Kevin Diestel

Growth Equity at Generation

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 17 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2026
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Jun 2026
Ramp is an all-in-one financial operations platform designed to save businesses time and money. Combining corporate cards, expense management, bill payments, accounting automation, procurement, travel, treasury, and more, Ramp empowers finance teams to do their best work. More than 70,000 companies, from family-owned farms to space startups, have saved $10B and 27.5M hours with Ramp since its founding in 2019. Investors include Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia, Greylock, Stripe, Goldman Sachs, Coatue, and Redpoint, as well as over 100 angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies. The Ramp team comprises talented leaders from leading financial services and fintech companies—Stripe, Affirm, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Capital One—as well as technology companies such as Meta, Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, and Instacart. Ramp has been named to Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIns Top U.S. Startups for over 3 years, as well as the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazines 100 Most Influential Companies. Visit our website for a full list of US state licenses & disclosures: https://ramp.com/legal/state-disclosures
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Jul 2024
Altana is the network for trusted trade, empowering a new era of global commerce by uniting businesses and governments on an AI-powered platform to build a more resilient and secure global supply chain. Customers like Boston Scientific, General Atomics, L.L.Bean, Maersk, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the UK Department of Business and Trade use Altana to design optimal product lines, protect national security, and promote economic growth through collaboration.
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Jul 2021
Yapily is Europe’s leading open banking infrastructure platform solving a fundamental problem in financial services today: access. We securely connect our customers to thousands of banks across Europe, allowing them to access financial data and initiate payments. Yapily’s customers range from disruptive fintechs to industry leaders operating in a number of verticals. To date, weve raised $69.4 million in funding, and employ over 200 people worldwide as we continue to scale across Europe.
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Apr 2021
Degreed is a technology suite that combines lifelong learning and data-driven development so organizations can accelerate workforce capabilities for greater impact and make skills the heart of all work. Degreed is the only learning platform that makes it easy for companies to deliver daily learning, deep skill-building, education benefits, real-time insights and expert services, while connecting to a robust network of partners and integrations. More than 9 million learners from hundreds of global companies use Degreed to gain the skills to grow in their careers. Degreed, founded in 2012, launched with the mission of “jailbreaking the degree” where all skills are recognized, irrespective of how they are acquired. Degreed is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, with offices in Salt Lake City, New York, London, Amsterdam, and Brisbane. To learn more, head over to degreed.com.
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Feb 2021
At BetterUp, we’re bringing the power of human transformation to individuals and workforces everywhere. Our mission? To help people everywhere pursue their lives with greater clarity, purpose, and passion. The BetterUp experience brings together world-class coaching, AI technology, and behavioral science experts to deliver change at scale — improving personal and organizational resilience, adaptability, well-being, and productivity. The results? Individual transformation meets organizational growth. Our proven effectiveness creates positive change for your business and your people. Using our proprietary algorithm and research, we create hyper-personalized experiences that motivate and inspire your people. Watch your organization transform with real-time data analytics and unparalleled human insights that create critical awareness into your workforce and demonstrate measurable results across 25 key leadership dimensions. Interested in joining our team? See open positions: https://www.betterup.com/about-us/careers
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Nov 2020
Current is a leading U.S. leading consumer fintech platform transforming financial access for everyday Americans. We’re focused on building integrated solutions to solve needs that stand between Americans and their financial goals, making it easier for everyone to build the future they deserve.
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Sep 2020
Cazoo. Right for You. Search over 230,000 used cars from 6,000 dealers nationwide.
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Sep 2018
project44 is on a mission to make supply chains work. We optimize the movement of products globally, delivering better resiliency, sustainability, and value for our customers. As the supply chain connective tissue, we operate the most trusted end-to-end visibility platform that tracks more than 1 billion shipments annually for the world’s leading brands. Now the undisputed leader in the market, project44 has achieved the following recognition: 1️⃣ Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant 2️⃣ Top ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ customer ratings on G2 3️⃣ Ranked #1 on FreightWaves’ FreightTech 25 for 2022 4️⃣ Named a Customer’s Choice in Gartner Peer Insights’ Voice of the Customer 5️⃣ Achieved Tech Unicorn Status in June 2021 6️⃣ Raised $420M in Series F Funding led by Goldman Sachs, Thoma Bravo, & TPG project44 is the world’s most robust multimodal network, operating in over 170 countries and more than 20 languages. Our approach to global and multimodal connectivity enables supply chain and logistic professionals to track inventory throughout their entire journey, including: 🚚 Truckload 🚚 LTL 🚚 Volume LTL 🌊 Ocean 🚂 Rail ✈️ Air 📦 Final Mile Headquartered in Chicago, project44 is comprised of a diverse, fast-growing, and global workforce with offices in Amsterdam, Austin, San Francisco, France, Poland, Germany, Brazil, Mexico City, India, and Colombia. Ready to transform your supply chain? Click on the LEARN MORE button ☝ above ☝ Or, if you’re eager to be part of a winning team that works together to solve the world’s most complex supply chain challenges, click Jobs to view our open roles.
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Nov 2017
23andMe, headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, is a leading consumer genetics and research company. Founded in 2006, the company’s mission is to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome. 23andMe has pioneered direct access to genetic information as the only company with multiple FDA authorizations for genetic health risk reports. The company has created the world’s largest crowdsourced platform for genetic research, with 80 percent of its customers electing to participate. The 23andMe research platform has generated more than 180 publications on the genetic underpinnings of a wide range of diseases, conditions, and traits. The platform also powers the 23andMe Therapeutics group, currently pursuing drug discovery programs rooted in human genetics across a spectrum of disease areas, including oncology, respiratory, and cardiovascular diseases, in addition to other therapeutic areas. 23andMe was named as one of the San Francisco Chronicles Top Workplaces and one of Comparablys Best Places to Work in 2022. CEO, Anne Wojcicki was also named one of Glassdoor’s top CEOs in 2019 and one of Comparably’s "Best CEOs for Women" in 2021 and 2022. More information is available at www.23andMe.com.
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May 2017
Culture Amp is the world’s leading employee experience platform, revolutionizing how 25 million employees across more than 6,500 companies create a better world of work. Culture Amp empowers companies of all sizes and industries to transform employee engagement, drive performance management, and develop high-performing teams. Powered by people science and the most comprehensive employee dataset in the world, the most innovative companies including Canva, On, Asana, Dolby, McDonalds and Nasdaq depend on Culture Amp every day. Culture Amp is backed by leading capital venture funds and has offices in the US, UK, Germany and Australia. Culture Amp has been recognized as one of the world’s top private cloud companies by Forbes and most innovative companies by Fast Company. For more information visit cultureamp.com.
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Jan 2017
Sunbasket is a healthy meal delivery service offering fresh, seasonal ingredients and easy recipes delivered to your door weekly. Choose your meals each week or opt into a menu plan, including Paleo, Lean & Clean, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Mediterranean, and more options. Sun Basket makes it easy to cook delicious meals, eat clean, and feel great. Sunbasket sources seasonal organic produce from the best farms, responsibly raised meats, and wild-caught seafood. Our packaging is recyclable and compostable. Most recipes are ready to eat in 30 minutes or less, with pre-measured ingredients making it even easier to cook. Since we only send you what you need, there’s less waste and clutter from unused herbs, sauces and spices. Our head chef was the executive chef at a James Beard Award-winning restaurant, and she has a talent for combining the best seasonal produce with globally-inspired flavors to create nourishing meals that are balanced, healthy and delicious.
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Jul 2015
Integral Ad Science is a leading global media measurement and optimization platform that delivers the industry’s most actionable data to drive superior results for the world’s largest advertisers, publishers, and media platforms. IAS’s software provides comprehensive and enriched data that ensures ads are seen by real people in safe and suitable environments while improving return on ad spend for advertisers and yield for publishers. Our mission is to be the global benchmark for trust and transparency in digital media quality. IAS will never ask an applicant for payment during the recruitment process. Always verify job offers through official channels.
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Apr 2015
At IEX, were passionate about building technology that moves finance forward. Our story began when we built IEX Exchange, a stock exchange designed to deliver high-performance results for all investors. Our goal is to build transformative technology without ever compromising our integrity - and were just getting started. To learn more, visit iex.io.
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Jan 2014
Kaltura’s mission is to power any video experience for any organization. Kaltura is the leading video cloud, powering the broadest range of video experiences. Our Video Experience Cloud is used by leading brands reaching millions of users, at home, at school, and at work, for virtual events, communication, collaboration, training, marketing, sales, customer care, teaching, learning, and entertainment experiences.
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Oct 2013
As the leading global provider of ethics and compliance cloud software, Convercent connects ethics to business performance by weaving ethics and values into everyday operations in over 600 of the world’s largest companies. Its Ethics Cloud Platform provides a suite of applications: Convercent Insights, Convercent Helpline, Convercent Campaigns, Convercent Disclosures and Convercent Interactive Code of Conduct, that gives executives insights required to make proactive, informed decisions about their company’s ethical health. Convercent customers include Microsoft, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Capgemini and Under Armour who care deeply about driving ethics to the center of their organizations.
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2026
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Jun 2026
Ramp is an all-in-one financial operations platform designed to save businesses time and money. Combining corporate cards, expense management, bill payments, accounting automation, procurement, travel, treasury, and more, Ramp empowers finance teams to do their best work. More than 70,000 companies, from family-owned farms to space startups, have saved $10B and 27.5M hours with Ramp since its founding in 2019. Investors include Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia, Greylock, Stripe, Goldman Sachs, Coatue, and Redpoint, as well as over 100 angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies. The Ramp team comprises talented leaders from leading financial services and fintech companies—Stripe, Affirm, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Capital One—as well as technology companies such as Meta, Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, and Instacart. Ramp has been named to Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIns Top U.S. Startups for over 3 years, as well as the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazines 100 Most Influential Companies. Visit our website for a full list of US state licenses & disclosures: https://ramp.com/legal/state-disclosures
2024
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Jul 2024
Altana is the network for trusted trade, empowering a new era of global commerce by uniting businesses and governments on an AI-powered platform to build a more resilient and secure global supply chain. Customers like Boston Scientific, General Atomics, L.L.Bean, Maersk, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the UK Department of Business and Trade use Altana to design optimal product lines, protect national security, and promote economic growth through collaboration.
2023
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Apr 2023
Overview Generation was established in 2004 as an independent, private, investment management partnership with offices in London and San Francisco. The Generation team represents a diverse mix of people from around the world representing more than 20 countries and speaking over 25 languages. Our investment team was founded by bringing together seasoned investment analysts with leaders from the sustainability research field. Generations investment approach is based on our conviction that sustainability risks and opportunities directly affect long-term business profitability. We believe the interests of shareholders, over time, will be best served by companies that maximise their financial return by strategically managing their economic, social and environmental performance. Generation has built a global research platform in order to integrate sustainability research into fundamental financial analysis. We are closely aligned with our clients, and our performance is measured over the long term.
2021
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Jul 2021
Yapily is Europe’s leading open banking infrastructure platform solving a fundamental problem in financial services today: access. We securely connect our customers to thousands of banks across Europe, allowing them to access financial data and initiate payments. Yapily’s customers range from disruptive fintechs to industry leaders operating in a number of verticals. To date, weve raised $69.4 million in funding, and employ over 200 people worldwide as we continue to scale across Europe.
Investor
Apr 2021
Degreed is a technology suite that combines lifelong learning and data-driven development so organizations can accelerate workforce capabilities for greater impact and make skills the heart of all work. Degreed is the only learning platform that makes it easy for companies to deliver daily learning, deep skill-building, education benefits, real-time insights and expert services, while connecting to a robust network of partners and integrations. More than 9 million learners from hundreds of global companies use Degreed to gain the skills to grow in their careers. Degreed, founded in 2012, launched with the mission of “jailbreaking the degree” where all skills are recognized, irrespective of how they are acquired. Degreed is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, with offices in Salt Lake City, New York, London, Amsterdam, and Brisbane. To learn more, head over to degreed.com.
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