Golden Ventures

Venture Capital
121investments
22exits
$1.2Braised by its portfolio in 12 months
2,201open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Golden Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund based in Toronto that invests across North America. It backs bold founding teams in software, fintech, consumer and deep technology, usually leading or co-leading the first institutional round. The firm was founded in 2011 by Matt Golden and has built one of the most active seed portfolios in Canada.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
121
57 of them startups
Hiring now
45
2,201 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
4
$1.2B raised
Exits
22
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 25%Software 15%Financial Services 13%Education 9%Sales & Marketing 8%Media & Entertainment 7%Health Care 7%Internet Services 6%
Where its companies are
Canada 33%United States 15%United Kingdom 2%Turkey 1%Cayman Islands 1%Iceland 1%
Stage of its companies
Series A 50%Pre-seed & seed 21%Series C and later 14%Series B 14%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 121 investments
Dominion DynamicsSeries A $139M · 4 mo ago · 17 roles ProteinQureVenture round $1.8M · 5 mo ago · 1 role WaabiSeries C $1B · 9 mo ago · 82 roles Beacon SoftwareVenture round $250M · 12 mo ago CybridVenture round $10M · 12 mo ago NiahealthSeed $5.8M · 16 mo ago · led a round · 1 role PillarSeed $9M · 18 mo ago Weco AIVenture round · 21 mo ago BoardySeed $8M · 21 mo ago · 1 role Auto Hauler ExchangeSeries A $4.7M · 22 mo ago CyrismaSeries A $7M · 2 yr ago ViggleSeries A $19M · 2 yr ago
2,201 open roles at 45 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Salesforce634 new roles in 30 days WPP62 new roles in 30 days Xanadu24 new roles in 30 days Zynga13 new roles in 30 days Waabi12 new roles in 30 days Faire13 new roles in 30 days
New in the portfolioadded to its portfolio page in 6 months
Smplifyadded Oct 11
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Garage Capital 16 shared Panache Ventures 9 shared 500 Global 7 shared Plug and Play 7 shared OMERS Ventures 6 shared Real Ventures 6 shared Y Combinator 5 shared Andreessen Horowitz 5 shared Bessemer Venture Partners 4 shared Eniac Ventures 4 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Real Ventures Panache Ventures Garage Capital OMERS Ventures Genesis Centre East Valley Ventures Frontrow Plaza Ventures
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 1 rounds in the press that name it

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Toronto Canada
HQ
10-50 est. staff