# Kevin McKeand

> Kevin McKeand is a seed investor at VMG Partners (Austin) backing E-Commerce and SaaS. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VMG Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vmg-partners)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinmckeand/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ktmckeand

Kevin McKeand is a seed investor at VMG Partners in Austin focused on E-Commerce and SaaS. Kevin McKeand is based out of Austin, Texas and is the Limited Partner - VMG Catalyst Mentors Circle II, L.P of VMG Partners. Kevin previously worked at Convertri as a Chief Executive Officer. Kevin McKeand attended Bellevue University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Parking | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series D | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| Brazil | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AppWizzy | AppWizzy is a vibe-coding platform for creating scalable web apps and sites through AI-powered chat. |  | Seed | Aug 25, 2025 |  |
| Swell | Swell is the most powerful headless ecommerce platform for modern brands, startups, and agencies. | $20M | Series A | Jan 13, 2022 |  |
| Nuvemshop | Nuvemshop (also known as Tiendanube in Spanish-speaking Latin America) is the only D2C e-commerce platform built specifically for Latin America. It absorbs the full complexity of LATAM commerce — payments, logistics, marketing, banking, access to capital, point of sale, AI, agentic commerce, and fiscal compliance — with everything developedin-house.Unlike fragmented stacks where no single vendor owns the outcome, Nuvemshop gives brands a single platform, a single point of contact, and a fully integrated data layer. Merchants can sell more and operate less, with automation and AI running repetitive tasks so they can focus on building their brand.Founded in 2011 by Alejandro Alfonso, Santiago Sosa, Jose Abuchaem, Martin Palombo, and Alejandro Vazquez, Nuvemshop is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, and serves D2C brands across Latin America — from those building their first store to those scaling to hundreds of millions in annual revenue. | $90M | Series D | Mar 22, 2021 |  |
| FLASH | FlashParking is the total simple approach to parking with their integrated suite of hardware and subscription solutions for parking operators and asset owners to manage their gated, parking lot, and valet operations. With their award-winning parking solutions, FlashParking's customers can take control of their revenue. |  | Seed |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bonfire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bonfire-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Commerce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerce-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eagle Travis Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eagle-travis-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Habitat Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/habitat-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About VMG Partners

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

VMG Partners is a private equity investment firm with an exclusive focus on acquiring highly branded consumer products companies in the lower middle market. The firm's defined set of attractive target industries include lifestyle, wellness, food/beverage, personal care, pet, and leisure. The firm is led by a seasoned group of partners whohave worked together over many years and whose complementary operating, marketing, and investing skills help to source proprietary transactions and enhance the value of the brands they acquire. The firm currently has $325 million of committed equity capital. VMG Partners is headquartered in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

5 contacts available at VMG Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brooke Kiley | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooke-kiley |
| Carle Stenmark | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carle-stenmark |
| Jonathan Marshall | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-marshall-2 |
| Kara Roell | Co-Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kara-roel |
| Kevin McKeand | Limited Partner and Commerce Council Member - Fund II - VMG Catalyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-mckeand |

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## FAQ

### What does Kevin McKeand invest in?

Kevin McKeand invests primarily in E-Commerce, SaaS and Parking startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### When did Kevin McKeand last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kevin McKeand closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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