Third Kind Venture Capital

2010

Founded

124

Investments

United States

Offices

Venture Fund

Investor Type

About

Third Kind Venture Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Shana Fisher, a former Microsoft executive and early investor in Pinterest. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on sectors such as software, financial services, digital media, information technology, life sciences, and education. Their investment strategy targets companies with scalable business models, providing both capital and strategic resources to drive significant growth.

In January 2017, Third Kind Venture Capital closed its inaugural fund at $44.325 million, with plans to raise a second fund targeting $65 million in 2019. ( The firm's portfolio includes notable companies like Notion, Pinterest, Pietra, ClassPass, and Bubble. ( As of April 2025, Third Kind Venture Capital continues to actively seek new investments, having made 177 investments and achieved 61 exits.

Portfolio Companies

Notion, Pinterest, Pietra, ClassPass, Bubble, Homemade, Lily, Kimono Labs, Case, Chain

Gepgraphic Focus

United States

Key Differentiators

Focus on early-stage investments, Targeting scalable business models, Providing both capital and strategic resources

Thypical Investment Size

$500K to $10M

Total Funds Raised

$44.325 million

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Big Data & Analytics

Food and Beverage

ClimateTech & CleanTech

Consumer

E-Commerce

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)

New York

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

United States