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K5 Global Advisor LLC (“K5”) is a venture capital firm and incubation studio that supports founders across the business lifecycle. The firm was founded in 2018 by Michael Kives and Bryan Baum and has deployed capital of around $1B as of September 30, 2023. K5 invests across multiple stages, from seed through growth stage companies, with a focus on Enterprise SaaS, Vertical SaaS, and FinTech. In 2023, Keenan Rice and Daniel Marcotte, investors from Tokyo Black Capital Advisors, LLC, and both on the founding team of Looker (acquired by Google in 2020 for $2.6B), joined with K5’s early-stage SaaS investing team.
K5 seeks to help innovative companies expand their networks and best position them to achieve growth targets.
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Michael Kives, Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Beverly Hills, CA
USA
USA
Sector Focus:
B2B
Software
SaaS
Fintech
Stage Focus:
Seed Round
Series A Round
Series B+ Round
Prior to K5, Michael Kives was an Agent at Creative Artists Agency for 15 years, representing a variety of talent including Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Katy Perry, Kate Hudson, as well as world luminaries Mikhail Gorbachev and Warren Buffett. Michael began his career as an interim spokesperson for President William...
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Bryan Baum, Co-Founder & Managing Partner
San Francisco, CA
USA
USA
Sector Focus:
B2B
Software
SaaS
Fintech
Stage Focus:
Seed Round
Series A Round
Series B+ Round
Bryan is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and sold multiple companies including Blue Vision Labs, a localization and mapping software company for self-driving cars (sold to Lyft in 2018); Operam, a data analytics and marketing insights company; and Represent.com, an e-commerce platform (sold to CustomInk in 2016). Bryan has...
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