Kanyi Maqubela Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Investments
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15
- Portfolio
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12
- Exits
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3

Kanyi Maqubela General Information
Description
Mr. Kanyi Maqubela serves as Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures. He is a Co-Founder and serves as a Board Member & Board Observer at Heartbeat. He serves as a Board Member at Hopscotch. He serves as an Advisor at Screendoor. He served as a Board Member at Spruce. He focuses his investment and formation work in theme areas including digital health and wellness, e-commerce, financial technology, supply chain, and climate tech. Over the last 10 years in a venture, he has led and participated in over 50 investments including Tala, Upstart ($UPST), Reddit, Just, Outschool, Mural, Goldfinch, Cloudtrucks, Hellosign (acq $DBX), Earnest (acq $NAVI) and more. As an entrepreneur and operator, He is a co-founder of the largest virtual heart health platform in the United States. He previously served as a Partner at Collaborative Fund, where he focused on seed-stage investments. Early in his career before venture, He ran growth at One Block Off the Grid (acquired by $NRG for $120 million) and was an early employee at Doostang (acquired by Universum Global). He 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, where he studied Philosophy.
Business Details
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- 156 West 56th Street
- Suite 1000
- New York, NY 10019
- United States
Kanyi Maqubela Investments (15)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Particle (Software Development Applications) | 23-Oct-2024 | Later Stage VC | Software Development Applications | Generating Revenue | ||
Parcha | 01-Aug-2023 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
MURAL | 01-Jun-2023 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Qwili | 28-Jul-2022 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Big Wolf Games | 11-Jan-2022 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Tala | 14-Oct-2021 | Consumer Finance | Generating Revenue | |||
CloudTrucks | 31-Jan-2020 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Camino Financial | 24-Jan-2020 | Specialized Finance | Generating Revenue | |||
YouNow | 01-Nov-2019 | Later Stage VC | Social/Platform Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Mediachain | 01-Jun-2016 | Seed Round | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue |
Kanyi Maqubela Exits (3)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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21-Mar-2024 | IPO | ||
Heyguevara.com | 13-Nov-2018 | ||
Mediachain | 26-Apr-2017 |
Kanyi Maqubela Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Kanyi Maqubela Co-Investors (46)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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IVP | 1 |
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J. Safra Sarasin Holding |
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Revolution (Washington DC) |
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Ulu Ventures |
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Kanyi Maqubela FAQs
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Who is Kanyi Maqubela?
Kanyi Maqubela is an angel Investor who has made 15 investments.
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What kind of investor is Kanyi Maqubela?
Kanyi Maqubela is an angel investor.
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What does Kanyi Maqubela do?
As an angel investor, Kanyi Maqubela invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Kanyi Maqubela invested in?
Kanyi Maqubela has made numerous investments in companies like Particle (Software Development Applications), Parcha, and MURAL within the Software Development Applications and Business/Productivity Software industries.
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What has Kanyi Maqubela invested in recently?
Kanyi Maqubela's latest investment was on 23-Oct-2024 in Particle (Software Development Applications), a company within the Software Development Applications industry.
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