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Kickstart Fund

VC
Salt Lake City, UTWebsite

Kickstart Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Salt Lake City, UT investing in SaaS, Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.5M checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$1.5M
Portfolio
10 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
AUM
$480M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
SaaS, Other
HQ
Salt Lake City, UT

Last verified: 2026-05-03

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.5M

AUM

$480M

Portfolio

10+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage fund focused on SaaS companies solving modern business challenges, with a focus on HR tech and marketplaces.

How Kickstart Fund invests

Kickstart Fund is a vc firm based in Salt Lake City, UT. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Other.

Kickstart Fund typically writes checks of $100K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $480M in assets under management.

Kickstart Fund has backed 10 companies in our records, including BambooHR, Workstream, Angel Studios.

Partners & Team

DW

Dalton Wright

Partner

B2B SaaS
Marketplaces

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Other

Portfolio Companies (10)

Other

BA

BambooHR

HR Tech
WO

Workstream

Recruitment Tech
AN

Angel Studios

MU

Music.AI

B2B SaaS
CL

Clientbook

B2B SaaS
HA

Havenly

Consumer
RA

RadAI

Healthtech
SP

SponsorCX

modernizing the world of sponsorship and fulfillment

SP

Spiff

Welcome to Utah, @SalesforceOrg

DI

DiversiFi

$8M raise & public launch

How to pitch Kickstart Fund
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dalton Wright, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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