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Kindred Ventures
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Kindred Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in technology startups in their earliest rounds of financing. It often partners with entrepreneurs before they have created their companies, helping form initial teams and sharpen ideas before funding.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
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Or find every investor that fitsKindred Ventures lists 112 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 31 funding rounds, 11 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 54% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (23%), Fintech (16%) and Healthcare & Biotech (10%). 85% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz and SV Angel.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Kindred Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Kindred Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 27 companies; its own site lists 112. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 54% |
| Series A | 31% |
| Series B | 8% |
| Growth | 8% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 1 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 2 | 0 |
| '22 | 1 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 2 | 0 |
| '25 | 9 | 3 |
| '26 | 16 | 8 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 96th | 113 companies |
| Recent activity | 98th | 17 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 54% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 92th | 21% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 26th | 23% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 18% |
| Fintech | 16% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
| Legal & Compliance | 5% | 2% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 16 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 10 |
| SV Angel | 8 |
| Initialized | 7 |
| Transpose Platform | 6 |
| Capitoria | 5 |
| Collaborative Fund | 5 |
| Gil & Co | 5 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers10896%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company44%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Kindred Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Kindred Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Series B | |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Kindred Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Kindred Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
112 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aalo Atomics builds mass-manufactured nuclear power plants designed to power data centers and other applications | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Aug 2025Series B | Page + round | |
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| Aethero builds and provides space-rated computers, software, and compute services for processing data in space | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company helps crypto and fintech startups reach product-market fit through its accelerator program. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Anjuna provides cloud data security and privacy preserving AI solutions | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs and develops custom silicon chips using AI | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Atlas provides access to exclusive dining, hotels, and events through a membership-based card and app | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides virtual human AI solutions for various purposes, including customer service and education. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Basis Theory routes, tokenizes, and optimizes payments to drive key metrics for teams. | Fintech | Oct 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| BeSound offers modern breast imaging using FDA-approved 3D breast ultrasound | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bloom Credit provides technology and data to help financial institutions make lending decisions and manage credit | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Blue Bottle Coffee sells specialty coffee and related products | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Catalog allows users to share and support independent music. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| CloudTrucks provides trucking solutions for drivers and shippers, including load booking, cash flow management, and compliance tools | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Clubhouse provides live voice chat services | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
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| Collective provides financial solutions and resources for self-employed businesses | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Color provides cancer care services, including virtual cancer clinics and AI-powered cancer care, to various clients such as employers, health plans, and unions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- kindredventures.com
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 19 Dec 2017
- Companies checked
- 112
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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