Cantos Venture, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm, raised $50M for their third fund.
The vehicle is focused on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in deeply technical climate, TechBio, aerospace, and next-gen computing startups.
Led by Ian Rountree, Founder & GP, Cantos Ventures invests in what they call “near frontier” startups, which have the potential to mitigate climate change, disease, armed conflict, poverty, and existential risk on a global scale.
The firm has invested in over 50 deep tech startups to-date.
Notable investments include:
- Astranis, which is making satellite connectivity cheaper for billions without internet
- Atom Computing, a quantum computing company
- Faeth Therapeutics, a biotech using nutrition to fight cancer
- Fleetzero, which is decarbonizing ocean freight with electric ships
- Humane, which aims to transform how we interact with technology in the real world
- Mission Barns, an an alternative meat company that uses cultivated fat technology
- Radiant, which is building zero-emission portable fission reactors
- Skyryse, which makes air travel safer and more accessible through avionics innovation
- Solugen, which turns sugar into chemicals, replacing petroleum
- Twelve, which transforms CO2 into fossil-free essential chemicals
- Venus Aerospace, a hypersonic defense and transportation startup
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02/09/2022