Kent Goldman
Partner @ First Round Capital
San Francisco, United States
Kent Goldman is a seed investor at First Round Capital in San Francisco focused on Software and Mobile. Kent Goldman is the founder of Upside Partnership, a true seed-stage investment firm. Kent has been partnering with founders since seed investing became a category. He has had the opportunity to work alongside founders who have spawned more than 200 companies.Kent was formerly a partner at First Round Capital, where he led investments such asAirware, Artillery, Cabana (acquired by Twitter), Cluster, Hotel Tonight, HotPotato (acquired by Facebook), Liftopia, MemSQL, MessageMe, Path, Storenvy and Threadflip. He also served on the board of Mashery (acquired by Intel).Earlier in his career, Kent was a member of Yahoo!’s corporate development team. He also led business strategy for Yahoo! Products, generating $1 billion in annual revenue.
- Total investments:
- 43
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
Last updated:
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Industries Kent Goldman invests in
Stages Kent Goldman invests in
Countries Kent Goldman invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (16%)
- Mobile 4 (9%)
- Enterprise Software 4 (9%)
- Apps 3 (7%)
- Messaging 3 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 16 (37%)
- Series A 9 (21%)
- Series B 5 (12%)
- Series C 4 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (5%)
Investments
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| Metrist creates visibility into the availability, functionality, and performance of the apps and APIs that power software on the internet, so that no application developer or user ever has to wonder what the impact of an external service is on their business. | $4M / Seed / Nov 01, 2022 | ||
| Fursure is the first financial platform for pet parents, spanning debit cards, insurance, and more — disrupting how Americans spend money on their cumulative 185 million pets, a >$120B market, growing to $275B by the end of the decade. Fursure simplifies getting insurance with a national pet insurance marketplace, rewards pet parents foreveryday spend that they can redeem on veterinary care and save in a rainy day fund for emergencies, and offers exclusive discounts on best-in-class products across pet categories. Fursure's cofounders were Princeton classmates, former Facebook Senior PM (CEO) and Amazon Architect (CTO), and featured as Forbes 30 Under 30 in Consumer Technology 2022. | $3M / Seed / Oct 27, 2022 | ||
| Rewatch offers a private and secure video channel for teams. Rewatch transcribes your videos and unlocks your team’s spoken knowledge, making it searchable and organized—all in one place. | $20M / Series A / May 26, 2021 | ||
| Newness is focused on building differentiated tools and features that work well for the beauty streamer market in particular. | $3.5M / Seed / Feb 26, 2021 | ||
| Quilt is a new kind of social wellness space to connect, share, and learn with others through daily conversations. They believe that community is the greatest form of self-care. Because journaling and meditation alone can only do so much. They believe the best way to create healthy rituals is through spontaneity and play. They use technology to dojust that. | $3.5M / Seed / Feb 10, 2021 | ||
| Rewatch offers a private and secure video channel for teams. Rewatch transcribes your videos and unlocks your team’s spoken knowledge, making it searchable and organized—all in one place. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Jan 05, 2021 | ||
| Sora is a low-code intelligent workflow automation and data integration tool that connects different corporate applications such as HR, IT, and other systems and data sets to provide a smarter, more user-friendly experience for employees, business owners, and HR professionals. | $5.3M / Seed / Jul 21, 2020 | ||
| Turvo is the world’s first multi-enterprise collaborative platform specifically designed for the global supply chain. The Turvo platform connects people and organizations across the supply chain, allowing shippers, logistics providers and carriers to digitally transform their workflows with cloud-based software and mobile applications. Thetechnology unifies all systems, internal and external, providing one end-to-end system of record set for all operations and analytics, while eliminating redundant manual tasks and automating business processes.Turvo customers include some of the world’s largest, fortune 500 logistics service providers, fast growth shippers and many brokers large and small all rely on Turvo. Turvo is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Hyderabad, India. | $60M / Series B / Nov 08, 2018 | ||
| Turvo is the world’s first multi-enterprise collaborative platform specifically designed for the global supply chain. The Turvo platform connects people and organizations across the supply chain, allowing shippers, logistics providers and carriers to digitally transform their workflows with cloud-based software and mobile applications. Thetechnology unifies all systems, internal and external, providing one end-to-end system of record set for all operations and analytics, while eliminating redundant manual tasks and automating business processes.Turvo customers include some of the world’s largest, fortune 500 logistics service providers, fast growth shippers and many brokers large and small all rely on Turvo. Turvo is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Hyderabad, India. | $25M / Series A / Mar 28, 2017 | ||
| FORAY is an inventory-less online retailer with a built in marketing platform that enables tastemakers to create UGC and drive traffic to their own digital storefronts. Its platform merges content and commerce, allowing consumers to #shopbyinfluencer seamlessly and easily. In 2016, Foray also launched FORAY GETAWAYS: unique travel experiences thatbring together top brands and our close-knit network of style influencers. Every month the Collective travels to a new destination, creating awareness and buzz for the brands involved. Getaways can be LA local, within the US, or international, and focus on bringing brands to life with high quality, curated content shoots and organic social posting campaigns. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Oct 01, 2016 | ||
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Co-Investors
About First Round Capital
First Round is a seed-stage venture firm focused on building a community of technology entrepreneurs and companies, including Uber, Square, and Warby Parker. Through custom-built software, incredible in-person experiences, and a host of other unique services, First Round helps tiny companies get big while constantly reimagining the role of venturecapital. It offers a growing number of services and products to help founders build companies from scratch.First Round has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.
First Round Capital Contacts
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Elliot Cohen
Angel Track
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Emery Rosansky
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Akins Van Horne
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Bill Trenchard
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FAQ
What does Kent Goldman invest in?
Kent Goldman invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 43 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 Kent Goldman last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kent Goldman closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 43 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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