Cantos

@cantos

We back legends in the making

California, USA

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Cantos
@cantos
Jun 30
We have two exciting announcements today as Cantos turns 10… First, we closed our new fund earlier this year. Canto IV is a $70M fund purpose-built to lead pre-seed and seed rounds. We oversubscribed, wanting to keep it right-sized for being a founder's most aligned first
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Cantos
@cantos
Aug 13
We are proud to have been Heaviside’s first investor. A bet on Phil Walker that has become so much more.
Tectonic
@tectonicdefense
Aug 12
💣 Precision munitions startup Heaviside announced a $60M Series B at a $600M valuation—just three months after emerging from stealth with a $28M Series A—and a new partnership with Norwegian munitions giant Nammo. 🔗 Read the full story in Tectonic at the link below
Cantos
@cantos
Aug 11
We’ve had a front row seat since leading Neros’ pre-seed three years ago when Soren & Olaf dared disturb the universe. They have that relativistic quality we look for in entrepreneurs, moving so quickly that space-time warps around them, yet as much as they’ve done thus far, this
Neros Technologies
@neros_tech
Aug 11
Today, we announce our Series C Funding of $250M at $2.5B post money valuation to scale our Autonomous and Interceptor drone programs. This round of funding is co-led by Sequoia Capital and American Strategic Technology Fund (ASTF) with participation by Interlagos, Valor Equity
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Cantos
@cantos
Jul 29
Building in hardware is hard. So we made a series about the people doing it anyway. Introducing Cantos Presents—short films on what it takes to build in the physical world. 📽️ Episode 01: @neros_tech We led Neros' pre-seed in 2023. A few weeks later, @soren_ma and @OHichwa
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Cantos
@cantos
Jul 28
We are incredibly flattered to have been placed in the top 2% of hard-tech funds by a survey of our peers. We do not take this for granted and will continue giving our all.