Founding partner of Toronto Tech Week
Golden Ventures is a founding partner of Toronto Tech Week, held June 23–27, 2025.
Venture Capital
Toronto seed-stage VC fund, founded in 2011, backing North American startups from pre-seed onward.
Golden Ventures is a Toronto-headquartered, sector-agnostic seed fund started by Matt Golden in 2011. It invests across Canada and the US and is currently deploying its US$100M Fund V, plus an Opportunity Fund, targeting 25–30 core investments per fund with initial cheques of roughly $500K–$2.5M. The investment team is small (partners plus one analyst), so for Canadian students it is a niche entry point to early-stage venture rather than a structured recruiting firm; its portfolio exits include Wattpad and Skip the Dishes.
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Lead, co-lead or participating cheques in pre-seed to seed-extension rounds, sector-agnostic but tilted toward software-differentiated businesses, with reserves held for follow-ons.
A second vehicle the firm says it is deploying alongside Golden Ventures V; the FAQ gives no separate size or mandate.
A slice of each fund goes to smaller, more passive angel-style cheques in companies outside the core criteria.
Dedicated talent, platform/operations and finance staff who support portfolio companies with hiring, downstream capital and company building.
No official locations or contact page with an address. The site's organization data and FAQ say the fund is headquartered in Toronto; no other offices are published. This list may be incomplete.
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3 reasons for Golden Ventures
Venture interviews test sourcing and judgement rather than technicals. Bring a company they have not invested in and explain why you would back it, then name a portfolio company of theirs you find interesting and why. That does more than any structural reason.
One of the strongest Canadian seed brands, so the inbound deal flow is a real advantage for a junior learning to screen.
Pre-seed and seed focus means working with companies at their earliest and most formative stage.
Small, tight team in Toronto.
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How juniors get in
Hires occasionally for one analyst/associate seat, usually wanting two to four years in tech, banking or consulting, though its current Analyst joined while finishing undergrad after VC internships; no formal intern or MBA program.
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Founder and Managing Partner
Investment
Started Golden Ventures in 2011 after leading deals at BlackBerry Partners Fund and Brightspark Ventures. He co-founded mobile games publisher Tira Wireless and began his career as a business and M&A lawyer at Osler. Select investments listed include Wattpad, Skip the Dishes, Neo Financial and Xanadu.
General Partner
Investment
Former founder and operator focused on commerce, consumer, communities and marketplaces. He co-founded product studio Five Mobile, ran its Toronto operations as a GM after Zynga acquired it, and was an early employee at Tira Wireless. He holds a computer science and economics degree from the University of Toronto.
Partner
Investment
Invests mainly in fintech, energy and frontier technology; select investments listed include Float, Dominion Dynamics, Terminal and Mangrove Systems. He previously worked in corporate development at O'Leary Ventures, practised tech M&A law at Osler, and led business development at Avid Life Media. He holds a JD/MBA from the University of Toronto.
Partner
Investment
Leads deals in emerging technologies. Before Golden he built and led the corporate venture arm of US stock exchange IEX, and he spent six years as an investor at Georgian, where he worked on applied-AI and trust theses and helped design its Pathfinder early-stage programme. The firm announced his arrival in September 2023.
Venture Partner
Investment
Co-founder and former CTO of Delrina, the WinFax maker acquired by Symantec, after which he served as a Symantec VP. He is an active angel and director of several technology companies, and earlier worked at the IBM Canada Research Laboratory. Select Golden investments listed include BenchSci and ProteinQure.
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Sep 29, 2026
Brodie Sports Group
Investor · Sports / consumer
Buyer Golden Ventures (other round participants not verified)
Golden Ventures announced an investment in Brodie Sports Group in a post by General Partner Ameet Shah. Round size and terms were not verifiable from an official source.
Jun 26, 2025
NiaHealth
Investor · Healthcare technology
Buyer Golden Ventures (other round participants not verified)
Golden Ventures announced a new investment in NiaHealth in a post by Matt Golden. Round size, stage and lead investor could not be confirmed from an official source.
Golden Ventures is a founding partner of Toronto Tech Week, held June 23–27, 2025.
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