Royal Street Ventures

Royal Street Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage companies building tech-enabled products for practical problems. Its team comes from entrepreneurship and executive leadership rather than from finance. It takes an active role in the companies it backs.

What Royal Street Ventures offers

• Early-stage investment: capital for tech-enabled, capital-efficient businesses led by knowledgeable chief executives.
• Board involvement: a board or observer seat at over half of its portfolio companies.
• Operating support: hands-on help with operations and key performance indicators.
• Syndicate building: co-investment with firms that bring complementary strengths.
• Follow-on investment: further rounds in existing portfolio companies.

Who it serves

Founders across the country, from the coasts to the heartland. The fund favours undercapitalised markets where institutional seed money is scarce. Portfolio interests have included mental health care, workplace safety, computer vision data, used-car trading and cyber risk.

Key facts

• Coverage: coast to coast in the United States
• Investment style: smaller exits, with aligned returns for founders and investors