# Corus Entertainment

> Corus Entertainment is a VC fund in Toronto backing Art and Apps. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/corus-entertainment
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CorusPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
- Website: http://www.corusent.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Corus-Entertainment/107484692614522

Corus Entertainment is a VC fund in Toronto focused on Art and Apps. Corus Entertainment is one of Canada’s most successful integrated media and entertainment companies. Founded by JR Shaw, the company was built from the media assets originally owned by Shaw Communications, and spun off as a separate, publicly-traded company in 1999. Since then, the Company’s asset base has grown substantially through strategicacquisitions and a strong operating discipline. Corus Entertainment's stock is found on the TSX under the symbol CJR.B.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Corus Entertainment. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Corus Entertainment. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/corus-entertainment?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5.3M–$7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Art | 1 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Gaming | 1 | 20% |
| Content | 1 | 20% |
| Women's | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 2 | 40% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scott Dyer | Chief Technology Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-dyer |
| Barbara Williams | Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barbara-williams |
| Carly Schwartz | Partner Strategy Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carly-schwartz |
| Doug Murphy | President, Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doug-murphy |
| JR Shaw | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jr-shaw |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Struum | Struum is a groundbreaking platform that lets viewers access 1000s of shows and movies from over 60+ services with 1 monthly subscription. Struum simplifies streaming by providing viewers access to many of their favorite brands where they can search, seamlessly discover, and redeem new content across services using credits. Struum offers a widevariety of programming including renowned documentaries, indie films, lifestyle series, classic films, true crime, LGBTQ+, and multicultural programming, as well as other beloved TV shows and movies. For more information, visit www.struum.com | $7M | Series A | Nov 09, 2021 |  |
| Kin Community | Kin is a lifestyle entertainment company that develops, creates and distributes lifestyle entertainment in all forms and across all platforms for women in the “Builder” stage of their lives. | $13.5M | Series D | Jun 30, 2016 |  |
| Execution Labs | Execution Labs was founded in 2012 with the goal of providing hands-on support to talented game developers in order to help them become better entrepreneurs and business leaders. Not long after, the founders brought on a full-time staff of experts to supplement the wisdom of our volunteer mentors, who often flew from all corners of the world tooffer their own guidance and direction to our studios. Over the years we evolved from a hybrid incubator/accelerator based in one physical space to a global investor, offering our support remotely to studios across North America and Europe. In our current form we are not investing in new studios, but instead focus on supporting our network of some of the best independent games studios in the business. | $5.3M | Series A | Nov 10, 2014 |  |
| Kin Community | Kin is a lifestyle entertainment company that develops, creates and distributes lifestyle entertainment in all forms and across all platforms for women in the “Builder” stage of their lives. | $12M | Series C | Sep 18, 2014 |  |
| Wondereur | Wondereur is a digital art platform that gives the market for art assets real-time intelligence. This platform examines factors that affect an artist's market value over the long term, such as endorsements from galleries and museums, publications, art movements, and ideas. It then produces intelligent indices that include a suggested pricerange and the projected growth rate for any work of contemporary art. | $15K | Seed | May 16, 2013 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ECP Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emil-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Allure Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allure-media) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Density Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/density-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Corus Entertainment invest in?

Corus Entertainment invests primarily in Art, Apps and Gaming startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Corus Entertainment's check size?

Corus Entertainment typically joins rounds of $5.3M–$7M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Corus Entertainment participates in.

### How do I contact Corus Entertainment?

Public channels for Corus Entertainment include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Corus Entertainment?

The team at Corus Entertainment includes Scott Dyer (Chief Technology Officer), Barbara Williams (Chief Operating Officer) and Carly Schwartz (Partner Strategy Manager), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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