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    Cadenza

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2018

    Cadenza is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in transformative technologies, with a focus on artificial intelligence and blockchain/crypto. Founded in 2018, the firm is headquartered in New York with offices in San Francisco and partners with visionary founders from early conviction to market leadership.

    Their most common stage is seed (55% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $30.4M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    21

    Fund Size

    $50M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    Kumar Dandapani

    Kumar Dandapani

    Managing Partner

    Max Shapiro

    Max Shapiro

    Managing Partner

    Jan van Eck

    Jan van Eck

    General Partner

    Alex Acero

    Alex Acero

    Venture Partner

    Charles Srisuwananukorn

    Charles Srisuwananukorn

    Venture Partner

    Christopher Biettchert

    Christopher Biettchert

    Venture Partner

    Danica Marsden

    Danica Marsden

    Venture Partner

    Edward Yip

    Edward Yip

    Venture Partner

    Harris Wellner

    Harris Wellner

    Operating Partner

    Jonathan Bier

    Jonathan Bier

    Venture Partner

    Pedro Moreno Mengibar

    Pedro Moreno Mengibar

    Venture Partner

    Tim Tickel

    Tim Tickel

    Venture Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    22 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Pangram Labs logoPangram LabsSeed$9MJul 2026
    Together AI logoTogether AISeries B$305MFeb 2025
    Validation Cloud logoValidation CloudSeries A$15MJan 2025
    Hata logoHataSeed$4.2MOct 2024
    Together logoTogetherSeed$20MMay 2023
    Liminal AI logoLiminal AISeed$4.7MJun 2022
    Stakes logoStakesSeed$5.3MMay 2022
    GamerGains logoGamerGainsSeed$5.8MApr 2022
    Valr logoValrSeries B$50MMar 2022
    FungyProof logoFungyProofPre-Seed$1MJan 2022
    IInjective ProtocolSeed$10MApr 2021
    CoinDCX logoCoinDCXSeries D$135M
    Marveri logoMarveriUnknown$3.5M
    Rime Labs logoRime LabsSeed
    Rime Labs logoRime LabsSeries A$24M
    Miru Labs logoMiru LabsPre-Seed$2.7M
    BSX logoBSXSeed$4M
    Rubber Ducky Labs logoRubber Ducky LabsSeed$1.5M
    Block Tackle logoBlock TackleSeed$5M
    PPangramSeed$2.7M
    Vauld logoVauldSeries A$25M
    TTulip ProtocolUnknown$5M

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    Last updated: 8 September 2026