Kohort is a technology company.
Kohort has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round.
Kohort has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Kohort has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Kohort's investors include Albion VC, BITKRAFT Ventures, Eurazeo, Outrun Ventures.
Kohort is a London-based SaaS platform specializing in machine learning-driven cohort-based forecasting and analytics for the mobile gaming industry. It provides mobile game studios and investors with precise revenue predictions, user acquisition (UA) optimization, and strategic planning tools, replacing inaccurate spreadsheets with investment-grade insights from petabyte-scale data.[1][2][3][4] Serving game developers, publishers, VCs, and private equity firms, Kohort solves the core problem of unreliable revenue forecasting by enabling faster, more accurate decisions—from daily UA spend to IPO preparation—while supporting $8bn in deal value to date.[1][2][3]
The platform excels in predicting lifetime value (LTV), campaign ROAS, and consumer behavior, helping studios scale profitably and investors conduct due diligence for M&A and acquisitions.[3][4] With 15-50 employees and recent funding led by The Raine Group, Kohort is expanding beyond mobile gaming into broader consumer sectors, backed by partnerships with tier-1 VCs like Index, CVC, and Raine.[2][3]
Founded in 2018 by Dan Marcus (CEO) and Jan Pickard, Kohort emerged from the founders' realization that spreadsheets—used by 99% of businesses—cause poor revenue forecasting due to inaccuracy, time intensity, and subjective biases.[1][3] Previously known as Ramp Growth, the company was built by gaming and data experts from King, Sensor Tower, Tripledot, Mistplay, Bloomberg, and Football Radar, addressing pain points in mobile gaming UA and financial planning.[2]
Early traction came from proving the platform's speed: shifting forecasting from weeks/months to minutes, empowering strategic decisions for studios and investors.[1] The team, including industry veterans with venture exits, quickly landed global clients and VC backing, evolving into the leading ML platform for UA optimization and investment-grade LTV predictions.[2][3]
Kohort rides the explosive growth of mobile gaming—a $100bn+ market—where UA costs have skyrocketed amid privacy changes (e.g., IDFA limits) and ad fatigue, making predictive analytics essential for profitability.[1][2] Its timing aligns with studios' shift to data-driven UA and investors' demand for rigorous due diligence in a maturing ecosystem of consolidations and IPOs.[3]
Market forces like machine learning advancements and petabyte data availability favor Kohort, enabling hyper-accurate cohort analysis over aggregate metrics.[2][4] It influences the ecosystem by partnering with VCs (e.g., Raine's portfolio access) to standardize forecasting, reduce M&A risks, and accelerate scaling for startups—positioning it as a key enabler in gaming's evolution toward sustainable, AI-powered growth.[3]
Kohort is primed for hypergrowth, leveraging its Raine funding to expand platform capabilities into adjacent verticals like real-money gaming and B2C apps, while deepening VC partnerships for global reach.[3] Trends like AI-driven personalization, rising UA complexities, and gaming M&A waves will amplify demand for its cohort forecasting, potentially capturing a larger share of the $10bn+ analytics market.
As mobile gaming matures, Kohort's influence could evolve from niche UA optimizer to indispensable infrastructure for profitable scaling—much like how it transformed spreadsheets into minutes-long forecasts, now unlocking strategic edges in an investor-hungry landscape.[1][3]
Kohort has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $5.0M Seed in March 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2023 | $5.0M Seed | Albion VC, BITKRAFT Ventures, Eurazeo, Outrun Ventures |