Kindred Ventures

Venture capital firm
San Francisco, CA

Strategy

Stages
SeedSeries A
Sectors
ConsumerEnterpriseFintech
Geographies
USASan Francisco, CA
Check size
$250K-$3M

Funds

3
FundVintageSizeStrategyStageStatus
Kindred Ventures Fund III2023$200M
closed
As of 2023Value Add VC funds tracker
Kindred Ventures Fund II2021$100M
closed
As of 2021Value Add VC funds tracker
Kindred Ventures Fund I2019$56M
closed
As of 2019Value Add VC funds tracker

Portfolio

2 total

Recent Investment Activity

1
DateCompanyEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Jun 16, 2026Hydra HostSeries A$100M
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Sector / Stage Activity

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

Co-Investors

12

Latest Pulse

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  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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