Plaza Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingToronto · Seed–Late Stage · 9 people tracked
Also known as Plaza Ventures (SA CV) · PV MANAGEMENT INC
Investment thesis
Plaza Ventures backs capital-efficient, high-growth technology companies using a flexible model that combines growth equity, secondaries, and early-stage capital. It also invests in established businesses to support founder succession, management buyouts, and strategic expansion, and pursues select opportunistic investments in areas such as real estate and special situations. The firm positions itself as a long-term, value-add capital partner to entrepreneurs, often making an initial primary investment followed by secondary purchases, and supports portfolio companies through a network of LPs, strategic partners, and ecosystem players to accelerate their growth.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 23 of 31 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×8SaaS ×7Fintech ×5Hardware ×5IoT ×4Cleantech ×3E-commerce ×3Marketplaces ×3
HQs:Canada×9United States×6
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×63 founders×24+ founders×1
Investments · 31 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2018 · 12016 · 12 dated
San Francisco, US
Henry Shi(Founder)inHussein Fazal(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalHyphen CapitalPosition VenturesTitanium Ventures
Avidbots makes autonomous floor-cleaning robots and supports customers globally through a network of channel partners.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCleantechHardwarePropTechRoboticsKitchener, CA
Faizan Sheikh(Founder)inPablo Molinain
Co-investorsGolden VenturesNext47GGV CapitalTrue Ventures500 GlobalBDC Growth Venture Fund+4 more
Busbud is a platform that aggregates and enables booking of intercity bus tickets from thousands of bus operators across 80+ countries.
B2B MarketplacesMarketplacesSaaSTravel & HospitalityMontreal, CA
Louis-Philippe Maurice(CEO)Michael Gradek(CTO)Frederic Thouin(Chief Analytics Officer)LP Maurice(Founder)inDavid Burridge(Secretary and VP Finance and Corporate Development)Erik Blachford(Director)
Co-investorsCanadian Business Growth FundK3 VenturesOMERS VenturesWIND VenturesInovia Capital
CareGuide operates an online marketplace connecting families with care providers such as nannies, housekeepers, and pet and family caregivers.
ConsumerHealthtechMarketplaces
John Green
Co-investors500 GlobalGarage CapitalInovia Capital
Clearco provides funding to e-commerce businesses based on their sales data and revenue performance.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFintech
Michele Romanow(Founder)inTanay Delima(Founder)Ivan Gritsiniak(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetter Tomorrow VenturesBow CapitalFounders Circle CapitalFrontline VenturesGarage CapitalInovia Capital+6 more
Creating new possibilities in agriculture
Dejero develops connectivity solutions that combine multiple networks to enable reliable transmission for field operations and live reporting.
Enterprise SoftwareHardwareMedia & Entertainment
Bogdan Frusina(Founder)
Co-investorsMultiplier CapitalRunway Growth Capital
GoBolt operates a supply chain network for merchants, providing warehousing, pick and pack, shipping, and last-mile delivery through a network of warehouses across North America and custom-built apps.
CleantechE-commerceLogistics & Supply Chain
Heindrik Bernabe(Founder)
Co-investorsFounderFuelIngka InvestmentsKensington Capital Partners LimitedWhitecap Venture PartnersParagon PartnersYaletown Partners
Austin, US
John Flatt(John Flatt is Chief Executive Officer)Gary Mittman(Gary Mittman is Executive Chairman)Dan Bienenfeld(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsTrinity Capital
Hydrostor develops long-duration energy storage using Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES), a closed-loop system combining air, water, and purpose-built underground hard-rock caverns to store off-peak electricity for the electric grid.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyToronto, CA
CURTIS VANWALLEGHEM(Executive Officer, Director)inTom Duckett(Executive Officer)Sarah Skinner(Executive Officer)inJon Norman(Executive Officer)inChris Phebus(Executive Officer)inPatrick Moyer(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAmplify CapitalBild Alternative Investments CorporationArcTern VenturesCanada Growth Fund
Iguazio provides an MLOps platform for operationalizing data science, covering the full lifecycle from data engineering through model deployment and monitoring, with a built-in feature store for real-time AI applications.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsGen CapitalINcapital VenturesKensington Capital Partners LimitedVerizon VenturesCME VenturesPitango+1 more
KitchenHub is a Toronto food hall that brings meals from multiple local restaurants together, letting customers order from several restaurants in a single order for delivery or pickup.
FoodTechMarketplacesToronto, CA
Oren Borovitch(Founder)Adam Aremland(Executive Officer, Director)Mathew Abramsky(Executive Officer, Director)
LANDR is a music production platform offering AI-powered audio mastering, distribution to 150+ streaming platforms, royalty-free samples, plugins, collaboration tools, and online music courses.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaSPalo Alto, US
BoardPHIL LIBIN(Director)MICHAEL FERTIK(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsSony Ventures CorporationTandemLaunchGeneral CatalystWarner Music Group
Miovision provides smart traffic technology and data platforms that help cities optimize signal timing, improve traffic flow, and enhance road safety across intersection networks.
AI & Machine LearningIoTMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsMaverix Private EquityMcRock CapitalACE & CompanyExport Development Canada (EDC)Renewal FundsTELUS Ventures
MMB Networks develops connectivity hardware, software, and tools — including gateways, border routers, mesh extenders, and Wi-SUN, Thread, and Zigbee products — for smart energy and IoT applications.
EnergyHardwareIoT
Co-investorsArcTern VenturesRoadmap Capital Inc.
Neo Financial offers a robo-advisory investment platform called Neo Invest, powered by OneVest, that combines algorithmic portfolio management with human portfolio manager expertise.
CybersecurityFintechCanada, CA
Shlomi Salem(Founder)Andrew Chau(Founder)inKris Read(Founder)in
Co-investorsAfore CapitalBreyer CapitalEvolution VenturesHarvest Venture PartnersMaple VCValar Ventures Llc+3 more
Portless provides direct-from-Asia fulfillment for DTC and ecommerce brands, keeping inventory near manufacturers and shipping orders directly to customers in 75+ countries with branded, domestic-looking packaging.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceLogistics & Supply Chain
Izzy Rosenzweig(Founder)in
Co-investorsClanton CapitalCommerce VentureseGateway CapitalRed Swan Ventures
PostBeyond is an employee advocacy platform that lets companies distribute and amplify branded content across their employees' social media networks.
Marketing TechSaaSSocial
Co-investorsVenture OntarioInformation Venture Partners
Q4 offers a platform for investor relations teams that unifies IR operations across the earnings cycle, combining market data, behavioral intelligence, and AI to analyze investors, shape market expectations, and manage communications.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsHotung Investment Holdings Ltd.Kensington Capital Partners LimitedVenture OntarioInformation Venture Partners
Co-investorsThin Line CapitalFusion
Site 20/20 builds connected hardware and software for traffic control teams, including automated flagging devices (Guardian SmartFlagger), GPS-tracked smart signs, hazard-alert cones, and ROADS, a web-based operations platform for contract administration, dispatching, equipment management, and payroll.
HardwareIoTSaaS
Co-investorsEnergy Impact Partners
StackAdapt is a programmatic advertising and marketing platform that lets agencies and brands plan, execute, and analyze campaigns across channels including native, display, connected TV, video, audio, in-game, digital out-of-home, and email.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Co-investorsIntrepid Growth PartnersRound13 CapitalSummit PartnersVerdex Capital
Symend offers an AI and behavioral science engagement platform that automates enterprise debt collections by scoring customers, assigning delinquency archetypes, and delivering personalized outreach across email, text, IVR, and letters.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Hanif Joshaghani(Founder)in
Co-investorsAngels of ManyFUSEInovia CapitalMistral Venture PartnersThin Air LabsBoxOne Ventures+1 more
Vive Crop Protection develops fungicides, insecticides, and nematicides using its Allosperse delivery technology for crop protection, designed to improve tank mixing compatibility and foliar coverage for row-crop growers.
AgTechNew MaterialsToronto, CA
Co-investorsEmmertechiSelect FundBDC Capital CorporationFCC Capital
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesHydrostor · mercomcapital.com · Aug 19, 2026
Q4 Inc. · fintech.global · Apr 29, 2026
Avidbots · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
PostBeyond · cognota.com · Mar 10, 2026
Vive Crop Protection · betakit.com · Dec 4, 2025
Clearco · finance.yahoo.com · Sep 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Plaza Ventures made?
- Plaza Ventures has 30 tracked investments.
- What stage does Plaza Ventures invest at?
- Plaza Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Plaza Ventures focus on?
- Plaza Ventures focuses on AdTech, Marketing Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Plaza Ventures located?
- Plaza Ventures is headquartered in Toronto, CA.
- Who does Plaza Ventures co-invest with?
- Plaza Ventures most often shares deals with Kensington Capital Partners Limited, Inovia Capital, Venture Ontario, among 65 tracked co-investors.
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