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Kindred Ventures portfolio
Kindred Ventures has 28 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 8 investments in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, US, founded in 2014. It led 12 of the 21 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Mecka's $60M Series B+ round in October 2026, alongside Samsung Electronics, Framework Ventures, Nvidia and 4 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Robotics and hardware (8) and Developer tools and cloud (5). It has co-invested with Nvidia, Framework Ventures and SV Angel, most often Nvidia (2 rounds).
About Kindred Ventures
Funds raised
| Fund | Fund # | Size | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
Bay Area | III | $200M | kindredventures.medium.com |
Bay Area | II | $100Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list | |
Bay Area | Ifirst fund | $56M | twitter.com |
What Kindred Ventures invests in
- Robotics and hardware · 8 · 29%
- Developer tools and cloud · 5 · 18%
- AI infrastructure and compute · 4 · 14%
- AI agents · 4 · 14%
- Health and bio · 4 · 14%
- Fintech · 3 · 11%
- Manufacturing and industrial · 3 · 11%
- Consumer and social · 3 · 11%
Kindred Ventures recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B+ · $60M | Samsung Electronics, Framework Ventures, Nvidia +4 | ||
| Series A · $100M · lead | none named | ||
| Series A · $60M | Ted Xiao, Framework Ventures (lead), Adverb Ventures +3 | ||
| Series B+ · $160M | Oliver Jung, Leblon Capital, Vocal Ventures +6 | ||
| Seed · $25M · lead | none named | ||
| Series A · $32M · lead | Touring Capital (lead) | ||
| Series A · $23M · lead | Adjacent (lead), Kanyi Maqubela (lead) | ||
| Series A · $108M | Tekedia Capital, Oliver Jung, Leblon Capital +6 |
How Kindred Ventures invests
Kindred Ventures portfolio companies
MMecka$60MSeries B+ · Oct 2026
HHydra Host$100MSeries A · Jun 2026
CCorgi$160MSeries B+ · May 2026
LLithosquare$25MSeed · May 2026
PParasail$32MSeries A · Apr 2026
SSandbar$23MSeries A · Mar 2026
DDedalus Labs$11MSeed · Oct 2025
NNuro$203MSeries B+ · Aug 2025
RReplenysh$8MSeries A · May 2025
SStable Sea$3.5MSeed · Mar 2025
CCausal Labs$6MSeed · Mar 2025
FFal$49MSeries B+ · Feb 2025
NNorthflank$22MSeries A · Nov 2024
TTala$145MSeries B+ · Oct 2021
HHumane$100MSeries B+ · Sep 2021
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| Company | Round with Kindred Ventures | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Crypto x AI |
Series B+ · $60M | $128M | Oct 7, 2026 Series B+ |
AI coding and devtools |
Series A · $100M · lead | $110M | Jun 16, 2026 Series A |
Fintech |
Series B+ · $160M | $308.7M | Aug 31, 2026 Series B+ |
Manufacturing and industrial |
Seed · $25M · lead | $25M | May 5, 2026 Seed |
AI infrastructure and compute |
Series A · $32M · lead | $32M | Apr 15, 2026 Series A |
Voice and audio AI |
Series A · $23M · lead | $23M | Mar 10, 2026 Series A |
AI agents |
Seed · $11M · lead | $11.5M | Oct 15, 2025 Seed |
Robotics and hardware |
Series B+ · $203M | $2.35B | Aug 21, 2025 Series B+ |
Logistics and mobility |
Series A · $8M | $10M | May 2, 2025 Series A |
Stablecoins |
Seed · $3.5M · lead | $3.5M | Mar 19, 2025 Seed |
Climate and energy |
Seed · $6M · lead | $6M | Mar 12, 2025 Seed |
AI infrastructure and compute |
Series B+ · $49M | $337M | Dec 10, 2025 Series B+ |
AI coding and devtools |
Series A · $22M | $24.6M | Nov 11, 2024 Series A |
Fintech |
Series B+ · $145M · lead | $302.2M | Aug 24, 2026 Seed |
Robotics and hardware |
Series B+ · $100M · lead | $139M | Sep 1, 2021 Series B+ |
| PParticle Consumer and social |
backer · source | $10.9M | Jun 11, 2024 Series A |
Robotics and hardware |
backer · source | $44M | Nov 20, 2024 round |
Fintech |
backer · source | $14M | Oct 14, 2025 Pre-seed |
AI agents |
backer · source | $24.5M | Oct 28, 2025 Series A |
Robotics and hardware |
backer · source | $142.5M | Jan 29, 2026 Series B+ |
Foundation models and research |
backer · source | $40M | Feb 13, 2025 Series A |
Robotics and hardware |
backer | undisclosed | Sep 8, 2026 Seed |
Robotics and hardware |
backer | $14.1M | Feb 27, 2026 Seed |
Gaming |
backer | $4.5M | Jan 24, 2026 Pre-seed |
Foundation models and research |
backer | $9.22M | Sep 11, 2025 Seed |
Health and bio |
backer | $580M | Apr 10, 2023 round |
AI agents |
backer | undisclosed | — |
UGC software |
backer | $15.5M | Jun 2, 2025 Series A |
Most frequent co-investors
NNvidia2 shared rounds · last Oct 7, 2026
FFramework Ventures2 shared rounds · last Oct 7, 2026
SSV Angel2 shared rounds · last Jun 2, 2026
OOliver Jung2 shared rounds · last May 28, 2026
LLeblon Capital2 shared rounds · last May 28, 2026
VVocal Ventures2 shared rounds · last May 28, 2026- QQuadri2 shared rounds · last May 28, 2026
FFloodgate2 shared rounds · last May 2, 2025
AAndreessen Horowitz2 shared rounds · last Feb 12, 2025
TTapestry VC2 shared rounds · last Nov 11, 2024
QQualcomm Ventures2 shared rounds · last Sep 1, 2021
SSam Altman2 shared rounds · last Sep 1, 2021
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Robotics and hardware).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Venture funds Kindred Ventures raised, from the list of new VC funds compiled by Shai Goldman (Brex). Each size links to the article that states it, or to that list where no article was found. All new funds: new VC funds.
Share is of the 21 rounds on Recent Funding that name Kindred Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Kindred Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/kindred-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.
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