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    Real Ventures

    Montreal, CanadaFounded 2007

    Real Ventures is Canada's leading early-stage venture capital firm, founded in 2007 and based in Montreal. The firm backs visionary founders from day one, investing primarily in Canadian technology startups across sectors including AI, fintech, healthcare, and enterprise software.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 4 prior). Average disclosed round size is $18.9M (across 128 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    111

    Fund Size

    $180M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    JS

    John Stokes

    Managing Partner

    AM

    Alan MacIntosh

    Board Partner

    JC

    JS Cournoyer

    Board Partner

    KY

    Katy Yam

    Partner & FounderFuel General Manager

    MM

    Mark McDowell

    Board Partner

    SH

    Sam Haffar

    Partner

    LS

    Lisa Séguin

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    SC

    Sean Clayton

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    RF

    Richard Fefergrad

    VP FINANCE

    PG

    Phil G. Joseph

    SENIOR ASSOCIATE

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    166 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    OffPlan logoOffPlanSeed$2.5MJun 2026
    Spark Microsystems logoSpark MicrosystemsSeries B$17MMar 2026
    Nord Quantique logoNord QuantiqueSeed$30MJan 2026
    RRestore Vision Inc.Series A—Jan 2026
    TThe Curling GroupSeries A—Jan 2026
    Eli Health logoEli HealthSeries A$17MJun 2025
    Blumind logoBlumindSeries A—Apr 2025
    Goose logoGooseSeed$13.4MFeb 2025
    Clutch logoClutchSeries B$65MJan 2025
    Botpress logoBotpressSeries B$25MJan 2025
    BioIntelligence logoBioIntelligenceGrowth$5MApr 2024
    Nomic Bio logoNomic BioSeries B$42MJan 2024
    Nomic Bio logoNomic BioSeries B$42MJan 2024
    Emulsion Flow Technologies logoEmulsion Flow TechnologiesUnknown—Jan 2024
    dcbel logodcbelSeries B$50MAug 2023
    Tenstorrent logoTenstorrentSeries D$100MAug 2023
    HumanFirst logoHumanFirstUnknown—Jul 2023
    Spark Microsystems logoSpark MicrosystemsSeries B—Mar 2023
    VFlowTech logoVFlowTechSeries A$3MFeb 2023
    XXanadu Quantum TechnologiesUnknown$32MJan 2023
    Goose logoGooseSeries A$4MJan 2023
    HumanFirst logoHumanFirstSeed—Jan 2023
    GoodBuy Gear logoGoodBuy GearSeed$14MJan 2023
    GoodBuy Gear logoGoodBuy GearSeries A$5MJan 2023
    Avidbots, Inc. logoAvidbots, Inc.Series C$70MSep 2022
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026