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Cerberus Capital Management

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New York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 162 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Cerberus operates through integrated investment platforms spanning credit, private equity, and real estate, leveraging proprietary operating capabilities and experienced teams to drive value creation. The firm's Cerberus Ventures segment focuses on early-stage investments in founders and companies transforming industries, while the broader organization applies operational expertise across complementary asset classes.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
HQ
New York, NY, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity · Debt
Founded
1992
Last 12 months
1 investment
AUM
$92.5B
Tracked investments
10
IPOs
1

Team · 162 people

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Frank Bruno· Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Florida, LLC
Alexander Benard· Co-Head of Cerberus Frontier and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.in
Allen Ukritnukun· Head of International Corporate Credit and Distressed Debt and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Bill Bowlsbey· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC
Bob Davenport· Head of Global Corporate Credit and Distressed Debt and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management and Cerberus California, LLCin
Brad Henis· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Brendan Garvey· President of Residential Opportunities and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Brian Berg· Senior Managing Director, CerbEuroServ Advisors (Portugal), Unipessoal Lda
Brian Hook· Vice Chairman, Cerberus Global Investments, LLC
Charles Dunlap· Head of Global Financial Institutions Group Advisory and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LLPin
Chris Schiermbock· Head of Investor and Portfolio Communications of Global Real Estate and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Christopher Darby· Global Head of Venture Investments and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Florida, LLC
Christopher Holt· Senior Managing Director and General Counsel, Private Equity and Supply Chain and Strategic Opportunities, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Craig Brooks· Co-Head of Supply Chain and Strategic Opportunities and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Dan McLaughlin· Senior Managing Director and Head of West Coast Capital Formation, Cerberus California, LLCin
Dan Quayle· Chairman, Cerberus Global Investments, LLC
Daniel Dejanovic· Head of European Advisory Offices, Head of International Real Estate Advisory and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Middle East Management Ltdin
Daniel Wolf· Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Cerberus Business Finance, and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
David Teitelbaum· President of Cerberus Global Investments and Global Head of Real Estate, Non-Performing Loans, and Financial Opportunities, and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Eric Miller· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Florida, LLCin
Gabriel Schulze· Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Cerberus Frontierin
Gerald Daniello· Vice Chairman and Head of Sponsor Coverage, Cerberus Business Finance and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Florida, LLC
Greg Gordon· Senior Managing Director, Investor Relations, and Associate General Counsel, Cerberus Capital Management
Ilya Feige· Global Head of AI, Chairman of Cerberus Technology Solutions, and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus UK Management Ltd.in
Joe Hartman· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC (Lieutenant General, Ret.)
John “Jay” Raymond· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management (Ret. General)
John Snow· Chairman, Cerberus Capital Management
Jonathan Sebiri· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Joseph Naccarato· Chief Operating Officer and Chief Credit Officer, Cerberus Business Finance, and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Florida, LLC
Joseph Sciacca· Deputy General Counsel and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Josh Chisari· Global Head of Consultant Coverage and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Joshua Weintraub· Chief Executive Officer, Residential Opportunities and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Keith Read· President, Cerberus Business Finance, and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Kent Heggerud· Chief Tax Officer and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Kevin Cross· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Kevin McLeod· Head of Fund Development, Cerberus Business Finance and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Lee Millstein· Chairman of Global Real Estate and Non-Performing Loans and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Florida, LLC
Lisa Gray· Vice Chairman and Senior Legal Officer, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC
Mark Neporent· Vice Chairman, Senior Legal Officer and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Chicago, LLC
Michael Palmer· Co-Head of Supply Chain and Strategic Opportunities and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Michael Rolnick· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus California, LLCin
Michael Sanford· Global Head of Private Equity, Co-Head of Supply Chain and Strategic Opportunities, and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Nicholas Robinson· Global Head of Critical Minerals & Battery Materials and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Noah Kim· Head of International Capital Formation – Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific; Head of Business Development, Client Solutions, and Co-Investments; and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Asia Pacific Advisors Ltd
Philip Lindenbaum· General Counsel, Cerberus Business Finance, and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Robert Richter· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Ron Kravit· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Sara A. Joyner· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management (Vice Admiral, Ret.)
Scott Stelzer· Head of Real Estate Debt and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Scott Wille· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Scott Yedid· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Seth Plattus· Chairman of the Capital Formation Committee, Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Managing Director and Senior Legal Officer, Cerberus Capital Management
Shaygan Kheradpir, Ph.D.· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC
Steve Cook· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Florida LLCin
Stuart Reisman· Deputy General Counsel and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLCin
Thomas Wagner· Head of North American Real Estate and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Xingbin “Ben” Zhang· Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Aaron Maczonis· Managing Director, Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LLPin
Adam Schacter· Managing Director, Cerberus Business Finance
Andrew Forsyth· Managing Director, Cerberus Canada Advisors ULCin
Andrew Jacobson· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Andrew Solomon· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Anna Siakotos· General Counsel Europe and Managing Director, Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LLP
Ariunaa Batbold· Managing Director, Cerberus Frontier
Barry Cunningham· Managing Director, Cerberus European Servicing Advisors Iberia S.L.U.in
Bengt Ove Nilsen· Managing Director, Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LLP
Brett Lowrey· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Chenny Zhang· Managing Director, Cerberus California, LLCin
Conor Carroll· Managing Director, Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LLP.
Danil Subkhankulov· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
David Henneman· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Chicago, LLC
David Knower· Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Cerberus Deutschland Beteiligungsberatung GmbHin
David Lane· Managing Director, Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LLPin
David McWilliam· Head of Australian Investments and Managing Director, Cerberus Australia Advisors Pty Ltd.in
Don Chu· Deputy General Counsel Europe and Managing Director, Cerberus UK Management Ltd.
Doston Bradley, Jr.· Global Head of Real Estate Capital Formation, Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Florida, LLCin
Erik Wright· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Garrett Potter· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Greg A. Levitan· Managing Director, Cerberus California, LLCin
Greg Metro· Managing Director, Cerberus Frontier
Haralambos “Bob” Paschalidis· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Ian Carow· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Indranil Ghosh· Managing Director and Head of Pan-Asia Special Situations, Cerberus (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.in
Isaiah Schulze· Managing Director, Cerberus Frontierin
Ivan Savoie· Managing Director, Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LLPin
J. Julio Dominguez· Managing Director, Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LLP
Jacob Zand· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
James Cianci· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Jason Fan· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Jason Ruckman· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Joe Carden· Leveraged Finance Operations, Cerberus Business Finance and Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
John W. Schmidt· Managing Director, Cerberus California, LLCin
Jonathan Fadale· Managing Director, Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LLPin
Joseph Spano· Managing Director, Cerberus California, LLC
Josh Hartman· Managing Director, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLCin
Justin Byrne· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Keith Chernoff· Chief Operating Officer of Global Real Estate and Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Ken Kohrs· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Kevin Dowdell· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Kevin Harrell· Managing Director, RMBS Capital Formation, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Kevin Rooney· Managing Director, Senior Compliance Officer, and Associate General Counsel, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Klaus Mühlbauer· Managing Director, Cerberus European Servicing Advisors (Deutschland GmbH)
Kyle Schneider· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Lorcan McCluskey· Managing Director, Cerberus European Servicing Advisors (Ireland) Ltd.
Lorenzo Martinengo· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Luxembourg S.à r.l.
Marc Millman· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Marco Rampin· Managing Director, Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LLPin
Marcy Copeland· Managing Director, Capital Formation, Cerberus Capital Florida, LLC
Mark Fabry· Managing Director, Capital Formation, Cerberus Capital Management
Matt O'Kane· Managing Director, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC
Matthew Hoffman· Head Trader and Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Matthew Waldenberg· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Melissa Roosevelt· General Counsel, Residential Opportunities and Managing Director, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLCin
Michael Buchbinder· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Michael Hopkins· Managing Director, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC
Michael Johnson· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Michael Keough· Managing Director, Real Estate Capital Formation, Cerberus California, LLCin
Morgan Mahlock· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Neha Santiago· Head of Real Estate Private Credit and Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Nick Hippensteel· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Patrick Moriarty· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Paul Lusardi· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Peter Zipf· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
R. Scott Spellmeyer· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Rahul Sangwan· Head of India and Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Services Private, Ltd
Rickardo Francis· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Robert Mast· Managing Director, Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LLP
Robie I. Samanta Roy, Ph.D.· Managing Director, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC
Sarah Istel· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Scott Johnston· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management and Cerberus California, LLCin
Sean Kapur· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Seth Fink· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Shervin Gerami· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Shin Yoshikawa· Chairman and Managing Director, Cerberus Japan K.K.in
Sophia Park· Global Head of Corporate Finance and Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.in
Stephen Pozatek· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management and Cerberus Real Estate Capital Management
Steven Kornstein· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Florida, LLC
Steven Wilamowsky· Deputy General Counsel and Managing Director, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC
Terence Byrne· Managing Director, Cerberus European Servicing Advisors Iberia S.L.U.
Timothy Fording· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Tom Groom· Managing Director, Head of Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company UK Limited
Veeraj Thakrar· Managing Director, Cerberus European Capital Advisors, LLP
Vikas Upadhyaya· Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Services Private Limitedin
Yonggang Xue· Managing Director, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC
Yoshikoto Tamura· Head of Cerberus Japan Capital Formation Advisory and Managing Director, Cerberus Japan Advisors Inc.
Alexander Benjamin· Chief Operating Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Andrew H. Leitten· Chief Financial Officer and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.in
Andrew Kandel· Co-Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Legal Officer, Head of ESG and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Isabelle Gold· Co-Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Legal Officer, and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Israel Friedman· Global General Counsel and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management
Jason Ghassemi· Chief Communications Officer, Cerberus Capital Management and Senior Operating Executive, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Companyin
John Simon· Chief Information Security Officer and Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Kate Swords· Global Head of HR Compensation and Analytics, Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Marc Toscano· Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Managementin
Patrick Allen· Recruiting Practice Leader and Senior Operating Executive, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLCin
Paul Warmus P.G.· Operating Executive, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLCin
Pieter Korteweg· Vice Chairman and Senior Advisor, Cerberus Global Investment Advisors, LLC
Rabih Sfeir· Head of Real Estate Capital Formation for the Middle Eastin
Terrence Hahn· Managing Director and Senior Operating Executive, Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC

16 people who came through Cerberus Capital Management went on to found or lead other companies.

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What they invest in

from 9 of 10 portfolio companies

Deep Tech ×6Hardware ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3Cleantech ×3Climate Tech ×3Energy ×2Healthtech ×2AI & Machine Learning ×1

HQs:United States×7

Investments · 10 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12025 · 12022 · 24 dated

Eos Energy Enterpriseseose.comin𝕏NASDAQ: EOSE✓ verified

Eos Energy Enterprises manufactures zinc-based, high-density battery energy storage systems for grid-scale applications.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechEnergyEdison, US

Nathan Kroeker(Chief Financial Officer)inMelissa Berube(General Counsel and Corporate Secretary)inJoe Mastrangelo(Chief Executive Officer)inClaude Demby(Director)Audrey Ann Zibelman(Director)Alexander Dimitrief(Director)

Co-investorsKluz VenturesACE & Company

Avicenaavicena.techin𝕏May 2025 · $65M✓ verified

Avicena develops microLED-based optical interconnect technology, including the LightBundle transceiver ICs that pair microLED emitters and photodetectors with multi-core fiber for high-speed chip-to-chip communications.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsLos Angeles, US

Rob Kalman(Founder & Chief Scientist)inAlex Tselikov(Founder & Principal Engineer)inBardia Pezeshki(Founder, Board of Directors)inSean Brady(Executive Officer)Marco Chisari(CEO)in

BoardMatthew Tasooji(Director)

Co-investorsClear VenturesHitachi VenturesMicron VenturesProsperity7 VenturesSamsung Catalyst FundMaverick Silicon+3 more

Ansa Biotechnologiesansabio.comin𝕏Series B

Ansa provides an enzymatic DNA synthesis platform that directly synthesizes complex sequences up to 900 bp and delivers constructs up to 50 kb without assembly-based methods.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechEmeryville, US

Dan Lin-Arlow(Founder)inSebastian Palluk(Founder)inDaniel Hillel Lin-Arlow(Executive Officer, Director)Jason T. Gammack(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardYanniv Dorone(Director)Chenny Zhang(Director)

Co-investorsCarbon SiliconCerberus VenturesDauntless VenturesFifty YearsJude GomilaMetaplanet+12 more

Eoseos.infoin𝕏

EOS develops additive manufacturing (industrial 3D printing) technology and materials, offering tools such as a carbon footprint calculator and carbon-neutral or carbon-reduced materials to help manufacturers produce more sustainably.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechDeep TechHardwareNew Materials

Marie Langer(CEO)in

Co-investorsBayern KapitalCreathor VenturesHudson Bay

Federated Computerfederated.computerin𝕏Feb 2022 · $58M

Federated Computer offers a suite of business software applications positioned as a lower-cost alternative to mainstream SaaS tools, with claims that customers reduce their monthly software spend by around 80%.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsKickstartLightning VenturesGIC

Federated Wirelessfederatedwireless.comFeb 2022 · $58M

Arlington, US

Iyad Tarazi(Executive Officer, Director)inDan Rabinovitsj(Director)Jill Smith(Director)Steven C. Marshall(Director)Joseph Pignato(Executive Officer, Director)inCraig Cowden(Director)

Co-investorsBigfoot CapitalLightShed VenturesGIC

Ferveretferveret.comin𝕏Seed

Ferveret develops advanced cooling technology for data centers and computing infrastructure, using subcooled boiling methods derived from nuclear reactor engineering.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnergyHardwareSan Francisco, US

Reza Azizian(Co-founder & CEO)inMatteo Bucci(Co-founder & CTO)in

Co-investorsBaruch Future VenturesCathexis VenturesCerberus VenturesThe E14 FundTO VCValkyrie+7 more

Photon Queuephotonqueue.cominJul 2026 · $4M

Photon Queue develops quantum memory devices using linear optics technology for photon storage.

Deep TechQuantum ComputingSan Francisco, US

Kelsey Ortiz(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsCerberus VenturesIllinois VenturesMFV PartnersPlayground Global

PrismMLprismml.comin𝕏

Prism ML develops compact large language models that run locally on consumer devices; its Bonsai 27B model supports multi-step reasoning, tool calling, agentic workflows, and multimodal understanding on phones and laptops.

AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech

Reza Sadri(Founder)inBabak Hassibi(Founder)in

Co-investorsCerberus VenturesKhosla Ventures

Queuequeue.incin

Queue builds an autonomous robotic pharmacy kiosk that takes in sealed wholesale drug bottles and dispenses filled, verified prescription vials on-site, using computer vision to identify each pill to its National Drug Code and QR codes to verify scripts.

HardwareHealthtechRoboticsPalo Alto, US

Nick Desai(Co-founder)inJosh Liu(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAlleyCorpRiot VenturesInception Studio CapitalUbiquity VenturesBanter CapitalHouse Capital+2 more

Exits · 1

1 IPOs

Eos Energy EnterprisesNASDAQ: EOSE

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Cerberus Capital Management made?
Cerberus Capital Management has 10 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Cerberus Capital Management invest at?
Cerberus Capital Management invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does Cerberus Capital Management focus on?
Cerberus Capital Management focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Energy, Hardware, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Cerberus Capital Management located?
Cerberus Capital Management is headquartered in New York, US.
Does Cerberus Capital Management lead rounds?
Cerberus Capital Management typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.

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