ScaleUP Ventures
VC Fund
Toronto, Canada
ScaleUP Ventures is a venture capital firm that supports creative entrepreneurs and assists with investments. It is focused on early-stage venture capital with a preference for Business-to-Business opportunities. The firm was founded in 2016 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.
- Total investments:
- 58
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 22%
- Fund size:
- $100M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries ScaleUP Ventures invests in
Stages ScaleUP Ventures invests in
Countries ScaleUP Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $100k–$7.5M
- Series A
- $2M–$17M
- Series B
- $15M–$65M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 14 (24%)
- SaaS 4 (7%)
- FinTech 4 (7%)
- Information Technology 4 (7%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (7%)
Stage
- Series A 13 (22%)
- Seed 10 (17%)
- Series B 8 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (5%)
- Series C 2 (3%)
Country
- Canada 19 (33%)
- United States 6 (10%)
- Egypt 1 (2%)
- South Korea 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Kimsa
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
Kiran Lingam
Executive In Residence
|
Executive In Residence | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kiran Lingam
Executive In Residence
|
Executive In Residence | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Laith Shukri
Senior Analyst
|
Senior Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Matt Roberts
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dream Appeal is a career growth platform that helps in management of career oriented goals and connect with peers with similar interest. | $1.4M / Series A / Nov 24, 2025 | ||
| Penny is an Intelligent CRM for Consultants working in the Direct Sales Industry | $24.8M / Series B / Jun 01, 2022 | ||
| Penny is an Intelligent CRM for Consultants working in the Direct Sales Industry | $26.8M / Private Equity / Jun 01, 2022 | ||
| Canalyst is a fundamental equity research platform for institutional analysts and PMs. The company helps clients save time in their research process and generate better investment ideas. Buysiders product especially when doing work on small- and mid-cap equities that tend to be under-covered, or when working on time-sensitive event-driven ideas.Founded and headquartered in Vancouver, BC, we’re an energetic team with a healthy obsession with accuracy and love of stocks. | $70M / Series C / Jan 18, 2022 | ||
| RoseRocket is order management software for transportation companies. The company helps trucking and freight providers manage critical steps in their order process. | $25M / Series A / Oct 13, 2021 | ||
| Our cloud based, enterprise level appointment scheduling and visitor management platform combines your on-location and digital channels, providing self-service booking and curbside pickup, online and physical queuing, wait time tracking, callback requests and virtual meeting support as well as contact center integration. | $22.3M / Series B / Oct 05, 2021 | ||
| Rewind has been protecting businesses by backing up their SaaS data. Today, over 80,000 organizations in more than 100 countries use Rewind’s top-rated software and support. Rewind's solutions empower businesses to protect and recover the data they need for consistent growth. | $65M / Series B / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| #Paid is a tech company that operates a creative marketing platform that combines brand and creator collaboration. The platform allows brands to collaborate with relevant artists, travelers, storytellers, and photographers from all over the world for product placement on social media platforms. | $14.9M / Series B / Aug 26, 2021 | ||
| Nylas provides an API platform that enables developers to quickly and securely access and process user data from any email, calendar, and contacts provider in the world. The solution allows developers to integrate complex, unstructured communications data into their applications in days, providing secure pre-built integrations that are SOC 2certified, GDPR compliant, Privacy Shield certified, and HIPAA and FINRA-ready. | $120M / Series C / Jun 17, 2021 | ||
| Weelo is a software development company founded in 2017 and aims to streamline inefficient and complex home delivery processes | $100K / Seed / Mar 29, 2021 | ||
| See all 58 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does ScaleUP Ventures invest in?
ScaleUP Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 58 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is ScaleUP Ventures's check size?
ScaleUP Ventures typically joins rounds of $100k–$7.5M at Seed, $2M–$17M at Series A and $15M–$65M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ScaleUP Ventures participates in.
How do I contact ScaleUP Ventures?
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Who are the partners at ScaleUP Ventures?
The team at ScaleUP Ventures includes Kevin Kimsa (Managing Partner), Kiran Lingam (Executive In Residence) and Kiran Lingam (Executive In Residence), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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