Real Ventures

Real Ventures is a Canadian venture capital firm that invests early in technology companies. It says people, more than money, build strong businesses, and its own investment and operating teams have experience of running start-ups.

What Real Ventures offers

• Early-stage investment: backing founders from the start.
• Founder development: help for leaders to grow alongside their companies.
• Operating support: investment and operations staff who work on company building.
• Insight content: a monthly newsletter and articles on hiring, accountability and fundraising.

Who it serves

Early-stage Canadian technology companies. Portfolio examples include Xanadu in photonic quantum computing, dcbel in home energy, Zeffy in fundraising, Transit in commuting and BenchSci in drug discovery, plus Avidbots for floor-cleaning robots and Algolux for camera vision.

Key facts

• Country: Canada
• Stage: early stage
• Sectors: quantum, energy, non-profit software, transport, biotech and robotics