Invests in
Sectors:
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Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$2,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,000,000.00
Skills
Lists including Steve
Investments
Extropic AI
Total Funding: $14M
Canopy
Total Funding: $150M
Parcha AI
Total Funding: $5M
Humane
Total Funding: $240M
Hour One
Total Funding: $25M
Color
Total Funding: $410M
Noh
Total Funding: $6M
Taika
Total Funding: $3M
Catch
Total Funding: $19M
Set Labs
Total Funding: $16M
Work Experience
2014
Founder & Managing Partner
2014
Based in San Francisco, Kindred Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund which focuses on AI, Deep Tech, and Crypto, and invests as a lead investor in the earliest stage rounds of startups. Our mission is to find and invest in world-class founders who seek to solve important problems and bring massive and positive change to society and economy using technology. While we are thrilled to invest in theme areas we've invested in heavily in the past, we also are deeply curious about exploring new frontiers where we can learn alongside the founders we back. Since inception, we've backed over 100 companies at early stages in different theme areas, including AI, Computing, Developer Tools & Infra, Fintech, Health, Marketplaces, Mobility, Space/Aerospace, and Synthetic Biology. Some of the notable startups that have become leaders in their space are public companies such as Uber (NYSE: UBER) and Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), which are both now part of the S&P 500 index. Today, Kindred Ventures backs many pioneering early and growth stage companies, like Perplexity AI, Fal, PlayAI (Acquired by Meta), Tala, Color Health, Tonal, Opal, Whisper Aero, Heartbeat Health, and Zora.
2024
Investor & Board Member
2024
Lightning-fast inference platform for Generative Media. Customizes and hosts open-source and closed-source AI models, specializing in image, video, and audio generation.
2023
Investor & Board Member
2023
The AI-powered Answer Engine Platform with Deep Research, AI Browser, and a Mobile Voice Assistant.
2024
Investor & Board Member
2024
Frontier AI Lab focused on Voice AI agents and Speech Models. Acquired by Meta in 2025.
2021
Investor & Board Member
2021
The population-scale digital health screening and care navigation platform for employers and public organizations. Focused on genomics, viral diseases, and cancer.
2021
Investor & Board Member
2021
Building advanced quiet electric propulsion systems for air mobility and freight.
2020
Investor & Board Member
2020
leading digital strength-training and connected fitness platform using robotics, ML, and CV.
2020
Investor & Board Member
2020
Multi-cloud DevOps platform for managing comprehensively all AI and Application Workloads.
2020
Investor & Board Member
2020
Social Marketplace for onchain creative communities
2020
Investor & Board Member
2020
AI-enabled consumer hardware/software maker focused on productivity for creatives and knowledge workers.