Kearny Jackson

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2025	TestSprite	$7.0M Seed	—	Cherry Ventures, Vidu Shanmugarajah, Partech Ventures, Techstars, John Bonten, Marcelo Sampaio
Jun 1, 2025	CRED	$15.0M Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, Defy Partners, DST Global, rocketship.vc, Zigg Capital, Akshay Kothari, Ameet Patel, Amit Mital, Gokul Rajaram, Kunal Shah, Nami Zarringhalam, Prasanna Srikhanta
Feb 1, 2025	Genesis Computing	$5.0M Seed	—	Bob Muglia
Nov 1, 2024	Cytonic	$8.0M Seed	—	AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Archetype, Audacity, Awesome People Ventures, Battery Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, CoinFund, Divergence Ventures, Electric Ant, Electric Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Future Perfect Ventures, Hack VC, Hashed, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Kleiner Perkins, M34 Capital, Makers Fund, Nascent, Not Boring Capital, Robot Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, SID Venture Partners, Solana Ventures, Sound Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Version One Ventures, Weekend Fund, WPP Ventures, Adam Jackson, Alex Pack, Aliaksandr Hudzilin, Alice Lloyd George, Anastasia Andrianova, Andrew Steinwold, Balaji Srinivasan, Biz Stone, Bo Shao, Brad Holden, David Nage, Do Kwon, Eric Wu, Imran Khan, Jeff Morris, Jess Sloss, Luis Cuende, Nathaniel Whittemore, Rene Reinsberg, Scott Belsky, Sina Habibi, Stani Kulechov, Steve Weinstein, Tegan Kline, Trevor McFedries, Tyler Scott Ward
Nov 1, 2024	TestSprite	$2.0M Seed	—	Cherry Ventures, Vidu Shanmugarajah, Partech Ventures, Techstars, John Bonten, Marcelo Sampaio
Oct 1, 2024	Genie AI	$18.0M Series A	—	Cherry Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Earl Grey Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flybridge, GV, Khosla Ventures, Partech Ventures, Saga, SNR, Techstars, The Community Fund, Dharmesh Shah, Frederic Kerrest, John Bonten, Marcelo Sampaio
Oct 1, 2024	Hello Patient	$6.0M Seed	—	8VC, Acrew Capital, AirAngels, Alumni Ventures, Amplify Partners, Coughdrop Capital, Fifty Years, FirstMark Capital, Flex Capital, G20 Ventures, Max Ventures, NextView Ventures, Preston-Werner Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Silicon Valley Connect, Adam Lisagor, Andrew Berman, Chris Schaepe, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin
Oct 1, 2024	Daze	$6.0M Seed	—	Boldstart Ventures, eFounders, Felix Capital, Pareto Holdings, Stripe, Guy Podjarny, Jonathan Widawski, Scott Belsky, Youcef Es-skouri
Sep 1, 2024	Oyster	$59.0M Series D	—	Acadian Ventures, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Bedrock Capital, Bling Capital, BoxGroup, Cambrian Ventures, Connect Ventures, Conversion Capital, Emergence Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Indeed.com, monashees, Salesforce Ventures, Slack Fund, SNR, SV Latam Fund, TY, Ulu Ventures, Eric Nadalin, Garrett Koehn, Gokul Rajaram, Sam Altman
Sep 1, 2024	AudiencePlus	$7.0M Seed	—	8VC, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Banana Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, Greylock, High Alpha, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Night Capital, Offline Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Streamlined Ventures, Stripe, Tealium, Matt Garratt, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, YLEM, Akshay Bhargava, Avid Larizadeh, Ben Porterfield, David Petersen, Eric Ries, Frederic Kerrest, Gordon Wintrob, Jason Tolkin, Jeremy Cai, Jon Runyan, Louis Beryl, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Mike Kourey, Paul Rios, Ryan Carlson, Ryan Chan, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Tony Xu, Vibhu Mittal, Zack Kanter
Jul 1, 2024	Momentum	$13.0M Series A	—	Boldstart Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Mana Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Supercharge.vc, Dan Ciporin
Jun 1, 2024	Arya	$8.0M Seed	—	Ada Ventures, Alumni Ventures, BBG Ventures, Craft Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Fabric Ventures, Hanaco Ventures, ICON, Patron, Play Ventures, R-Squared Ventures, Tamar Technology Ventures, Touch Capital, Abe Burns, Anton Gauffin, Eric Seufert, Jas Purewal, Neil Parikh, Oren Dobronsky, Rupert Loman, Steph Korey, Ziv Elul
Jun 1, 2024	Wify	$3.0M Seed	—	AngelList, Ground Up Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Paradigm, Shrug Capital, Julia DeWahl, Moshe Lifschitz, Neil Parikh
Jun 1, 2024	Synthpop	$6.0M Seed	—	500 Global, Acrew Capital, Curie.Bio, Flexcap, Footwork, Founder Collective, Freestyle Capital, Index Ventures, K2 Global, Kickstart Fund, Logos Labs, Long Journey Ventures, Offline Ventures, Peterson Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Prototype Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SignalFire, Slack Fund, TQ Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Bradley Horowitz, Fareed Mosavat, Gabriel Jarrosson, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky
Apr 1, 2024	Pigment	$140.0M Series D	—	9Yards Capital, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Accel, AirAngels, Album VC, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Banana Capital, Earl Grey Capital, Founders Fund, Greenoaks Capital, Haun Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Insight Partners, IVP, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, K2 Global, Mars Growth Capital, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, NFX, Offline Ventures, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Pioneer Fund, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Stripe, Tribe Capital, TTV Capital, Vera Equity, Vine Ventures LP, Winklevoss Capital, YLEM, Amir Jerbi, Anthony Pompliano, Bill Ackman, Dan Wright, David Petersen, Eric Ries, Frederic Kerrest, Gordon Wintrob, Jeremy Cai, Jon Runyan, Kunal Shah, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Paul Rios, Ryan Carlson, Ryan Chan, Sasha Mirchandani, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Tomer Levy, Tony Xu, Zack Kanter
Mar 1, 2024	Picogrid	$12.0M Seed	—	Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Banana Capital, Earl Grey Capital, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Initialized Capital, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Offline Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Satgana, Stripe, Y Combinator, YLEM, Dan Wright, David Petersen, Eric Ries, Frederic Kerrest, Gordon Wintrob, Jeremy Cai, Jon Runyan, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Paul Rios, Ryan Carlson, Ryan Chan, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Tony Xu, Zack Kanter
Dec 1, 2023	Pimento	$3.0M Seed	—	7percent Ventures, Autotech Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, Dawn Capital, Dragonfly Capital Partners, eFounders, Felix Capital, Hack VC, Meta Change Capital, Motier Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, #SecretFund, Stripe, Unruly Capital, Spencer Noon, XAnge, Antoine Martin, Charles Gorintin, Didier Valet, Ernest Oppetit, Fernando Martinelli, Frederic Montagnon, Guy Podjarny, Itamar Lesuisse, Jeremy Yap, John Lilic, Julien Romanetto, Mathilde Collin, Nicolas Brusson, Nicolas Debock, Romain Niccoli, Roxanne Varza, Scott Belsky, Thibaud Elziere, Youcef Es-skouri
Nov 1, 2023	Amini	$4.0M Seed	—	Acadian Ventures, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Bedrock Capital, Bling Capital, BoxGroup, Cambrian Ventures, Climate Capital, Connect Ventures, Conversion Capital, Emergence Capital, Female Founders Fund, Forum Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Indeed.com, M34 Capital, monashees, Pale Blue Dot, Salesforce Ventures, Slack Fund, SNR, Solana Ventures, SV Latam Fund, TY, Ulu Ventures, Abhay Kumar, Eric Nadalin, Garrett Koehn, Gokul Rajaram, Sam Altman
Oct 1, 2023	Fairblock	$3.0M Seed	—	AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Archetype, Ascender Ventures, Audacity, Awesome People Ventures, Battery Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Chapter One Ventures, CoinFund, Divergence Ventures, Electric Ant, Electric Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Future Perfect Ventures, Hack VC, Hashed, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Kleiner Perkins, M34 Capital, Makers Fund, Nascent, Not Boring Capital, Robot Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, SID Venture Partners, Solana Ventures, Sound Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Version One Ventures, Weekend Fund, WPP Ventures, Adam Jackson, Alex Pack, Aliaksandr Hudzilin, Alice Lloyd George, Anastasia Andrianova, Andrew Steinwold, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Perszyk, Biz Stone, Bo Shao, Brad Holden, David Nage, Do Kwon, Eric Wu, Imran Khan, Jeff Morris, Jess Sloss, Luis Cuende, Nathaniel Whittemore, Regan Bozman, Rene Reinsberg, Scott Belsky, Sina Habibi, Siqi Chen, Stani Kulechov, Steve Weinstein, Tegan Kline, Trevor McFedries, Tyler Scott Ward
Aug 1, 2023	Arya	$4.0M Seed	—	Ada Ventures, Alumni Ventures, BBG Ventures, Craft Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Fabric Ventures, Hanaco Ventures, Patron, Play Ventures, Touch Capital, Abe Burns, Eric Seufert, Jas Purewal, Rupert Loman, Steph Korey
Jul 1, 2023	Olympix	$4.0M Seed	—	AllegisCyber Capital, Boldstart Ventures, Cavalry Ventures, Cyberstarts VC, FirstMark Capital, Tom Hulme, Gadi Porat, LocalGlobe, Mana Ventures, Rabbit Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Robot Ventures, Supercharge.vc, Chris Bennett, Dan Ciporin, Julia Kagan
Jul 1, 2023	Wisecut AI	$1.0M Seed	—	Altair Capital Management, Astanor Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, Coatue, Draper Associates, FirstMark Capital, Mana Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Supercharge.vc, Walden International, Y Combinator, Dan Ciporin, Harris Barton
Jun 1, 2023	Outdid	$3.0M Seed	—	AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Archetype, Audacity, Awesome People Ventures, Bankless Ventures, Battery Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, CoinFund, Divergence Ventures, Divergent Capital, Electric Ant, Electric Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Far Out Ventures, Future Perfect Ventures, Ganas Ventures, Hack VC, Hashed, Iluminar Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Kleiner Perkins, M34 Capital, Makers Fund, Matterscale Ventures, Nascent, NFX, Not Boring Capital, Picus Capital, Redpoint eventures, Robot Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, SID Venture Partners, Solana Ventures, Sound Ventures, TBD Angels, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Urbanist Ventures, Version One Ventures, Ryan Zurrer, Weekend Fund, WPP Ventures, Xochi Ventures, Adam Jackson, Alex Pack, Aliaksandr Hudzilin, Alice Lloyd George, Anastasia Andrianova, Andrew Steinwold, Balaji Srinivasan, Biz Stone, Bo Shao, Brad Holden, Charlie Songhurst, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, David Nage, David Vélez, Dileep Thazhmon, Do Kwon, Eric Wu, Immad Akhund, Imran Khan, Jeff Morris, Jess Sloss, Loreanne Garcia, Luis Cuende, Martin Varsavsky, Matias Woloski, Mike Krieger, Nathaniel Whittemore, Regan Bozman, Rene Reinsberg, Ricardo Weder, Scott Belsky, Sergio Fogel, Sergio Furio, Simon Borrero, Sina Habibi, Stani Kulechov, Stefan George, Stelleo Tolda, Steve Weinstein, Tegan Kline, Trevor McFedries, Tyler Scott Ward
Jun 1, 2023	Superstream	$6.0M Seed	—	Angular Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, Chalfen Ventures, eFounders, Felicis Ventures, Felix Capital, Pareto Holdings, Stripe, Antoine Martin, Guy Podjarny, Jonathan Widawski, Scott Belsky, Youcef Es-skouri
May 1, 2023	UtilizeCore	$17.0M Series A	—	Accomplice VC, Addition, Atlassian Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, CapitalX, Creator Fund, Deep Fork Capital, eFounders, Episode 1 Ventures, Felix Capital, FirstMark Capital, GSV Acceleration, Heavybit, Mana Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, Stripe, Supercharge.vc, Touchdown Ventures, Antoine Martin, Guy Podjarny, Ian Hogarth, Ilya Kondrashov, Jonathan Widawski, Paul Massara, Scott Belsky, Tom Blomfield, Will Brooks, Will Martin, Youcef Es-skouri

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Leadership Team

Key people at Kearny Jackson.

Sunil Chhaya

General Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at Kearny Jackson.

Sunil Chhaya

General Partner

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Kearny Jackson is an early-stage venture capital firm focused primarily on investing in startups within the SaaS (Software as a Service), Infrastructure, and FinTech sectors. The firm’s mission centers on partnering with extraordinary founders by providing not only capital but also hands-on strategic guidance and operational support from the earliest stages of company formation. Their investment philosophy emphasizes backing bold, innovative technology founders at the critical pre-seed and seed stages to help them navigate growth challenges effectively. By leveraging deep industry expertise and a strong network, Kearny Jackson aims to accelerate startup growth and foster innovation in their key sectors, thereby impacting the broader startup ecosystem positively through early-stage empowerment and value creation[1][2][3].

Origin Story

Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, Kearny Jackson derives its name from the intersection of Kearny and Jackson streets, where the founders Sriram Krishnan and Sunil Chhaya frequently met. This symbolic location reflects their collaborative vision and diverse backgrounds. Both founders bring extensive operational and investment experience from leading tech companies such as Spotify and Tinder, which informs their hands-on approach to venture investing. The firm has evolved to focus on pre-seed and seed investments, emphasizing a thematic, data-driven investment style that targets high-potential startups in SaaS, Infrastructure, and FinTech. Their early traction includes backing companies that have grown into industry leaders, supported by strategic guidance and capital infusion[1][2][3][4].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on pre-seed and seed stages with a hands-on, founder-centric approach that combines capital with strategic and operational support from day zero.
Network Strength: Founders’ backgrounds and connections in top tech companies provide access to a broad network of industry experts, mentors, and co-investors.
Track Record: Successful investments in startups that have scaled significantly, with notable portfolio companies across SaaS, FinTech, and Infrastructure.
Operating Support: Active involvement in helping startups with growth strategies, go-to-market execution, and product development, beyond just financial backing[1][2][3][4].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Kearny Jackson rides the wave of increasing demand for SaaS, Infrastructure, and FinTech innovations, sectors that are critical to digital transformation across industries. The timing is favorable due to the accelerating adoption of cloud technologies, embedded finance, and data-driven infrastructure solutions. Market forces such as the rise of remote work, digital payments, and AI-powered enterprise tools create fertile ground for startups in these domains. By focusing on early-stage investments, Kearny Jackson influences the broader ecosystem by identifying and nurturing the next generation of technology leaders, thus shaping future market trends and technological advancements[1][2][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Kearny Jackson is poised to continue expanding its portfolio in high-growth SaaS, Infrastructure, and FinTech startups, leveraging its founder-centric approach and operational expertise. Trends such as AI integration, embedded finance, and cloud-native infrastructure will likely shape their investment focus. Their influence is expected to grow as they back more startups that become key players in their sectors, reinforcing their role as a trusted partner in early-stage venture capital. The firm’s commitment to hands-on support and strategic partnership positions it well to capitalize on emerging opportunities and drive innovation in the evolving tech landscape[1][2][3][4].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on pre-seed and seed stages with a hands-on, founder-centric approach that combines capital with strategic and operational support from day zero.
Network Strength: Founders’ backgrounds and connections in top tech companies provide access to a broad network of industry experts, mentors, and co-investors.
Track Record: Successful investments in startups that have scaled significantly, with notable portfolio companies across SaaS, FinTech, and Infrastructure.
Operating Support: Active involvement in helping startups with growth strategies, go-to-market execution, and product development, beyond just financial backing[1][2][3][4].