# King River Capital

> King River Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Blockchain. See 55 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Surry Hills, Australia
- Total investments: 55
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last fund: Jul 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/king-river-investments/
- Website: http://www.kingriver.co/

King River Capital is a VC fund in Surry Hills focused on Software and Blockchain. King River Capital invests in high-growth software and AI-driven technology businesses that are solving critical problems. The firm aims to cultivate a diverse, energized ecosystem of entrepreneurs, operators, and partners that will build the world’s iconic companies and create a better future. It invests typically in the Series A through Series Crounds. King River Capital (KRC) was founded in 2019 as a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in exceptional teams that are building innovative companies in Australia and the US.It is headquartered in Surry Hills, Australia.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5M–$15M |
| Series B | $11M–$120M |
| Series C | $30M–$200M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 17 | 31% |
| Blockchain | 9 | 16% |
| Gaming | 7 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 13% |
| Wellness | 5 | 9% |

81 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 15 | 27% |
| Series A | 14 | 25% |
| Series C | 7 | 13% |
| Seed | 5 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 7% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 33% |
| Australia | 12 | 22% |
| Canada | 4 | 7% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 2% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Barter | Partner and Co-Founder | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-barter |
| Phil Blythe | Entrepreneur In Residence | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phil-blythe |
| Zebediah Rice | Partner and Co-Founder | 18 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zeb-rice |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Starboard Maritime Intelligence | Starboard Maritime Intelligence is a subscription-based software that offers teams an overview of maritime activity as well as robust analytical tools. | $13.7M | Series A | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Block Earner | Block Earner is a blockchain-powered fintech on a mission to provide a user-friendly interface to access the benefits of decentralized finance. Block Earner provides better products built on blockchain and helps people take control of their money. | $5.2M | Series A | Aug 17, 2025 |  |
| SuperGaming | SuperGaming is a video game developer that creates and publishes mobile games. The company has developed titles in various genres, including battle royale and hero shooters. SuperGaming also offers a platform for hyperscaling multiplayer games. | $15M | Series B | Aug 06, 2025 |  |
| Dupe | The global trading hub for games. | $850K | Pre-Seed | Aug 06, 2025 |  |
| Stan | Stan has built a platform that allows esports fans to collect, play and trade digital collectibles such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of their favorite esports players and content creators, through which they can win physical and virtual world perks and rewards such as getting a chance to meet their favorite players. | $10.5M | Series A | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| Relevance AI | Relevance AI is a platform for building custom AI agents, aiding companies in automating repetitive reasoning tasks efficiently. The company offers two main products: AI Tools, which facilitate seamless integration into workflows for automating repetitive tasks, and AI Agents, which streamline complete workflows in areas such as marketing, sales,and research. Relevance AI aims to empower teams, ensuring limitations are driven by ideas, not size. | $24M | Series B | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Safewill | Safewill is Australia's leading online Will writing platform. With thousands of users, Safewill makes it easy and affordable to write your own legally binding will | $11M | Series B | Nov 25, 2024 |  |
| Party Icons | Party Icons is a web3 mobile gaming platform. Its mission is to blend the social glue of party games with the intensity of extraction shooters. | $9M | Seed | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Darkbright Studios | Darkbright Studios is the developer of Smolbound, a Web3 life sim RPG. | $6M | Seed | Sep 23, 2024 |  |
| Layer3 | Layer3 is a crypto platform that provides tools for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). | $15M | Series A | Jun 12, 2024 |  |

10 of 55 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does King River Capital invest in?

King River Capital invests primarily in Software, Blockchain and Gaming startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 55 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 King River Capital's check size?

King River Capital typically joins rounds of $5M–$15M at Series A, $11M–$120M at Series B and $30M–$200M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds King River Capital participates in.

### How do I contact King River Capital?

Public channels for King River Capital 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 King River Capital?

The team at King River Capital includes Christopher Barter (Partner and Co-Founder), Phil Blythe (Entrepreneur In Residence) and Zebediah Rice (Partner and Co-Founder). 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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