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Kindred Ventures IV

Geography
United States
Stage
Pre-Seed
Fund size
$355M
Focus
AI/ML, Biotech, Deep Tech and Digital Health
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N°01 / About

About Kindred Ventures IV

Kindred Ventures IV is the core early-stage vehicle in a $355M raise (paired with Kindred Selector II), backing pre-seed and seed companies in the firm's "age of intelligence" thesis. Founded by Steve Jang in 2014 and co-led with Kanyi Maqubela, Kindred runs a concentrated portfolio of ~25 companies per cycle across AI, energy, compute, biology, health and money. Track record includes early positions in Uber, Coinbase and Postmates.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States
Funding StagePre-Seed
Industry Focus
AI/ML
Biotech
Deep Tech
Digital Health
Energy Tech
FinTech

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Visionary founders building frontier AI, climate, health, fintech solving hard problems

frontier AI
climate tech
health & wellness
fintech
decentralized systems
mobility & logistics
tools & infrastructure
generative video
voice AI
agentic commerce

Bullish Signals

$355M raise across two vehicles—largest yetblog
100+ portfolio companies, $200B+ aggregate market capwebsite
Portfolio exits: Uber IPO, Coinbase IPO, Meta acquisition (PlayAI)website
Recent wins: Corgi unicorn, Sandbar $23M Series A, Inversion $44M raisewebsite
Strong fintech play: Tala, Basis Theory, Corgi in emerging marketswebsite
Early-stage thesis + 25-company focus = high conviction modelblog
Voice AI, generative video, agentic commerce emerging betswebsite_2026
Recent voice AI bet: Kotoba (multilingual voice models)website_2026
Architect Labs custom chip co-design democratization betwebsite_2026
Dynamic Creatures robots with character AI announcementwebsite_2026
Generative video spotlight: next frontier after text/imagewebsite_2026
Whisper Aero quiet electric aviation, Faircraft lab-grown leatherwebsite_2026
Sandbar AI ring $23M Series A, competing with OpenAI, Metawebsite_2026
Corgi unicorn: first full-stack AI insurance carrier, May 2026website_2026
Replenysh $8M raise, circular economy + recycled content networkwebsite_2026

Contrarian Signals

Thesis breadth (8+ sectors) wide for concentrated fund modelblog
Two-person team managing 100+ portfolio = potential scaling riskblog
Climate + crypto + AI + health = thesis coherence questionwebsite

Founder Do's

Pitch intelligence extending beyond human capability
Build in biology, health, energy, money, climate or AI
Expect hands-on coaching, not passive cap-table presence
Be prepared to compete for ~25 slots per cycle
Show visionary + relentless execution combo
Consider voice AI, agents, agentic commerce angles
Explore generative video, multilingual voice, custom chip co-design

Founder Don'ts

Do not pitch simple task automation
Avoid passive, check-writing investor expectation
Don't ignore climate tech or consumer well-being angles

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$355M
Saves0
Website
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People

Key People

Steve Jang, Kanyi Maqubela

Steve JangFounder, Managing Partner
Kanyi MaqubelaManaging Partner
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