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Kindra Tatarsky

Managing Director at Touchdown Ventures

New York, New York

Overview 

Kindra Tatarsky is an accomplished investor, board member, and advisor with a strong background in private equity and investment banking. She currently serves as the Managing Director at Touchdown Ventures, where she leverages her expertise in corporate development, strategic partnerships, and exit strategies to drive successful investments in various sectors including retail, real estate, and digital health. Highlights of Kindra's career include her roles as a Partner at Forerunner Ventures and Managing Director at Golden Seeds, where she demonstrated her strategic thinking and analytical skills by successfully investing in and advising numerous startups across different industries.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2024 - Current

    Provides Venture Capital as a Service to corporations, family offices, and other institutions as part of the Cerity Partners platform

  • Managing Director - Touchdown Ventures

    2018 - 2024

    I was a Managing Director at Touchdown Ventures. Touchdown pioneered venture capital as a service by managing venture capital funds for large corporations such as Cencora, Kellogg's, T-Mobile, Olympus, and many others. Touchdown Ventures was acquired by Cerity Partners in September 2024.

HPM Partners LLC is a financial services firm with operations in New York.

  • Global Adventurer

    2017 - 2018

    Follow the adventure at www.curiositychronicles.net or on Instagram @travelingtatas. #staycurious

  • Executive In Residence

    2016 - 2017

NGP Capital is a growth-stage investment firm that invests in the cybersecurity, edge cloud, digital industries and digital transformation.

  • Head of Corporate Development

    2015 - 2016

RetailNext enables retailers and manufacturers to collect, analyze, and visualize data about in-store customer engagement.

Raised $226,000,000.00 from Colbeck Capital.

  • SVP Corporate Development

    2011 - 2015

Nielsen provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers watch and buy.

Raised $650,000,000.00.

  • Managing Director, Director of Investments & Operations

    2008 - 2011

Golden Seeds is a seed-stage investment firm that focuses on women entrepreneurs.

  • Partner

    2005 - 2008

Forerunner Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on understanding the mindset of the modern consumer.

  • Partner, Senior Equity Research Analyst

    2001 - 2003

  • Managing Director, Senior Equity Research Analyst

    1993 - 2000

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