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Mistral Venture Partner

Venture capital

Toronto · Pre-Seed–Seed · 6 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Mistral Venture Partners invests in early-stage enterprise AI companies across Canada and the United States, concentrating on the pre-seed and seed stages. The firm positions itself as a partner to founders, aiming to amplify what founders have already built and guide them toward product-market fit rather than chasing vanity metrics. Its team is composed entirely of people who have themselves founded multiple startups, which the firm presents as the basis for its hands-on, empathetic approach to supporting founders.

Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
HQ
Toronto, CA
Tracked investments
1

Team · 6 people

from the firm's website
Code Cubitt· Managing Directorin

Managing Director at Mistral with over 25 years of experience as a founder, executive and investor, having worked with more than 50 early-stage startups. He was previously COO at Zephyr Technology, a VC-backed startup acquired by Medtronic.

Bernie Zeisig· Managing Partnerin

Managing Partner at Mistral with over 25 years of venture investing and 35 years of company-building experience across the US and Canada. He has participated in more than 70 financing rounds.

Pablo Srugo· Partnerin

Partner at Mistral who previously co-founded and served as COO of Gymtrack, a VC-backed fitness tech startup. He earlier co-founded an online tutoring platform that was acquired in 2014.

Raif Barbaros· Partnerin

Partner and former startup CTO who founded several VC-backed companies in the Bay Area and Toronto, two of which were acquired and two reaching millions of users. He was founding VP of Engineering at Loblaw Digital and worked at fintech Nuula.

Mike Scanlin· Venture Partnerin𝕏

Venture Partner at Mistral, previously a Partner at Battery Ventures and part of Sierra Ventures. He has invested $90M across ten companies, including 360Commerce (acquired by Oracle) and Micro Power (acquired by Westin Presidio).

Julien Kathiresan· Director of Finance / Head of Financein

Director of Finance at Mistral who was previously Head of Finance & Administration at Macadamian Technologies (acquired by Emids) and a Senior Auditor at Deloitte serving financial services and technology clients.

What they invest in

from 1 of 1 portfolio companies

Developer Tools ×1Fintech ×1SaaS ×1

HQs:Canada×1

Investments · 1 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path
SnapTradesnaptrade.cominSeed

SnapTrade provides a brokerage API that enables developers and founders to build investing tools and trading platforms.

Developer ToolsFintechSaaSFredericton, CA

Brendan Lee Young(Founder)inBrendan Wood(Founder)inTerry Ma(CTO)inAlessio Galdy(Principal Engineer)Julie Ducloux(COO)

Co-investorsEast Valley VenturesMistral Venture PartnersUncorrelated VenturesY CombinatorCiti VenturesCresset Capital+1 more

Frequently asked questions

What stage does Mistral Venture Partner invest at?
Mistral Venture Partner invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does Mistral Venture Partner focus on?
Mistral Venture Partner focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Fintech.
Where is Mistral Venture Partner located?
Mistral Venture Partner is headquartered in Toronto, CA.

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