Investors / Staircase Ventures
Staircase Ventures
Venture capital
Staircase Ventures is a venture capital firm that leads pre-seed and seed stage investment rounds with cheque sizes between $1M and $2M. It invests primarily in Canadian B2B software companies and provides founders with a growth platform including CEO coaching, peer learning groups, health and wellness programs, financial advice, and family support.
Invests inFintechHealthcare & BiotechEnterprise Software
In its own wordsb2b softwarecanadapre-seedseedfounder supporttechnology
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Or find every investor that fitsStaircase Ventures lists 14 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (26%), Healthcare & Biotech (17%) and Enterprise Software (17%). 50% of its companies are based in Canada. It invests most often alongside 137 Ventures, ARK Venture Fund and Accelerator Centre.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Staircase Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Staircase Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 14. 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.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 36th | 14 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 70th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 39th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 26% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 17% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 17% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 9% | 3% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 137 Ventures | 1 |
| ARK Venture Fund | 1 |
| Accelerator Centre | 1 |
| Active Impact Investments | 1 |
| Alate Partners | 1 |
| Alix Ventures | 1 |
| Alpaca VC | 1 |
| Blockchain Founders Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers14100%
- 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 Staircase Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Staircase Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Seed Led |
Round details for Staircase Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Staircase Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
14 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| biossil advances late-stage programs for life-threatening diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| DBGorilla provides database operations and management services for Postgres and MySQL databases | CybersecurityDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | ||
| Eventric provides software for managing live music and event tours, including logistics, schedules, and communication. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Fillip provides digital fuel cards and fleet management solutions for businesses | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Galatea Bio helps organizations design and execute projects that utilize human genetic diversity to solve problems in biomedicine | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| KINO Studios produces and finances film and television content and provides secure technology for film production, sharing, and viewing. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Mave AI provides artificial intelligence services for real estate marketing and operations | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| MedEssist provides automation, AI, and collaborative care models for pharmacies | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Rhenti provides a leasing platform for property managers | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Sibli provides a platform for institutional investors to capture, connect, and compound their knowledge | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| SiftMed is a medical record review platform built for insurance claims teams. | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Tengiva provides a B2B e-commerce and marketplace platform for the textile industry | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a regulatory AI platform for regulated industries to analyze and support filings and proceedings | AI & Machine LearningLegal & Compliance | Sept 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Una provides an AI-powered platform for financial planning and analysis | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- staircaseventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 20 Jan 2026
- Companies checked
- 14
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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