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Good News Ventures
Venture capital · Toronto, Canada · North America
Good News Ventures is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm based in Toronto. It invests in high-growth technology startups with early traction such as users, pilots, or revenue, and supports portfolio companies through its network of experienced partners and LPs.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
Your fit with Good News Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsGood News Ventures lists 39 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (23%), Fintech (18%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (11%). 48% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Accelerator Centre and Creative Destruction Lab.
No funding round on record names Good News Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Good News Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 39. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 18% |
| Fintech | 18% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 11% | 5% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 10% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 8 |
| Accelerator Centre | 2 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 2 |
| Extreme Venture Partners | 2 |
| G1 Ventures | 2 |
| MaRS IAF | 2 |
| Techstars | 2 |
| 15th Rock | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 77th | 39 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 29th | 23% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 69th | 4 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers39100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Good News Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
39 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACTO provides an AI-powered platform to elevate human performance in the Life Sciences industry | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Loop provides banking services, including corporate cards, expense management, and international payments, to help businesses grow. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| ChowNow helps restaurants grow revenue and build relationships with customers through its online ordering and marketplace platform | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Coinchange provides a crypto yield API for fintechs and funds | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Dashlabs Ai provides end-to-end clinic management software | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Datafold automates data engineering with AI-powered migrations, optimization, and development | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| DevCycle is a feature management platform that helps developers ship faster and manage feature flags | Space & DefenseEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| EAIGLE provides autonomous gate and yard automation solutions for distribution centers and yards | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Eleven-x provides a smart parking solution that offers real-time occupancy monitoring and data insights for parking management. | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Finery Markets provides crypto trading software and services | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Funnelytics provides a visual journey mapping and analytics platform to help businesses map customer journeys and find revenue leaks | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| General Sense develops a platform that utilizes dogs' sense of smell to detect various molecular signatures for applications in security, healthcare, and agriculture. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| GoMaterials sources and delivers landscape materials for landscapers | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| GoWrench provides mobile auto repair and maintenance services in Ontario. | Mobility & LogisticsConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| #paid provides infrastructure for the creator economy, offering a platform for brands to manage creator marketing campaigns, | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Huddle01 provides a cloud communications platform for AI agents | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Hudson Labs provides AI-powered equity research and SEC filing analysis tools for financial markets research. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Impro enhances organizational performance and growth with a comprehensive Human and AI-driven solution that delivers insightful analytics, personalized performance strategies, and tailored growth plans for both companies and their employees. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Intelocate provides multi-location operations software | Enterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides building cleaning and maintenance services | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- goodnewsventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 39
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