Keyhorse Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm supporting a thriving community of Kentucky-based entrepreneurs willing to build and grow innovative companies.
We invest in idea to growth stage companies and technologies across industries and sectors, supporting exceptional founders with a vision to go the distance.
We believe entrepreneurs pursuing scalable businesses are vital to our community's growth and we work to support them in achieving their vision.
We work with investors, advisors, and strategic partners to help founders gain early wins.
The concept of Keyhorse represents our confidence in founders and their companies potential to win - and our willingness to venture together in hopes they have a successful run building and scaling their businesses.
We provide pre-seed and seed stage venture capital-type investments to high-growth startups and entrepreneurs based in or interested in relocating to Kentucky.
Companies should 1) be building an innovative, technology-enabled product, process, or service, 2) have developed a prototype, be seeking product-market fit, or entering early growth stage of development, and 3) present a well-articulated market opportunity with some level of customer validation and a strong founding team.
You might qualify for investment if your business:
Learn more about the investment process by downloading the Investment Process Checklist: diligence items and tasks applicants can expect to provide and prepare in each stage of the application process.
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