Tech-active · Toronto, ON
FutureSight
Day-zero co-founding for vertical AI.
- Cheque
- Not disclosed
- Role
- Can lead a round
- Pace
- Actively deploying
- Kind
- Tech-active
- Based in
- Toronto, ON
- Founded
- 2021
- Works in
- EN
- Last deal seen
- August 2025
- Stages
- Pre-seed
Their thesis, in full
Toronto and San Francisco venture studio (founded 2021) that co-founds and funds vertical B2B AI-native SaaS companies from day zero with proven, repeat founders. Pre-seed capital comes from the studio's AI Company Creation Fund, announced at $15M in September 2025, and FutureSight is now raising its AI Builders Fund. Disciplined validation model across EdTech, ConstructionTech, WealthTech, Health and MedTech, with 9 ventures built to date.
What they bring past the cheque
- Day-zero co-founding
- Vertical AI expertise
- Venture studio playbook
- Toronto AI network
- Operator depth
Questions they usually ask
Have an answer ready for each one before the first call.
- What vertical pain point are you solving and why does AI win there?
- How will you assemble a founding team that combines domain and ML expertise?
- What does your data moat look like 12 and 24 months in?
Follow-on
FutureSight funds its ventures at day zero from the studio's AI Company Creation Fund, announced at $15M in September 2025, and supports them through their first institutional seed round. Crewscope's $1M pre-seed in August 2025 was raised from GroundBreak Ventures and the Ontario Centre of Innovation. FutureSight is now raising its AI Builders Fund and gives limited partners direct access to downstream rounds in its scaling companies.
Who to talk to
- John CarbreyManaging PartnerLinkedIn ↗
- Prathna RameshPartner, Capital and TalentLinkedIn ↗
- Alan SmithOperating PartnerLinkedIn ↗
- Krista LaRiviereOperating Partner
- Dennis EnsingVenture Partner
- Tom HsiehPartner, Strategic PartnershipsLinkedIn ↗
Portfolio
Names they back, most notable first.
- CrewscopePre-seed · 2025
- MercataPre-seed
- AddiePre-seed
- CaringAIPre-seed
- MedivoxPre-seed
- ArgentlPre-seed
- BloomLexPre-seed
- Gold HeronPre-seed
- KiyboPre-seed
Often in the same rounds
Investors seen alongside them in past rounds.
- GroundBreak Ventures
- Ontario Centre of Innovation
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