# Kensington Capital Partners Limited

> Kensington Capital Partners Limited is a VC fund backing Software and SaaS. See 74 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 74
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last fund: Jun 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kensington-capital-partners-limited/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/KensingtonFunds
- Website: http://www.kcpl.ca

Kensington Capital Partners Limited is a leading Canadian alternative investment manager founded in 1996.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $6.5M–$60M |
| Private Equity | $131k–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 15 | 20% |
| SaaS | 9 | 12% |
| E-Commerce | 8 | 11% |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 9% |
| Analytics | 6 | 8% |

125 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 17 | 23% |
| Private Equity | 11 | 15% |
| Series A | 10 | 14% |
| Series C | 10 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 14% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 42 | 57% |
| United States | 15 | 20% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Schwab | Manager | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-r-schwab |
| Jason Greenspan | Portfolio Growth & Value Creation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-greenspan |
| Martin Kent | Senior Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-kent |
| Rick Nathan | Managing Director | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rick-nathan |
| Thomas Kennedy | Chairman and Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-kennedy-6f42 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ProteinQure | ProteinQure is a Toronto-based startup building a computational platform for design of protein therapeutics. Our mission is to help to create a world where drugs are engineered, not discovered. We work on treatments for cancer, diabetes, asthma, and cardiovascular diseases, among others, and partner with industry leaders in drug discovery togenerate novel therapeutics outside of the conventional chemical space. | $11M | Series A | May 27, 2025 |  |
| Spare | 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 | 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 Corp. | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Jewlr is selling personalized jewelry such as rings, pendants and necklaces. |  | Private Equity | Feb 10, 2022 |  |
| Jewlr | Jewlr is selling personalized jewelry such as rings, pendants and necklaces. |  | Private Equity | Feb 10, 2022 |  |
| Spare | 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 |  |

10 of 74 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Relay Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/relay-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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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 is Kensington Capital Partners Limited's check size?

Kensington Capital Partners Limited typically joins rounds of $6.5M–$60M at Series B and $131k–$30M at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kensington Capital Partners Limited participates in.

### How do I contact Kensington Capital Partners Limited?

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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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