Cantos Ventures, LLC
We invest in people who will transform the physical world.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
1 additional team member, 10 additional co-investors and affiliates, 13 additional investments, funds and LPs, 13 events, 2 verified contacts (1 published business email, 1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 1 companyportfolio raising
One portfolio company has new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 19 Aug 2026 ($1B round).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
- 1 roundled by Amee Kapadia
Amee Kapadia leads the most rounds on record: 1 round, latest MoldCo round (18 Sep 2025).
The partner who leads is the one to reach; the rest of the team follows a lead partner's call.
People to know
View all people- PartnerWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionNo route on file yet
- ManagerWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
36 connected entities3 observed rounds2 repeat counterpartiesrounds 2025
From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.
Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.
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›How strength and recency are read
Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.
Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.
How am I connected?
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Investing
3 companies on record, 2 new in 12 months
Investments on record
What these amounts mean“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.Acquired, Public, Exited and Active are what the firm’s own portfolio card says, read on the date shown when you hover the chip; they are not deal dates. A company with no chip is one whose card states no outcome: DFX does not assume it is active.| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vital Lyfe, Inc. | Seed Round · Seed | participant | Grant Gregory (confirmed) | $24.0M | unknown | Dec 16, 2025 | Fact Press release |
| Castelion Corp | Series B · Series B | participant | unknown | $350M | unknown | Dec 5, 2025 | Fact Press release |
| MoldCo | Funding round | lead | Amee Kapadia (confirmed) | $8.0M | unknown | Sep 18, 2025 | Fact Press release |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- ai, biotech, climate, energy, hardware, robotics, space, defense, edtech, logistics, industrial
- Stages
- pre seed, seed, series a, series b
- Geography
- silicon valley, united states
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
4 current, 0 departed
Decision makers
- Amee Kapadia · PartnerWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibility; Led 1 round on record
Who else at this firm · 1 person, grouped by function
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
Investment team
How the team is orderedPartners who lead rounds first (rounds led, then deals attributed, then seniority), then the rest of the investment team, then investor relations, finance and operations. A person named by two sources under two spellings is shown once.- Partner · led 1 round on record
- Manager
- Chief Financial Officer
Contacts
1 published business email, 1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
16 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
What these amounts meanGAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantos Ventures III, L.P. | Fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $140M Mar 27, 2026 | 84 | $16.5M of $50.0M | May 27, 2021 |
| Cantos Ventures IV, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $63.7M Mar 27, 2026 | 87 | $0 | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Cantos Ventures II, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $43.5M Mar 27, 2026 | 53 | $0 of $20.0M | Jun 14, 2018 |
Limited partners
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areEach commitment is counted once across the pension tape and the allocator graph. A commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the report date. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value, never a commitment. Rows without a fund on the venture graph are commitments to this manager.Relationships across DFX
13 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
- 2025-12-162 shared deals · recurring
- 2025-12-162 shared deals · recurring · they led 1
- 2025-12-161 shared deal · one time · they led 1
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- The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Cantos Ventures, LLC is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
The joined record opens with the product, beside every other relationship on this page.
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Evidence and history
18 dated events, 54 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
- Mar 27, 2026Cantos Coda, LP first reported on Form ADV by Cantos Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $6,552,268
- Mar 27, 2026Canto of Arcadia LP first reported on Form ADV by Cantos Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $4,900,000
- Mar 27, 2026Canto of Jupiter II LP first reported on Form ADV by Cantos Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $5,000,000
- Mar 27, 2026Cantos Ivy II, L.L.C. first reported on Form ADV by Cantos Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,002,016
- Mar 27, 2026Cantos Ventures IV, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Cantos Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $63,724,056
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Mar 27, 2026 · 14 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- cantos.vc
- SEC adviser type
- Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- Venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 27, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 14 (14 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $340Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried3 on recordShowHide
- Sep 23, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $345M
- Sep 15, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $146M
- Sep 12, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $132M
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC exemption, VC funds reported | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2023-03-30 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2023-03-30 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-30 | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-29 | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-25 | Sep 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-23 | Sep 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-21 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-22 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-03-27 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-03-27 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-03-29 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | ERA - Active | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2023-03-30 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 14 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 14 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 10 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $340M | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $340M | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $146M | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Sep 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | silicon valley, united states “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | silicon valley, united states “geography words on the home page” | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, biotech, climate, energy, hardware, robotics, space, defense, edtech, logistics, industrial “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, biotech, climate, energy, hardware, robotics, space, defense, edtech, logistics, industrial “sector words on the home page” | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Pre seed, seed, series a, series b “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Pre seed, seed, series a, series b “stage words on the home page” | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | |
| Venture funds reported | 14 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 14 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 10 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersMulti-stage venture firm, confirmedShowHide
Both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $345M
- importance
- gav: 0.46 · funds: 1 · people: 0.12 · investments: 0.18 · co investors: 0.45
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0.25 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: 2025-12-16
- emerging manager
- fund count: 16 · reported gav: $340M · first adv filing: 2023-03-30 · years since first filing: 3.5
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Fits
- score 57.6confidence 100%Why: sector fit; stage fit; geography fit; activityWatch: adjacent portfolio
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Record history
- Adviser's first ADV filing2023-03-30source on record
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