KCRise Fund
kcrisefund.com Direct investor
KCRise Fund is a venture capital firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, that invests in early-stage technology companies with a connection to the Kansas City region. The firm was founded by Darcy Howe and manages a portfolio of investments in various sectors including healthcare, software, and AI.
KCRise Fund is a venture capital firm headquartered in Kansas City, United States, founded in 2016. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series A, in technology.
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Kansas City, United States
- Invests in
- Kansas City region
- Sectors
- technology
- Founded
- 2016
Team, as KCRise Fund publishes it
- Darcy Howe Founding Managing Director
- Ed Frindt Managing Director
- Aaliyah Aramjoo Associate
Names and roles exactly as listed on kcrisefund.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 63 co-investors found.
- Royal Street Ventures Management Company, LLC 5 shared companies: pepper.me, backlotcars.com, stay.ai, kenzen.com…
- Sandalphon Capital 4 shared companies: worktorch.io, ehawksolutions.com, backstitch.io, daupler.com
- Madrona Venture Group 2 shared companies: https, outbound.ai
- Flyover Capital 2 shared companies: rebulk.com, innarahealth.com
- 2150 1 shared company: getro.com
- 3one4 Capital 1 shared company: getro.com
- Acadian Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared company: getro.com
- Blindspot Ventures Management Co 1 shared company: getro.com
- Cofounders Capital 1 shared company: getro.com
- Matchstick Ventures 1 shared company: getro.com
and 53 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page KCRise Fund publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.kcrisefund.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description
- https://www.kcrisefund.com/intro-formhq_country, hq_city
- https://www.kcrisefund.com/darcy-howefounded, people
- https://www.kcrisefund.com/edward-frindtpeople
- https://www.kcrisefund.com/aaliyah-aramjoopeople
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Record 2836 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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