Panache Ventures

Panache Ventures, Inc. is a venture capital firm founded in March 2018 and based in Calgary, Canada, with additional offices in Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, and San Francisco. The firm specializes in pre-seed and seed-stage investments, focusing on sectors that leverage Canada's strengths, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, blockchain, virtual reality, fintech, digital health, enterprise software, and data analytics. Panache Ventures aims to support innovative startups in these emerging fields, primarily within Canada.

Tim Kwok

Analyst

Prashant Matta

Partner

Chris Neumann

Partner

Past deals in Toronto

Mayday

Seed Round in 2022
Mayday Labs Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in designing and developing wellness and productivity software solutions. Founded in 2018, the company focuses on creating an AI-assisted scheduling tool that helps users organize and optimize their time effectively. This tool analyzes how time is allocated across various activities and offers calendar management features, including automatic travel time scheduling. By providing personalized assistance and recommendations for daily time management, Mayday Labs aims to enhance productivity and adapt to changing schedules, enabling users to manage their time more efficiently.

Forma.AI

Series A in 2021
Forma.ai is a Toronto-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in a data-driven sales compensation platform. This solution allows organizations to design, implement, and optimize their sales compensation strategies effectively. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Forma.ai's software administers and monitors sales incentives in real-time, tracking individual performance and aligning with strategic business objectives. This approach enhances organizational agility and motivates sales teams, ultimately driving better customer interactions and higher performance levels. With teams operating across Canada and the United States, Forma.ai aims to provide businesses with a comprehensive tool for managing compensation processes efficiently.

Swyft

Seed Round in 2020
Swyft is a B2B marketplace offering same-day delivery for brands and retailers. It enables carriers to digitize or automate a good deal of what they’re traditionally doing by hand. Ship via Swyft and gain unified bills, digital PODs, real-time track and trace, branded customer notifications, SMS updates, and more. Swyft converts more shoppers at checkout and delights them with reliable and affordable same-day delivery. Swyft was founded in 2020 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Lilia

Seed Round in 2020
Lilia is a fertility support company that offers comprehensive services to women, focusing on egg freezing and family planning. Founded in 2019, Lilia provides a home-based diagnostic test for fertility hormone assessment and operates a resource hub that connects prospective parents with fertility specialists. The company's concierge service assists individuals in navigating their fertility options, providing well-researched data related to egg count, menopause timing, and age to inform decisions. By offering low-cost fertility management services, Lilia aims to empower busy individuals who wish to preserve their options for parenthood later in life. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Lilia serves clients primarily in San Francisco, California.

Roost

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Making renting better

Mayday

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Mayday Labs Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in designing and developing wellness and productivity software solutions. Founded in 2018, the company focuses on creating an AI-assisted scheduling tool that helps users organize and optimize their time effectively. This tool analyzes how time is allocated across various activities and offers calendar management features, including automatic travel time scheduling. By providing personalized assistance and recommendations for daily time management, Mayday Labs aims to enhance productivity and adapt to changing schedules, enabling users to manage their time more efficiently.

Beatdapp

Seed Round in 2019
BeatDapp is a technology company that specializes in music streaming software aimed at eliminating streaming fraud and ensuring fair compensation for artists. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with additional offices in Los Angeles and Toronto, BeatDapp provides a SaaS-based platform that allows music labels and artists to accurately track their songs and collect royalties. Its innovative tracking system authenticates and validates media streamed in real-time, reducing discrepancies between Digital Service Providers and rights holders. This capability not only enhances royalty revenue for rights holders but also mitigates legal risks associated with royalty disputes. With a team of industry and technology veterans, BeatDapp is positioned to revolutionize the music industry by delivering transparent streaming data to a rapidly growing market of paid consumers.

Lilia

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Lilia is a fertility support company that offers comprehensive services to women, focusing on egg freezing and family planning. Founded in 2019, Lilia provides a home-based diagnostic test for fertility hormone assessment and operates a resource hub that connects prospective parents with fertility specialists. The company's concierge service assists individuals in navigating their fertility options, providing well-researched data related to egg count, menopause timing, and age to inform decisions. By offering low-cost fertility management services, Lilia aims to empower busy individuals who wish to preserve their options for parenthood later in life. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Lilia serves clients primarily in San Francisco, California.

FleetOps

Seed Round in 2018
FleetOps, founded in 2014 and based in Toronto, Canada, operates a freight marketplace that connects brokers and shippers with truck drivers. The company has developed an application that automates the allocation of loads to drivers by utilizing data from telematics providers. This data offers insights into truck locations, typical routes, idle times, and driver behavior, which are analyzed through artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to determine optimal load assignments. FleetOps also provides a dashboard for trucking dispatchers, allowing them to monitor logistics and track freight movement efficiently. By integrating these capabilities, FleetOps aims to streamline the trucking operation process and enhance overall efficiency for its clients.

Wisk Solutions

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Wisk Solutions Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in developing software for the management of alcoholic operations. The software facilitates inventory management, consumption analysis, product pricing, and the optimization of purchase orders. Catering primarily to the hospitality industry, its clientele includes hotels, clubs, restaurants, and bars. Founded in 2014, Wisk Solutions aims to enhance operational efficiency by reducing the time spent on inventory counting and data compilation.
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