Kensington Capital Partners Limited
VC Fund
Toronto, Canada
Kensington Capital Partners Limited is a leading Canadian private equity investor, founded in 1996. To date, Kensington has committed over $825 million to private equity investments through its private equity programs. Institutional investors such as pension funds and professional asset managers, as well as high net-worth individuals and retail investors, hold Kensington funds in their portfolios.
- Total investments:
- 74
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 26%
- Fund size:
- $290M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Kensington Capital Partners Limited invests in
Stages Kensington Capital Partners Limited invests in
Countries Kensington Capital Partners Limited invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $2M–$11M
- Series B
- $6.5M–$60M
- Private Equity
- $131k–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 15 (20%)
- SaaS 9 (12%)
- E-Commerce 8 (11%)
- Artificial Intelligence 8 (11%)
- Manufacturing 7 (9%)
Stage
- Series B 17 (23%)
- Private Equity 11 (15%)
- Series A 10 (14%)
- Series C 10 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (11%)
Country
- Canada 42 (57%)
- United States 15 (20%)
- India 1 (1%)
- Spain 1 (1%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Schwab
Manager
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Manager | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Jason Greenspan
Portfolio Growth & Value Creation
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Portfolio Growth & Value Creation | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Martin Kent
Senior Vice President
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Senior Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Rick Nathan
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Thomas Kennedy
Chairman and Managing Director
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Chairman and Managing Director | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProteinQure is a biotech company focused on the design of novel exotic peptides with broad therapeutic applications. Powered by atomic-level simulations and artificial intelligence, it designs dynamic peptides to deliver drugs straight to their target sites. The company's lead therapeutic PQ203 for TOP1-resistant triple-negative breast cancerentered Phase I trials in the US and Canada. The company has various anti-cancer drugs in its pipeline. | $11M / Series A / May 27, 2025 | ||
| Spare is a mobility management software company that enhances public transit services through on-demand and shared transportation solutions. The platform integrates various modes of transport, enabling efficient and accessible mobility for all users. Their platform uses advanced algorithms and data analytics to optimize routes, reduce wait times,and improve overall efficiency for transportation services. By optimizing transportation services and promoting shared rides, Spare Labs reduces traffic congestion and emissions, supporting more sustainable urban mobility. | $30.9M / Series B / Sep 10, 2024 | ||
| Plus One Robotics develops a parcel-handling robotics platform for logistics applications. Plus One's intelligent solutions combine computer vision, AI, and supervised autonomy to pick parcels for the Global 100's leading logistics and e-commerce companies. Plus One's AI-powered software determines the precise movement of millions ofSKUs in routine tasks like sortation and depalletizing. Plus One focuses on logistics application development and logistics robot deployment for material handling tasks in warehouses and distribution centers. | $53.4M / Series C / Mar 06, 2023 | ||
| Avidbots vision is to bring robots to everyday life to expand human potential. Avidbots first product is NEO - the world's smartest autonomous scrubbing robot. NEO is trusted by some of the best managed airports, retail malls, hospitals, colleges, industrial sites, museums, warehouses, etc in 7 countries and counting. | $70M / Series C / Sep 27, 2022 | ||
| Humi is a payroll, benefits, and insurance platform developing cloud-based software to automate human resources processes. Its platform helps in employee recruiting and onboarding, time-off tracking, scheduling, payroll management, benefits administration, and performance monitoring and reporting. | $19.5M / Series B / May 25, 2022 | ||
| Vetster is an innovative pet wellness platform that connects pet parents to a marketplace of licensed veterinary professionals for video, chat and voice enabled appointments. For everyone, anytime, day or night. | $30M / Series B / Apr 19, 2022 | ||
| Minus Waste Solutions is a distributed food waste solutions company. Led by a team of recognized international waste industry entrepreneurs, mínus is dedicated to investing in the intersection between traditional waste services and distributed technology, to reduce the cost and environmental impact of food waste measurably. mínus operates in 14countries, transforming conventional food waste services through our hyperlocal technology – ORCA. | $3.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 08, 2022 | ||
| Jewlr is selling personalized jewelry such as rings, pendants and necklaces. | Private Equity / Feb 10, 2022 | ||
| Spare is a mobility management software company that enhances public transit services through on-demand and shared transportation solutions. The platform integrates various modes of transport, enabling efficient and accessible mobility for all users. Their platform uses advanced algorithms and data analytics to optimize routes, reduce wait times,and improve overall efficiency for transportation services. By optimizing transportation services and promoting shared rides, Spare Labs reduces traffic congestion and emissions, supporting more sustainable urban mobility. | $18M / Series A / Nov 30, 2021 | ||
| Bolt facilitates the pickup, storage, and return of customer belongings on schedule. Second Closet enables customers to schedule and book storage spaces and have their storage boxes, item pickup, and return transport as per their requirements.Second Closet's service is secure, convenient, and affordable. It is headquartered in Toronto,Ontario in Canada. | $60.3M / Series B / Nov 08, 2021 | ||
| See all 74 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Kensington Capital Partners Limited invest in?
Kensington Capital Partners Limited invests primarily in Software, SaaS and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series B and Private Equity stage. Most of the 74 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Kensington Capital Partners Limited invest in?
Kensington Capital Partners Limited typically joins rounds of $2M–$11M at Series A, $6.5M–$60M at Series B and $131k–$30M at Private Equity. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Kensington Capital Partners Limited's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Kensington Capital Partners Limited took part in.
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Who are the partners at Kensington Capital Partners Limited?
The team at Kensington Capital Partners Limited includes Charles Schwab (Manager), Jason Greenspan (Portfolio Growth & Value Creation) and Martin Kent (Senior Vice President), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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