Golden Ventures
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A Toronto seed fund, investing since 2011, that writes initial cheques of $500K to $3M into pre-seed and seed startups across North America.
Golden Ventures is a Toronto venture capital fund that invests at the seed stage, in any sector. Matt Golden, its Founder and Managing Partner, started it in June 2011.
It invests out of Golden Ventures V, a $100M USD fund announced in February 2024, and aims for 25 to 30 core investments per fund. It says it has made over 100 investments to date.
Founders can pitch by email at info@golden.ventures, with their company, website, stage, location and deck. It recommends a warm introduction where possible, and says its process usually takes 2 to 6 weeks.
What it invests in
Pre-seed, seed and seed+ rounds, including companies with no revenue yet
Initial cheques of $500K to $3M, with reserves to invest more as a company makes progress
Likely to lead or co-lead in Canada; in the US, likely to co-lead or join a round
Sector and business model agnostic, leaning toward software
Canada and the US only, with Toronto, Kitchener/Waterloo, Montreal, Vancouver and the Prairies as its core Canadian locations
Not real estate, restaurants, films, medical devices, firearms, or life sciences products that still need FDA approval
News & coverage
VC fund coverage (2)
Backing Deck: Revolutionizing Access to Unstructured Data, Globally
By Karim Gillani & Khrystyna Penyk, October 15, 2024 After we backed Yves-Gabriel (“YG”) and Fred at Flinks, we’re excited to invest in their new company, Deck, a Montreal-based startup that is redefining how businesses access and manage user-permissioned data, such as utility information. With a seed round of $6.2 million from Luge Capital, Golden Ventures and Better Tomorrow Ventures, Deck is…
Backing Nmbr: Transforming Payroll with Modern, Embedded Solutions
By Karim Gillani & Khrystyna Penyk, September 24, 2024 We are thrilled to announce our investment in Nmbr, a Toronto-based company that is revolutionizing payroll with its modern and scalable embedded payroll platform. We led this $7.6M seed round alongside Motivate Venture Capital, out of Chicago, with participation from Golden Ventures and Panache Ventures. Payroll is the largest expense item…
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