Kindling
M. Lindqvist
Authorised signatureThe cheque is signed
Team
Five partners.One of them is yours.
The partner who reads your pitch writes the memo, signs the cheque and takes your call three years later.
- Partners5
- First cheques86
- Together12 yrs
Team
Five partners.One of them is yours.
The partner who reads your pitch writes the memo, signs the cheque and takes your call three years later.
- Partners5
- First cheques86
- Together12 yrs
Team
Five partners.One of them is yours.
The partner who reads your pitch writes the memo, signs the cheque and takes your call three years later.
- Partners5
- First cheques86
- Together12 yrs
The partnership
Five partners. One of them is yours.
You get one partner from the first e-mail to the exit. Read what each of them backs, what they did before, and which companies they led. Then write to the one who knows your field.
03 / 05 · General partner
Priya Raman
BacksFintech rails
Priya ran treasury for an exporter in eleven currencies. She backs the tools she wanted then.
19first cheques
Ask me aboutLedgers, treasury and cross-border payments
05 / 05 · Partner, platform
Freya Holt
BacksHiring and first customers
Freya runs the platform team: first ten hires, first ten customers, the next round.
86companies supported
Ask me aboutYour first sales hire and your Series A
The platform team
Five people who work for you after the cheque.
- 01Ines CarvalhoTalent
Finds your first ten hires and sits in on the interviews you have never run before.
- 02Sam WhitlockFirst customers
Opens the first ten doors and tells you plainly which ones are not buyers.
- 03Leila HaddadFinance and fundraising
Builds the model with you and rehearses the Series A until it is boring.
- 04Tom AdeyemiLegal and company set-up
Option pools, contracts and the paperwork nobody enjoys, done in days.
- 05Hana MoriFounder office hours
Every Thursday, any question, no slides needed.
Where we are
Two offices, one partnership.
--:--local time
London
14 Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, EC1R 4TD
Mara, Priya and Freya work from here. Tuesdays are open office hours.
--:--local time
New York
228 Lafayette Street, Floor 4, NY 10012
Daniel and Jonas work from here. Come by after a first call.
The partnership
Five partners. One of them is yours.
You get one partner from the first e-mail to the exit. Read what each of them backs, what they did before, and which companies they led. Then write to the one who knows your field.
03 / 05 · General partner
Priya Raman
BacksFintech rails
Priya ran treasury for an exporter in eleven currencies. She backs the tools she wanted then.
19first cheques
Ask me aboutLedgers, treasury and cross-border payments
05 / 05 · Partner, platform
Freya Holt
BacksHiring and first customers
Freya runs the platform team: first ten hires, first ten customers, the next round.
86companies supported
Ask me aboutYour first sales hire and your Series A
The platform team
Five people who work for you after the cheque.
- 01Ines CarvalhoTalent
Finds your first ten hires and sits in on the interviews you have never run before.
- 02Sam WhitlockFirst customers
Opens the first ten doors and tells you plainly which ones are not buyers.
- 03Leila HaddadFinance and fundraising
Builds the model with you and rehearses the Series A until it is boring.
- 04Tom AdeyemiLegal and company set-up
Option pools, contracts and the paperwork nobody enjoys, done in days.
- 05Hana MoriFounder office hours
Every Thursday, any question, no slides needed.
Where we are
Two offices, one partnership.
--:--local time
London
14 Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, EC1R 4TD
Mara, Priya and Freya work from here. Tuesdays are open office hours.
--:--local time
New York
228 Lafayette Street, Floor 4, NY 10012
Daniel and Jonas work from here. Come by after a first call.
The partnership
Five partners. One of them is yours.
You get one partner from the first e-mail to the exit. Read what each of them backs, what they did before, and which companies they led. Then write to the one who knows your field.
03 / 05 · General partner
Priya Raman
BacksFintech rails
Priya ran treasury for an exporter in eleven currencies. She backs the tools she wanted then.
19first cheques
Ask me aboutLedgers, treasury and cross-border payments
05 / 05 · Partner, platform
Freya Holt
BacksHiring and first customers
Freya runs the platform team: first ten hires, first ten customers, the next round.
86companies supported
Ask me aboutYour first sales hire and your Series A
The platform team
Five people who work for you after the cheque.
- 01Ines CarvalhoTalent
Finds your first ten hires and sits in on the interviews you have never run before.
- 02Sam WhitlockFirst customers
Opens the first ten doors and tells you plainly which ones are not buyers.
- 03Leila HaddadFinance and fundraising
Builds the model with you and rehearses the Series A until it is boring.
- 04Tom AdeyemiLegal and company set-up
Option pools, contracts and the paperwork nobody enjoys, done in days.
- 05Hana MoriFounder office hours
Every Thursday, any question, no slides needed.
Where we are
Two offices, one partnership.
--:--local time
London
14 Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, EC1R 4TD
Mara, Priya and Freya work from here. Tuesdays are open office hours.
--:--local time
New York
228 Lafayette Street, Floor 4, NY 10012
Daniel and Jonas work from here. Come by after a first call.
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.
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.
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.