amboy Street Ventures1 shared
Rise of the Rest Seed Fund1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026