Holyn Kanake
Investor at Kindred Ventures
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2022 - Current
Kindred Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund. Our portfolio founders are tackling problems in a multitude of theme areas and are distributed across the globe. I focus on investments and research across AI, digital health, vertical SaaS, crypto, and consumer.
Kindred Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund that supports startup companies.
Treasurer
2021 - 2022
Friends with Benefits (FWB) is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) built on the Ethereum blockchain. FWB is powered by a growing community of artists, thinkers, and cultural maintainers who collaborate to connect web3 potential to cultural narratives.
An art and culture DAO
Partnerships Strategy & Operations Manager
2020 - 2021
The Partnerships Strategy & Operations team executes analytical and strategic initiatives to scale the business and influence the product roadmap for Global Content Partnerships. Additionally, Holyn was the Strategy & Operations Lead for the Canada/LatAm, Partnership Solutions, and Niche (Creators) teams. Twitter is what’s happening in the world and what people are talking about right now. The Global Content Partnerships team secures best-in-class content deals and partnerships with massive global reach.
Partnerships Strategy & Operations Associate
2018 - 2020
Partnerships Operations Analyst
2018 - 2018
X is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read microblogs.
Raised $12,869,191,511.00 from Greenlight Capital, Binance, Litani Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Qatar Holding, The Lawrence J. Ellison Revocable Trust, Fidelity, Alwaleed Bin Talal, Sequoia Capital and Vy Capital.
Financial Services Consultant
2016 - 2017
The EY Financial Services office helps leading institutions mitigate business risk and strategize global growth. Internships: • Technology Advisory Intern, Summer 2014 • Launch Intern, Summer 2013
Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Investment Banking Summer Analyst
2015 - 2015
Within Barclays’ investment bank, the Healthcare Equity Capital Markets team helps companies IPO and raise follow-on capital by having a deep understanding of markets, private and public investors, and industry. Select transactions: • Chiasma’s $117M IPO • K2M’s $102M block trade • DBV Technologies’ $282M follow-on
Google Shopping Policy Intern
2015 - 2015
Google Shopping helps companies sell products to the shoppers who matter most. Within that, the Policy team, in collaboration with engineering and sales, leverages the expertise of global policies to provide scalable processes and solutions for Google's largest advertisers.
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.