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Robert Antoniades

Co-Founder and General Partner, Information Venture Partners

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Robert Antoniades co-founded Information Venture Partners in 2014 with Dave Unsworth and is a General Partner at the Toronto firm, which backs early-stage B2B fintech and enterprise software companies. He previously led technology investments at RBC as a Managing Director, and held roles at BMO Nesbitt Burns Equity Partners and CIBC Capital Partners.

Robert hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Robert co-founded Information Venture Partners, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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What is Robert Antoniades's role at Information Venture Partners?

Co-Founder and General Partner. That is the title on his entry on the firm's own team page, checked 2026-09-21, which also says he has spent the past 25 years leading investments in enterprise software and fintech after earlier roles across capital markets.

When was Information Venture Partners founded, and by whom?

2014, by Antoniades and Dave Unsworth. Beyond The Billion's fund page for the firm, checked 2026-09-21, gives the founding year as 2014 and names both men as co-founders, noting both came from RBC Venture Partners. Unsworth's bio on the firm's own team page, checked 2026-09-21, says he invested with RBC Venture Partners from 2001 through 2014 before forming Information Venture Partners.

What does the firm invest in?

B2B fintech and enterprise software. In a Q+A published by Fintech.ca on 2023-07-14, Antoniades described the firm's focus as tech for financial institutions, embedded finance, financial software, and security and compliance, and said the approach is to help startups partner with financial institutions rather than compete against them. The firm's own site, checked 2026-09-21, describes it as specializing in B2B fintech and enterprise software.

What boards does he sit on?

His entry on the firm's team page, checked 2026-09-21, lists board seats at Arteria.ai, Flybits, Jirav, Procurify, Nue.io, ThoughtExchange and Helcim, plus board-observer roles at DealMaker and Boosted.ai. The same page lists prior boards including Adaptive Insights, Varicent Software, Verafin and Q4, and notes he co-founded the Upside Foundation of Canada.

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