# Sam Haffar

> Sam Haffar is a seed investor at Real Ventures (Montréal) backing Sales and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Real Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-ventures)
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samhaffar/

Sam Haffar is a seed investor at Real Ventures in Montréal focused on Sales and SaaS. Sam joins us from Silicon Valley where he has actively been involved in starting and growing top tech companies for nearly a decade. Only six months after launching his first company while in university, Sam was offered a founding team role at Chegg, a leading education technology company where he drove many of the key growth initiatives andmarketing strategies, Chegg went public in 2013. After Chegg, Sam ran marketing Kno, an education technology company backed by Andreessen Horowitz that creates engaging digital learning technologies, the company was later acquired by Intel. Before making the move to Montreal, Sam ran marketing and sales for EAT Club, a fast growing venture backed food tech company that provides enterprise catering solutions for companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sales | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Training | 1 | 20% |
| Education | 1 | 20% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Uvaro | Uvaro's career success platform includes training, paid experience, advancement and ongoing coaching to ensure long-term career success. Our training program includes on-demand and live classes, our virtual internships let companies hire talent based on performance, our coaching and mentorship network drive ongoing career growth. Our averagestudent lands their new role in less than 17 days from graduation at more than 2x their previous income, and in their new roles achieve 50% more sales than their peers. | $10.6M | Series A | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| Uvaro | Uvaro's career success platform includes training, paid experience, advancement, and ongoing coaching to ensure long-term career success. Their training program includes on-demand and live classes. Their virtual internships let companies hire talent based on performance. Their coaching and mentorship network drive ongoing career growth. | $12M | Series A | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| Uvaro | Uvaro's career success platform includes training, paid experience, advancement and ongoing coaching to ensure long-term career success. Our training program includes on-demand and live classes, our virtual internships let companies hire talent based on performance, our coaching and mentorship network drive ongoing career growth. Our averagestudent lands their new role in less than 17 days from graduation at more than 2x their previous income, and in their new roles achieve 50% more sales than their peers. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 01, 2020 |  |
| Uvaro | Uvaro's career success platform includes training, paid experience, advancement, and ongoing coaching to ensure long-term career success. Their training program includes on-demand and live classes. Their virtual internships let companies hire talent based on performance. Their coaching and mentorship network drive ongoing career growth. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 01, 2020 |  |
| RenoRun | RenoRun is building the world's largest single source platform for general contractors to purchase materials. Their mobile-friendly platform is a one-stop-shop when it comes to construction material supply. This app is revolutionizing the construction industry by maximizing productivity, saving contractors wasted run-around hours, and allowingtheir clients to leave their competition in the dust. Their trained runners will collect and deliver the desired materials to the job site.RenoRun was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with offices in Toronto and Austin, Texas. | $3M | Seed | Feb 01, 2019 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Xfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xfund) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [BDC Capital’s Women in Technology Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-capital-s-women-in-technology-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Garage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garage-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Western Technology Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/western-technology-investment) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Amplify Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mars-catalyst-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [White Star Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/white-star-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Real Ventures

VC Fund · Montréal, Canada

Real Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on serving daring entrepreneurs with the ambition to create successful, global companies. Since 2007, Real Ventures has dedicated itself to building the Canadian startup ecosystem on the belief that people, not money, build game-changing companies. Real Ventures provides stage-specific guidance,mentorship, and access to networks and resources to fast-track founders’ personal and company growth. Real Ventures manages $325 million across five funds and its active portfolio of 100+ companies is currently valued at $10 billion. www.realventures.com

5 contacts available at Real Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Stokes | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-stokes-2 |
| Sam Haffar | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ousama-haffar |
| Alan MacIntosh | Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-macintosh |
| Craig Follett | Limited Partner (Investor) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-follett |
| Hamzah Nassif | Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hamzah-nassif |

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## FAQ

### What does Sam Haffar invest in?

Sam Haffar invests primarily in Sales, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### When did Sam Haffar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sam Haffar closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 5 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?

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