Panache Ventures
www.panache.vcCanada'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.
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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
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