# Kanyi Maqubela at Kindred Ventures

> Kanyi Maqubela, Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its...

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San Francisco, US · Partner

# Kanyi Maqubela

Managing Partner at [Kindred Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-ventures)

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Latest rounds

- **InVenture Capital** Venture · $5.3M Jul 2015

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Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Jul 2015
- **Filings:** 2 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 5 +2 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Kindred Ventures
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Kindred Ventures** VC firm · US **18** cheques in 12 months **110** all time **8** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-ventures)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $5.3M
- **Active:** 2015

2015

- [InVenture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/company/inventure-capital) *Venture* **$5.3M** *US* Jul 2015 Joined · historical

By stage

- Venture **1**

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Mediachain](https://millionrounds.com/startup/mediachain)
- [Pinch](https://millionrounds.com/startup/pinch-2)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Blueprint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blueprint)** President of the Managing Member since 2022
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Kindred Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-ventures)** Managing Member of the General Partner on 24 filings · since 2019

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Kindred Ventures

- [**Steve Jang** Founder & Managing Partner *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/steve-jang)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) · 16 Nov 2021 · 53 min Kindred Ventures Kanyi Maqubela on large firms entering seed, the challenges of rising valuations, and the nuances of portfolio construction With [Kanyi Maqubela](https://millionrounds.com/person/kanyi-maqubela) Mentions [Kindred Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-ventures)[Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) About this episode Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. This week’s guest is Kanyi Maqubela, managing partner of seed-stage firm Kindred Ventures. Kindred has $156 AUM, and the team has previously invested in companies such as… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) · 30 Mar 2021 · 1h 12m Kanyi Maqubela - Dawn of the 21st Century - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 219] With [Kanyi Maqubela](https://millionrounds.com/person/kanyi-maqubela) Mentions [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund)[Kindred Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-ventures) About this episode My guest today is Kanyi Maqubela, co-founder of seed-stage VC firm Kindred Ventures, which he started with his partner Steven Jang in 2019. Before founding Kindred Ventures, Kanyi was a general partner at Collaborative Fund. In our conversation, we discuss the parallels between today and the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) · 13 May 2020 · 60 min Kanyi Maqubela, Kindred Ventures With [Kanyi Maqubela](https://millionrounds.com/person/kanyi-maqubela) Mentions [Kindred Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kindred-ventures)[Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) About this episode Kanyi Maqubela is a Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures. He previously served as a Partner at Collaborative Fund, where he was an early advisor to Tala and Walker & Co., and a board member at Buffer, Camino Financial, Spruce, and True Link. Kanyi is also a co-founder at Heartbeat Health, and has… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) · 10 Jan 2017 · 1h 12m Lauren Loktev, Kanyi Maqubela, & Craig Shapiro - Watching a Venture Fund at Work - [Invest Like the Best, EP.19] With [Kanyi Maqubela](https://millionrounds.com/person/kanyi-maqubela)[Lauren Loktev](https://millionrounds.com/person/lauren-loktev) Mentions [Craig Shapiro](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craig-shapiro)[Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) About this episode This week’s episode features the partners of the Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital firm based in New York City. This is a unique, group interview with Lauren Loktev, Kanyi Maqubela, and Craig Shapiro that explores all aspects of their search and investing process, including how they identify… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 7 Dec 2015 · 31 min 20 VC 094: Kanyi Maqubela @ Collaborative Fund on Rocketships, Feedback Loops and Turning Lemons Into Lemonade! With [Kanyi Maqubela](https://millionrounds.com/person/kanyi-maqubela) Mentions [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund)[AngelList](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angellist) About this episode Kanyi Maqubela is a Partner at Collaborative Fund, who have made investments in AngelList, CodeAcademy, AltSchool, Reddit, Task Rabbit just to name a few. On a more personal note, and a little background on Kanyi, he is originally from Johannesburg South Africa, and was a founding employee at… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Kanyi Maqubela in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 1 Dec 2017 · 30 min 20VC: Overcoming The Engineer Boys Club, Disrupting The "Pink Aisle" & Why VCs Are Missing A Trick Not Investing In The CPG Space with Debbie Sterling, Founder & CEO @ Goldieblox Mentions [Kanyi Maqubela](https://millionrounds.com/person/kanyi-maqubela) About this episode Debbie Sterling is the Founder & CEO @ Goldieblox, an award‐winning toy company on a mission to "disrupt the pink aisle." An engineer and entrepreneur, Sterling has made it her mission in life to tackle the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Sterling was named TIME's… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 11 Jan 2016 · 32 min 20 VC: David Tisch @ Box Group on The Future of Consumer Mobile, Developing Pattern Recognition and FOMO Mentions [David Tisch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-tisch)[Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks)[BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)[Kanyi Maqubela](https://millionrounds.com/person/kanyi-maqubela) About this episode David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, one of New York most prolific seed investors with investments in over 120 seed-stage technology companies including Vine, Sunrise Calendar, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Meerkat, and Zady. As of 2014, David is also the Co-Founder of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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