VENTURE FUND

Overview

This fund acts as a participant in syndicate/angel funded deals at the Angel – Series A stage. In addition to funding, we provide access to a vast network of people and knowledge to help young technology companies succeed in all required areas. We are focused on entities with a head office inside the Greater Toronto Area so that we can work on a face to face basis with founders.

Focus on Digital Commerce

We invest in B2B companies that deliver solutions which create scalable and meaningful impact to the purchase, fulfilment and marketplace experience. We’re vertical agnostic – from Retail, to Insurance, to Payments – we believe in the digitally integrated future of commerce.

The ways our businesses improve commerce can be grouped into three categories:

Technologies that improve the customer experience
Technologies that increase efficiencies between a buyer and seller
Technologies that enable product discovery

We are ``selling pickaxes to the miners in the e-commerce goldrush``

Venture Fund Partners

Alongside our investment team, meet our team of venture partners dedicating their time to supporting our venture portfolio. A team of all-stars each having excelled in their own domains, we bring a diverse skill set to the table with expertise in finance, growth, legal, product, and sales.

Hartley Lefton, Legal Counsel

Current Partner of Dentons, 13+ years as a transactional and regulatory Lawyer. Lexpert’s 2018 “Rising Star: Lawyers Under 40”, startup advisor

Derek Szeto, Venture Partner

Current Co-Founder of Butter (RBC Ventures) company, Founder of RedFlagDeals (2010 Exit), angel investor, startup advisor

Anthony Lipkin, Venture Partner

Current VP Growth & Partnership of Intersect (2018 Exit), Founding Partner of Dx3 (2018 Exit), startup advisor

Adam Levine, Venture Partner

Previous head of revenue at StackAdapt, Previous Account Executive of SalesForce, angel investor, startup advisor

We take the time to truly understand a business, often spending months with a founder before writing our first cheque. We follow a strict set of criteria to evaluate our opportunities:

Business Criteria

• Culture of honesty and integrity.

• High growth potential internationally with a particular focus on the USA.

• Predictable and recurring SAAS “non-advertising” revenue.

Founder Criteria

• Dynamic, curious and intelligent team.

• Passionate, coachable and self-motivated entrepreneurs.

• Focused on building a viable long-term business and not only on the “next raise”.

Industry Criteria

• Support businesses enabling digital commerce with a focus on e-commerce, physical retail and B2B commerce

• We like B2B business models.

The fund is operated through AngelList Back Office, acting as our compliance and administration platform to ensure the fund meets industry and regulatory requirements to be deemed a venture capital fund.