Investing Profile

Kevin Novak(617)

Managing Partner & Founder at Rackhouse Venture Capital

rackhouse.vc/aboutSan Francisco, California

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Kevin Novak's investing connections

Connected to 44 investors on Signal.

Networks Kevin is a member of

Uber Network

200 CONNECTIONS

various Network

153 CONNECTIONS

Michigan State University Network

43 CONNECTIONS

DCVC Network

29 CONNECTIONS

Costanoa Ventures Network

26 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Rackhouse Venture Capital Managing Partner

Investment Range

$1M - $2.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.3M

Investments On Record

Kevin Novak is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Kevin Novak's Investments On Record (8)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Arvist	SeedSep 2025$4M	$5M
Co-investors: J.P. Keating (VU Venture Partners), Daren Cotter (Personal mini family office), Ihar Mahaniok (Geek Ventures)
Prelude	SeedNov 2023$5M	$67M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Jake Gibson (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Stephen Ward (Insight Partners), Bill Coughran (Sequoia Capital), George Arison (Mobelform), Willem Delbare (Unknown Ventures), Leah Solivan (Fuel Capital), Karan Wadhera (Casa Verde Capital), Sam Altman, Henri Moissinac
Syrup Tech	SeedJul 2022$6M	$30M
Co-investors: Zach Bratun-Glennon (Gradient Ventures), Sara Ittelson (Accel), Jeff Bussgang (The Graduate Syndicate), Anna Palmer (Flybridge Capital Partners), Spencer Crawley (Firstminute Capital), Brent Hoberman (Firstminute Capital), Kevin Colas (Bay Bridge Ventures), Ramy Adeeb (1984 Ventures), Ben Orthlieb (Blue Moon)
Fishtail	SeedMar 2022$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Jett McCandless
Sauce	SeedNov 2021$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Sam Nazarian (sbe Lifestyle Hospitality), Riley Newman (Wave Capital), David Wolfson (Tectonic Capital)
Nana Academy	Series AMay 2021$18M Pre SeedJan 2020$5M	$35M
Co-investors: Josh Breinlinger (Jackson Square Ventures), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Jeff Weiner (Next Play Ventures), Fern Mandelbaum (Vista Venture Partners), Sean Behr (Various), Shripriya Mahesh (Spero Ventures), Michael Staton (Learn Capital), Scott Belsky (A24), Curtis Chambers (University of San Diego), Sameer Bhalla (Oncue), Khaled Helioui (Plural), Bob Lee (MobileCoin), Kim Kolt (For Good Ventures), Jake Chapman (Alpha Bridge Ventures), Jim Feuille (Crosslink Capital), Jacob Chapman
Unstruk Data	SeedApr 2021$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Farooq Abbasi (Preface Ventures), Alex Rubalcava (Stage Venture Partners)
TruckMap	SeedOct 2020 SeedFeb 2019
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Jonathan Ehrlich (Foundation Capital), Andrew Artz (april), Curtis Chambers (University of San Diego), William Barnes (Moving Capital), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Lee Hower (NextView Ventures), Andrew Boszhardt (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Adrian Aoun (500 Startups Korea), Jett McCandless, Anthony Pompliano

Kevin Novak's Media (1)

VC Daily: Former Uber Data Boss Raises First Venture Fund

www.wsj.com

Kevin Novak's Experience

Angel Investor Zond LLCPresent

Angel Investor Jigsaw Venture CapitalPresent

Head of Data Science Platform UberPresent

Head of Data & Engineering, Pricing & Operations Tooling Uber FreightPresent

Entrepreneur In Residence Playground GlobalPresent

Chief Data Officer TALAPresent

Advisor variousPresent

Advisor Stealth VC FundPresent

EIR Costanoa VenturesPresent

CTO Renegade PartnersPresent

Equity Partner DCVCPresent

Equity Partner Data CollectivePresent

General Partner & Founder Rackhouse Venture CapitalPresent

Managing Partner & Founder Rackhouse Venture CapitalPresent

Managing Partner & Founder Rackhouse Venture CaptialPresent

Kevin Novak's Education

Xavier University bachelors, bachelor of science mathematics, computer science, physics

Xavier University BS Physics (major), Math/Computer Science (minor)

state master of science, masters physics

Michigan State University MS Physics

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