# Andre Charoo

> Andre Charoo is a seed investor at Maple VC backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Maple VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maple-vc)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 62%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/acharoo
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/acharoo
- Website: https://x.com/acharoo
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/acharoo

Andre Charoo is a seed investor at Maple VC in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Andre Charoo is the Founder, General Partner at Maple VC. Andre Charoo attended University of Toronto.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 31% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 31% |
| Internet | 3 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 15% |
| GPU | 1 | 8% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 38% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 38% |
| Series A | 3 | 23% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 38% |
| Canada | 3 | 23% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FINNY | FINNY is an AI prospecting tool that provides technology solutions for financial advisors. | $17M | Series A | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| Bench IQ | Bench IQ is an AI-powered assistant for elite law firms and corporate and government litigators that want unparalleled reconnaissance on the key players in their legal battles: judges and attorneys. The astute lawyer knows anticipating the potential outcomes of a case based on the facts and law is as uncertain as predicting the winner of a chessmatch from the arrangement of pieces and rulebook. In both cases, you must know who’s playing. | $5.3M | Seed | Aug 27, 2025 |  |
| Fawn Social Robotics | Fawn Friends provides a digital platform where users engage in text-based conversations with fictional characters called Fawns. The interactions are framed as emotional support exchanges rooted in a fictional setting called Aurora Hallow. The service includes access to character-driven content and the option to purchase a related physical product. | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| FINNY | FINNY is an AI prospecting tool that provides technology solutions for financial advisors. | $4.3M | Seed | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| TMRW | Through the TMRW app, everyone can see how you use bitcoin on a daily basis. They will be aware of the best times to purchase and the simplicity of making a bitcoin repayment with no cumbersome wallets, bills, or wait times. Just take a picture and send it, just like you would with any other social media post. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Aug 21, 2024 |  |
| Blockus | Blockus is your complete Web3 gaming economy ecosystem. Beautifully built, fully compliant, seamlessly integrated into your game. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Mar 11, 2024 |  |
| Blockus | Blockus is your complete Web3 gaming economy ecosystem. Beautifully built, fully compliant, seamlessly integrated into your game. | $4M | Seed | Mar 11, 2024 |  |
| Bench IQ | Bench IQ is an AI-powered assistant for elite law firms and corporate and government litigators that want unparalleled reconnaissance on the key players in their legal battles: judges and attorneys. The astute lawyer knows anticipating the potential outcomes of a case based on the facts and law is as uncertain as predicting the winner of a chessmatch from the arrangement of pieces and rulebook. In both cases, you must know who’s playing. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| Inference.ai | Inference.ai is an IT company that provides artificial intelligence solutions and manufactures GPUs. | $4M | Seed | Jan 30, 2024 |  |
| Parallelz | Parallelz builds a platform that enables anyone to instantly create, and share “impossible” versions of their favorite mobile games. | $2.9M | Pre-Seed | Jun 22, 2022 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Root Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rootvc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Third Sphere](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/urban-us) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Construct Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/construct-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Highline Beta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/highline-beta) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Crossbeam Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crossbeam-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Maple VC

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Maple VC is a pre-seed and seed fund focused on investing in Canadian founders building in America.

2 contacts available at Maple VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andre Charoo | Founder, General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andre-charoo |
| Ron Pragides | Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ron-pragides |

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## FAQ

### What does Andre Charoo invest in?

Andre Charoo invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Andre Charoo last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andre Charoo closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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