Kanyi Maqubela Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Investments
  • 15

  • Portfolio
  • 12

  • Exits
  • 3

Exits

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
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • 156 West 56th Street
  • Suite 1000
  • New York, NY 10019
  • United States
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Kanyi Maqubela Investments (15)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
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
Reddit 21-Mar-2024 IPO
Heyguevara.com 13-Nov-2018
Mediachain 26-Apr-2017

Kanyi Maqubela Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Kanyi Maqubela Co-Investors (46)

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Kanyi Maqubela FAQs

  • Who is Kanyi Maqubela?

    Kanyi Maqubela is an angel Investor who has made 15 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Kanyi Maqubela?

    Kanyi Maqubela is an angel investor.

  • What does Kanyi Maqubela do?

    As an angel investor, Kanyi Maqubela invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • 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.

  • 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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