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2750 E. Cottonwood Parkway, Suite 160
Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121
Phone: 801-308-0440
Fax: 801-942-1636
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Information Technology
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Medical Device
Retail & Restaurant
Software & Internet
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Kickstart was founded in 2007 when Brian Cummings of the University of Utah joined forces with Paul Ahlstrom, Dinesh Patel and Gavin Christensen of vSpring Capital to design a seed fund that would unite the community behind the region's best entrepreneurs and technologies and create great companies locally. Under the guidance of managing director Gavin Christensen, Kickstart was designed to align the incentives between the major players within the local ecosystem to fund local seed-stage companies. Kickstart was founded and backed by these same players: local venture capital, angel investor groups, community-minded corporations, and universities. According to published reports, Kickstart has raised $3.65M as part of an ongoing fundraising effort. The firm has $480M in assets under management and has raised $345M in follow-on capital.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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| COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
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Seed Stage
(includes "pre-seed," or
concept stage) | No Revenue |
| Early Stage | Minimal
Revenue |
Growth Stage
(also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage
(also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
| Private Equity | |
| Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
| Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
| Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
| Large Cap | >$1B |
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