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.
“a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage technology companies with a strategic connection to the Kansas City region.”
— KCRise Fund, own website
- 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.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 63 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- 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 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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