# Cerberus Ventures

> Cerberus Ventures is a VC fund backing Energy, Security and Space Travel. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 55%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.cerberus.com/investment-platforms/cerberus-ventures

Cerberus Ventures is a VC fund focused on Energy and Security. Cerberus Ventures will invest in early-stage businesses in fields relevant to both the government and innovators.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 9% |
| Security | 1 | 9% |
| Space Travel | 1 | 9% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 9% |
| Fraud Detection | 1 | 9% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 18% |
| Seed | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AquaPoro | AquaPoro is a Developer of atmospheric water-generating devices intended to break through materials science for industrial-scale moisture capture in arid environments. The company's proprietary technology is poised to transform global water infrastructure, creating a more resilient and sustainable future for our planet, enabling customers toproduce clean water from vapor. | $5M | Seed | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Layup Parts | Layup manufactures composite parts and the tooling required to make those parts, as well as developing technologies that will allow us to get parts to our clients faster than ever before. Layup ship parts far faster than our competitors can provide a quote. | $42M | Series A | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| Star Catcher | Star Catcher creates first energy grid for space. Star Catcher's orbital infrastructure will transform how satellites are powered. | $65M | Series A | May 12, 2026 |  |
| Virchow Medical | Virchow Medical is a manufacturer and supplier of biopsy catchment devices. | $4.1M | Seed | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| Polysim | Polysim models markets, communities, and collective behaviour using millions of artificial agents — a quiet rehearsal stage for the decisions that shape the next decade. | $2.3M | Seed | Mar 23, 2026 |  |
| DG Matrix | DG Matrix innovative solutions unlock gigaton-scale emissions reductions by enabling electrification anywhere and everywhere with less material and a smaller footprint. | $60M | Series A | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Lucidean | Lucidean develops optical interconnects and link solutions for data center and AI networks. The company designs hardware that combines photonics and electronics to move data with higher bandwidth and lower energy per bit. Work includes coherent optical links, with a mixed-domain architecture the company demonstrates at OFC 2025 to extend reach andcapacity inside and between racks. Products focus on scaling throughput while managing cost and power constraints for large training and inference clusters. Capabilities span optical link design, integration of photonic integrated circuits with control electronics, and system-level prototyping and validation. | $18.4M | Seed | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| Nudge Security | Nudge Security is a cybersecurity startup securing modern organizations through the power of the modern workforce. It offers a cybersecurity platform focused on managing risk across SaaS and generative AI tools at what it terms the “Workforce Edge.” It provides automated discovery of shadow IT, uncovering every cloud and SaaS asset in anorganization without needing intrusive agents or network changes. The platform then delivers real-time “nudges”—contextual, behavioral prompts—to employees when potentially risky behavior is detected, such as unsafe account configurations, weak passwords, or unmanaged app usage. Nudge also provides identity governance workflows, helping IT teams automate lifecycle management for user access, offboarding, and OAuth permissions. To support security teams in making informed decisions, it generates continuous insights on third-party risk, supply chain exposure, and app misconfigurations. The company emphasizes secure design: its systems encrypt data in transit and at rest, enforce least-privilege access, and hold SOC 2 Type II certification. | $22.5M | Series A | Nov 18, 2025 |  |
| Red Queen Bio | Red Queen Bio works with frontier labs to map AI-enabled biothreats and pre-build medical countermeasures against them. | $15M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Ansa Biotechnologies | Ansa Biotechnologies is manufactured via a chemical method that has remained essentially unchanged for 35 years and has approached a plateau. Ansa Biotechnologies is developing a novel DNA synthesis technology based on enzymes that will be more fast, accurate, and clean than existing methods. The technique promises to dramatically accelerateinnovation in biological research and engineering. | $46.4M | Series B | Oct 01, 2025 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [B Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-capital-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Element Six](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/element-six) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Shield Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shield-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alternative Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alternative-investment-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Altitude Life Science Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altitude-life-science-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ballistic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ballistic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cerberus Ventures invest in?

Cerberus Ventures invests primarily in Energy, Security and Space Travel startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Cerberus Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cerberus Ventures closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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