Darcy Howe is the founder and managing director of KCRise Fund. See contact routes.
Darcy Howe is the founder and managing director of KCRise Fund, a venture capital firm she launched in 2016 to address the lack of strategic early-stage capital for local startups in Kansas City. Before founding the fund, she was a 25-year veteran angel investor and a founding member of Women’s Capital Connection, a network investing in women-led early-stage businesses. Her investment thesis targets early-stage technology companies, primarily at the seed or Series A stage, with a focus on B2B SaaS, enterprise software, healthcare IT, and fintech within the Midwest, especially Kansas and western Missouri. KCRise Fund operates as a for-profit venture capital entity that invests side-by-side with other institutional investors, having deployed capital into five companies in its first year including PEQ, Dunami, SpiderOak, Innara Health, and Blooom. While specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not publicly detailed, the fund’s $14 million raised toward a $20 million goal suggests modest but meaningful early-stage investments. Howe emphasizes providing not just capital but also a network and resources to help innovators build locally, reflecting her
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