Knight Enterprise Fund
VC Fund
Miami, United States
Knight Enterprise Fund is a venture capital firm based in Florida that finances early stage investments of media and technology companies.
- Total investments:
- 105
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 6%
Last updated:
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Industries Knight Enterprise Fund invests in
Stages Knight Enterprise Fund invests in
Countries Knight Enterprise Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $567k–$2.7M
- Series A
- $1.5M–$9.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 19 (18%)
- Digital Media 12 (11%)
- Video 10 (10%)
- Social Media 10 (10%)
- SaaS 8 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 34 (32%)
- Series A 16 (15%)
- Funding Round 10 (10%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (8%)
- Series B 5 (5%)
Country
- United States 57 (54%)
- United Kingdom 2 (2%)
- Canada 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alberto Ibargüen
CEO, Co-FOunder & President
|
CEO, Co-FOunder & President | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Andrew Sherry
Vice president
|
Vice president | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
James L. Knight
Co-Founder
|
Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
John S. Knight
Co-Founder
|
Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| WhereBy.Us creates media and technology products that help people connect and engage in their cities. We're building a toolkit for local engagement that reimagines local media for a generation of globally minded, highly mobile curious locals.Today, we have brands running on our platform in five cities around the US: Miami(www.thenewtropic.com) Orlando (www.pulp.town) Pittsburgh (www.theincline.com) Portland (www.bridgeliner.com) Seattle (www.theevergrey.com) | $500K / Seed / Feb 09, 2019 | ||
| WhereBy.Us creates media and technology products that help people connect and engage in their cities. We're building a toolkit for local engagement that reimagines local media for a generation of globally minded, highly mobile curious locals.Today, we have brands running on our platform in five cities around the US: Miami(www.thenewtropic.com) Orlando (www.pulp.town) Pittsburgh (www.theincline.com) Portland (www.bridgeliner.com) Seattle (www.theevergrey.com) | Oct 08, 2018 | ||
| NewsGuard will address the fake news crisis by hiring dozens of trained journalists as analysts to review the 7,500 news and information websites most accessed and shared in the United States. NewsGuard will license its ratings and Nutrition Labels to the various social media and search platforms and other aggregators of news and information sothat they can offer the ratings and Nutrition Labels with their feeds. | $6M / Seed / Mar 06, 2018 | ||
| WhereBy.Us creates media and technology products that help people connect and engage in their cities. We're building a toolkit for local engagement that reimagines local media for a generation of globally minded, highly mobile curious locals.Today, we have brands running on our platform in five cities around the US: Miami(www.thenewtropic.com) Orlando (www.pulp.town) Pittsburgh (www.theincline.com) Portland (www.bridgeliner.com) Seattle (www.theevergrey.com) | Seed / Mar 01, 2018 | ||
| CODE2040 creates access, awareness, and opportunities for top minority engineering talent to ensure their leadership in the innovation economy. CODE2040's flagship program is their summer Fellows Program, which places high performing Black and Latino/a software engineering students in internships with top tech companies. and providesmentorship, leadership training, and network development. The program consists of: * an internship with a top tech company * mentoring* a speaker series* company visits* interactive workshops* executive coachingDuring the summer, CODE2040 fellows get to: * meet executives at tech powerhouses like Google and Facebook, * sit down with partners at top venture firms Kleiner Perkins SoftTech VC and Greylock Partners, * be mentored by early employees at YouTube and Quora,* work at leading edge startups Jawbone, Tumblr, and Etsy,* visit trendsetting companies like Square, Uber, Zynga and Twitter, * present an original engineering project to founders, VCs and engineering directors from around the Valley,and more!The pilot class of 2012 had five Fellows and in 2013 the class rose to 18 Fellows working at Silicon Valley's best companies. Why is CODE2040 important? Census projections show that people of color will collectively be the majority in the United States in the year 2040. Yet there is no indication that the substantial economic achievement gap is closing at the same rate. CODE2040 aims to make a direct impact on the gap by increasing the number of underrepresented minorities participating in and leading the high value, innovation economy. | $5.6M / Grant / Nov 16, 2017 | ||
| Trint™ is what happens when technology meets opportunity. Jeff Kofman (veteran journalist) and Mark Boas (seasoned web developer) met at the Mozilla Festival in 2013, and quickly realized that the work Mark and his team were doing on media and transcripts could solve a problem that Jeff had long encountered: painstaking transcription of interviews. | $3.1M / Series A / Jun 08, 2017 | ||
| Soofa is a female founded company, launched out of MIT and Harvard in 2014. We makes cities smart, social, and sustainable by responsibly introducing technology into the public right of way to improve the citizen experience, because we believe that technology can benefit everyone in any neighborhood.The Soofa Sign displays relevant content fromthe community, local advertisers, and national brands, connecting viewers to their neighborhood and city. In addition, Soofa Signs display real-time transit updates and local events calendars that are local and relevant to passerby. Soofa provides a platform for everyone in the community to have a voice and post to their Soofa Signs with Soofa Talk. | $2.5M / Seed / May 09, 2017 | ||
| Blavity, Inc. is a media-tech company that serves as home to the network of brands specifically serving black millennials through original content, video, and unique experiences. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. | $1.9M / Seed / Apr 12, 2017 | ||
| Mic is the leading digital news company for society’s changemakers, who most influence and impact the world. The company also offers news on various sections, such as politics, world, business, culture, science, media, national, environment, and economy. Mic reaches a monthly audience of 50 million with original reporting on the most importantissues through diverse perspectives that challenge conventional thinking. It was founded in 2012 and is based in New York, NY, USA. | $21M / Series C / Apr 07, 2017 | ||
| Catchafire is an online platform connecting professionally-skilled volunteers with non-profits and social enterprises.The company aims to provide talented individuals with meaningful pro bono experiences in order to build capacity for social good organizations. It is a community of individuals striving to push the social good sector forward byfocusing on efficient and effective ways to give back. Catchafire is committed to providing transformational volunteer experiences.Catchafire is a New York City-based, for-purpose social mission business and a certified B-Corporation. | $3.9M / Feb 12, 2017 | ||
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FAQ
What does Knight Enterprise Fund invest in?
Knight Enterprise Fund invests primarily in Software, Digital Media and Video startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 105 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Knight Enterprise Fund invest in?
Knight Enterprise Fund typically joins rounds of $567k–$2.7M at Seed and $1.5M–$9.2M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Knight Enterprise Fund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Knight Enterprise Fund took part in.
How do I contact Knight Enterprise Fund?
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Who are the partners at Knight Enterprise Fund?
The team at Knight Enterprise Fund includes Alberto Ibargüen (CEO, Co-FOunder & President), Andrew Sherry (Vice president) and James L. Knight (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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