K5 Ventures is an accelerator firm in California that focuses on providing resources and capital to early stage technology startups mostly based in Southern California, Silicon Valley and China. Founded 2011 in Newport Beach, California, United States by Amir Banifatemi and Ray Chan, it invests in crowdfunding, early stage ventures, private equity, seed, series B, series A, and angel rounds. Its portfolio companies include dot.LA, Submittable, and Kitterly. As of February 2020, K5 Ventures has made 47 investments. Their most recent investment was on January 9, 2020, when dot.LA raised $4M. K5 Ventures has had seven exits, the most notable of which include Compass, Coin, and Connectifier.
Timeline
Funded Companies
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People
Adriana Zuabi
Employee
Amir Banifatemi
Founder
Anne Weisenstein
Employee
Dave Berkus
Advisor
David Cheng
Investor
Elim Kay
Investor
Gene Ku
Mentor
Gunther Sonnenfeld
Employee
Isaac Saldana
Mentor
James Chew
Employee
Jason Thanh La
Partner
Jeff Choi
Employee
Katharina Chiu
Employee
Mohamed Alkady
Advisor
Ray Chan
Founder
Ray Chan
Founder
Rena Zuabi
Employee
Robin Pimentel
Partner
Robin Pimentel
Employee
Shervin Talieh
Mentor
Stephanie Ardrey
Employee
Stephen Block
Partner
Stijn Vanorbeek
Investor
Tom Furukawa
Advisor
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
BIOS
Creator
dot.LA
Inklocker
Kitterly
Microdermics
MyLabBox
Niles AI
Proseeder Technologies, Inc.
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