Cantos
For Legends in the Making
San Francisco, United States · Founded 2016
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Employees
- 1–10
- Founded
- 2016
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- cantos.vc
About
Cantos is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Ian Rountree and based in San Francisco, investing in founders building transformative industrial and frontier technologies. The firm focuses on three investment themes: Abundance (energy, food, water, health), Resilience (critical infrastructure), and Advantage (U.S. competitiveness in advanced technology and defense). Cantos has backed companies including Astranis, Skyryse, Solugen, Radiant Nuclear, Earth AI, Castelion, and Shinkei, typically leading or co-leading pre-seed and seed rounds. The firm operates with a small team of partners including Grant Gregory (formerly a16z American Dynamism) and Principal Amee Kapadia.
Summary
Cantos is a Climate Tech company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2016.
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