Kindred Ventures

Venture capital firm
San Francisco, California, USAFounded 2014kindredventures.com

Seed-stage venture capital fund founded 2014 supporting startups in software, healthcare, climate, and consumer sectors.

Strategy

Stages
Seed
Sectors
SoftwareHealthcareTelecommunicationsRetailClimate TechConsumer
Geographies
USASan Francisco, California, USA
Check size
$250K-$3M

Recent changes

  1. Sep 5, 2026Stages updated: Seed kindredventures.com
  2. Sep 5, 2026Sectors updated: Software, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Retail, Climate Tech, Consumer kindredventures.com
  3. Jun 18, 2026Hydra Host Raises $100M From Kindred for a Distributed GPU Cloud Pulse story
  4. Jun 18, 2026Architect Labs Raises $24M to Speed AI Custom-Chip Design With Kindred Ventures Pulse story
  5. Jun 15, 2026Invested in Hydra Host (Series A, $100M) Hydra Host
Earlier changes (7)
  1. Feb 6, 2026New fund: Kindred Ventures Venture Fund IV (target $230M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  2. Jan 1, 2023New fund: Kindred Ventures Fund III ($200M) Value Add VC funds tracker
  3. Mar 21, 2022New fund: Kindred Ventures Venture Fund III (target $200M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  4. Jan 1, 2021New fund: Kindred Ventures Fund II ($100M) Value Add VC funds tracker
  5. Oct 29, 2020New fund: Kindred Ventures Venture Fund II (target $90M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  6. Jan 24, 2019New fund: Kindred Ventures Venture Fund I (target $50M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  7. Jan 1, 2019New fund: Kindred Ventures Fund I ($56M) Value Add VC funds tracker

Funds

7
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Kindred Ventures Venture Fund IV2026target $230MVenture
As of Feb 6, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D
Kindred Ventures Fund III2023$200MFlagship
As of 2023Value Add VC funds tracker
Kindred Ventures Venture Fund III2022target $200MVenture
As of Mar 21, 2022SEC EDGAR Form D
Kindred Ventures Fund II2021$100MFlagship
As of 2021Value Add VC funds tracker
Kindred Ventures Venture Fund II2020target $90MVenture
As of Oct 29, 2020SEC EDGAR Form D
Show 2 earlier funds
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Kindred Ventures Venture Fund I2019target $50MVenture
As of Jan 24, 2019SEC EDGAR Form D
Kindred Ventures Fund I2019$56MFlagship
As of 2019Value Add VC funds tracker

Portfolio

2 total

Recent Investment Activity

1
DateCompanyEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Jun 15, 2026Hydra HostSeries A$100M
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Hydra Host

Sector / Stage Activity

By sector (portfolio)
Insurtech
1 · 50%
AI infra
1 · 50%

Co-Investors

12

Latest Pulse

Pulse coverage →
  1. Assured Raises $19M to Automate Healthcare OpsAssured raised $19 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners to build AI agents that automate healthcare provider back-office operations, with First Round Capital and Kindred Ventures also returning.
  2. Architect Labs Raises $24M to Speed AI Custom-Chip Design With Kindred VenturesArchitect Labs raised $24 million led by Kindred Ventures to build AI tools that accelerate custom-chip design, compressing the time and cost of taping out specialized silicon. As every hyperscaler and AI startup races to design its own accelerators, the software that shortens the chip-design cycle is becoming strategically valuable.
  3. Hydra Host Raises $100M From Kindred for a Distributed GPU CloudHydra Host raised $100 million led by Kindred Ventures to expand its bare-metal GPU platform, which connects customers to distributed AI compute. It's another bet that the GPU-cloud layer -- not just the chips -- is where durable margins in the AI buildout will sit.
  4. Hydra Host Raises $100M Series A -- Founders Fund and Nvidia Back Bare-Metal GPU InfraHydra Host raised a $100M Series A led by Kindred Ventures, with ARK, Founders Fund, and Nvidia participating, to scale its bare-metal GPU platform. The round is a bet that the AI buildout still needs new ways to provision and access compute, not just more chips.
  5. Hydra Host Raises $100M Series A to Broker Idle GPU Capacity for AI LabsHydra Host closed a $100 million Series A led by Kindred Ventures, with Nvidia, ARK Invest, Comcast Ventures and Founders Fund participating, to expand its asset-light 'neocloud' that connects AI builders to dedicated bare-metal GPUs. Its Brokkr operating system standardizes infrastructure across 50+ data centers, positioning Hydra as a broker in the scramble for compute.
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