# Kenny Van Zant

> Kenny Van Zant is a seed investor in Santa Barbara backing Software and Enterprise Software. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Santa Barbara, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kennyvanzant
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/kennyvz
- Website: http://about.me/kennyvz

Kenny Van Zant is a seed investor in Santa Barbara focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Kenny Van Zant was the SVP and Chief Product Strategist for SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), where he helped pioneer the bottom-up model for selling software and SaaS into enterprises and SMBs. Previously, Kenny was EVP of Marketing and GM of Communications for Motive (NASD: MOTV), and the co-founder of BroadJump. Kenny has a BS in Electrical and ComputerEngineering from the University of Texas.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 55% |
| Enterprise Software | 6 | 30% |
| Analytics | 4 | 20% |
| SaaS | 3 | 15% |
| Big Data | 3 | 15% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 45% |
| Series A | 5 | 25% |
| Angel | 3 | 15% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clickety | Clickety is a computer software company that produces CRM software for every non-sales job. It features a software platform that helps employers, companies, and businesses to capture, visualize, and execute the they do around people. It was founded in 2019 and is remote-first with employees in at least four states. | $2M | Seed | Aug 31, 2021 |  |
| Endgame | Endgame is transforming enterprise sales by turning every seller into a trusted advisor. In a world where 88% of buyers only purchase from those they trust, yet 80% of sales meetings fail due to poor preparation—we believe there's a better way.We've created the ultimate sales team amplifier by integrating your GTM strategy with first-and third-party data sources: emails, calls, CRM, LinkedIn, news, and financial reports. The result? An intelligent, actionable source of truth for every account and person in your book of business, instantly at your fingertips.With Endgame, your team will never walk into a meeting unprepared again. Endgame isn't just helping your sellers see around corners; we're redefining what it means to stand out in today's market. | $5M | Seed | Jul 13, 2021 |  |
| Endgame | Endgame is transforming enterprise sales by turning every seller into a trusted advisor. In a world where 88% of buyers only purchase from those they trust, yet 80% of sales meetings fail due to poor preparation—we believe there's a better way.We've created the ultimate sales team amplifier by integrating your GTM strategy with first-and third-party data sources: emails, calls, CRM, LinkedIn, news, and financial reports. The result? An intelligent, actionable source of truth for every account and person in your book of business, instantly at your fingertips.With Endgame, your team will never walk into a meeting unprepared again. Endgame isn't just helping your sellers see around corners; we're redefining what it means to stand out in today's market. | $12.3M | Series A | Jul 13, 2021 |  |
| Reclaim.ai | Reclaim.ai is an intelligence and automation calendar tool designed to aid users in prioritizing their work and balancing their schedules. | $4.8M | Seed | May 26, 2021 |  |
| Itential | Itential is the only automation platform built to support both network and cloud, making it easy for enterprise organizations to maintain network compliance, reduce manual operations, and simplify network management. The Itential Automation Platform is a low-code cloud-native SaaS solution that seamlessly connects IT systems with networktechnologies for end-to-end network configuration, compliance, and automation. | $20M | Series B | Apr 13, 2021 |  |
| Transform | Transform is the first centralized ‘metrics store’ that empowers data analysts to deliver accurate, timely, confident, and fast insights. The metrics store we’ve built is a centralized repository that enables metrics definitions in code, supports life-cycle management, and makes data accessible to every other tool in the modern data stack. We notonly make data trustworthy, but we also uncover relevant insights and context so that all teams can stay on the same page and make the best decisions possible. | $20M | Series A | Jan 19, 2021 |  |
| 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. | $495K | Pre-Seed | Dec 02, 2018 |  |
| Itential | Itential is the only automation platform built to support both network and cloud, making it easy for enterprise organizations to maintain network compliance, reduce manual operations, and simplify network management. The Itential Automation Platform is a low-code cloud-native SaaS solution that seamlessly connects IT systems with networktechnologies for end-to-end network configuration, compliance, and automation. | $5.5M | Series A | Sep 27, 2017 |  |
| PicnicAI | PicnicHealth is all about making medical records easy to access and using data to power the next frontier of medical research. We’re led by the belief that there’s power in medical information when it’s used well, and that every person has a right to their own theirs. And we've built award-winning machine learning to do it.How? PicnicHealthworks directly with patients to give them the only tool anywhere that truly provides all of their medical records from any doctor or healthcare system in the US—in an easy-to-use, secure online dashboard. Not only that, but patients can choose to contribute their data to scientific research, which helps life sciences researchers accelerate breakthroughs in care. Researchers use this anonymized “real-world data” to understand how diseases are experienced by patients and treated by clinicians in the real world, going beyond the highly controlled setting of clinical trials. The goal is to create better treatments that can ultimately improve outcomes for patients.Whether you’re a scientist, engineer, or patient yourself, we’re looking for passionate people to join us in redefining an industry during our next stage of growth. To date we’ve helped tens of thousands of patients, partnered with some of the world’s largest biopharma companies, and raised more than $35M from Felicis Ventures, Amplify Partners, Foresite Capital, Refactor Capital, and Y Combinator. | $2M | Seed | Apr 02, 2015 |  |
| Freshplum | Freshplum's goal is to bring the decision-making power of data science to companies who sell goods and services electronically. | $1M | Seed | Feb 13, 2014 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Flying Fish Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flying-fish-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hinge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hinge-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Kenny Van Zant invest in?

Kenny Van Zant invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kenny Van Zant last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kenny Van Zant closed in Aug 2021. Shizune tracks 20 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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