Kindred Ventures

Kindred Ventures LLC is a venture capital firm established in 2014 and located in San Francisco, California. It specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on seed-stage startups across various industries, including software, healthcare, telecommunications, retail, climate technology, and consumer products. The firm is led by founders Steve Jang and Kanyi Maqubela, who bring extensive experience from their backgrounds as founders, early employees, and advisors in notable technology startups. Kindred Ventures seeks to support innovative companies that are poised for growth and impact in their respective sectors.

Kanyi Maqubela

Managing Partner

Steve Jang

Founder and Managing Partner

Past deals in PaaS

Northflank

Series A in 2024
Northflank Ltd. is a London-based company that specializes in developing a next-generation cloud hosting platform designed for developers. Founded in 2013, Northflank offers a self-service platform that allows users to build, run, and scale applications efficiently. The platform supports various workloads and is compatible with multiple cloud providers, facilitating seamless deployment and management of applications. Additionally, Northflank provides an automated development operations solution that includes integrated continuous integration, delivery, and deployment services, as well as data processing and hosting capabilities. This comprehensive offering aims to reduce costs and enhance operational effectiveness for organizations utilizing cloud services at scale.

Engine Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Engine Labs specializes in developing a conversational software platform that allows users to create and deploy backend applications effortlessly. The platform enables software developers to build custom interfaces and APIs while connecting to databases from various third-party services. Engine Labs provides a backend as a service, allowing clients to access a managed database and an API server, facilitating the creation of unique logic and management of database migrations without the need for coding. This streamlined approach simplifies the development process, making it accessible for users to implement custom changes and enhance their applications efficiently.

Northflank

Seed Round in 2020
Northflank Ltd. is a London-based company that specializes in developing a next-generation cloud hosting platform designed for developers. Founded in 2013, Northflank offers a self-service platform that allows users to build, run, and scale applications efficiently. The platform supports various workloads and is compatible with multiple cloud providers, facilitating seamless deployment and management of applications. Additionally, Northflank provides an automated development operations solution that includes integrated continuous integration, delivery, and deployment services, as well as data processing and hosting capabilities. This comprehensive offering aims to reduce costs and enhance operational effectiveness for organizations utilizing cloud services at scale.
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