# Thomas Kennedy

> Thomas Kennedy is a funding round investor at Kensington Capital Partners Limited backing PaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kensington Capital Partners Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kensington-capital)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kennedy-ab56923/

Thomas Kennedy is a funding round investor at Kensington Capital Partners Limited in Toronto focused on PaaS and SaaS. Tom Kennedy is the founder of Kensington Capital Partners and Chair of the Investment Committee. Tom serves on the Advisory Boards of several private equity funds and private companies and has been an active supporter of the Private Equity and Venture Capital business in Canada. His public service and philanthropic work has been a longstanding, andfocused on education and healthcare.Tom’s previous experience includes 10 years in operational and management positions with Consolidation Coal Co. and Alberta Energy Company. He has investment banking experience as a senior executive with Bunting Warburg, Lancaster, and TD Securities.Tom holds a B.Sc.Eng. (Mining) from Queen’s University and a D.B.A. from the University of Edinburgh and is a professional engineer.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PaaS | 1 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 50% |
| Israel | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| Iguazio | The Iguazio Data Science Platform enables enterprises to develop, deploy and manage AI applications at scale. With Iguazio, enterprises can run AI models in real time, deploy them anywhere; multi-cloud, on-prem or edge, and bring to life their most ambitious data-driven strategies. Iguazio is backed by top financial and strategic investors and ledby serial entrepreneurs and a diverse team of innovators in the USA, UK, Singapore and Israel. | $24M |  | Jan 27, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [INCapital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incapital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Magma Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magma-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pitango VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pitango-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plaza Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plaza-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Samsung SDS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsung-sds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Verizon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verizon-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kensington Capital Partners Limited

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

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

5 contacts available at Kensington Capital Partners Limited.

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

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## FAQ

### What does Thomas Kennedy invest in?

Thomas Kennedy invests primarily in PaaS, SaaS and Big Data startups, most often at Funding Round and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Thomas Kennedy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thomas Kennedy closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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