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Kanyi Maqubela
Entrepreneur, Investor
Kanyi Maqubela is a Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in sectors such as fintech, digital health, e-commerce, and supply-chain logistics. He co-founded Heartbeat Health, a virtual care platform for cardiology, and has served as a Partner at Collaborative Fund, where he worked with companies like Tala and Walker & Co. His investment portfolio includes companies like Cloudtrucks, Hellosign, Just, Outschool, and Upstart.123
Born in Soweto, South Africa, Maqubela moved to the United States as a refugee and grew up in New England. He studied Philosophy at Stanford University and has been involved in various entrepreneurial and investment roles throughout his career. He has also taught at New York University Tisch School of the Arts and worked on Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign.4 Maqubela resides in San Francisco with his family and serves on the board of the UCSF Foundation Investment Company.14
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michael’s influence on the startup world is profound. he ushered in a new era of personal video streaming, brought african startups into the global cap markets, and whatever he does next will make the world more just, productive and interesting.
shout out mws!
When you move money cross border, you have 3 challenges:
- Takes forever (sending messages on 30 yr old rails)
- You have limits (above $500K you need OTC to 'market make')
- Complex integrations (payment APIs are a long, varied tail)
Stablecoins stand to solve all this, but are still nascent, and nobody has built basic orchestration capabilities for them.
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