Kevin Hale
Angel Investor
Chicago, United States
Kevin Hale is a seed investor in Chicago focused on Software and SaaS. Kevin Hale was a partner at Y Combinator. He worked with their portfolio companies on user experience design, product development and customer support. In 2006, he co-founded Wufoo, which was one of the earliest Y Combinator funded startups. The online form builder was later acquired by SurveyMonkey. He attended
- Total investments:
- 34
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Kevin Hale invests in
Stages Kevin Hale invests in
Countries Kevin Hale invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $400k–$5.4M
- Series A
- $6M–$9M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (26%)
- SaaS 7 (21%)
- E-Commerce 7 (21%)
- Internet 5 (15%)
- Enterprise Software 4 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 26 (76%)
- Series A 2 (6%)
- Series B 1 (3%)
- Funding Round 1 (3%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (3%)
Country
- United States 22 (65%)
- Canada 2 (6%)
- Mexico 1 (3%)
- Australia 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Stilt
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Stilt offers financial services for immigrants, visa holders, and the underserved. Stilt uses proprietary and public data sources to predict the creditworthiness of immigrants with limited or zero credit history. The company's lending platform offers short term loans to expatriates and non-citizens with limited credit history at lower interestrates, enabling them to access capital and receive credit. | $7.5M / Seed / May 07, 2020 | |
Postscript
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Postscript is an eCommerce SMS platform that enables brands to communicate and engage with customers through text message marketing. It allows users to easily create and manage SMS marketing campaigns with detailed analytics to improve sales and revenue. It plugs into eCommerce businesses and helps overcome declining email engagement by sendingcustomers targeted and customizable SMS marketing. | $4.5M / Seed / Dec 04, 2019 | |
Taali Foods
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Taali is a 'better for you' food company. We have a simple vision, we want our products to be a delicious and guilt-free snack that is loaded with the good stuff.Our anchor brand Taali Taali is a guilt-free snack made from popped water lily seeds. Our products are made of Non-GMO, whole, and natural ingredients that you can pronounceand spell to create a difference you can taste. We have on average 20% fewer calories and 67% less fat per serving (28g) than the leading popcorn brand. Roasted never tasted this good. | Seed / May 30, 2019 | |
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Taali Foods
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Taali is a 'better for you' food company. We have a simple vision, we want our products to be a delicious and guilt-free snack that is loaded with the good stuff.Our anchor brand Taali Taali is a guilt-free snack made from popped water lily seeds. Our products are made of Non-GMO, whole, and natural ingredients that you can pronounceand spell to create a difference you can taste. We have on average 20% fewer calories and 67% less fat per serving (28g) than the leading popcorn brand. Roasted never tasted this good. | Seed / Mar 25, 2019 | |
Strikingly
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Strikingly is an easy way to build a mobile-optimized website or store. No code or design needed.Its websites are optimized for smartphones, tablets, and desktops. It also reduces the time of building a site by providing professional templates and layouts. Users can add e-commerce, memberships, blogs, and more to their site.It makes money frompremium plan subscriptions, which allow users to connect custom domains, remove Strikingly branding, expand their store, and more. | $6M / Series A / Aug 30, 2017 | |
Lob
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Lob automates direct mail for modern businesses. More than 7,000 companies use Lob’s APIs to move faster and create new growth opportunities. Lob’s APIs dramatically reduce mail processing time, reclaiming thousands of hours and improving data quality. One in four households in the U.S. have received mail generated through Lob’s platform.Headquartered in San Francisco, Lob is backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, First Round Capital and Polaris Partners. | $22.9M / Series B / May 31, 2017 | |
Bulletin
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Bulletin operates as a wholesale marketplace and community that connects premium brands and retailers. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York. | $2.2M / Seed / May 24, 2017 | |
Arthena
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Arthena is a venture-backed financial technology company which has pioneered quantitative strategies for asset acquisition, allowing for targeting investment decisions. Arthena is committed to bringing transparency to art investing, enabling investors to view and learn about acquired assets and artists. | Seed / Apr 07, 2017 | |
Beek
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Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it. | Seed / Mar 23, 2017 | |
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Beek
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Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it. | Seed / Mar 20, 2017 | |
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FAQ
What does Kevin Hale invest in?
Kevin Hale invests primarily in Software, SaaS and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Kevin Hale's check size?
Kevin Hale typically joins rounds of $400k–$5.4M at Seed and $6M–$9M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kevin Hale participates in.
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When did Kevin Hale last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kevin Hale closed in May 2020. Shizune tracks 34 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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