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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.
Overview
Location
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Employees
1-10
Founded date
2011
Investment Type
Venture Capital
Investment Stage
Seed; Series A
Funds raised 1
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Portfolio 112
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| Sep 22, 2025 | Tilt | hellotilt.com | $32.1M | United States, Colorado, Fort Collins |
| Aug 7, 2025 | NMBR | nmbr.co | $5.62M | |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Beacon Software | beaconsoftware.com | $250M | United States |
| Aug 7, 2025 | BigBrain Games | playbigbrain.com | $4.5M | United States, New York |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Pivot Furniture | pivotfurniture.com | Canada, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon | |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Agency Engine | agencyengine.ai | ||
| Aug 7, 2025 | Sequence | sequence.xyz | Ukraine, Odesa Oblast, Izmail | |
| Aug 7, 2025 | ether.fi | ether.fi | $28.3M | Cayman Islands, George Town |
| Dec 6, 2024 | CarbonRun | carbonrun.io |
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Mentions in press and media 20
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| Aug 18, 2026 | Space Raises $2.4M in Pre-Seed funding | Space, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI-native distributed filesystem, raised $2.4M in Pre-Seed financing. The round was led by a16z Speedrun, with participation from Golden Ventures, Northside Ventures, and angel investors. The ... |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Space raises $2.4M led by a16z Speedrun to build the AI-native filesystem for humans and agents | Space is building a distributed filesystem that lets humans and agents instantly access and work across petabytes of live data while using zero local disk space. Cloud storage was supposed to make computers feel limitless. Yet workflows rem... |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Stablecoin and Payment Firm Cybrid Raises $10M Series A | Cybrid, a platform for compliant stablecoins and fiat payment infrastructure, has raised a $10 million Series A funding round led by the Growth Venture Fund at BDC Capital with participation from Golden Ventures, Luge Capital, and Panache V... |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Cybrid: $10 Million Closed To Advance Stablecoin Adoption Among Financial Institutions | Cybrid, a leading platform providing compliant stablecoin and fiat payment infrastructure, announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by the Growth Venture Fund at BDC Capital, with participation from Golden Ventures, Luge ... |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Vessel Funds Receives $1.5M from CIBC Innovation Banking | Vessel Funds Inc., a Montreal, Canada-based platform that simplifies investor relations, fund reporting and compliance tasks, received USD1.5M debt facility from CIBC Innovation Banking. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate pr... |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Tilt: $7.1 Million Seed Funding Secured For AI-Based Direct Indexing Platform | Tilt is a financial technology company that’s changing how investment portfolios are built and managed. It recently raised $7.1 million in seed funding, led by Portage and Lerer Hippeau, with support from several other investors, including ... |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Tilt Raises $7.1M Seed Funding | Tilt, a Miami, FL-based provider of an AI-powered direct indexing platform, raised $7.1M in Seed funding. The round was led by Portage and Lerer Hippeau, with participation from Golden Ventures, Real Ventures, Cumberland Investments, and FJ... |
| May 2, 2025 | Basil Systems: A New Dawn for Life Sciences with AI-Powered Intelligence | In the bustling world of life sciences, data is the lifeblood. Yet, many companies find themselves drowning in a sea of outdated tools and fragmented information. Enter Basil Systems, a Boston-based innovator that has just secured $11.5 mil... |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Basil Systems Secures $11.5M to Expand AI-Powered Intelligence Platform for Life Sciences | What You Should Know: – Basil Systems, a provider of an AI-powered product lifecycle intelligence platform tailored for the life sciences industry, announced it has raised a total of $11.5M in funding led by Golden Ventures, with participat... |
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FAQ about Golden Ventures
When was Golden Ventures founded?
Golden Ventures was founded in 2011.
What funds has Golden Ventures raised?
Golden Ventures has announced 1 fund on Parsers VC.
How many startups has Golden Ventures invested in?
Golden Ventures has 112 portfolio companies on Parsers VC, among them Tilt, NMBR and Beacon Software.
What has the press written about Golden Ventures?
Parsers VC has collected 20 articles mentioning Golden Ventures, among them “Space Raises $2.4M in Pre-Seed funding” (Aug 18, 2026) and “Space raises $2.4M led by a16z Speedrun to build the AI-native filesystem for humans and agents” (Aug 18, 2026).
Is Golden Ventures still active?
Yes, Golden Ventures is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Aug 21, 2026.