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Exit North Ventures

Geography: Canada
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $20M
Focus: SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Exit North Ventures

Exit North Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Canada, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionCanada

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Canadian fintech founders solving emerging manager ops, LP engagement, automation

Canadian fintech

early-stage

emerging managers

VC ops automation

AI co-pilot solutions

Bullish Signals

Decile Hub: $1B+ LP commitments, 900+ firms usingwebsite

AI co-pilot replaces external legal/tax counselwebsite

Responsive dev beats Carta and AngelListwebsite

One-click capital calls, automated LP onboardingwebsite

Integrated data rooms, CRM, accounting, legal toolswebsite

Portfolio company March K1/reporting automated entirelywebsite

Activity feeds track LP engagement history end-to-endwebsite

Multi-fund, multi-SPV admin under single platformwebsite

Manager testimonials: K1 distribution March, major speed winwebsite

Full deal memo builder, automated portfolio company updateswebsite

Generative AI chatbot saves outside counsel costsexternal

Contrarian Signals

Deliberately backs emerging managers despite LP risk perceptionwebsite

Frames emerging manager risk as upside optionality playwebsite

Tools empower small teams to compete institutional-gradewebsite

Reframes LP risk objection: upside > downside protectionwebsite

Mensarius Oath commitment signals values-first manager approachwebsite

Founder Do's

Build in Canadian fintech / VC ops

Attend CPPO events

Target emerging manager pain points

Pitch AI + automation for back-office

Show LP engagement speed gains

Founder Don'ts

Pitch non-fintech without clear angle

Focus on downside risk mitigation only

Ignore portfolio company data automation

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$20M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Michael Garrity, Gary Schwartz, Katherine Gregory

Tal SchwartzPartner

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