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Groundbreak Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.5M Checks)

VC
Toronto, CanadaWebsite

Groundbreak Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Toronto, Canada investing in Real Estate, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.5M
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
6 listed
AUM
$25M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Real Estate, Other
HQ
Toronto, Canada

Last verified: 2026-09-25

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

AUM

$25M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

GroundBreak’s current Home Innovation Fund backs early-stage technologies across the building value chain that address barriers to housing delivery and affordability, including how homes are financed, built, and operated. It prioritizes solutions that can scale into real-world housing delivery and support durable affordability and sustainability outcomes.

How Groundbreak Ventures invests

Groundbreak Ventures is a vc firm based in Toronto, Canada. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Real Estate, Other. It does not invest in Consumer, Biotech.

Groundbreak Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $25M in assets under management.

Groundbreak Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including Funnel Leasing.

Partners & Team

NR

Nick Romito

Managing Partner

PropTech
TA

Tyler Ashby

Partner

Operational Excellence
Construction Technology
Built Environment
NK

Partner

AI
Construction / Jobsite Intelligence
Scaling Technology in Construction
SL

Sanders Lee

Partner

Real Estate
Built Environment
Multi-disciplinary Investing
LF

Lawrence Fan

Partner

Homebuilding
Residential Construction
Building Innovation
SK

Scott Kaplanis

Managing Partner

PropTech
Real Estate Technology
Early-stage Investments

Industry Focus

Invests In

Real Estate
Other

Does Not Invest In

Consumer
Biotech

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

FU

Funnel Leasing

Real Estate Software
How to pitch Groundbreak Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Real Estate, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Nick Romito, Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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