KM

Kanyi Maqubela

Founder of Heartbeat Health

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Kanyi Maqubela is a highly experienced entrepreneur and investor based in San Francisco, California. He is currently the Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures and has made impactful investments in a variety of sectors including Wellness & Fitness, E-commerce, and FinTech, with notable companies like Tala and Heartbeat Health in his portfolio. His career highlights include co-founding Heartbeat Health and serving as a board member at Tala, showcasing his expertise in building successful startups and making strategic investment decisions.

Work Experience 

KV

Kindred Ventures

  • Managing Partner

    2018 - Current

    www.kindredventures.com

Kindred Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund that supports startup companies.

kindredventures.com
UF

UCSF Foundation Investment Company

  • Board Member

    2023

UCSF Foundation Investment Company is a financial services company

ucsfinvestco.org
HH

Heartbeat Health

  • Co-Founder, Board Observer

    2024

  • Co-Founder, Board Member

    2017 - 2024

    http://heartbeathealth.com Heartbeat Health is the leading end-to-end virtual care platform designed specifically for cardiology.

T

Tala

  • Board Member

    2024

  • Investor, Advisor

    2013 - 2024

Tala is a mobile technology and data science company that is oriented around financial services in emerging markets.

Raised $372,000,000.00 from Victory Park Capital.

tala.co
BT

Basis Theory

  • Board Observer

    2020

Build the payments stack fit for your business

Raised $17,000,000.00 from Xffirmers, Bessemer Venture Partners, Conversion Capital, BoxGroup, Ludlow Ventures, Good Friends, Offline Ventures and Kindred Ventures.

basistheory.com
SS

Stable Sea

  • Board Observer

    2025

I

Inversion

  • Board Observer

    2024

Inversion builds space capsules to return cargo back to Earth for the commercial, civil, and defense industries.

Raised $54,125,000.00 from Adjacent, Spark Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Kindred Capital and Y Combinator.

inversionspace.com
F

Faircraft

  • Board Member

    2024

CI

Corgi Insurance (YC S24)

  • Board Observer

    2024

NY

New York University

  • Adjunct Professor

    2016 - 2018

Education 

Investments 

Morf Health

Seed

Total funding: $3M

Parcha AI

Pre Seed

Total funding: $5M

Qwili

Seed

Total funding: $1M

Zing Data

Seed

Total funding: $2M

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