ABOUT
US
Investing in Founders
Who Shape the Future
We focus on pre-seed and seed, but we have invested up to Series C. We do not have LPs and are open to building exponential companies or steady cash flow companies. We believe the founders should oversee their destiny, not investors.
Because we’ve been there—under the gun of venture capital and under the gun of being bootstrapped. But that doesn’t mean we won’t push you to your best.
With no website and virtually no presence, we’ve done over 50 deals in the last five years and have formed a community of exceptional entrepreneurs.
Who we are
Michele and Anatoliy have been working as a team since engineering undergrad when they decided to take the unconventional route and leave school to start a company.
Having no idea and no money, they entered business plan competitions, earning their seed capital to get started.
They first built a vertically integrated caviar fishery out of New Brunswick, then started early in the e-commerce business in 2010, launching Buytopia, which became one of the fastest-growing companies in Canada. They were early in AI, launching SnapSaves, which was acquired by Groupon in 2014.
Anatoliy launched Safe Direct Medical in 2019, which hit over $50M in revenue in the first six months. Michele launched Clearco in 2015, which hit unicorn status and has deployed more than $5B of capital to over 10,000 companies in 13 countries worldwide, becoming the category creator of revenue-based financing. She joined the cast of Dragons’ Den over a decade ago.
Together, they love growing and mentoring founders and creating the next generation of entrepreneurs.
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We invest across industries and have a focus on AI, fintech, and consumer. We’ve done deals as weird as last-mile delivery in space to new pharmaceuticals. We don’t get turned off by much.
With no website and virtually no presence, we’ve done over 50 deals in the last five years and have formed a community of exceptional entrepreneurs.