# Sancus Ventures

> Sancus Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Sancus Ventures is a VC fund focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Investing in the next generation of AI and Blockchain infrastructure.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 26% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 15% |
| Internet | 3 | 11% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 11% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 63% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 11% |
| Series A | 2 | 7% |
| Series C | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lake Dai | Founder & Managing Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lake-dai |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Artie | Artie is an open source solution that provides real-time database replication. Artie leverages change data capture (CDC) and stream processing to sync databases and data warehouses in real-time. We are open source and offer a managed version of our solution! Check out our GitHub at https://github.com/artie-labs/transfer | $15.1M | Series A | Jan 22, 2026 |  |
| CipherOwl Inc | CipherOwl is a next-generation, AI-powered onchain intelligence platform revolutionizing regulatory compliance and risk analysis for institutional use cases. Leveraging advanced machine learning and data-driven algorithms, CipherOwl automates transaction monitoring and predictive risk assessment, enhancing compliance effectiveness and operationalefficiency. Backed by prominent U.S. institutional investors—including General Catalyst, Coinbase Ventures, Road Capital, OKX Ventures, and Sancus—the CipherOwl team consists of experts who built Coinbase’s onchain data infrastructure and compliance platform, with experience from top technology and blockchain companies such as Coinbase, Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter, and Chainalysis. This positions CipherOwl uniquely to drive innovation in digital asset compliance. | $15M | Seed | Oct 09, 2025 |  |
| ALIGNMT AI | ALIGNMT AI is a software company that offers a comprehensive AI governance and risk management platform for healthcare organizations. | $6.5M | Seed | Aug 28, 2025 |  |
| inshAllah | inshAllah is a cryptocurrency staking platform that works on cutting edge applications of Islamic finance built on crypto rails. | $2.1M | Seed | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| Pax AI | Pax uses AI to help retailers and manufacturers automate data processing, optimizing calculations, and streamlining claim submission | $4.5M | Seed | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| Opennote | The AI tutor that lives in your notes | $850K | Pre-Seed | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Silicon Data | Silicon Data is a data product that brings essential intelligence and efficiency to markets. | $4.7M | Seed | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Aomni | Aomni's AI synthesizes data from company websites, social media profiles, public financial documents, and other publicly available sources, as well as our proprietary web crawls. | $4M | Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| Exceeds | Enterprise service combining AI and data insights to increase a team's impact | $4.6M | Seed | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| Redcoat AI | Redcoat AI is a platform that creates cybersecurity solutions intended to stop social engineering on mobile devices. | $4.2M | Seed | Mar 14, 2024 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alchemist Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-accelerator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Addition](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addition-7af4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Sancus Ventures invest in?

Sancus Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Sancus Ventures?

The team at Sancus Ventures includes Lake Dai (Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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