Jonty Kelt
Founder @ Fantail Ventures
New York, United States
Jonty Kelt is a seed investor at Fantail Ventures in New York focused on Software and Analytics. Jonty Kelt is based out of New York, New York, and is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Starboard Maritime Intelligence. and also the Founder of Fantail Ventures. Jonty previously worked at Valocity as a Board Advisor. Jonty Kelt attended the University of Otago. Jonty Kelt has been certified in Company Direction.
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 4%
Last updated:
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Industries Jonty Kelt invests in
Stages Jonty Kelt invests in
Countries Jonty Kelt invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $2M–$2M
- Series A
- $1.4M–$14M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (24%)
- Analytics 3 (12%)
- Information Services 3 (12%)
- Information Technology 3 (12%)
- Credit 2 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (28%)
- Series A 7 (28%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (8%)
- Convertible Note 1 (4%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 11 (44%)
- New Zealand 2 (8%)
- Australia 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Starboard Maritime Intelligence is a subscription-based software that offers teams an overview of maritime activity as well as robust analytical tools. | $13.7M / Series A / Sep 08, 2025 | ||
| Percent is a global leader in financial infrastructure solutions. Founded in 2018, the company leverages proprietary technologies, integrations, and data to bring first-of-its-kind transparency and efficiency to lenders and credit transactions. Percent's innovative ecosystem enables lenders of any size to raise the most flexible debt capitalat a low cost through dynamic market pricing and standardized terms. To date, its platforms have powered more than $600 million in transaction volume in a multi-trillion-dollar lending market. | $12.5M / Series A / Apr 22, 2021 | ||
| Percent is a global leader in financial infrastructure solutions. Founded in 2018, the company leverages proprietary technologies, integrations, and data to bring first-of-its-kind transparency and efficiency to lenders and credit transactions. Percent's innovative ecosystem enables lenders of any size to raise the most flexible debt capitalat a low cost through dynamic market pricing and standardized terms. To date, its platforms have powered more than $700 million in transaction volume in a multi-trillion-dollar lending market. | $12.5M / Series A / Apr 22, 2021 | ||
| Percent is a global leader in financial infrastructure solutions. Founded in 2018, the company leverages proprietary technologies, integrations, and data to bring first-of-its-kind transparency and efficiency to lenders and credit transactions. Percent's innovative ecosystem enables lenders of any size to raise the most flexible debt capitalat a low cost through dynamic market pricing and standardized terms. To date, its platforms have powered more than $600 million in transaction volume in a multi-trillion-dollar lending market. | $4M / Seed / Jan 31, 2020 | ||
| Percent is a global leader in financial infrastructure solutions. Founded in 2018, the company leverages proprietary technologies, integrations, and data to bring first-of-its-kind transparency and efficiency to lenders and credit transactions. Percent's innovative ecosystem enables lenders of any size to raise the most flexible debt capitalat a low cost through dynamic market pricing and standardized terms. To date, its platforms have powered more than $700 million in transaction volume in a multi-trillion-dollar lending market. | $4M / Seed / Jan 31, 2020 | ||
| Percent is a global leader in financial infrastructure solutions. Founded in 2018, the company leverages proprietary technologies, integrations, and data to bring first-of-its-kind transparency and efficiency to lenders and credit transactions. Percent's innovative ecosystem enables lenders of any size to raise the most flexible debt capitalat a low cost through dynamic market pricing and standardized terms. To date, its platforms have powered more than $600 million in transaction volume in a multi-trillion-dollar lending market. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Jan 31, 2019 | ||
| Percent is a global leader in financial infrastructure solutions. Founded in 2018, the company leverages proprietary technologies, integrations, and data to bring first-of-its-kind transparency and efficiency to lenders and credit transactions. Percent's innovative ecosystem enables lenders of any size to raise the most flexible debt capitalat a low cost through dynamic market pricing and standardized terms. To date, its platforms have powered more than $700 million in transaction volume in a multi-trillion-dollar lending market. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Jan 31, 2019 | ||
| QuickFrame's intelligent video platform reduces the time, cost, and subjectivity of traditional video creation, empowering you to do more with video. | Convertible Note / May 15, 2017 | ||
| Conversion Logic operates as a machine learning-powered marketing analytics for the enterprise. With the XC Logic platform powered by our award-winning machine learning framework and its professional services expertise, they enable marketing efficiency, optimization, and scale by delivering predictive and valuable insights in real-time. | $9M / Series A / Mar 08, 2017 | ||
| Fero Labs is an actionable machine learning software for improving processes and increasing the quality of manufacturing facilities. Fero Labs prides itself on increasing factories’ profits by combining their existing data with the latest advances in the field of data science. By utilizing Fero, the automated machine learning software, Fero Labs’customers understand the root causes of the problems leading to process and quality issues. Armed with new insights into their production, factories resolve the underlying issues leading to continuous process improvement.It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, United States. | $1.6M / Seed / Mar 01, 2017 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Fantail Ventures
Fantail Ventures invests in and advises early-stage companies in the fields of data and analytics, digital media, e-commerce, fintech, and wellness.
Fantail Ventures Contacts
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FAQ
What does Jonty Kelt invest in?
Jonty Kelt invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Information Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Jonty Kelt invest in?
Jonty Kelt typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$4M at Seed, $2M–$2M at Pre-Seed and $1.4M–$14M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Jonty Kelt's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Jonty Kelt took part in.
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When did Jonty Kelt last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jonty Kelt closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 25 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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