# Cadenza Innovation funding: rounds and investors

> Cadenza Innovation has raised $7.8M across 2 rounds since 2016. Investors include Golden Seeds and Connecticut Innovations. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/cadenza-innovation (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Cadenza Innovation*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$7.8M** raised across 2 rounds since 2016, from 2 sources

**$5.0M** Series A **$2.8M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $2.8M Oct 2024
- **Biggest round:** $5.0M Series A · Jul 2016
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

**$5.0M** Series A

**$2.8M** Debt

- **First round:** Series A, $5.0M
- **Biggest round:** $5.0M
- **Between rounds:** 8.2 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2024** Debt **$2.8M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Connecticut Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/connecticut-innovations) [Golden Seeds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-seeds) Source recorded SEC filing: $2.8M sold, first sale Oct 2024
- **Jul 2016** Series A **$5.0M** *1 new* [Golden Seeds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-seeds) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $5.2M sold, first sale Jul 2016

## Founders and team

From Cadenza Innovation's own website: 1 founder, 3 on the team.

**Christina Lampe-Onnerud** Founder & Chief Executive Officer

- **Rick Chamberlain** Senior Vice President of Engineering
- **Paul Jahn** Chief Operating Officer
- **Per Onnerud** Chief Technology Officer

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2016 **Debt** 2024 [Golden Seeds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-seeds) [Connecticut Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/connecticut-innovations)

## Everyone who backed them

[Golden Seeds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-seeds) Angel network **2** rounds

[Connecticut Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/connecticut-innovations) Government **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=cadenza-innovation).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Cadenza Innovation as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Lateral Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lateral-capital-ma) VC firm Per its own site

[MIT Alumni Angels of NorCal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mit-alumni-angels-of-norcal) Angel network Per its own site

[ScoutFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scoutfund) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Cadenza Innovation

### Who invested in Cadenza Innovation?

Cadenza Innovation's investors include Golden Seeds and Connecticut Innovations.

### How much has Cadenza Innovation raised?

Cadenza Innovation has raised $7.8M across 2 rounds since 2016.

### When did Cadenza Innovation last raise?

Cadenza Innovation's most recent round was a Debt of $2.8M in Oct 2024.

### What was Cadenza Innovation's biggest round?

Cadenza Innovation's largest round on record is $5.0M (Series A), in Jul 2016.

### Who backed Cadenza Innovation first?

Cadenza Innovation's first round on record, in Jul 2016, was backed by Golden Seeds.

### What stage is Cadenza Innovation at?

Cadenza Innovation's latest named round is a Debt, in Oct 2024.

### Where is Cadenza Innovation based?

Cadenza Innovation is based in the United States.

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