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K Street Capital

875 15th St NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC, 20005, United States

Overview

K Street Capital (KSC) is a Washington, DC-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that supports the development of high-potential entrepreneurs with both a seed-stage venture fund and a 100-member syndicate. KSC boasts the largest greater-DC region angel network whose syndicate investor-members and Fund LPs are c-suite business leaders and owner/founders in the highest levels of government, media, technology, and finance. Over the past 10 years, KSC has invested $11 million in over 70 portfolio companies and funds, 50% of which are based in DC, and 42% of which are led by women or BIPOC founders. We aim to turn the Washington, DC region into the nation’s greatest exemplar of a venture capital hub that integrates diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout its ecosystem to build a community of founders, funders, and companies that are tech-forward and thriving.

Total investments
12
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
3
Active investors
1

Sector focus

  • B2B
  • Cyber Security
  • EdTech
  • FinTech
  • SaaS
  • Software
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Investment portfolio

  • Truentity Health

    Participated · Series A · Apr 2026

    Truentity Health provides an AI-enabled platform and operational infrastructure that turns community pharmacies into continuous care settings for chronic disease management. After merging with IndyCare Health, the company now operates a multi-state network delivering reimbursable services to Medicare and Medicaid populations with physician-governed clinical oversight, billing, compliance, and workflow. Truentity says its platform embeds AI into day-to-day operations to support pharmacies in delivering chronic care without adding operational burden. The company emphasizes capital-efficient growth and reports having moved from pilot-stage proof-of-concept to a repeatable, scalable model. With the recent $3.5M Series A, Truentity plans to expand its pharmacy network across additional states, deepen market presence, and broaden clinical programs and care pathways.

  • Procurement Sciences AI

    Participated · Series B · Nov 2025

    Procurement Sciences AI has built Awarded AI, a single platform that unifies opportunity discovery, proposal automation, compliance management and delivery execution for government contractors across U.S. federal, SLED and international public-sector markets. The software leverages intelligent automation, predictive insights and agentic AI to cut proposal preparation from weeks to minutes and replace a patchwork of legacy tools. Since its Series A 15 months ago, the company has recorded more than 10× revenue growth, helped customers secure over $3 billion in contract wins and expanded its user base to 300+ organizations, including several top-10 defense and aerospace firms. Headcount has grown from 16 to 70 employees, and veteran technology leader Greg Larson has joined as CTO. Founded in 2022 by Marine Corps veteran Christian Ferreira and headquartered in Washington, the startup positions itself as the first AI-native operating system purpose-built for the $1 trillion public-sector market. The new capital will fund product expansion, strategic hiring, new office openings and broader commercialization efforts.

  • Parento

    Participated · Seed · Sep 2025

    Parento offers a three-in-one paid parental leave solution that bundles customizable parental leave insurance, parental leave management services, and personalized one-on-one parent coaching. Its insurance product can provide up to 100% financial coverage and converts unpredictable leave costs into predictable premiums for small and mid-sized employers. The company reports strong outcomes: 95% of Parento parents return to work after leave, 10% average engagement rates for its coaching services, and 46% of claims were filed by men with up to 33% of men using one-on-one coaching. Parento serves diverse industries—25% of clients are in nonprofit or manufacturing/warehousing—and works with professional services, healthcare, law firms, nonprofits, and municipal organizations. Partnerships include the International Union of Operating Engineers (enabling first international expansion into Canada) and PEOs including one that serves more than half a million clients. Parento will use new capital to expand product development, sales, and marketing while launching additional insurance offerings and new products.

  • PrivacyHawk

    Participated · Equity · Aug 2024

    PrivacyHawk provides a personal data protection service that automates removal of consumers’ personal information from tens of thousands of corporate databases and the surface web. The company says its solution reduces consumers’ risk of being in a data breach by 90% or more through automated removals. Led by CEO Aaron Mendes and CTO Justin Wright, PrivacyHawk focuses on protecting individuals from scammers, spammers, hackers, and identity thieves. The firm plans to use the new funds to improve its flagship product and to grow awareness among the broader public. The announcement frames the raise as an additional investment to support product development and marketing efforts. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA. PrivacyHawk is pioneering the personal data protection category with a comprehensive solution for managing individuals’ digital footprints. The company delivers personal data protection through robotic process automation and advanced technology to help prevent fraud, identity theft, hacks, scams and spam. Planned product enhancements include additional automation and the use of AI to identify digital-footprint vulnerabilities and optimize removal of exposures. PrivacyHawk will use the $2.7 million in funding to support growth in sales, marketing and product development. The mission-driven team of privacy advocates, big data experts and engineers focuses on protecting personal data and reducing individuals' risk of being targeted by cybercrimes. PrivacyHawk was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

  • Compost Crew

    Participated · Series A · Apr 2022

    Compost Crew is an organics recycling company led by Ben Parry that provides composting to thousands of businesses, organizations and residential customers throughout Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. The company is based in Rockville, MD. Its core offering is food-scrap collection and distributed composting services built in partnership with area farms. In 2021 the company reached 7,000 customers, quadrupled the capacity of its distributed composting facilities, and rolled out a paid food-scrap drop-off subscription for residential customers. Compost Crew intends to use new funding to accelerate growth of composting in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and beyond. The company recently completed a $5.5M Series A to support these expansion plans.

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