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Ken Fox is the Founder and Partner of Stripes, the New York-based growth-equity firm he founded in 2008 after co-founding Internet Capital Group and A-10 Capital and leading consumer-products companies including SmartWool and NetQuote.
Ken Fox is Founder and Partner of Stripes, a New York growth-equity firm he founded in 2008 that takes minority stakes in revenue-generating software and branded-consumer companies to help them scale. He holds a B.S. in Economics from Penn State (1993). Earlier, he was Director of West Coast Operations at Safeguard Scientifics, then co-founded and served as Managing Director of Internet Capital Group (later Actua Corporation), founding and chairing ICG Asia. He also co-founded A-10 Capital, a middle-market commercial real estate lending firm, and earlier invested in and led SmartWool and NetQuote. Stripes' portfolio includes On, Monday.com, A24, Erewhon, Spectro Cloud, KHAITE, Snyk, Axonius, GoFundMe, and Cognition.
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- Founder & Partner, Stripes
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- New York, NY
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- Who is ken-fox?
- Ken Fox is Founder and Partner of Stripes, a New York growth-equity firm he founded in 2008 that takes minority stakes in revenue-generating software and branded-consumer companies to help them scale. He holds a B.S. in Economics from Penn State (1993). Earlier, he was Director of West Coast Operations at Safeguard Scientifics, then co-founded and served as Managing Director of Internet Capital Group (later Actua Corporation), founding and chairing ICG Asia. He also co-founded A-10 Capital, a middle-market commercial real estate lending firm, and earlier invested in and led SmartWool and NetQuote. Stripes' portfolio includes On, Monday.com, A24, Erewhon, Spectro Cloud, KHAITE, Snyk, Axonius, GoFundMe, and Cognition.
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- ken-fox is Founder & Partner, Stripes, based in New York, NY.
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Ken Fox: B.S. Economics, Pennsylvania State University (1993); Director of West Coast Operations, Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.; co-founder and Managing Director, Internet Capital Group, Inc. (IPO August 1999, later Actua Corporation), founder and Chairman of ICG Asia Ltd.; co-founder, A-10 Capital; led SmartWool and NetQuote; founded Stripes in 2008
Wikipedia: Ken FoxVerified2026-08-12 - 2
Ken Fox is the Founder and Partner at Stripes, focused on consumer and enterprise investing, and sits on the Investment Committee; has been involved with On, Monday.com, A24, Erewhon, Spectro Cloud, KHAITE, Snyk, Axonius, GoFundMe, and Cognition
Stripes: Ken Fox - TeamVerified2026-08-12