Kindred Ventures

Perplexity is AI for people who expect more. Our products serve those whose questions spark change and whose decisions bend the world toward progress. We obsess over the details so our users can obsess over what comes next.

Fal is a generative AI platform that provides APIs for developers to run image, video, and audio models quickly and efficiently. It offers a library of over 600 production-ready models and serverless GPU options for scalable AI applications.

Play AI provided a platform for generating AI voices that mimic human speech, aimed at various business applications including hospitality, healthcare, real estate, gaming, and training.

Corgi.ai is a domain registered at Porkbun but currently not in use. The site is expected to launch soon.

Color provides a comprehensive virtual cancer clinic that focuses on early detection, treatment, and care, utilizing an in-house medical team licensed to operate in all 50 states.

Basis Theory provides a flexible platform for tokenizing and optimizing payments, enabling businesses to enhance transaction processes while ensuring PCI compliance and data protection.

Heartbeat Health is revolutionizing cardiovascular care through virtual access, early detection, and proactive management, aiming to improve outcomes and reduce costs for patients at risk of cardiovascular disease.

Tala is a digital financial services platform that provides personalized credit solutions to underserved populations globally. By leveraging machine learning and alternative data, Tala enables users to access credit quickly and efficiently, aiming to integrate millions into the formal financial system.

Inversion Space builds autonomous, highly-maneuverable reentry vehicles to deliver cargo from space, turning Low-Earth Orbit into an on-demand logistics network for unprecedented speed and global access.

Whisper Aero develops cleaner, quieter propulsion systems for drones and aircraft, empowering a more compelling and connected future with efficient propulsion solutions.

Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform that allows users to buy, sell, and trade a variety of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum. It also offers services for businesses and institutions, providing tools for crypto trading, payments, and asset management.

dYdX is a decentralized trading platform for perpetual contracts, offering advanced tools and low fees. It aims to democratize access to financial opportunities and is backed by prominent investors.

Early-stage investor combining AI-driven software, sustainability tech, and consumer brands as co-equal focus areas, offering a dedicated internal team plus a ~500-founder portfolio network with high-visibility exits. Founded by legendary VC Alan Patricof as his return to early-stage investing and uniquely combines three major practice areas—AI-driven software, sustainability technologies, and consumer brands—making it one of the few mainstream US VCs that treats consumer brands and deep AI infrastructure as co-equal focus areas under one roof. The firm operates a dedicated internal team and ~500-founder portfolio network as an explicit value-add engine while maintaining a distinctive pattern of backing culturally defining consumer and media brands.

Invests at very early-stage tech; distinguishes itself as a metrics-first SaaS investor (David Skok's industry-standard SaaS metrics playbooks) and operates with a modest $450M U.S. fund.

Alumni Ventures built a "network-powered" retail VC platform that aggregates thousands of accredited individuals into professionally managed funds, allowing people to write checks as low as ~$10k while accessing large, diversified venture portfolios—making it America's largest VC firm for individual investors. The firm runs a deliberately non-controlling, co-investor-only strategy where it does not lead rounds, set terms, or take board seats, instead slotting into rounds alongside elite firms like Sequoia and Bessemer while treating its 750k+ subscriber base and ~1,400+ venture-backed founders as a scaled operating asset through structured CEO Services.

Uses engineers, data scientists, proprietary datasets, and predictive models to systematically score growth, retention, and network effects, concentrating investments into N-of-1 category-defining outliers.