# KiwiVenture Partners

> KiwiVenture Partners is a VC fund in New York backing Mobile and E-Commerce. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Jul 2018
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last fund: Oct 2016
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kiwiventure
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/VentureKiwi
- Website: http://www.kiwiventurepartners.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KiwiVenturePartners/

KiwiVenture Partners is a VC fund in New York focused on Mobile and E-Commerce. KiwiVenture is an early stage venture capital firm that offers technology businesses and entrepreneurs with capital, advisory services, and support to develop products. KiwiVenture was founded by Rakesh Gupta, Bill Cohen, and Neal Gupta in April 2015. It is based in New York.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 6 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 22% |
| Software | 3 | 17% |
| EdTech | 2 | 11% |
| PC Games | 2 | 11% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 56% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Neal Gupta | General Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neal-gupta |
| Rakesh Gupta | General Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rakesh-gupta |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Veritonic | Veritonic is a marketing analytics platform that offers online testing and optimization services for firms in the music industry.Veritonic’s product portfolio consist of testing, analytics, and workflow. Testing assists its users in making data-driven decisions, measuring emotional response, and obtaining qualitative and quantitative responses.Analytics assists its users in benchmarking their brand progress. Workflow enables its users to manage, save, and share tracks with others.Veritonic was founded in 2015 by Andrew Eisner and Scott Simonelli. | $3.5M | Seed | Jul 31, 2018 |  |
| Amper Music | Amper is an artificial intelligence composer, performer, and producer that creates unique music, tailored to any content, instantly. Using its proprietary sample library and datasets, their technology is built from the ground up with an emphasis on high-quality music through the fusion of music theory and AI innovation. The Amper Score enablesenterprise teams to compose custom music in seconds and reclaim the time spent searching through stock music. Amper’s mission is to enable anyone to express themselves creatively through music regardless of their musical background or expertise. Amper builds tools powered by their Creative AI to help people create and customize original music. | $4M | Seed | Mar 22, 2018 |  |
| Privy | Privy specializes in e-commerce marketing for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Its mission is to provide the tools, education, and support small e-commerce brands that need to grow their online stores and build thriving businesses. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $2.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 06, 2017 |  |
| Bespoke Post | Goods and guidance for the modern customer, delivered monthly. We aim to upgrade your day-to-day life through our themed boxes full of enviable gear – shaving sets, shoe shine kits, home bar essentials, and lots more – plus a full shop of uniquely cool standalone products. Here's how it works: at the beginning of each month, you'll getan email with a full look inside the box we've selected for you based on what we think you'll enjoy. You're free to tweak colors and sizes, add on extra goods, or skip it at no cost – whatever you want. And there's always free shipping, easy returns, and no hassles, ever.See you on the inside. | $8M | Series A | Oct 18, 2017 |  |
| Gamer Sensei | Gamer Sensei is the first mastery platform for competitive gamers who want to win more. Through its patent pending technology that connects players with the world’s largest collection of professional, certified sensei across all major eSports titles, the company provides personalized coaching and skills development to help all gamers reach theirnext level. | $4M | Series A | Aug 30, 2017 |  |
| Narrative | Everyone needs data. From retailers looking to overhaul their brand strategies, to companies seeking to generate new revenue from existing assets — data is an essential element that ignites compelling stories for every organization.At Narrative, we make it easy for you to access, acquire, and integrate the data your company needs to thrive. Andif you're a data owner, we can help you reach multiple, active data seekers all at once. Narrative's efficient and intuitive platform creates opportunities for both buyers and sellers to acquire or monetize data the way they see fit.Buying and selling data, simplified. So you can shape your story today. | $2.3M | Seed | Apr 13, 2017 |  |
| Amper Music | Amper is an artificial intelligence composer, performer, and producer that creates unique music, tailored to any content, instantly. Using its proprietary sample library and datasets, their technology is built from the ground up with an emphasis on high-quality music through the fusion of music theory and AI innovation. The Amper Score enablesenterprise teams to compose custom music in seconds and reclaim the time spent searching through stock music. Amper’s mission is to enable anyone to express themselves creatively through music regardless of their musical background or expertise. Amper builds tools powered by their Creative AI to help people create and customize original music. | $4M | Seed | Feb 20, 2017 |  |
| Quantified Care | Quantified Care (QC) is a dveloper of a multimedia software platform for chronic care and post-discharge management with tools for patients and clinical management teams. Patients on the platform receive personalized updates and feedback based on symptoms, medication, and vitals data collected through regular check-ins delivered through thepatient’s preferred mode of communication (mobile app, Alexa, text, phone call, or web portal). Data is captured manually or passively from connected devices and wearables. While patients receive support, clinical teams have access to analytics stratifying patients into high, medium, and low risk tiers based on QC’s clinical intelligence engine. Alerts trigger key clinical resources to take action while a secure communication layer facilitates remote patient engagement. | $1.1M | Seed | Nov 07, 2016 |  |
| Terra's Kitchen | Terra's Kitchen is the quickest, easiest, healthiest meal kit service and marketplace delivering washed, measured and prepped ingredients for meals in 15-30 minutes. Weekly orders are sent in a climate-controlled vessel that's returned and reused up to 100 times. Recipes are based on the principles of the Mediterranean diet and includegluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, low-calorie and Paleo options. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 28, 2016 |  |
| Privy | Privy specializes in e-commerce marketing for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Its mission is to provide the tools, education, and support small e-commerce brands that need to grow their online stores and build thriving businesses. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 08, 2016 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does KiwiVenture Partners invest in?

KiwiVenture Partners invests primarily in Mobile, E-Commerce and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 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 KiwiVenture Partners?

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### Who are the partners at KiwiVenture Partners?

The team at KiwiVenture Partners includes Neal Gupta (General Partner) and Rakesh Gupta (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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