# Kickstarter

> Kickstarter is a VC fund in Brooklyn backing Consumer Electronics and Fashion. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kickstarter/about/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/kickstarter
- Website: https://www.kickstarter.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Kickstarter

Kickstarter is an online crowdfunding platform and community that enables artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators to raise funds for various community projects focused on movies, music, art, theater, games, comics, technology, fashion, food, design, and photography. Individuals who back these projects are offered tangiblerewards and one-of-a-kind experiences in exchange for their pledges. Kickstarter applies a 5% fee on the total amount of the funds raised and their payments processor applies an additional 3–5% fee.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Kickstarter. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Kickstarter. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/kickstarter?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $110k–$6.6M |
| Pre-Seed | $24k–$525k |
| Product Crowdfunding | $51k–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consumer Electronics | 5 | 16% |
| Fashion | 4 | 13% |
| Software | 4 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 9% |
| Electronics | 3 | 9% |

72 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Product Crowdfunding | 13 | 41% |
| Seed | 5 | 16% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 16% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 6% |
| Grant | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 38% |
| Japan | 3 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 9% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eric Steuer | Head of Content and Creative | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-steuer |
| Carl Thomas | Design and Technology Outreach Consultant - Camera/ Photography industry | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carl-thomas |
| Christopher Kaskie | Seed Investor | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-kaskie |
| Jon Chang | Digital Marketing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-chang |
| Simone Ross | Advisor -Biodesign Challenge | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simone-ross |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Naked Root | Naked Root generates technology that makes it simple to grow plants. | $55.2K | Product Crowdfunding | May 16, 2023 |  |
| IFO Corporation | IFO Corporation is here to empower every individual with uniquely and sustainably designed experiences. |  | Series A | May 01, 2023 |  |
| FirstAid Pads | At FirstAid Pads, we have developed a solution to the problem of emergency menstrual needs. Our single-use, disposable pads are designed to be carried with you wherever you go, allowing you to have access to menstrual hygiene products when you need them most. Our pads are ultra-absorbent, comfortable, and discreet, making them the perfect solutionfor unexpected situations. No more worrying about leaks, discomfort, or embarrassment. With FirstAid Pads, you can have the peace of mind you deserve. Say goodbye to the inconvenience of buying an entire pack of pads when you only need one. Try FirstAid Pads today and see the difference for yourself. |  | Product Crowdfunding | Apr 20, 2023 |  |
| Uptime Industries | Lemony is a secure, on-premise generative AI platform that delivers organization-wide trust, ownership, and transparency in AI. It provides all AI needs in a box, on-premise, fully private and secure, no cloud access required - $499/mth for up to 5 users. Start exploring organization-specific AI on a desk with a single Lemony Box (Node), andscale for larger teams and increased multi-model usage with multiple Lemony Nodes. All business data are securely grounded in. | $1.3M | Product Crowdfunding | Apr 20, 2023 |  |
| The Very Good Bra | The Very Good Bra is a clothing company that specialises in wire-free bras in the right sizes and natural fabrics. | $20K | Grant | Apr 18, 2023 |  |
| CMON | CMON began in 2001 as CoolMiniOrNot.com, a community rating site where anyone could submit pictures of miniatures to be voted on by their peers. Numerous features were added to the site as it developed, helping it grow steadily over the years. While that website still exists for its original purpose, it has also become a major web store. | $2M | Product Crowdfunding | Apr 06, 2023 |  |
| Diferente | Mercado Diferente is a mission-driven Brazilian foodtech created with a purpose: give everyone access to healthy foods while fighting food waste in Latin America. By rescuing organic items considered "imperfect" and directly sending them to consumers, they are able to offer up to 40% off traditional retail prices. Founded by EduardoPetrelli (ex-James Delivery), Saulo Marti (ex-Olist), Paulo Monçores (ex-VTex) & Walter Rodrigues (ex-Rappi), Mercado Diferente is backed by major investors such as Maya Capital, Collaborative Fund, GFC and unicorn founders like Matias Muchnick (founder of NotCo), Abhi Ramesh (founder of Misfits Market), Hamish Shepard (founder of HelloFresh) and Tiago Dalvi (founder of Olist). | $4.3M | Seed | Apr 29, 2022 |  |
| Boona | The Tandem Shower is an aftermarket solution to upgrade any standard shower to one with water coming from both sides. They materials end-to-end to match the hotel's aesthetic beyond the chrome" classics. The color customizations are available with bulk orders. They also provides online facility for ordering a products. | $525K | Pre-Seed | Apr 22, 2022 |  |
| Blip Energy | Blip Energy is building a new category of energy storage that is smart, affordable, and flexible to add millions of homes to the smart grid network. A hybrid hardware/software solution for energy management that works in any home without barriers around permitting and installation. Power outages across the U.S. cost $150B annually. On Avg.500K Americans lose power daily without backup solutions and 84% of Americans are concerned. Existing grid vulnerability is exacerbated by energy transition volatility. The U.S. power grid had the most outages in history in the past two years. Households need power security, and utilities need levers on the smart grid to balance loads and prevent blackouts. Blip envisions a future where every household has access to smart IoT energy storage to provide critical backup power. Blip solves the growing need for reliable energy with the lowest cost energy storage on the global battery market. Simultaneously, this adds millions of otherwise inaccessible customers to the smart grid. Blip's business model reflects current resilience needs, cost savings, and a data-driven future, by wrapping our hardware endpoint with data and grid services. | $100K | Product Crowdfunding | Nov 15, 2021 |  |
| DropdeadDeals | DropKey® is a Software-as-a-Service company monetizing the Edison Award-winning inflatable green-screen Pop-up Studio™ line of products. DropKey has Consumerized live green-screen background replacement streaming with a three-dimensional inflatable lighting structure and a camera app with AI, enabling 2.6 billion daily users of TikTok and Snapchatwith zero production experience to make well-lit, professional-quality videos with special effects. We’re giving a huge “Hollywood secret” called Chroma key background replacement to anyone with a smart device. DropKey is post-product with MRR and 20 vertical market segments. DropKey is disrupting the $100B creator economy. | $300K |  | Jun 20, 2021 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CAMPFIRE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/campfire-5) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [Collaborative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collaborative-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Firstminute Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firstminute-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GFC Consultoria](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gfc-consultoria) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Indiegogo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indie-gogo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Kickstarter invest in?

Kickstarter invests primarily in Consumer Electronics, Fashion and Software startups, most often at Product Crowdfunding and Seed stage. Most of the 32 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 Kickstarter's check size?

Kickstarter typically joins rounds of $110k–$6.6M at Seed, $24k–$525k at Pre-Seed and $51k–$2M at Product Crowdfunding. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kickstarter participates in.

### How do I contact Kickstarter?

Public channels for Kickstarter include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 Kickstarter?

The team at Kickstarter includes Eric Steuer (Head of Content and Creative), Carl Thomas (Design and Technology Outreach Consultant - Camera/ Photography industry) and Christopher Kaskie (Seed Investor). 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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