# Kicker Ventures

> Kicker Ventures is a VC fund in San Carlos backing Health Care and Fitness. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Carlos, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kicker-ventures/
- Website: http://www.kickerventures.com/

Kicker Ventures is a VC fund in San Carlos focused on Health Care and Fitness. It is a Venture Capital & Private Equity

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $306k–$6.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.2M–$1.4M |
| Series A | $10M–$48M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 4 | 27% |
| Fitness | 2 | 13% |
| mHealth | 2 | 13% |
| Wellness | 2 | 13% |
| Therapeutics | 2 | 13% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 27% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 60% |
| Japan | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Masashi Kiyomine | Co-Founder, CEO & Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masashi-kiyomine |
| Tobias Offergeld | Head of Corporate Development and Strategy | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tobias-offergeld |
| Tomoko Saek | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomoko-saek |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CoTrainer | CoTrainer is a digital club management platform and mobile application specifically designed for football clubs, coaches, and players. The company provides an all-in-one ecosystem to streamline sports administration and on-field development. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Kanvas Biosciences | Kanvas Biosciences developed cutting-edge imaging technology for microbial detection, providing unmatched speed, breadth, and adaptability. Kanvas aims to transform microbial research and infectious disease diagnostics through innovative imaging technology of the next generation. | $48M | Series A | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Beacon Biosignals | Beacon Biosignals is a neurotechnology company focused on bringing precision neuroscience into clinical trials and treatments for brain- and sleep-related disorders. The company’s core offering includes an FDA-cleared wearable device (the Waveband headband) that captures high-fidelity EEG during sleep and wake states, combined with an AI-drivenanalytics platform that processes millions of hours of neural data to extract biomarkers of brain function. Its end-to-end solution supports pharmaceutical and biotech clients by providing tools for patient stratification, dose-response monitoring, and early-stage disease progression, enabling trials to be more precise and efficient. | $11M | Series B | Apr 06, 2026 |  |
| Colabra | Colabra makes scientific teams more efficient with real-time collaboration, integration of all data, and agile project management. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 19, 2024 |  |
| Talofa | Talofa is building games that make players mentally and physically healthier. Their flagship game on the platform, Run Legends, got over 300,000 downloads in the first 3 months and was featured as one of the "Best New Games" by Apple and Google Play Stores. Talofa’s team has been built up with game veterans from EA, 2K, and Riot Games andthe CEO, Jenny Xu, has created mobile games with over 10M downloads. | $6.3M | Seed | Jan 18, 2024 |  |
| Talofa | Talofa is building games that make players mentally and physically healthier. Their flagship game on the platform, Run Legends, got over 300,000 downloads in the first 3 months and was featured as one of the "Best New Games" by Apple and Google Play Stores. Talofa’s team has been built up with game veterans from EA, 2K, and Riot Games andthe CEO, Jenny Xu, has created mobile games with over 10M downloads. | $6.3M | Seed | Jan 18, 2024 |  |
| Do. Sukasu | Do. Sukasu is a software company that specializes in the development of visual space perception ability for brain science approaches. | $306K |  | Nov 28, 2023 |  |
| Do. Sukasu | Do. Sukasu is a software company that specializes in the development of visual space perception ability for brain science approaches. | $306K | Seed | Nov 28, 2023 |  |
| Anise Health | Anise Health is a digital platform that provides culturally-responsive mental health care for people of colour and has been shown to be five times more successful than current one-size-fits-all methods. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Jun 12, 2023 |  |
| Gravel AI | Gravel AI helps chemical manufacturers unlock demand in new and existing markets. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [1Up Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1up-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Kicker Ventures invest in?

Kicker Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Fitness and mHealth startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 15 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 Kicker Ventures's check size?

Kicker Ventures typically joins rounds of $306k–$6.3M at Seed, $1.2M–$1.4M at Pre-Seed and $10M–$48M 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 Kicker Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Kicker Ventures?

Public channels for Kicker Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Kicker Ventures?

The team at Kicker Ventures includes Masashi Kiyomine (Co-Founder, CEO & Managing Partner), Tobias Offergeld (Head of Corporate Development and Strategy) and Tomoko Saek (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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