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Investor profile

Justin Kaufenberg

Managing Director , Rally Ventures

About

Justin Kaufenberg built and scaled SportsEngine from a dorm-room startup into a leading youth sports software platform acquired by NBC Sports, and has founded or co-founded 10+ businesses, giving him unusually deep repeat founder experience compared with many VCs. He brings unique expertise in building partner and ecosystem-driven SaaS+ models where software platforms embed financial services like payments and insurance, and has first-hand experience building compliance-focused platforms that directly informs his investments in human security and trust-and-safety companies. Justin Kaufenberg built and scaled SportsEngine from a dorm-room startup into a leading youth sports software platform acquired by NBC Sports, and has founded or co-founded 10+ businesses, giving him unusually deep repeat founder experience compared with many VCs. He brings unique expertise in building partner and ecosystem-driven SaaS+ models where software platforms embed financial services like payments and insurance, and has first-hand experience building compliance-focused platforms that directly informs his investments in human security and trust-and-safety companies.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
SaaS
Cybersecurity
AI
FinTech
Health

Investment details

Avg check size$50K - $5M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA