# KGC Capital

> KGC Capital is a VC fund in Chicago backing Finance and E-Commerce. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://kgccapital.com

KGC Capital is a venture capital firm that specializes in seed and early-stage venture investments. It is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Richard Kiphart.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 29% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 29% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 29% |
| Advice | 1 | 14% |
| Retail | 1 | 14% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 43% |
| Series B | 2 | 29% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Kiphart | Co-Founder, Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-kiphart |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paro | Paro is the alternative employment model for the future of finance work. Through technology, Paro matches businesses with the highest vetted freelance bookkeepers, accountants, financial analysts, and CFOs who provide remote, on-demand, hourly support when clients need it.The company aims to empower business professionals to work on their ownterms, from day one with Paro through retirement, providing professional expertise to young companies as well as Fortune 500 businesses. Paro vets the talent, accepting only 2% of those applying to its platform, to ensure every client receives access to deeply experienced professionals who are the best fit to solve their specific financial needs. In parallel, Paro harnesses AI to offer these finance experts the tools and insights they need to build their own businesses and enhance their professional success.Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $25M | Series B | Jul 20, 2021 |  |
| Paro | Paro is the alternative employment model for the future of finance work. Through technology, Paro matches businesses with the highest vetted freelance bookkeepers, accountants, financial analysts, and CFOs who provide remote, on-demand, hourly support when clients need it.The company aims to empower business professionals to work on their ownterms, from day one with Paro through retirement, providing professional expertise to young companies as well as Fortune 500 businesses. Paro vets the talent, accepting only 2% of those applying to its platform, to ensure every client receives access to deeply experienced professionals who are the best fit to solve their specific financial needs. In parallel, Paro harnesses AI to offer these finance experts the tools and insights they need to build their own businesses and enhance their professional success.Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $10M | Series A | Sep 26, 2019 |  |
| Mac & Mia | Mac & Mia provides a personalized at-home shopping experience that exposes moms and dads to boutique and specialty clothing pieces for their newborns to six year olds without any of the hassle of traditional shopping | $5M | Series A | Apr 19, 2018 |  |
| Fooda | Fooda is a provider of office lunch services used to offer workplace food programs that employees love and look forward to every day. Its services allow restaurants to partner with companies and office buildings to provide unique restaurant-based meal services and top-rated restaurants who visit and serve in the office lobby or company breakroom adenable employees to find delicious, authentic restaurants and enjoy them at work | $12.5M | Series C | Sep 26, 2017 |  |
| XOR Data Exchange | XOR Data Exchange is a data revolution by providing data owners with the accountability, control, and transparency they want to share data and solve industry challenges with confidence. Developed by data, technology and analytics experts, the company helps organizations optimize and monetize the data they possess, with data from other companies intheir industry as well as other industries.XOR Data Exchange was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States. | $2M |  | Feb 03, 2017 |  |
| Pangea Money Transfer | Pangea Money Transfer is an award-winning mobile-centric money transfer platform that allows on-the-go users to send money from the U.S. to 15 countries across Latin America and Asia in less than 30 seconds -- all for a low flat fee. Receivers can collect the cash at thousands of retail locations or have it directly deposited into any bank accountor onto a debit card.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $11.6M | Series B | Dec 06, 2016 |  |
| Whittl | Whittl allows consumers to compare prices for local services such as child care, guitar classes, housekeeping, dog grooming, and others. Whittl (formerly MyServista) empowers consumers to share and compare prices for 100s of local services.For the first time, people can compare prices for services just as easily as they can for airline ticketsand TVs. | $3.3M | Series A | Jun 24, 2015 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chicago Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chicago-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Corazon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corazon-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Revolution Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revolution-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sierra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sierra-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [50 South Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/50-south-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does KGC Capital invest in?

KGC Capital invests primarily in Finance, E-Commerce and Financial Services startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 7 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 KGC Capital?

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### Who are the partners at KGC Capital?

The team at KGC Capital includes Richard Kiphart (Co-Founder, Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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