Family office  ·  Toronto  ·  Since 2012

We back outlier founders.

We're a Canadian family office. We make angel investments in founders whose companies could define their industry. We like hard problems in markets that will be huge.

Tell us what you're building Read our thesis

Our companies went on to raise from

Andreessen Horowitz  Founders Fund  Khosla Ventures  Lux Capital  Y Combinator

Investing since
2012
Meeting to a decision
1
Board seats taken
0
Home to most of our founders
Canada

Portfolio

The full portfolio

Companies we backed early.

A selection of the companies we've backed, every one of them at the angel or pre-seed stage.

Factory-built modular nuclear reactors designed to power AI data centres. Nuclear Energy
AI customer service platform that automates support for large brands. AI SaaS
Orbital manufacturing that uses microgravity to make materials that can't be made on Earth, starting with pharmaceuticals returned by re-entry capsule. Space Manufacturing
Practitioner-dispensed supplement platform used by healthcare practitioners across North America. Health Commerce Acquired · Multi-billion
Ocean alkalinity enhancement that permanently removes CO2 at scale. XPRIZE Carbon Removal winner. Offtake agreement through Frontier, with buyers including Stripe, Google, Shopify, McKinsey Sustainability, Autodesk, H&M Group and Workday. Carbon Removal
One of Africa's largest payment providers. Payments
Gallium nitride power semiconductors enabling smaller, faster, more efficient power electronics. Acquired by Infineon Technologies in 2023 — validating GaN as the successor to silicon in power conversion. Power Semiconductors Acquired by Infineon Technologies
Banking built for startups, and one of the best-loved fintech brands among founders. Fintech See the full portfolio View all

Thesis

Read our thesis

What we look for.

Seven questions decide every investment. Here they are in three.

01 / Founders

Formidable founders who move fast.

02 / Timing

Something has just changed, and they've built something ten times better because of it.

03 / Size

A market big enough for one company to define, with customers who pull.

How we invest

Process, terms & FAQ

We write early, independent cheques.

We decide quickly and on our own, then join your round on the terms you've agreed with your other investors. You'll spend your time building, not fundraising.

  1. 01

    One meeting.

    Tell us what you're working on. If we understand what you're building and believe in you, you'll have an answer within days.

  2. 02

    A decision in days.

    There's one decision-maker, so there's no committee to wait on.

  3. 03

    Independent cheques.

    We invest alongside your round and don't lead, price or anchor it. We don't take pro rata, so we never crowd your next round.

Terms
Set by your round
Our role
An independent cheque
Board seat
Never
Stage
Angel to seed

Who you'll work with

About Adam
Adam McNamara

We've built companies ourselves.

We're former operators with a technical background. Adam is a computer scientist who co-founded a mobile company that Shopify acquired, then became Shopify's first VP Product.

We invest our own money. There are no outside investors and no fund clock, so we can wait as long as the company needs.

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