Stephano Kim
Managing Member @ Springhouse Capital
New York, United States
Stephano Kim is a seed investor at Springhouse Capital in New York focused on Apps and Video. Stephano is a New York-based entrepreneur and angel investor. For the past decade, Stephano has been working with early stage data and technology companies as an advisor, investor, and operator. As a President and COO, Stephano has built and scaled e-commerce marketplaces, digital marketing and ad technology platforms, consumer databases, andcross channel CRM platforms. Stephano was president of [x+1] (acquired by RocketFuel, NASDAQ: FUEL), co-founder of Blackboard (NASDAQ: BBBB), and directed strategy and business development at AOL.Stephano also advises several venture capital and private equity funds as an operating partner, while managing Springhouse Capital, his own private angel fund that has made investments in almost 2 dozen early stage companies including ZocDoc, DramaFever, Shareaholic, Chromatik WeddingWire, Shift, ClassPass, and Aloha.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 9%
Last updated:
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Industries Stephano Kim invests in
Stages Stephano Kim invests in
Countries Stephano Kim invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $800k–$2.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 2 (18%)
- Video 2 (18%)
- Internet 2 (18%)
- Software 2 (18%)
- Education 2 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (36%)
- Series A 2 (18%)
- Series B 2 (18%)
- Angel 1 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (9%)
Investments
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Acquicent
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Acquicent was a financial technology company that operated a marketplace for shares of museum-grade, collectible treasure assets. It ceased operations in December 2024. | $760K / Pre-Seed / Mar 15, 2022 | |
ALOHA
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ALOHA is a food and beverage company that develops plant-based nutrition products, including protein bars, protein powders, and ready-to-drink protein beverages. A top Inc 5000, Bain Disruptive Brands list, and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year winning company, Aloha focuses on products made with premium ingredients and offers formulationsthat are USDA Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified, Certified Vegan, dairy-free, soy-free, and gluten-free. Its product portfolio is designed for consumers seeking healthy sources of protein, fiber, and nutrition for daily wellness, fitness, snacks, and on-the-go consumption. ALOHA's offerings include snack bars, meal-support products, powdered protein supplements, and ready-to-drink protein shakes made from ingredients such as brown rice protein, pumpkin seed protein, and other whole-food components. The company sells its products through an omnichannel approach, digitally-native, but increasingly available in over 21,000 retail distribution points. | Series B / May 01, 2019 | |
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ALOHA
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ALOHA is a food and beverage company that develops plant-based nutrition products, including protein bars, protein powders, and ready-to-drink protein beverages. A top Inc 5000, Bain Disruptive Brands list, and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year winning company, Aloha focuses on products made with premium ingredients and offers formulationsthat are USDA Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified, Certified Vegan, dairy-free, soy-free, and gluten-free. Its product portfolio is designed for consumers seeking healthy sources of protein, fiber, and nutrition for daily wellness, fitness, snacks, and on-the-go consumption. ALOHA's offerings include snack bars, meal-support products, powdered protein supplements, and ready-to-drink protein shakes made from ingredients such as brown rice protein, pumpkin seed protein, and other whole-food components. The company sells its products through an omnichannel approach, digitally-native, but increasingly available in over 21,000 retail distribution points. | Series A / Nov 01, 2017 | |
Vidcode
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Vidcode is an award-winning software that teaches students computer programming through their favorite hobby: video-making. Project-oriented lessons allow students to create memes, video filters, interactive games, virtual reality and beyond with real programming languages. Vidcode offers full semester coding courses that prepare students for APCS.Voted Best Learning Site 2015 by Common Sense Media | $1.5M / Seed / Jun 07, 2017 | |
Everywear
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Everywear’s B2B eCommerce software personalizes the customer shopping experience through data-driven editorial expertise, auto-styling, and deep data analytics resulting in proven increased conversion, LTV, and AOV. | Angel / Apr 06, 2017 | |
KidPass
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KidPass is the leading destination for parents to discover and book amazing children’s activities. | $800K / Seed / Sep 28, 2016 | |
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Vidcode
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Vidcode is an award-winning software that teaches students computer programming through their favorite hobby: video-making. Project-oriented lessons allow students to create memes, video filters, interactive games, virtual reality and beyond with real programming languages. Vidcode offers full semester coding courses that prepare students for APCS.Voted Best Learning Site 2015 by Common Sense Media | Seed / Aug 03, 2015 | |
Chromatik
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Chromatik connects the world's musicians. Their applications enable millions of musicians to play, learn, and share their favorite music through sheet music, guitar tabs, lyrics, and more. Chromatik was acquired by TakeLessons (https://TakeLessons.com) in April 2017. | $2M / Seed / Nov 15, 2012 | |
DramaFever
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DramaFever, a subsidiary of SoftBank Internet and Media, Inc. ("SIMI"), is the leading online destination for international television shows and movies. Our millions of young, passionate viewers discover and enjoy hit shows from around the world, with professional subtitles and HD quality across a wide variety of apps and devices. We alsopartner with AMC Networks and others to develop next-generation online entertainment sites.We're a group of 130+ people building an experience for the shows and movies our customers love watching. With roughly 50 other engineers, you'll be responsible for creating a user experience enjoyed by millions. We believe in supporting people who want to take ownership of functionality and make it the best they can. We stress communication as one of the most important parts of our job. | $6M / Series B / Jun 11, 2012 | |
Shareaholic
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Developer of an audience engagement platform intended to accelerate audience engagement, loyalty and your online success. The company's software does this by enabling businesses to harness the power of big data to engage their prospects and customers with perfectly crafted and relevant experiences and calls to action. The platform is used byover 300,000 websites. | $2.1M / Seed / Nov 10, 2011 | |
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Co-Investors
About Springhouse Capital
Spring House Capital Management, LLC is a New York based investment firm that seeks to achieve superior investment returns through a combination of macro analysis, fundamental research, and quantitative tools. Macro analysis identifies secular changes in the market. Fundamental research uncovers individual securities that present the mostattractive valuation. Quantitative tools aid in portfolio construction that yield appropriate risk and liquidity profiles.
Springhouse Capital Contacts
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Stephano Kim
Managing Member
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FAQ
What does Stephano Kim invest in?
Stephano Kim invests primarily in Apps, Video and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 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 Stephano Kim invest in?
Stephano Kim typically joins rounds of $800k–$2.1M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Stephano Kim's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Stephano Kim took part in.
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When did Stephano Kim last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Stephano Kim closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 11 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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