# Kerpen Ventures

> Kerpen Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Software and Gaming. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.kerpenventures.com/

Kerpen Ventures is an investment vehicle through which serial entrepreneurs and wife and husband team Carrie and Dave Kerpen invest in early stage startups (pre-seed or seed round) who meet one or more of the following criteria: 1) Female founder / owner 2) BIPOC founder / owner 3) Social impact focus

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Gaming | 1 | 25% |
| eSports | 1 | 25% |
| Communities | 1 | 25% |
| Health Care | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dave Kerpen | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-kerpen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GamerSafer | GamerSafer offers multiplayer games and Esports platforms an identity management software to defeat fraud, crimes and toxicity. Our Gaming ID verifies and authenticates players in less than one second using computer vision and AI. With this solution, games can reduce user churn, increase lifetime value, comply with data privacy regulations, andreduce operational costs. The company was founded in 2019 by Rodrigo Tamellini and Maria Tamellini and is based in San Jose, California. | $594.6K | Seed | Aug 23, 2021 |  |
| GamerSafer | GamerSafer offers multiplayer games and Esports platforms an identity management software to defeat fraud, crimes and toxicity. Our Gaming ID verifies and authenticates players in less than one second using computer vision and AI. With this solution, games can reduce user churn, increase lifetime value, comply with data privacy regulations, andreduce operational costs. The company was founded in 2019 by Rodrigo Tamellini and Maria Tamellini and is based in San Jose, California. | $615.3K | Seed | Jul 22, 2021 |  |
| Florence Health | Our mission is to inspire and enable every nurse, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant to achieve their potential by providing curated information and a supportive community to each professional. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Blended Sense | Blended Sense a media technology company out of Austin TXIn a time where digital communication is an essential part of daily business, we have 2 of the largest drivers of the US economy at risk. Small business owners and the Creative Freelancer.Small Business owners do not have the time, resources, or the know-how to create and produce thedigital assets they need to run their business and communicate with their target audience to thrive in today’s marketplace. Creative Freelancers are isolated and they struggle with customer service, accounting, and project management. This leaves 1 of 2 creatives struggling with cash flow. What we have built is a digital platform called Creative Intelligence. Our technology matches the right creative teams to the right projects and automates all of the pre-and post production logistics to de-risk the relationship between creative pros and small businesses. Our matches are hyper-local and create a recurring relationship between the two. We are one of the only companies that operate on a subscription basis for creative solutions to SMBS. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gvangels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gvangels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Harvard Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harvard-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Indicator Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indicatorcapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TheVentureCity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-venture-city) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wayra Brasil](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wayra-brasil) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TheVentureCity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/theventurecity-growth-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Kerpen Ventures invest in?

Kerpen Ventures invests primarily in Software, Gaming and eSports startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Kerpen Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Kerpen Ventures?

The team at Kerpen Ventures includes Dave Kerpen (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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