Jonathan M. Kaye

KAYO Family Office

📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 22 investments📅 28 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2023
VC🌍 United States20+ investments
22
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10
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3
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3
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28y
Years active

Portfolio

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2023
We identify, build and scale custom automation solutions to transform the future of food. Vebu is a robotic automation company, seeking to innovate with industry-leading corporate partners to build solutions for the food industry.
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2023
About Sol-ti Sol-ti introduced the first Light Filtered and Glass Bottled organic beverages on the market. Fostered from the belief that finding fresh and natural beverages should be easy, our company is built on a passion for healthy living and sustainability. We use only the highest quality organic produce, superfoods, herbs and tea - raw, vegan and non-GMO. As a company, we are focused on triple bottom line: in addition to profit, we measure success by how we positively transform our community and planet. Let Yourself Shine We each have an inner light. At Sol-ti, we enable you to shine your brightest through liquids of vitality. Each beverage is an alchemy of fresh ingredients with very real benefits for your well-being: energy, positivity and health. Let Yourself Shine with Sol-ti Best in Glass While other beverage companies use petroleum-based plastic packaging, we bottle our products in glass for purity and taste. How do we do this? Our unique light filtration process uses light rays to preserve our liquid without pasteurizing it. The effects are minimally invasive – eliminating spoilers without impacting nutrient counts – so you can enjoy pure, raw Sol-ti.
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2022
The brand that people trust not to upset their stomachs. BelliWelli for a Better Belly.
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2021
Restaurant AI that elevates human potential in the kitchen.
Investor
2019
Garuda Ventures is a pre-seed and seed-focused firm run by operators-turned-investors. Through Garuda, we invest in ambitious founders building the iconic companies of tomorrow. If this sounds like you, wed love to be your first investor.
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2018
We know doing it all is harder than you make it look. We believe life should be lived doing the things you truly care about, whatever they are. We don’t want you to feel tied down by your beauty routine, or feel like you have to buy another product just to keep up. At Alleyoop, we believe in doing more with less. Our innovative beauty and body products work overtime, with dual (sometimes triple) benefits, reduced packaging and maximum portability. So you can do what you want with that extra five minutes in the morning, or take them with you when you’re already five minutes late. Elle Future of Beauty Award 🎉 Pure Beauty Global Award 🎉 Womens Health Beauty Award 🎉 Real Simples Smart Beauty Award 🎉 NewBeauty Innovation Award 🎉
early stageConsumer Goods
Investor
2018
Nancy Kaye, Founder and CEO of HEMP LOVE, saw an opportunity to create a healthier chocolate bar by including organic hemp seeds, one of nature’s most perfect foods. She wanted to inspire people to make healthier choices and avoid processed foods by offering this unique product to only the best food retailers. HEMP LOVE sources the finest organic ingredients while promoting a clean, simple and relevant brand. HEMP LOVE is the first chocolate bar with hemp seeds. Hemp seeds are a good source of protein, minerals and Omega-3 & Omega-6 essential fatty acids with a delicious nutty taste. Our chocolate bars are made in a Vegan-only facility and certified CCOF Organic, gluten free, soy free, palm free, dairy free, certified Kosher & non-GMO. HEMP LOVE chocolate is an ethically sourced and premium blend of Ecuadorian & South American Cacao. Available at EREWHON, WHOLE FOODS & Other Specialty Markets in Southern California. Each of our six unique flavors are also offered online at https://www.hemplove.com/ in mint, lavender, peanut butter, cinnamon/salt, orange/vanilla & dark chocolate. HEMP LOVE is a California, women-owned business.
early stageFood & Beverages
Investor
2018
At GOODBITES, we believe that all food—even snack food—can and should be beautiful, delicious, innovative, and healthy!. We make delicious food that is RAW, VEGAN, ORGANIC, NATURAL, GLUTEN-FREE, NON-GMO SUPERFOODS. We never use unhealthy sweeteners or hidden junk! GOODBITES provides energy and sustenance needed to make it in between meals, grab a breakfast on the go, or fuel up post-workout without sluggishness or the crazy sugar crash caused by many packaged snacks. RAW food is never heated over 117 degrees, protecting the natural live enzymes that enable you to digest it more easily.
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2018
We are fighting to end the racial wealth gap and increase social equity for black and latino people. Focusing on communities that were destroyed by the war on drugs, we invest in individuals who have incredible tenacity for being business owners but lack sustainable access to the capital and support required to start and grow a business.
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2018
Bryn Pharma is a privately held pharmaceutical company based in North Carolina. Primary focus is on the development and commercialization of innovative allergy products for the management of anaphylaxis. The mission of Bryn Pharma is to empower patients with a life-saving device that is small enough to comfortably fit in your pocket and easy to use in the event of an anaphylactic attack. Our intranasal delivery system will be an exciting alternative to epinephrine auto-injectors providing patients a needle-free option that is easy to use, portable, and affordable.
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2018
Hi there! Were Sphynx, a new beauty brand thats changing things up. We think our routines have gotten way too...routine. Predictable is boring. Cookie-cutter is boring. And conventional beauty products aren’t solving real women’s problems. Our products break boundaries and shake things up. We won’t tell you when or where to use them - we’ll just make them awesome so you’ll want to use them every time. Come along for the ride! xo, Sphynx
early stageManufacturing
Investor
2018
Founded in 2015, Beliade is an investment firm focusing on the next generation of great consumer companies in the US. Investments include: Cotopaxi, Rhone, Hill House Home, La Ligne, Jaanuu, Foxtrot, Van Leeuwen, Kosas, Heyday, Made By Nacho, Spring Cafe Aspen, Coterie, Cure Hydration, Ceremonia, Poncho Outdoors, Dom's Kitchen & Market, Good Crisp Company, The Outset, and Super Smalls.
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2017
Amplify is an early stage venture capital firm in Venice, CA dedicated to making early investments in LAs most promising startups, and is a leading institution in the Los Angeles venture capital scene. Since 2011, Amplify has backed dozens of companies, which together have gone on to raise billions of dollars in funding, with exits to Apple, Google, and FanDuel, among others. Some prominent Amplify portfolio companies include: - Clutter (clutter.com) - FloQast (floqast.com) - HelloTech (hellotech.com) - Bouqs (bouqs.com) - Bitium (acquired by Google) - Winc (winc.com)
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2017
MedMen Enterprises is a leading cannabis company in the U.S. with assets and operations in CA, NV, AZ, IL, NY and MA. MedMen owns and operates licensed cannabis facilities in cultivation, manufacturing and retail, and is the most recognized cannabis brand in the world today. MedMen brings class leading operational expertise and unprecedented investment to the fast changing and fast-growing cannabis industry as it moves from its gray market legacy to a fully regulated, legitimate, and commercially viable market. MedMen supports sensible, clear, and just drug laws that strengthen communities and create economic opportunities. The company is the single largest financial supporter of progressive marijuana laws at the local, state, and federal levels, giving directly to pro-legalization groups, industry organizations, and political candidates. For more information, visit http://www.medmen.com.
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2016
Make Sense Labs is a product development company. We are making data-driven decisions and building MVP prototypes to test in the market. Our objective is to prove that blockchain technology products and cryptocurrency, together, can empower people with financial inclusion and be easy to use… with an underlying emphasis on independence, consensus, and democracy.
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2023
We identify, build and scale custom automation solutions to transform the future of food. Vebu is a robotic automation company, seeking to innovate with industry-leading corporate partners to build solutions for the food industry.
Investor
2023
About Sol-ti Sol-ti introduced the first Light Filtered and Glass Bottled organic beverages on the market. Fostered from the belief that finding fresh and natural beverages should be easy, our company is built on a passion for healthy living and sustainability. We use only the highest quality organic produce, superfoods, herbs and tea - raw, vegan and non-GMO. As a company, we are focused on triple bottom line: in addition to profit, we measure success by how we positively transform our community and planet. Let Yourself Shine We each have an inner light. At Sol-ti, we enable you to shine your brightest through liquids of vitality. Each beverage is an alchemy of fresh ingredients with very real benefits for your well-being: energy, positivity and health. Let Yourself Shine with Sol-ti Best in Glass While other beverage companies use petroleum-based plastic packaging, we bottle our products in glass for purity and taste. How do we do this? Our unique light filtration process uses light rays to preserve our liquid without pasteurizing it. The effects are minimally invasive – eliminating spoilers without impacting nutrient counts – so you can enjoy pure, raw Sol-ti.
2022
Investor
2022
The brand that people trust not to upset their stomachs. BelliWelli for a Better Belly.
2021
Investor
2021
Restaurant AI that elevates human potential in the kitchen.
2019
Investor
2019
Our product is used by the world’s very best heat exchanger manufacturers in automotive, power generation, off-road / heavy duty and military applications. At Arzon, we have specialized in manufacturing thin-wall high frequency welded tubes for more than 40 years. We build long-term relationships with our customers, sharing and demonstrating a strong commitment to overcoming challenges. We work closely with our customers to innovate new solutions that improve the performance of their processes, products and services.
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