Quasar Ventures
Quasar Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Toronto, Canada investing in Other, Fintech, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $1.5M
2+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused on disruptive technologies in the fintech space, particularly those targeting the democratization of financial tools and services for retail consumers.
How Quasar Ventures invests
Quasar Ventures is a vc firm based in Toronto, Canada. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech, AI / ML, Consumer. It does not invest in Media.
Quasar Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$1.5M per investment.
Quasar Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including AlgoEdge, SDS Creative Technologies / Dripstone.
Meet the Team
Emily Zhang
GP
Steve Michaels
Principal and Chief Investment Officer
Steve Michaels is Principal and Chief Investment Officer at Quasar Capital Ventures with over 30 years of experience in financial services and investment management. He also serves as Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer for SDS Creative Technologies/Dripstone, an affiliate of Quasar Capital Ventures. Previously, he was Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at First Western Capital Management, Executive Vice President at Financial Management Advisors, Senior High Yield Analyst for Schroder Wertheim Investment Services, Futures Credit Analyst at Bear Stearns & Company, and Senior Credit Analyst for Shearson Lehman Hutton. He earned an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BS in Finance and Economics from Jacksonville University.
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Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
AlgoEdge
SDS Creative Technologies / Dripstone
An operating venture backed by Quasar that provides technology‑driven services or products; it has been profitable with positive free cash flow since 2016 and continues to grow revenues and improve profitability.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $1.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Emily Zhang, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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