# Jonathan Kraft

> Jonathan Kraft is a seed investor at The Kraft Group backing E-Commerce and Internet. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Kraft Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kraft-group)
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Jonathan Kraft is a seed investor at The Kraft Group focused on E-Commerce and Internet. Upon graduation from Williams College in 1986, Jonathan started his career at Bain & Co. After earning his MBA at Harvard Business School, he joined The Kraft Group in 1990. Since that time, he has worked to help drive the growth and diversification of the Group. In his role as President, he is actively involved in the day to day operations ofthe Group's companies.Jonathan serves on the board of directors for several organizations including the Children's Hospital Trust and Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. He is also currently serving as a member of the Overseers' Committee to Visit Harvard Business School and on the Board of Trustees for Williams College, the Belmont Hill School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Additionally, Jonathan coaches Little League baseball and youth soccer in the Boston area.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $150k–$3.3M |
| Series A | $1.5M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 19% |
| Internet | 3 | 14% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| Advertising | 3 | 14% |
| Gaming | 2 | 10% |

48 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 33% |
| Series A | 3 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 14% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |
| Series C | 2 | 10% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EQORE | EQORE provides endless savings opportunities for a facility with an end-to-end energy storage solution. | $1.7M | Seed | Jan 23, 2025 |  |
| Splash Sports | Splash Sports is a platform for real-money gaming that allows friends and groups to play in skill-based activities and modernizes the sports pool industry. Splash Sports, which is now in private beta, offers a much-needed substitute to conventional betting options. | $14.1M | Series A | Jan 31, 2024 |  |
| Palm Tree Crew | Palm Tree Crew operates and invests in companies at the intersection of consumer, entertainment, and technology. Palm Tree Crew was co-founded by Kygo, alongside Myles Shear and Austin Criden. | $6M |  | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Splash Sports | Splash Sports is a platform for real-money gaming that allows friends and groups to play in skill-based activities and modernizes the sports pool industry. Splash Sports, which is now in private beta, offers a much-needed substitute to conventional betting options. |  |  | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| Splash Sports | Splash Sports is a platform for real-money gaming that allows friends and groups to play in skill-based activities and modernizes the sports pool industry. Splash Sports, which is now in private beta, offers a much-needed substitute to conventional betting options. |  | Seed | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| Mythical Games | Mythical is a next-generation game technology studio. Mythical Games believes that true ownership of digital assets, verifiable scarcity, and integrated secondary markets will spawn a new generation of games. These new economies, based on digital ownership, will bring players, developers, and content creators closer to the games they love.Mythical Games has a team of veteran game and platform developers with a passion for bringing big innovative concepts to market. Its goal is to create world-class products that drive consumer adoption of distributed ledger technology through games. | $150M | Series C | Nov 04, 2021 |  |
| Pillar | Pillar is how creators earn money promoting the brands and products they love. With thousands of top brands to choose from, Pillar lets creators monetize authentically. It’s the future of creator income and the ultimate link-in-bio. Build your personal website, partner with brands instantly, and start tracking what matters. Creators and theirteams love Pillar because it helps them build their empire while they focus on content. | $3.3M | Seed | Jul 07, 2020 |  |
| Pillar | Pillar is how creators earn money promoting the brands and products they love. With thousands of top brands to choose from, Pillar lets creators monetize authentically. It’s the future of creator income and the ultimate link-in-bio. Build your personal website, partner with brands instantly, and start tracking what matters. Creators and theirteams love Pillar because it helps them build their empire while they focus on content. | $3.3M | Seed | Jul 07, 2020 |  |
| Pillar | Pillar is "Shopify" for creators & talent managers. It's an all-in-one creator store & suite of tools to manage your digital products, brand deals, leads/customers, and more. | $3.3M | Seed | Jul 07, 2020 |  |
| Searchable.ai | Searchable.ai is a developer of a personalized semantic search engine used to improve work productivity. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $2M | Seed | Oct 28, 2019 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Romulus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/romulus-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Accomplice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accomplice-atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Acies Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acies-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Elysian Park Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elysian-park-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Seabed VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seabed-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About The Kraft Group

VC Fund · Foxboro, United States

The Kraft Group is a major player in the world of business. As a holding company with the network and capital resources of a large global corporation, their interests are diverse and concentrated in five specific areas: * paper/packaging manufacturing and forest products distribution * sports & entertainment * real estatedevelopment * private equity investing * philanthropyDoing business in over 80 countries with tens of thousands of customers, The Kraft Group is comprised of 5,000+ employees, manufacturing and distribution facilities, executive office buildings and sports stadiums located on four continents.But unlike their Wall Street counterparts and despite their growth, The Kraft Group remains a privately owned, family-operated company with a strong entrepreneurial streak. They are nimble, responsive and fiercely independent. The Kraft Group is run by family members and trusted staff that share one thing in common: an uncommon commitment to customer focus.

4 contacts available at The Kraft Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jonathan Kraft | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-kraft |
| Robert Kraft | Founder, Chairman & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-kraft |
| David Lee | Vice President of Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-lee-bdb9 |
| William M. Scalzulli | Vice President of Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-m-scalzulli |

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## FAQ

### What does Jonathan Kraft invest in?

Jonathan Kraft invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jonathan Kraft's check size?

Jonathan Kraft typically joins rounds of $150k–$3.3M at Seed and $1.5M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jonathan Kraft participates in.

### When did Jonathan Kraft last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jonathan Kraft closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 21 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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