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Kindred

Consumer · San Francisco, US

Credit-based home swapping network, an alternative to hotels and short-term rentals.

Founders

Justine Palefsky (United States · ♀) — An early Opendoor employee, she teamed up with a colleague in 2021 to start Kindred, a members-only home-swapping network making travel more affordable as an alternative to Airbnb.
Tasneem Amina (India · ♀) — Born in India and immigrating to the US in high school, she was a product GM at Opendoor where she met Palefsky, and the two co-founded Kindred in 2021 around a shared travel-driven value system.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Feb 2026	Series C Kindred closed an $85 million Series C led by Index Ventures to expand its home swapping platform.	$85M
Feb 2026	Series B Kindred announced a $40 million Series B co-led by NEA and Dylan Field, part of an overall $125 million package.	$40M
Apr 2022	Seed Kindred, a membership-based home-swap travel service, raised a $7.75M seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.	$7.8M

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