When was Koch Disruptive Technologies founded?

Koch Disruptive Technologies was founded in 2017.

Where is Koch Disruptive Technologies' headquarters located?

Koch Disruptive Technologies' headquarters is located in Wichita ( United States ).

How many companies has Koch Disruptive Technologies invested in?

Koch Disruptive Technologies has invested in 66 companies, including Desktop Metal & Ibotta.

Which companies has Koch Disruptive Technologies invested in lately?

Speedata & Arkestro are the latest investments by Koch Disruptive Technologies.

What sectors does Koch Disruptive Technologies focus on for investments?

Top sectors in Koch Disruptive Technologies' portfolio are High Tech (29 investments) and Enterprise Applications (36 investments).

What stages of companies does Koch Disruptive Technologies typically invest in?

Koch Disruptive Technologies primarily invests in Series B and Series A stages.

How many exits has Koch Disruptive Technologies been involved in?

Koch Disruptive Technologies' portfolio has seen 2 IPOs and 5 acquisitions.

How many unicorns are there in Koch Disruptive Technologies' portfolio?

There are 13 unicorns in Koch Disruptive Technologies' portfolio.

Koch Disruptive Technologies - 2025 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends - Tracxn

Q: How big is Koch Disruptive Technologies' investment team?

Koch Disruptive Technologies has a team of 4.

1. Desktop Metal

Manufacturer of metal-based desktop 3D printers. It offers metal-based 3D printers for the mass production of metal parts and prototypes and carbon fiber-based 3D printers to manufacture fiber-reinforced parts using composites. It also provides software to control and manage 3D printing and these printers. It caters to automotive, consumer goods, education, machine design, heavy industry, and manufacturing tooling sectors.

Key facts about Desktop Metal

Founded Year: 2015
Location: Burlington (United States)
Annual Revenue: $209M as on Dec 31, 2022
Last Known Valuation: $1.5B as on Jan 23, 2019
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $438M
Employee Count: 337 as on Dec 31, 2022
Investors: Kleiner Perkins, New Enterprise Associates and 35 Others
Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, May 10, 2022, $100M
Highlight: Acquired

2. Ibotta

Platform offering cashback on purchase of multi-category products. It allows consumers to earn money back on purchases made in-store and online. Users can add deals to the app, shop at retailers, and redeem discounts by uploading receipts or linking loyalty cards.

Key facts about Ibotta

Founded Year: 2012
Location: Denver (United States)
Stage: Public
Total Funding till date: $97.6M
Employee Count: 988 as on Dec 31, 2022
Investors: Kleiner Perkins, Notable Capital and 9 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series D, Aug 06, 2019
Highlight: Public

3. Upgrade

Provider of consumer credit and banking products. It provides users with a financial technology company offering diverse credit and banking products. The company provides personal loans, credit cards, and rewards checking and savings accounts designed to assist individuals in managing their finances. Their offerings aim to provide accessible credit solutions, competitive rates, and rewards for everyday spending. They also include tools for credit monitoring and education to help individuals understand and improve their credit health.

Key facts about Upgrade

Founded Year: 2016
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Valuation: $6B as on Nov 16, 2021
Stage: Series F
Total Funding till date: $600M
Employee Count: 1,221 as on Dec 31, 2023
Investors: Sands Capital Ventures, TriplePoint Capital and 36 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series F, Nov 16, 2021, $280M
Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. Snyk

Cloud based platform offering application security solutions. It is a developer security platform that integrates directly into development tools, workflows, and automation pipelines for vulnerability identification and fixing. The platform offers pricing and plans suited for organizations of all sizes, with a focus on securing custom code, open source dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure.

Key facts about Snyk

Founded Year: 2015
Location: Boston (United States)
Annual Revenue: £147M as on Dec 31, 2022
Valuation: $3.3B as on Jul 10, 2023
Stage: Series G
Total Funding till date: $1.32B
Employee Count: 1,444 as on Dec 31, 2023
Investors: T. Rowe Price, BlackRock and 73 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series G, Apr 10, 2024, $25M
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. Dragos

Threat detection platform for industrial cyber security ecosystems. The features include discovering ICS assets, network mapping, threat detection using behavioral analysis, threat operations service, threat prioritization, global threat intelligence, and incident response.

Key facts about Dragos

Founded Year: 2016
Location: Hanover (United States)
Valuation: $1.7B as on Oct 28, 2021
Stage: Series D
Total Funding till date: $438M
Employee Count: 355 as on Dec 31, 2022
Investors: BlackRock, Canaan and 21 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series D, Sep 18, 2023, $74M
Highlight: Editors' Pick

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Koch Disruptive Technologies has invested in 66 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 10 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2024, it made 6 investments, while as of Jun 2025, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Optimal Dynamics and most recent follow-on round was in Speedata.

Here are Koch Disruptive Technologies' Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2025 (YTD)	1	3	4
2024	2	4	6
2023	10	5	15
2022	8	5	13
2021	18	5	23
2020	10	1	11
2019	3	0	3
2018	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1

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Koch Disruptive Technologies has made 14 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $72.7M, 13 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $61.1M and 10 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $122M.

Here are Koch Disruptive Technologies' investments by stage:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Series B	14
Series A	13
Series C	10
Seed	6
Series D	6
Others	5

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Koch Disruptive Technologies has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure, HealthTech and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 58 Tech companies, 55 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 44 Software companies and at least 18 companies focusing on Saas.

Here are Koch Disruptive Technologies' investments by sector:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	31
High Tech	23
Enterprise Infrastructure	12
HealthTech	11
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications	9
Others	81

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Koch Disruptive Technologies has made most investments in United States (40), followed by Israel where it has made 12 investments.

Here are Koch Disruptive Technologies' investments by geography:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Country	No. of Investments
United States	40
Israel	12
China	1
United Kingdom	1

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Koch Disruptive Technologies has made 4 investments in 2025 so far. Speedata and Arkestro are the latest among them.

Here are the most recent investments by Koch Disruptive Technologies:

Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Jun 04, 2025	Speedata	Israel	Series B	$44M	Walden Catalyst [+4]
May 14, 2025	Arkestro	United States	Series A	$36M	Aramco Ventures [+3]
Apr 14, 2025	Optimal Dynamics	United States	Series C	$40M	-
Feb 25, 2025	Celestial AI	United States	Series C	$250M	Fidelity Investments [+9]
Oct 24, 2024	Outrider	United States	Series D	$62M	New Enterprise Associates [+11]

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Koch Disruptive Technologies has 13 unicorns in its portfolio - Celestial AI, Vayyar, Beyond Identity and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Celestial AI. It became a unicorn in 2025, 3 years after Koch Disruptive Technologies first invested in it.

Here is a list of unicorns in Koch Disruptive Technologies' portfolio:

Tracxn Score	Company	Short Description	Founded year	Sector	Location	Company Stage	First Investment/ Acquisition Details
57	Celestial AI	Provider of AI-powered optical processing units	2020	Semiconductors [+1]	Santa Clara	Series C	wyszfq{
41	Vayyar	Developer of 4D imaging sensors for cancer detection and other devices	2011	HealthTech [+5]	Yehud	Series E	{ofvgzq
51	Beyond Identity	Cloud based passwordless authentication solutions provider	2020	Enterprise Infrastructure [+1]	New York City	Series C	ambcoi{
68	Dragos	Threat detection platform for industrial cyber security ecosystems	2016	Enterprise Infrastructure [+2]	Hanover	Series D	gsn{bij
64	Immunai	Developer of next-generation of immunomodulatory therapeutics	2018	HealthTech [+3]	New York City	Series B	ixlzyhl

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2 of Koch Disruptive Technologies' portfolio companies have become public. Ibotta got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Apr 2024 at marketcap of $2.39B and Standard Lithium got listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) at marketcap of undefined.

Here are Koch Disruptive Technologies' portfolio companies that went public:

Company	IPO Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Ibotta	Apr 18, 2024	Aug 06, 2019	Series D	Undisclosed
Standard Lithium	Jan 24, 2018	-	-	-

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5 companies from Koch Disruptive Technologies' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Desktop Metal in Jul 2024 by Nano Dimension for $179M.

Here are Koch Disruptive Technologies' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Desktop Metal	Jul 02, 2024	Jan 23, 2019	Series E	$160M
Wib	Feb 11, 2024	Nov 08, 2022	Seed	$16M
Sense Biodetection	Feb 01, 2023	Apr 20, 2021	Series B	$50M
DeepCube	Apr 20, 2021	Sep 22, 2020	Series A	$7M
Blue Current	-	-	-	-

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Koch Disruptive Technologies has a team of 4 members.

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Over the past 8 years, 597 investors have co-invested in Koch Disruptive Technologies's portfolio companies.

Invested before Koch Disruptive Technologies: New Enterprise Associates, Viola Group and 302 others have invested in rounds before Koch Disruptive Technologies. There are 4 companies where New Enterprise Associates has invested before Koch Disruptive Technologies and 4 companies where Viola Group has invested before Koch Disruptive Technologies.
Top Co-investors of Koch Disruptive Technologies: 154 investors entered a company along with Koch Disruptive Technologies. These include investors like Walden Catalyst (4 companies).
Invested after Koch Disruptive Technologies: A total of 139 investors have invested in Koch Disruptive Technologies's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include G Squared (2 companies), Evolution Equity Partners (2 companies) and BlackRock (2 companies).