Specialist · Toronto, ON
Information Venture Partners
B2B SaaS, financial services only.
- Cheque
- $2M to $10M
- Role
- Can lead a round
- Pace
- Selective right now
- Kind
- Specialist
- Based in
- Toronto, ON
- Vehicle size
- $124M
- Founded
- 2014
- Works in
- EN
- Last deal seen
- November 2025
- Stages
- Series B and later
- Sectors
- Fintech and insurtech, SaaS, Cybersecurity
Their thesis, in full
Pure-play B2B SaaS and fintech for North American financial services, spun out of RBC Venture Partners in 2014. Fund III closed in 2021 at $124M CAD ($101M USD), 25% larger than Fund II. In October 2024 the GPs forwent a Fund IV and shifted to single-asset, deal-by-deal SPV investing in later-stage companies (~$10M revenue); Fund III remains the last fund raised. Latest deal: $20M growth financing in DealMaker (Nov 2025, with CIBC Innovation Banking).
What they bring past the cheque
- Financial services depth
- Bank and insurer intros
- RBC heritage network
- B2B fintech scaling
- Compliance-aware GTM
Questions they usually ask
Have an answer ready for each one before the first call.
- Which tier-1 bank or insurer is your reference customer and what is the contract size?
- How do you navigate procurement, security review, and compliance at large financial institutions?
- What is the moat once another vendor lands at the same bank?
Follow-on
Information VP uses remaining Fund II and Fund III reserves to support existing fintech and insurtech portfolio companies and reinvest in its winners, while new later-stage positions go through single-asset SPVs; past rounds were syndicated alongside Inovia, Aquiline and Thomson Reuters Ventures. Founders share regulated-buyer pipeline and contract progression with the partners.
Who to talk to
- David UnsworthCo-Founder and General PartnerLinkedIn ↗
- Robert AntoniadesCo-Founder and General PartnerLinkedIn ↗
- Sara DefinaPartnerLinkedIn ↗
- Brendan FosterAssociateLinkedIn ↗
- Cristin GrayExecutive Assistant and Office ManagerLinkedIn ↗
Portfolio
Names they back, most notable first.
- NueSeries A · 2025
- DealMakerGrowth · 2025
- HelcimSeries B · 2024
- WisedocsSeries A · 2024
- Arteria AISeries B · 2023
- Strike GraphSeries A · 2021
Often in the same rounds
Investors seen alongside them in past rounds.
- Inovia Capital
- Aquiline Capital
- Thomson Reuters Ventures
- GGV Capital
- Bluefish Capital
- BDC Capital
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