Kindred Selector II

About Kindred Selector II

Kindred Selector II is the early-growth follow-on vehicle paired with Kindred Ventures IV in a $355M combined raise. Designed to concentrate capital into breakout portfolio companies as they scale, it lets Kindred preserve ownership through the rounds where AI and frontier companies need the most fuel. The firm backs roughly 25 companies per cycle with high conviction.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageGrowth

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Biotech

Deep Tech

Digital Health

Energy Tech

Fintech

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Breakout Kindred portfolio companies scaling through early growth rounds

follow-on growth

age of intelligence

ownership protection

Bullish Signals

Purpose-built to preserve ownership in breakout companiesblog

Solves the seed-fund dilution problem structurallyblog

Contrarian Signals

Must be deployed into clear breakouts, not to average down convictionblog

Founder Do's

Primarily for existing Kindred portfolio companies scaling

Demonstrate breakout metrics to earn concentrated follow-on

Founder Don'ts

Not a cold-approach fund — designed for insiders

Do not expect first-check access through this vehicle

Key GPs & Partners

Steve Jang

Founder, Managing Partner

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Kanyi Maqubela

Managing Partner

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Fund Overview

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Key People

Steve Jang, Kanyi Maqubela

Steve JangFounder, Managing Partner

Kanyi MaqubelaManaging Partner