# Jonty Kelt

> Jonty Kelt is a seed investor at Fantail Ventures (New York) backing Software and Analytics. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fantail Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fantail-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jontykelt
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jontykelt
- Website: http://fantailventures.com

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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.6M–$4M |
| Pre-Seed | $2M–$2M |
| Series A | $1.4M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 24% |
| Analytics | 3 | 12% |
| Information Services | 3 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 12% |
| Credit | 2 | 8% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 28% |
| Series A | 7 | 28% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 44% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 8% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Starboard Maritime Intelligence | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| QuickFrame | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fantail Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fantail-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Revel Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revel-partners) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Argo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/argo-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [R&R Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/r-r-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [MGV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maschmeyer-group-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Nimble Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nimble-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Fantail Ventures

VC Fund · New City, United States

Fantail Ventures invests in and advises early-stage companies in the fields of data and analytics, digital media, e-commerce, fintech, and wellness.

1 contacts available at Fantail Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jonty Kelt | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonty-kelt |

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [Social Network Angel Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/social-network-angel-investors-australia)
- [Social Network Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/social-network-investors-australia)
- [Social Network Investors in Oceania](https://shizune.co/investors/social-network-investors-oceania)
- [Internet Angel Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/internet-angel-investors-australia)

## 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 is Jonty Kelt's check size?

Jonty Kelt typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$4M at Seed, $2M–$2M at Pre-Seed and $1.4M–$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 Jonty Kelt participates in.

### 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.

### 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co