Kindred Ventures
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Kindred Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund that supports startup companies. The company prefers to invest in the software, healthcare, telecommunications, retail, climate technology, and consumer industries. It is based in San Francisco, California, and was founded in 2014 by Steve Jang and Kanyi Maqubela.
- Total investments:
- 184
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 42%
- Fund size:
- $2.5M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Kindred Ventures invests in
Stages Kindred Ventures invests in
Countries Kindred Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$9.2M
- Pre-Seed
- $1M–$3.5M
- Series A
- $8.5M–$32M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 32 (17%)
- Artificial Intelligence 25 (14%)
- Blockchain 19 (10%)
- Cryptocurrency 18 (10%)
- FinTech 17 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 85 (46%)
- Series A 44 (24%)
- Pre-Seed 11 (6%)
- Series B 10 (5%)
- Series C 6 (3%)
Country
- United States 97 (53%)
- Japan 3 (2%)
- Brazil 3 (2%)
- United Kingdom 3 (2%)
- Canada 2 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kanyi Maqubela
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 30 | Find email | |
Steve Jang
Founder and Managing Partner
|
Founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 36 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mecka AI is a data infrastructure company that builds large scale human datasets and tools to train and deploy AI and robotics systems. | $60M / Series B / Oct 07, 2026 | ||
| Dynamic Creatures creates responsive character robots for the entertainment and service sectors. | Seed / Sep 08, 2026 | ||
| Assured Health provides a platform to automate healthcare credentialing, licensing, and payor enrollment for healthcare organizations. | $19M / Series A / Jul 22, 2026 | ||
| Kotoba Technologies develops and supports technology tailored to business fields and applications. It supports the implementation of language models into corporate applications by communicating closely with companies in Japanese to accurately understand the needs and actual situation of each company, and then provide optimal technical support.++ | $10M / Seed / Jun 24, 2026 | ||
| Architect provide frontier AI lab for chip design. | $24M / Seed / Jun 18, 2026 | ||
| Hydra Host is a tool that provides cross-cloud capabilities to deploy and host apps across public cloud and private cloud providers. In addition to cross-cloud capabilities, Hydra offers high-level advisory, as well as expert implementation work with bespoke service engagements catered to client priorities. Whether security, resilience, orscale-focused. | $100M / Series A / Jun 15, 2026 | ||
| Fearn is an AI-native patent drafting platform that lets inventors and companies prepare patent applications in minutes instead of 50+ hours, with flat-rate pricing and no third‑party AI models. | $5.5M / Seed / Jun 10, 2026 | ||
| Mecka AI is a data infrastructure company that builds large scale human datasets and tools to train and deploy AI and robotics systems. | $60M / Series A / Jun 01, 2026 | ||
| Corgi Insurance Services, Inc. ("Corgi") is an American technology company that operates an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered insurance carrier based in San Francisco, California. Corgi Insurance develops and operates a fully integrated insurance stack using AI agents to automate traditional carrier operations, becoming the world’sfirst “AI insurance company.” The company owns multiple subsidiaries operating under a dog-themed naming convention. | $106M / Series B / May 28, 2026 | ||
| District is a commerce platform where anyone can create and grow their own brand. District allows anyone to develop personalized retail experiences, such as live selling and auctions, marketplaces, and paid communities, without the need for coding or engineering. | $14.7M / Seed / May 06, 2026 | ||
| See all 184 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Kindred Ventures invest in?
Kindred Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 184 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Kindred Ventures invest in?
Kindred Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$9.2M at Seed, $1M–$3.5M at Pre-Seed and $8.5M–$32M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Kindred Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Kindred Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Kindred Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Kindred Ventures?
The team at Kindred Ventures includes Kanyi Maqubela (Managing Partner) and Steve Jang (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
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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