Justine Palefsky, Tasneem Amina

Co-founders at Kindred
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Justine is a Co-founder at Kindred, where she focuses on customer experience and brand. Before founding Kindred, she was part of the early team at Opendoor where she launched several markets, developed the home Trade-Up product, and scaled the company’s unique Self-Tour program. Justine’s cultural contributions include founding Women of Opendoor, leading the company’s engineering retros, and serving as designated culture interviewer during hypergrowth. Her prior experiences also include being Vice President of Customer Experience at proptech company Homebound and working at Bain & Company.

Tasneem is a Co-founder at Kindred, where she oversees product, engineering, and design. Before founding Kindred, she was a Product General Manager at Opendoor where she worked closely with the executive team to lead several key initiatives across consumer, pricing, and operations. Tasneem's work also included serving as product lead overseeing the company’s machine learning efforts to fully automated extremely accurate home pricing. Her previous experience includes being the Director of Analytics at Yik Yak and an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

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  • At its core, Kindred is about human connection. Everyone on Kindred came for the same reason – to live a more travel-rich lifestyle. By facilitating organic connections between members who have shared experiences or mutual friends, we create the environment of trust needed to take the leap.

  • Right now vacation rental prices are skyrocketing, making frequent travel and extended stays out of reach for so many. When you use Kindred, your budget goes further. We started Kindred with the goal of making travel a way of life, not just an occasional escape and we look forward to helping individuals break out of their daily routines while exploring new places.