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Ripple Ventures is an early-stage Venture Capital fund in Toronto, Canada

04/24/2026

New site, new era at

This past quarter we backed founders across AI infra, AI for science, deep tech, and AI-native services.

Full write-up + fresh look: rippleventures.com

10/02/2024

✅ First ever LIVE podcast episode in the books!

Thanks to - CEO and Founder of for joining me on Tank Talks at the Festival in Toronto!

Subscribe to - www.tanktalks.substack.com to get notified for when the episode drops! 🔥

08/20/2024

🚀 Big News from Ripple Ventures 🚀

Today marks a major milestone in our journey at Ripple Ventures as we announce not just one, but two significant achievements. We’re thrilled to officially introduce Ripple Ventures Fund III, and celebrate the well-deserved promotions of two key team members (Nazuk Thakkar and Katie Ko) who have been instrumental to our success.

Ripple Ventures Fund III has been in full swing since late 2022, anchored by RBCx and the Government of Canada’s renewed Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI) through BDC Capital. With 20 companies already backed, we remain laser-focused on investing at the “true pre-seed stage,” from inception to first revenue, supporting founders with $250K to $750K checks. Our focus is on software companies transforming legacy industries through building new-age systems of record, workflow automation tools, or platforms that enable the transition to frontier technology. We’re also doubling down on our commitment to underrepresented student and recent grad founders through the RippleX Fellowship and our Fellow Fund, writing $50K to $100K investments. And we’re just getting started—expect another 10-15 new investments in this fund alone.

We’re excited to announce two big promotions at the firm - Nazuk Thakkar to Senior Associate and Katie Ko to Associate. Naz has been a driving force in our growth, from handling deal flow full-stack to building out our co-investor and corporate development engine. Katie, the glue of our fund and deal operations, has been pivotal in scaling our sourcing engine and RippleX Fellowship. Both started with us through the RippleX Fellowship, and their passion and dedication have made them integral to Ripple Ventures.

We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished together and even more excited for what’s ahead.

05/30/2024

🌟 Our Managing Partner was thrilled to host NBA legend, in Montreal last night! After having the pleasure of featuring Baron on our Tank Talks Podcast, it was fantastic to welcome him to the vibrant city of Montreal during the Invest Canada Conference this week!

Thanks to my co-host, Mike Green from Polar Capital, and our amazing group of guests for joining us. The evening was filled with insightful conversations and great company. Stay tuned for more collaboration between Ripple Ventures and Baron’s BIG platform, as we look forward to more incredible initiatives together!

10/16/2023

🌊 Making Waves 🇨🇦

With our new partnership with Canada's Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI) Inclusive Growth Stream, and the $7.5M investment in Fund III. We are excited to setup offices on the West Coast!

In line with our mission to foster innovation and entrepreneurship throughout Canada, we're excited to announce the opening of our new Vancouver office on November 1st. This office, led by my Partner, Dominic Lau, will be located at Pavilion Cowork in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver.

If you are a founder or want to partner with us at the Fund, please reach out to [email protected] for more info.

10/11/2023

Ripple Ventures is excited to announce that we have received a $7.5M investment from VCCI’s Inclusive Growth Stream for our Fund III, alongside RBCx as a second anchor.

This funding is part of a larger $50M initiative aimed at enhancing VC access for underrepresented Canadian entrepreneurs and diverse fund managers.

This investment doesn’t just fuel our funds; it fuels our fervor to foster a more inclusive VC ecosystem. It enables us to bolster our core portfolio of undervalued founders and expand the RippleX Fellowship program, online courses, and Fellow Fund. Together with the Canadian government, we're on a mission to broaden the educational horizon on building venture-backable startups and forging a VC career, right from the university and college campuses across the nation.

The impact that we've seen from our programming to date:
- Helped underrepresented founders raise over $60M in VC funding
- Assisted 75+ underrepresented students in securing VC roles post-program
- 2,000+ students across 30 countries in our online course
- Built a robust alumni network of 300+ individuals through 15 cohorts of our flagship program
- Hired amazing team members through our analyst and internship program

A huge shoutout to Nazuk Thakkar, Katie Ko, Lydia Estreed and CC Song on our team for their hard work in ensuring that this program continues to provide value to the underserved ecosystem.

10/10/2023

We Stand With Israel

06/30/2023

Our Managing Partner, Matt Cohen, had a fireside chat with at today discussing ‘Workforce layoffs and how big techs loss is everyone else’s gain!

02/09/2023

New Ep! Corey Holmes of Popup.store talks about how being a founder can be addictive and as always we have the news roundup with John Ruffolo and Matt Cohen.

Listen and subscribe at tanktalks.substack.com

11/10/2022

New Ep! Matt Cohen talks with Brenda Hogan, CIO of Venture Ontario about How Institutional LPs are Investing Today.

Listen and subscribe at tanktalks.substack.com

Address

410 Adelaide Street West
Toronto, ON
M5V1S8

Website

http://www.rippleventures.ca/

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