(Montreal) – September 30, 2014
Real Ventures, Canada’s largest seed-stage venture capital firm, announced today an additional $25M in commitments led by several major institutional investors taking its latest web, mobile and internet focused fund to $75M.
With this increased investment, Real Ventures will be expanding its activities in Ontario supported by two significant new appointments. Joining as a General Partner is former eBay and Kijiji executive, Janet Bannister, together with former consultant and startup entrepreneur, Omar Dhalla, who is joining as a Principal. While all the Real Ventures team will be engaged across Canada, these Toronto based investment professionals will enable the fund to be more proactively involved in the startup communities along the Toronto-Waterloo corridor. Read More
