# Kaiton WIlliams

> Kaiton WIlliams is a pre-seed investor at Impact America Fund backing Audio. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Impact America Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/impact-america-fund)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaiton-williams-b3872a152

Kaiton WIlliams is a pre-seed investor at Impact America Fund focused on Audio and Software. Kaiton is a Silicon Valley engineer turned Human-Computer Interaction researcher. He joined IAF in 2018 with a particular interest in the challenges of connecting community-oriented research and design with scalable technology production and investment. Previously, Kaiton held senior engineering and architecture roles at Microsoft for over adecade, where he helped build and manage early web applications for billions of users. He then went on to earn his Ph.D. in Information Science from Cornell University, where his ethnographic research focused on the experiences of tech entrepreneurs building products for and from communities outside of Silicon Valley’s "normal." Kaiton also received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Morgan State University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audio | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Cloud Data Services | 1 | 50% |
| Information Services | 1 | 50% |
| Business Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Causiq | Causiq builds a living digital twin of your business — so you can test pricing, hiring, and strategy changes before committing in the real world. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 08, 2026 | https://causiq.org/ |
| NameCoach | NameCoach is a platform for cultural and gender inclusion, which empowers organizations to easily collect audio name recordings, gender identity, and other identity-related info via customized links or widgets - and embed this critical info in online systems through a web application, API, and 3rd party integrations. It was founded in 2014 and isbased in Palo Alto, California. | $8M | Series A | Nov 17, 2022 | https://cloud.name-coach.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GTMfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gtmfund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AISprouts](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aisprouts) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Asymmetry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asymmetry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Engage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/engage-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forefront Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forefront-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Impact America Fund

VC Fund · Oakland, United States

Impact America Fund is an investment firm that is catalyzing the economic liberation of underserved communities in America.They see tremendous creativity, drive, skill, resilience, and opportunity in communities and sectors that are traditionally overlooked and undervalued.They invest in businesses with “inherent impact,” whereby the design oftheir business models and products creates shared value for their consumers, workers, suppliers, investors, and other key stakeholders.They back entrepreneurs whose lived experiences deepen both their impact-orientation and understanding of the structural problems they are solving.

5 contacts available at Impact America Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kesha Cash | Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kesha-cash |
| Brittany Henry | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brittany-henry-henry |
| Kaiton WIlliams | Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaiton-williams |
| Melissa Plotsky | Impact Communications | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/melissa-plotsky |
| Stefanie Thomas | Senior Associate, Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stefanie-thomas |

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## FAQ

### What does Kaiton WIlliams invest in?

Kaiton WIlliams invests primarily in Audio, Software and Cloud Data Services startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Kaiton WIlliams last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kaiton WIlliams closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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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