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 (46% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.6M (across 33 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
26
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
35 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Invary | Seed | $3.5M | Feb 2025 |
| SSailes | Series A | $5.1M | Sep 2024 |
 Cariloop | Series C | $20M | Jan 2024 |
 PLOT | Seed | $2M | Jun 2023 |
| HHealium | Seed | $3.6M | Feb 2023 |
| FFree From Market | Seed | $2.1M | Jan 2023 |
 WorkTorch | Seed | $2.2M | Nov 2022 |
 Ox | Seed | $34M | Sep 2022 |
 Realto Inc. | Seed | $4.5M | May 2022 |
 CryptoSlam | Seed | $9M | Jan 2022 |
 Whipz | Pre-Seed | $1.8M | Jan 2022 |
| SSailes | Seed | $1.4M | Jan 2022 |
 Boddle Learning | Unknown | $1.4M | Oct 2021 |
 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 |
| AAstrumU | Series A | $7.6M | Jul 2020 |
| AAstrumU | Growth | $7.6M | Jul 2020 |
| Boddle Learning | Pre-Seed | $350K | Jan 2020 |
 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 |
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Top Co-Investors
Service Provider Capital7 shared
Flyover Capital5 shared
Pritzker Group Venture Capital3 shared
Origin Ventures3 shared
Mayo Clinic3 shared
AVG Basecamp3 shared
Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health3 shared
Dolby Family Ventures3 shared
General Catalyst3 shared
Clocktower Technology Ventures3 shared
Accenture3 shared
NextGen Venture Partners3 shared
Valor Equity Partners3 shared
Stripes2 shared
Firebrand Ventures2 shared
Outlander VC2 shared
Noro-Moseley Partners2 shared
Green Park & Golf Ventures2 shared
SpringRock Ventures2 shared
Ascend2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026