# Kane Hsieh

> Kane Hsieh is a seed investor at Root Ventures (San Francisco) backing Energy and Gaming. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Root Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rootvc)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kanehsieh
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/kane
- Website: https://kane.pizza

Kane Hsieh is a seed investor at Root Ventures in San Francisco focused on Energy and Gaming. Kane Hsieh is the Partner of Root Ventures. Kane previously worked at Brilliant Bicycles as a Head of Product and Co-Founder. He attended Harvard University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| Gaming | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |
| Hardware | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Volund Manufacturing | Volund Manufacturing is a precision manufacturing company specializing in CNC machining, fabrication, and engineered metal components. | $12M | Seed | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Latent Technology | Latent Technology builds the next-generation animation technology for virtual worlds. | $8M | Seed | Jun 05, 2025 |  |
| Latent Technology | Latent Technology builds the next-generation animation technology for virtual worlds. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 06, 2023 |  |
| ChargeLab | ChargeLab is the Android of EV charging. We don’t build EV chargers, but our hardware-agnostic platform runs on the world’s most popular EV chargers. Once connected, our software makes any EV charger smarter and easier to use. | $15M | Series A | May 19, 2022 |  |
| ChargeLab | ChargeLab is the Android of EV charging. We don’t build EV chargers, but our hardware-agnostic platform runs on the world’s most popular EV chargers. Once connected, our software makes any EV charger smarter and easier to use. | $4.3M | Seed | Feb 23, 2021 |  |
| Standard Metrics | Quaestor is an automated data platform that enables financial transparency between startups and investors. | $5.8M | Seed | Jul 13, 2020 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Third Sphere](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/urban-us) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Construct Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/construct-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Highline Beta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/highline-beta) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Maple VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maple-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Spark Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scale-asia-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Root Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Root Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in technical teams working on deep tech. The firm specializes in the fields of financial services, venture capital, and investments. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

5 contacts available at Root Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lee Edwards | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lee-edwards |
| Avidan Ross | Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avidan-ross |
| Chrissy Meyer | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chrissy-meyer |
| Emily Henriksson | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-henriksson-77e8 |
| Kane Hsieh | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kane-hsieh |

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## FAQ

### What does Kane Hsieh invest in?

Kane Hsieh invests primarily in Energy, Gaming and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Kane Hsieh last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kane Hsieh closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 6 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?

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