Tech-active · Toronto, ON
Good News Ventures
True-grit founders, AI and blockchain bets.
- Cheque
- Not disclosed
- Role
- Follows a lead
- Pace
- Selective right now
- Kind
- Tech-active
- Based in
- Toronto, ON
- Works in
- EN
- Last deal seen
- January 2025
- Sectors
- AI and machine learning, Web3 and crypto, SaaS
Their thesis, in full
Toronto pre-seed and seed fund backing true-grit founders globally. Sector-agnostic with a strong focus on AI (agents, generative tools, predictive analytics, automation) and Blockchain (infrastructure, middleware, DeFi), it invests in B2B and B2B2C technology startups with early traction (users, pilots or revenue).
What they bring past the cheque
- First-check pre-seed capital
- Generalist sector flexibility
- Resilient founder backing
- Selective deployment pace
- Next Level Program hands-on support
Questions they usually ask
Have an answer ready for each one before the first call.
- What about your founding story tells us you will keep going when this gets hard?
- What is the smallest viable wedge into your market, and how do you expand from there?
- How much runway does this round buy you and what does the next 18-month plan look like?
Follow-on
Good News writes first cheques at pre-seed and seed and reserves capital to bridge or pro-rata into the Series A when the conviction holds. Founders are expected to keep the partners close on milestones and GTM iterations.
Who to talk to
- Marat MukhamedyarovManaging PartnerLinkedIn ↗
- Mohan MarkandaierManaging PartnerLinkedIn ↗
Portfolio
Names they back, most notable first.
- PipeshiftSeed · 2025
- Spellbook
- Voiceflow
- Stay22
- Quandri
- Datafold
- Fleetops
- Huddle01
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