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Kairos HQ

New York, New York · Invests in US; UK · Website

Thesis

Fulfilling basic needs should be basic. Our generation is crushed by upfront costs in rent, healthcare, nutrition, and aging. Rather than waiting for entrepreneurs to solve these problems, Kairos proactively identifies generational pain points, assembles teams, and builds category-defining solutions.

Likely not a fit for

Not interested in companies that don't address core generational affordability challenges or where Kairos can't provide active operating partner support.

How they invest

Lead or follow
Leads or follows
Typical decision
~2 months
Warm intro
Preferred
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Assets under mgmt
$300M
Decision process
Investment Committee

Partners & team

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AJ

Ankur Jain

General PartnerCo-Founder & Co-CEO · Primary contact

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Alex Fiance

General PartnerCo-Founder & Co-CEO

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AW

Andrew Wang

InvestorChair of Investment Committee

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Kairos HQ Research Investment Thesis Kairos HQ is a company-building studio and venture capital firm that co-founds and incubates consumer brands addressing generational pain points around affordability and life quality. The firm's central thesis is that fulfilling basic needs should be basic—that our generation shouldn't be crushed by upfront costs for rent, healthcare, nutrition, and aging care.

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