Kaya Ventures

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

Financial History

Total Raised

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Valuation

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Aug 1, 2025	Isaac Health	$10.0M Series A	—	B Capital Group, Flare Capital Partners, Imaginary Ventures, Meridian Street Capital, Primetime Partners, Trevor Fetter, Vineet Jain
Feb 1, 2025	Lynx	$27.0M Series A	—	Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Flare Capital Partners, Seven Seven Six, Claire Diaz-Ortiz
Jun 1, 2024	CereTax	$9.0M Series A	—	Austin Ventures, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Brian Cruver, Dave Balter, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Apr 1, 2024	HomePoint	$2.0M Seed	—	Austin Ventures, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Dave Balter, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Mar 1, 2023	Solarcycle	$30.0M Series A	—	Closed Loop Partners, Fifth Wall, Foundry Group, Headwater Ventures, HG Ventures, Nilla Capital, SVG Ventures-THRIVE, The Yield Lab LATAM, Urban Innovation Fund, Lyndon Rive, Peter Rive
Feb 1, 2023	Vuv Analytics	$20.0M Venture Round	—	Austin Ventures, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Brian Cruver, Dave Balter, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Oct 1, 2022	Vincere Health	$2.0M Seed	—	Flare Capital Partners
Sep 1, 2022	Doodles	$54.0M Series A	—	Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Flare Capital Partners, Seven Seven Six, Claire Diaz-Ortiz
Sep 1, 2022	TrueFoundry	$2.0M Seed	—	AIX Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Exponent Founders Capital, Felicis Ventures, Greylock, Invariantes Fund, K2 Global, Mana Ventures, Scalar Capital, The Hit Forge, Trajectory Ventures, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Elia Montanari, Georges Harik, Greg Brockman, Jeff Hammerbacher, Lukas Biewald, Sahin Boydas, Sep Kamvar, Thomas Tull
May 1, 2022	RepVue	$5.0M Seed	—	American Family Ventures, Austin Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, Kima Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Twenty Two Ventures, Y Combinator, Brian Cruver, Dave Balter, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Mathilde Collin, Michael Ma, Peter Kazanjy, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Mar 1, 2022	Almost Friday	$6.0M Seed	—	Austin Ventures, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, Sharp Alpha Advisors, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Brian Cruver, Dave Balter, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Feb 1, 2022	Endgame	$30.0M Series B	—	Accel, Array Ventures, Austin Ventures, Baukunst, Bolt, Buckley Ventures, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Emergence Capital, Endeavor8, EQT Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Founder Collective, Golan Ventures, Grace Beauty Capital, LGF, MAGIC Fund, Menlo Ventures, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Race Capital, Recharge Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, Recursive Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Tet Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Vitalize Venture Group, Zero Capital, Aaron Rosenson, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Brian Cruver, Charles Delingpole, Dave Balter, Elad Kushnir, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Mark Ghermezian, Ran Makavy, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Oct 1, 2021	Nyan Heroes	$3.0M Seed	—	Austin Ventures, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, Greylock, Insight Partners, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Amr Awadallah, Brian Cruver, Dave Balter, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jarl Mohn, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, Nate Mitchell, Suhail Doshi, Vince Thompson, William Hockey
Oct 1, 2021	Vincere Health	$3.0M Seed	—	Flare Capital Partners
Sep 1, 2021	HomeLight	$100.0M Series D	—	Austin Ventures, Ballistic Ventures, Beringea, Bling Capital, Curious Capital, DCM, Euclid Ventures, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, Greylock, Insight Partners, Krillion Ventures, KRM Interests LLC, Matrix, Maveron, Menlo Ventures, Monarch Collective, Montage Ventures, NewView Capital, Next Coast Ventures, Precursor Ventures, PruVen Capital, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, SoftBank Investment Advisers, SOSV, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Stellation Capital, Ulu Ventures, Uncork Capital, Zeev Capital, Brian Cruver, Dave Balter, Deborah Liu, Dmitry Dakhnovsky, Dominik Richter, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jason Stomel, Jiake Liu, Louis Beryl, Mark Cuban, Mike Krieger, Nick Caldwell, Omar El-Ayat, Oren Dobronsky, Rob Hodgkinson, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Sep 1, 2021	Stellar	$20.0M Series B	—	Austin Ventures, Brick & Mortar Ventures, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, OVO Fund, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Task Force X Capital, Unless, Brian Cruver, Dave Balter, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Jul 1, 2021	Eterneva	$10.0M Series A	—	1984 Ventures, 75 & Sunny, AlleyCorp, Austin Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Crosslink Capital, FJ Labs, Foundation Capital, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, NextView Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Pelion Venture Partners, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Brian Cruver, Chris Cooper, Dave Balter, Eric Wu, Ethan Austin, Evan Williams, Fabio Cannavale, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Konstantin von Unger, Mark Cuban, rich simoni, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Jul 1, 2021	Starfish Space	$7.0M Seed	—	Adverb Ventures, Afore Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Caffeinated Capital, Cherry Ventures, Construct Capital, Countdown Capital, Cubit Capital, Floodgate, Founders Fund, Iluminar Ventures, Lux Capital, Mana Ventures, NFX, Picus Capital, Ravelin Capital, Saga, Stash Ventures, Stellar Capital, Harry Hurst, Justin Mateen, Koen Koeppen
Jul 1, 2021	Verve Motion	$15.0M Series A	—	Austin Ventures, Construct Capital, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SignalFire, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Brian Cruver, Dave Balter, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Jul 1, 2021	Endgame	$5.0M Seed	—	Abstract Ventures, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Audacious Ventures, Austin Ventures, Balderton Capital, Baukunst, Bolt, C2 Investment, CRV, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Flying Fish Partners, Founder Collective, Goat Capital, Grace Beauty Capital, Gradient Ventures, Index Ventures, La Famiglia, LGF, MAGIC Fund, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Offline Ventures, Operator Partners, Outrun Ventures, Playfair Capital, Polychain Capital, Precursor Ventures, Recharge Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SignalFire, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Stripe, Tet Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Y Combinator, Adam Gross, Akshay Kothari, Amit Agarwal, Brian Cruver, Charles Delingpole, Christian Reber, Dave Balter, Ethan Austin, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Lopatin, Jacques Fu, Jason Katzer, Jiake Liu, Kenny Van Zant, Mark Cuban, Mark Ghermezian, Mathilde Collin, Matias Woloski, Nicolas Pinto, Scott Belsky, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson, Yvonne Wassenaar
Jul 1, 2021	Quansa	$4.0M Seed	—	Big Sky Health, Coinbase Ventures, Connect Ventures, Creative Juice, DOMO Invest, ENIAC Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Exponent Founders Capital, Firstminute Capital, Flare Capital Partners, Freestyle Capital, Future Africa, General Catalyst, Luno Expeditions, Norrsken VC, Norte Ventures, Precursor Ventures, QED Investors, Quona Capital, Ravelin Capital, Seven Seven Six, Stellar Capital, Tekton Ventures, The Community Fund, Vera Equity, WE Ventures, Yellow Ventures, Andre Mohamed, Antonio Avellar, Brad Garlinghouse, Charles Delingpole, Daniel Orlean, Eduardo Baer, Eric Hahn, Felipe Ramos Fioravante, Gabriel Pinto, Gabriel Weinberg, Guilherme Bonifacio, Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Israel Salmen, Jason Gardner, Jason Goldberg, Richard Chen, Sergio Furio, Tom Blomfield, Trevor Noah
May 1, 2021	Moku Foods	$2.0M Seed	—	Infinity Ventures Crypto, Mana Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Elia Montanari, Sal Ismail
Mar 1, 2021	evaluate.xyz	$2.0M Seed	—	Austin Ventures, Emergence Capital, FirstMark Capital, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, Highland Capital Partners, iNovia Capital, Intuit Ventures, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Pioneer Fund, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Tribe Capital, Brian Cruver, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Dec 1, 2020	BYBI	$7.0M Series A	—	Austin Ventures, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Brian Cruver, Dave Balter, Ethan Austin, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Dec 1, 2020	Mate Fertility	$3.0M Seed	—	Austin Ventures, Basecamp Fund, Founder Collective, Grace Beauty Capital, KittyHawk Ventures, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Ravelin Capital, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, Science, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Spacecadet Ventures, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Brian Cruver, Dave Balter, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Tom McInerney, Vince Thompson

Financial History

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Valuation

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Leadership Team

Key people at Kaya Ventures.

Madeline Darcy

Managing Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at Kaya Ventures.

Madeline Darcy

Managing Partner

Deep Dive

Kaya Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in companies that are redefining health and wellness, particularly within underserved and overlooked markets. Their mission centers on expanding access to wellness through investments primarily at the pre-seed and seed stages, with a strong emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), supporting female, Black, Latinx, Asian, and LGBTQ+ founders. The firm targets sectors such as femtech, mental health, caregiving, longevity, digital health, finance, and the future of work, aiming to drive innovation that improves well-being and health outcomes. Kaya Ventures also provides hands-on support to founders, leveraging the team's lived experiences and operational expertise to accelerate early-stage growth and impact in the startup ecosystem[1][2][3].

Founded by Madeline Darcy, who brings over a decade of experience in venture investing, corporate strategy, and technology operations, Kaya Ventures was established to address gaps in healthcare innovation and funding for diverse founders. Darcy’s background includes managing over $150 million in assets under management, advising Fortune 500 companies on M&A, and working at major tech firms like Apple and Disney. The firm’s name, inspired by the Tagalog word "Káya," meaning "to be able to," reflects its ethos of empowerment and collective progress. Since its founding, Kaya Ventures has evolved to focus on early-stage investments that combine consumer tech and healthcare innovation, with a commitment to driving alpha through differentiated networks and insights[1][2][3].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on pre-seed and seed rounds in overlooked markets, emphasizing DEI and wellness sectors.
Network Strength: Deep connections with diverse founders and operators, leveraging lived experiences to identify and support promising startups.
Track Record: Managed over $150 million AUM with a portfolio spanning femtech, mental health, caregiving, and digital health.
Operating Support: Provides founders with purpose-built tools, strategic guidance, and empathetic leadership support, recognizing the human side of entrepreneurship[1][2][3].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Kaya Ventures rides the growing trend of health innovation intersecting with technology, particularly in areas historically underfunded or underserved such as women’s health, mental health, and caregiving. The timing is critical as the healthcare sector undergoes digital transformation, and there is increasing recognition of the economic and social importance of wellness and DEI. Market forces such as rising consumer demand for personalized health solutions, longevity technologies, and inclusive finance create fertile ground for Kaya’s investments. By focusing on early-stage companies led by diverse founders, Kaya Ventures influences the broader ecosystem by expanding access to capital and fostering innovation that addresses systemic health inequities[1][2][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Kaya Ventures is poised to deepen its impact by continuing to identify and back visionary founders who are shaping the future of health and wellness. Trends such as digital therapeutics, AI-driven health solutions, and the care economy will likely shape their investment focus. As the firm scales, its influence may grow beyond capital provision to become a key ecosystem builder, driving systemic change in healthcare innovation and funding diversity. Kaya Ventures’ commitment to empowerment and inclusion positions it well to lead in a market increasingly valuing equitable and human-centered health solutions[1][2][3].

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Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on pre-seed and seed rounds in overlooked markets, emphasizing DEI and wellness sectors.
Network Strength: Deep connections with diverse founders and operators, leveraging lived experiences to identify and support promising startups.
Track Record: Managed over $150 million AUM with a portfolio spanning femtech, mental health, caregiving, and digital health.
Operating Support: Provides founders with purpose-built tools, strategic guidance, and empathetic leadership support, recognizing the human side of entrepreneurship[1][2][3].