Cantos is a pre-seed and seed venture firm investing in companies applying technology to the physical world. The firm organizes its focus around three stated pillars: abundance, resilience of critical infrastructure and ecosystems, and U.S. competitiveness in advanced technologies. Its portfolio spans defense and aerospace, nuclear and other energy, advanced materials and manufacturing, robotics, satellites and biotech. Fund IV writes checks of roughly $1.5M to $4M across about 22 planned investments.