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About
Peggy Van de Plassche started Roar Ventures in July 2018 after a career that ran through CGI and BMO, a VP innovation role at CIBC, and a senior advisor post at Portag3 Ventures. The fund targeted early-stage data and AI companies aimed at the financial services industry, with a stated $35-million target raised largely from strategic corporate investors — banks and insurers looking to accelerate their own transformation. Van de Plassche, who moved to Toronto from Lille, France to be closer to Canada's financial services centre, used her January 2019 TechTO talk to draw lessons from having been both an operator and an investor. Her first lesson was pivoting: she described working for a Finnish tech entrepreneur while simultaneously managing his money and starting businesses, and said the constant pivots were the part that still gave her trauma to think about. The firm's domains no longer resolve and she now runs PVDP Advisory Services; the fund appears to be inactive.
Backers
As a fund rather than an operating company, Roar Ventures raised from strategic corporate investors — banks and insurers — against a $35-million target. Whether that target was reached is not stated in any source found here.
Quick answers
What was Roar Ventures?
A Toronto early-stage venture firm founded in July 2018 by Peggy Van de Plassche to invest in data and AI startups selling into financial services.
Who founded Roar Ventures?
Peggy Van de Plassche, previously VP innovation at CIBC and a senior advisor at Portag3 Ventures, who moved from France to Toronto for the financial services sector.
Is Roar Ventures still active?
Both roarventures.com and roar.vc now redirect to parked domain-sale pages, and Van de Plassche's public profile lists PVDP Advisory Services. No source found here confirms the fund is still investing.