THE HISTORY OF RAIVEN

Raiven emerged from co-founders Supreet and Paul’s initial discussions that an arbitrage existed between lower cost environments in Canada combined with the lack, at that time, of sufficient numbers of growth based (Series B and beyond) VC funds. While a handful existed, most Canadian tech companies looking to exponentially scale needed to go to the US, and in particular, Silicon Valley for capital. With Paul based in Toronto, and Supreet in SV, a cross-border fund was born. Additionally, because Supreet and Paul had extensive geographic networks and experience, they set up a venture team, pre-pandemic that was totally decentralized and born global from the outset.

What happened early on was the realization that the same relationship between low-cost environments at early life cycle stages exist with the same need for more mature ecosystem operational acumen, access to markets, and capital between many different tech ecosystems worldwide. Raiven quickly evolved to be a global venture fund, focused on building bridges between the best ecosystems in the world. A fundamental reality is that the cost of entrepreneurship is the cheapest it has ever been in history, and yet most companies die if they aren't quickly connected to markets and know-how. 

From a technology perspective, Raiven has always focused on founders employing operative AI and Internet of Things (IoT) to remove latencies in value chains in several sectors, building highly scalable, multiple revenue stream platforms. We help companies develop and execute well-developed milestone-based roadmaps, leading to faster pathways to positive cashflow, and high value exits.

Raiven began investing in late 2020 and has deployed its first fund across ten companies. Raiven invests in pre-Series A and Series A investments to create maximum lift. Raiven is managing its first portfolio of companies for growth and eventual exit. Its first exit, in the Middle East, from a seed fintech company yielded a 5000x+ return.