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Real Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)

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Montreal, CanadaWebsite

Real Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Montreal, Canada investing in AI / ML, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
7 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
AUM
$330M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, SaaS
HQ
Montreal, Canada

Last verified: 2026-09-08

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

AUM

$330M

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Real Ventures invests in very early-stage (pre-seed to seed) technology-led founders, particularly in Canada, often backing startups in deep tech, AI/ML, enterprise software and consumer tech that show technical differentiation.

How Real Ventures invests

Real Ventures is a vc firm based in Montreal, Canada. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, SaaS.

Real Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $330M in assets under management.

Real Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including Dialogue, Element AI, Xanadu.

Partners & Team

IS

Isaac Souweine

Partner

AI/ML
SaaS
RF

Ricky Fefergrad

Vice President of Finance

LS

Lisa Séguin

Director of Operations

SH

Sam Haffar

Partner

JS

John Stokes

Managing Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (7)

Other

DI

Dialogue

B2B SaaS
EL

Element AI

AI/ML
XA

Xanadu

ZE

Zeffy

BE

BenchSci

DC

dcbel

TR

Transit

How to pitch Real Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Isaac Souweine, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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