Curt Roberts is a former Fortune 500 executive turned venture capitalist who brings an unusual combination of big-company operating experience and founder empathy to his Mountain West seed investing, while publicly challenging standard VC thinking through his own contrarian belief system. He serves as both investor and on-air coach on Kickstart's Perfect Pitch podcast, where he turns his deal experience into tactical founder-facing content, and focuses heavily on backing founders based on their obsession with problems and grit rather than traditional resume credentials.
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Kickstart
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SaaS, Fintech, AI, Health, Enterprise
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Pre-Seed - Seed
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$500K - $3M
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Kickstart was created in 2008 as Utah's first dedicated seed fund to solve a specific capital gap in the Mountain West, closing their first $8M fund during the 2008 recession and becoming synonymous with seed capital in the region. The firm runs a unique student-operated venture fund called Campus Founders Fund across 11 universities that creates a structured regional talent pipeline, with several student companies later graduating into Kickstart's main funds.
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