Cadenza Ventures
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Cadenza Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. Since 2018, the Cadenza team has managed investment vehicles with a focus on decentralized technologies.
- Total investments:
- 72
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
- Fund size:
- $50M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Cadenza Ventures invests in
Stages Cadenza Ventures invests in
Countries Cadenza Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$6M
- Pre-Seed
- $1M–$4.3M
- Series A
- $3.5M–$28M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Cryptocurrency 28 (39%)
- Blockchain 25 (35%)
- Financial Services 17 (24%)
- FinTech 16 (22%)
- Software 13 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 36 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 8 (11%)
- Series A 8 (11%)
- Funding Round 4 (6%)
- Series B 3 (4%)
Country
- United States 25 (35%)
- Singapore 4 (6%)
- Canada 3 (4%)
- Nigeria 2 (3%)
- Colombia 2 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kumar Dandapani
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 17 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pangram Labs is building technology to identify AI-generated content. | $9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 29, 2026 | ||
| Rime develops speech technologies for a wide range of customers. The company works on speech generation with a deep understanding of linguistic and sociolinguistic phenomena needed to create the next generation of text-to-speech tooling. | $24M / Series A / Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| Quantum Bridge goal is to provide organisations who need unwavering security to encrypt and communicate highly confidential and classified information with unbreakable network and endpoint security solutions. | $8M / Series A / May 20, 2026 | ||
| Oh is the decentralized and uncensored AI products can offer a range of benefits, such as enhancing privacy, encouraging innovation, and promoting freedom of information. | $7.5M / Series A / Apr 08, 2026 | ||
| Miru Labs offers tailored solutions to spot, rank, and halt crypto threats for enterprises and retail users. | $2.7M / Pre-Seed / Sep 12, 2025 | ||
| Miru is a cybersecurity company that provides AI tools to perform cybersecurity, trust and safety, and national security investigations. | $2.7M / Pre-Seed / Sep 12, 2025 | ||
| Pangram Labs is building technology to identify AI-generated content. | $2.7M / Seed / Jun 24, 2025 | ||
| Defx is a non-custodial perps venue. We're built on Arbitrum, and will be coming to Solana very soon. | $2.5M / Seed / Jun 12, 2025 | ||
| Rime develops speech technologies for a wide range of customers. The company works on speech generation with a deep understanding of linguistic and sociolinguistic phenomena needed to create the next generation of text-to-speech tooling. | $5.5M / Seed / May 29, 2025 | ||
| Ribbon is an AI-powered job search tool that helps you discover your dream job faster. It offers a range of services tailored for your job search needs. From creating professional resumes to conducting mock interviews, Ribbon provides personalized guidance at every step of your job search. | $8.2M / Seed / Mar 31, 2025 | ||
| See all 72 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Cadenza Ventures invest in?
Cadenza Ventures invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 72 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Cadenza Ventures's check size?
Cadenza Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$6M at Seed, $1M–$4.3M at Pre-Seed and $3.5M–$28M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Cadenza Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Cadenza Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Cadenza Ventures?
The team at Cadenza Ventures includes Kumar Dandapani (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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