Ian Rountree

Ian Rountree

Ian Rountree is the Founder and General Partner of Cantos Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on investing in potentially world-changing deep tech startups at the pre-seed stage.12

Experience

• Founder & General Partner at Cantos Ventures since May 20161
• Board Member at Atomos Space and EARTH AI since January 20231
• Board Observer at Skyryse since December 2018 and Pow.bio from October 2019 to July 20231
• Previously held roles at Invisible Technologies, Inc., The Mascot, SoFi Inc., and Huron Consulting Group1

Education

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science from Vanderbilt University1
• High School at McCallie School1

Investment Focus

Cantos Ventures invests in startups at the intersection of climate & industrials, life sciences & AI, aerospace & defense, and next-generation computing.12 They focus on backing founders building solutions in the real world and aim to invest $500K to $1M per startup, typically as the first institutional investor.23

Some of Cantos' notable investments include Public.com, Astranis, Eridan Communications, Pow.bio, and XGenomes.4