Justin Kaufenberg

Managing Director at Rally Ventures · Joined 2019

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Biography

Justin Kaufenberg is a Managing Director at Rally Ventures, which he joined in 2019. He was previously co-founder and CEO of SportsEngine from inception through its acquisition by Comcast/NBCUniversal, and before that co-founded Third North. His Rally bio states that since joining the firm he has also been a co-founder of companies created, built and spun out of Rally, naming Revelstoke, Yardstik, JustiFi, Vertical Insure and Blank Metal. He is named as a Managing Director of the general partner of Rally Ventures Fund IV in that fund's Form D. He has a degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

AnkoredBlank MetalOrderAgent SportVertical InsureSportsEngine

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2019
Joins Rally Ventures, per his Rally Ventures bio.
2020
Named as a Managing Director of the general partner of Rally Ventures Fund IV, L.P. in the fund's Form D filed 19 November 2020.
2025
Quoted in Rally's July 2025 Blank Metal post and September 2025 Ankored post as Managing Director at Rally Ventures.
2026
Listed as a director of Ankored, Inc. and of Negotiatus Corp. in those issuers' Form D filings of 12 and 16 March 2026.

Sources & References

Rally Ventures - Our Team (Justin Kaufenberg bio) ↗SEC Form D - Ankored, Inc., filed 12 March 2026 (Justin Kaufenberg, Director) ↗SEC Form D - Negotiatus Corp., filed 16 March 2026 (Justin Kaufenberg, Director) ↗SEC Form D - BlankMetal.ai, Inc., filed 2 October 2025 (Justin Kaufenberg, Director) ↗SEC Form D - Agent Sport, Inc., filed 4 August 2025 (Justin Kaufenberg, Director) ↗SEC Form D - Vertical Insure, Inc., filed 12 June 2025 ↗SEC Form D - Rally Ventures Fund IV, L.P., filed 19 November 2020 ↗Rally Ventures - Ankored (Why We Invested, 29 September 2025) ↗Rally Ventures - Blank Metal (Why We Invested, 8 July 2025) ↗