# Brent Kelton

> Brent Kelton is a Series A investor at Moneta Ventures (Houston) backing Software and Apps. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Moneta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moneta-ventures)
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentvkelton

Brent Kelton is a Series A investor at Moneta Ventures in Houston focused on Software and Apps. Brent Kelton is the Partner at Moneta Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Politics | 1 | 33% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PeakMetrics | PeakMetrics provides a narrative intelligence platform that helps enterprises and governments identify and combat emerging online narrative threats. Using state-of-the-art ML technology, PeakMetrics analyzes more than 1.5 million media sources and 10 different social media platforms to identify media manipulation and adversarial attacks inreal-time, before they cause damage. Organizations use PeakMetrics to discern source credibility, understand how audiences spread narratives, and quantify risk and response scenarios — without spending millions on crisis communication and manual sentiment analysis. Detect, decipher, defend at peakmetrics.com.The internet is manipulated. Narratives are engineered, accelerated by AI, and amplified by algorithms before most organizations even see them coming. PeakMetrics is an AI-powered narrative intelligence platform built to help enterprises, agencies, and public sector organizations see through it. We built AI agents that surface where threats are coming from, who is driving them, and where they are headed next, so teams can protect their brand, their reputation, and their bottom line before it reaches the headlines. | $6M | Series A | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Equipt | Equipt is a B2B value chain management platform that specializes in asset purchase and rentals, as well as product procurement and sales. Equipt uses their technological and industrial experience to simplify and accelerate B2B transactions and communications. Equipt is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas and was founded in 2020. | $3.2M | Seed | Mar 18, 2025 |  |
| Virdee Inc. | SaaS company delivering digital check-in and virtual concierge services to the hospitality and commercial real estate industries | $16.4M | Series A | Nov 15, 2023 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cortado Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cortado-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DJR Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/djr-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gurtin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gurtin-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Koch Real Estate Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koch-real-estate-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Moneta Ventures

VC Fund · Folsom, United States

Moneta Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in enterprise technology businesses. Moneta is typically the first institutional check into its portfolio companies and aims to follow on through their Series B rounds and beyond. The partnership knows what it is like to start and scale a business, and the entire Moneta team has arelentless focus on driving significant operational value beyond capital investment. Moneta Ventures was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Folsom, California, with investment team members across the West Coast and Texas.

5 contacts available at Moneta Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aasim Hasan | Partner and Texas Leader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aasim-hasan |
| Eli Wolfson | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eli-wolfson |
| Brent Kelton | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brent-kelton |
| Brooke VanSant | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooke-vansant |
| Carter Bourassa | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carter-bourassa |

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## FAQ

### What does Brent Kelton invest in?

Brent Kelton invests primarily in Software, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brent Kelton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brent Kelton closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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