# Knollwood Investment Advisory

> Knollwood Investment Advisory is a VC fund backing Software and E-Commerce. See 55 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hunt Valley, United States
- Total investments: 55
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/knollwood-investment-advisory
- Website: http://www.kwiadvisory.com/

Knollwood Investment Advisory is a VC fund in Hunt Valley focused on Software and E-Commerce. Knollwood Investment Advisory is focused on financing companies in the internet security sector.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$7M |
| Series A | $8M–$33M |
| Series B | $7M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 13% |
| SaaS | 6 | 11% |
| FinTech | 5 | 9% |

108 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 21 | 38% |
| Seed | 10 | 18% |
| Series B | 10 | 18% |
| Series C | 5 | 9% |
| Series D | 2 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 26 | 47% |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 11% |
| India | 2 | 4% |
| South Korea | 2 | 4% |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 4% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kevin Irwin | Chief Investment Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-irwin |
| Lisa Cawley | Fund Investments | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lisa-cawley-887c |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zafran Security | Zafran Security is a cybersecurity startup specializing in vulnerability prioritization and threat exposure management, aiming to identify, remediate, and mitigate risks within organizations. The AI-native exposure management platform developed by the company aims to proactively avert the exploitation of vulnerabilities by incorporating autonomousagents throughout all stages of the vulnerability management lifecycle. With threat actors rapidly exploiting newly revealed security vulnerabilities through AI automation, Zafran's platform enables organizations to take action before these vulnerabilities result in incidents. The company’s solutions work alongside current security tools, utilizing AI agents to pinpoint weaknesses, provide contextual information, and address these issues by linking them to controls and evaluating the potential for exploitation. | $60M | Series C | Dec 02, 2025 |  |
| Cercli | Cercli is a human resources, modern payroll and employee data platform for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). | $12M | Series A | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| Empower Semiconductor | Empower Semiconductor is dedicated to enabling the design of high-efficiency, integrated voltage regulators (VR) in SoCs. Their world-class team has developed a patent-pending breakthrough power management architecture that is redefining the cost, size, and energy efficiency of voltage regulators for applications ranging from low-power mobiledevices to the higher-powered servers and communications systems. | $140M | Series D | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| Silent Push | Silent Push is a detection-focused threat intelligence solution that generates meaningful insights to identify new campaigns and threats to organizations. | $10M | Series B | Sep 12, 2025 |  |
| Uranium Digital | Uranium Digital is astartup that uses tokenization to target the uranium market. The business represents uranium ore with blockchain tokens, facilitating smooth transactions in this highly regulated and initially underfunded industry. | $6.1M | Seed | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| NymCard | NymCard is a full-stack, API-first embedded finance platform that provides payment infrastructure for banks, fintechs, enterprises, and telecom providers. The platform enables seamless card issuance, transaction processing, digital lending, and real-time money movement through its proprietary nCore system. Operating across multiple countries,NymCard owns its processing and switching technology, offering greater control and flexibility without reliance on third-party providers.The company is licensed by the Central Bank of the UAE, ensuring compliance with financial regulations while helping institutions scale their financial services. By integrating with global and regional payment networks, NymCard supports businesses in launching and managing payment products efficiently. | $33M | Series B | Mar 18, 2025 |  |
| BRKZ | BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders. | $8M | Series A | Feb 09, 2025 |  |
| Nomad Homes | Nomad Homes is a Dubai-based real estate technology platform that helps people buy residential properties through a guided, end-to-end digital and concierge service. Founded in 2019, the company combines technology with expert property advisors to simplify the home-buying process for local and international buyers. The platform offers a one-stopsolution for purchasing property, including personalized property searches, market insights, property viewings, negotiation support, mortgage assistance, and legal paperwork management. Buyers work with a dedicated advisor who helps them identify suitable homes, compare options, and complete transactions smoothly. | $20M | Series A | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Hypernative | Hypernative is a digital startup that keeps an eye on off-chain data sources and uses all its machine-learning models to accurately identify dangers to the community, economy, and governance. It blocks zero-day cyber threats, governance, and economic concerns, and shields Web3 apps, protocols, and administrators of digital assets from substantiallosses. | $16M | Series A | Sep 03, 2024 |  |
| Linx Security | The Linx Identity Security platform enables identity, security, and IT ops teams to finally control the whole identity lifecycle. A radical departure from legacy identity security solutions, Linx untangles the complex, ever-evolving web of identity security. Integrating smoothly with your IAM stack, Linx pulls together all your organization’sidentity data—organizing it neatly to reveal the hidden links between your employees, their digital identities, and the apps, software, platforms, and programs they have access to. Enabling you to continuously reduce your identity attack surface and swiftly close gaps in compliance. | $33M | Series A | Jul 22, 2024 |  |

10 of 55 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Knollwood Investment Advisory invest in?

Knollwood Investment Advisory invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed 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 Knollwood Investment Advisory's check size?

Knollwood Investment Advisory typically joins rounds of $2M–$7M at Seed, $8M–$33M at Series A and $7M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Knollwood Investment Advisory participates in.

### How do I contact Knollwood Investment Advisory?

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### Who are the partners at Knollwood Investment Advisory?

The team at Knollwood Investment Advisory includes Kevin Irwin (Chief Investment Officer) and Lisa Cawley (Fund Investments). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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