KC
LP profile
Kapor Center
Corporate · Founded 1976 · Oakland, United States
26
VC firms backed
01 · Background
Who Kapor Center is.
- Historical Background
- The Kapor Center was established in 1976 by Mitchell Kapor, a pioneer in the personal computer industry, and Dr. Freada Kapor Klein. It operates as a family of organizations focused on the intersection of racial justice and technology, aiming to dismantle barriers throughout the "Leaky Tech Pipeline," from early education to the workplace.
- Source of Capital
- The Kapor Center is a private foundation and an investment partnership. Capital is derived from the wealth of its founders, Mitchell Kapor and Dr. Freada Kapor Klein.
- Allocation Strategy
- The organization's venture capital arm, Kapor Capital, focuses on venture capital investments. It invests in early-stage, tech-driven companies with a social impact, particularly those that are closing gaps of access, opportunity, or outcome for low-income communities and communities of color. The strategy is to demonstrate that investing in companies founded by underrepresented individuals can generate both financial returns and positive social change.
02 · Fund commitments
The funds Kapor Center backs.
Kapor Center is a limited partner in 26 funds. 3 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking; those lead, best-ranked first.
Homebrew
#106 Power Law
Kapor Capital
#138 Power Law
Serena Ventures
#190 Power Law
Aspect Ventures
Base Ventures
Base10 Partners
Catamount Ventures
Claremont Creek Ventures (CCV)
Collab Capital
Collide Capital
Cross Culture Ventures
First Close Partners
03 · Allocation
How Kapor Center’s fund book is spread.
The 26 funds Kapor Center backs, by where the manager is headquartered and how many funds that manager has raised.
Where those managers are based
By fund headquarters.
- North America 26100%
United States 26
How established those managers are
Managers grouped by how many funds they have raised — across the 14 of 26 with a fund history on record.
Emerging funds · 11
Established funds · 3
5
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5
2
1
3
1
4
2
5-6
7-9
10-14
15+
Funds raised by the manager
04 · Direct investments
The companies Kapor Center backs directly.
Kapor Center holds 5 companies directly, separate from the funds it commits to as a limited partner.
Bitwise Industries
$200M valuation
Kinnos
$60M valuation
Zocalo Health
$60M valuation
Spill
$20M valuation
Kai XR
$8.0M valuation
05 · Other LPs
Other LPs.
Other corporate and insurance LPs in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to Kapor Center by combined power-law score — North America first, then the nearest worldwide.
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Liberty Insurance Corporation
27 VC funds backed
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Tencent
27 VC funds backed
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Cisco
13 VC funds backed
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Minnesota Life Insurance Company
26 VC funds backed
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Vontobel
$126B AUM
10 VC funds backed
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Goldman Sachs
19 VC funds backed
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Business Development Bank of Canada
13 VC funds backed
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PayPal
10 VC funds backed