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 111
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 22.09.2025 | Tilt | hellotilt.com | $32.1M | United Sta... |
| 07.08.2025 | NMBR | nmbr.co | $5.62M | - |
| 07.08.2025 | Beacon Sof... | beaconsoftware.com | $250M | United Sta... |
| 07.08.2025 | BigBrain G... | playbigbrain.com | $4.5M | United Sta... |
| 07.08.2025 | Pivot Furn... | pivotfurniture.com | - | Canada, Sa... |
| 07.08.2025 | Agency Eng... | agencyengine.ai | - | - |
| 07.08.2025 | Sequence | sequence.xyz | - | Ukraine, O... |
| 07.08.2025 | ether.fi | ether.fi | $28.3M | Cayman Isl... |
| 06.12.2024 | CarbonRun | carbonrun.io | - | - |
| 31.08.2024 | Gigi | gigico.tv | - | - |
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Mentions in press and media 17
| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.10.2025 | 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... |
| 23.10.2025 | 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 ... |
| 16.10.2025 | 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... |
| 23.09.2025 | 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 ... |
| 22.09.2025 | 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... |
| 02.05.2025 | 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... |
| 30.04.2025 | 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... |
| 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... |
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