Real Ventures is Canada’s largest and most active seed venture fund. We look for inspiring Entrepreneurs who exhibit unique insight and appreciation of their target market and industry. You can be a first time or seasoned. If you have passion, vision and a big opportunity we want to work with you.
Real Ventures invests in ambitious entrepreneurs that are creating the Internet experiences of the future or embracing the power of the Internet to disrupt existing industries or business models. We will invest pre-traction and we have the team and networks to support entrepreneurs and propel their companies forward.
The best entrepreneurs do their homework on prospective VCs and the best Canadian entrepreneurs want to be backed by Real Ventures.
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"In this short documentary produced by BDC (Business Development Bank of Canada), Real Ventures' own JS Cournoyer travelled all over Canada to meet 7 thriving "
Execution Labs is a first-of-its kind, hybrid game incubator and go-to-market accelerator
Refining Visions. Building Products. Accelerating Startups.
Beyond the Rack is the ultimate online destination for designer brand fashions, accessories, beauty, and home décor essentials at up to 80% off.
Online personalized menswear
Simple design and deployment of multichannel marketing campaigns
A fun and beautiful way to share your videos
Social music discovery tool
All-in-one location-based marketing platform for agencies, brands & franchises
Relay helps you discover the newest and best visual entertainment from around the web with a beautiful and simple mobile app.
- Entrepreneur, corporate executive and innovator in the field of health care applications and life [...]
Clarity is a marketplace for business advice
The automotive remarketing tool that works wherever you do.
User acquisition for SaaS and E-commerce
Adwords for game developers
Social site enabling people discovery based on common interests
Bio-Sensing Apparel Platform
A reputation-driven discussion network
Urbita is a web platform & a mobile app that allows everyone to share the love and passion they feel for their cities and towns
Unbounce lets marketers build, publish and test landing pages without IT or software.
Lagoa is a cloud based platform for creatives working in engineering, architecture and media & entertainment to visualize 3D content.
Taste Filter is an intelligent discovery engine which evolves according to your tastes and preferences
Leading provider of ratings for social engagement in TV programs - enriches traditional ratings by taking into account the experience of viewers on social media.
Group buying power for small business
PasswordBox liberates you from passwords so you can login everywhere with 1-click and easily share your online accounts with people you trust
The engagement platform that allows app developers to "socialize apps," turning their followers into users and fans into advocates.
A mobile platform that helps students take control of their college life by powering the events, conver- sations and deals on campus.
Merchant Atlas is a map to local merchants
Guest Relationship Management solution for the hospitality industry
Platform for location based mobile games
Real time, location-based Q&A platform.
High performance computing in the browser
Algorithms to improve online advertising spend
One place for knowledge that matters
Caristix develops HL7 interface management software for healthcare technology vendors and hospital IT teams.
Quora for fashion
From the factory floor to your door
Context.IO is a REST email API that makes it easy and fast to integrate your user's email data in your application
Solution for complex labor scheduling
ThinkNear helps you target mobile display ads to consumers at precise locations.
We are a small team that bring many years of entrepreneurial and investment experience to our portfolio companies.We’ve had our successes and failures, so we should know what you’re going through – we don’t like talking about ourselves too much.
"In this short documentary produced by BDC (Business Development Bank of Canada), Real Ventures' own JS Cournoyer travelled all over Canada to meet 7 thriving "
Alan has over 29 years of international experience in innovative technology related businesses starting in oil exploration with Schlumberger and later data networking with Hewlett Packard. In 2004 Alan co-founded Acta Wireless and led the firm’s investments in OZ Communications (acquired by Nokia), WaveMetrix, Millennial Media (NYSE: MM) and Cellfish Media. In 2007 Alan co-founded Montréal Startup. Alan is a director of the Mobile Giving Foundation Canada where Acta was a founding sponsor, a Trustee of the McCord Museum and President of OSMO Foundation (Notman House). A native of Scotland, keen cyclist and life long skier, Alan holds a BSc (Hons) in Offshore Engineering from Heriot-Watt University and MBA from INSEAD.
John is an investor who has been able to resist the urge to get back to being an entrepreneur - and instead choses to live life vicariously through the entrepreneurs in whom he invests. He looks for the human insight behind an idea and for the person that can reveal and communicate that insight. He likes ideas that target the consumer and particularly ones that turn consumers into "community activists". He searches for ideas that can "prempt" the status quo - a compelling enough experience that "just makes sense" to do things a new way. John strives for perfection, but can live with pretty damn good. Based in Montreal but a citizen of the world, he's a lucky person who strives to find other lucky people to spend time with!
JS is a husband and father of five wonderful children. He co-founded Montreal Start Up and Real Ventures, two seed funds based in Montreal. JS loves working with entrepreneurs and startups. He is an entrepreneur as well, having co-founded and operated a few startups along the way. He tries to live life by giving more than he takes and looks for people who share this principle. JS' life is a constant (good) struggle to find balance between spending time with his wife and kids, with the entrepreneurs he works with, his friends and taking care of himself, which usually means playing hockey, swimming, running or biking. As such, he tends to work with people he enjoys spending time with.
Zöe is the Program Manager of FounderFuel and helps in the day-to-day operations of Notman House. A Third Culture Kid, Zöe grew up in over six different countries across the world and has had a passion for creativity and community from a young age, which she communicates through her work with startups. She's a fan of cultures worldwide and bringing people together, always striving to put her best foot forward and to learn the most from every experience which comes her way. Zöe has a B.A. in Economics, Sociology and Hispanic Literature from McGill University.
Gabriel is Real’s investment analyst. He focuses on fund management, deal sourcing, investment due diligence, as well as supporting our portfolio companies with data and product analysis. Prior to joining Real Ventures, Gabriel spent eight years in the hedge fund industry. He lead product development at Capitalogix, a Dallas based software startup developing trading, dashboard and data analytics platforms for funds, and managed a multi-million dollar portfolio using proprietary algos and trading the S&P futures market. Recently back from the US, Gabriel has become an active member of the Montreal startup scene, instigating or organizing several community initiatives including Startup Drinks, Startup Mentoring and the Notman House.
Ian is the General Manager of FounderFuel and Venture Partner at Real Ventures. Originally from Montreal, Ian spent four years of his career in Silicon Valley. In 2006, when he was VP of Marketing at Tiny Pictures, he helped launch Radar, the first mobile photo sharing social network, and grew it’s user base to over 1.5M users in less than a year. Following the acquisition of Tiny Pictures by Shutterfly, Ian became Director of Marketing of its mobile and social media team. There he launched Wink, a mobile app that lets users create photobooth-style prints directly from their iPhone.
Stephanie is the Chief of Staff at Real Ventures and ensures the company operates like a well oiled machine. Her role includes taking care of operational items, supporting investor and portfolio communications initiatives, and driving the marketing strategy. Stephanie has a free spirit and loves anything creative. A devoted Yogi, she believes a healthy body is a healthy mind. Stephanie has a B.A in Marketing and completed a Co-op program at the John Molson School of Business.
