Our Story
Keller Winston was founded on a simple observation — that the best founders don't need more advice. They need partners who have actually done it.
Who understand that building a company is not a linear process, that the hardest moments come without warning, and that what separates the companies that make it from the ones that don't is rarely the idea.
It is the people. The judgment. The network. The ability to make the right call under pressure.
Keller Winston exists to be that partner. We bring capital, yes. But we bring something rarer — genuine operational experience, a network built over decades, and the willingness to roll up our sleeves when it matters most. We are based in New York and Miami. We invest globally. We back the builders.
Leadership
The Partners
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Richard Smullen
Co-Founder, Keller Winston
Richard Smullen is the founder of Pypestream, Inc. — a New York-based enterprise AI company that has spent nearly a decade building and deploying AI agents for Fortune 500 companies across insurance, healthcare, and telecommunications. A serial entrepreneur with deep expertise in enterprise technology, AI, and scaling businesses in regulated industries, Richard brings a rare combination of technical understanding, enterprise relationships, and founder-level grit to every Keller Winston investment.
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Jay Keller
Co-Founder, Keller Winston
Jay Keller is a visionary fintech leader and the founder of Onyx IQ — a company that redefined the alternative lending space through institution-grade technology and capital infrastructure. With decades of experience building financial systems from the ground up, Jay has built a portfolio spanning lending, underwriting, SaaS, and payments — an integrated infrastructure that modernizes how businesses access and deploy capital at scale. A serial founder and operator with a track record of identifying where financial frameworks are broken and building the technology to fix them.
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Our Values
Conviction
We only back what we genuinely believe in. No hedged bets. No spray and pray. Every investment is a commitment.
Velocity
Speed matters in early-stage investing. We make decisions fast, move with founders, and never let process get in the way of opportunity.
Integrity
How we behave when deals are hard, when companies struggle, and when the easy path is the wrong one — that is who we are.