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Holyn Kanake

Investor at Kindred Ventures

New York, New York

Overview 

Holyn Kanake is an experienced Investor & Advisor based in New York, with a background in finance and a strong track record in leadership and program management. Currently serving as an Investor at Kindred Ventures, they have held roles at top companies like Twitter and EY, showcasing expertise in corporate finance, financial modeling, and due diligence. Highlights of Holyn's career include their tenure at Twitter, where they advanced from Partnerships Operations Analyst to Partnerships Strategy & Operations Manager, and their current role at Kindred Ventures investing in a diverse range of sectors including Hardware, Digital Health, and FinTech.

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.

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