All investors$5MQ2 2026Q4 2025
Staircase Ventures is a venture capital firm in Toronto, Canada. It invests at pre-seed to seed, it backs companies in B2B Software and it leads rounds.
Staircase Ventures
Toronto, Canada
Leads pre-seed and seed rounds in Canadian B2B software companies and pairs capital with a hands-on founder support platform.Source
At a glance
- Stage
- Pre-seed to Seed
- Industry
- B2B Software
- Lead
- Leads
- How to pitch
- Application form
What they look for
Backs Canadian B2B software companies that already have an initial product in market and early signs of product market fit, investing at the pre-seed and seed stage.
Portfolio highlights
Banting AIBiossilDBGorillaEventricFillipGalateaKINOMaveMedEssistRhentiSibliSiftMedTengivaUltimariiUna
Latest fund
- Fund size
- $36M
Their largest fund closed in the last two years, per SEC filings. This is the fund's size, not a check size.
From SEC filings
Board seats1
Eventric LLC
Chicago, IL · Technology
company round · Q1 2025
Companies where one of their partners holds a board or officer seat. Typical round: $5M to $20M. Amounts are the company's whole round, not this investor's check.
Named on filings1
Janet Bannister
Director
Last filed 3 April 2026
Funds
Staircase Ventures Fund II LP
$36M closed of a $37M target
Staircase Ventures Fund II LP
$22M closed of a $32M target
Fund filings by quarter
Q3 2024Q2 2026
SourcesLast updated 29 September 2026
Told us whether they lead, their logo, how they take pitches, how to apply, what they invest in, the stage they invest at, the one-line description above and what they look for. Checked 23 September 2026.
Told us their portfolio. Checked 23 September 2026.
Website
Confirmed as theirs on 22 September 2026.
SEC Form D, 2 filings
Funds, partners and board seats. Filed between 4 December 2025 and 3 April 2026.