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Venture Capital Intelligence
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Firms / MK Capital Company
MK Capital Company
MK Capital is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm with nearly $300 million in assets under management. Call us to learn more.
venture manager, reported GAV $164M across 6 vehicles
Importance
37
elevated
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
63
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
14
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Northfield, ILadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 1799 WILLOW ROAD, Northfield, IL, 60062adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 312-909-9377adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://www.mkcapital.com/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 4, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $211Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 312-324-7701adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
- business phone
- 312 324-7703adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
- business phone
- 312-909-9377adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
45 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- not stated or not yet read
- Stages
- growth
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 100%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 45
Funds and vehicles
6 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MK Capital II, LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $80.0M May 1, 2017 | 72 | unknown | unknown |
| MK Capital Parent LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $22.0M Mar 9, 2024 | 47 | unknown | unknown |
| MK Capital Parent LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $22.0M Mar 9, 2024 | 47 | unknown | unknown |
| MK Capital Venture Fund LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $14.0M Mar 9, 2024 | 2 | unknown | unknown |
| MK Capital Venture Fund LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $14.0M Mar 9, 2024 | 2 | unknown | unknown |
| MK Capital, LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $11.8M May 1, 2017 | 13 | unknown | unknown |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
9 current, 1 departed
Arvind Shankar
AssociateAssociate
Mark Thomas Koulogeorge
Founder or executivePresident · since Nov 1, 2002
Bret Maxwell
Managing partnerManaging General Partner
Mark Koulogeorge
Managing partnerManaging General Partner
Josh Beebe
PartnerPartner
Kirk Wolfe
PartnerPartner
Bret Robert Maxwell
Platform and operationsSecretary · since Nov 1, 2002
Karen Gale Buckner
Platform and operationsTreasurer · since Nov 1, 2002
Sultan Mehrabi
Platform and operationsPortfolio Operations Consultant
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Mark Howard Terbeek · Director · Nov 1, 2002 to Jan 29, 2014 Inference
Investments on record
45 edges, 44 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
29 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Ascent Venture Partners 1 shared · one timeTeamworthy Group LLC 1 shared · one timeNext Frontier Capital Mc, LLC 1 shared · one timeSC Management LLC 1 shared · one timeRevolution 1 shared · one timeTola Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeFrazier Healthcare Partners 1 shared · one timeFontinalis Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeCanaan Partners 1 shared · one timeEducation Growth Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeAugment Ventures 1 shared · one timeRubicon Technology Management L.L.C. 1 shared · one timeInstitutional Venture 1 shared · one timeTransform Capital 1 shared · one timeLeap Global Partners 1 shared · one timeActivate Capital Partners 1 shared · one timeFelicis Ventures 1 shared · one timeSwan & Legend 1 shared · one timeGrotech Management Company 1 shared · one timeU.S. Venture Partners 1 shared · one timeProspect Management Co. II, LLC 1 shared · one timeMatrix 1 shared · one timeAscend Venture Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timeMaven Ventures 1 shared · one timeFuture Ventures 1 shared · one timeAmplify Partners 1 shared · one timeParade Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeJibe Ventures Select Gpgp LLC 1 shared · one timeRitual Capital Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
32 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026Wellspring no longer listed on MK Capital Company's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceWellspringVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Jan 1, 2024Vimly: acquired by Rubicon Technology Partners in 2024, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2024UPshow: acquired by EverPass in 2024, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2022Wellspring: acquired by Resurgens Technology Partners in 2022, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2022Wellspring: acquired by Resurgens Technology Partners in 2022, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2022eSpark: acquired by Quad Partners in 2022, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2022CellTrak: acquired by Homecare Homebase in 2022, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2020Game Fly: acquired by Alliance Entertainment in 2020, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2020Adar: acquired by Stone-Goff Partners in 2020, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2017Observable Networks: acquired by Cisco in 2017, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2017Apex Learning: acquired by Education Growth Partners in 2017, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2016Machinima: acquired by Warner Bros in 2016, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2016DramaFever: acquired by Warner Bros in 2016, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2015Datapop: acquired by Criteo in 2015, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 29, 2014Mark Howard Terbeek (Director) no longer on Schedule A of MK Capital Company
- Jan 1, 2014IP Logic: acquired by CloudSmartz in 2014, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2013AwesomenessTV: acquired by DreamWorks in 2013, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Mar 22, 2012MK Capital, LP first reported on Form ADV by MK Capital Company (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $11,820,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactMK Capital, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 22, 2012MK Capital Company first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 22, 2012MK Capital SBIC, LP first reported on Form ADV by MK Capital Company (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $32,400,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactMK Capital Venture Fund LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 22, 2012MK Capital SBIC Parent, LP first reported on Form ADV by MK Capital Company (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $33,800,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactMK Capital Parent LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 22, 2012MK Capital II, LP first reported on Form ADV by MK Capital Company (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $80,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactMK Capital II, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jan 1, 2012Ariba: acquired by SAP in 2012, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2011Smoothstone: acquired by West in 2011, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2011PECO Pallet: acquired by The Pritzker Group in 2011, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2008Bladelogic: acquired by BMC in 2008, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2007Go2Call: acquired by deltathree in 2007, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2006RSA Security: acquired by EMC in 2006, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2005Concord Communications: acquired by CA in 2005, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2005TCI: acquired by Retailix in 2005, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2004InPhonic: went public by IPO in 2004, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
- Jan 1, 2001VPNet: acquired by Avaya in 2001, per MK Capital Company's portfolio page
Classification history
- Sep 15, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $164M across 6 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $92M across 2 vehicles
Evidence
65 observations from 3 sources