A  Kern Venture Group

https://www.kernventuregroup.com/





     Office Locations:

5001 California Ave Ste 214
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Phone: 661-343-1840

 

Stages:

  • Early
  • Seed


 

Industries:

  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing & Industrial
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    The first Angel Fund in Bakersfield, CA. KVG provides the necessary seed/startup funding for new promising California ventures. Kern Venture Group focuses on early-stage investments in entrepreneurs who are looking to develop disruptive technology. Its investments offered is made in seed-stage startups, primarily in the tech and industrial sectors. The firm was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Bakersfield, California. Over 40 companies are part of the KVG portfolio.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    David Higdon Co-Founder
    John-Paul Lake Co-Founder
    Kelly Youngstrom Director of Operations
    Sheryl Barbich General Partner

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      12/05/2023


      Cambium


      CA


      $19,000,000


      Series A


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Atlas


      Cambium
        web link


      Everyset


      Flume


      Mill It
        web link


      PadSplit


      Readlee


      Sensate


      Sizzle


      SKOOG


      Tallyfor


      Virtanza


      Worksana


     

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