Koch Disruptive Technologies

Founded in 2017, Koch Disruptive Technologies is a venture capital firm based in Wichita, Kansas. It invests in promising entrepreneurs and technologies across industries to improve Koch Industries' existing businesses and create new opportunities.

Jon Chisholm

Managing Director

Celeste Dauner

Managing Director

Adam DeWolf

Managing Director

Brendon Durkin

Managing Director

Jon Galitzer

Managing Director

Keaton Goedert

Investment Director

Eli Groner

Managing Director

Byron Knight

COO and President

chase koch

Founder

Steve MacKenzie

Managing Director, Koch Labs

Navin Maharaj

Senior Director, Koch Labs

Isaac Sigron

Managing Director

Charles Koch

President

Past deals in Virtualization

Volumez

Series A in 2024
Volumez is a provider of Data Infrastructure as a Service (DIaaS), offering a platform that integrates and orchestrates cloud resources to create customized data infrastructures suited to specific workload requirements. The platform is designed for data-intensive applications, ensuring performance, resilience, scalability, and cost efficiency across any cloud environment. With its innovative architecture and controller-less design, Volumez simplifies the deployment of storage solutions and dynamically adjusts to the evolving needs of businesses. This results in a predictable and composable DIaaS that delivers high performance and ultra-low latency while maintaining enterprise-grade data resilience at optimized costs. The company’s services are accessible through major cloud marketplaces, including AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud, facilitating easier management of both public and private cloud resources.

Alkira

Series C in 2024
Alkira, Inc. is a provider of a comprehensive networking platform designed for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Established in 2018 and based in San Jose, California, Alkira offers its services through a pay-as-you-go model that enables customers to seamlessly connect local systems and cloud workloads to its Cloud Exchange Points (CXP). The Alkira Network Cloud facilitates the rapid deployment of multi-cloud network connectivity, integrated network and security services, and offers operational visibility and governance. Users can design their network across various users, sites, and clouds using an intuitive digital canvas, provisioning the network with just one click. Alkira’s solutions are utilized by major enterprises, system integrators, and managed service providers, enabling them to activate services on-demand and scale resources based on utilization.

Volumez

Series A in 2023
Volumez is a provider of Data Infrastructure as a Service (DIaaS), offering a platform that integrates and orchestrates cloud resources to create customized data infrastructures suited to specific workload requirements. The platform is designed for data-intensive applications, ensuring performance, resilience, scalability, and cost efficiency across any cloud environment. With its innovative architecture and controller-less design, Volumez simplifies the deployment of storage solutions and dynamically adjusts to the evolving needs of businesses. This results in a predictable and composable DIaaS that delivers high performance and ultra-low latency while maintaining enterprise-grade data resilience at optimized costs. The company’s services are accessible through major cloud marketplaces, including AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud, facilitating easier management of both public and private cloud resources.

Alkira

Series B in 2020
Alkira, Inc. is a provider of a comprehensive networking platform designed for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Established in 2018 and based in San Jose, California, Alkira offers its services through a pay-as-you-go model that enables customers to seamlessly connect local systems and cloud workloads to its Cloud Exchange Points (CXP). The Alkira Network Cloud facilitates the rapid deployment of multi-cloud network connectivity, integrated network and security services, and offers operational visibility and governance. Users can design their network across various users, sites, and clouds using an intuitive digital canvas, provisioning the network with just one click. Alkira’s solutions are utilized by major enterprises, system integrators, and managed service providers, enabling them to activate services on-demand and scale resources based on utilization.
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