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Panache Ventures

www.panache.vc

Canada's pre-seed fund backing technology founders across all sectors. They write first cheques up to $1.5M from their $100M Fund II and are often the first institutional investor on the cap table.

Check Size

$500K - $1.5M

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

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Investment Thesis

Panache Ventures backs visionary founders from day one, investing early and moving fast with hands-on support. As a pre-seed fund, they help entrepreneurs build high-growth companies from the ground up, functioning as true operational partners rather than board-seat holders. Their investment philosophy emphasizes conviction in Canadian entrepreneurs and decades of operational experience to guide founders through their earliest stages.

What Sets Them Apart

  • Operators turned investors with no board seats and no ego
  • Nationwide platform with offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver providing deep local ecosystem roots
  • Coast-to-coast founder network enabling faster growth and expansion
  • Proven track record: portfolio companies have collectively raised over $3.3B
  • Hands-on guidance and warm intros to top-tier Series A funds in Canada and the US
  • 100+ founders have scaled with Panache
  • Supported breakout companies including Passage, PurposeMed, Sanctuary AI, Deep Sky, and Tailscale

Investment Team

11 Partners at Panache Ventures

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