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77 Van Ness Ave. Suite 101 #1600
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-938-8860
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Information Technology
Software & Internet
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Founded in 2014, Kindred Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund led by Steve Jang and Kanyi Maqubela, and is based in San Francisco, California. The firm's approach is twofold: invest in technology startups in their first rounds of financing, and assemble talented founders to form startups and build products. Steve Jang, the founder and Managing Partner at Kindred, served as an early advisor and investor since founding at Uber and was an early investor in Coinbase, Tonal, Blue Bottle Coffee, Postmates, Zymergen, Color Health, and Expa. The firm has backed over 100 startups.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage (includes "pre-seed," or concept stage) | No Revenue |
Early Stage | Minimal Revenue |
Growth Stage (also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage (also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
Private Equity | |
Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
Large Cap | >$1B |
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Kanyi Maqubela | |
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Managing Partner | |
Natalia Arora | |
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Head of Operations | |
Steve Jang | |
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Founder and Managing Partner | |
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Date
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Name
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State
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Amount
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Stage
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09/11/2025
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Sophont
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CA
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$9,220,000
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Pre-seed and Seed
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08/21/2025
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Aalo Atomics
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TX
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$100,000,000
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Series B
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08/21/2025
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Nuro
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CA
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$203,000,000
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Series E
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07/31/2025
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fal
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CA
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$125,000,000
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Series C
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06/10/2025
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Aethero
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CA
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$8,400,000
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Seed
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05/28/2025
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Creatify
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CA
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$15,500,000
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Series A
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05/02/2025
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Replenysh
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CA
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undisclosed
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Series A
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03/19/2025
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Stable Sea
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CA
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$3,500,000
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03/12/2025
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Casual Labs
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CA
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$6,000,000
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Seed
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11/25/2024
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PlayAI
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CA
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$21,000,000
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Seed
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11/22/2024
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Inversion
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CA
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$44,000,000
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Series A
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