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DMZ Ventures

VC
Toronto, CanadaWebsite

DMZ Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Toronto, Canada investing in Other, SaaS, Fintech. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

Portfolio

10+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in GovTech solutions that simplify public service delivery, especially in North American markets.

How DMZ Ventures invests

DMZ Ventures is a vc firm based in Toronto, Canada. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Fintech, Real Estate, AI / ML. It does not invest in Energy.

DMZ Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.

DMZ Ventures has backed 10 companies in our records, including PolicyLab, Figure1, Sampler.

Meet the Team

JF

Janice Fukakusa

Former CAO/CFO

AS

Amit Singh

Investor

GovTech
Early Stage
AS

Abdullah Snobar

CEO

SM

Sultan Mehrabi

Managing Director

AA

Anya Akhvledziani

Associate

JC

Jack Cockwell

Group Chairman

HW

Heather Wood

Board Secretary

NM

Nadir Mohamed

In Memory of

ML

Mohamed Lachemi

President & Vice-Chancellor

PB

Peter Bowie

Principal

RI

Roberta Iannacito-Provenzano

Provost and Vice-President, Academic

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Fintech
Real Estate
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Energy

Portfolio Companies (10)

Other

PO

PolicyLab

GovTech
FI

Figure1

SA

Sampler

SE

Sensibill

BO

Borrowell

LE

Leasey.AI

Proptech / Fintech SaaS (real estate leasing and payments).·Pre-seed / early-stage·DMZ Ventures’ early-stage investment fund

AI-driven platform to automate and streamline residential leasing workflows (applications, screening, leasing operations).

FL

Flowjin

Creator economy / marketing tech / AI media tooling.·Pre-seed / seed·DMZ Ventures early‑stage investment fund

AI-powered tool that converts long-form video and audio content into short clips for social media.

TA

Talin

HR tech / recruiting SaaS / AI sales and talent tools.·Pre-seed·DMZ Ventures Fund

AI-based platform for talent acquisition and sales for staffing and recruiting agencies.

SO

Softdrive

Cloud infrastructure / virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) / SaaS.·Early stage·DMZ Ventures early-stage fund

Cloud “virtual computer” platform delivering high-compute Windows desktops from the cloud to local devices.

OU

OutreachGenius

Sales tech / marketing automation / AI SaaS.·Early-stage

AI-powered outbound sales and outreach automation platform (focus on B2B lead generation and personalized outreach).

How to pitch DMZ Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Janice Fukakusa, Former CAO/CFO.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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