| Website | kephapartners.com |
| Employees |
| Fund II, 5/12 | $85M |
“Kepha” is Aramaic for “rock.” They have a back-to-basics approach focused on pre-seed, seed and Series A companies. They call this “venture building,” and it is what created the venture industry in the first place. It is the foundation, or rock, of venture capital.
Their mission:
Be the true entrepreneur’s first choice
Aggressively build shareholder value that will last for many generations
Establish a new standard for value-add and become the McKinsey & Co. for entrepreneurs
They seek entrepreneurs who have disruptive ideas and know that they can do it better. They recruit executives who are energized by making a difference in how they lead teams and out-execute incumbents. They want to work with people who would rather try and fail vs. not try at all.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| HapYak | 11/12 | Seed | $850k | 3 |
| Shareaholic | 6/12 | Series A | $3M | 3 |
| VoltDB | 4/12 | Venture Round | $590k | 2 |
| Boundless | 4/12 | Series A | $8M | 5 |
| Cloze | 4/12 | Seed | $1.2M | 3 |
| Boundless | 4/12 | Seed | $1.7M | 4 |
| Azuki Systems | 1/12 | Venture Round | $5.1M | 2 |
| On The Spot Systems | 1/12 | Seed | $750k | 3 |
| OwnerIQ | 6/11 | Venture Round | $7M | 2 |
| Linkable Networks | 3/11 | Series A | $8.3M | 3 |
| Azuki Systems | 12/10 | Venture Round | $4M | 2 |
| AutoVirt | 10/10 | Venture Round | $3.8M | 2 |
| Goby | 10/10 | Series A | $2.5M | 2 |
| Linkable Networks | 10/10 | Seed | $1.5M | 2 |
| VoltDB | 9/10 | Venture Round | $5M | 2 |
| OwnerIQ | 12/09 | Series C | $5.8M | 5 |
| AutoVirt | 11/09 | Venture Round | $5M | 2 |
| Azuki Systems | 5/09 | Series B | $6M | 2 |
| Bluefin Labs | 5/09 | Seed | $1.2M | 7 |
| AutoVirt | 11/08 | Series B | $4M | 2 |
| AutoVirt | 1/08 | Series A | $4.5M | 2 |
| Azuki Systems | 9/07 | Series A | $6M | 2 |
| AutoVirt | 1/07 | Seed | $500k | 2 |
