Kickstart
Kickstart is a venture capital firm based in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, specializing in pre-seed and seed-stage investments in early-stage startups. Founded in 2008, the firm focuses on partnering with founders primarily in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and other Mountain West states. With a team of 11-50 employees, Kickstart has made over 150 investments, acting as a lead investor for initial checks or full seed rounds. The firm targets sectors such as enterprise and SMB software, fintech, healthtech, marketplaces, and consumer SaaS. Kickstart provides capital to help startups scale within these c Per Crunchbase, Kickstart has made 275 investments, 82 as lead investor across 182 portfolio companies, with 37 exits including 1 IPOs.
Investing activity
Kickstart has made 275 investments according to Crunchbase across 182 portfolio companies, and has led 82 rounds and seen 37 exits, 1 of them by IPO.
Kickstart appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk, and led 1 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $4M. The most recent is Codebreaker Labs (Seed, $4.5M, Aug 2026).
Kickstart most often invests alongside Children’s Hospital Colorado, Service Provider Capital, Denver Ventures and Pelican Trust, and the companies it backs on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Kickstart
What AI companies has Kickstart invested in?
Kickstart's AI investments include Codebreaker Labs. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Kickstart based?
Kickstart is based in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, United States.
What stage does Kickstart invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Kickstart has invested at Seed, with a median round of $4M. Kickstart led 1 of those rounds.
Who does Kickstart co-invest with?
Kickstart's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Children’s Hospital Colorado (1 deal), Service Provider Capital (1 deal), Denver Ventures (1 deal), Pelican Trust (1 deal) and Buff Gold Ventures (1 deal).
How can founders reach Kickstart?
Founders on Lounge can see Kickstart's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Kickstart to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.