Kindergarten Ventures
San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2021
Kindergarten Ventures is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm founded by David Rosenthal and Nat Manning. The firm invests approximately $250k checks in pre-seed through Series A startups updating the world for the 21st century.
31% of their portfolio is in Climate & Energy. Their most common stage is seed (46% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.2M (across 12 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
11
Fund Size
$4.3M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
NM
Nat Manning
General Partner
DR
David Rosenthal
Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
13 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bright Harbor | Seed | $10.1M | Aug 2025 |
 Bright Harbor | Seed | $10.1M | Jan 2025 |
 GlacierGrid | Series A | $19M | Feb 2024 |
 Gridware | Seed | $10.5M | Jun 2023 |
 StellarFi | Series A | $15M | Mar 2023 |
 Therma | Series A | $19M | Feb 2023 |
 StretchDollar | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | Jan 2023 |
| StellarFi | Seed | $7M | Mar 2022 |
 Generation Esports | Series A | $10.8M | May 2021 |
| Generation Esports | Series B | — | — |
 Headrace | Seed | $6M | — |
| CContinue AI | Seed | $5.7M | — |
 Standard Metrics | Series B | $20M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Lowercarbon Capital3 shared
First Trust Capital Partners3 shared
Fika Ventures3 shared
Collaborative Fund2 shared
Govtech Fund2 shared
CityRock Venture Partners2 shared
Deciens Capital2 shared
Zero Infinity Partners2 shared
Accomplice2 shared
Vera Equity2 shared
Acrew Capital2 shared
Gaingels2 shared
FJ Labs2 shared
Crystal Venture Partners2 shared
Everywhere Ventures2 shared
Jetstream2 shared
Congruent Ventures2 shared
Banana Capital1 shared
Scale Venture Partners1 shared
Convective Capital1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026