About Cronus Ventures
Cronus Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of Bellevue, United States. As of Feb 2021, Cronus Ventures has invested in 10 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in India based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Blockchain Technology and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Playcent Overall, Cronus Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 2 acquisitions, namely Seek Out, Unify Square and iConclude. A lot of funds co-invest with Cronus Ventures, with names like GBV Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Cronus Ventures' List of Top Investments
Cronus Ventures has a portfolio of 10 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investmentis in PlaycentTheir portfolio spans across United States, India, Sweden and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Blockchain Technology, FinTech and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Cronus Ventures:
1. Seek Out
AI-based recruitment software for enterprises. It offers an AI candidate search tool, talent pool insights, message-based candidate engagement, and candidate profile access solutions. It also allows candidate engagement via collaboration, diversity hiring, and filtration tools. The platform leverages AI to provide data-driven insights that help organizations prepare for future talent needs and improve their recruiting strategies. It integrates with Avature, Beamery, Bullhorn, Crelate, greenhouse, icims, LEVER, workday, etc.
Key facts about Seek Out
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Bellevue (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $186M
- Employee Count: 169 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Founders Circle Capital, Crew Capital and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Mar 09, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. CoreStack
AI powered cloud governance platform. It offers tools to manage and optimize cloud operations. It provides solutions to manage reporting, remediation, and recommendation across multi cloud platform. Its dashboard provides visibility into operations across multiple clouds. Features include cloud cost optimization, identification, mitigation of security threats, and more. It caters its solution to industries such as finance and healthcare.
Key facts about CoreStack
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Bellevue (United States)
- Annual Revenue: ₹10 - ₹50 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $45.7M
- Employee Count: 215 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Iron Pillar, Avatar Growth Capital and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Oct 16, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Unify Square
Global technology solutions provider specializing in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and digital workplace. The company delivers innovative solutions, expertise, and tools to help organizations realize their full business potential. It offers services across artificial intelligence, cloud and applications, cybersecurity, digital workplace, enterprise computing, and consulting. The company empowers businesses to turn ambitious ideas into tangible results, driving them forward responsibly. It provides business solutions with built-in security to defend digital assets, counter threats, earn customer confidence, and meet compliance standards. The company focuses on enabling a secure end-to-end workplace, elevating the digital workplace experience with persona-based solutions. It offers consulting services to future-proof organizations and advance them as digital-first entities. The company provides resources, client stories, insights, and research to support operational objectives.
Key facts about Unify Square
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Bellevue (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $44.1M
- Employee Count: 39 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Western Alliance Bank and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 02, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Playcent
Online reward based gaming platform. It provides in-game items, tokens, and rewards for playing games. It provides users with a platform that helps users to earn money by playing games. Users can find the games based on interests. It is an app based platform and is made available on playstore and appstore.
Key facts about Playcent
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Hyderabad (India)
- Annual Revenue: 0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1M
- Employee Count: 3 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: GBV Capital, Cronus Ventures and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: ICO, Mar 05, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. iConclude
UK leader in door entry, access control, and CCTV systems. Specializing in the supply, installation, and maintenance of visitor door entry, access control, and CCTV systems. They offer project services encompassing site surveys, project design, installations, and refurbishments, alongside comprehensive aftersales services including maintenance, emergency call outs, and remote programming. They provide solutions for visitor door entry, access control, exit devices, safe egress, CCTV, proximity keys, radio transmitters, and QR code readers. Their expertise extends to assisting clients with design services to achieve Secured by Design certification. They offer cloud based solutions for remote management and monitoring. They provide training for building services installation and maintenance professionals. They also offer technical manuals and online resources.
Key facts about iConclude
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: United Kingdom
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $12M
- Investors: Shasta Ventures, Greylock Partners and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 10, 2006, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Cronus Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Cronus Ventures has invested in 10 companies over the last 21 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Playcent.Cronus Ventures' Investments by Stage
Cronus Ventures has made 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $728K and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $3M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 2 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Cronus Ventures' Investments by Sector
Cronus Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Blockchain - Industry Applications, Blockchain Technology, Consumer, Enterprise Applications and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 8 Tech companies, 5 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 5 Saas companies and at least 5 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 1 |
Blockchain Technology | 1 |
Consumer | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Cronus Ventures' Investments by Geography
Cronus Ventures has made most investments in India (1), followed by Sweden where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
India | 1 |
Sweden | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
United States | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Cronus Ventures' recent investments
Cronus Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Cronus Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 28, 2021 | India | Seed | 5618 | [+8] | |
May 14, 2014 | Sweden | Seed | 4234 | ||
Aug 31, 2005 | United Kingdom | Series A | 7336 |
Unicorns in Cronus Ventures' Portfolio
Cronus Ventures has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Seek Out. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Seek Out which became a unicorn in 2022, 4 years before Cronus Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Cronus Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
69 | AI-based recruitment software for enterprises | 2017 | Bellevue | Series C | tdj{fno |
Acquired companies in Cronus Ventures' Portfolio
2 companies from Cronus Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Unify Square in Jun 2021 by Unisys for $*****.Here are Cronus Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 03, 2021 | - | - | 3895 | |
Mar 06, 2007 | Aug 31, 2005 | Series A | 1707 |
Co-investors of Cronus Ventures
Over the past 21 years, 13 investors have co-invested in Cronus Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Cronus Ventures: 1Apeiron has invested before Cronus Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Cronus Ventures: 10 investors entered a company along with Cronus Ventures. These include investors like GBV Capital (1 company).
- Invested after Cronus Ventures: Greylock Partners (1 company) and Shasta Ventures (1 company) are the investors which have invested in Cronus Ventures's portfolio after their investments.
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