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About
Panache Ventures backs Canadian companies at pre-seed and seed, writing first cheques of up to $1.5M out of a $100M second fund. It was founded in 2018 by a team that came out of 500 Startups Canada, raised over $58M for Fund I, and announced Fund II on 8 September 2022. The firm counts more than 100 portfolio companies, among them Certn, Clutch, Dooly, Spocket and Tailscale, and says they have collectively raised over $3.3B. Founding partner Patrick Lor — previously a co-founder of iStockphoto, sold to Getty Images — sat on TechVancouver's October 2019 panel, alongside founders from Certn and Allocadia, on how founders and investors actually work together.
Backers
A venture fund rather than a venture-backed company. Vancouver Tech Journal reported its limited partners as including Alberta Enterprise Corporation, Ontario Capital Growth Corporation, Investissement Quebec, BMO Financial Group and TELUS Ventures.
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Quick answers
What stage does Panache Ventures invest at?
Pre-seed and seed. The firm writes first cheques of up to $1.5M out of a $100M second fund and follows on into later rounds.
Where is Panache Ventures based?
It has no single head office. Panache lists offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver, and invests across Canada.
What did Panache say on the TechVancouver stage?
Founding partner Patrick Lor joined an October 2019 panel with Certn and Allocadia on the founder-investor relationship — how founders should pick an investor, and what happens to that relationship when a company hits turbulence.