About Us

Inspiration Is Our Business

KSV curates and produces inspiring and educational content and experiences to help innovation reach global corporations. As the world's largest innovation community, we provide corporations with access to founders, investors, and corporate leaders. 

Customer-Centric Solutions

KSV was born out of the idea that the brands of tomorrow will be created and grown using technologies and innovations that are being developed by startups around the world today. The pace of innovation is simply moving too fast for corporate executives to keep up, so KSV was formed to curate solutions and bring them to global corporations.

Open Innovation

KSV operates with a believe that innovation happens everywhere. We are not another walled-garden community where access is gated and guarded. This is why we maintain hundreds of online forums and host virtual events in addition to our conference programming. 

During the past two years, KSV's community of executives, founders, and investors has grown rapidly around the world. With communities in 30+ cities, across 6 industries, and dozens of events, KSV reaches over 35,000+ people making us one of the largest and most vibrant innovation communities in the world.

We are innovation optimists who believe that meaningful connections are the ultimate catalyst for business and personal growth. Our mission is to foster vibrant communities that accelerate the connections required to create a better world.

Diversity Above All

We believe that innovation is impossible without diversity. This is why we celebrate founders from all backgrounds, educations, races, geographies, and more. We are proud to represent minority founders.

For A Better World

We only work with startups and corporate partners that we believe are fundamentally working to create a better world. This is why KSV refuses to work with companies operating in markets with unfair labor laws, questionable data handling processes, and/or offering a service or product that negatively impacts its customers.*

*For more information about our startup vetting processes, visit join our startups.