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[Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] uk_ai_portfolio: BotsAndUs (Equity, July 2020, named as 'Kindred Capital') [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] uk_ai_portfolio: Fractile (Series A, May 2026, named as 'Kindred Capital') [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] uk_ai_portfolio: Latent Labs (Series A, February 2025, named as 'Kindred Capital') [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] people: Russell Buckley named for Kindred Capital on BotsAndUs round (July 2020); title not given [Investors VC Round 1, 31 Oct 2026] The file says Kindred gives 20% of fund carried interest to the founders it backs ('Equitable Venture') and was an early seed investor in PhysicsX. 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