# Ramen Ventures

> Ramen Ventures is a VC fund in Toronto backing Software and Biotechnology. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Fund size: $10M
- Last fund: Aug 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ramen-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/ramenventures
- Website: http://www.ramen.ventures/

Ramen Ventures is a VC fund in Toronto focused on Software and Biotechnology. We help startups get from prototype to ramen profitable

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$3.2M |
| Pre-Seed | $120k–$1.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 26% |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 26% |
| Health Care | 5 | 22% |
| Wellness | 3 | 13% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 13% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 39% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 26% |
| Angel | 4 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 21 | 91% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adam McNamara | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-mcnamara |
| Joshua Tessier | Partner & Co-Founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joshua-tessier |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mayday | Mayday is a calendar assistant that helps you sustainably increase productivity while reducing the potential for burnout | $3M | Seed | Mar 07, 2022 |  |
| Spare | Spare is a mobility management software company that enhances public transit services through on-demand and shared transportation solutions. The platform integrates various modes of transport, enabling efficient and accessible mobility for all users. Their platform uses advanced algorithms and data analytics to optimize routes, reduce wait times,and improve overall efficiency for transportation services. By optimizing transportation services and promoting shared rides, Spare Labs reduces traffic congestion and emissions, supporting more sustainable urban mobility. | $18M | Series A | Nov 30, 2021 |  |
| ALT TEX | ALT TEX is creating sustainable textiles regenerated from post-industrial waste. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | May 03, 2021 |  |
| Eli | Eli empowers women to understand their body and the transitions it goes through every day, and across life. We develop a device that uses saliva to capture hormone fluctuations at home, and an app that gives women the information they want to own their health decisions. | $1.5M | Seed | Dec 07, 2020 |  |
| Eli | Eli empowers women to understand their body and the transitions it goes through every day, and across life. We develop a device that uses saliva to capture hormone fluctuations at home, and an app that gives women the information they want to own their health decisions. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 07, 2020 |  |
| Planetary | Planetary develops ocean-based carbon removal technology to accelerate the natural carbon cycle. Planetary’s system purifies the mountains of alkaline rock waste left behind by large-scale mining operations, extracting the alkalinity from the rubble and putting it in the ocean, thus accelerating the carbon transition and rebalancing oceanchemistry.Planetary Technologies is on a mission to remove 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by 2035. | $600K | Angel | Aug 24, 2020 |  |
| Planetary | info@planetarytech.com | $600K | Seed | Aug 24, 2020 |  |
| Membio | Membio's single-use 0.2-10 L benchtop bioreactor system uses a proprietary design to provide a constant environment for cells at all scales. One technique will provide the same outcomes at all scales, whether at 0.2 L, 10 L, or anywhere in between. Fully automated single-use bioreactors designed by the business to enable cost-effective andscalable manufacture. | $3.2M | Seed | Apr 20, 2020 |  |
| Ada | Ada is a computer software company that features a chatbot-based platform that helps enterprise businesses to automate customer experience. Its platform operates through both web and mobile machine learning engine that reduces support volume and empowers customers to find answers on their own.The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered inToronto in Canada. | $44M | Series B | Mar 19, 2020 |  |
| Lobo Genetics | Lobo Genetics is a healthcare technology company with the goal of helping you better understand your response to cannabis through genetics. |  |  | Jan 01, 2020 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Panache Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/panache-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Capital Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-angel-network) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Creative Destruction Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creative-destruction-lab) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ramen Ventures invest in?

Ramen Ventures invests primarily in Software, Biotechnology and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ramen Ventures's check size?

Ramen Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$3.2M at Seed and $120k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ramen Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Ramen Ventures?

Public channels for Ramen Ventures 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 Ramen Ventures?

The team at Ramen Ventures includes Adam McNamara (Managing Partner & Co-Founder) and Joshua Tessier (Partner & Co-Founder). 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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