KdT Ventures

United States

Series A

About KdT Ventures

KdT Ventures is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Series A stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in Deep Tech, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeries A

Industry Focus

Deep Tech

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Science founder rewriting physical world atoms algorithms

frontier science

physical layer

deep tech

pre-seed/seed

matter + systems

atoms to algorithms

engineering reality

Bullish Signals

First institutional check, leads/co-leads roundswebsite

3 Managing Partners, operator-native teamwebsite

Pre-seed/seed focus, high-conviction entrywebsite

Team built, used frontier tech firsthandwebsite

Dedicated ops + talent hires signal scalewebsite

AI/simulation accelerates deep science commercializationwebsite

Long-term portfolio relationships > short-term cashwebsite

Standard for early-stage frontier science investingwebsite

Medicine, chemicals, materials physical layer focuswebsite

Model built for messy high-uncertainty sciencewebsite

Contrarian Signals

Narrow physical-layer thesis onlyexternal

Long timelines — deep science commercializationexternal

Medicine/chemicals/materials — slow marketswebsite

"Nicest VCs" — culture over returns signal?website

Founder Do's

Engineer matter, energy, information at scale

Come at pre-seed or seed stage

Show deep science commercialization path

Engage with atoms, molecules, physical systems

Embrace high-uncertainty, messy scientific beginnings

Build platform for physics/chemistry/biology transformation

Founder Don'ts

Pitch pure software / no physical layer

Expect late-stage or growth check

Skip scientific depth in pitch

Key GPs & Partners

Cain McClary

Managing Partner & Founder

founder-operatorscience-nativedeep-tech

Mack Healy

Managing Partner

deep-techscience-native

Phil Grayeski

Managing Partner

deep-techscience-native

Patrick Malone

Partner

frontier-tech

Ketan Yerneni

Principal

frontier-tech

Blair Willette

Associate

frontier-tech

Kaitlyn Davis

Head of Operations

ops

Yusuf Uddin

Head of Talent

talent

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$100M

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Website

Key People

Peter Coker

Cain McClaryManaging Partner & Founder

Mack HealyManaging Partner

Phil GrayeskiManaging Partner

Patrick MalonePartner

Ketan YerneniPrincipal

Blair WilletteAssociate

Kaitlyn DavisHead of Operations

Yusuf UddinHead of Talent

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