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Cade Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingNew York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 8 people tracked
Also known as Cade
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Investment thesis
Cade Ventures invests in extraordinary talent at the earliest stages across health tech, consumer tech, and connected hardware and robotics. The firm seeks founders who move quickly, ship constantly, learn fast, and can commercialize in the near term, and who hold unique skills, insights, or earned domain advantages directly aligned with what their company must win to become category-defining. It looks for products that already show early customer love or credible potential to be dramatically better than the status quo in large or rapidly expanding markets, with a positive impact on how people live or how businesses operate.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 8 people
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What they invest in
from 16 of 22 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×7Digital Health ×6Hardware ×5Wellness & Fitness ×5Consumer ×4AI & Machine Learning ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Deep Tech ×2
HQs:United States×9
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×23 founders×44+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with education data
Imperial Business School ×3Imperial College London ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×5Computer Science ×3Engineering ×3Medicine ×3Economics ×2Humanities ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 17 founders with career history
General Assembly ×2McKinsey & Company ×2Prehype ×2
Investments · 22 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12 dated
Latch (rebranded as DOOR) develops cloud-based software and smart hardware devices for access control and building management, serving multifamily property owners and operators across North America.
Priyen Patel(Chief Strategy and Legal Officer)
Peloton develops connected fitness equipment and a digital fitness app that delivers personalized workout classes and training guidance to home exercisers.
ConsumerHardwareWellness & FitnessNew York, US
Graham Stanton(Executive Officer)John Foley(Director)Hisao Kushi(Executive Officer)inPeter Stern(Chief Executive Officer and President)inElizabeth Coddington(Chief Financial Officer)Nick Caldwell(Chief Product Officer)in
Co-investorsAnsa CapitalBullishCoatue ManagementFELIX CAPITALHarmonic Growth PartnersKleiner Perkins+15 more
Akash Systems develops thermal management technology called Diamond Cooling, which integrates diamond with semiconductors to dissipate heat and improve efficiency in AI servers.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Alex Carter(Founder & CEO)Felix Ejeckam(Co-founder & CEO)inTy Mitchell(Co-Founder & Board Director)inPamit Surana(Chief Commercial Officer)inDaniel Francis(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsFounders FundKhosla VenturesACME CapitalAngel Collective Opportunity FundARC Angel FundBackstage Capital+11 more
Alnu Health offers a patient companion app and clinician platform that supports GLP-1 therapy patients between visits with clinically backed guidance, lifestyle reinforcement, and escalation visibility.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Climatic sells an inhalable respiratory product (marketed as "L Max") intended to support easier breathing, reduce mucus buildup, and improve lung function for athletes and everyday users.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Allie Melnick(Founder)in
Co-investorsBBG VenturesGood FriendsLerer Hippeau
Daylight makes DC-1, a tablet-style computer with a paper-like display that runs at 60fps, is readable in direct sunlight, and emits no blue light.
ConsumerHardwareWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US
Anjan Katta(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAlexander Zissis(Director)
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundBlack Jays Ventures
DOOR builds access and building management solutions that extend beyond traditional locks and entryways to support the full operational ecosystem of buildings.
Enterprise SoftwareIoTPropTechNew York City, US
Alexander Doubet(Chief Executive Officer)
BoardDaniel Gillespie(Director)Phillip Huffines(Director)Wei Chiu(Director)Blair Baker(Director)
Freckle offers go-to-market (GTM) infrastructure operated through a command-line interface and built for coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex, letting users create reusable enrichment workflows and orchestrations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSales TechCambridge, US
Nathan Alex Merzvinskis(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAsymmetric Capital Partners1984 Ventures Management, LlcBrenteca InvestmentsGradient VenturesLiquid VenturesMintaka
Freckle is developing a first phone designed for children, aimed at parents seeking a device they can trust while encouraging curiosity, connection, and presence for kids.
ConsumerHardware
Co-investorsSpacecadet Ventures
Function Health provides routine whole-body lab testing, advanced imaging, and access to top doctors to help individuals achieve preventive health awareness and disease avoidance.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Mark Hyman, M.D.(Co-founder and chief medical officer)inMark Hyman(CMO)inJonathan Swerdlin(Co-founder and CEO)inPranitha Patil(Co-founder and chief business officer)inSeth Weisfeld(Co-founder and chief design officer)inDan Swerdlin(Co-founder and general counsel)
Co-investors1843 Capital53 StationsAble PartnersAgeTech CapitalAglae VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+29 more
Co-investorsJumpStart EquityPebblebed
Mecka builds a data and integration layer for robotics, providing annotation, context, QA, motion understanding, and evaluation workflows that turn real-world activity into training data for robot learning.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRobotics
Josh Gao(Founder)inDuy Nguyen(Founder)inJason Chong(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdverb VenturesForerunner VenturesFramework VenturesA*Kindred VenturesMenlo Ventures+4 more
Pelago is a virtual clinic that partners with employers and health plans to provide substance use disorder treatment and management services.
Digital HealthHealthtechNew York City, US
Yusuf Sherwani(Founder/CEO)inSarim Siddiqui(Founder/Chief Medical Officer)inMaroof Ahmed(Founder)in
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.GreyMatterKinnevikKreos CapitalManta Ray VenturesOctopus Ventures+4 more
Poseidon develops unmanned aerial vehicles for cargo logistics, specifically wave-skimming seagliders designed to reduce the cost per ton-mile of air freight.
Deep TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Parker Tenney(Cofounder)inDavid Zagaynov(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsDraper AssociatesGoAhead VenturesStarship VenturesTamarack GlobalTq Ventures Llc
Pelago provides virtual-first substance use treatment for tobacco, alcohol, opioids, cannabis, and stimulants, combining digital tools, live counseling, and medication-assisted treatment for employers and organizations.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Burda Principal InvestmentsAtomicoForce Over Mass CapitalOctopus VenturesY Combinator
Ro is an online healthcare platform that connects patients with licensed providers and delivers prescription treatments, including GLP-1 medications for weight loss, ED treatments, and other health goals.
Digital HealthDirect to ConsumerHealthtechSilicon Valley, US
Zachariah Reitano(Founder)inRob Schutz(Founder)inSaman Rahmanian(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalAnsa CapitalBlack Jays Venturesblue 9 capitalBoxGroupBY Venture Partners+22 more
ROSE is a health platform focused on understanding and managing the exposome—the cumulative environmental, dietary, and lifestyle factors that impact personal health outcomes.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsHaystack
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Blue AIJoinblueaiRoseStarlife
Exits · 2
2 IPOsLatchOTC: LTCHPelotonNASDAQ: PTON
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMecka · citybiz.co · Sep 15, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Cade Ventures made?
- Cade Ventures has 22 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Cade Ventures invest at?
- Cade Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Cade Ventures focus on?
- Cade Ventures focuses on Consumer, Digital Health, Hardware, Healthtech, Robotics, Wellness & Fitness.
- Where is Cade Ventures located?
- Cade Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does Cade Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Cade Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Cade Ventures co-invest with?
- Cade Ventures most often shares deals with Ansa Capital, Evolution VC Partners, FirstMark Capital, among 96 tracked co-investors.
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