Cendana Capital

Cendana Capital is an investment firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investment. It seeks to invest in private equity and venture capital funds including angel funds, institutional seed funds, and micro-cap funds. In venture capital fund it seeks to invest in funds that invest in startup and late venture businesses. It seeks to invest in the fintech sector. The firm typically allocates between $5 million and $10 million per investment and invests between 10 percent and 20 percent in venture funds, and the remaining in distressed debts and small and mid sized buyout funds. Cendana Capital was founded in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Michael Kim

Managing Partner

Graham Pingree

Partner

23 past transactions

Alpha

Venture Round in 2016
Feedback Loop is the agile research platform for rapid consumer feedback. Farmers Insurance, Humana, Lending Tree, Uber, and Fortune 500 companies trust Feedback Loop to bring the voice of the consumer into critical market decisions. Founded as Alpha in 2014, Feedback Loop is headquartered in New York City and backed by Crosslink Capital, Spider Capital, and Calibrate Ventures. Learn how agile research makes getting consumer input fast, easy and reliable for researchers and product managers alike at www.feedbackloop.com.

Casper Sleep Inc.

Series A in 2014
Casper is a sleep startup that launches a comfortable mattress sold directly to consumers, eliminating commission ­driven, inflated prices. Casper's mattresses are developed in-house by a team of product engineers with experience from IDEO. The company developed a line of core sleep products, including the Casper pillow, sheets, foundation, bed frame, duvet, and a dog mattress. The startup was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, United States.

Arcadia, Inc.

Series B in 2018
Arcadia, Inc. operates an online platform for users to manage their account, track their account activity, and view their energy usage. It serves houses, apartments, and businesses in the United States. The company was formerly known as Arcadia Power, Inc. Arcadia, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Washington, District Of Columbia.

Honey

Series B in 2017
Designed to help consumers save time and money, Honey’s 10 million users worldwide, shop over 30,000 retailers knowing that Honey is finding the best deals and coupons for their everyday needs. The free browser extension automatically finds and applies coupons at checkout, it also helps users save money on Amazon by showing price history, best price detection and a product called Droplist that watches select products and sends notifications when it drops below a selected price.

FarmRaise

Seed Round in 2021
FarmRaise Inc. develops and operates a digital fund-raising platform for farmers. It offers FarmRaise, a digital platform that connects farmers to funding opportunities, such as grants, loans, cost-sharing programs, emergency and disaster relief programs, easement programs, and state-specific opportunities. The company also provides financial consulting services. FarmRaise Inc. was founded in 2020 and is based in Atherton, California.
Silicon Valley Data Science is a big data and data science consulting company that specializes in agile and business-focused solutions. They work to drive people business forward through smart use of data: to create new capabilities, identify critical insights, and solve tough problems. Ready to meet difficult and large-scale data challenges, They're a consulting and engineering team with a difference. Their distinctive approach blends Silicon Valley's pioneering data technology with the best in agile development methodology.

Tempo Automation Inc.

Series B in 2017
Tempo Automation Inc. manufactures low volume electronics products. The company designs and assembles printed circuit boards. Tempo Automation Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Crux OCM utilizes AI and real-time optimization to enable autonomous operation of major oil and gas assets, reducing the risk of operation and increasing volumetric throughput up to 4%. Crux OCM is a control software provider simplifying major oil and gas asset operation for the control room operators. Unlike standard control solutions and current control room asset operations which use simple control methodologies and written procedures, Crux OCM offers enhanced operational capabilities while maintaining operation within existing safety constraints, resulting in faster, more consistent, more automated asset operation.

Ascend Consumer Finance

Series A in 2016
Ascend Consumer Finance, Inc., an online lending company, provides loans for individuals in the United States. Its portfolio comprises a standard personal loan with a low APR and a monthly payment that will never change; and a rewards program that allows borrowers to lower their interest cost monthly by demonstrating responsible financial behaviors. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Cyble Pty Ltd.

Series A in 2022
Cyble Pty Ltd. provides the platform for cyber threat and risks. The platform is based on automation, integration, and intelligence and clients adopt the platform according to requirements and objectives. Cyble Pty Ltd. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

Maxwell Health

Series C in 2016
Maxwell Health provides an SaaS-enabled online benefits service that provides information about health care and insurers. It offers information on various insurance products, such as medical, dental, vision, life, disability, voluntary benefits, workers' compensation, COBRA administration, and HRA/HSA/FSA setup. Maxwell Health has a strategic relationship with NetSuite Inc. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As of June 4, 2018, Maxwell Health operates as a subsidiary of Sun Life Financial United States.

Metavine

Series A in 2015
Metavine is the Cloud App Server company. We enable businesses to meet 100% of their specific application needs without compromise. Metavine does this while exceeding the standards in security, scalability, data integrity and reliability, requirements that build consumer confidence in the business Behind the Metavine Cloud App Server is a team of professionals with significant experience in creating and operationalizing enterprise applications.

Elenas

Series A in 2021
Elenas is Latin America's top social commerce platform. Our platform has empowered tens of thousands of women across Colombia to launch online businesses and earn extra income by selling products on WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media sites. Currently, 11 million women across Latin America sell consumer good products through direct sales catalogs and door-to-door sales. Elenas provides a digital solution for them to start an online store, manage clients, and grow their business from home, without having to worry about product sourcing, delivery, or payment collection.
LOFT ORBITAL SOLUTIONS INC. provides an end-to-end service to host and operate customers' payloads. The company provides satellite platform and integration, standard hardware interfaces, launch booking and integration, finance and insurance solutions to reduce risk and the financial barriers to accessing space, and regulatory compliance and licensing. LOFT ORBITAL SOLUTIONS INC. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Wonolo

Series C in 2018
Wonolo Inc. designs and develops human resource application for staffing. It offers Wonolo, an application that connects the job seekers with immediate hourly or daily jobs, and allows them to work at the desired place, time, and company/business. The company offers general labor, warehouse operations, delivery drivers, merchandising, event staff, and administrative tasks. The company’s application is also used for businesses to post jobs to find talent for their immediate work needs. Wonolo Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

DataSift

Series C in 2013
DataSift is the leader in Human Data Intelligence. DataSift enables organizations to identify and extract valuable insights from all types of human-generated data in real-time. They’ve built a powerful engine for programmatically understanding and analyzing what is being said across social networks, blogs, news sites, and inside businesses, while protecting consumers’ privacy. Founded in 2010, DataSift works with more than 20 social networks and content publishers and its partner ecosystem includes top advertising and marketing agency groups, app developers and brands.

IRP Systems

Series B in 2020
IRP makes electric vehicles powerful and affordable. By leveraging its breakthrough technology in control algorithms and powertrain design, its systems reach an unprecedented level of efficiency, in full compliance with mass-production practices. TrueDrive, IRP's wide portfolio of innovative products, offers high performance, a unique driving experience and advanced functionality, while being cost-effective. Before focusing on e-mobility, IRP has developed, certified and delivered motion systems for safety-critical aerospace applications.

FILLD

Series B in 2018
Filld is a developer of an on-demand fuel delivery platform designed to deliver gas to car anytime and anywhere. The company's platform helps to fill the car's gas tank while the users are at their work, home, or at the gym, enabling them to save time by not stopping at the gas station for last-mile mobile fueling.

BackboneAI

Seed Round in 2020
BackboneAI builds frictionless data networks through intercompany automation, a completely new category of automation. It transforms supplier and customer relationships through real-time data synchronization, fast API connectivity, and third-party application and database integration. Based in New York City and founded in 2019 by serial entrepreneur Rob Bailey, BackboneAI helps companies work together more efficiently by automating their intercompany data processes and optimizing communication through technology. The company’s investors include Fika Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, Cendana Capital, Dynamo Ventures, GGV Capital, MetaProp, Spider VC, and several notable angel investors.

Alpha

Series A in 2018
Feedback Loop is the agile research platform for rapid consumer feedback. Farmers Insurance, Humana, Lending Tree, Uber, and Fortune 500 companies trust Feedback Loop to bring the voice of the consumer into critical market decisions. Founded as Alpha in 2014, Feedback Loop is headquartered in New York City and backed by Crosslink Capital, Spider Capital, and Calibrate Ventures. Learn how agile research makes getting consumer input fast, easy and reliable for researchers and product managers alike at www.feedbackloop.com.

Alpha

Venture Round in 2017
Feedback Loop is the agile research platform for rapid consumer feedback. Farmers Insurance, Humana, Lending Tree, Uber, and Fortune 500 companies trust Feedback Loop to bring the voice of the consumer into critical market decisions. Founded as Alpha in 2014, Feedback Loop is headquartered in New York City and backed by Crosslink Capital, Spider Capital, and Calibrate Ventures. Learn how agile research makes getting consumer input fast, easy and reliable for researchers and product managers alike at www.feedbackloop.com.

FILLD

Series A in 2017
Filld is a developer of an on-demand fuel delivery platform designed to deliver gas to car anytime and anywhere. The company's platform helps to fill the car's gas tank while the users are at their work, home, or at the gym, enabling them to save time by not stopping at the gas station for last-mile mobile fueling.