Kickstart Fund is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Salt Lake City, UT. Kickstart’s mission is to fuel the best companies in Utah and the Mountain West by providing smart capital, a connected community, and expert guidance. Since raising its first fund in 2008, Kickstart has invested in more than 100 companies.

Kickstart

Signal Peak is a venture capital firm with more than $550 million of committed capital under management. The fund invests in information technology companies and looks for entrepreneurial teams with the potential to transform markets and create lasting value. Specific areas of focus include Internet, SaaS, enterprise software, communications, security, and mobile computing—all markets in which the firm has deep expertise. Our strategy includes providing a level of operational assistance that creates additional value.  We take a labor-intensive, service-oriented approach by making early introductions to key customers and strategic partners, and by helping to recruit top executives and co-investors. Collectively, the Signal Peak team has founded and served as senior officers or board members in dozens of companies. The team has a combined history of successful company leadership and private equity investments that span over 60 years. As a result, our team has the resources, decision-making experience, and strategic relationships to meet the demands of today's passionate entrepreneurs.

Signal Peak Ventures

We support early stage entrepreneurs and help them accelerate their growth. Throughout the investment process, we collaborate with founders to gain understanding of their unique needs – defining the success of each company. We look for opportunities that have an impact on people’s lives, such as renewable energy and medical solutions, but we're tech- and industry agnostic. With our background, we can help commercialise innovative ideas and develop seed and Series A companies. Our ticket sizes range from 50k-500k USD.

Forward Venture Capital

Prelude supports experienced founders who are building deep customer relationships through product leadership and nimble execution. Proprietary sourcing technology applied to undeserved geographies provides access to a continuous flow of attractively priced opportunities.

Prelude Fund

Stage 2 Capital is a go-to-market venture capital fund that primarily invests in early-stage B2B software companies. Backed by top go-to-market professionals from leading tech companies, Stage 2 Capital leverages its deep sales expertise to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses in addition to providing capital.

Stage 2 Capital

Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions. Its tools and services allow its customers to create ground-breaking digital content, deploy it across media and devices, measure and optimize it over time, and achieve greater business success.   The company helps its customers make, manage, measure, and monetize their content across every channel and screen. Its main products include Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Freehand, InDesign, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, and many others.   Adobe is the global leader in digital marketing and digital media solutions. Their tools and services allow their customers to create groundbreaking digital content, deploy it across media and devices, measure and optimize it over time, and achieve greater business success. Adobe helps their customers make, manage, measure, and monetize their content across every channel and screen.   Adobe was founded on January 1, 1982 in California, United States.

Adobe

Seismic is a family-led fund manager, focused on the UK and regulated by the FCA

Seismic Ventures

University Growth Fund is the largest education-based private equity fund in the country, giving university students the opportunity to gain real-world experience as they invest alongside top tier investors in many of the best companies in the country.

University Growth Fund

Tiled

Tiled is an online platform that transforms static content into engaging interactive micro-apps to drive engagement and deliver insight. It enables users to create an unlimited number of public and private micro apps equipped with security, permissions and user management to control who has access to your content.  The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

<div><p>Tiled offers a no code content creation platform that enables enterprise teams to create, edit and share interactive content experiences called &ldquo;microapps&rdquo;, while also providing data and analytics for users to fine-tune their content and increase engagement. The platform caters to a range of business functions, including sales, marketing, creative, design, and HR teams.&nbsp;</p></div>

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<div><p>Tiled is an online platform that transforms static content into interactive micro-apps to drive engagement and deliver insights. Its platform enables users to create an unlimited number of public and private micro apps equipped with security, permissions, and user management to control who has access to the content. The platform integrates with content creation tools including Adobe XD, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Google Slides, and marketing automation platforms such as Seismic. As of April 2022, brands using Tiles solutions include Alder, Sotheby's, Adobe, Seismic, and Skullcandy. </p></div>

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    Tiled offers a no code content creation platform that enables enterprise teams to create, edit and share interactive content experiences called &ldquo;microapps&rdquo;, while also providing data and analytics for users to fine-tune their content and increase engagement. The platform caters to a range of business functions, including sales, marketing, creative, design, and HR teams.&nbsp;
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    Tiled can be integrated with third party creative programs and work technologies such as Adobe XD, InDesign, Photoshop, Sketch, Figma, PowerPoint, and Google Slides, and can be distributed through marketing automation platforms such as Seismic.
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    In September 2021, the company reported that it had grown 211% YoY, and increased its employee base by 53%. As of February 2024, the company served a range of enterprise customers including Adobe, Equinox Skullcandy, Seismic, HubSpot, Paycor, Instructure, and Sotheby&rsquo;s.&nbsp;
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    Tiled raised USD 13.7 million in Series A funding in September 2021, led by Signal Peak Ventures, to invest in sales and marketing, channel partnerships, and product improvements as well as the expansion of its employee base. 
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    Index offers a no-code platform for enterprises to build dashboards for internal use to obtain insights on business metrics, investor updates and operation overviews, among others. As of June 2021, the product remains at beta, with a limited early preview. The platform provides prebuilt templates, and also has tools for users to build their own dashboards.  
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    The dashboard can be integrated with multiple apps including Hubspot ((customer relationship management data), Stripe (payment data), and Postgres and MongoDB (databases), slack (remote working) and Google Sheets (spreadsheets), among others. 
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    The company raised USD 2.6 million in Seed funding in October 2020. It intends to invest the funds in hiring two engineers (in addition to the two founders) and continuing to refine and develop the product. The founders aim to reach USD 1 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and expand their product distribution. 
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Index

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    Stencyl offers a drag-and-drop no-code platform that enables users to create and publish web and mobile games. Users can build their game logic using the platform&rsquo;s pre-built code blocks, design visual elements via an in-built graphics editor, and publish across a range of platform&rsquo;s such as IoS, Android, Windows and Mac. Moreover,&nbsp; Stencyl also enables users to embed ads into their games as a secondary source of revenue.&nbsp;
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    As of February 2024, Stencyl was used by over 500,000 registered developers. Apps created on Stencyl have reached top slots in the Apple App Store and Google Play, and its most successful web games have been sponsored by major publishers including ArmorGames, Kongregate, and Newgrounds.
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    PlugXR Inc offers a no-code platform for users to produce AR, VR, and MR (mixed reality) apps. Its platform offers cross-platform development for both Android and iOS and supports software development kits (SDKs), collaboration, and report and analytics on the apps. The company operates in the US, Sweden, and India.
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    As of 2019, its customer base rose to 37 clients (from 14 in 2016), while its workforce grew to over 30 people (from 14 in 2016). PlugXR raised pre-seed and angel funding in 2019.
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    Universe offers a no-code platform for users to build websites that can be added to social media pages. Websites can be built using drag and drop blocks to add images, videos, and other content to create a mobile-first website. The Platform offers creative controls, 30 pre-made themes, and block features to allow users to create a custom site and/or open an e-commerce store directly from a mobile phone.&nbsp;
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    The company began as a landing page builder and progressed to developing websites, which include tools for adding shopping blocks. Universe targets micro businesses that are not tech-savvy.
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    , Universe launched the beta version of Generative Universe Sites (GUS), an AI-powered website designing tool. This solution provides a conversational interface for users to dictate their requirements for a website and then generates a customized web page.
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    In December 2021, Universe raised USD 30 million in a Series B funding round led by Addition to develop the company&rsquo;s block-based system for website building named &ldquo;GRID,&rdquo; expand its commercial offering for startups, and extend GRID to more platforms and devices. 
    Additionally, the company used the funds to&nbsp; expand its reach in new markets and grow its employee base.&nbsp;
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Universe

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    Readymag is a web-based drag and drop tool that enables users to create websites, presentations and digital magazines. Its customers include large enterprises such as AirBnB, Forbes, Esquire, and IDEO.
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Readymag

Offers solutions for building internal applications and automations for enterprises

Many solutions enable users to leverage AI/ML for predictive analytics

Offers solutions for building enterprise-specific applications and automations

Some solutions leverage GenAI to enable users to build application and website templates without coding

Allows users to create apps for their own businesses by using their data and ideas and converting them into apps to improve their workflow.

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    Tiled is an online platform that transforms static content into interactive micro-apps to drive engagement and deliver insights. Its platform enables users to create an unlimited number of public and private micro apps equipped with security, permissions, and user management to control who has access to the content. The platform integrates with content creation tools including Adobe XD, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Google Slides, and marketing automation platforms such as Seismic. As of April 2022, brands using Tiles solutions include Alder, Sotheby's, Adobe, Seismic, and Skullcandy. 
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    In September 2021, the firm raised USD 13.7 million in Series A funding led by Signal peak ventures. It intends to use the funding to ramp up its hiring to expand operations and drive product development. In 2021, the firm reported adding over 100 new customers and more than doubled its year-over-year revenues.
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    Co-founded by noteworthy Philanthrapist Melanie Perkins, Canva is one of the most popular web-based graphic design platforms that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, using drag-and-drop&nbsp; design tools. The platform also includes a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery. In September 2021, the firm announced the launch of a video editing suite as it extends its capability into video content creation. 
    As of March 2023, the platform operated in more than 190 countries with a customer base of over 120 million monthly users including companies like Blackbird, GivingTuesday, Philadelphia Eagles, Upworthy, 
    PayPal, UCDavis, Baxter, Gucci, and Danone.
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    In April 2021, the firm raised USD 71 million in venture round funding led by Dragoneer Investment Group and T. Rowe Price. Just 5 months later, Canva raised an additional USD 200 million&nbsp; by T. Rowe Price and was valued at USD 40 billion, making it the 5th most valuable startup in the world. The firm claims to be on track to hit USD 1 billion in annualized revenue for 2021. During 2022, the firm plans to utilize its funding to double its team size from its current 2,000+ employees.
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Canva

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    Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant technology that works seamlessly across multiple platforms and devices. The platform includes a grammar checker, plagiarism checker, essay checker, tone detector, style guide, snippets, analytics, and brand tones. It integrates with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn and has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, and Forbes. Grammarly serves over 30 million people and more than 30,000 teams globally. It provides suggestions in desktop applications and sites across the web, including emails and messages, documents and projects, and social media. It is a privately held company.
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    Picsart is a digital creation platform for editing photos and videos. It creates, remixes, and shares billions of visual stories using powerful and easy-to-use editing tools. Picsart’s product line comprises a photo editor, video editor, mobile apps, and business solutions. The business offers API services, platform integrations, co-marketing, and custom enterprise solutions. Some use cases include making YouTube banners, Pinterest pins, brochures, and gift certificates. Picsart serves over 150 million users and processes more than one billion edits per month. The privately held company acquired DeepCraft in 2021 and Code Republic in 2022.
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    Typeform is a no-code SaaS platform for creating customer forms, quizzes, and surveys. Typeform claims to drive more than 500 million digital interactions per year and its platform integrates with workflow and marketing campaign automation tools including  HubSpot, Calendly, Slack, and Mailchimp. The firm provides templates for use cases including marketing as well as enterprise solutions for brands to deliver customer interactions at scale. As of April 2022, brands using Typeform's tools include L'Occitane, Headspace, Hermes and Lyft.
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    In March 2022, the firm raised USD 135 million led by Sofina, and had a post-money valuation of USD 935 million. The new funding will be used for product development and to add further integrations. The firm claims to have grown its revenue by 3x since 2018 and reached an ARR of USD 70 million in 2021. 
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Typeform

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    Ceros is a cloud-based design platform for creating and managing customer web experiences that can be embedded anywhere on the web and is compatible with most CMS platforms. The platform's features include no-code content creation tools, a content marketplace, and data asset management (DAM).  Through a series of acquisitions the firm has extended its capabilities to include solutions for gathering customer feedback across multiple channels (Markup), content team management tools (Oroson),  and an online chart-building tool (Chartblocks). The firm also has a team of 40+  consultants to provide guidance on content strategy. As of April 2022, the firm had more than 550 clients including Conde Nast, Pinterest, Terminus, Pendo, and McKinsey.
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Ceros

NLP automates the creation of personalized written media content for different use cases

For written and visual content creation AI/ML is a core part of the end result

Uses generative AI to automate the creation of personalized content across multiple media formats

Assists in creating a variety of digital media channels including podcasts, polls, quizzes, and surveys.

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