Kris Kemeny
Founder of Tekfen Ventures
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & Managing Director
2016 - Current
Tekfen Ventures invests in entrepreneurs using technology and science to turn visionary ideas into valuable companies. Since 2016, the firm has believed disruptive technology will help us reinvent the capabilities and tools the world needs to feed, build, and supply our collective future. Beyond capital, Tekfen Ventures works alongside our portfolio companies, leveraging strategic insight and relationships to help realize their bold ideas. Tekfen Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Tekfen Holding, a publicly-traded industrial conglomerate. Tekfen is a global leader in Construction, Engineering, and Agriculture with over 25,000 employees working across 40 subsidiaries.
Investor
2022
Investor, Board Observer
2021
Phospholutions developed a patented technology to alleviate the environmental impact of phosphorus fertilizer.
Raised $32,500,000.00 from Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Conti Ventures, Tekfen Ventures, Advantage Capital, Keytrade AG and Maumee Ventures.
Investor, Board Observer
2018
Pivot Bio is an agricultural tech company improving the microbiome by taking nitrogen from the air and making it available for plants.
Raised $616,896,489.00 from G2 Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Rockefeller Capital Management, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Temasek Holdings, Tekfen Ventures, Roger C. Underwood, Bunge Ventures, Generation Investment Management and Continental Grain Company.
Investor, Board Observer
2018
Investor, Board Observer
2018
Oxipital AI provides visual AI solutions for efficient manufacturing processes.
Raised $86,000,000.00 from Tyson Ventures, Marel and Johnsonville Ventures.
Investor
2018
Claroty is a cybersecurity firm that provides products and solutions to protect infrastructure and industrial networks from cyber threats.
Raised $740,000,000.00 from Princeville Capital, Bosch Ventures, Constellation Technology Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, Bosch Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, SE Ventures, Princeville Capital, Standard Investments and Toshiba Digital Solutions.
Investor
2018
Sight Machine provides analytics platform that helps address critical challenges in quality and productivity throughout the enterprise.
Raised $80,400,269.00 from Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures, Jump Capital, Sony Innovation Fund, E.ON, Mercury, Tekfen Ventures and LS Group.
Investor, Board Observer
2021 - 2022
Avvir is a reality analysis platform.
Raised $12,550,000.00 from Khosla Ventures, Tekfen Ventures, MetaProp and Trust Ventures.
Investor, Board Observer
2019 - 2021