Thad Langford
Venture investor
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founder / Managing Partner
2014 - Current
Flyover Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm whose goal is to create the next generation of technology success stories in areas outside of the traditional tech hubs. Flyover Capital initiates investment to accelerate commercialization and provides a broad national and global network that aims to advance portfolio company positions. The overarching philosophy can be summarized as active participation with driven entrepreneurs in flyover country working to achieve global exits.
Kauffman Fellow Class 22
2017
Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows
Founding Investor
2018
Launched with 45 philanthropic investors, GreenLight Kansas City represents the city’s extraordinary philanthropic spirit and the ambition to find innovative approaches proven to help low-income residents access opportunities for a brighter future.
Business Mentor
2017
Techstars helps entrepreneurs succeed. Through the Techstars Worldwide Entrepreneur Network, founders and their teams connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporate partners who will help their companies grow.
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Board Member
2022
Board Member
2019
Snappy Kraken is a SaaS marketing solution.
Raised $9,500,000.00 from Bicknell Family Holding Company, Flyover Capital and FINTOP Capital.
Board Member
2018
DemandJump is a customer acquisition software that shows marketers new sources of growth online.
Raised $27,584,036.00 from BIP Capital, Cultivation Capital, Revolution, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Flyover Capital, 4G Ventures, Cultivation Capital, Bob Davoli and Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund.
Board Member
2015
Opendorse operates a SaaS-enabled Marketplace in the athlete endorsement industry.
Raised $39,635,000.00 from Serra Ventures, Flyover Capital, Will Compton, Sean Bratches and Advantage Capital.
Board Observer
2016
Rentable offers a web-based platform that specializes in online apartment search.
Raised $34,418,000.00 from Flyover Capital, Susquehanna Growth Equity and Daren Cotter.
Co-Founder
2012
BlackOps Development is an elite software development unit dedicated to delivering high quality software solutions for their clients. BlackOps has executed successful software development implementations for digital agencies, large corporations, and numerous startup organizations. The common thread is the need for a dedicated development partner to deliver mission critical software for their business success.
Blackops Development specializes in software design, application development, visual and UX design services.