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Cantos

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Description

A pre-seed firm obsessively pursuing the near frontier – where software, hardware, & wetware intersect.

Investor Profile

Cantos has made 106 investments, with 9 in the past 12 months and 11% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (56%)
  • Series A (23%)
  • Pre Seed (8%)
  • Series B (7%)
  • Convertible Note (6%)
  • Debt Financing (1%)
  • Series Unknown (1%)

Country Focus

  • United States (94%)
  • United Kingdom (3%)
  • Canada (1%)
  • Nigeria (1%)

Industry Focus

  • Biotechnology
  • Software
  • Aerospace
  • Health Care
  • Fintech
  • Internet
  • Financial Services
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Information Technology
  • Medical
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Cantos frequently co-invest with?

Bossa Invest
South America, Sao Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo
Co-Investments: 5
KdT Ventures
North America, Texas, United States, Austin
Co-Investments: 8
IV
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 5
Refactor
North America, California, United States, Burlingame
Co-Investments: 8
Y Combinator
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Co-Investments: 14
Bee Partners
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 6
Fifty Years
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 10
Andreessen Horowitz
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 7
Venrock
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 5
Khosla Ventures
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 5

Which angels does Cantos often collaborate with?

RM
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
Matt Mickiewicz
North America, Canada
Shared Deals: 1
NB
North America, California, United States, Los Angeles
Shared Deals: 1
JG
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
Daniel Macklin
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
BF
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 5
LD
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
RR
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
AS
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
AR
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Cantos?

Remedy Scientific

San Francisco, California, United States

Remedy Scientific is a pioneering environmental remediation technology firm

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Environmental ConsultingSensor
SeedApr 9, 2025
Amount Raised: $11,000,000
Pilgrim

Redwood City, California, United States

Building the warfighter of tomorrow.

Health DiagnosticsMedical DeviceMilitaryNational Security
Pre SeedMar 17, 2025
Amount Raised: $3,250,000
Castelion

El Segundo, California, United States

Castelion is a defense tech company that applies modern hardware development and manufacturing processes to national security challenges.

AerospaceGovernmentManufacturingMilitaryNational Security
Series AJan 29, 2025
Amount Raised: $70,000,000
EARTH AI

San Mateo, California, United States

EARTH AI is a predictive explorer and driller for critical minerals.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)HardwareMineralMiningMining Technology
Series BJan 27, 2025
Amount Raised: $20,000,000
Bedrock Energy

Austin, Texas, United States

Bedrock Energy develops drilling technology and advanced subsurface simulation software to enable geothermal heating and cooling.

CommercialConstruction
Series AJan 22, 2025
Amount Raised: $12,000,000

Redefining the limits of signal processing and data transmission by changing the way waveforms are processed.

Information TechnologyInternetSoftware
SeedJan 15, 2025
Amount Raised: $7,150,000
Salient Motion

Irvine, California, United States

Salient Motion is an electric motion operating system designed to reimagine the American supply chain with help of cutting-edge software.

ElectronicsOperating SystemsSoftware
SeedOct 1, 2024
Amount Raised: $4,000,000
Intramotev

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Intramotev creates self-propelled battery-electric railcars that operates autonomously and reduce the reliance on traditional locomotives.

Autonomous VehiclesFreight ServiceLogisticsRailroad
Series AAug 15, 2024
Amount Raised: $14,400,000
The Lumber Manufactory

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

The Lumber Manufactory is a sawmmilling company that offers sustainable manufacturing of dimensional wood products.

ManufacturingWood Processing
SeedMay 28, 2024
Amount Raised: $4,099,992
Nabla Bio

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Nabla Bio is an autoverse platform of proprietary biologically informed machine learning that co-develops antibody drugs.

BiopharmaBiotechnologyMachine Learning
Series AMay 14, 2024
Amount Raised: $26,000,000