Cadenza is a venture capital firm. Based in New York, United States. Among the 9 companies in the known portfolio are Together AI, Oh, Ribbon, Defx, Validation Cloud and Hata.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- Cloud InfrastructureCryptoDeFiDeveloper ToolsFoundation ModelsQuantitative TradingTrading
Who to pitch at Cadenza
Cadenza portfolio companies (9)
- Together AI
- Oh
- Ribbon
- Defx
- Validation Cloud
- Hata
- Rime
- Miru
- Pangram Labs
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About Cadenza
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, FinTech and SaaS, and focus areas Cloud Infrastructure, Crypto, DeFi and Developer Tools; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A.
Of the 5 people on file at Cadenza, Max Shapiro (Managing Partner), Kumar Dandapani (Managing Partner) and Kelly Yip (Investment Associate) are listed as the contacts to approach first.
Across the known portfolio, 20 co-investors appear alongside Cadenza, including Ap Capital, Brave Capital and Gilead Sciences.
Frequently asked questions
What is Cadenza?
Cadenza is a venture capital firm based in New York, United States, with a known portfolio of 9 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Cadenza invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, FinTech and SaaS; listed focus areas include Cloud Infrastructure, Crypto, DeFi and Developer Tools. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Cadenza invest at?
The known deals of Cadenza include Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Cadenza?
3 of the 5 people on file at Cadenza are listed as contacts for the firm. All 5 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Cadenza?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 5 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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