Kineo Finance is a global financing firm headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, with subsidiaries in Munich, London, and San Francisco. With a specialization in early-stage hardware companies, the firm provides flexible financing solutions across the capital structure, helping founders scale efficiently without unnecessary dilution. Kineo’s hands-on approach extends beyond capital—they actively support portfolio companies in navigating market entry, optimizing recurring revenue models, and achieving long-term, sustainable growth. 

Kineo’s Finance team sought a founder-friendly portfolio monitoring solution that would automate both data collection and reporting. After one of the firm’s portfolio companies praised Standard Metrics for its seamless experience and facilitated an introduction, Kineo recognized the potential to modernize its processes. Implementing the platform would not only ease the firm’s own reporting workload, but also reduce the reporting burdens of every founder it supports. By streamlining investor relations and enhancing transparency between firms and their portfolio companies, Standard Metrics ensures that credit funds gain real-time visibility, standardized insights, and a frictionless experience—just as their equity counterparts do.

“At Kineo, we’re constantly searching for ways to optimize our operations; and for a distributed team, portfolio management is a key aspect of those operations. By implementing Standard Metrics, we not only streamline the portfolio monitoring process; we also provide ourselves with a means of turning our portfolio data into portfolio knowledge. Rather than chasing data, we can use that knowledge to focus on supporting our portfolio companies’ growth. We look forward to the efficiency and continued collaboration of this partnership.” 

– Charles Sellman, President, Kineo Finance USA

With Standard Metrics in place, the Kineo Finance team can eliminate the time-consuming process of manually gathering, consolidating, and reporting portfolio data each quarter. Instead of being distributed throughout dozens of folders and overlapping files, critical documents such as financial statements and forecasts will be structured, stored, and centrally accessible for real intelligence gathering and meaningful insights. Standard Metrics will provide a single source of truth for KPIs and investment data, and Kineo’s portfolio companies will benefit from a streamlined portal for seamless investor reporting.

“Kineo Finance is committed to driving innovation with customized financing solutions,” says John Melas-Kyriazi, co-founder and CEO of Standard Metrics. “With expertise in innovative asset financing and a relentless dedication to client success, they have established themselves as leaders in the field. We’re thrilled to contribute to their mission by providing a seamless, data-driven approach to evolving portfolio management.”

About Kineo Finance

Kineo Finance is an international financing partner headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, with subsidiaries in Germany, the UK, and the USA. Kineo specializes in innovative asset financing for technology companies, offering customized solutions in venture leasing, factoring, working capital, and equity investments. Kineo is committed to supporting companies in accelerating their market entry and achieving sustainable, enduring growth. With a team of over twenty-five professionals, Kineo Finance is a trusted partner in driving growth.

About Standard Metrics

Standard Metrics empowers investors with a unified platform that fosters seamless collaboration with their portfolio companies. Leading VC firms like General Catalyst, Salesforce Ventures, and Bessemer Venture Partners leverage Standard Metrics to effortlessly collect and structure financial and operational data. Automation accelerates data collection and delivers standardized, auditable metrics that offer VC back-office teams immediate, actionable insights. On the startup side, company teams save valuable time by structuring updates just once, then effortlessly sharing them with multiple investors, optimizing efficiency and transparency across the board.