Investors backing Kansas City startups

128 investors have backed a company based in Kansas City: 119 funds and 9 angels. KCRise Fund, Right Side Capital Management and Royal Street Ventures lead by local deal count, and most of them sit outside Kansas City.

128investors who have backed a Kansas City company
119VC firms
9Angel investors
Active at stage
Pre-seed97
Seed123
Series A122
Series B+113
By investor type
VC firms75
Angels9
Family offices1
Private equity33
Other10
Investors with at least one portfolio company based in Kansas City, one recent deal and a reachable contact. Funds headquartered in Kansas City are too few to build a page on, so this page counts by portfolio, not by address. In the table, deals are the investor's investments into Kansas City companies, while Last 12 mo counts all of its deals in the past year. Source: Fundraisly investor database, September 2026.

The most active investors in Kansas City

InvestorTypeDeals in Kansas CityLast 12 moLeadsHQ
KCRise Fundkcrisefund.com
VC23
1
NoKansas City, MO
Right Side Capital Managementrightsidecapital.com
VC10
53
YesSan Francisco, CA
Royal Street Venturesroyalstreet.vc
VC8
4
YesPark City, UT
Dundee Venture Capitaldundeeventurecapital.com
VC8
3
YesOmaha, NE
Gaingelsgaingels.com
Syndicate5
107
NoBurlington, VT
Digitalis Venturesdigitalisventures.com
VC3
11
YesNew York, NY
Service Provider Capitalserviceprovidercapital.com
VC3
10
NoGolden, CO
M25m25vc.com
VC3
6
NoChicago, IL
Acumen Americaacumenamerica.org
VC3
6
NoNew York, NY
Redbud VCredbud.vc
VC3
4
NoColumbia, MO

What the numbers say about Kansas City

128 investors have backed a Kansas City company. 119 funds and 9 angels

Seed and Series A are neck and neck. 123 and 122 active investors

Family offices are rare here. 1 against 33 private-equity firms

40 of the 119 funds have led at least one Kansas City round. The rest only follow

How a founder raised from investors like these

Frequently asked

Q1

Are there venture funds based in Kansas City?

A handful, which is why this page counts investors by portfolio instead. The 128 investors here have already written a cheque into a Kansas City company from wherever they sit, and that is the list that matters for outreach.

Q2

How many investors do founders contact to get meetings?

Founders in our Raise Benchmarks reached 45 to 900 investors per round. in2ition.ai closed $1M from 4 investors. Besample reached 900 investors for 55 first meetings. A wide, well-targeted list beats ten warm names.

Q3

How do I get a warm intro to these investors?

Fundraisly's Warm Intro maps your team's LinkedIn connections against every investor in this database and shows which of these funds and angels a colleague can introduce you to.

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