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Kellan Carter

Founding General Partner, Fuse Venture Partners

Venture capital

Kellan Carter co-founded Fuse Venture Partners with Cameron Borumand in 2020, when the two left Ignition Partners to start their own early-stage firm in the Pacific Northwest. He is a general partner there, investing in vertical and enterprise software. At Ignition he led early investments in Icertis and Symend. He grew up in Montana.

Kellan hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Kellan co-founded Fuse Venture Partners, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Podcast
Kellan Carter - Founding Partner at FUSEWhat Fuels You
2024
Video
Meet the VC: Kellan Carter of Fuse Venture PartnersEscalon Services
2020

Quick answers

Who is Kellan Carter?

A general partner at Fuse. Fuse's own site, checked 2026-09-19, lists him as General Partner, focused on early-stage investments in vertical and enterprise software, and says he previously was a Partner at Ignition Partners.

How did Fuse start?

Crunchbase News reported on 2020-07-28 that Kellan Carter and Cameron Borumand, both from Ignition Partners, started Fuse Venture Partners that week to invest in Seattle-based seed and Series A software startups. Carter said that when Ignition began raising its sixth fund, he and Borumand saw a chance to raise a fund of their own.

How big has Fuse grown?

TechCrunch reported on 2023-09-25 that Fuse had launched a $250 million second fund and had over $420 million in committed capital, and named Carter among the people who founded the firm in 2020.

Where is he from?

The Montana High Tech Business Alliance's listing for an August 27, 2025 Scaling Montana talk describes him as a Montana native and University of Montana alum.

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