Investor / VCSalt Lake City

Kickstart Fund

Investor / VC · VC · Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City seed-stage Mountain West VC. 150+ investments since 2008. Industry agnostic: SaaS, consumer, marketplace, healthcare. Invests specifically in Mountain West founders.

Founded

2008

Region

Salt Lake City

Portfolio

Aardaia
Apaluma

People

About Utah

Utah's "Silicon Slopes" corridor runs along the Wasatch Front, and BYU and the University of Utah both feed it — but the state's tight-knit business and community networks, shaped by its unusually concentrated population base, are a real and underdiscussed reason SaaS companies there have grown as fast as they have. It's a genuinely distinct venture culture, not just a cheaper Silicon Valley.

Region Stats

Total firms 50

VC / investors 10

Companies 33

Universities 7

Known For

Silicon Slopes

SaaS

Venture