# Slaight Communications

> Slaight Communications is a VC fund in Toronto backing Music, Retail and Big Data. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Slaight Communications is a VC fund in Toronto focused on Music and Retail. Slaight Communications, Inc. manages the internet radio portal Iceberg radio. The company has strategic alliances with Sirius Satellite Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $14M–$31M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 1 | 33% |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| Big Data | 1 | 33% |
| Shopping | 1 | 33% |
| Celebrity | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LANDR | LANDR is a leading AI-powered music production platform that empowers artists to create, distribute, and monetize their work. With a global community of over 6 million musicians, It provides cutting-edge tools and services to enhance music production and distribution. | $13.9M | Series B | Jul 16, 2019 |  |
| Influicity | Influicity empowers the media industry with the platform to search, book, measure and collaborate with influencers on YouTube and across the social media universe. The company is redefining what it means to be in the modern day media business, with its industry-first marketplace and platform, designed for the 21st century.Influicity makes itsimple and scalable for all players - marketers, media buyers, ad sales teams, productions companies, publishers, talent reps, studios, and others - to collaborate with the growing population of content creators & distributors. |  | Seed | Mar 02, 2015 |  |
| SHOP.CA | SHOP.CA is the first multi-merchant marketplace built for Canadians, and managed by Canadians.In June of 2012 the site launched and now has millions of products, across 28 categories, and includes over 5000 brands.SHOP.CA provides Canadians with the brands, products and services they need and want from trusted retailers, manufacturers andservice providers, all through one universal shopping cart and one account. Through a cloud based Marketplace-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform, SHOP.CA makes it easy for approved partners to list, price and sell their products and services they have online and/or offline to Canadians, through a single destination.By integrating social elements into the eCommerce platform and user experience, SHOP.CA engages and rewards Canadians for every purchase and for social activities that lead to purchases. | $31M | Series B | May 01, 2014 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Delaney Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delaney-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Difference Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/difference-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dream Maker Ventures (DMV)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dream-maker-ventures-dmv) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dynamic Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dynamic-funds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Export Development Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/export-development-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fonds de solidarité FTQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fonds-de-solidarit-ftq) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Slaight Communications invest in?

Slaight Communications invests primarily in Music, Retail and Big Data startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Slaight Communications's check size?

Slaight Communications typically joins rounds of $14M–$31M 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 Slaight Communications participates in.

### When did Slaight Communications last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Slaight Communications closed in Jul 2019. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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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