# Cambrian Ventures

> Cambrian Ventures is a VC fund backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 14%
- Fund size: $20M
- Last fund: Jul 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cambrianhq/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rexsalisbury
- Website: https://www.cambrianhq.com

Cambrian Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Cambrian Ventures operates as an early-stage venture capital firm.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 12 | 32% |
| Financial Services | 12 | 32% |
| Software | 6 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 14% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 49% |
| Pre-Seed | 10 | 27% |
| Series A | 5 | 14% |
| Series B | 2 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 26 | 70% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rex Salisbury | Founder & General Partner | 39 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rex-salisbury |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pie | Pie is an AI technology company that provides an agentic growth platform for small businesses. Its platform automates local marketing by managing business visibility across Google Maps, Yelp, Nextdoor, and AI search platforms such as ChatGPT and Gemini. Pie also uses AI to optimize marketing performance in real time and handle customer phone calls,enabling business owners to focus on daily operations. | $19.5M | Series A | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| MNX | MNX is a company focused on decentralized futures exchanges in the AI economy. | $6.4M | Pre-Seed | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Vinyl Equity | Vinyl Equity offers a cloud-native, API-first transfer agency platform for public companies. The platform supports services such as share registry management, dividend plan administration, proxy voting, and compliance. Vinyl Equity utilizes digital tools, including immutable ledgers, electronic KYC, and e-signatures, to streamline processes likedelegending restricted securities and managing shareholder records. Additional features include automated equity plan integrations, real-time reporting, and proxy lifecycle management. | $20M | Series A | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Hamilton AI | Hamilton AI is an end-to-end productivity suite for brokers and operators, streamlining charter sourcing, trips, payments, and tracking. | $7.5M | Seed | Mar 19, 2026 |  |
| Remitian | AI-powered Tax Payment API | $7M | Seed | Mar 10, 2026 |  |
| Frontlands | Frontlands is a financial services company that offers specialty lending products to property based rights owners. | $5.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 22, 2025 |  |
| Cyphlens | Cyphlens provides software for payment security, fraud prevention, and mobile-based decryption for secure transactions. | $3.8M | Seed | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| LightSpun | LightSpun is an AI-powered platform designed to transform and streamline healthcare administration, specifically dental insurance administration. | $13M | Series A | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| Chipp | Build a custom ChatGPT without code. Share it with your audience or sell it to build your business | $2M | Seed | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| Tensec | Founded in 2023, Tensec is a global fintech that enables small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to enter global trade and thrive by giving them access to global transaction banking solutions that are user-friendly, efficient, and secure.Tensec founders have driven startups from foundation to exit, built decacorns, and led global teams atcompanies such as PayPal, Credit Karma, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. We’re putting together a world-class team to disrupt the $50 trillion cross-border b2b financial services industry by providing SMBs the financial strength to participate and win in the global economy.We believe that successful companies and teams are directly correlated to a company's cultural DNA. At Tensec, we make a deliberate effort to create values and foster a culture able to unleash both human and organizational potential. We strongly believe that the best business results derive from teams that have a strong identification with a mission, push themselves to the edge, and love what they do.The Tensec team is diverse and global, with members in New York, San Francisco and São Paulo. We are funded by top venture capital firms such as Costanoa Ventures, Quiet Capital, Cambrian Ventures, Ignia Partners and WillowTree Investments. | $12M | Seed | Jun 18, 2025 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Evolution Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolution-vc-9377) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [M25](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/M25-VC) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Picus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/picus-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Cambrian Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cambrian-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Cambrian Ventures invest in?

Cambrian Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Cambrian Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Cambrian Ventures?

The team at Cambrian Ventures includes Rex Salisbury (Founder & General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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