Kane & Rao Group
Venture capitalAmsterdam · Pre-Seed–Growth
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Investment thesis
Kane & Rao Group backs early-stage founders, combining capital with hands-on operational expertise. The firm positions itself around building, advising, and investing, supporting founders and firms it believes in from an early point. Its activities span direct investment as well as an involvement in blockchain, and it works closely with the companies it partners with to help them grow.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 9 of 18 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×4Fintech ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Consumer ×2Enterprise Software ×2Marketing Tech ×2SaaS ×2B2B Marketplaces ×1
HQs:Curaçao×1Netherlands×1United States×1
Investments · 18 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAmsterdam Barber Company operates a barbershop in Amsterdam offering haircuts and grooming services.
ConsumerRetail TechWellness & FitnessAmsterdam, NL
BENQI is a decentralized finance protocol on the Avalanche blockchain offering liquid staking of AVAX (via sAVAX), lending and borrowing of crypto assets, and tools for bootstrapping validators.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
JD Gagnon(Founder)
Co-investorsArrington CapitalAscensive AssetsBorderless VentureDragonflyGenblock CapitalMC Ventures (Muhabbit Capital)+5 more
Hashstack is a decentralized finance protocol that lets traders borrow against their crypto collateral, offering up to 500% leverage for trading and yield farming.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsGhaf Capital PartnersMoonrock Capital
High-accuracy location SDK and APIs for developers building location-aware applications.
Co-investorsRockstartFounders FundKhosla Ventures
Robylon provides AI agents that automate customer support across voice, chat, and messaging channels, connecting to a company's existing helpdesk, CRM, telephony, e-commerce, and collaboration tools.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Mayank Shekhar(Founder)in
Co-investorsAthera Venture PartnersBetter Capital
No-code launch platform for Solana ecosystem projects seeking capital and rapid development.
Co-investorsGenblock CapitalYoubi CapitalAscensive AssetsDivergenceMoonrock CapitalMorningstar Ventures
Spectral Labs builds infrastructure for the agentic economy, including primitives, protocols, and markets that let autonomous software agents reason, transact, and collaborate across chains, networks, and domains.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsParaFi Capital
Structure is a no-code platform for building, backtesting, and deploying automated crypto trading strategies on Web3, letting users describe a strategy in plain English and run it as a deterministic on-chain strategy.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsContinue CapitalPolychain Capital
Multi-blockchain decentralized exchange liquidity aggregator enabling unified trading across multiple DEXs.
Viveik Vivekananthan(Founder)
Co-investorsArrington CapitalArrington XRP Capital
Webflow is a visual content management system and web design platform that enables creative teams to build, design, and publish brand-forward websites without heavy reliance on developers.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sergie Magdalin(Co-founder & Design Fellow)inVlad Magdalin(Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer)inBryant Chou(Co-founder)inLinda Tong(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAccelADQAltra VentureAmino CapitalAstellaBanyan Ventures+27 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.
CaduceusCaduceus Metaverse ProtocolHospitalityScandinavian EmbassySújola
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCORE · trysignalbase.com · Jul 28, 2026
Webflow · techtimes.com · Jul 1, 2026
Swing · statnews.com · Sep 4, 2025
Ryze Labs · finsmes.com · Jun 5, 2025
Roam · finance.yahoo.com · Apr 3, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Kane & Rao Group made?
- Kane & Rao Group has 18 tracked investments.
- What stage does Kane & Rao Group invest at?
- Kane & Rao Group invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Kane & Rao Group focus on?
- Kane & Rao Group focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Kane & Rao Group located?
- Kane & Rao Group is headquartered in Amsterdam, NL.
- Who does Kane & Rao Group co-invest with?
- Kane & Rao Group most often shares deals with Arrington Capital, Genblock Capital, Accel, among 44 tracked co-investors.
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