# KV Rao

> KV Rao is a seed investor in San Francisco backing Mobile and FinTech. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/k-v-rao-51748/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/avisokv

KV Rao is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Mobile and FinTech. KV Rao is based out of Los Altos, California, and is the founder of Aviso. KV previously worked at Zuora as a founder.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $637k–$3.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Security | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gatheround | Gatheround is a team bonding and community engagement platform for people-focused organizations seeking to build relationships and strengthen teams in an era of disconnection and distraction. We make it simple and effortless to bring people together online in a way that’s both wildly fun and deeply meaningful. | $3.5M | Seed | Jun 27, 2020 | https://gatheround.com |
| Averon | Averon is on a mission to restore sanity in online identity. Our conversion-increasing innovations instantly authenticate mobile users, creating a world where we can all move safely and efficiently around the internet with zero effort and maximum trust—no more frustrating and unsecure login IDs and passwords. Averon's technology is the newgold standard for digital identity—the easiest, fastest and most secure verification solution for users on both WiFi and LTE. Simple to implement and effortless for users, Averon's solutions don't rely on personally identifiable information, providing the most private authentication method in the digital realm. Protected by 35 patents, Averon's methods are trusted by the world's leading ride share and transportation services, digital currencies, cryptocurrency wallets, and global telecommunications companies to deliver the most elegant user experience with the highest caliber security. Join us in helping the online world Be Authentic. For more information, visit www.averon.com | $11.7M | Series A | Mar 21, 2018 | http://www.averon.com |
| Nous | Nous Global Markets is a London-based Fintech/Gaming startup with two successful apps. “Spark Profit” (sparkprofit.com), was released in 2014 to gamify financial trading. It has since signed up 400,000 users in 200 countries at a very low cost of acquisition. In April 2016 they then launched their second app, “TIQL” (tiql.co), a micro-tradingplatform with a unique set of consumer benefits, operating under our Isle Of Man OGRA licence. | $751.8K | Seed | Dec 15, 2015 | https://nous.net |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Avalon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avalon-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bloomberg Beta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bloomberg-beta) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Homebrew](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/homebrew-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Tantalus Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Machina Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MS&AD Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ms-ad-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does KV Rao invest in?

KV Rao invests primarily in Mobile, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### What round sizes does KV Rao invest in?

KV Rao typically joins rounds of $637k–$3.5M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not KV Rao's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds KV Rao took part in.

### How do I contact KV Rao?

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### When did KV Rao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for KV Rao closed in Jun 2020. 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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