frontier technology

KdT is the standard for early-stage frontier science investing

We back founders engineering the future at its deepest layer, from atoms to bits and everything that connects them.

writing the Physical Layer

Computation has transformed our lives in remarkable ways, but the physical layer of medicine, chemicals, and materials has barely changed. That is where we invest.

Matter + Systems

Molecules + Atoms

We are often the first institutional check into a company, and lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed rounds. Our model is built for the messy, high-uncertainty beginnings where great science becomes a venture-scale business.

We can keep up. Across science, engineering, and computation, we’ve been on the front lines. The technologies we invest in are ones we’ve built, used, and lived.

writing the Physical Layer

Computation has transformed our lives in remarkable ways, but the physical layer of medicine, chemicals, and materials has barely changed. That is where we invest.

Computation has transformed our lives in remarkable ways, but the physical layer of medicine, chemicals, and materials has barely changed. That is where we invest.

Matter + Systems

Molecules + Atoms

We are often the first institutional check into a company, and lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed rounds. Our model is built for the messy, high-uncertainty beginnings where great science becomes a venture-scale business.

We can keep up. Across science, engineering, and computation, we’ve been on the front lines. The technologies we invest in are ones we’ve built, used, and lived.

Matter + Systems

Molecules + Atoms

We are often the first institutional check into a company, and lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed rounds. Our model is built for the messy, high-uncertainty beginnings where great science becomes a venture-scale business.

We can keep up. Across science, engineering, and computation, we’ve been on the front lines. The technologies we invest in are ones we’ve built, used, and lived.

Matter + Systems

Molecules + Atoms

We are often the first institutional check into a company, and lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed rounds. Our model is built for the messy, high-uncertainty beginnings where great science becomes a venture-scale business.

Our thesis

Science is the source code of reality, from atoms to algorithms.

Solving the world’s defining challenges means engaging directly with nature’s source code. Modern instrumentation, simulation, and AI now let us read, interpret, and redesign the deepest layers of reality across biology, chemistry, physics, and computation.

Our philosophies

The future belongs to founders rewriting how the physical world works.

We believe transformative progress will come from founders building platforms that can engineer matter, energy, and information in entirely new ways.

Our
Companies

Portfolio

Companies that commercialize science that rewires the physical layer of the world across scales, disciplines, and industries.

Full Portfolio

Our Team

The Nicest VCs You’ll Meet

Cain McClary, Managing Partner & Founder

Blair Willette, Associate

Ketan Yerneni, Principal

Patrick Malone, Partner

Mack Healy, Managing Partner

Kaitlyn Davis, Head of Operations

Phil Grayeski, Managing Partner

Yusuf Uddin, Head of Talent

Venture for Science

Social capital compounds faster than cash, so we invest in long-term, deep relationships with our portfolio and partners. In the end, humans helping humans is what actually changes the world.

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