# Kurt Wilkins

> Kurt Wilkins is a seed investor at SKU backing Internet and E-Learning. See 1 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SKU](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sku)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-wilkin-7345255
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/KurtWilkin
- Website: http://www.retireprosperous.com/site/index.asp?DL=155363&page=144169

Kurt Wilkins is a seed investor at SKU in Austin focused on Internet and E-Learning. Kurt is CEO at HireBetter with broad responsibilities including strategy, client satisfaction and practice development. His 19 years of public accounting, business development and consulting leadership include advising high-growth and middle market CEO’s in a variety of industries.Kurt is also founder of BusinessEarth, which invests in companiescommitted to offering products or services which profitably make a significant impact on the world and BE also encourages and educates corporations and employees on how to “Profit Responsibly” through BusinessEarth.com.Kurt previously founded and led The Controller Group (TCG), a professional services firm focused on Accounting, Technology and Recruiting. TCG was acquired by Tatum, a $250m CFO consultancy, in 2006 after growing to $18m in revenues and 80 professionals. During his career at Tatum, Kurt provided strategic and operational leadership for Tatum’s consulting practice, which represented over $50m in revenues and a significant portion of Tatum’s EBITDA and had offices across the U.S. Kurt focused his time on business development, marketing and people initiatives, and served as a member of Tatum’s Board.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Collaboration | 1 | 100% |
| Social Impact | 1 | 100% |
| Employee Benefits | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Verb | Verb is the leadership development platform that prepares your people to adapt to the challenges of today’s rapidly changing workplace. Engaging and relevant topics help managers develop the leadership capabilities needed most in the modern workplace, enabling them to support the growth of everyone they lead. Microlearning activities promptlearners to practice skills in a safe space, take action in the real world, and reflect on their growth—leading to real skill development and behavior change. | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 16, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About SKU

VC Fund · Austin, United States

SKU is an accelerator program for stellar consumer product startups. Startup companies with market-validated consumer products apply to its accelerator program to receive the resources and relationships that they require to become breakout successes and household names.SKU surrounds those stellar startups with a wraparound infrastructure ofseasoned entrepreneurial mentors, customized educational content, advanced operations support, and access to funding.Since SKU's start (as Incubation Station) in 2011, their alumni companies have gone on to raise an average of about $2M in follow-on funding. Every company is still in operation today. Several of our alumni companies are turning heads across the consumer product sector.

5 contacts available at SKU.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shari Wynne Ressler | Founder, President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shari-wynne-ressler |
| Chris Clever | Mentor & Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-clever |
| Cisco Sacasa | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco-sacasa |
| Emily Ingle Kealey | Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-ingle-kealey |
| Emily Keeton | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-keeton |

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## FAQ

### What does Kurt Wilkins invest in?

Kurt Wilkins invests primarily in Internet, E-Learning and Collaboration startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Kurt Wilkins?

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### When did Kurt Wilkins last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kurt Wilkins closed in Jun 2015. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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