# MAD Ventures

> MAD Ventures is a VC fund in Victoria backing Web3, Big Data and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Victoria, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.mad-ventures.com

MAD Ventures is a management firm that offers finance and and expertise to growing Canadian businesses.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Web3 | 1 | 50% |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 50% |
| Austria | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tasteport | Empowering specialty grocers with ecosystems to fulfill, leverage web3 & scale e-grocery, helping everyone get 1000s of global tastes delivered home |  |  | May 31, 2022 | https://www.tasteport.com/ |
| Swarm Analytics | Swarm Analytics builds a plug&play framework for computer visons tasks with a low-computational footprint and integrates seamlessly within devices ranging from the embedded world (as small as a Raspberry Pi or FPGA based) to distributed server clusters with multi GPUs. | $1.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 24, 2021 | https://swarm-analytics.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Loonie Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loonie-ventures-e9bb) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Open People Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/open-people-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gateway Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/primecrowd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ZAKA VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zaka-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does MAD Ventures invest in?

MAD Ventures invests primarily in Web3, Big Data and Software startups, most often at Funding Round and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did MAD Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for MAD Ventures closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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