# Kurt Ramirez

> Kurt Ramirez is a seed investor at Nine Four Ventures (Chicago) backing Software and Construction. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nine Four Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nine-four-ventures)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtramirez/

Kurt Ramirez is a seed investor at Nine Four Ventures in Chicago focused on Software and Construction. Kurt Ramirez - General Partner @ Nine Four Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 67% |
| Construction | 3 | 50% |
| SaaS | 2 | 33% |
| Logistics | 2 | 33% |
| Supply Chain Management | 2 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Latii | Latii is a producer and supplier of building materials. They provide products that include windows and doors, structural steel, metal, casting, and fastening. They offer services for the construction industry. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 06, 2023 |  |
| Finley Technologies | Finley simplifies debt capital raise and management. Finley's software helps growing companies automate due diligence, ensure compliance, and streamline ongoing reporting with their capital providers. Customers like Ramp rely on Finley to manage hundreds of millions in debt capital from capital providers. The Finley team brings experience fromGoldman Sachs, Nova Credit, and Palantir Technologies, and is backed by Y Combinator and Bain Capital Ventures. | $17M | Series A | Jan 31, 2023 |  |
| Pronto Housing | Pronto makes affordable housing compliance efficient, inclusive, and intuitive through SaaS and Service solutions | $2.5M | Seed | Nov 02, 2021 |  |
| Agora | Agora is a materials management platform for construction companies. It is a digital purchasing platform for electrical contractors allowing the field, office, warehouse, and vendors to collaborate on one platform, streamlining the purchasing process, including, requisitions, processing POs, and delivery tracking.It was founded in 2018 and isbased in San Francisco, California. | $33.3M | Series B | Aug 12, 2021 |  |
| Kojo | Kojo provides a cloud-based software solution for the construction industry that manages the procurement, tracking, receipt, and payment of materials. It connects field teams, purchasing, warehouse, accounting, and vendor partners to centralize visibility into material costs, availability, and workflows. The platform integrates with existing ERPand project management tools to sync data across systems and reduce manual data entry. Features include mobile requisitioning, warehouse inventory tracking, tool tracking, and invoice processing. The mission is to help contractors modernize procurement workflows in order to gain more control over outcomes, increase sustainability, and reduce waste. | $33.3M | Series B | Aug 12, 2021 |  |
| Finley Technologies | Finley simplifies debt capital raise and management. Finley's software helps growing companies automate due diligence, ensure compliance, and streamline ongoing reporting with their capital providers. Customers like Ramp rely on Finley to manage hundreds of millions in debt capital from capital providers. The Finley team brings experience fromGoldman Sachs, Nova Credit, and Palantir Technologies, and is backed by Y Combinator and Bain Capital Ventures. | $3M | Seed | Jun 14, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Haystack](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haystack) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LeFrak](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lefrak-organization) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tishman Speyer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tishman-speyer) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Nine Four Ventures

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Nine Four Ventures is an early-stage PropTech fund that invests in startups impacting the people, processes, and ecosystems that interact with the built world.

5 contacts available at Nine Four Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kurt Ramirez | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurt-ramirez |
| Paul La Londe | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-la-londe |
| Avi Pradhan | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avi-pradhan |
| Jeffrey Elowe | Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-elowe |
| Sophia Ghadamian | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sophia-ghadamian |

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## FAQ

### What does Kurt Ramirez invest in?

Kurt Ramirez invests primarily in Software, Construction and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kurt Ramirez last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kurt Ramirez closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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