Vision: Louisville competes on a national stage by concentrating ambition and work ethic.
Mission: Attract, retain, and grow Louisville's top builders—tilting the odds for the ambitious few willing to out‑work and out‑execute—to forge a critical mass of Series A ready companies in Louisville.
High‑agency founders leave for Austin, Nashville, SF.
Less than 1 local tech companies raise a Series A every 5 years, while peer cities field x that number (need to check this stat - cant remember).
Existing programs are spread thin across broad audiences. We're doing a great job supporting more idea and pre-seed stage companies, but few are making it through the trough of sorrow to solid traction and wins on the other side.
Concentrate capital, connections, and peer pressure on the most dedicated founders who are most likely to move through the trough and go on to create outsized jobs, revenue, and exits.
Louisville transplant, father of two, and local founder with 8 years in YC-backed startups and Bay Area high-growth tech companies; previously a high-frequency trader in Chicago, he holds an MBA from Chicago Booth and a BA in Economics from Yale. He is known amongst friends as Peter Gregory.
Louisville transplant and founder of Swell Health; a former social worker who built and sold her first company before 23. Now channels 11 years of high-growth tech experience—half during Lyft's hyper-growth years—into scaling startups and strengthening the founder community. Her call sign at KYX is OKR.
Louisville native. Cofounder @ Honeysuckle Labs (ad‑tech automation). Head Growth @ PayFWDs ($4.5 M ARR), former sales at Reelio (acq.). He is known amongst KYX as Conky.
Operator & ecosystem connector (bio TBD)
