# Thunder Road Capital

> Thunder Road Capital is a VC fund backing Digital Media. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jan 2012
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.thunderroadcapital.com

Thunder Road Capital is a VC fund in Toronto focused on Digital Media and Advertising Platforms. Thunder Road Capital, an Ontario-based venture capital firm, provides advisory and investment services to early stage technology companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$2.2M |
| Series A | $4.3M–$4.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Digital Media | 2 | 33% |
| Advertising Platforms | 2 | 33% |
| News | 1 | 17% |
| Beauty | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 2 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jordan Banks | Co-Founder | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-banks |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Polar | Polar provides digital media technology to publishers and advertisers. | $4.3M | Series A | Jan 23, 2012 |  |
| Nova | Nova is a technology that assists premium publishers in accelerating revenue growth from branded content. They collaborate with AOL, Conde Nast, News Corp, and The Telegraph to grow their direct-sold branded content businesses. With us The Branded Content Platform is designed specifically for premium publishers and includes distribution, campaignmanagement, and insight reporting features. Designers are entirely focused on solutions that increase views, improve operational efficiency, and demonstrate that branded content works. Designers work with publishers in different countries and have offices in Toronto, New York, London, and Sydney. | $4.4M | Series A | Jan 23, 2012 |  |
| Polar | Polar provides digital media technology to publishers and advertisers. | $2.2M | Seed | Dec 01, 2010 |  |
| Nova | Nova is a technology that assists premium publishers in accelerating revenue growth from branded content. They collaborate with AOL, Conde Nast, News Corp, and The Telegraph to grow their direct-sold branded content businesses. With us The Branded Content Platform is designed specifically for premium publishers and includes distribution, campaignmanagement, and insight reporting features. Designers are entirely focused on solutions that increase views, improve operational efficiency, and demonstrate that branded content works. Designers work with publishers in different countries and have offices in Toronto, New York, London, and Sydney. | $2.2M | Seed | Dec 01, 2010 |  |
| Well.ca | Well.ca is Canada's online destination for health, beauty and baby products and offers over 40,000 products with free shipping on all orders over $29. They also boast Canada's largest online assortment of Green & Natural products. With offices and a warehouse located in Guelph, Ontario, and an office in downtown Toronto, Well.ca is aproudly Canadian company that focuses on giving customers a simple and hassle-free shopping experience. | $2.3M |  | Oct 01, 2010 |  |
| The Mark News | The Mark is Canada's daily online forum for news, commentary, and debate.The Mark is founded on the idea that thousands of credible Canadians have important things to say but cannot reach a national audience. Many want to publish their ideas but have no forum in which to do so. Two million Canadians live abroad and have a deepunderstanding of the countries and organizations within which they live and work, and yet no publication collects and shares their insights. For these great Canadians, here and abroad, The Mark will be their platform. |  |  | Feb 08, 2010 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BlueSky Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluesky-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Audrey Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audrey-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hedgewood](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hedgewood) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innovation Grade Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-grade-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inovia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inovia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Thunder Road Capital invest in?

Thunder Road Capital invests primarily in Digital Media, Advertising Platforms and News startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Thunder Road Capital's check size?

Thunder Road Capital typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$2.2M at Seed and $4.3M–$4.4M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Thunder Road Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Thunder Road Capital?

Public channels for Thunder Road Capital include 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 Thunder Road Capital?

The team at Thunder Road Capital includes Jordan Banks (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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