How many investments has Teachers' Venture Growth made?

Teachers' Venture Growth has 22 tracked investments, including 7 dated in the last 24 months.

What stage does Teachers' Venture Growth invest at?

Teachers' Venture Growth invests at the Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.

What is Teachers' Venture Growth's typical check size?

Teachers' Venture Growth typically writes checks of $50M – $250M.

What sectors does Teachers' Venture Growth focus on?

Teachers' Venture Growth focuses on Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Defense Tech, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Semiconductors.

Where is Teachers' Venture Growth located?

Teachers' Venture Growth is headquartered in Toronto, CA.

Does Teachers' Venture Growth lead rounds?

Yes, Teachers' Venture Growth leads investment rounds.

Who does Teachers' Venture Growth co-invest with?

Teachers' Venture Growth most often shares deals with Balderton Capital, Cathay Innovation, Compound, among 24 tracked co-investors.

Teachers' Venture Growth

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Toronto · Series B–Late Stage · 31 people tracked

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Investment thesis

TVG invests directly in late-stage (Series B onward) technology companies that use innovation to build a better future, partnering closely with founders and management to provide global expertise and resources. It prefers to lead rounds but will also co-invest with aligned partners. Backed by one of the world's largest pension plans, it takes a long-term view with flexible capital that can grow alongside portfolio companies, without caps on investment size or duration. TVG also selectively makes indirect investments through commitments to leading venture capital and growth equity funds, deploying across North America, Europe and Asia.

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Stage

Series B–Late Stage

Check

$50M – $250M

Toronto, ON, CA

Leads rounds

Leads

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2019

Last 12 months

4 investments

Tracked investments

Unicorns

Team · 31 people

from the firm's website & public directories

Ara Yeromian· Managing Director

Avid Larizadeh Duggan· Senior Managing Director (EMEA)· EMEA

Avid Larizadeh Duggan is a Kauffman Fellow, a member of Class 11 of the two-year venture capital leadership program run by Kauffman Fellows. The program's member directory lists them at Barclays in United Kingdom.

Darius Vakil· Managing Director· London, England, United Kingdomin

John-Christian (J.C.) Bourque· Managing Director· London, England, United Kingdomin

Nate Mitchell· Managing Director· San Francisco Bay Areain 𝕏

Nate Mitchell is Chief Product Officer at Sesame, where he leads product development for a conversational AI and eyewear platform. He previously co-founded Oculus and held a role at Mountaintop.

Yatong Li· Managing Director· Toronto, Ontarioin

Yatong Li is a Managing Director at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's Teachers' Venture Growth, where she leads the global venture capital and growth equity fund investment program and supports the sourcing of direct opportunities with general partners. Before joining Teachers' Venture Growth, she spent nearly a decade at Sixty Degree Capital, leading the firm's fund and direct co-investment strategy and overseeing investments in companies including Cato Networks, Grafana Labs, Aqua Security, Arctic Wolf, Docker, Navan, and Schrödinger. She has a background in finance and economics and has worked across North America, Asia, and New Zealand.

Brad Leufkens· Managing Director· North York, Ontario, Canadain

Brad Leufkens is Head of Technology Investing at Teachers Private Capital, serving as Senior Managing Director within Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. His work focuses on late-stage venture and growth equity investments in Series B and later companies, with the team operating in Toronto and San Francisco.

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Olivia Steedman· Executive Managing Director, Teachers' Venture Growth· San Francisco Bay Areain

Olivia Steedman is Executive Managing Director and Global Head of Teachers' Venture Growth (TVG), the venture capital and growth equity arm of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), which she established in 2019 and which held C$15.3 billion in assets across nearly 40 direct investments and multiple funds as of December 31, 2025. She joined OTPP in 2002 as a founding member of the Infrastructure and Natural Resources group, where she held senior roles including Head of the Greenfield and Renewables investment team, and previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Marshall Macklin Monaghan. A Professional Engineer and Chartered Professional Accountant, she holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Queen's University and an ICD.D certification from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

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Rick Prostko· Senior Managing Director (North America)· North Americain 𝕏

Rick Prostko is a Senior Managing Director at Teachers' Venture Growth, part of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. He is a multi-stage technology investor.

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Amaury Vangrevelynghe· Principal· EMEAin

Brandon Willett· Principal· North Americain

Chalani Allen· Principal· EMEAin

Francisco Vargas· Principal· EMEAin

Kieran Mahanty· Director· EMEAin

Kieran Mahanty is a Director at Teachers' Venture Growth, the late-stage investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. TVG leads global investments in Series B and later companies, with initial investments ranging from $50 million to $250 million, generating returns for more than 330,000 teachers who are members of the pension plan.

Linxi Chang· Director· North Americain

Victor Vandekerckhove· Principal· North Americain

Vijay Jeevathilagan· Principal· North Americain

YJ Lu· Director· North Americain

YJ Lu is a Director in the Teachers' Venture Growth (TVG) group at the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Lu focuses on direct growth equity and venture capital investing.

Amy Covey· Senior Advisor

Anthony Ahwai-Chang· Analyst· North Americain

Bill Stasior· Senior Advisor

Bonnie Hyun· Senior Advisor

Jonathan York· Senior Advisor

Kris Gopalakrishnan· Senior Advisor

Lauren Nemeth· Senior Advisor

Leo Lei· Associate· North America

Matthew Civello· Analyst· North Americain

Michael Keoshkerian· Senior Advisor· Canadain

Michael Keoshkerian is the founder of Mountfield Advisory and serves as a Senior Advisor to the Teachers' Venture Growth team at the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, where he works to develop a Canadian and global leadership network supporting portfolio companies. His earlier roles include positions at Toronto Global, where he contributed to foreign direct investment and job creation efforts, and Toronto Metropolitan University, where he secured research funding and built industry-academia partnerships. He previously served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Ontario Government and holds degrees from the University of Toronto and OCAD University.

Vera Schulz· Associate· EMEAin

Yiran Wu· Analyst· North Americain

Yvonne Wassenaar· Senior Advisor

What they invest in

from 18 of 22 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×9SaaS ×7Enterprise Software ×5Fintech ×4Hardware ×4Consumer ×3Deep Tech ×3Gaming ×3

HQs:United Kingdom×3United States×3Germany×2India×2Australia×1France×1

Investments · 22 tracked

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By year:2026 · 4 2025 · 2 2024 · 4 2023 · 4 2022 · 317 dated

Beamerybeamery.com in✓ verified

Beamery provides an AI platform for workforce transformation that helps enterprises hire, redeploy, and reskill talent by connecting skills and task intelligence to real-time workforce data.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSLondon, GB

Abakar Saidov(Co-Founder & former CEO)in Sultan Saidov(Co-Founder & former CEO)in Michael Paterson(Co-Founder & former CTO)in

Co-investorsAccenture Ventures EQT Ventures LocalGlobe Amplify Partners AngelPad Edenred Ventures +4 more

Wayvewayve.ai in 𝕏✓ verified

Wayve develops embodied AI technology to enable autonomous vehicle systems for assisted and automated driving.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationRoboticsLondon, GB

Alex Kendall(Co-Founder & CEO)inAmar Shah(Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsBalderton Capital British Business Bank Icehouse Ventures SoftBank Group SoftBank Vision Fund Baillie Gifford +17 more

Alanalan.com in 𝕏Jun 2026

Alan provides health insurance, provident insurance (prévoyance) and prevention services for self-employed individuals, companies of all sizes, retirees, and public-sector workers, combining coverage with a digital app for reimbursements, telehealth consultations (Clinique Alan), and wellness features.

Digital HealthHealthtechHR TechInsurTech

Charles Gorintin(Founder)inJean-Charles Samuelian-Werve(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoatue Management Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)Index Ventures Kima Ventures Origins Partech Ventures +5 more

Alanaalana.jobs inJun 2026Defunct

Alana provides workforce management software for mid-sized and large companies in Latin America, with features for shift scheduling, attendance tracking with location verification, health and safety documentation, performance evaluation, and career development.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSMexico City, MX

Daniel Bernardez(Founder)in Rafael León(Founder)inIgnacio Martinez(Founder)in

Co-investorsFJ Labs Y Combinator Dila Capital Index Ventures

Brain Jar Gamesbrainjar.gamesSeed · Mar 2024 · $7M

A game development studio that creates video games.

GamingSan Francisco, US

Rohan Knuckey(Director)William Cook(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan McEvoy(Executive Officer)

Board Brett Krause(Director)in

Co-investorsMenlo Ventures TRANSCEND

DeepLdeepl.com in 𝕏May 2024

DeepL builds a Language AI platform that provides translation, voice meeting transcription, and multilingual communication tools for enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCologne, DE

Jarek Kutylowski(CEO and Founder)in

Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners Heartfelt Capital HEARTFELT_ICONIQ Index Ventures IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+6 more

Fleet Spacefleetspace.com in 𝕏Dec 2024

Fleet Space is a space exploration company that operates satellites and an in-house geoscience team to advance mineral exploration on Earth, the Moon, and Mars.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSpace TechAdelaide, AU

Flavia Tata Nardini(Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder)in

Co-investorsArtesian In-Q-Tel Momenta Ventures SecondQuarter Ventures Alumni Ventures Blackbird Ventures +2 more

Instagridinstagrid.co in

Instagrid makes portable, battery-based power systems that deliver silent, zero-emission on-demand electricity as an alternative to combustion generators.

CleantechEnergyHardware

Andreas Sedlmayr(Founder)in

Co-investorsblueworld.group Energy Impact Partners HTGF SET Ventures Wille Finance

Kaedimkaedim3d.comSeries A · Mar 2024 · $15M

Kaedim is an AI-powered platform that generates high-quality 3D assets from sketches, reference materials, and product photos for product design, gaming, and e-commerce teams.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomySaaS

Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz

Meshcapademeshcapade.com in 𝕏Seed · Jun 2023 · $6M

Meshcapade develops AI for markerless motion capture, motion generation, and human-body understanding, using a single camera to capture full-body and hand movement without suits or markers.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechGaming

Co-investorsLBBW Venture Capital GmbH Matrix CLO Virtual Fashion Makers Fund

Mintifimintifi.com

Mintifi is a supply chain financing platform that offers inventory financing, smart term loans, and short-term working capital loans to enterprises and their distribution networks.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechLogistics & Supply Chain

Ankit Mehta(Founder)in

Co-investorsElevation Capital Norwest Venture Partners Premji Invest International Finance Corporation

Neysaneysa.ai inFeb 2026

Neysa provides a full-stack AI acceleration cloud platform offering managed infrastructure, monitoring, and MLOps capabilities for training and deploying large language models and AI applications.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSaaS

Sharad Sanghi(Co-founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsNTT Venture Capital Z47 Blackstone Nexus Venture Partners

Perfios Software Solutionsperfios.com in 𝕏Feb 2026 · $229M

Perfios is an AI operating system that provides software products and APIs for banks, NBFCs, fintech companies, and insurance firms to automate credit decisioning, customer onboarding, document verification, and fraud detection.

AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTech

Sabyasachi Goswami in Srikanth Rajagopalan in

Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners Warburg Pincus

Quantexaquantexa.com in 𝕏Mar 2025

Quantexa is a data, analytics, and AI platform that provides Contextual Decision Intelligence by unifying fragmented data into a connected view and using advanced analytics and explainable AI to uncover hidden patterns and relationships.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB

Vishal Marriain

Co-investorsAlbionVC Dawn Capital Evolution Equity Partners Warburg Pincus GIC

Taxfixtaxfix.comApr 2022 · $220M

Taxfix offers a mobile app for individuals to prepare and file their income tax returns digitally.

ConsumerFintechSaaS

Mathis Büchi(Founder)inMartin Ottin

Co-investorsIndex Ventures Creandum redalpine Valar Ventures Llc

Taxfixtaxfix.de inApr 2022 · $220M

Taxfix offers a mobile and web app that guides individuals through their tax returns via a question-and-answer flow and submits them to German tax authorities through the official ELSTER interface.

ConsumerFintechSaaSBerlin, DE

Lino Teuteberg(Founder)in Mathis Büchi(Co-Founder & Chairman)inMartin Ott(Founder)in

Co-investorsPICUS CAPITAL Valar Ventures Llc Creandum Index Ventures redalpine

Vintedvinted.com in

Vinted operates an online marketplace for buying and selling secondhand clothing, accessories, and related items across categories such as women's, men's, and jewelry.

Circular EconomyE-commerceMarketplaces

Justas Janauskas(Co-founder)inMilda Mitkutė(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccel Burda Principal Investments Insight Partners Lightspeed Venture Partners Aspire11 Cross Creek Advisors +8 more

Windup Mindswindupminds.com in 𝕏Pre-Seed · Aug 2023 · $2M

Windup Minds is an independent game studio building XR (VR/AR) games and interactive experiences, with team backgrounds from Oculus, Magic Leap, and WeVR.

ConsumerGamingHardwareSeattle, US

Bernard Yee(Co-Founder, CEO / Executive Producer)in Stefani Swiatkowski(Co-Founder, CDO / UX Designer)inBen Vance(Co-Founder, CTO / Game Director)in

Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)New Leaf Invest The Venture Reality Fund

Other

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

Barnyard GamesGardensPluraWelevel

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Teachers' Venture Growth made?: Teachers' Venture Growth has 22 tracked investments, including 7 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Teachers' Venture Growth invest at?: Teachers' Venture Growth invests at the Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What is Teachers' Venture Growth's typical check size?: Teachers' Venture Growth typically writes checks of $50M – $250M.
What sectors does Teachers' Venture Growth focus on?: Teachers' Venture Growth focuses on Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Defense Tech, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Semiconductors.
Where is Teachers' Venture Growth located?: Teachers' Venture Growth is headquartered in Toronto, CA.
Does Teachers' Venture Growth lead rounds?: Yes, Teachers' Venture Growth leads investment rounds.
Who does Teachers' Venture Growth co-invest with?: Teachers' Venture Growth most often shares deals with Balderton Capital, Cathay Innovation, Compound, among 24 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 3

NextGen Venture Partners

NextGen Venture Partners (NGVP) is an early-stage venture firm that leads seed investments in B2B startups, backing companies from seed to scale.

$500K – $2M

Equal Ventures

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$1M – $2M

R136 Ventures

R136 Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that backs mid- and growth-stage startups, pairing capital with hands-on operating experience from its team of former operators.

$2M – $20M

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