London · Pre-Seed–Series A · 19 people tracked
Also known as KINDRED CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC · Kindred Capital Plus · Kindred Capital SCSp
Investment thesis
Kindred Capital focuses on early-stage venture, investing in extraordinary, mission-driven founders. The firm operates a partner-only investment team so founders meet only with decision-makers, and emphasises transparency in deal terms, speed of decision-making, and building a broad support network around its founders. It aligns interests from day one by sharing in the outcomes it helps create, backing companies across areas such as AI inference, industrial robotics, programmable biology, payments, warehouse intelligence, and protein design.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 26, 2026.
Team · 19 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
4 people who came through Kindred Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 53 of 55 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×33SaaS ×16Deep Tech ×14Enterprise Software ×13Fintech ×11Biotech ×9Digital Health ×7Healthtech ×6
HQs:United Kingdom×13United States×6Germany×2Netherlands×2India×1Poland×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 21 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×53 founders×44+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 22 founders with education data
Imperial College London ×3Durham University ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management ×2Oregon State University ×2The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 25 founders with career history
Jaguar Land Rover ×2Quit Genius ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
3 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 22 with degree data)
Investments · 55 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12023 · 22017 · 12016 · 27 dated
Farewill offers online services for dealing with death in the UK, including will writing, probate support, and direct cremations with prepaid funeral plans.
ConsumerInsurTechLegalTechMaidenhead, GB
Dan Garrett(CEO)
Co-investorsAugmentum FintechDMG VenturesHighland EuropeSAATCHiNVESTKeen Venture PartnersVenture Founders
London, US
Peter Johnston(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJames Fitzgerald(Director)
Board seatLeila Zegna· per SEC Form D · $14.6M raise · filed Sep 2016
Co-investorsCaffeinated Capital
Acurable manufactures wearable acoustic sensor devices for home-based patient monitoring and chronic disease management.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon, GB
Prof. Esther Rodriguez-Villegas
Co-investorsKibo VenturesMeridian Health VenturesMundi Ventures
Societies creates AI-powered simulations of human personas and attitudes to enable market research, audience analysis, and consumer insights at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSLondon, GB
James He(Founder)inPatrick Sharpe(Founder)in
Co-investorsPoint72 VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator
BEIT provides physics-based computational approaches for drug discovery, embedding scientists with expertise in physics, mathematics, and engineering into pharmaceutical research programs.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechKraków, PL
Co-investorsManta Ray Ventures
Cakewalk is an access management platform that governs and secures access for both AI agents and human identities across a workforce.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareBerlin, DE
Gil Roeder(Founder)
Co-investorsFly VenturesVertex Ventures
Civic Marketplace is a procurement platform built for public-sector agencies, helping procurement leaders source vendors, compare suppliers, request quotes, and award contracts with built-in compliance, transparency, and auditability.
B2B MarketplacesGovTechSaaS
Co-investorsAvalanche VC
Clove designs slip-on sneakers for healthcare professionals such as doctors and nurses, featuring fluid-resistant, easy-to-clean uppers and a dual-density support system for long work shifts.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Joe Ammon(Founder)in
Co-investorsBarrel VenturesDorm RoomAccelAir Street CapitalKindred
Cradle operates a payments network enabling small businesses in India to receive funds from other businesses without transaction fees.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechBengaluru, IN
Gaurav Mishra(Founder)in
Co-investorsIndex VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Transpose Platform ManagementY Combinator
Cradle uses AI to help scientists design and engineer proteins, decoding and rewriting biology to develop new food sources, materials, and therapeutics.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareAmsterdam, NL
Stef van Grieken(Founder)inEli Bixby(Founder)Jelle Prins(Founder)
BoardClaus Fuglsang Crone(Chief Scientific Officer, Novonesis)
Co-investorsIndex VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Daye offers at-home gynaecological health services for women, including vaginal health screening, hormone testing with NHS-trained clinician consultations, STI and HPV screening, gut and vaginal microbiome supplements, and period care products.
Digital HealthFemTechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsCrane Venture PartnersImpetus CapitalJazzya InvestmentsMyelin VCSalica InvestmentsSimplyhealth Ventures
Deel is a global HR platform that enables businesses to hire, onboard, and manage employees and contractors across borders.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Bouaziz(Founder/CEO)inShuo Wang(Founder/CRO)inOfer Simon(Former Co-Founder)Philippe Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Franck Cohen(Director)Alexandre Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsAlpha Square GroupAltaIR CapitalAmplo VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCoatue ManagementElad Gil+34 more
Dexory builds autonomous robots that scan warehouses and a software platform, DexoryView, that turns the captured data into a live digital twin with AI-driven inventory and space analytics.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics
Adrian Negoita(Founder)Andrei Danescu(Founder)inOana Andreea Jinga(Founder)in
Co-investorsBeyond CapitalBootstrap EuropeCapnamicDTCPElaiaMaersk Growth+5 more
Dunia operates an autonomous materials acceleration platform called IRIS that combines robotics, AI foundation models, and experimental data to speed up the discovery of new materials, beginning with energy applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew Materials
Marcus Tze-Kiat Ng(Founder)in
Co-investorsDeep Science VenturesElaiaPace VenturesEICredalpine
Eleven Therapeutics develops mRNA therapeutics by combining synthetic chemistry with AI, using massively-parallel processes to map RNA chemical space and determine structure-activity relationships.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Co-investorsEntrée Capital
Embed provides payment infrastructure for software platforms, offering phased merchant onboarding, flexible pricing, virtual IBAN accounts, and multi-party payment disbursement through APIs.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Alexander Schoonkind(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlephDistributed GlobalMorningstar VenturesNIV
Eolas Medical offers an AI-powered platform that indexes and provides fast search access to a healthcare organisation's internal policies, guidelines, protocols, and resources at the point of care.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthSaaS
Co-investorsActon CapitalAscension VenturesSamaipata
Fiinu is a London Stock Exchange AIM-listed fintech group offering an Open Banking-enabled Plugin Overdraft platform that lets consumers access overdraft credit without switching banks, plus FX and banking technology services.
AI & Machine LearningFintech
FitWise is an AI computer-vision platform that converts standard 2D video into real-time 3D models of athletes' movements and body shapes, capturing thousands of biomechanical data points without wearables or sensors.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthSports Tech
Co-investors33East
Five develops a cloud-based simulation and safety assurance platform for validating automated driving systems, serving automotive partners building autonomous vehicles.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMobility & TransportationBristol
Stan Boland(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Allpress(Executive Officer, Director)Simon Walker(Founder)Ben Peters(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmadeus Capital PartnersNotion Capital
Flagstone is a UK savings platform that connects individual savers with over 65 banks and 5,000+ financial advisers to help them maximize returns on their deposits.
FintechLondon, GB
Co-investorsOMERS VenturesVenture FoundersVolution Ventures
Foresight Data Machines (FDM) builds technology using AI, physics, and operations tools to solve problems in manufacturing and process industries.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechAustin, US
Co-investorsBlueYard CapitalEka Ventures
Fractile designs a new class of AI accelerator processors that physically interleave memory and compute to deliver low latency and high throughput for frontier AI model inference.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductors
Walter Goodwin(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelFactorial FundsFounders Fund
Gaia offers fixed-price IVF and fertility treatment plans in the U.S., bundling costs into one price with monthly payment options, unlimited embryo transfers, and guaranteed minimum egg counts.
Digital HealthFemTechFintech
Nader AlSalim(Founder)in
Co-investorsClocktower VenturesHeliad AGOptum VenturesValar Ventures Llc
Gravity Sketch is an immersive 3D workspace for product ideation, design, and collaborative reviews, letting teams map objects in 3D, compare against engineering data, and validate ergonomics at 1:1 scale in VR.
Enterprise SoftwareHardwareSaaS
Oluwaseyi Sosanya(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelBoeing HorizonX VenturesKhosla VenturesMolten VenturesPoint NineGV (Google Ventures)+1 more
Infinitopes develops immunotherapy treatments for cancer, focusing on immune-oncology and antigen discovery solutions aimed at improving patient outcomes and affordability in cancer care.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesOxford, GB
Jonathan Kwok(Co-Founder, President & Chief Medical Officer)inLian Ni Lee(VP Preclinical & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersManta Ray VenturesOctopus VenturesEMV CapitalMartlet Capital
LabGenius develops EVA, an automated discovery engine for identifying and co-optimizing complex therapeutic antibodies such as multispecifics across multiple properties.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechLondon
Harrison Rickerby(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJames Field(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Air Street CapitalBackedBeast VenturesChampion Hill VenturesGigafund+8 more
Latent Labs is an AI lab building generative models of molecular biology, offering partners tools to design new antibodies, optimize enzymes, and support genetic engineering.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechLondon, GB
Simon Kohl(Founder)in
Co-investorsFlying Fish VenturesIsomer Capital
Lithosquare develops an AI platform for mineral exploration that uses physics-based modeling of ore body formation rather than statistical pattern matching.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergy
Co-investorsOVNI CapitalWorld FundDaphniOmnes Capital
Lottie operates a UK directory and search platform that helps families find later-life care, listing regulated care homes and home care services with availability and pricing information.
ConsumerHealthtechMarketplaces
Will Donnelly(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelCreator VenturesGeneral Catalyst
m3ter is a usage-based billing platform that allows companies to configure and automate billing workflows without extensive custom development.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsInsight PartnersNotion CapitalUnion Square Ventures (USV)
Natter enables one-to-one conversations across a workforce with AI analysis to identify themes, sentiment, and priorities for faster decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR Tech
Co-investorsRackhouse Venture Management Lp
Nomio is a managed contract repository for in-house legal teams that organises uploaded contracts, extracts and verifies key data linked to source clauses, and enables clause-level search and plain-English querying.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Josh Treonin
Co-investorsCollaborative Fund
Ori Biotech builds IRO, a flexible and scalable manufacturing platform for developing cell and gene therapies.
BiotechHardwareHealthtech
Co-investorsAmadeus Capital PartnersNovalis LifeSciencesPuhua Capital
Paddle is a payment infrastructure and Merchant of Record platform that handles transactions and back-office operations for software companies, including payment processing, tax compliance, and multi-currency management across global markets.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLondon, GB
Jimmy Fitzgerald(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investors83NorthFTV CapitalFuel VenturesNotion Capital
Pave provides compensation and equity data to help employees understand and compare their pay.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Matt Schulman(Founder)inOren Bass(Executive Officer, Director)Salim Lahoud(Director)Aaron Hultgren(Executive Officer, Director)John Geiken(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAlexander Turkot(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersIndex VenturesVillage GlobalY CombinatorCraft Ventures+14 more
Platformed builds agentic AI tools for audit firms that automate IT and financial audits, including control assurance, risk assessment, vendor risk management, and responses to RFPs, DDQs, and security questionnaires.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
PQShield develops quantum-resistant cryptography in hardware and software, including post-quantum cryptography (PQC) solutions for chips, applications, and cloud environments.
CybersecurityDeep TechQuantum Computing
Co-investorsBY Venture PartnersCrane Venture PartnersOxford Science EnterprisesAdditionChevron Technology Ventures
Puraffinity develops adsorbent media engineered for the removal of PFAS from water, offered as bulk media, pre-filled vessels, or full treatment services.
CleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsLondon, GB
Co-investorsExtantia CapitalHG VenturesOctopus VenturesUniversal Materials IncubatorVerve VenturesAcequia Capital (AceCap)
RobCo provides modular, software-defined robotics with no-code workflow programming and digital simulation for configuring and validating industrial automation setups.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsMunich, DE
Co-investorsFreigeist CapitalGreenfield PartnersSequoia CapitalLightspeed Venture Partners
SAIF Autonomy develops safety and assurance safeguards for autonomous systems and embodied/physical AI, aimed at organizations deploying autonomy in safety- and mission-critical applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics
Kyle Thomas(Founder)in
Co-investorsFusion
Scarlet is a certification body (Notified Body) that provides medical device certification for AI-based devices, including under EU MDR.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon, GB
James Dewar(CEO)inJamie Cox(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstAtomicoCreandumScience Creates Ventures
ScionX develops xRNA, an engineered RNA platform that uses site-specific chemical modifications and expanded non-natural building blocks to extend protein expression from days to months and deliver multiple coordinated payloads against several disease drivers.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Shift Bioscience develops siRNA therapeutics for cell rejuvenation, using a target identification platform that has identified an anti-fibrotic candidate initially aimed at liver fibrosis.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechLongevityCambridge, GB
Daniel Ives(Founder & CEO)Brendan Swain(Co-founder & CSO)
Co-investorsF-Prime Capital
Sohar Health is a front-end revenue cycle management platform that uses technology and machine learning to automate insurance claims processing for healthcare providers.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechNew York City, US
Dr Ashish Mandavia MD(Founder)inLucas Gordon(Founder)inAshish Mandavia(MD)in
Co-investorsRLC VenturesY CombinatorCharacterGeneral CatalystRebel Fund
Stardust develops sunlight reflection technology that introduces safe particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect sunlight and stabilize global temperatures.
Climate TechDeep Tech
Tillion is an AI assistant for legal contract work that analyzes agreements to summarize documents, identify risks and red-flag clauses, compare contracts, and suggest alternative language.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Lior Romano(Founder)inBarak Naveh(Founder)in
Co-investorsUpWestVermilion Cliffs VenturesSelah Ventures
Vault Platform provides an "Active Integrity" platform for ethics and compliance, including "Speak Up" misconduct-reporting tools and ethical risk intelligence for organizations.
Enterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaS
Co-investorsAngular VenturesGradient VenturesIlluminate Financial
Work With Data compiles open data sources (from organizations such as the UN and the British Library) and applies AI modeling to fill gaps, letting users access, analyze, visualize, and extract data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS
ZML is a production inference stack that compiles AI models to run across multiple hardware accelerators — including NVIDIA, AMD, TPU, and Trainium — from a single codebase without rewriting.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsRed River West
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
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How · 22ndcenturyfrontier.com · Aug 20, 2026
Fractile · cryptopolitan.com · Aug 20, 2026
Gaia · winssolutions.org · Aug 19, 2026
Scarlet · nbc4i.com · Aug 14, 2026
Mojo · mojolang.org · Aug 11, 2026
Deel · calcalistech.com · Aug 3, 2026
Cradle · technode.global · Aug 3, 2026
Fiinu · investing.com · Jul 30, 2026
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LLP designated member · since 2015
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Kindred Capital made?
- Kindred Capital has 50 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Kindred Capital invest at?
- Kindred Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Kindred Capital focus on?
- Kindred Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, Robotics, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Kindred Capital located?
- Kindred Capital is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does Kindred Capital lead rounds?
- Kindred Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Kindred Capital co-invest with?
- Kindred Capital most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Notion Capital, Octopus Ventures, among 129 tracked co-investors.
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Octopus Ventures is a founder-focused European venture capital firm that backs mission-driven startups across seven core sectors, investing from idea stage through growth with a focus on pre-seed to Series A.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in artificial intelligence and machine learning since its early days, building a global portfolio of more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.
Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.
Gradient is a seed-stage venture fund focused on backing founders building artificial intelligence companies, providing hands-on support as builders and mentors.
Point Nine is an early-stage venture capital firm that has operated for nearly 15 years, emphasizing focus over scale.
Backed is a European seed-stage venture fund that leads and invests early in founders building companies in frontier technology.
BCV Labs is the platform and hands-on support arm of Bain Capital Ventures, providing portfolio founders with go-to-market strategy, brand development, hiring assistance, and customer introductions.
Unknown Ventures is a venture studio based in Austin that provides funding and operational support to early-stage startups at the pre-seed to Series A stage. The firm backs founders seeking to create innovative solutions that improve human experience.
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