Ian Roundtree

Investor at Cantos

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Ian Roundtree is the 1st check investor at Cantos Ventures, with a focus on backing the near frontier. He has a background in finance, venture capital, and business strategy, and has held notable roles at Atomos Space and EARTH AI as a board member. Roundtree's career highlights include his current position as a General Partner at Cantos Ventures and his previous roles at SoFi Inc., where he served as Associate Director of Corporate Relationships and Associate Director of Bank Partnerships.

Work Experience 

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Cantos

  • General Partner

    2016 - Current

    Cantos is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm with over $100M under management dedicated to investing in world-changing startups at the idea stage (pre-seed). We typically invest $750K to $2.5M.

A pre-seed firm obsessively pursuing the near frontier – where software, hardware, & wetware intersect.

cantos.vc
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EARTH AI

  • Board Member

    2023

EARTH AI is a predictive explorer and driller for critical minerals.

Raised $14,000,000.00 from Roman Smolevskiy.

earth-ai.com
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Salient Motion

  • Board Member

    2024

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Shinkei

  • Board Observer

    2024

Shinkei Systems is an automation agency that provides automation for fish harvesting.

Raised $6,000,000.00 from Cantos, Red & Blue Ventures, 8VC, Ravelin Capital, Undeterred Capital, Humba Ventures, Impatient Ventures, Carya Venture Partners, Y Combinator and Carya Venture Partners.

shinkei.systems
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Skyryse

  • Board Observer

    2018

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Atomos Space

  • Board Member

    2023 - 2025

Atomos Space is an aerospace company building and developing orbital transfer vehicles.

Raised $21,897,041.00 from O'Shaughnessy Ventures.

atomosspace.com
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Pow.bio

  • Board Observer

    2019 - 2023

Pow.bio provides a genetically engineered solution for fermentation scientists.

Raised $11,225,000.00 from Thia Ventures, XFactor Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, Gullspång Re:food, VECTORS, Possible Ventures, Vectors Angel, Better Ventures, iSelect and Bee Partners.

pow.bio
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Invisible Technologies, Inc.

  • Chief of Staff

    2015 - 2016

    Helped get Invisible off the ground and raise initial funding, pitching over 100 investors. Despite nearly as many "no's", the company pulled through and amazingly did $134M of revenue in 2024!

Clients give us complex business problems and we become their operations, automation, and AI partner to deliver operational breakthroughs.

invisible.co

Angel Investment

  • Angel Investor

    2012 - 2016

    Invested in 13 companies over four years. One investment, EasyPost, returned ~3x my portfolio.

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The Mascot

  • Manager

    2013 - 2015

    Aided an old friend in ushering in the next generation of a legendary winegrowing domain. The Mascot offers a unique glimpse into the estates of Harlan Estate, Promontory, and BOND.

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