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Leaders Fund
Venture capitalToronto · Seed–Growth · 16 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Leaders Fund invests in early- to growth-stage enterprise software and technology companies, emphasizing an operator mindset drawn from the partners' own experience building and exiting companies. The firm focuses on helping founders establish enterprise go-to-market motions, land cornerstone accounts, refine pricing and sales strategies, and build toward scalable, sustainable growth past $100M in ARR. It backs companies across cloud security, AI, compliance, data infrastructure, and SaaS, and frequently continues supporting portfolio companies across multiple stages from seed through acquisition and IPO.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 16 people
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Founder mafia
5 people who came through Leaders Fund went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 21 of 61 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×13SaaS ×13AI & Machine Learning ×11Cybersecurity ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5Developer Tools ×4Fintech ×4Cloud Computing ×3
HQs:United States×11Canada×3Israel×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×53 founders×24+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with education data
University of Waterloo ×4The College of Management Academic Studies ×3Reichman University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×6Computer Science ×5Business & Management ×3Economics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 19 founders with career history
Mamram ×4NetApp ×3
Investments · 61 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 22023 · 32022 · 12021 · 32020 · 32018 · 217 dated
Upwind is a cloud and AI security platform that combines a runtime intelligence layer with agentless and eBPF-based sensors to correlate cloud inventory, posture, network topology, applications, and identities into a single operational view.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Amiram Shachar(Founder)inTal Zur(Founder)inLavi Ferdman(Founder)inLiran Polak(Founder)inTomer Hadassi(COO)inRinki Sethi(Chief Security Officer (CSO))in
Co-investorsCyberstartsBessemer Venture PartnersArtisanal VenturesCerca PartnersCraft VenturesGreylock Partners+5 more
360insights is a SaaS platform and partner engagement company that helps brands orchestrate their channel partner networks and optimize spending on promotional programs, rebates, and incentives.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Jason Atkins(Founder & CEO)inChris Bingham(Chief Technology Officer)inTom Burke(Chief Operating Officer)inJames Hodgkinson(Chief Strategy Officer)inTrinda Searle(Chief People Officer)inVanessa Sharma(Chief Financial Officer)in
Co-investorsOMERS VenturesSageview Capital
Toronto-based Ada Support builds enterprise AI customer service agents that automate resolution across chat, email, voice and messaging.
David Hariri(Founder)inMike Murchison(Founder)in
Co-investors515 VenturesAccelBessemer Venture PartnersCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)DMZDMZ Ventures+10 more
Atom Six Studio is a strategic partner offering AI, design, and technology services, including AI assessments that map processes, prioritize use cases, and deliver functional proof-of-concepts, followed by building prioritized solutions into production with a dedicated team.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Gui Ferreira(Founder)in
Briza is a US company that operates an insurance platform for quoting, binding, and issuing commercial policies in real time.
InsurTech
Ben MunroRishi Sharma
Co-investors500 Global
Atlanta, US
Kevin James Mann(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Andrew Powell(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Eis(Executive Officer)Wain Kellum(Director)
BoardDean Nelson(Director)inStephen Debacco(Director)in
Co-investorsBLH Venture Partners, LLCBrookstone Venture CapitalSageview Capital
CrowdRiff operates a creator marketplace that enables travelers to share authentic local experiences and helps travel brands and agencies leverage user-generated content and visual assets.
Creator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Dan Holowack(Co-Founder & CEO)inAbhinav Ajgaonkar(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsGibraltar VenturesHigh Alpha
An accelerator and venture capital program focused on cybersecurity companies, emphasizing founder development and market validation through feedback from industry experts and security leaders.
CybersecurityDeep Tech
Co-investorsVintage Investment PartnersAccelBessemer Venture PartnersCraft VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Greylock Partners+4 more
DataOps.live provides a platform for data engineering teams to build, manage, and deploy data products with enterprise-level governance and reliability using DevOps principles.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Justin Mullen(Co-founder)inGuy Adams(Co-founder)inNick Halsey(CEO)in
Co-investorsSnowflake VenturesNotion CapitalAnthos CapitalBain Capital VenturesBosch VenturesBridge Bank+5 more
Drata offers a compliance automation platform that centralizes controls and evidence, continuously monitors controls, and tracks remediation so teams can maintain audit readiness across multiple frameworks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Diego, US
Adam Markowitz(Founder)inDaniel Marashlian(Founder)inTroy Markowitz(Founder)in
BoardTim Jackson(Director)William Griffith(Director)Oren Yunger(Director)in
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Alkeon InnovationBallistic VenturesBasis Set VenturesComcast VenturesConverge+19 more
Flashpoint provides threat intelligence and investigation services for organizations, delivering comprehensive assessments that combine open and closed-source intelligence to identify risks associated with specific individuals and insider threats.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Evan Kohlmann(Founder)Josh Devon(Founder)Josh Lefkowitz(Founder)
Co-investors3Lines Venture CapitalBloomberg BetaCisco InvestmentsGreycroftTechOperators Venture Capital
Combines AGI, machine learning, and remote human guidance to build intelligent robots for supply chain environments.
Co-investors11.2 CapitalBold Capital PartnersIndex VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
LaBarge Weinstein is a Canadian corporate law firm specializing in business advisory services for technology startups, private corporations, and venture capital firms from early stage through exit.
LegalTechToronto, CA
Debbie Weinstein(Founder)Paul LaBarge(Founder)in
Co-investorsEdmonton UnlimitedAlibaba Entrepreneurs FundAmplify Partners CVCanadian Business Growth FundEclipse VenturesEpiq Capital+6 more
Mantle provides AI-based automation for institutional investors such as state investment boards, collecting documents from email and investor portals and extracting data like capital calls, NAVs, and K-1s into auditable, source-linked records.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSToronto, CA
Amit Jethani(Founder)inDwayne Forde(Founder)inAmar Varma(Founder)inKitty Shum(Head of Product, Mantle Portal)Franco Chingcuanco(Founder)Josefin Landgård(Founder)
Co-investorsEniac VenturesGarage CapitalLa Tourelle CapitalRelay VenturesSierra VenturesTime Zero Capital+4 more
Mantle provides a business operations platform for app developers and businesses, offering billing, payment pages, analytics, email marketing, and integrations with tools like Stripe and Shopify.
Creator EconomyFintechSaaS
Co-investorsKillick CapitalOpenSky Ventures11.2 CapitalCorazon CapitalCraft VenturesFoundation Capital+2 more
Matia provides a data observability and operations platform that detects anomalies, monitors data quality, and surfaces integration failures, schema changes, and stale data in a centralized view with Slack alerts.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Ben Segal(Co-founder)inGeva Segal(Founder)inBenjamin Segal(Founder)Benjamin Segal Geva Segal(Founder)
Co-investorsRed Dot Capital PartnersCaffeinated CapitalCerca PartnersSecret Chord Ventures
Personal AI builds user-owned personal language models and AI personas trained on an individual's own data and memories.
San Francisco, US
Sharon Zhang(Founder)
Co-investorsBBG VenturesBDev VenturesBeni Venture CapitalBig Brain HoldingsDifferential VenturesGood Friends+6 more
JFrog ML (formerly Qwak) is an MLOps platform for building, deploying, managing, and monitoring AI and machine learning workflows, including generative AI, large language models, and classical ML models.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ran Romano(Founder)inAlon Lev(Founder)inLior Penso(Founder)inYuval Fernbach(Founder)
Co-investors83NorthAmiti VenturesAnsa CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersGeodesic CapitalNordstar+9 more
Rho offers a business savings account that spreads idle cash across 400+ FDIC-insured banks (via American Deposit Management) for up to $75M in deposit coverage and yield.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Everett Cook(Founder)inAlex Wheldon(Founder)
Co-investorsClaritas CapitalClocktower VenturesConsenSys MeshFlucas VenturesHelium-3 VenturesInspired Capital+11 more
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Israeli cloud cost optimization company, founded 2015 as Spotinst, acquired by NetApp for $450 million in 2020.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsMango CapitalNew York Venture PartnersPICO Venture PartnersSpringTide Ventures
Tangos offers ready-to-deploy investigation programs that combine expert methodology, autonomous AI investigators, and structured workflows to produce investigation-grade outputs.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsClarim VenturesRed Dot Capital PartnersSelah Ventures
Chicago, US
Godard Abel(Executive Officer, Director)inBenjamin Houston(Executive Officer, Director)Joachim Klein(Executive Officer, Director)David Stein(Director)inMatthew Gorniak(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJacob Mullins(Director)in
Co-investorsIsaiISAI GestionSalesforce VenturesServiceNow VenturesShasta Ventures
Top Hat develops courseware and engagement technology for higher education institutions, enabling instructors to create interactive learning experiences and connect with students.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaSWaterloo, CA
Mike Silagadze(Founder)inMohsen Shahini(Founder)inMaggie Leen(Chief Executive Officer)inLarry Indovina(Chief Operating Officer)inHong Bui(Chief Product Officer)inDonna Battista(Managing Director, Learning Solutions)in
Co-investorsEmergence Capital PartnersGolden VenturesInovia CapitalMaple Leaf AngelsRecurring Capital PartnersTop Corner Capital+4 more
Vellum builds AI development tools and platforms for teams building AI applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkNew York City, US
Akash Sharma(Founder)inSidd Seethepalli(Founder)inNoa Flaherty(Founder)inJohn Cappiello(Founder)Julianna Muir(Founder)
Co-investorsEastlink Capital PartnersInvest In DataPioneerY Combinator1Sharpe VenturesAcrew Capital+10 more
Zaius provided a customer data platform (CDP) and B2C marketing automation software that unified customer data to power personalized marketing campaigns.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSBoston, US
Mark Gally(Executive Officer, Director)Spencer Pingry(Executive Officer, Director)inPhilip Wickline(Executive Officer, Director)Salvatore Fondaco(Executive Officer)
BoardRaymond Tacoma(Director)David Skok(Director)in
Co-investorsInsight PartnersUnderscore VCMatrix
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Advocate Marketing PlatformAgentic Access ManagementAgentic AI for Heavy IndustriesAgentic Customer SupportAI research and deploymentAI-driven Customer Support/SuccessAPTAribaAutonomous Mobile RobotsChannel Incentive ManagementCloud OptimizationCNAPPCompliance AutomationCustomer Data PlatformDeveloper SecurityDynamic Courseware PlatformEmpathicaHelpfulLead Attribution PlatformMachine AutomationMachine Learning OpsPrecision RoboticsPrivate Asset ManagementRyppleSoftchoiceSpatialTax AutomationThreat Intelligence PlatformTicketing and Membership Management PlatformToricToric LabsUGC PlatformVisual Commerce PlatformWorkbrainWorkforce Collaboration
Exits · 6
6 acquisitions · showing 4Kindredacq. by Ocado GroupSpotacq. by FlexeraSPOTacq. by FlexeraZaiusacq. by Optimizely
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesTangos · techfundingnews.com · Jul 7, 2026
Matia · finsmes.com · Feb 10, 2026
Upwind · upwind.io · Jan 26, 2026
Vellum · ycombinator.com · Jan 14, 2026
Rho · rho.co · Aug 15, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Leaders Fund made?
- Leaders Fund has 61 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Leaders Fund invest at?
- Leaders Fund invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth stages.
- What is Leaders Fund's typical check size?
- Leaders Fund typically writes checks of $20M.
- What sectors does Leaders Fund focus on?
- Leaders Fund focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Robotics, SaaS.
- Where is Leaders Fund located?
- Leaders Fund is headquartered in Toronto, CA.
- Does Leaders Fund lead rounds?
- Leaders Fund has led 4 of the 20 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does Leaders Fund co-invest with?
- Leaders Fund most often shares deals with Bessemer Venture Partners, Garage Capital, Notable Capital, among 80 tracked co-investors.
- What size deals does Leaders Fund back?
- Across 6 deals with disclosed amounts, Leaders Fund has joined rounds of $3.2M – $250M (median $33.5M).
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