The Syndicate is an angel investing club led by Jason Calacanis, providing accredited investors access to vetted pre-seed, seed, and Series A startup deals. With over 800+ members, it co-invests alongside the LAUNCH venture funds and has backed companies including Uber.
38% of their portfolio is in Cybersecurity. Their most common stage is seed (54% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.8M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
12
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
CC
Chad Cardenas
Managing Director of Syndicate Venture
MW
Matthew Wilson
Managing Director
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
13 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Secludy | Seed | $4M | May 2026 |
| Secludy | Seed | $4M | Jan 2026 |
 Meisterwerk | Series A | — | Jul 2024 |
 Grip Security | Series B | $41M | Aug 2023 |
 Uplift Labs | Seed | $2.5M | Aug 2022 |
 Valtix | Unknown | $12.5M | Jan 2021 |
| SScener | Seed | — | Oct 2020 |
 Upsie | Seed | $5M | May 2019 |
 Local Crate | Seed | $1.4M | Jan 2018 |
 Rentgrata | Unknown | $1M | — |
 Symmetry Systems | Unknown | $17.7M | — |
 Muverse | Seed | $6M | — |
| SScale Social Ai | Pre-Seed | $1.3M | — |
Top Co-Investors
LAUNCH5 shared
Matchstick Ventures2 shared
Techstars2 shared
M252 shared
Script Capital2 shared
Precursor Ventures2 shared
Impression Ventures2 shared
Hustle Fund2 shared
Third Point Ventures1 shared
Intel Capital1 shared
YL Ventures1 shared
True Ventures1 shared
Speedinvest1 shared
Innovation Nest1 shared
Semapa Next1 shared
Wecken & Cie.1 shared
I2BF Global Ventures1 shared
seed + speed Ventures1 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center1 shared
Gaingels1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026