# Eliot Pence, CEO & Founder > Eliot Pence, CEO & Founder. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/eliot-pence (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) District of Columbia, CA · Partner # Eliot Pence CEO & Founder at [Tofino Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tofino-capital) Latest rounds - **Meissner** Pre-seed · $2.6M Sept 2026 Backs *AI* *Chemicals & Materials* *Deeptech* *Quantum Computing* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 last Sept 2026 - **Filings:** 2 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 2 +2 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them - ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Tofino Capital - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=eliot-pence)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=eliot-pence) ## The firm [**Tofino Capital** VC firm · US **1** cheques in 12 months **1** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tofino-capital) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $2.6M - **Active:** 2026 2026 - [Meissner](https://millionrounds.com/company/meissner) *Pre-seed* **$2.6M** *CA* Sept 2026 Joined · +9 investors By stage - Pre-seed **1** What they backed AI **1** Chemicals & Materials **1** Deeptech **1** Quantum Computing **1** Alongside - [Andrew Talpash *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrew-talpash) - [Anthony Lacavera *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anthony-lacavera) - [BDC Capital's Thrive Venture Fund *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-capital-s-thrive-venture-fund) - [Christian Weedbrook *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/christian-weedbrook) - [Daniel Debow *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daniel-debow) - [Dennis Bennie *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dennis-bennie) - [Greg Twinney *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greg-twinney) - [Michael Hyatt *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-hyatt) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Cambium Biomaterials, Inc.** Executive Officer since 2023 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Tofino Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tofino-capital)** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer since 2022 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Tofino Capital - [**Aubrey Hruby** Global Business & Policy Leader *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aubrey-hruby) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 1 Jul 2026 · 2h 37m MetaCloud, Bending Spoons IPO with Founder Luca Ferrari, Amble Founder Joins | Mark Pincus, Shubh Sinha, Wayne Ting, Jeffery Liu & Jon Wang, Eliot Pence, Luca Ferrari, Nick Grossman, Julian Hoenig With [Eliot Pence](https://millionrounds.com/person/eliot-pence)[Luca Ferrari](https://millionrounds.com/person/luca-ferrari)[Nick Grossman](https://millionrounds.com/person/nick-grossman)[Shubh Sinha](https://millionrounds.com/person/shubh-sinha)[Wayne Ting](https://millionrounds.com/person/wayne-ting) Mentions [Mark Pincus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-pincus) About this episode (01:26) - Meta Sells Compute? (28:17) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (32:14) - Mark Pincus, an American internet entrepreneur, is best known as the founder of Zynga, the pioneering social mobile gaming company behind hits like FarmVille and Words with Friends. In his recent conversation, Pincus… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 19 Jan 2026 · 3h 13m X Article Apocalypse, Hollywood's AI Takes | Jordan Schneider, Eliot Pence, Fil Aronshtein & Matt Grimm With [Eliot Pence](https://millionrounds.com/person/eliot-pence)[Matt Grimm](https://millionrounds.com/person/matt-grimm) About this episode Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (01:11) - X Article Apocalypse (44:42) - Hollywood's AI Takes (01:01:44) - Elon vs. OpenAI Updates (01:05:33) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (01:17:54) - Is the American Dream Obsolete? (01:25:25) - Jordan Schneider is the creator of the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Eliot Pence in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [The BetaKit Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/betakit) · 13 Jul 2026 · 50 min How Dominion Dynamics is building Canada's first line of Arctic defence Mentions [Eliot Pence](https://millionrounds.com/person/eliot-pence) About this episode "The Arctic is the hardest operational environment on Earth for anybody. For any country." Dominion Dynamics CEO and BetaKit Most Ambitious honouree Eliot Pence joins to discuss his company's plans to become the general contractor for Canada's defence needs, why the Arctic is so important, and why… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The BetaKit Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/betakit) · 15 Nov 2025 · 31 min Dominion Dynamics' CEO thinks defence is a "generational opportunity" for Canadian entrepreneurs Mentions [Eliot Pence](https://millionrounds.com/person/eliot-pence) About this episode "Too many American subs dominate this market. Eighty percent of what we buy is from American companies. We wanna reverse that. We wanna make 80 percent of what we buy from Canadian companies. So we frankly don't care what we do as long as we are a Canadian defence company." Dominion Dynamics… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. 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