KB Partners

About The Fund

KB Partners is a venture capital firm located in Highland Park, Illinois, specializing in early-stage investments particularly within the sports and technology sectors. With a deep-seated passion for nurturing innovation, they focus on the intersection of sports and technology, aiming to back passionate innovators who are driving change within this space. They have a proven track record and rely on their extensive experience and networks to guide companies toward exceptional growth, emphasizing the importance of experience in overcoming the challenges of scaling early-stage companies. KB Partners’ investment strategy encompasses a wide array of industries including Software, IT and TMT, Media, Business Solutions, Hardware and Manufacturing, Entertainment and Sports, IoT and Wearables, AI and Big Data, HealthTech and Fitness, Gaming and eSports, Analytics, Medical Devices and Hospital Services, Healthcare and Wellness, Investment Management, Mobile, Nanotechnology, and Online Social. Their core verticals are digital fitness and wellness, immersive media such as OTT/streaming, AR/VR, fan engagement, smart venue applications, esports, and sports betting/fantasy. They typically invest between $750,000 and $3,000,000 with a sweet spot of around $1,500,000 for businesses in various stages including seed and Series A rounds. With $40,000,000 under management, they seek to operate as true partners, leveraging their domain expertise and diverse operational experience to build great companies alongside the teams they support. Over the past 25 plus years, KB Partners has positioned itself as an early-stage investor with sophistication and success, prioritizing the importance of a strong core team and the product or service being market-ready, at least at the pilot stage, before making an investment. They value establishing relationships with founding teams even before the point of investment readiness.