KAS Venture Partners

KAS Venture Partners is a New York-based venture capital firm established in 2022. The firm operates as a global multi-strategy asset management firm, focusing on early to later-stage investments across a diverse range of industries. Their investment portfolio indicates a strategic interest in sectors such as aerospace and defense, consumer goods, and potentially biotechnology and technology.

The firm was founded in 2022 by Kevin Ulrich, who serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ulrich brings extensive experience from the financial services industry, having previously co-founded Anchorage Capital in New York in 2003. During his tenure as CEO of Anchorage, the firm grew to become a leading alternative credit and distressed investment manager with over $30 billion in assets under management. Prior to Anchorage, he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Bank Loan Trading at Goldman Sachs.

KAS Venture Partners has made several notable investments in promising companies. Their portfolio includes Hadrian, a company operating within the aerospace and defense industry, and Recess, a pioneer in the relaxation beverage category, in which KAS Venture Partners participated in a $30 million Series B funding round. Other reported investments include Stendr, which received pre-seed funding, Ethermed, which secured Series A funding, and Artemis.

The investment team at KAS Venture Partners is led by founder and CEO Kevin Ulrich. Key members of the team include Julian Handel, a Partner, Lucas Lorentz, an Associate, and Richard Xie, an Analyst. Lucas Lorentz, for example, previously gained experience in the Media Finance department at Creative Artists Agency, where he was involved in packaging and financing films and television shows in Latin America. The team's collective expertise supports the firm's approach to identifying and nurturing ventures across its target sectors.