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Storytime Capital

Venture capital

Toronto · Pre-Seed–Seed · 5 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Storytime Capital invests in passionate, driven founders tackling unique and impactful problems, treating founders as the heroes of their stories. The firm centers its focus on innovators shaping the future of work, alongside adjacent areas such as AI, brands and creators, business automation, commerce, cybersecurity, developer tools, healthtech, HR tech, leadership, transportation, and logistics. It positions strong founding narratives as the foundation of great companies and joins founders early to help build enduring businesses.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
HQ
Toronto, ON, CA
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2022
Last 12 months
2 investments
AUM
$22M
Tracked investments
23

Team · 5 people

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What they invest in

from 21 of 23 portfolio companies

SaaS ×14AI & Machine Learning ×13Enterprise Software ×5HR Tech ×4Cybersecurity ×3Fintech ×3Logistics & Supply Chain ×3Marketing Tech ×3

HQs:Canada×5United States×4Australia×1France×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 9 portfolio companies
44%
solo founders
4 of 9 mapped founding teams
36%
repeat founders
of 14 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×42 founders×5

Where their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with education data

University of Melbourne ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with field-of-study data

Business & Management ×4Finance & Accounting ×3Law ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 14 founders with career history

Google ×2Viewpoint Group (Calgary) ×2

Investments · 23 tracked

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By year:2026 · 22025 · 22021 · 12016 · 16 dated

OverActive Mediaoveractivemedia.comin𝕏Mar 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

Overactive Media is a global esports and entertainment organization that operates teams across major gaming leagues and produces digital and live events for esports audiences.

GamingMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSports TechToronto, CA

Adam Adamou(Chief Executive Officer)Jeffrey Kimel(Director)Rizwan Jamal(Director)Chris Overholt(Executive Officer)Robin Brudner(Director)Sheldon Pollack(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatRyan Kimel· per SEC Form D · $652.9K raise · filed Apr 2021

Beamiblebeamible.comin

Beamible is a platform that helps organizations optimize workforce allocation and work design through data-driven insights, enabling managers and leaders to align roles with employee capabilities and organizational needs.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Stephanie Reuss(Co-CEO & Co-Founder)inVictoria Stuart(Co-CEO & Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsBlack Sheep Capital

Blankablankabrand.comin𝕏

The page contains only repeated marketing language ("Free to start · ZERO minimums · ZERO contracts") with no substantive information about the company's business, products, services, or market focus.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce

Kaylee Lieffers(Founder)in

Co-investorsDisruption VenturesDundee Venture CapitalForum Ventures

Bloksbloks.app

Bloks is an AI-powered relationship management tool positioned as an "Un-CRM" that automatically captures meetings, calls, and emails and updates contact profiles and follow-ups without manual input.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSales Tech

Marc Gingras(Founder)in

Co-investorsMistral Venture Partners

Candidatecandidate.fyiin

candidate.fyi provides AI agents that automate interview scheduling, coordination, and candidate communication for enterprise talent and recruiting teams.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSNew York City, US

Chris Connors(Founder)in

Co-investorsSuperangelSuperAngel.Fund

Chatfeaturedchatfeatured.comin𝕏Pre-Seed · Jul 2026 · $2M

A platform for monitoring brand mentions and sentiment across AI search engines and language models.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Nithiiyan Skhanthanin

Greenspace Healthgreenspacehealth.comin𝕏

Greenspace Health provides a Measurement-Based Care platform for behavioral and mental health providers, integrating over 500 evidence-based assessments with automated data visualization and insights.

Digital HealthMental HealthSaaS

Co-investorsABS Capital Partners

Haztrackhaztracker.com

HazTracker is an IoT provider offering ruggedized hardware and real-time data with prescriptive analytics to monitor remote physical assets.

HardwareIoTLogistics & Supply Chain

Co-investorsEmend Vision Fund

Hop In Technologieshopintech.comin𝕏Jan 2025

Hop In provides data-driven tools for employers and transport operators to optimize workforce access and operational efficiency through recruitment analytics, commute risk modeling, route optimization, and fleet management.

HR TechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationToronto, CA

Co-investorsMarigold CapitalTechstarsMucker CapitalN49P

Leadwithmonarkleadwithmonark.comin

Monark offers a leadership development platform ("Leadership Relationship Management") that combines 360 assessments, behavioral nudging, evidence-based micro-learning, and generative AI role play to develop new and middle managers into effective leaders.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechCalgary, CA

Kelsey Hahn(CEO & Co-Founder)inAmanda Julian(Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsThe 51 VenturesLOI Venture

Lepreconleprecon.ai

LepreCon.ai builds AI and data tools that detect fraud missed by legacy systems, protecting banks and insurers from social fraud and false claims in real time.

AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTech

Co-investorsFusion VC

NLPatentnlpatent.comin

NLPatent provides an AI-powered platform for intellectual property professionals to manage the full IP lifecycle, from patentability assessment and freedom-to-operate analysis through licensing and competitive intelligence.

AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS

Stephanie Curcio(Co-Founder & CEO)inJames Stonehill(Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsLegalTechMighty CapitalThe 51 Ventures

Opstreamopstream.aiin

OpStream provides an AI-powered RFP template for enterprise procurement, containing 173 evaluation questions across 14 weighted categories designed for vendor selection and comparison.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Co-investorsMu VenturesThe 51 VenturesRed Bike CapitalTenOneTen Ventures

Quack AIquackai.com𝕏

Quack AI offers a VSCode extension that lets project maintainers define contribution guidelines and guides developers through the contribution flow inside their IDE, with analytics to identify and fix bottlenecks.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSParis, FR

François-Guillaume Fernandez(CEO)in

Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstAnimoca BrandsFusion VC

QuackAIquack.aiinSep 2025 · $7M

Quack is a trainable AI agent platform for customer support and CX teams, letting companies train multiple domain-specific AI agents that resolve tickets, escalate uncertain cases, and analyze interactions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Nadav Kemper(Founder)in

Co-investorsFusion VCSeedIL VenturesMetiquity VenturesSavyon Ventures

Sequentsequentech.ioin𝕏

Sequent develops a secure online voting platform that enables citizens to participate in democratic processes remotely.

CybersecurityGovTechSaaS

Co-investorsFusion VCGoAhead VenturesRUNI Ventures

Shopeaksshopeaks.comin

Shopeaks offers a link management platform that enables e-commerce brands to create optimized social links with embedded analytics, discount codes, and conversion tracking.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS

Daniel Abitbul(Founder)inShay Amir(Founder)in

Co-investorsMaccabee VenturesRUNI Ventures

Smipinsmipin.com

Spikerz provides AI-based security for brands' social media and advertising accounts, offering account takeover protection, phishing detection in comments and DMs, permissions management, impersonator removal, and comment moderation.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS

Spikerzspikerz.comin

Spikerz provides social media security software for PR and communications teams, offering account takeover protection, AI comment moderation, permissions management, and impersonator takedown.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityMarketing TechSaaS

Ron Azogui(Founder)inRon Storfer(Founder)in

Co-investorsDisruptive AIHorizon CapitalOryzn CapitalBDMI

Stock It Betterstockitbetter.comApr 2026

Stock connects brands and third-party logistics providers with nonprofits to donate excess and obsolete inventory.

B2B MarketplacesCircular EconomyImpact & Social GoodLogistics & Supply ChainSocialPark Ridge, US

Abby Nawrocki(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsLongJump VenturesMighty Capital

Thorasthoras.aiin𝕏

Thoras provides predictive autoscaling software for Kubernetes environments, using machine learning to forecast workload demand and automatically right-size CPU and GPU resources.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Nilo Rahmani(Founder)

Co-investorsFocal VenturesNorthside VenturesSINEWAVE VENTURESWellington Management

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

JIFFY INCSpecifeye

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies
Quack Raises $7M in Seed Funding

QuackAI · finsmes.com · Sep 11, 2025

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Storytime Capital made?
Storytime Capital has 23 tracked investments, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Storytime Capital invest at?
Storytime Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does Storytime Capital focus on?
Storytime Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Creator Economy, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, E-commerce, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Future of Work, Healthtech, HR Tech, IoT, Logistics & Supply Chain, Media & Entertainment, Mental Health, Mobility & Transportation, SaaS.
Where is Storytime Capital located?
Storytime Capital is headquartered in Toronto, CA.
Does Storytime Capital lead rounds?
Yes, Storytime Capital leads investment rounds.
Who does Storytime Capital co-invest with?
Storytime Capital most often shares deals with Fusion VC, The 51 Ventures, Mighty Capital, among 28 tracked co-investors.

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