Active: new fund Nov 2024 Verified 5 Nov 2026
Cantos
Venture firm investing in founders transforming the physical world, from pre-seed onward, in areas such as space, defense, energy and robotics. Based in San Francisco, CA.
- Type
- VC firm
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
- Backs
- Hardware, Climate and energy, Deep tech, Real assets
- Sectors
- Energy, Industrial, Space, Defense, AI, Robotics
- Fund size / AUM
- $50M Cantos Ventures III (Form D offering, 2021); $339.9M gross private fund assets (Form ADV; private funds: 14, of which venture capital: 14)
- Latest fund or filing
- 15 Nov 2024
- Portfolio mix
- Hardware 31%; Climate and energy 23%; Deep tech 15%; Real assets 15%; Biotech and pharma 8%; B2B software 8% (n=13)
- Website
- www.cantos.vc
Contacts on file
For Cantos, the paid file holds: 4 named decision-makers with roles; LinkedIn page.
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Notable investments
AstranisCastelionEarth AINerosRadiant Nuclear
Sources
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2032029/000203202924000001/
- adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/312922
- cantos.vc/
- cantos.vc/#portfolio
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1863672/000186367221000001/
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