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Steve Jang

Founder & Managing Partner @ Kindred Ventures | Forbes VC Midas List '23, '24 | Pre-Seed/Seed Stage Investor |

San Francisco, California

Work Experience

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    2014

    Based in San Francisco, Kindred Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund with $550M in AUM, which invests as a lead investor in the earliest stage rounds of startups. Our mission is to find and invest in world-class founders who seek to solve important problems and bring positive change to society using technology. While we are thrilled to invest in theme areas we've invested in heavily in the past, we also are deeply curious about new frontiers where we can learn alongside the founders we back. Since inception, we've backed over 100 companies at early stages in different theme areas, including AI, Computing, Consumer/Social, Crypto/Web3, Developer Tools, Data Infrastructure, Fintech, Health, Marketplaces, Mobility, and Synthetic Biology. Some of the notable startups that have become leaders in their space are Uber, Coinbase, DYDX, Tonal, Color Health, Humane, Perplexity, Postmates, Poshmark, Zora, Heartbeat Health, Tala, and Blue Bottle Coffee.

  • Board Member

    2021

    Building advanced quiet electric propulsion systems for air mobility and freight.

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

    leading digital strength-training and connected fitness platform using robotics, ML, and CV.

2019

  • Board Member

    2019

    a new AI-centric computing device and platform designed and built for people and context.

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

    population-scale digital health screening and care guidance platform for employers and public organizations, covering genomics, viral diseases, and cancer.

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

    Social Marketplace for onchain creative communities

  • Board Member

    2020

    Modern Multi-Cloud Application Delivery.

2018

  • Co-Founder & Board Member

    2018

    Crypto wallet infrastructure and tooling. Wallet-as-a-service for developers, brands, and creators. Acquired by Phantom.

2009

  • Founding Advisor & Angel Investor

    2009

    Leading global mobility, delivery, and logistics platform.

2014

  • Advisor

    2014

    Venture studio created by the founder of Uber