Kindling
Kindling Fund IV · No. 008700102029374553606672778185899295979899100100%
M. Lindqvist
Authorised signatureThe cheque is signed
Portfolio
Eight companies,one first cheque each.
Every company here took its first institutional money from us. Filter by stage, open one and read how the round went.
- Companies backed86
- First cheque in61 %
- Exits14
- IPOs3
Portfolio
Eight companies,one first cheque each.
Every company here took its first institutional money from us. Filter by stage, open one and read how the round went.
- Companies backed86
- First cheque in61 %
- Exits14
- IPOs3
Portfolio
Eight companies,one first cheque each.
Every company here took its first institutional money from us. Filter by stage, open one and read how the round went.
- Companies backed86
- First cheque in61 %
- Exits14
- IPOs3
Portfolio
The index: eight first cheques, and where they are now.
We were the first money in for each of these. Pick a name to meet the founder who cashed it.
All companiesCompanySectorFirst cheque inNow
Portfolio
The index: eight first cheques, and where they are now.
We were the first money in for each of these. Pick a name to meet the founder who cashed it.
All companiesCompanySectorFirst cheque inNow
Portfolio
The index: eight first cheques, and where they are now.
We were the first money in for each of these. Pick a name to meet the founder who cashed it.
All companiesCompanySectorFirst cheque inNow
Founders
Founders on the first cheque.
61 % of our founders wrote to us cold
Brightpath
Loftline
Greyfield
Anvil Systems
Parallax
Lumen LabsI sent a cold e-mail on a Tuesday. Nine days later the money was in the account and Mara had already introduced our first customer. Nobody asked for a board seat.
They wrote a memo about us that was better than our own deck. We still use two of its paragraphs when we hire.
When the Series A fell through three days before signing, Kindling bridged the round in a weekend and stayed quiet about it.
I have raised from six funds. This is the only one where the partner who said yes is the partner who picks up the phone.
Daniel found the bug in our benchmark during diligence. He invested anyway and then helped us fix it.
Freya's team placed our first sales lead and sat in on the first ten customer calls. That was worth more than the cheque.
01 / of 06
Founders
Founders on the first cheque.
61 % of our founders wrote to us cold
BrightpathLoftlineGreyfieldAnvil SystemsParallaxLumen LabsI sent a cold e-mail on a Tuesday. Nine days later the money was in the account and Mara had already introduced our first customer. Nobody asked for a board seat.
They wrote a memo about us that was better than our own deck. We still use two of its paragraphs when we hire.
When the Series A fell through three days before signing, Kindling bridged the round in a weekend and stayed quiet about it.
I have raised from six funds. This is the only one where the partner who said yes is the partner who picks up the phone.
Daniel found the bug in our benchmark during diligence. He invested anyway and then helped us fix it.
Freya's team placed our first sales lead and sat in on the first ten customer calls. That was worth more than the cheque.
01 / of 06
Founders
Founders on the first cheque.
61 % of our founders wrote to us cold
BrightpathLoftlineGreyfieldAnvil SystemsParallaxLumen LabsI sent a cold e-mail on a Tuesday. Nine days later the money was in the account and Mara had already introduced our first customer. Nobody asked for a board seat.
They wrote a memo about us that was better than our own deck. We still use two of its paragraphs when we hire.
When the Series A fell through three days before signing, Kindling bridged the round in a weekend and stayed quiet about it.
I have raised from six funds. This is the only one where the partner who said yes is the partner who picks up the phone.
Daniel found the bug in our benchmark during diligence. He invested anyway and then helped us fix it.
Freya's team placed our first sales lead and sat in on the first ten customer calls. That was worth more than the cheque.
01 / of 06