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Cerberus Ventures — Full Portfolio

21 tracked investments · listed companies and verified rows first

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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 Biotechnologiesansabio.comin𝕏Oct 2025 · $54.4M

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

AquaPoroaquaporo.comin𝕏Jun 2026 · $5M

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

Catchercatcher.esinMay 2026 · $65M

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 Venturescerberus.comDec 2024

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 Matrixdgmatrix.comin

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

Ferveretferveret.comin𝕏

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

Ghostdogghostdog.ioinJan 2024

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

Layuplayuplabs.aiin𝕏Jun 2026 · $42MDefunct

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

Lightsynqlightsynq.comNov 2024 · $18M

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 Quantummaybellquantum.comin

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

Nudgenudge.xyz𝕏Nov 2025 · $22.5M

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 Securitynudgesecurity.comin𝕏

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 Queuephotonqueue.comin

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

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-investorsKhosla VenturesCerberus Capital Management

Red Queen Bioredqueen.bioinNov 2025

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 Systemsrivensystems.ai

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 Catcherstar-catcher.comin𝕏Apr 2026 · $65M

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

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

ChipstackLayup PartsVirchow Medical

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.