Sancus Ventures

Sancus Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2022. It invests at the early stage in software infrastructure companies, with a stated focus spanning artificial intelligence, open source, blockchain and developer tools. The firm's activity comprises capital investment in teams building software infrastructure, alongside hands-on work with founders on product and growth.

The firm operates a community-driven model alongside its investing. It maintains a network of more than 500 software infrastructure experts and decision-makers, which founders can draw on for customer insight and access to experienced technical talent. Portfolio activity spans AI, infrastructure and developer-focused products.

The team is composed of former founders, technologists, infrastructure builders and community leaders. The firm describes its ethos as founder-focused, aiming to build the kind of venture firm its team wished had existed when raising capital themselves - a positioning that informs both its hands-on support model and its community-led sourcing of expertise.