Maple VC

What is Maple VC?

Maple VC is a venture capital fund that focuses on investing in early-stage startups, with a special emphasis on Canadian founders and companies with Canadian roots. They provide vital capital to founders at critical early stages, with investments ranging from $500,000 to $1,000,000, and a sweet spot of around $750,000.

With $16.5 million in assets under management, their portfolio includes ventures across various dynamic sectors such as Software, PropTech, Business Solutions, FinTech and Financial Services, A.I. and Big Data, Web Security and Privacy, Analytics, Developer Tools, Human Resources, Real Estate and Construction, Consumer products, and initiatives with a focus on Women.

Maple VC actively seeks pre-seed to Series A investment opportunities in businesses that demonstrate the potential for high growth and market leadership.

They brand themselves as builders of durable companies and provide hands-on support to entrepreneurs from the very first check at the seed stage. Maple VC's expertise is rooted in the success stories of Canadian university graduates who have been instrumental in building billion-dollar businesses in tech.

The firm leverages a network of first 25 employees from multi-billion dollar companies, who hold knowledge and pivotal learnings from their company's earliest stages, to help their founders win. This network is referred to as ‘The Maple Network,’ where these experienced individuals help guide new founders towards success.

Notable investments include companies such as Clay, Playbook, Patch, All Day Kitchens, AutoLeap, and many more.

The firm is managed by a team that has direct experience in scaling companies, prominently including their Founding Managing Partner, Andre Charoo, who is a Canadian with a strong presence in the tech community as a former early Uber employee, Venture Partner at Inovia, and Co-Chair of The C100.