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Apr 1, 2026
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Financials
Team
Deep Dive
FAQs
Financial History
Total Raised
N/A
Valuation
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Leadership Team
Key people at The Kresge Foundation.
WL
Wendy Lewis Jackson
Managing Director, Detroit Program
JB
John Barker
Managing Director
RR
Rip Rapson
President and CEO
BK
Benjamin Kennedy
Deputy Director
SM
Sandra McAlister Ambrozy
Senior Program Officer
SZ
Sharon Zimmerman
Assistant to the President and Director of the Executive Office
RS
Regina Smith
Managing Director
Leadership Team
Key people at The Kresge Foundation.
Wendy Lewis Jackson
Managing Director, Detroit Program
JB
John Barker
Managing Director
RR
Rip Rapson
President and CEO
BK
Benjamin Kennedy
Deputy Director
Sandra McAlister Ambrozy
Senior Program Officer
SZ
Sharon Zimmerman
Assistant to the President and Director of the Executive Office
Regina Smith
Managing Director
Financial History
Total Raised
N/A
Valuation
N/A
Investments Made
Date
Company
Round
Lead Investor(s)
Co-Investor(s)
Jan 5, 2022
PosiGen
$100.0M Other Equity
Magnetar Capital
Activate Capital
,
Builders Fund
, Emerson Collective
,
Irradiant Partners
,
SJF Ventures
Feb 1, 2021
Mainstay
$14.0M Series B
Rethink Education
AME Cloud Ventures
,
Cowboy Ventures
,
Dunce Capital
,
Hardware Club
,
LightShed Ventures
,
Primetime Partners
, Bradley Horowitz
, Daniel Rosensweig
, David Ko
, Mark Pincus
, Vibhu Mittal
,
ECMC Group
May 1, 2017
Echodyne
$29.0M Series B
Greg Papadopoulos
8VC
,
At One Ventures
,
Cota Capital
,
Haystack
,
Insight Partners
,
Madrona Ventures
,
National Grid Partners
,
Root Ventures
,
Scale Venture Partners
,
Ubiquity Ventures
, Clark Landry
, Bill Gates
,
Lux Capital
,
Vulcan Capital
Mar 1, 2017
Fluxx
$16.0M Series B
Canvas Ventures
Andreessen Horowitz
,
Bessemer Venture Partners
,
BoxGroup
,
Crosslink Capital
,
Eclipse Ventures
,
Founder Collective
, Colin Bryant
, Forest Baskett
, Greg Papadopoulos
, Tony Florence
,
Practical Venture Capital
,
Renegade Partners
,
Seven Seven Six
,
Thrive Capital
,
Trucks Venture Capital
,
Felicis Ventures
Jan 1, 2016
Kymeta
$62.0M Series D
—
1955 Capital
,
Chrysalix Venture Capital
,
Lytical Ventures
,
Osage University Partners
, Bill Gates
,
Lux Capital
Aug 1, 2015
Fluxx
$6.0M Series A
Renata Quintini
Crosslink Capital
,
Eclipse Ventures
, Forest Baskett
, Greg Papadopoulos
,
Renegade Partners
,
Trucks Venture Capital
, Marcus McGrew
Dec 1, 2014
Echodyne
$15.0M Series A
Madrona Ventures
, Bill Gates
8VC
,
At One Ventures
,
Cota Capital
,
Haystack
,
Insight Partners
,
National Grid Partners
,
Root Ventures
,
Scale Venture Partners
,
Ubiquity Ventures
, Clark Landry
,
Lux Capital
,
Vulcan Capital
Jun 1, 2013
Kymeta
$50.0M Series C
—
1955 Capital
,
Chrysalix Venture Capital
,
Lytical Ventures
,
Osage University Partners
, Bill Gates
, Bill Gates
,
Liberty Global Ventures
, Josh Wolfe
