Scott Kitun

Media Entrepreneur & Investor @ GigaStar

📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 22 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States20+ investments
22
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7
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Portfolio

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Seed Investor
Dec 2023
A Peer-to-Peer Marketplace BY collectors FOR collectors with a commitment to low fees & best-in-class protection for members.
Seed Investor
Nov 2023
KINO was started with a mission: to make the film/tv industry more equitable for all. Hollywood is broken and by opening doors through technology we can forge a better film/tv industry for filmmakers and fans alike. We are filmmakers, tech entrepreneurs and engineers revolutionizing how films are made and how theyre experienced. KINO brings the power of technology to film. Whether thats community building, royalties processing, or IP discovery, KINOs technology makes us faster, stronger, and more connected.
Seed Investor
Sep 2023
Breakr stands at the cutting edge of influencer collaboration, offering a transformative SaaS platform designed explicitly for record labels, artists, and brands. In an era where transparency, communication, and efficiency are paramount, Breakr addresses the unique challenges of influencer campaigns. Our integrated approach combines a vast creator marketplace with a patented digital wallet system, ensuring seamless interactions and transactions. By leveraging advanced technology—including enterprise analytics and robust CRM systems—Breakr is reshaping how labels and brands collaborate with influencers, ensuring high-impact campaigns and quantifiable ROI in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
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Jul 2023
TYGER AI is building the music layer for gaming. Our platform delivers adaptive, artist-driven soundtracks that respond to gameplay in real time, giving gamers a music experience that streaming apps were never designed for. TYGER sits alongside the games youre already playing and transforms how music shows up in interactive entertainment. Were bringing music into gaming in a way that actually works for the games and music industries.
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May 2023
At Book with Eva, we are fans first. When co-founders Makenzie Stokel and Channing Moreland met at college in Nashville, both were already crazy about live music. It wasn’t long before the two were organizing everything from large house parties to small festivals. The music and live event part was fun. The messy details, paperwork, and uncertainty when trying to book entertainment, not so much. Book with Eva was created to make booking the right entertainment for your event quick, easy and reliable.The Book with Eva team, along with their easy-to-use technology, are dedicated to connecting clients with high-quality entertainment and unique experiences. Book with Eva’s platform allows you to book the best entertainment for your event every time. At the heart of Book with Eva (behind the technology) is our team of industry experts that are on a mission to connect event planners to amazing entertainment. We are supportive and transparent with everything we do. We believe in inclusivity, always, and thrive to radiate that through our entertainment. We are driven to help our clients reach their event goals and create meaningful experiences that inspire.
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Feb 2023
We are Rivet. We’re on a mission to unleash the world’s creativity by building the world’s most creator-first platform. And we’re doing this by helping creators build and own their fan community-driven businesses. Rivet is the best AI marketing and community growth platform for musicians. Rivet helps creators discover their top fans, activate them with exclusive content and perks, and build strong, monetizable fan communities through direct, personalized outreach. Rivet plugs into social and commerce platforms and captures what keeps fans engaged, and it uses these insights to guide creators and automate fan retention. Grammy nominees, chart-toppers, podcasters, and more are using Rivet to build and own their fan communities and businesses. Get started within minutes and build your own community-driven business empire with Rivet.
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Feb 2023
EarlyBird is the simplest and most meaningful way to invest in a child’s future starting at the youngest age possible. Through the EarlyBird platform, we empower parents, family, and friends to collectively invest in every child to celebrate all of lifes most precious Moments. Our mission is through the power of love, community, and capital, we will democratize access to generational wealth for ALL US families.
Investor
Jan 2023
Tuney builds tools to edit existing music, produce remixes and generate new tracks for media pros working with music and audio.
Investor
Dec 2022
Entrée is the only way to enjoy restaurant-quality food from the comfort of your own home. Say goodbye to soggy delivery and messy meal kits. Say hello to exclusive menus and inspired flavors, prepared by acclaimed chefs, finished, and plated by you.
Investor
Jun 2021
Apollo.io combines a buyer database of over 210M contacts and powerful sales engagement and automation tools in one, easy to use platform. Trusted by over 160,000 companies including Autodesk, Rippling, Deel, Jasper.ai, Divvy, and Heap, Apollo has more than one million users globally. By helping sales professionals find their ideal buyers and intelligently automate outreach, Apollo helps go-to-market teams sell anything. Celebrating a $100M Series D Funding Round 🦄
Investor
Jul 2020
Elemeno Health is a software company that offers a new solution to support hospital nurses and frontline for optimal unit-level care. We make a customized app for each hospital unit so that we capture their unique practice needs. We build and constantly update the app with highly digestible, latest news and information. Because protocols and technology are changing so fast, we make it easier for unit leaders to standardize their last mile care. You can also share your app across units and hospital systems without ever needing help from IT.
Investor
Apr 2020
GRIT BXNG, an innovative new fitness concept, provides high intensity group classes with the boxing discipline at its core. The studio’s mission is to inspire and motivate people to transform their lives and bodies, through its best-in-class trainers teaching GRIT’s unique fitness curriculum at its dynamic new state-of-the-art facility. GRIT BXNG’s 5,000 sq foot flagship studio will debut in June 2019, located at 9 East 16th Street off Fifth Avenue in New York.
Investor
Feb 2020
Rocket Dollar makes it easy to unlock retirement savings. No longer trapped in traditional mutual funds, these savings can be used to fund a start-up, as a small business loan, peer-to-peer lending, buy real-estate, and invest in cryptocurrency. Founded in 2018, Rocket Dollar helps everyone access savings to follow their dreams. For more information, visit www.rocketdollar.com
Investor
Jan 2020
Earn. Compete. Win. Invest. Repeat. Ember is a Web3 superapp that empowers our almost 1 million users around the world to earn, play and invest. Weve been featured in TechCrunch, Coindesk, The Block, Yahoo Finance, Reuters and more. With over $12M raised in venture, we are expanding our team. Come join us.
Investor
May 2019
Hi, were Trust & Will. Were on a mission to help every family to leave their legacy with a fast, easy, and secure way to create, manage, and distribute their estate plan online. Since 2017, weve helped hundreds of thousands of families plan for their future with a streamlined and intuitive approach that makes estate planning simple, affordable, and accessible. Were backed by leading names in venture capital and we are the estate planning provider for UBS, Fifth Third Bank, Northwestern Mutual, AARP, SoFi, and more, who all believe in our mission of helping every family leave their legacy. Were always looking for talented people to join our 100% remote first team - come join a B Corporation and an Inc. Best Workplace award winner thats changing an industry and helping millions of families along the way. *Trust & Will is an online service providing legal forms and information. We are not a law firm and we do not provide legal advice.
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2026
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May 2026
2023
Seed Investor
Dec 2023
A Peer-to-Peer Marketplace BY collectors FOR collectors with a commitment to low fees & best-in-class protection for members.
Seed Investor
Nov 2023
KINO was started with a mission: to make the film/tv industry more equitable for all. Hollywood is broken and by opening doors through technology we can forge a better film/tv industry for filmmakers and fans alike. We are filmmakers, tech entrepreneurs and engineers revolutionizing how films are made and how theyre experienced. KINO brings the power of technology to film. Whether thats community building, royalties processing, or IP discovery, KINOs technology makes us faster, stronger, and more connected.
Seed Investor
Sep 2023
Breakr stands at the cutting edge of influencer collaboration, offering a transformative SaaS platform designed explicitly for record labels, artists, and brands. In an era where transparency, communication, and efficiency are paramount, Breakr addresses the unique challenges of influencer campaigns. Our integrated approach combines a vast creator marketplace with a patented digital wallet system, ensuring seamless interactions and transactions. By leveraging advanced technology—including enterprise analytics and robust CRM systems—Breakr is reshaping how labels and brands collaborate with influencers, ensuring high-impact campaigns and quantifiable ROI in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
Investor
Jul 2023
TYGER AI is building the music layer for gaming. Our platform delivers adaptive, artist-driven soundtracks that respond to gameplay in real time, giving gamers a music experience that streaming apps were never designed for. TYGER sits alongside the games youre already playing and transforms how music shows up in interactive entertainment. Were bringing music into gaming in a way that actually works for the games and music industries.
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