# Maple VC

> Maple VC is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 52 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 52
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 17%
- Fund size: $17M
- Last fund: Dec 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maple-vc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/maplevcfund
- Website: http://maplevc.com

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

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Maple VC. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Maple VC. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/maple-vc?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$6M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.3M–$4.5M |
| Series A | $10M–$33M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 11 | 21% |
| Internet | 5 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 8% |
| SaaS | 3 | 6% |

79 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 19 | 37% |
| Series A | 12 | 23% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 15% |
| Series B | 2 | 4% |
| Series C | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 31% |
| Canada | 12 | 23% |
| Israel | 2 | 4% |
| South Korea | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andre Charoo | Founder, General Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andre-charoo |
| Ron Pragides | Limited Partner | 221 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ron-pragides |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sonibel Instruments | Sonibel Instruments catches weld defects during welding, giving welders the option to rework them on the spot and minimize repair costs. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Apr 07, 2026 |  |
| FINNY | FINNY is an AI prospecting tool that provides technology solutions for financial advisors. | $17M | Series A | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| Internet Backyard | Internet Backyard is an AI platform that embraces financial stability of the compute economy by automating quoting and billing. | $4.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 08, 2025 |  |
| imper.ai | imper.ai prevents AI-driven impersonation and social engineering attacks at the first point of contact. Its real-time platform analyzes the digital breadcrumbs that hackers cannot fake including device telemetry, network signals and behavioral patterns, then correlates these signals with unique organizational knowledge, so that enterprises cantrust every conversation. | $28M | Series A | Dec 04, 2025 |  |
| Daylight Security | Daylight Security provides agentic security services that allow organizations to operate and establish traditional Security Operations. | $33M | Series A | Nov 04, 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 |  |
| Daylight Security | Daylight Security provides agentic security services that allow organizations to operate and establish traditional Security Operations. | $7M | Seed | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| Argus Systems | Argus Systems builds data and evaluation infrastructure for robotics and physical AI | $3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 23, 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 |  |

10 of 52 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Inovia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inovia-capital) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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- [Third Sphere](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/urban-us) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Construct Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/construct-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Maple VC invest in?

Maple VC invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 52 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Maple VC's check size?

Maple VC typically joins rounds of $3M–$6M at Seed, $1.3M–$4.5M at Pre-Seed and $10M–$33M 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 Maple VC participates in.

### How do I contact Maple VC?

Public channels for Maple VC 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 Maple VC?

The team at Maple VC includes Andre Charoo (Founder, General Partner) and Ron Pragides (Limited Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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