Hey, I’m Kirubha. Most people call me KP 👋🏽

Currently exploring and figuring out what is next. Previously, I helped launch and scale Bloom Venture Partners. I also spent time as an Investor at Florida Funders.

Over the last few years as an early-stage investor, I have grown obsessed with speaking with founders trying to change the world. Every conversation has new insights and perspectives that help me understand our world better.

The goal of VC Afterhours is to create a platform for founders to speak with an investor without the pressure of a formal pitch and to serve as an unbiased sounding board.

Feel free to bother me on Twitter or Email!*

*LinkedIn is the worst way to reach me

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Portfolio

Personal Investments

  • GMTM: athlete exposure platform

  • Off-Piste: pre-IPO exchange

  • OKO: a new type of trade school

Bloom Venture Partners

  • Airbo: benefits communications

  • *Alaffia: intelligent medical billing auditors

  • *Arctype: world’s fastest SQL client

  • *Arrive Outdoors: enable retailers to participate in the circular economy

  • Artifact: the customer knowledge graph

  • Aviron: connected rowing machine

  • *Birthday Capsule: be a better friend, never miss a birthday again

  • Butterfly Labs: healthcare testing and logistics infrastructure API

  • *ChalkTalk: enables personalized education at scale

  • Cuckoo: making broadband simple, for good

  • *Flux AI: figma meets github for hardware design

  • *Funnel IQ: an operating system for RevOps teams

  • *Isthmus: discover, connect, + share with like minded groups

  • Koyfin: the only investment analytics platform you need

  • *LIT Videobooks: make bestselling non-fiction books accessible

  • *LULA: insurance infrastructure for today’s economy

  • Pogo: honey for the real world

  • *Residesk: turning tenant communications into actionable data

  • *Secure: emergency savings as a benefit

  • Sydecar: a better way to invest in the private markets

  • Sunroom: empowering womxn creators

  • Tembo: the smart way to get on the property ladder

  • *TinyStacks: fastest way to deploy your docker app on AWS.

  • *Twine: deep networking platform

  • Viostream: enterprise-grade video solution (acquisition)

  • Virtually: shopify for online schools

  • Zipper: collaboration SaaS for product & GTM teams

Florida Funders

  • 2ULaundry: on-demand laundry and dry cleaning

  • Aerosense: IoT solutions for aviation industry

  • Bambino: babysitting made easy

  • Bridge: beverage alcohol intelligence suite (acquired by SevenFifty)

  • Cast.ai: multi-cloud management platform

  • Chattr: AI chatbot, hiring automation

  • ClientBook: client management for retail.

  • flexEngage: post-purchase consumer engagement

  • Gentreo: estate planning management tool

  • *LULA: insurance API for platforms

  • LeapAnalysis: database data integration and analysis

  • MileAuto: pay-per-mile auto insurance

  • MyPorter: full-service storage and moving

  • OTHRSource: retail support for emerging brands

  • ProCredEx: digital marketplace for verified credentials

  • QuantHub: data science reskilling, assessments, and talent network

  • RoboTire: automating automotive maintenance with robots

  • SECBERUS: adaptable cloud security platform

  • SimpleNight: global experience platform

  • Stylust: text photo to order, social commerce

  • Theoris Software: appraisal automation software

  • TOP: power consumer voting across any channel

  • *TempMee: on-demand staffing

  • Vugo: rideshare advertising and marketing

  • Vizetto: digital whiteboard for teams

  • *YAC: voice-first, asynchronous communication tool

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