# Mike Cegelski

> Mike Cegelski is a seed investor at Panache Ventures (Montréal) backing Analytics and Apps. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Panache Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/panache-ventures)
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 4
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-cegelski/1/262/b92
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MikeCegelski
- Website: https://x.com/MikeCegelski

Mike Cegelski is a seed investor at Panache Ventures in Montréal focused on Analytics and Apps. Mike Cegelski is the Founder, Chairman, and Managing Partner at Panache Ventures and an Investing Partner at Kanata Ventures, Limited Partner at Brightspark Ventures, Akkadian Ventures, iNovia Capital, Real Ventures, and Plaza Ventures. Prior to that, Mike was a Fellow at Creative Destruction Lab. He attended the Université de Sherbrooke.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$3.7M |
| Angel | $1.6M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analytics | 2 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Music | 1 | 25% |
| Content | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 2 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 3 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MarketMuse | MarketMuse is a market-leading demand generation platform focused on AI-driven content. Our SaaS platform analyzes massive amounts of Web data to build articles that drive search traffic and engagement. Over 230 companies in enterprise software, financial services, life sciences and publishing use MarketMuse to realize 2-3X gains in productivityand 2X-8X improvements in search traffic within the first 6 months. A pioneer in the industry, MarketMuse was named the "undisputed champion of the content optimization space" by industry analysts in 2019. | $3.7M | Seed | Jan 12, 2018 |  |
| Smart Reno | Smart Reno helps people find qualified and available contractors for their renovation projects. Smart Reno's platform provides tools to describe a renovation project for several contractors who are best qualified and available to quote and execute the project, allowing users to get qualified potential clients based on their expertise andcriteria, saving them on marketing efforts and spent. | $1.2M | Seed | Nov 24, 2015 |  |
| AmpMe | Surround yourself with sound. AmpMe creates a giant, multi-speaker setup using just the phone in your pocket. Play your music in perfect sync across multiple devices to create one powerful sound system. Bring the party anywhere. Be the speakers. - Put AmpMe on your phone and on as many of your friends' devices as you want, then sync andyou're ready to party- Host your own party or join a friend's- The host can search for their favorite songs, artists, albums, or playlists- Once the host hits "Play", friends join by entering the party code- Syncing starts automatically and, in seconds, your friends become speakers- Compatible with smartphones & tablets (Android and iOS) and bluetooth speakers (with a microphone, e.g. Jambox, etc.)Compatible with music from SoundCloud, more services coming soon! | $2M | Angel | Sep 01, 2015 |  |
| Retinad | Analytics platform made for 360VR media. Drag & drop plugin integration across all major VR headsets. | $1.6M | Angel | May 20, 2015 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpine Meridian](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpine-meridian) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Anges Quebec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anges-quebec) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AQC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anges-qu%C3%A9bec-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Colle Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colle-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Colopl Next](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colopl-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LaunchCapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchcapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Panache Ventures

VC Fund · Montréal, Canada

Panache Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed and seed-stage startup investments. It seeks to invest in sectors that play to Canada’s strengths: artificial intelligence (AI), fintech, digital health, enterprise software, and blockchain.

5 contacts available at Panache Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Cegelski | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-cegelski |
| Patrick Lor | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-lor |
| Chris Neumann | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-neumann |
| Francois Arbour | LP / Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francois-arbour |
| Geneviève Tanguay | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genevi%C3%A8ve-tanguay-53ea |

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## FAQ

### What does Mike Cegelski invest in?

Mike Cegelski invests primarily in Analytics, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Mike Cegelski's check size?

Mike Cegelski typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$3.7M at Seed and $1.6M–$2M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Mike Cegelski participates in.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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