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Where Technology Meets Humanity

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Builders Backing Builders

We are a team of former founders and passionate nerds who invest in the future of software.

We invest in software infrastructure, open source, and developer tools powered by AI and Blockchain.

We were born from and supported by developer communities.

We are building the VC firm we wished existed when we were raising capital as founders.

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Why do Founders Love Sancus?

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We understand software infrastructure and how to build successful companies from ground up.

Our team members are technologists, former founders, and community builders.

We bring insights from customers for product-market fit.

Our community is 500+ members strong, comprised of software infrastructure experts and decision-makers from S&P 500, NASDAQ 100, and fast-growing tech companies.

We provide access to top talent in tech.

Our network includes CTOs, CIOs, VPs of Engineering, Senior Directors, and other experienced technologists who serve as advisors, board members, and full-time hires for our portfolio companies.

But don't just take our word for it,
see what Founders are saying about Sancus!

Robert Nishihara Anyscale
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Robert Nishihara · Co-founder of Anyscale

Sancus has been absolutely fantastic to work with. We’ve enjoyed working with them because they have a great network of engineering leaders at tech companies, and we are building tools for developers, so there is a great match there.
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Our Portfolio Companies

We Invest in the Next Generation of Leaders

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Our Team

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We are former founders, tech leaders, and community builders.

We have built well-known infrastructure products and companies and helped many others grow.

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Lake Dai

Founder, Managing Partner

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Riyaz Faizullabhoy

Advisor

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Sherwin Wu

Advisor

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Lei Du

Partner

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Yury Kapgan

Advisor

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Lily Zhang

Advisor

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Angela Hsu

VP, Operations

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Leo Liang

Advisor

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DJ

Analyst in Training

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We Work with Other Great Investors

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Our Fund and Portfolio are Featured on

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"Artie helps companies put data to work faster with real time syncing"

 

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"AI in an Enterprise: How to Advance to the Next Level"

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"Ray Shines With NVIDIA AI: Anyscale Collaboration to Help Developers Build, Tune, Train and Scale Production LLMs"
 

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"Crypto Startup Aims to Tokenize Stocks by Playing by the Rules"

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"ChatGPT got all the buzz, but beneath it is a $1B developer framework that's quietly fueling the new era of lifelike AI at OpenAI and beyond"

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"Open source collaborations and key partnerships to help accelerate AI innovation"

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