# Robert Antoniades

> Robert Antoniades is a Series B investor at The Upside Foundation of Canada backing Software. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: The Upside Foundation of Canada
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertantoniades
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/RantonVC/

Robert Antoniades is a Series B investor at The Upside Foundation of Canada in Toronto focused on Software and FinTech. Robert Antoniades oversees and manages the RBC Venture Partners' portfolio on behalf of RBC. Robert joined RBC Venture Partners as a Managing Director in 2004 and led direct investments in a broad range of software and technology companies ranging from enterprise software to information security and from insurance applications to sales andtrading platforms. Robert also used his expertise in venture capital to assist in the development and commercialization of emerging technologies developed within RBC.Prior to RBC, Robert was a Vice President at BMO Nesbitt Burns Equity Partners and Executive Director of CIBC Capital Partners' Silicon Valley office in Menlo Park where he collectively made investments in financial services software, internet service providers, enterprise and internet software, e-healthcare, wireless application development, security products, optical networking and semiconductor companies, among others. Robert has over 15 years of venture capital investing experience.Robert currently serves on the Boards of Placemark Investments, Infobright Software, Verafin, Adaptive Planning, Brickstream and Igloo Software. Prior boards include Varicent (acquired by IBM) and ITM Software (acquired by BMC). Robert has a BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute and a Certified Investment Manager.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 39% |
| FinTech | 3 | 17% |
| Finance | 3 | 17% |
| Enterprise Software | 3 | 17% |
| SaaS | 2 | 11% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 4 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 22% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 28% |
| Canada | 4 | 22% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DealMaker | DealMaker is an AI-driven platform that provides companies with the unique ability to own their end-to-end capital-raising lifecycle. The company provides a single platform to acquire, convert, and engage retail investors. DealMaker's white label approach ensures companies own their data and their future while seamlessly managing compliance,payments and investor relations—letting them focus on building their brand, their community and their business. | $20M | Private Equity | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| ThoughtExchange | Whether you’re looking to engage ten stakeholders or a community of 10,000 people, ThoughtExchange allows leaders to drive strategic discussions at scale. Unlike meetings, ThoughtExchange ensures you’re not just hearing from the loudest voices in the room. Unlike surveys, respondents feel more comfortable answering tough questions candidly.Unlike polls, leaders receive dynamic, data-rich reports that list results according to priority and urgency. ThoughtExchange was founded in beautiful Rossland, British Columbia, but our teams enjoy working remotely from all over North America. | $13.5M |  | Nov 30, 2023 |  |
| Arteria AI | Arteria AI is a financial services-focused AI company that develops a contract lifecycle management platform for end-to-end digital contracting. Its contract lifecycle management platform helps users generate, negotiate, and turn the executed contracts into data to help clients diagnose problems, identify opportunities, and drive value for theorganization. The company's AI platform forms the documentation layer for banking processes and enables the real-time flow of data and analytics. By connecting documentation processes to the automation lifecycle, the company enables true straight-through processing in core business activities across the enterprise. | $30M | Series B | Oct 26, 2023 |  |
| Procurify | Procurify is a cloud-based procurement software solution that gives you control and visibility. Their main goal is to help your company generate cost savings. It's done by providing a platform to streamline purchases, give optimized spending, and increase visibility throughout the entire procure-to-pay process. | $50M | Series C | Oct 17, 2023 |  |
| nue.io | Nue is an easy-to-manage, omni-channel RevOps platform designed to meet the needs of the modern business. With Nue, RevOps teams can rapidly deploy opportunity-to-cash processes for direct and self-service sales – all the while delivering complete, accurate analytics to Finance. | $9M | Seed | May 23, 2023 |  |
| nue.io | Nue is an easy-to-manage, omni-channel RevOps platform designed to meet the needs of the modern business. With Nue, RevOps teams can rapidly deploy opportunity-to-cash processes for direct and self-service sales – all the while delivering complete, accurate analytics to Finance. | $6M | Seed | Jun 15, 2022 |  |
| Arteria AI | Arteria AI is a financial services-focused AI company that develops a contract lifecycle management platform for end-to-end digital contracting. Its contract lifecycle management platform helps users generate, negotiate, and turn the executed contracts into data to help clients diagnose problems, identify opportunities, and drive value for theorganization. The company's AI platform forms the documentation layer for banking processes and enables the real-time flow of data and analytics. By connecting documentation processes to the automation lifecycle, the company enables true straight-through processing in core business activities across the enterprise. | $10.9M | Series A | Mar 22, 2021 |  |
| ThoughtExchange | Whether you’re looking to engage ten stakeholders or a community of 10,000 people, ThoughtExchange allows leaders to drive strategic discussions at scale. Unlike meetings, ThoughtExchange ensures you’re not just hearing from the loudest voices in the room. Unlike surveys, respondents feel more comfortable answering tough questions candidly.Unlike polls, leaders receive dynamic, data-rich reports that list results according to priority and urgency. ThoughtExchange was founded in beautiful Rossland, British Columbia, but our teams enjoy working remotely from all over North America. | $10M | Series B | Jun 29, 2020 |  |
| ThoughtExchange | Whether you’re looking to engage ten stakeholders or a community of 10,000 people, ThoughtExchange allows leaders to drive strategic discussions at scale. Unlike meetings, ThoughtExchange ensures you’re not just hearing from the loudest voices in the room. Unlike surveys, respondents feel more comfortable answering tough questions candidly.Unlike polls, leaders receive dynamic, data-rich reports that list results according to priority and urgency. ThoughtExchange was founded in beautiful Rossland, British Columbia, but our teams enjoy working remotely from all over North America. | $20M | Series B | Dec 05, 2019 |  |
| Procurify | Procurify is a cloud-based procurement software solution that gives you control and visibility. Their main goal is to help your company generate cost savings. It's done by providing a platform to streamline purchases, give optimized spending, and increase visibility throughout the entire procure-to-pay process. | $18.6M | Series B | Jun 19, 2019 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Citi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citigroup) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Voyager Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/voyager-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [HarbourVest Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harbourvest-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Yaletown Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yaletown-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ascend Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascend-venture-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bluefish Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluefish-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About The Upside Foundation of Canada

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

The Upside Foundation of Canada brings the Canadian tech & innovation community together to do good by enabling early-stage, high-growth companies to share their future financial upside with charities; ensuring that today’s successful companies can pay it forward and lay the infrastructure for Canada’s prosperous future. Over 200 companies havepledged to donate stock options or warrants, which, upon a successful liquidity event, convert to a donation to the charity of their choice. Companies pledge with Upside when they are looking for a simple way to make an impact, build giving back into their company brand and culture, and connect with the Upside community of leading founders, investors and partners.

3 contacts available at The Upside Foundation of Canada.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jennifer Couldrey | Executive Director | — |
| Mark Skapinker | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-skapinker |
| Robert Antoniades | Co-Founder and Board member | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Robert Antoniades invest in?

Robert Antoniades invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Robert Antoniades last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Robert Antoniades closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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