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Pangaea Ventures Fund V

Geography: Canada
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $85M
Focus: SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Pangaea Ventures Fund V

Pangaea Ventures Fund V is a venture capital firm based in Canada, focusing on 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 StageSeed

Industry Focus

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Hard tech founders in materials, photonics, energy, agtech with proven tech

hard tech

materials science

photonics & networking

semiconductors

clean energy

agtech / foodtech

global scaling

Bullish Signals

25+ years hard tech investingexternal

40+ breakthrough ventures backedexternal

Offices in Canada, US, Japanexternal

SDG-aligned impact model in placeexternal

GP speaking at AGRI Tech Forum 2026linkedin

Active in Canadian agtech ecosystemlinkedin

Sarah paneling energy infrastructure financinglinkedin

CleanTech Alliance partnership signallinkedin

Corporate-startup collaboration thought leadershiplinkedin

Henkel CTO network brings Fortune 500 optionalitylinkedin

NLM Photonics Series A2 lead—10x modulation efficiencyexternal

Photonics named highest Transformative score segmentexternal

Co-investors: Diamond Edge, Emerald Tech, Tokyo Ohkaexternal

Third-party validated production-ready photonics materialexternal

Data center energy reduction at scale playexternal

Bridging Worlds event co-hosted Hakuhodo DY Holdingslinkedin

100+ corporate partners, investors convened Tokyolinkedin

Active mentor of Dioseve CEO global scalinglinkedin

TECHNIUM Global Conference panel presence confirmedlinkedin

Deep Japan ecosystem integration via partnershipslinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Very narrow hard tech focus onlyexternal

No comprehensive GP team publicly listedexternal

Founder Do's

Work in materials, chemistry, biology, or photonics

Tackle planetary-scale challenges

Leverage global network actively

Show measurable impact metrics

Lead with collaboration value before funding ask

Bring third-party validation of tech claims

Plan global scaling early, especially Japan

Founder Don'ts

Avoid soft tech / pure software plays

Don't skip impact measurement

Avoid straddling fence with direct competitors

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$85M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Chris Erickson, Andrew Haughian

Sarah ApplebaumPartner

Michael ToddAdvisor / Contributor

David WeekesBoard Member / Investor

Janelle GoulardPartner

Andrew HaughianPartner

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