Kanon Dean

Kanon Dean is currently publicly associated with Teamfi, a fundraising software company he co-founded with his brother Zeth Dean. Teamfi says its mission is to provide free and secure fundraising software for teams, clubs, and school groups across the United States. The company says Kanon and Zeth began building Teamfi in 2022 after a challenge from their father, a Michigan high school football coach who wanted a way to fundraise without losing 20% to 25% to fundraising-company fees.

Before Teamfi, Dean worked at Auxo Investment Partners in Grand Rapids. MarketScreener lists him as having worked as a Senior Analyst / Private Equity Analyst at Auxo Investment Partners from 2018 to 2022. Auxo is a private equity firm that invests in North American lower-middle-market companies, particularly in manufacturing, industrial, distribution, transportation, and business services.

Dean graduated from Harvard University in 2018. His LinkedIn profile lists Harvard University, cum laude, 2014 to 2018, and notes that he was captain of the wrestling team and an NWCA Academic All-American. Harvard Athletics lists him as a Lowell, Michigan native and senior wrestler in 2017-2018; his Harvard senior perspective identifies his concentration as Economics and his House affiliation as Adams.

Public sources reviewed do not verify the stub claim that Dean is currently an angel investor focused on seed rounds. The verifiable investor-related record is his former private equity analyst role at Auxo.

• Publicly available sources do not show a personal angel-investing thesis, check size, or seed-stage mandate for Kanon Dean.
• At Auxo, the relevant investment focus was lower-middle-market private equity: North America-based businesses with $2 million to $20 million of EBITDA.
• Auxo states that it looks for manufacturing, industrial, value-added distribution, transportation, and business-services companies.
• Auxo says it has “built deep expertise in ownership transitions for family- and entrepreneur-owned businesses.”
• Auxo prefers majority-control investments and will consider select minority-partner opportunities.
• Auxo’s stated philosophy emphasizes long-term ownership, stewardship of employees and communities, partnership with management teams, support for U.S. manufacturing, and conscious capitalism.
• Teamfi is not an investment firm; its business focus is zero-platform-fee fundraising software for sports teams, PTAs/PTOs, music programs, clubs, schools, and student groups.