KEY Investment Partners
VC Fund
Denver, United States
KEY Investment Partners is a VC fund in Denver focused on Cannabis and Advertising. KEY Investment Partners they are focused on providing equity to early-stage companies.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 74%
- Fund size:
- $91M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries KEY Investment Partners invests in
CannabisAdvertisingDigital MarketingAffiliate MarketingAlternative Medicine
Stages KEY Investment Partners invests in
SeedSeries BSeries CFunding RoundPre-Seed
Countries KEY Investment Partners invests in
United States
Round sizes
Seed $1M–$5.4MSeries B $9M–$12M
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$5.4M
- Series B
- $9M–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Cannabis 5 (26%)
- Advertising 3 (16%)
- Digital Marketing 2 (11%)
- Affiliate Marketing 2 (11%)
- Alternative Medicine 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (26%)
- Series B 4 (21%)
- Series C 2 (11%)
- Funding Round 2 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jordan Youkilis
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Pete Karabas
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Tiby Erdely
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 12 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Katalys
|
Katalys is a partnership marketing technology platform that provides Brands and Publishers with a better way to generate revenue in the performance marketing channel. Formed out of the recent merger between RevOffers, a ‘cookieless’ graph attribution technology, and the embedded commerce innovation of 1o.io, Katalys is set on a course to disruptthe digital marketing landscape.Katalys' disruptive innovation in the performance marketing space is an embedded commerce technology that allows consumers to transact at any point of product discovery. This includes the ability to complete an eCommerce transaction inside a display advertisement, in-app, in-video, blog post, social media platforms, and even inside a VR/AR environment. | $5.4M / Seed / Sep 21, 2023 | |
| Botanica Seattle specializes in the production of natural and handmade cannabis edibles. Its products include mixed fruit chews, chocolate pattie, infused cannabis oil, and cannabis mint made from an alcohol-based extraction process with multiple stages of quality control to guarantee accurate and consistent dosing during final formulation,enabling people to enjoy the taste of handmade cannabis product.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | $9M / Series B / Jul 13, 2023 | ||
| TRP Co is a retail, cultivation, and distribution platform purpose-built to solve the challenges of regulated cannabis. | Seed / Jul 25, 2022 | ||
| Springbig provides loyalty, digital communications, and CRM technology solutions to retailers in the cannabis industry. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. After years of experience in big-box retail, their founders saw tremendous opportunity in the underserved cannabis industry and decided to bring advanced loyaltyprograms, an essential marketing tool in such a competitive industry, to cannabis dispensaries and brands. | $13M / Post-IPO Equity / Jun 15, 2022 | ||
| Open Book Extracts is a cGMP certified, vertically integrated grower, processor, and manufacturer of premium plant-based products. With control of the entire supply chain, a state-of-the-art extraction campus near North Carolina’s Research Triangle, proprietary refinement and conversion methods backed by a growing IP portfolio, and a team of Ph.D.chemists and seasoned business leaders, OBX is the trusted partner for global brands seeking to enter the marketplace. OBX Asia, with its headquarters in Hong Kong, provides strategic guidance and on-the-ground support for our Asia customers.OBX’s cGMP-certified productions operations are led by a seasoned science team, including a Ph.D. food scientist from Cornell, a Ph.D. organic chemist from the University of Nevada, and two masters chemists with pharmaceutical backgrounds, including a quality control director who joined OBX after a 15-year career as an analytical chemist at GlaxoSmithKline. OBX offers one of the largest portfolios of cannabinoid isolates at 99%+ purity, including CBD, CBG, CBN, CBC, and THCV, as well as formulation services and turnkey, finished good manufacturing including edibles, soft gels, tablets, tinctures, pet products, and topical products. | Series C / Apr 06, 2022 | ||
Rev Ventures
|
RVG is a portfolio of digital companies that brings together brands and people to solve life's challenges. Our growing portfolio of web technologies, digital properties and partnerships allow us to drive performance for our partners and quality buying experience for consumers. Our wholly-owned subsidiary and flagship company RevOffers is anadvertising network connects brands with publishers who are looking to generate advertising revenue. | $1.3M / Debt Financing / Nov 17, 2021 | |
|
Katalys
|
Katalys is a partnership marketing technology platform that provides Brands and Publishers with a better way to generate revenue in the performance marketing channel. Formed out of the recent merger between RevOffers, a ‘cookieless’ graph attribution technology, and the embedded commerce innovation of 1o.io, Katalys is set on a course to disruptthe digital marketing landscape.Katalys' disruptive innovation in the performance marketing space is an embedded commerce technology that allows consumers to transact at any point of product discovery. This includes the ability to complete an eCommerce transaction inside a display advertisement, in-app, in-video, blog post, social media platforms, and even inside a VR/AR environment. | $2M / Nov 17, 2021 | |
|
Katalys
|
Katalys is a partnership marketing technology platform that provides Brands and Publishers with a better way to generate revenue in the performance marketing channel. Formed out of the recent merger between RevOffers, a ‘cookieless’ graph attribution technology, and the embedded commerce innovation of 1o.io, Katalys is set on a course to disruptthe digital marketing landscape.Katalys' disruptive innovation in the performance marketing space is an embedded commerce technology that allows consumers to transact at any point of product discovery. This includes the ability to complete an eCommerce transaction inside a display advertisement, in-app, in-video, blog post, social media platforms, and even inside a VR/AR environment. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Nov 17, 2021 | |
| Open Book Extracts is a cGMP certified, vertically integrated grower, processor, and manufacturer of premium plant-based products. With control of the entire supply chain, a state-of-the-art extraction campus near North Carolina’s Research Triangle, proprietary refinement and conversion methods backed by a growing IP portfolio, and a team of Ph.D.chemists and seasoned business leaders, OBX is the trusted partner for global brands seeking to enter the marketplace. OBX Asia, with its headquarters in Hong Kong, provides strategic guidance and on-the-ground support for our Asia customers.OBX’s cGMP-certified productions operations are led by a seasoned science team, including a Ph.D. food scientist from Cornell, a Ph.D. organic chemist from the University of Nevada, and two masters chemists with pharmaceutical backgrounds, including a quality control director who joined OBX after a 15-year career as an analytical chemist at GlaxoSmithKline. OBX offers one of the largest portfolios of cannabinoid isolates at 99%+ purity, including CBD, CBG, CBN, CBC, and THCV, as well as formulation services and turnkey, finished good manufacturing including edibles, soft gels, tablets, tinctures, pet products, and topical products. | $11.5M / Series B / Jun 03, 2021 | ||
|
Rev Ventures
|
RVG is a portfolio of digital companies that brings together brands and people to solve life's challenges. Our growing portfolio of web technologies, digital properties and partnerships allow us to drive performance for our partners and quality buying experience for consumers. Our wholly-owned subsidiary and flagship company RevOffers is anadvertising network connects brands with publishers who are looking to generate advertising revenue. | $1M / Seed / Mar 03, 2021 | |
| See all 19 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does KEY Investment Partners invest in?
KEY Investment Partners invests primarily in Cannabis, Advertising and Digital Marketing startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does KEY Investment Partners invest in?
KEY Investment Partners typically joins rounds of $1M–$5.4M at Seed and $9M–$12M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not KEY Investment Partners's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds KEY Investment Partners took part in.
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Who are the partners at KEY Investment Partners?
The team at KEY Investment Partners includes Jordan Youkilis (Founding Partner), Pete Karabas (Founding Partner) and Tiby Erdely (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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