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Plaza Ventures

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Total investments 38
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$13M
Portfolio companies 28
Rounds per year 2.38
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.26
Exits 7
Key employees 4

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • E-Commerce
  • SaaS
  • Internet
  • Mobile
Summary

Plaza Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2008. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Toronto. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in Canada.

The overall number of key employees were 5.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Internet, Social Media. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Dejero Labs, Q4, Hubba The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Canada.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Plaza Ventures, startups are often financed by iNovia Capital, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, White Star Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are iNovia Capital, Real Ventures, Structure Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by BDC Venture Capital, iNovia Capital, Pinetree Capital.

The high activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 16 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. Opposing the other organizations, this Plaza Ventures works on 8 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Super.com

E-Commerce
FinTech
Mobile
Price Comparison
Travel
$60M24 Apr 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Symend

Analytics
Billing
Financial Services
FinTech
Software
$44M17 Nov 2022 Calgary, Canada

Busbud

Apps
Software
Transportation
Travel
$11M29 Sep 2020 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

LANDR

Big Data
Machine Learning
Music
Software Engineering
$15M16 Jul 2019 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Clearco

E-Commerce
Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Venture Capital
$70M11 Nov 2018 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CareGuide

Child Care
Elder Care
$6M21 Jun 2018 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hubba

B2B
Brand Marketing
Business/Productivity Software
Database Software
E-Commerce
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Product Management
Retail
SaaS
Software
29 Mar 2018 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Drop Technologies

Business Intelligence
Consumer Research
Digital Marketing
Loyalty Programs
Market Research
Mobile Apps
Retail
Social Media Marketing
$16M31 Jan 2018 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Busbud

Apps
Software
Transportation
Travel
$11M30 Jan 2018 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Total investments 38
Average round size 13M
Rounds per year 2.38
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.26
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 0.79

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Super.com

E-Commerce
FinTech
Mobile
Price Comparison
Travel
$60M24 Apr 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Symend

Analytics
Billing
Financial Services
FinTech
Software
$44M17 Nov 2022 Calgary, Canada

Busbud

Apps
Software
Transportation
Travel
$11M29 Sep 2020 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

LANDR

Big Data
Machine Learning
Music
Software Engineering
$15M16 Jul 2019 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Clearco

E-Commerce
Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Venture Capital
$70M11 Nov 2018 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CareGuide

Child Care
Elder Care
$6M21 Jun 2018 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hubba

B2B
Brand Marketing
Business/Productivity Software
Database Software
E-Commerce
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Product Management
Retail
SaaS
Software
29 Mar 2018 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Drop Technologies

Business Intelligence
Consumer Research
Digital Marketing
Loyalty Programs
Market Research
Mobile Apps
Retail
Social Media Marketing
$16M31 Jan 2018 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Busbud

Apps
Software
Transportation
Travel
$11M30 Jan 2018 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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