Gavin Christensen, Kickstart

Gavin Christensen is the founder and managing director (also cited as managing partner) of Kickstart Seed Fund. See contact routes.

About Gavin Christensen

Gavin Christensen is the founder and managing director (also cited as managing partner) of Kickstart Seed Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm in Salt Lake City, Utah, with prior experience at vSpring Capital, Google, and Fidelity Investments after earning an MBA from Northwestern. He focuses on bridging the seed funding gap in the Mountain West by investing in B2B software, digital health, deep tech, SaaS, enterprise software, consumer tech, fintech, and healthcare technology at seed to Series B stages. Kickstart is recognized as the most active investor at the pre-seed and seed stages in the Mountain West, particularly Utah and Colorado, though specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not explicitly detailed in available sources. Notable portfolio companies include Cotopaxi, Podium, and Lucid Software, with the firm having backed more than 150 companies and managing over $400 million in assets. Christensen is distinguished by his deliberate choice to stay in Utah to build a local seed ecosystem rather than relocate to Silicon Valley, and he emphasizes long-term relationship building and patience with founders. He also openly sha

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Role
Managing Director
Organization
Kickstart
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Investor type
Venture Capital

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