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Real Ventures
Real Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Canada. Real Ventures has backed 10 Canadian AI companies in the Index, joining 10 tracked rounds and leading 1. The most recent was Axya's C$17M Series A in September 2026. Real Ventures most often invests alongside Bolt, Eclipse Ventures and Jon Stevenson.
VC based in Canada. 10 Canadian AI companies in the Index, 10 tracked rounds, 1 as lead.
- Type
- VC
- HQ country
- Canada
- Companies
- 10
- Tracked rounds
- 10
- Led
- 1
- First tracked deal
- Vention, Feb 2017
- Latest tracked deal
- Axya, Sep 2026
- Website
- realventures.com
Portfolio
| Company | Rounds joined (date, round size) | Company's total raised | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axya | Series A · Sep 2026 · C$17M round | C$17M | — |
| Tilt | Seed · Sep 2025 · US$7.1M round | US$7.1M | — |
| Blumind | Series A · Apr 2025 · C$20M round | C$20M | — |
| HumanFirst | Seed · Jul 2023 · C$5M round | C$5M | — |
| Tenstorrent | Series A · Aug 2017 · US$12.5M roundSeries B · Feb 2019 · US$20.7M roundSeries C · May 2021 · US$200M round | US$2.5B | — |
| Vention | Pre-seed · Feb 2017 (lead)Seed · Jan 2018 · C$3.5M roundSeries A · Jan 2019 · C$17M round | C$352.3M | Led Pre-seed |
| Algolux* | — | — | — |
| Dialogue* | — | — | — |
| Element AI* | — | — | — |
| Valence Discovery* | — | — | — |
A round's size is the whole round as announced, not this investor's cheque.
* Held per the firm's portfolio page or reported coverage, without a round tracked in the Index.
Frequent co-investors
Bolt (3 shared rounds), Eclipse Ventures (3 shared rounds), Jon Stevenson (2 shared rounds), Rob Stevens (2 shared rounds), White Star Capital (2 shared rounds), Bain Capital Ventures (1 shared round), BDC Industrial Innovation Venture Fund (1 shared round), BDC Sustainability Venture Fund (1 shared round)
Data as of November 10, 2026.