Information Venture Partners

Information Venture Partners is a Toronto-based venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage investments in North American enterprise and financial technology companies. Founded in 2014, it emerged from its predecessor, RBC Venture Partners, which had a strong focus on technology and financial services since 2001. The firm targets B2B SaaS and FinTech sectors, leveraging two decades of experience with global financial institutions to identify and nurture innovative companies. Information Venture Partners aims to assist entrepreneurs in addressing significant challenges by investing in disruptive opportunities rather than following trends. They often serve as the first institutional investors in their portfolio companies and actively seek to collaborate with like-minded co-investors. The firm emphasizes that it does not manage its companies; instead, it provides support to the entrepreneurs and leadership teams, ensuring their visions can thrive.

Robert Antoniades

Co-Founder and General Partner

Sara Defina

Vice President, Finance

Eric Eden

Venture Partner

Brendan Foster

Associate

Aman Nabi

Associate

Alex Tong

Venture Partner

Dave Unsworth

Co-Founder and General Partner

Past deals in Toronto

Lydia.ai

Venture Round in 2021
Knowtions Research Inc. is an applied artificial intelligence company based in Toronto, Canada, focused on transforming health data into actionable insights. Its flagship product, the Lydia AI platform, is designed specifically for health insurers, allowing them to analyze and utilize complex medical data to enhance operational efficiency. By leveraging predictive analytics, Lydia enables insurers to automate claims processing and tailor customer experiences. Founded in 2015, Knowtions Research aims to make global health data more accessible and useful, driven by support from notable investors such as Alibaba Entrepreneur’s Fund and Information Venture Partners.

Arteria AI

Series A in 2021
Arteria AI applies artificial intelligence to the drafting, negotiation, and analysis of contracts.

Cinchy

Series A in 2020
Cinchy Inc. is a technology company based in Toronto, Canada, that specializes in a data collaboration platform utilizing data fabric technology. Founded in 2014, Cinchy's platform connects various data sources within a unified networked architecture, allowing organizations to manage and protect their data more effectively. This innovative approach enables real-time collaboration among multiple systems and users without the need for separate application databases. By facilitating a cross-application data network, Cinchy enhances data accessibility while improving security for both customer and employee information. The platform has been recognized for its capabilities, having received accolades such as best-of-show at Finovate and being featured in Gartner's "Cool Vendors in Data Management." Through its unique architecture, Cinchy aims to eliminate data fragmentation, reduce costs, and streamline operations for enterprises.

Flybits

Series C in 2019
Flybits Inc., based in Toronto, Canada, specializes in developing a platform that enhances customer experiences in the financial services sector through contextualization. The company's advanced solution allows banks to deliver personalized content, products, and offers tailored to individual customer needs in real-time. By leveraging extensive data and sensing capabilities, Flybits enables financial institutions to design, launch, and evaluate data-driven experiences that provide relevant information while maintaining customer privacy. This approach fosters a deeper relationship between customers and their financial institutions, ultimately driving product awareness and adding significant value to users' interactions.

Sensibill

Series B in 2019
Sensibill Inc., founded in 2012 and based in Toronto, Canada, operates a cloud-based application that enables users to access digital receipts directly from their bank accounts. The company offers a comprehensive digital receipts ecosystem, providing financial institutions with a turnkey solution to help retail customers manage itemized receipts through trusted banking applications. Sensibill's platform emphasizes a user-friendly interface, enhancing customer engagement and fostering loyalty among users. By integrating technology with design, Sensibill transforms the way customers interact with their financial services, turning them into advocates for the banking applications they utilize.

Lydia.ai

Series A in 2018
Knowtions Research Inc. is an applied artificial intelligence company based in Toronto, Canada, focused on transforming health data into actionable insights. Its flagship product, the Lydia AI platform, is designed specifically for health insurers, allowing them to analyze and utilize complex medical data to enhance operational efficiency. By leveraging predictive analytics, Lydia enables insurers to automate claims processing and tailor customer experiences. Founded in 2015, Knowtions Research aims to make global health data more accessible and useful, driven by support from notable investors such as Alibaba Entrepreneur’s Fund and Information Venture Partners.

Q4

Series C in 2018
Q4 Inc. specializes in providing cloud-based investor relations and capital market solutions to clients in Canada and globally. The company offers an integrated platform that includes Q4 Desktop, which equips investor relations officers with essential tools and insights for effective decision-making and communication with investors. Q4 designs and develops corporate websites and online reports, facilitating dynamic corporate storytelling. Its services encompass media access through a news platform, audio and video webcasting, and comprehensive analytics that track institutional trading activities and market trends. Q4 also delivers insights into website performance and user behavior, alongside support services such as client success management and a dedicated IPO subsidy program. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Toronto, Q4 operates additional offices in New York and Chicago, with a subsidiary in Copenhagen, serving over 2,200 prominent brands worldwide.

Flybits

Series B in 2017
Flybits Inc., based in Toronto, Canada, specializes in developing a platform that enhances customer experiences in the financial services sector through contextualization. The company's advanced solution allows banks to deliver personalized content, products, and offers tailored to individual customer needs in real-time. By leveraging extensive data and sensing capabilities, Flybits enables financial institutions to design, launch, and evaluate data-driven experiences that provide relevant information while maintaining customer privacy. This approach fosters a deeper relationship between customers and their financial institutions, ultimately driving product awareness and adding significant value to users' interactions.

Sensibill

Series A in 2017
Sensibill Inc., founded in 2012 and based in Toronto, Canada, operates a cloud-based application that enables users to access digital receipts directly from their bank accounts. The company offers a comprehensive digital receipts ecosystem, providing financial institutions with a turnkey solution to help retail customers manage itemized receipts through trusted banking applications. Sensibill's platform emphasizes a user-friendly interface, enhancing customer engagement and fostering loyalty among users. By integrating technology with design, Sensibill transforms the way customers interact with their financial services, turning them into advocates for the banking applications they utilize.

PostBeyond

Series A in 2016
PostBeyond Inc. provides a social media engagement and advocacy software that helps people to post approved content to their personal networks. It offers marketing solutions that amplifies brand by engaging workforce on social media; sales solutions, which activates social sales force to generate leads, deliver targeted content to prospects, improve ROI, streamline content strategy, and measure reach and engagement; and human resource solutions that educates and empowers a social workforce and grow employer brand. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Q4

Series B in 2016
Q4 Inc. specializes in providing cloud-based investor relations and capital market solutions to clients in Canada and globally. The company offers an integrated platform that includes Q4 Desktop, which equips investor relations officers with essential tools and insights for effective decision-making and communication with investors. Q4 designs and develops corporate websites and online reports, facilitating dynamic corporate storytelling. Its services encompass media access through a news platform, audio and video webcasting, and comprehensive analytics that track institutional trading activities and market trends. Q4 also delivers insights into website performance and user behavior, alongside support services such as client success management and a dedicated IPO subsidy program. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Toronto, Q4 operates additional offices in New York and Chicago, with a subsidiary in Copenhagen, serving over 2,200 prominent brands worldwide.
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