Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, based in Toronto and investing across North America.
We’re here to support founders who are building the future. It is our job to take big risks on the world’s most talented, driven and resilient founding teams who want to change the world.
We believe technology is not an industry. It transcends conventional categories and touches every facet of life, improving the world as we know it. People will find new ways to make things simpler, faster, cheaper, and smarter.
It is for this reason that we invest across sectors, trusting a founder’s ability to teach us what is on the horizon and deliberately leverage our mentorship and diverse network to their advantage.
It is also why we focus exclusively on our superpower, the seed stage. While companies at seed stage might seem messy and imperfect to most, that’s our comfort zone. It’s where we can help you identify what matters — setting milestones and the necessary focus that will help you achieve product-market fit.
We’re here to support founders who are building the future. It is our job to take big risks on the world’s most talented, driven and resilient founding teams who want to change the world.
We believe technology is not an industry. It transcends conventional categories and touches every facet of life, improving the world as we know it. People will find new ways to make things simpler, faster, cheaper, and smarter.
It is for this reason that we invest across sectors, trusting a founder’s ability to teach us what is on the horizon and deliberately leverage our mentorship and diverse network to their advantage.
It is also why we focus exclusively on our superpower, the seed stage. While companies at seed stage might seem messy and imperfect to most, that’s our comfort zone. It’s where we can help you identify what matters — setting milestones and the necessary focus that will help you achieve product-market fit.
Location: Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2011
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed; Series A
Portfolio 104
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 06.12.2024 | CarbonRun | carbonrun.io | - | - |
| 31.08.2024 | Deck | deck.co | $4.5M | - |
| 31.08.2024 | Gigi | gigico.tv | - | - |
| 31.08.2024 | Micromart | micromart.com | - | - |
| 04.03.2024 | Passage | passage.com | $30.23M | Canada, On... |
| 29.01.2024 | OneLocal | onelocal.com | - | Canada, On... |
| 26.10.2023 | Terminal (... | withterminal.com | $2.6M | Canada, On... |
| 08.08.2023 | Equil | equil.ai | - | - |
| 08.08.2023 | Bettermode | bettermode.com | $7.5M | Canada, On... |
| 01.05.2023 | Event | event.dev | - | Canada, On... |
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| Date | Title | Description |
| 22.02.2024 | Golden Ventures secures another $100M to invest in Canada’s tech ecosystem | Golden Ventures, a Canada-based venture capital firm, closed on over $100 million in capital commitments for its fifth fund targeting high-potential, seed-stage founders working across technologies, including AI, climate, blockchain and qua... |
| 23.06.2021 | Golden Ventures Raises Two Funds Totalling $120M | Golden Ventures, a Toronto, Canada-based seed-stage venture capital firm investing across North America, raised two funds totalling $120m. The firm has closed: Golden Ventures IV, a US$100M seed-stage fund, and Golden Ventures Opportunities... |
| 23.06.2021 | Former Department of Transportation Secretary, Elaine Chao, returns to the private sector | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Paid Content Why a company’s ethics are as important as its products From Moodys After a tumultuo... |
| 23.06.2021 | Golden Ventures raises $100M fourth fund and $20M opportunities fund | Canadian early stage venture firm Golden Ventures has raised its fourth fund, a $100 million pool of capital that it will use to invest in between 20 to 25 companies, as well as a $20 million ‘Opportunities Fund’ that it will use to make fo... |
| 23.06.2021 | Former Department of Transportation Secretary, Elaine Chao, returns to the private sector | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. After a tumultuous 2020 election that culminated in an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, many won... |
| 22.04.2021 | Medchart Raises $17M to Simply The Request of Medical Records for Patients, Businesses | What You Should Know: – Medchart, a Dallas-based cloud-based platform powering patient-authorized information for businesses, researchers, and consumer services announced it has raised $17M in seed and Series A funding led by Crosslink Capi... |
| 14.07.2020 | Swyft raises $3 million CAD to expand same-day delivery software | Toronto-based digital logistics startup Swyft, which connects merchants to existing courier networks, has closed a $3 million CAD seed round. The round was funded by Trucks Venture Capital, Golden Ventures, Panache Ventures, and other strat... |
| 11.05.2018 | Golden Ventures Closes Third Venture Capital Fund, at CAN$72M | Golden Ventures (formerly known as Golden Venture Partners), a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Toronto and investing across North America, closed its third fund, Golden Ventures III, at CAN$72m. Golden Ventures III’s LPs include fa... |
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| 06.05.2018 | Golden Ventures has a new pot of new capital — $57 million — to invest largely in Canada | Golden Ventures, a seed-stage outfit with offices in Toronto and Waterloo, has closed it third and newest fund with $57.5 million ($72 million in Canadian dollars), up from the roughly $38 million ($50 million Canadian) that it raised for i... |