VC  Kindred Ventures

https://kindredventures.com/




     Office Locations:

77 Van Ness Ave. Suite 101 #1600
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-938-8860
 

Stages:

  • Seed
 

Industries:

  • Information Technology
  • Software & Internet


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    Description:

    Founded in 2014, Kindred Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund led by Steve Jang and Kanyi Maqubela, and is based in San Francisco, California. The firm's approach is twofold: invest in technology startups in their first rounds of financing, and assemble talented founders to form startups and build products. Steve Jang, the founder and Managing Partner at Kindred, served as an early advisor and investor since founding at Uber and was an early investor in Coinbase, Tonal, Blue Bottle Coffee, Postmates, Zymergen, Color Health, and Expa.


     

    Funds:


      Fund Name
      Amount
      Date
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    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)    		No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)    		$2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)    		$7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Kanyi Maqubela Managing Partner
    Rachel Sonnenberg Chief of Staff
    Steve Jang Founder and Managing Partner

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date
      Name
      State
      Amount
      Stage

      03/15/2024
      Extropic
      CA
      $14,100,000
      Seed

      11/15/2023
      Canopy Platform
      WA
      $4,000,000
      Seed

      10/25/2023
      Opal Camera
      CA
      $17,000,000
      Series A

     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Bloom Credit
        web link


      Braintrust


      Canopy Platform
        web link


      Catch


      Color Genomics
        web link


      Dawn Health
        web link


      Extropic
        web link


      Heartbeat Health
        web link


      Hour One
        web link


      Humane
        web link


      Opal Camera
        web link


      OpenPhone
        web link


      Seashell
        web link


      ShelfLife
        web link


      Tonal


      Zing Data
        web link


     

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