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cantos.vc

Investments

37

Portfolio Exits

3

Funds

4

About Cantos Ventures

Cantos Ventures is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital fund that invests in startups in 'pre-inflection' industries.

Headquarters Location

25 Taylor Street Suite 300

San Francisco, California, 94102,

United States

415-926-3835

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Latest Cantos Ventures News

Cantos invests $50 million in companies in remote areas

Sep 5, 2022

Last Updated: September 5, 2022 While developing “hard” technologies might be challenging, great advances often bring large financial rewards and new possibilities. To “benefit billions of lives and save the planet,” Cantos has now completed its third fund, which will invest in science-forward enterprises at the pre-seed and seed phases. My undergraduate degree is in the field of international relations. Having zero technical knowledge, I can’t help you. Ian Rountree, GP and founder of Cantos Ventures, freely confesses, “I’ve always been somewhat of a reader and observer of science fiction.” You often hear clichés about current venture capital that, in my opinion, are untrue. Among these misconceptions are the ideas that “hardware is hard and sluggish” and that “hard tech” requires more money to implement. The common perception is that it is not as beneficial as investing. If you consider the world’s most pressing issues, though, you have to question. Building actual things in the real world is certainly more influential than software in many circumstances, but venture money was basically scared away from it, making it harder to combat climate change, illness, armed conflict, existential danger, and poverty. I found that really unsettling. When Rountree looked more closely at the industry, he found potential where others saw danger. If everyone on Sandhill Road is unequivocally stating, “I’m not investing in hardware and bio,” then perhaps this is an attractive space to enter, as Rountree suggests. Cantos 3 is investing mostly in highly technical climate, TechBio, aerospace, and next-gen computer firms at the pre-seed and seed stages. It boasts that it is more tolerant of technological risk taken by entrepreneurs than is typical at other VC companies. “We seek to minimize market risk, and we look for companies making commodities cheaper and with a lower carbon footprint, raising the standard of care, or improving the defense capabilities of democratic nations. We believe the largest companies can also have the biggest positive impact on people and our shared planet when stewarded well, so we aim to back entrepreneurs with the ambition to build $10 billion to $100 billion companies and beyond,” Rountree says. “Our thesis is that such companies will either offer platform potential or be full-stack. We view our founder partners as the new industrialists.”

Cantos Ventures Investments

37 Investments

Cantos Ventures has made 37 investments. Their latest investment was in Modulo Bio as part of their Seed VC on June 6, 2023.

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Cantos Ventures Investments Activity

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Date

Round

Company

Amount

New?

Co-Investors

Sources

6/2/2023

Seed VC

Modulo Bio

$8M

Yes

3

3/9/2023

Seed VC - II

Tiamat Sciences

$2M

No

4

2/8/2023

Series A

Earth AI

$9.45M

No

1

1/11/2023

Seed VC

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$99M

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10

1/6/2023

Series A

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$99M

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10

Date

6/2/2023

3/9/2023

2/8/2023

1/11/2023

1/6/2023

Round

Seed VC

Seed VC - II

Series A

Seed VC

Series A

Company

Modulo Bio

Tiamat Sciences

Earth AI

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Amount

$8M

$2M

$9.45M

$99M

$99M

New?

Yes

No

No

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Co-Investors

Sources

3

4

1

10

10

Cantos Ventures Portfolio Exits

3 Portfolio Exits

Cantos Ventures has 3 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Qwil on May 26, 2022.

Date

Exit

Companies

Valuation
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Acquirer

Sources

5/26/2022

Acquired

$99M

1

3/9/2022

Acquired

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10

11/2/2020

Acquired

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10

Date

5/26/2022

3/9/2022

11/2/2020

Exit

Acquired

Acquired

Acquired

Companies

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Valuation

$99M

$99M

$99M

Acquirer

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Sources

1

10

10

Cantos Ventures Fund History

4 Fund Histories

Cantos Ventures has 4 funds, including Cantos Ventures III.

Closing Date

Fund

Fund Type

Status

Amount

Sources

9/1/2022

Cantos Ventures III

$50M

1

12/31/2016

Cantos Ventures I

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10

Cantos-SkyRyse

10

Cantos Ventures II

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10

Closing Date

9/1/2022

12/31/2016

Fund

Cantos Ventures III

Cantos Ventures I

Cantos-SkyRyse

Cantos Ventures II

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Amount

$50M

Sources

1

10

10

10

Cantos Ventures Team

2 Team Members

Cantos Ventures has 2 team members, including current Founder, General Partner, Ian Rountree.

Name

Work History

Title

Status

Ian Rountree

Founder, General Partner

Current

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