Investments
313Portfolio Exits
16Funds
14Latest K5 Global Technology News
Jul 18, 2025
Published on 07/18/2025 at 09:50 S&P Capital IQ +2.03% Senti Biosciences, Inc. announced the appointment of Bryan Baum to its Board of Directors. Mr. Baum is a serial entrepreneur and investor, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of K5 Global, with a portfolio including companies like SpaceX, xAI, Anduril, Canva, Databricks, Grafana, and OpenAI. He has founded and successfully exited multiple ventures, including 818 Tequila, Parrot (sold to Filevine in 2025), Blue Vision Labs (sold to Lyft in 2018), Operam, and Represent.com (sold to CustomInk in 2016). Mr. Baum has been an angel investor for over a decade, making over 200 investments in companies such as Uber, Airbnb, Slack, Flexport, Carta, PillPack, and Sweetgreen. He was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, featured in Forbes 30 under 30, and is on the board of the Federal Drug Agents Foundation. Bryan studied Game Theory at Swarthmore College and Oxford University and was an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California. © S&P Capital IQ - 2025 Share
K5 Global Technology Investments
313 Investments
K5 Global Technology has made 313 investments. Their latest investment was in Synchron as part of their Series D on November 06, 2025.
K5 Global Technology Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/6/2025 | Series D | Synchron | $200M | Yes | ARCH Venture Partners, Bezos Expeditions, Double Point Ventures, IQT, Khosla Ventures, METIS Innovative, National Reconstruction Fund Corporation, Neuro Technology Investors, Protocol Labs Venture, Qatar Investment Authority, and T.Rx Capital | 2 |
10/16/2025 | Private Equity | HistoSonics | $250M | Yes | Bezos Expeditions, Founders Fund, Thiel Bio, Undisclosed Investors, and Wellington Management | 4 |
10/9/2025 | Seed VC | Parallel | $2.4M | No | Alex Bean, Background Capital, Colin Zima, Jared Rodman, Jeron Paul, Mintaka VC, Night Capital, Path Ventures, Penny Jar Capital, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 2 |
9/26/2025 | Unattributed VC | |||||
9/9/2025 | Series A |
Date | 11/6/2025 | 10/16/2025 | 10/9/2025 | 9/26/2025 | 9/9/2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series D | Private Equity | Seed VC | Unattributed VC | Series A |
Company | Synchron | HistoSonics | Parallel | ||
Amount | $200M | $250M | $2.4M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | ARCH Venture Partners, Bezos Expeditions, Double Point Ventures, IQT, Khosla Ventures, METIS Innovative, National Reconstruction Fund Corporation, Neuro Technology Investors, Protocol Labs Venture, Qatar Investment Authority, and T.Rx Capital | Bezos Expeditions, Founders Fund, Thiel Bio, Undisclosed Investors, and Wellington Management | Alex Bean, Background Capital, Colin Zima, Jared Rodman, Jeron Paul, Mintaka VC, Night Capital, Path Ventures, Penny Jar Capital, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | ||
Sources | 2 | 4 | 2 |
K5 Global Technology Portfolio Exits
16 Portfolio Exits
K5 Global Technology has 16 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was copy.ai on October 15, 2025.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10/15/2025 | Acquired | 2 | |||
9/12/2025 | IPO | Public | 5 | ||
9/3/2025 | Acquired | 4 | |||
K5 Global Technology Acquisitions
1 Acquisition
K5 Global Technology acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was HistoSonics on August 07, 2025.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8/7/2025 | Private Equity | $584.57M | Acq - Fin | 6 |
Date | 8/7/2025 |
|---|---|
Investment Stage | Private Equity |
Companies | |
Valuation | |
Total Funding | $584.57M |
Note | Acq - Fin |
Sources | 6 |
K5 Global Technology Fund History
14 Fund Histories
K5 Global Technology has 14 funds, including K5 Global Technology Fund, LP - Series Relativity Space 2.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12/7/2020 | K5 Global Technology Fund, LP - Series Relativity Space 2 | $20.69M | 1 | ||
12/7/2020 | K5 Global Technology Fund, LP - Relativity Space RF 3 | $2M | 1 | ||
12/7/2020 | K5 Global Technology Fund, LP - Series Horizons Relativity Space | $81.65M | 1 | ||
11/17/2020 | MBK Capital - Series T | ||||
7/7/2020 | MBK Capital, LP - Series BT |
Closing Date | 12/7/2020 | 12/7/2020 | 12/7/2020 | 11/17/2020 | 7/7/2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | K5 Global Technology Fund, LP - Series Relativity Space 2 | K5 Global Technology Fund, LP - Relativity Space RF 3 | K5 Global Technology Fund, LP - Series Horizons Relativity Space | MBK Capital - Series T | MBK Capital, LP - Series BT |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $20.69M | $2M | $81.65M | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
K5 Global Technology Team
1 Team Member
K5 Global Technology has 1 team member, including current Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Michael Kives.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Michael Kives | Creative Artists Agency, TPG, HongShan, SpaceX, and Catalyte | Founder, Chief Executive Officer | Current |
Name | Michael Kives |
|---|---|
Work History | Creative Artists Agency, TPG, HongShan, SpaceX, and Catalyte |
Title | Founder, Chief Executive Officer |
Status | Current |
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