Thira
Facts
- HQ
- Bellevue, Washington, U.S.
- Sectors
- Enterprise software, Artificial intelligence, Automation
- Stage
- Seed
- Total raised
- $18.5M SEC Form D filings Total of this company's SEC Form D filings
- Last round
- $18.5M · Jun 2026 SEC Form D
Speaker Series with Kellan Carter of Fuse Finding a CEO Coach
Being a CEO is a journey filled with noble challenges and moments of loneliness. Finding someone you can trust to share your deepest struggles with is crucial. It's about identifying those individuals who have your best interests at heart.
Speaker Series Featuring Kellan Carter of FUSE
The August edition of the Scaling Montana Speaker Series features Kellen Carter, a founding partner at FUSE, a Montana native. Carter shared his journey from Great Falls, Montana, to becoming a leading voice in early-stage venture capital, emphasizing the importance of founder qualities such as resilience and the ability to attract talented people. He also discussed the evolving landscape of venture capital, highlighting the impact of AI and the reduced barriers to entry for startups. The session concluded with a Q&A, where Carter offered advice to Montana entrepreneurs on leveraging their unique backgrounds and the power of networking to succeed…
Kellan Carter of FUSE VC on Gallabox's $3.5M seed funding
Kellan Carter, Founder Partner of FUSE VC, shares his thoughts on Gallabox's seed investment round of $3.5M. Watch as he narrates the story of a chance encounter that led to him learning about Gallabox and how we're transforming business communication with WhatsApp Business API. Check out our story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2025/01/29/why-gallabox-thinks-whatsapp-is-the-future-of-sales-and-marketing/
Seattle Venture Day 2024 - Highlight Video
Seattle Venture Day is OneSixOne Ventures' flagship Seattle tech event. The 2nd annual event brought together 250+ tech leaders, investors and founders at the Queen Anne Beerhall for networking and some insightful dialogues about build and investing in startups. The event featured a fireside chat with Matt McIlwain, Managing Partner at Madrona (3x Forbes Midas list) in addition to panel discussions featuring other notable speakers such as Geoff Entress (Pioneer Square Labs), Bill McAleer (Voyager Capital), Aviel Ginzburg (Founders Co-op), Kristen Hamilton (Enjoy The Work), Maria Colacurcio (Syndio), Laura Ruderman (Technology Alliance), Kirby Winfield (Ascend VC), Julie Sandler (PSL Ventures)…
Kellan Carter - Founding Partner at FUSE
Kellan Carter is a founding partner of Bellevue-based FUSE where he focuses on early-stage investments in intelligent software in both horizontal and vertical categories. He currently sits on several Boards, including Zuper and Pictory. Previously, Kellan spent seven years at Ignition Partners, a leading early-stage venture capital firm, and two years in investment banking at Mooreland Partners in San Francisco. Kellan also currently sits on the Board of the Bellevue Boys and Girls Club. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Meet the VC: Kellan Carter of Fuse Venture Partners, Webinar
Meet the VC is a monthly panel event hosted by Early Growth and its partners. This month’s speaker is Kellan Carter of Fuse Venture Partners – an early-stage, venture capital fund investing in Seattle-based Seed and Series A companies that are reinventing the modern economy with software. We discussed fundraising, investment thesis, mental health, minority founders, the current investment climate and more. Learn more at www.earlygrowth.com.
The INDUStry Show with Kellan Carter
Kellan Carter is a Partner at Ignition Partners, a dedicated early-stage enterprise software VC firm. Kellan is also a board member and investor at several leading tech startups such as botkeeper, Icertis, and Symend. He led Symend's $7.5mn Series A earlier this month. Kellan is an alum of University of Montana. The INDUStry Show is a one-of-its-kind platform sharing journeys of global entrepreneurs from different walks of life. Witty, sharp, and insightful, we get to know the person behind the persona. Today, The INDUStry Show is a widely broadcast, global publication. Now in Season 5, we have garnered over a…
GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit: Sunny Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Apptio
The Enterprise Cloud Wars: The race for leadership in the public cloud market has been closely tracked and AWS has long been touted as the leader in cloud infrastructure. But, with slowing growth, its main competitor Azure has gained precious ground in the enterprise. Among the largest and most strategic organizations in the world, Apptio has found that IT leaders are adopting Azure at near-equal rates as AWS. During this session, Apptio’s CEO will explore why this distribution is occurring and how many of these organizations are adopting a hybrid IT mindset to make the most of the cloud and…
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Kurt Shintaffer Founder, Co-Founder and Board Director, Executive Officer, Director
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Sunny Gupta Founder, Co-founder, Co-founder and Executive Chairman
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Kellan Carter Board Observer
