Private Investment Platform

Capital deployed
with conviction

5KV Ventures identifies and partners with exceptional founders and operators building category-defining businesses. We bring patient capital, institutional discipline, and deep operating experience.

$2B+
Assets Under Management
20+
Portfolio Companies
15+
Years of Operating Experience
Average Portfolio Multiple
Our Approach

Conviction over
consensus

We invest in businesses where our experience creates a genuine edge - not just capital allocation, but strategic leverage, network access, and operational depth.

Our focus is on asymmetric opportunities: situations where the risk is bounded, the upside is substantial, and our involvement materially improves the outcome.

01
Operational Expertise

We've built and scaled businesses ourselves. That experience informs how we evaluate opportunities and support founders through inflection points.

02
Institutional Rigor

Investment decisions backed by disciplined underwriting, structured diligence, and alignment of incentives between capital and operators.

03
Long-Term Orientation

We partner for value creation, not exits. Our capital structure supports businesses through cycles rather than optimizing for near-term returns.

04
Network as Moat

Decades of relationships across real estate, finance, and operating companies create proprietary deal flow and value-creation opportunities.

Investment Focus

Where we
concentrate

Real Estate & Built Environment

Institutional-quality real estate investments across commercial, industrial, and alternative property types. We seek structures with durable income and capital appreciation potential.

Growth-Stage Operating Companies

Minority and majority investments in profitable, capital-efficient businesses at the intersection of scale and inflection. We prefer businesses with recurring revenue and defensible market positions.

Venture & Special Situations

Selective early-stage bets and special-situation investments where domain expertise creates an identifiable edge. We look for asymmetric return profiles with bounded downside.

Let's have
a conversation

We invest selectively and take a relationship-first approach. If you're building something significant or seeking a thoughtful capital partner, we'd like to hear from you.

Inquiries [email protected]
Location Los Angeles · New York