# Newtype Ventures

> Newtype Ventures is a VC fund in Austin backing Software and SaaS. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agavefund
- Website: https://www.agave.fund

Newtype Ventures is a VC fund in Austin focused on Software and SaaS. Newtype is open to investing in tech and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in any sector.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Newtype Ventures. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Newtype Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/the-agave-fund?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$7M |
| Series A | $5M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 29% |
| SaaS | 2 | 12% |
| Beauty | 2 | 12% |
| EdTech | 2 | 12% |
| Training | 2 | 12% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 59% |
| Series A | 3 | 18% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 53% |
| Peru | 1 | 6% |
| Brazil | 1 | 6% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 6% |
| Colombia | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kelli Newman | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelli-newman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gestalt | Gestalt is a data warehousing and organization platform for financial institutions, automating data management to activate AI quickly. | $5.9M | Seed | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| Kudos | Kudos is a smart assistant in the browser that tells the customer the best card to use when they check out when shopping online. Their first offering is a browser plugin that helps users maximize the benefits of their cards when they shop online by calculating rewards and perks for them and streamlining the checkout process with seamless autofill.Over a million merchant sites can use Kudos, which supports about 3000 different cards.It was founded in 2021 and is based in Woodland Hills, California. | $10.2M | Series A | May 17, 2024 |  |
| Kudos | Kudos is a smart assistant in the browser that tells the customer the best card to use when they check out when shopping online. Their first offering is a browser plugin that helps users maximize the benefits of their cards when they shop online by calculating rewards and perks for them and streamlining the checkout process with seamless autofill.Over a million merchant sites can use Kudos, which supports about 3000 different cards.It was founded in 2021 and is based in Woodland Hills, California. | $7M | Seed | Oct 20, 2022 |  |
| Kudos | Kudos is a smart assistant in the browser that tells the customer the best card to use when they check out when shopping online. Their first offering is a browser plugin that helps users maximize the benefits of their cards when they shop online by calculating rewards and perks for them and streamlining the checkout process with seamless autofill.Over a million merchant sites can use Kudos, which supports about 3000 different cards.It was founded in 2021 and is based in Woodland Hills, California. | $7M | Seed | Oct 20, 2022 |  |
| HoyTrabajas | HoyTrabajas is an HR-Tech solution designed to assist companies in Latin America facing high turnover rates in swiftly attracting and retaining low-skilled talent within a timeframe of fewer than 48 hours. | $5M | Seed | Oct 13, 2022 |  |
| Clarity Value | Clarity Value offers workflow and project management services to citizens and companies. The company's services include land management, human resources, budget management, licensing, record requests, reports and dashboards, and citizen service requests. | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 23, 2022 |  |
| Pura Mente | Meditation app in Spanish | $1.3M | Seed | Aug 09, 2022 |  |
| Talently | Talently offers an intensive program that helps software developers get a better job in the technology industry, anywhere in the world. It is the accelerator of the careers of Latin American tech talent. | $3M | Seed | Jun 02, 2022 |  |
| SendMe | SendMe delivers a range of animal proteins, such as goat, cow, chicken, and fish. Their meat products include boneless beef, beef with bones, agemawo, ponmo, assorted, goat meat, chicken, gizzards, hake, titus, and more. | $2.3M | Seed | Mar 25, 2022 |  |
| Career Karma | Career Karma is the easiest way to find a job training program online. Over 1 million workers navigate their careers every month through advice and coaching.By offering free coaching and peer mentorship, Career Karma has grown to over 150,000 members from every background and profession.Through its directory of 9,000 boot camps and tradeschools, career switchers discover training programs by comparing courses and reading student reviews.The Career Karma mobile app makes your decision even easier. In the app, you can connect with current students and alumni to find your ideal program and get prepared for admission. | $40M | Series B | Jan 10, 2022 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Newtype Ventures invest in?

Newtype Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Beauty startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 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 Newtype Ventures's check size?

Newtype Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$7M at Seed and $5M–$40M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Newtype Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Newtype Ventures?

Public channels for Newtype Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Newtype Ventures?

The team at Newtype Ventures includes Kelli Newman (Venture Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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