Kindred Ventures Employee Directory

Steve is the founder and Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures. He served as an early advisor and investor since founding at Uber and was an early investor in Coinbase , Tonal , Blue Bottle Coffee , Postmates , Zymergen , Color Health , and Expa . Back in 2014, Steve started Kindred Ventures originally as a solo angel fund with his personal capital,... dozen prior angel investments, and passion to help other founders. As an entrepreneur, Steve serves as a co-founder at Bitski , a NFT wallet and storefront platform, and previously was the founder of SoundTracking (acquired by Rhapsody) and co-creator of imeem (acquired by MySpace). Steve has also served as a recurring speaker at his alma mater, UC Berkeley, in their Venture Capital seminars at Haas. Kanyi is a Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures. He 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 a co-founder at Heartbeat Health , and previously ran growth at One Block Off the Grid (acquired by $NRG) and was an early employee at Doostang (acquired by Universum Global). Kanyi has also served as a Lecturer and Adjunct at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, a curriculum adapted from his time as a student at Stanford University. Rachel is the company's Chief of Staff at Kindred Ventures. She joined Kindred Ventures from Y Combinators Continuity team, which focused on growth-stage investments. Previously, Rachel worked at North Run Capital, a Boston-based hedge fund, and Audax Group, a private equity firm focusing on middle market companies. Rachel began her career with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in both San Francisco and Boston. © 2020 Kindred Ventures LLC. All rights reserved.Read More