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Venture capitalNew York · Seed–Series A · 8 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Cerberus Ventures invests in disruptors, contrarians, and challengers reimagining the critical components transforming industries and societies. Its focus areas include foundational AI infrastructure and systems, reimagined energy and resource systems for a more resilient future, secure communications, network and cyber infrastructure, advanced computing architectures to unlock compute abundance, scalable biological platforms spanning healthcare to energy, and autonomous systems and physical AI. Beyond capital, the firm brings technical, commercial, and operational expertise, drawing on its own operating experience and a global network spanning private and public sectors, backed by the resources of a broader global investment platform.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 20, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website
Joined Cerberus in 2024 after serving as a Principal at In-Q-Tel, where she led biotech and life sciences investments. She previously led the China portfolio at the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Board and co-founded an education software startup; at Cerberus she focuses on Enabling Biotechnology.
Joined Cerberus in 2026 after serving as Chief Technology Architect at In-Q-Tel, where he led technology investment strategy across space, autonomous systems, AI, cybersecurity, biotech, energy, and microelectronics. He earlier was Chief Engineer at Orbital Sciences and holds aerospace engineering degrees from MIT.
Joined Cerberus in 2024 with decades of venture and operating experience and multiple Forbes Midas List honors. He was previously CEO of SPAC Chain Bridge I, a managing general partner at ComVentures, and held senior roles at E*TRADE, News Corp, PlayStudios, and Unifi Labs.
Joined Cerberus in 2023 after working at a data infrastructure startup and earlier as an investor at In-Q-Tel. She partners with companies in quantum computing, cybersecurity, and application-layer AI, and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Stanford.
Joined Cerberus in 2025 after serving as Deputy General Counsel and Bio & Energy Tech Lead for the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. At Cerberus she focuses on multi-stage deep-tech defense investments in energy, biotech, and maritime; she holds a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School.
Joined Cerberus Ventures in 2025 after graduating cum laude in Molecular Biology from Princeton. He previously was a summer venture analyst at Rho Capital Partners and worked at enterprise startup Tracera and in a biotech lab.
Joined Cerberus in 2022 and moved to the Ventures team after its 2023 launch, focusing on operations and mission-critical initiatives. She previously did operations and paralegal work at a New York City law firm and is pursuing a Master in Space Policy at George Washington University.
Joined Cerberus Ventures in 2025 after nearly two years at a startup and a summer internship on Cerberus's private equity team. Originally from New Zealand, he holds a degree in Economics and History from the University of Auckland.
What they invest in
from 19 of 21 portfolio companiesDeep Tech ×9AI & Machine Learning ×6Energy ×4Hardware ×4Cleantech ×3Enterprise Software ×3Quantum Computing ×3Biotech ×2
HQs:United States×12Spain×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×22 founders×54+ founders×1
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 21 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 52025 · 32024 · 311 dated
UFORCE builds autonomous defense systems, including combat-proven platforms used in the Russia-Ukraine War for missions in contested environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechDefense TechEnergyRoboticsSpace Tech
Patrick O'Brien(CEO & Co-founder)Bohdan Volyanyuk(Co-founder & COO)Andrew Rush(Co-founder)Michael Snyder(Co-founder)Bryan Lyandvert(Co-founder)Oleg Rogynskyy(CEO)
Co-investorsLakestarPerot Jain
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)inDaniel Lin-Arlow(Founder)Jared Ellefson(Founder)
Co-investorsCarbon SiliconDauntless VenturesFifty YearsJude GomilaMetaplanetY Combinator+14 more
Aquaporo manufactures drinking water directly from atmospheric humidity using proprietary ALMA technology, offering residential units (Droplet) and industrial modular systems (Stream) for on-site water production.
CleantechHardwareAnaheim, US
Kyle E. Cordova(Founder)in
BoardLindy Fishburne(Director)inKristopher H Gilman(Director)
Co-investorsBreakout VenturesCool Climate CollectiveE8 AngelsHumba Ventures
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Catcher operates a B2B marketplace that connects restaurants with couriers and fleets for last-mile delivery, letting merchants post orders and riders accept them via an app.
B2B MarketplacesFoodTechLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsFaraday Venture PartnersMcWin Capital PartnersB CapitalCerberusGreatPoint VenturesHelena+3 more
Cerberus is a multi-platform investment firm that manages capital across diverse asset classes including direct lending, private equity, real estate, credit, and venture capital.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US
Co-investorsAHL Venture PartnersBooz Allen VenturesClean Energy VenturesBallistic VenturesForgePoint CapitalIAG Capital Partners+3 more
DG Matrix builds the Interport platform, a multi-port solid-state transformer (SST) system for software-defined power distribution and electrification.
CleantechEnergyHardwareCary, US
Haroon Inam(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardVlatko Vlatkovic(Director)
Co-investorsat HulaClean Energy VenturesInnova Capital Partners, LLCTech Square VenturesThird DerivativeThe Engine Ventures
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(Founder)inMatteo Bucci(Founder)in
Co-investorsBaruch Future VenturesCathexis VenturesThe E14 FundTO VCValkyrieY Combinator+7 more
GhostDog offers RestoreAI, a mobile tool that turns field capture of property loss on iPhone Pro or iPad Pro into a standards-aligned scope and carrier-ready claim packet.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechPropTechWorthington, US
Carlton Trent Fox(COO, Co-Founder)Sean L Lane(CEO, Co-Founder)in
BoardCraig Cummings(Director)in
Co-investorsMoonshots Capital
Layup builds AI-powered automation software that guides users and acts on their behalf within complex applications, reducing adoption friction and support needs.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Ryan Xue(CEO)inBadal Jain(Founder)inMichael Lemm(Founder)inMikeBads
Co-investorsGaingelsSoma CapitalY CombinatorFounders FundFoundersXLeonis Capital+3 more
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Lightsynq develops optical quantum interconnects using integrated diamond photonic circuits to enable scaling of fault-tolerant quantum computers.
Deep TechQuantum Computing
Co-investorsGrit VenturesIn-Q-TelSafar PartnersTop Corner CapitalIAG Capital Partners
Maybell Quantum designs and manufactures dilution refrigerators for quantum computing research, including its Fast Fridge product offering base temperatures below 10mK/30mK.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingDenver, US
Corban Israel Tillemann-Dick(Executive Officer, Director)Kyle Thompson(Founder)inBryan Choo(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardChristopher Darby(Director)Mary K. Bush(Director)
Co-investorsCaruso VenturesDecisive PointIn-Q-TelThe E14 FundAdditionLavrock Ventures
Nudge is an onchain platform that pays users rewards for reallocating their crypto tokens across categories such as L1s, L2s, stablecoins, and restaking.
Crypto & Web3Richmond, US
Chris Garson(Executive Officer)Phil Beene(Executive Officer, Director)Mac Gambill(Executive Officer, Director)Steven Feyrer-Melk(Executive Officer)
BoardBrian Clare(Director)Tom Blue(Director)
Co-investorsWintermuteAntler
Nudge Security provides continuous discovery and visibility of an organization's SaaS and AI application ecosystem, including shadow IT and externally-facing apps, for security teams to identify and remediate risks.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Jaime Blasco(Founder)Russell Spitler(Founder)
Co-investorsBallistic VenturesCraft VenturesForgePoint CapitalSQUADRA VENTURES
Photon Queue develops quantum memory devices using linear optics technology for photon storage.
Deep TechQuantum ComputingSan Francisco, US
Kelsey Ortiz(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsIllinois VenturesCerberus Capital ManagementMFV PartnersPlayground Global
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-investorsKhosla VenturesCerberus Capital Management
Red Queen Bio builds an AI-powered biodefense system that rapidly designs and manufactures countermeasures against emerging biological threats, enabling faster defensive responses to evolving pathogenic risks.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDefense Tech
Hannu Rajaniemi(Founder)inNikolai Eroshenko(Founder)in
Co-investorsCompoundLongeVCOK ComputerThe Venture CollectiveFifty YearsHalcyon Futures Investments+1 more
Riven develops a platform that combines autonomous laboratories, computational modeling, and AI to design, scale up, and operate critical mineral processing facilities.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew Materials
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCLAI Ventures
Star Catcher builds a space-based power grid that uses optical power beaming to transmit concentrated solar energy directly to satellites' existing solar arrays, increasing their available power without hardware modifications.
Deep TechEnergySpace TechJacksonville, US
Michael Snyder(Executive Officer, Director)inAndrew Rush(Executive Officer, Director)inBryan Lyandvert(Founder)inNathan O'Konek(Executive Officer)in
BoardDavid Rothzeid(Director)inJeff Johnson(Director)
Co-investorsAurelia FoundryB Capital GroupB4 CapitalFJ LabsGreatPoint VenturesInitialized Capital+8 more
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Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
ChipstackLayup PartsVirchow Medical
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Star Catcher · prnewswire.com · Sep 28, 2026
PrismML · techcrunch.com · Sep 17, 2026
Photon Queue · quantumcomputingreport.com · Jul 22, 2026
Red Queen Bio · mondaq.com · Dec 29, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Cerberus Ventures made?
- Cerberus Ventures has 21 tracked investments, including 10 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Cerberus Ventures invest at?
- Cerberus Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Cerberus Ventures focus on?
- Cerberus Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Energy, Robotics, Semiconductors.
- Where is Cerberus Ventures located?
- Cerberus Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does Cerberus Ventures lead rounds?
- Cerberus Ventures has led 5 of the 9 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does Cerberus Ventures co-invest with?
- Cerberus Ventures most often shares deals with In-Q-Tel, The E14 Fund, Y Combinator, among 33 tracked co-investors.
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