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Kumar Dandapani

Investor

Managing Partner at Cadenza

San Francisco, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Kumar Dandapani is co-founder and managing partner of Cadenza, an asset management firm focused on blockchain, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. He previously worked as a quantitative analyst and trader at hedge funds operating in New York, Los Angeles, and London. He holds a background in computer engineering.

Contact· published on Kumar's own website

Experience

  1. CadenzaCo-Founder | Managing Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. TogetherSeed Investorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  3. TensorWaveSeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
  4. Nous ResearchSeed Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  5. RimeSeed Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  6. DexmateSeed Investorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. Pangram LabsSeed Investorcurrent2025 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  8. PDAXInvestor | Board Membercurrent2020 — presentManila, National Capital Region, Philippines
  9. VALRInvestor | Board Member2020 — 2024Johannesburg Metropolitan Area
  10. CoinDCXSeed Investor2020 — 2024
  11. FalconXSeed Investor2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  12. AngelListQuant Fund | Data Science Advisor2021San Francisco, California, United States
  13. BitMEXHead of Ventures, Data Science2018 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
  14. Norwest Venture PartnersHead of Data Science2015 — 2018Palo Alto, CA
  15. Nth-Degree AnalyticsPartner | Data Science2011 — 2015San Francisco, CA
  16. Evolution Capital ManagementTrader2008 — 2011Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
  17. Cornerstone Trading CompanyResearch Associate2006 — 2008New York City Metropolitan Area
  18. Lockheed MartinEngineering Leadership Development Program2003 — 2006Greater Philadelphia
  19. Intel CorporationR&D Engineering Intern2002
  20. Agilent TechnologiesR&D Engineering Intern2001

Skills & more

PythonRMySQLMATLABNode.jsbashSQLJavaPostgreSQLHadoopC++C
+12 moreVBABloomberg TerminalUnixMicrosoft ExcelTableauApache SupersetMachine LearningStatistical ModelingFinancial ModelingQuantitative AnalyticsAnalyticsData Analysis

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Colleagues at Cadenza

Andrew Liu
Investment Associate at Cadenza
Kelly Yip
Investment Associate at Cadenza
Max Shapiro
Managing Partner at Cadenza

Network2

Aly MadhavjiScout
Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund
Andrew BoszhardtScout
Founder and Managing Partner at Great Oaks Venture Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Kumar Dandapani?
Kumar Dandapani is co-founder and managing partner of Cadenza, an asset management firm focused on blockchain, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. He previously worked as a quantitative analyst and trader at hedge funds operating in New York, Los Angeles, and London. He holds a background in computer engineering.
Where does Kumar Dandapani work?
Kumar Dandapani is Managing Partner at Cadenza.
What check size does Kumar Dandapani write?
Kumar Dandapani typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Kumar Dandapani go to school?
Kumar Dandapani studied at Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering); Carnegie Mellon University (B.A., Social & Decision Sciences); University of Pennsylvania (M.S., Electrical Engineering).

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Shared employers

Also worked at TensorWave4

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