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K5 Global portfolio
K5 Global has 35 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, US, founded in 2018. Its most recent investment on record is Kled AI's Seed round in March 2026, alongside Sebastian Thrun, Parable VC, Kent Lacob and 5 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Developer tools and cloud (11) and Fintech (9). It has co-invested with Sequoia, Coatue and GIC, most often Sequoia (4 rounds).
About K5 Global
What K5 Global invests in
- Developer tools and cloud · 11 · 31%
- Fintech · 9 · 26%
- Cybersecurity · 6 · 17%
- Data and analytics · 5 · 14%
- Consumer and social · 4 · 11%
- Legal and compliance · 4 · 11%
- Commerce and retail · 3 · 9%
- Manufacturing and industrial · 3 · 9%
K5 Global recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Sebastian Thrun, Parable VC, Kent Lacob +5 | ||
| Seed · $47.45M | General Catalyst (lead), Founders Fund (lead), Lakestar (lead) +1 | ||
| Series B+ · $200M | Khosla Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Neurotechnology Investors +6 | ||
| Series B+ · $270M | Coatue, Sequoia, GIC +4 | ||
| Series B+ · $120M | The Spartan Group (lead), Samsung Next, Sequoia +6 | ||
| Seed · $16M | Foothill Ventures, Ridge Ventures (lead), M12 (lead) | ||
| Series A · $13.5M | Forerunner Ventures (lead), Heartcore Capital (lead) | ||
| Seed · $50M | Lerer Hippeau, BoxGroup, a16z crypto (lead) |
How K5 Global invests
K5 Global portfolio companies
KKled AISeed · Mar 2026
OOnodrim$47.45MSeed · Feb 2026
SSynchron$200MSeries B+ · Nov 2025
GGrafana Labs$270MSeries B+ · Aug 2024
LLayerZero$120MSeries B+ · Apr 2023
TTheom$16MSeed · Sep 2022
FFora$13.5MSeries A · Aug 2022
VVeeFriends$50MSeed · Aug 2022
GGhost$13MSeries A · Jul 2022
ZZippi$16MSeries A · Jun 2022
SSentry$90MSeries B+ · May 2022
TThe Boring Company$680MSeries B+ · Apr 2022
FFirebolt$100MSeries B+ · Jan 2022
CCockroach Labs$280MSeries B+ · Dec 2021
LLacework$1.3BSeries B+ · Nov 2021
SSolugen$357MSeries B+ · Sep 2021
TTaktile$4.7MSeed · Aug 2021
SShopmonkey$75MSeries B+ · Jul 2021
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| Company | Round with K5 Global | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Data and analytics |
Seed | $5.5M | Mar 10, 2026 Seed |
Defense and security |
Seed · $47.45M | $347.45M | Nov 9, 2026 Series A |
Health and bio |
Series B+ · $200M | $600M | Jun 29, 2026 Series B+ |
AI agents |
Series B+ · $270M | $804M | Aug 1, 2024 Series B+ |
L1s, L2s and rollups |
Series B+ · $120M | $263M | May 23, 2023 Series B+ |
Cybersecurity |
Seed · $16M | $36M | May 12, 2025 Series A |
Consumer and social |
Series A · $13.5M | $133.5M | Jul 16, 2026 Series B+ |
Gaming |
Seed · $50M | $50M | Aug 1, 2022 Seed |
Commerce and retail |
Series A · $13M | $91M | Oct 15, 2024 Series B+ |
Stablecoins |
Series A · $16M | $58M | Feb 13, 2026 round |
Data and analytics |
Series B+ · $90M | $90M | Aug 3, 2026 Pre-seed |
Robotics and hardware |
Series B+ · $680M | $3.8B | Sep 10, 2026 Series B+ |
Cybersecurity |
Series B+ · $100M | $264M | Jan 26, 2022 Series B+ |
AI agents |
Series B+ · $280M | $607.85M | Oct 11, 2025 Series B+ |
Legal and compliance |
Series B+ · $1.3B | $1.85B | Oct 22, 2025 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
Series B+ · $357M | $643.4M | Mar 17, 2026 Series B+ |
Fintech |
Seed · $4.7M | $188.7M | Jun 24, 2026 Series B+ |
Sales and marketing |
Series B+ · $75M | $85M | Oct 26, 2021 Series A |
| backer | $50M | Dec 5, 2025 Series A | |
Foundation models and research |
backer | $296M | Oct 6, 2026 Series B+ |
Voice and audio AI |
backer | $85M | Jun 9, 2026 Series B+ |
Data and analytics |
backer | $17M | Oct 21, 2025 Series A |
Legal and compliance |
backer | undisclosed | May 8, 2025 Seed |
Commerce and retail |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Fintech |
backer | undisclosed | — |
AI infrastructure and compute |
backer | $50M | Apr 29, 2025 Series B+ |
Stablecoins |
backer | $21.9M | Oct 21, 2026 Series A |
Legal and compliance |
backer | $51M | May 10, 2026 Series B+ |
Developer tools and cloud |
backer | $4.3M | Oct 15, 2026 Seed |
Lending and credit |
backer | $30M | Oct 21, 2026 round |
Fintech |
backer | $91.5M | Apr 1, 2022 Seed |
Fintech |
backer | $42M | May 26, 2025 Series B+ |
AI coding and devtools |
backer | $12M | May 8, 2025 Series A |
Cybersecurity |
backer | $16.2M | Apr 15, 2025 Series A |
Sales and marketing |
backer | $70M | Feb 17, 2026 round |
Most frequent co-investors
SSequoia4 shared rounds · last Aug 1, 2024
CCoatue3 shared rounds · last Aug 1, 2024
GGIC3 shared rounds · last Aug 1, 2024
HHuman Capital3 shared rounds · last Jul 1, 2022
TTiger Global Management3 shared rounds · last Jun 8, 2022
BBessemer Venture Partners3 shared rounds · last Jan 26, 2022
IIndex Ventures3 shared rounds · last Dec 1, 2021
GGeneral Catalyst2 shared rounds · last Feb 13, 2026
LLightspeed2 shared rounds · last Aug 1, 2024
LLead Edge Capital2 shared rounds · last Aug 1, 2024
JJ.P. Morgan2 shared rounds · last Aug 1, 2024
YY Combinator2 shared rounds · last Jun 8, 2022
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Developer tools and cloud).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 22 rounds on Recent Funding that name K5 Global. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists K5 Global, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/k5-global (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.