2024 Year In Review
In
2024,
K1 Achieved
At K1, we are in the business of seeking to transform lives and industries.
We believe, as the largest investor in some of the smallest enterprise software companies, we focus exclusively on identifying emerging category leaders that have built leading-edge technology businesses and empowering them with operationally-focused growth strategies to help them scale.
Our portfolio companies are at the forefront of innovation, driving productivity for some of the largest Fortune 500 and Global 2000 corporations. By applying the latest machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies, these businesses are leveraging extensive proprietary datasets to drive real-world efficiency gains, reimagining how modern employees interact with AI-powered software applications.
By finding businesses we believe others overlook and implementing growth strategies that combine organic and inorganic innovation, we help them evolve into indispensable market leaders. We believe our single team, single office, and single strategy approach enables us to identify, build, and scale category leaders, aiming to deliver once-in-a-generation impact across industries.
2024 was a record-breaking year for K1 — a testament to the innovation, resilience, and collaboration across our portfolio. As we look to 2025, we remain committed to driving meaningful change for our companies, their customers, and the industries they serve.
Onward.
The partnership with K1 has allowed us to grow 10X bigger than we were before.
Steve Marsh | Founder, Smarsh
K1’s partnership was instrumental in transforming Axcient into a category leader in business continuity solutions, providing the strategic insight and operational support we needed to scale our technology and expand our market reach. We are excited to continue our mission, building on the strong foundation we created with K1.
Rod Mathews | CEO, Axcient
We met the K1 team when we were around 40 employees and their passion for building category leaders was apparent. We are humbled that we have leader since become the global leader in software security solutions for DevOps.
Emmanuel Benzaquen | Former CEO, Checkmarx
With K1’s support, we aim to accelerate product innovation and expand our capabilities to meet the rapidly growing demands for AI and cloud-based solutions. Our partnership allows us to continue delivering the innovative database solutions our customers rely on.
Rohit de Souza | CEO, MariaDB
We partnered with K1 because of their entrepreneurial spirit, operational experience in scaling companies, and their investments in AI. K1 has a history of building category leaders, and we are excited to leverage their experience to strengthen our product offering.
Pippa Begg | Co-Founder & CEO, Board Intelligence
Joining the K1 portfolio has been nothing less than amazing. K1’s ecosystem of advisors, strategic approach to value creation, and ability to attract leading talent have allowed us to align on both strategy and execution seamlessly.
Michael Farlekas | CEO, Onit
I’m excited to join the Cyara team and be part of K1’s portfolio. K1 provides the right balance between operational guidance and strategy making this an ideal environment to foster growth and drive success.
Raj Gupta | CTO of Cyara