Cacti

What Cacti does

Cacti Ventures, LLC is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2024 that makes micro investments across the SaaS, fintech, crypto, AI, and gaming sectors. The firm operates through a syndicate model, partnering with nine sector-specialized investment firms — including Beyond Ventures (AI/ML, Drones, SaaS), Mana Ventures (Health), Everywhere VC (Finance), Red Beard VC (Crypto), Ventioneers (Gaming), and Climate Capital (Bio, Transportation) — to source and co-invest in early-stage companies. Its founding partners, Alex Tomsovic and Dhruv Hooda, are both former founders positioned as General Partners, and the firm markets itself around 'bankrolling brave entrepreneurs who dare to change the status quo.'

The firm's disclosed portfolio includes Shield AI (2024, AI/Defense), Fluidstack (2024, SaaS/AI), Glean (2024, AI), and Wager AI (2025, gaming). Investments are explicitly described as 'micro,' consistent with the firm's 1-10 person team and absence of a single large fund vehicle in disclosed materials. The firm maintains offices in San Francisco and New York, is registered as an LLC in California, and operates without a disclosed parent company, institutional LP base, or external shareholders.

Beyond capital deployment, Cacti operates a Job Board and Talent Network on cacti.vc that connects job seekers with companies in the Cacti Ventures network, with job alerts, direct applications, and talent network registration. The business model combines micro-check venture investing via a syndicate distribution structure with a secondary talent-matching product aimed at portfolio company hiring needs. No fund size, AUM, management fee, or revenue figures are disclosed in the provided source material.

Name

Cacti

Legal name

Cacti Ventures, LLC

Website

https://cacti.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cacti Ventures is a New York-based micro-VC firm founded in 2024 that invests across SaaS, fintech, crypto, AI, and gaming via a syndicate network of nine sector-specialized partner firms. It also operates a job board connecting talent to its portfolio companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (523150), Miscellaneous Intermediation (52391)

SIC

Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Venture Capital Fundraising Placement (FSAEALAC)

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Micro venture investments
• Early stage funding
• Startup capital
• Syndicate investments

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Cacti Ventures is a micro venture capital firm that deploys small equity investments into early-stage companies operating in SaaS, fintech, crypto, AI, and gaming. It complements its investment activity with a job board and talent network that connects job seekers with companies in its portfolio. Deal flow and due diligence are distributed across a syndicate of sector-specialized partner firms rather than concentrated in a single internal team.

Product overview

Cacti operates as a venture capital firm with a job board/talent network platform. The core offering is a matching service that connects job seekers with portfolio companies across AI/ML, SaaS, fintech, gaming, and other sectors. Users can subscribe to job alerts, apply directly to positions, and register for the talent network to discover professional opportunities within the Cacti portfolio ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Micro Venture Capital Investments Micro equity investments deployed into early-stage companies operating in SaaS, fintech, crypto, AI, and gaming, sourced and underwritten through a syndicate of sector-specialized partner firms. Targeted at founders and entrepreneurs who need small checks and operator-led investors.
• Job Board and Talent Network A web-based job board and talent network on cacti.vc that lists open roles at Cacti Ventures portfolio companies and lets job seekers subscribe to job alerts, apply directly, and register for the talent network. Targeted at job seekers interested in roles across AI/ML, SaaS, fintech, gaming, and other portfolio sectors.
• Syndicate Partner Network A network of sector-specialized syndicate partner firms (Beyond Ventures for AI/ML/Drones/SaaS, Mana Ventures for Health/SaaS, Everywhere VC for Finance, Climate Capital for Bio/Transportation, Ventioneers for Gaming, Red Beard VC for Crypto, Gold Dragon for Real Estate, Exitfund VC, Reinforced VC) that co-invest and contribute sector-specific deal flow to Cacti Ventures.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pioneer Fund: Community-driven micro VC making initial investments in early-stage startups, with a syndicate-oriented model and founder-led GP team similar to Cacti's structure.
• Republic: Retail-access investment platform offering venture syndicates and early-stage funds — directly comparable to Cacti's syndicate architecture and community-driven deal distribution.
• Hustle Fund: Pre-seed and seed micro VC investing across SaaS, fintech, and consumer — closely mirrors Cacti's stage, check size, and sector breadth, with a similar founder-friendly syndicate-like approach.
• Precursor Ventures: Seed-stage micro VC writing initial checks into software, fintech, and consumer companies — directly comparable in check size, stage focus, and broad sector mandate to Cacti Ventures.
• Backstage Capital: Micro VC fund focused on early-stage investments with a syndicate and community-based model — comparable to Cacti in check size, syndicate distribution, and founder-led operations.
• Boost VC: Pre-seed/seed micro VC with thematic programs (crypto, deep tech, AI) — directly comparable to Cacti's sector-specialized syndicates and small initial check philosophy.

Broad incumbents

• First Round Capital: Seed-stage venture firm with a community/product platform (First Round Review, Review Ventures) — comparable to Cacti's talent-network value-add, though at materially larger AUM and check size.
• Antler: Global early-stage VC that invests pre-seed across fintech, SaaS, AI, and crypto — comparable in stage and sector breadth, though materially larger AUM and a more structured founder-residency model.
• SV Angel: Established seed-stage investor making small initial checks across consumer, enterprise, and fintech — broader brand and longer track record than Cacti, but operates with a similar small-check, high-volume approach.
• AngelList Venture: Syndicate and rolling-fund infrastructure that powers much of the micro-VC ecosystem — directly comparable to Cacti's syndicate model, though AngelList is the platform itself rather than a single GP firm.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cactiventures

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments6 records

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