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Leawood Venture Capital

North America, Kansas, United States, Leawood

Description

Leawood Venture Capital, established in 2019 and headquartered in Leawood, Kansas, operates as an early-stage venture fund with a nationwide investment mandate. The firm primarily targets disruptive technology companies, aiming to support innovation across various sectors. Its strategic focus is on providing capital to startups in their formative stages, specifically from Seed to Series A funding rounds, indicating a preference for companies that are either developing their initial product or beginning to scale their operations.

The firm's investment thesis centers on identifying and backing technology ventures with high growth potential and innovative solutions. Leawood Venture Capital typically deploys initial investments ranging from $250,000 to $1,000,000, positioning itself to support companies through critical early development phases. Currently, the firm is actively deploying capital from its inaugural fund, Leawood Venture Capital Fund I, signaling its commitment to building a diversified portfolio of promising technology startups.

While relatively new to the venture capital landscape, Leawood Venture Capital seeks to leverage its capital and network to foster the growth of its portfolio companies. Publicly available data, such as that on Crunchbase, indicates a limited number of disclosed investments, with one notable example being Mycroft AI, which received funding in July 2021. This suggests a potentially selective investment approach or a preference for maintaining a low public profile regarding its full portfolio. As it continues to invest from its first fund, Leawood Venture Capital aims to establish itself as a key early-stage investor in the U.S. technology ecosystem.

Investor Profile

Leawood Venture Capital has backed more than 25 startups, with 0 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 7 rounds, about 28% of its total and boasts 2 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Series A, Series Unknown, Series B rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States.
  • Strong thematic focus on Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Software.
  • Typical check size: $250K – $1M.

Stage Focus

  • Series A (40%)
  • Series Unknown (24%)
  • Series B (16%)
  • Convertible Note (8%)
  • Seed (8%)
  • Pre Seed (4%)

Country Focus

  • United States (100%)

Industry Focus

  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Enterprise Software
  • Information Technology
  • Saas
  • Analytics
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Risk Management
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FAQ

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Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Leawood Venture Capital frequently co-invest with?

KCRise Fund
North America, Missouri, United States, Kansas City
Co-Investments: 4
The Blue Venture Fund
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 2
UT Horizon Fund
North America, Texas, United States, Austin
Co-Investments: 2
OPENAIR Equity Partners
North America, Missouri, United States, Kansas City
Co-Investments: 2
M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
Sandbox Industries
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 2
Alumni Ventures
North America, New Hampshire, United States, Manchester
Co-Investments: 3
Intel Capital
North America, California, United States, Santa Clara
Co-Investments: 3
WorldQuant Ventures LLC
North America, Connecticut, United States, Old Greenwich
Co-Investments: 3
Khosla Ventures
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 2

Which angels does Leawood Venture Capital often collaborate with?

Guillaume Glaunès
Asia, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Shared Deals: 1
BL
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Leawood Venture Capital?

Gastrograph

New York, New York, United States

Gastrograph uses artificial intelligence to help companies predict and personalize flavor for new food products.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Food and BeverageFood ProcessingMachine Learning
Series UnknownJan 20, 2023
Amount Raised: $7,000,000
Biotia

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Biotia is a health tech startup offering AI-based solutions to diagnose and control infectious disease.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)BioinformaticsBiotechnologyGeneticsHealth CareMachine LearningSoftware
Series AAug 23, 2022
Amount Raised: $8,000,000
Quadric

Burlingame, California, United States

Quadric is a Semiconductor IP licensor. Quadric's GPNPU processor blends machine learning inference performance with DSP programmability.

ComputerHardwareSemiconductor
Series BMar 16, 2022
Amount Raised: $21,000,000
Adlumin

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Adlumin provides an enterprise-grade security operations platform that keeps mid-market organizations secure.

Cyber SecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Series BDec 7, 2021
Amount Raised: $25,000,000
Sorcero

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Sorcero supports medical, insurance, and engineering experts to make better decisions, at scale, with the Language Intelligence Platform.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise SoftwareHealth CareMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingPaaSSoftware
Series AJul 12, 2021
Adlumin

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Adlumin provides an enterprise-grade security operations platform that keeps mid-market organizations secure.

Cyber SecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Series ASep 28, 2020
Amount Raised: $6,000,000
Sorcero

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Sorcero supports medical, insurance, and engineering experts to make better decisions, at scale, with the Language Intelligence Platform.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise SoftwareHealth CareMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingPaaSSoftware
Convertible NoteAug 7, 2020
Amount Raised: $3,500,000
HyperQube

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

HyperQube is a cyber range as a service offering that enables enterprises to quickly and easily build an exact copy of IT infrastructure.

Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyTraining
SeedAug 6, 2020
Amount Raised: $2,500,000
Reniac

Santa Clara, California, United States

Reniac is a group of passionate entrepreneurs with data, software and systems experience from companies.

AnalyticsBig DataDatabaseSaaSSoftware
Series AMar 10, 2020
DeepSig

Arlington, Virginia, United States

DeepSig is an early-stage startup that develops deep learning software to reinvent wireless communications.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningWireless
Series AFeb 28, 2020
Amount Raised: $5,000,000