CA

Cadenza Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Cadenza Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 27 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$1.0M – $5.0M

AUM

$50M

Portfolio

27+ companies

Team

15 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in infrastructure technologies advancing digital payments and supply chains using blockchain and SaaS models.

How Cadenza Ventures invests

Cadenza Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Media, Consumer.

Cadenza Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $50M in assets under management.

Cadenza Ventures has backed 27 companies in our records, including Together.ai, Tensorwave, Nous Research.

Meet the Team

KD

Kumar Dandapani

Co-Founder

MS

Max Shapiro

Co-Founder

VV

Vipul Ved Prakash

Venture Partner

JB

Jonathan Bier

Venture Partner

DM

Danica Marsden

Venture Partner

EM

Eric Meltzer

Principal

AA

Alex Acero

Venture Partner

TT

Tim Tickel

Venture Partner

CB

Christopher Biettchert

Venture Partner

PM

Pedro Moreno Mengibar

Venture Partner

VR

Vince Reyes

Venture Partner

EY

Edward Yip

Venture Partner

JV

Jan van Eck

General Partner

GD

Greg Daniels

Founding Partner

Blockchain
Cross-Border Fintech
CS

Charles Srisuwananukorn

Venture Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Media
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (27)

Other

TO

Together.ai

AI infrastructure platform for training and deploying models.

TE

Tensorwave

Provides cloud GPU infrastructure for AI workloads.

NO

Nous Research

Develops open-source AI models and research tools.

PA

Pangram Labs

DE

Dexmate

RI

Rime Labs

AI coding and development platform.

KA

Kagi

Privacy-focused search engine and AI assistant.

JE

Jericho Security

AF

Affiniti Finance

CA

Casa

Self-custody bitcoin wallet and security platform.

How to pitch Cadenza Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kumar Dandapani, Co-Founder.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

Featured In

Browse More Investors

Fundraising resources

Frequently Asked Questions

See if Cadenza Ventures is a match for your startup

Upload your pitch deck to see how well you match with Cadenza Ventures and 10,000+ other investors.

Is this your profile? Request a correction or removal