Kindred Ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
San Francisco, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
Investment stages
- Pre-Seed
- Seed
Industries
- Consumer
- AI
- Crypto
- Marketplaces
- Frontier Tech
- FinTech
- Climate Tech
About
Kindred Ventures is a San Francisco-based VC focused on pre-seed and seed-stage technology startups. Their focus spans consumer, AI, crypto, marketplaces, and frontier tech across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The firm supports founders from Pre-Seed through Seed with concentrated lead-check investing.
Kindred Ventures is a San Francisco-based VC focused on pre-seed and seed-stage technology startups. Their focus spans consumer, AI, crypto, marketplaces, and frontier tech across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The firm supports founders from Pre-Seed through Seed with concentrated lead-check investing.
Investment Thesis
Kindred Ventures is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across consumer, AI, crypto, marketplaces, and frontier technology sectors. They invest in mission-driven founders at the earliest stages of company formation with conviction-based concentrated bets. The firm differentiates itself through founders Steve Jang and Kanyi Maqubela's deep operator-investor expertise (including early bets on Coinbase, Uber, Hims, and Postmates), $130M Fund III, and dedicated focus on supporting visionary founders building category-defining companies.
Manager's Experience
Steve Jang (Founder & Managing Partner) founded Kindred Ventures in 2014 after a career as a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with early bets on Coinbase, Uber, Postmates, and Color; he previously co-founded Schematic Labs (acquired by Spotify) and brings deep consumer and crypto investing expertise. Kanyi Maqubela (Managing Partner) joined Kindred as Managing Partner bringing operator-investor expertise from his prior role as a Partner at Collaborative Fund where he led investments in BlueBottle Coffee, Lyft, Reddit, and others. The firm closed Fund III at $130M in 2022 with concentrated lead-check investing across consumer, AI, crypto, and frontier tech.
Team
Steve Jang - Founder & Managing Partner
Kanyi Maqubela - Managing Partner
Mar Hershenson - Partner
Jamie Quint - Partner
Portfolio
Coinbase
Uber
Hims
Postmates
Color Health
Dapper Labs
Front
Humane
Magic Eden
Pinata
Phantom
Polychain
Postscript
Public
Pylon
Rec Room
Replit
Slope
Spell
Sublime
Vega
Vesta
Whatnot
Workram