# Barrie Laver

> Barrie Laver is a funding round investor at RBC Capital backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [RBC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/royal-bank-of-canada)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/barrielaver

Barrie Laver is a funding round investor at RBC Capital in Toronto focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Barrie Laver is currently working at Covenant House Toronto and RBC.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 38% |
| FinTech | 2 | 25% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Hardware | 1 | 13% |
| Payments | 1 | 13% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 4 | 50% |
| United States | 2 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Photonic | Photonic develops quantum computing and networking technologies, utilizing silicon spin qubits and native telecom networking interface. Photonic is turning fault-tolerant quantum technologies into reality through its distinctive silicon spin-photon interface. This innovative technology combines the memory and computing capabilities of spins withthe connectivity of photonics, enabling the creation of one of the world's initial scalable, fault-tolerant, and networked quantum computers. | $130.8M |  | Jan 06, 2026 |  |
| d1g1t | d1g1t is a digital wealth management platform powered by analytics that offers advanced, transparent portfolio management services to professional advisers and their individual investors. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered at Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |  |  | Jul 16, 2025 |  |
| Trice | Trice is a payment solution that provides intelligent, secure, and cost-effective money movement. The company offers a real-time money movement software platform designed and certified to make receiving and sending money happen in seconds rather than days. |  | Seed | Jan 09, 2024 |  |
| ClearBlue Markets | ClearBlue Markets offers specialization in carbon sales, consulting, project development, solutions and services. | $8M | Series A | Mar 20, 2023 |  |
| Conquest Planning | Conquest Planning provides financial planning software that integrates AI-driven analytics, real-time collaboration, and open APIs to support advisory workflows. The platform offers digital self‑service, collaborative hybrid, and traditional advisor‑led modes tailored to varied client needs. Its Strategic Advice Manager dynamically generatespersonalized strategies and adjusts plans using client data and tax‑aware modeling. The system centralizes data integration, scenario testing, and reporting to streamline advisor efficiency and client engagement. Multiple financial institutions deploy the platform to automate plan creation and foster goal‑based conversations without replacing human expertise. | $17.9M | Series A | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| TrueSpectra | TrueSpectra had pioneered object-oriented resolution-independent render engines and related desktop, platform, and server-based dynamic imaging solutions including Phoito>Graphics, Netgraphica, and the TrueSpectra Image Server. The TrueSpectra Image Server is able to streamline image publishing and maintenance processes.TrueSpectra’scustomers included Lowe's, Kinko's, the Ohio State University, and Macy. And it is partnered with Speedera, Macromedia, Oracle, and Blue Martini Software.TrueSpectra was founded in January 1990 by Stephen Sutherland who also spearheaded its R&D/patent portfolio. It merged with Scene7 and then the platform was acquired by Adobe to form the core foundation of its Experience Manager and other products which are a $B business today. | $6.5M |  | Jan 01, 2001 |  |
| TrueSpectra | TrueSpectra had pioneered object-oriented resolution-independent render engines and related desktop, platform, and server-based dynamic imaging solutions including Phoito>Graphics, Netgraphica, and the TrueSpectra Image Server. The TrueSpectra Image Server is able to streamline image publishing and maintenance processes.TrueSpectra’scustomers included Lowe's, Kinko's, the Ohio State University, and Macy. And it is partnered with Speedera, Macromedia, Oracle, and Blue Martini Software.TrueSpectra was founded in January 1990 by Stephen Sutherland who also spearheaded its R&D/patent portfolio. It merged with Scene7 and then the platform was acquired by Adobe to form the core foundation of its Experience Manager and other products which are a $B business today. | $21M |  | Apr 06, 2000 |  |
| TrueSpectra | TrueSpectra had pioneered object-oriented resolution-independent render engines and related desktop, platform, and server-based dynamic imaging solutions including Phoito>Graphics, Netgraphica, and the TrueSpectra Image Server. The TrueSpectra Image Server is able to streamline image publishing and maintenance processes.TrueSpectra’scustomers included Lowe's, Kinko's, the Ohio State University, and Macy. And it is partnered with Speedera, Macromedia, Oracle, and Blue Martini Software.TrueSpectra was founded in January 1990 by Stephen Sutherland who also spearheaded its R&D/patent portfolio. It merged with Scene7 and then the platform was acquired by Adobe to form the core foundation of its Experience Manager and other products which are a $B business today. |  |  |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Greenstone Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenstone-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JAM FINTOP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jam-fintop) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NeoCarta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neocarta-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Portage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portag3-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Trinity Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trinity-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AllegisCyber](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allegis-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About RBC Capital

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

Royal Bank of Canada is a financial services company that focuses on banking, wealth management, insurance, investment, and capital markets. RBC Capital Markets is RBC's worldwide investment and corporate banking subsidiary, while the investment brokerage firm is known as RBC Dominion Securities. Investment banking services are also providedthrough RBC Bank and the focus is on middle-market clients.It was founded in 1869 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

5 contacts available at RBC Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Barrie Laver | Managing Director, Head of Venture Capital & Private Equity | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barrie-laver |
| Peter von Schilling | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-von-schilling |
| David P. O'Brien | Chairperson | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-p-obrien |
| Foteini Agrafioti | Chief Science Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foteini-agrafioti |
| Gabriel Woo | Vice-President, Innovation | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabriel-woo |

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## FAQ

### What does Barrie Laver invest in?

Barrie Laver invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Barrie Laver last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Barrie Laver closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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