# Dream Maker Ventures (DMV)

> Dream Maker Ventures (DMV) is a VC fund backing E-Commerce and Retail. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last fund: Apr 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Dream Maker Ventures (DMV) is a VC fund in Toronto focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Investing in early-stage tech companies with founding teams inclusive of diverse entrepreneurs such as #Women and #PersonsofColour.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $120k–$4M |
| Series A | $6M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 9 | 31% |
| Retail | 5 | 17% |
| Software | 5 | 17% |
| Fashion | 4 | 14% |
| Mobile Apps | 4 | 14% |

71 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 38% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 28% |
| Series A | 5 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 7% |
| Series B | 2 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 14 | 48% |
| United States | 13 | 45% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Newton Asare II | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newton-asare-ii |
| Isaac Jr. Olowolafe | General Partner and Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isaac-jr-olowolafe |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GoBolt | Bolt facilitates the pickup, storage, and return of customer belongings on schedule. Second Closet enables customers to schedule and book storage spaces and have their storage boxes, item pickup, and return transport as per their requirements.Second Closet's service is secure, convenient, and affordable. It is headquartered in Toronto,Ontario in Canada. | $60.3M | Series B | Nov 08, 2021 |  |
| NextGen Blockchain Technologies | Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Finance |  |  | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| Trust & Will | Trust & Will is an online service providing legal forms and information that makes creating estate planning easy, fast, and secure. It is not a law firm and is not a substitute for a lawyer’s advice about complex estate planning. The company is backed by some venture capital firms including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest, Western TechnologyInvestments, Luma Launch, Halogen Ventures, and Techstars, as well as angel investors.Trust & Will was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | $6M | Series A | Dec 17, 2019 |  |
| GoBolt | Bolt facilitates the pickup, storage, and return of customer belongings on schedule. Second Closet enables customers to schedule and book storage spaces and have their storage boxes, item pickup, and return transport as per their requirements.Second Closet's service is secure, convenient, and affordable. It is headquartered in Toronto,Ontario in Canada. | $13.2M | Series A | Dec 13, 2019 |  |
| StyleRow | StyleRow is a design company that focuses on streamlining the design process for designers and creating an experience for brands and showrooms to work together, all in one place. It features an online-based portal that allows design professionals to scale their businesses.The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in California, UnitedStates. | $4M | Seed | Jun 01, 2019 |  |
| GIMME360 | GIMME360° is an augmented reality solutions firm. We build custom experiences for each organization that we work with, all of which are done by the best quality that technology can provide. GIMME360° is also disrupting the digital media revolution by entering the mobile augmented reality market with its revolutionary applications. |  |  | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Chatkit | Chatkit, the pioneer of Conversational Marketing, is a cutting-edge of Conversational AI and Marketing Automation platform that helps brands create and nurture lasting customer relationships through dynamic, two-way conversations on messaging channels like Facebook Messenger. |  |  | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Monica+Andy | Monica+Andy is an operator of an online baby clothing shopping platform. The company's baby clothing platform offers an organic clothing line that enables consumers to purchase clothes for their children which are made from trustworthy fabric. Founded in 2014 by first-time mom Monica Royer, Monica + Andy was created from her heart to deliverthe softest GOTS-certified organic essentials, to support new parents in a seamless shopping experience online and in Guideshops, and foster a community committed to making things better for babies and making things better for the planet. | $6M | Series A | Dec 17, 2018 |  |
| Flex | The Flex Co. is the top-selling sustainable period care brand known for creating a more comfortable period for everyone. Our patented product portfolio, including Flex Disc™, Flex Cup™, Flex Reusable Disc™, Softdisc®, and Softcup®, is sold in over 25,000 retailers in the United States. Based in Venice, California, The Flex Co. is FDA-registeredand is the sole designer of its products which are manufactured in the United States and Canada. Led by founder & CEO Lauren Schulte Wang, our team is working to create life-changing experiences through the products we make and conversations we spark. Learn more at flexfits.com. | $3.6M | Seed | Oct 16, 2018 |  |
| Live Tinted | Live Tinted is a digital community focused on the representation of all the shades in between. Despite incredible change and moves towards more diversity, many women and others still felt they were missed or looked over even in these progressive beauty spaces. They created TINTED & wanted to reach those people, to hear what they felt wasmissing, and to learn how they wanted to be represented authentically. They want to share the importance of a strong personal identity in order to build out their niche presence in beauty as part of the normal standard – to be seen as fully immersed, and no longer as a token or a checkmark.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. |  | Seed | Sep 11, 2018 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Dream Maker Ventures (DMV) invest in?

Dream Maker Ventures (DMV) invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Software startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Dream Maker Ventures (DMV)'s check size?

Dream Maker Ventures (DMV) typically joins rounds of $120k–$4M at Seed and $6M–$17M 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 Dream Maker Ventures (DMV) participates in.

### How do I contact Dream Maker Ventures (DMV)?

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### Who are the partners at Dream Maker Ventures (DMV)?

The team at Dream Maker Ventures (DMV) includes Newton Asare II (Managing Director) and Isaac Jr. Olowolafe (General Partner and Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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