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Cerberus Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($1.0M–$3.0M Checks)

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Cerberus Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in AI / ML, Enterprise, Climate / Energy. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 12 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$3.0M
Portfolio
12 companies on record
Partners
10 listed
AUM
$25B
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Enterprise, Climate / Energy, Developer Tools, Security, SaaS

Last verified: 2026-10-26

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

AUM

$25.0B

Portfolio

12+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investment Thesis

Early investor in applied AI and enterprise infrastructure with a first-check range that matches larger pre-seed rounds.

How Cerberus Ventures invests

Cerberus Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Enterprise, Climate / Energy, Developer Tools, Security.

Cerberus Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $25B in assets under management. Our records include 1 fund raised by the firm.

Cerberus Ventures has backed 12 companies in our records, including Ansa Biotechnologies, AquaPoro, ChipStack.

Partners & Team

JD

Jacy Danko

Vice President

LZ

Leo Zingg

Vice President

TL

Torrey Leroy

Vice President of Communications

EG

Erin Glenn

Vice President

DS

Dawn See

Director

TF

Tim Fording

Managing Director

MC

Manu Choudhary

CEO

PC

Paul Coraci

Senior Vice President

FP

Federico Persico

Managing Director

MP

Michael Pokorny

Director

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Enterprise
Climate / Energy
Developer Tools
Security
SaaS

Funds

Cerberus Capital Management

$25.0B
investing

Portfolio Companies (12)

Other

AN

Ansa Biotechnologies

Biotechnology / life sciences·Series B

DNA synthesis company focused on reimagining how synthetic DNA is made.

AQ

AquaPoro

Energy & resources / climate tech·Seed

Company developing systems for generating water from air at scale.

CH

ChipStack

AI / semiconductors·Seed

Software company helping organizations develop advanced chips using LLMs and modern software workflows.

DG

DG Matrix

Energy & resources·Series A

Company rethinking energy infrastructure.

FE

Ferveret

AI / infrastructure·Seed

Company focused on liquid cooling technology.

GH

Ghostdog Systems

Defense / security / autonomy·Series A

Company powering resilience, intelligence, and security.

LA

Layup Parts

Advanced manufacturing·Series A

Manufacturer of high-quality composite parts.

LI

Lightsynq

Quantum computing·Series A / Series B

Company making quantum computers modular.

MA

Maybell Quantum

Quantum / infrastructure·Series A

Company building tools for the quantum computing future.

NU

Nudge Security

Cybersecurity / SaaS·Series A

SaaS and AI security governance platform for the modern workforce.

How to pitch Cerberus Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Enterprise, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jacy Danko, Vice President.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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