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Storytime Capital Fund II

Geography: Canada
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: C$14M
Focus: Consumer & Commerce and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Storytime Capital Fund II

Storytime Capital Fund II is a venture capital firm based in Canada, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in Consumer Commerce, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionCanada

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

Consumer & Commerce

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Canadian AI/legal-tech founders, Startupfest-connected, ecosystem-engaged

Canada-based

early-stage

AI-tech

ecosystem-builder

talent-pipeline

founder-education

legal-tech

AI-agents

Bullish Signals

Active intern program, Schulich top-10 awardexternal

Strong Toronto VC ecosystem tiesexternal

20+ industry mentors in networklinkedin

Fund actively posts & engages LinkedInlinkedin

ENTR 6960 won TEA top-10, Winter '26linkedin

2,000+ LinkedIn followers, consistent engagementlinkedin

Neil Grunberg Startupfest panel, founder mentorbetakit

Active Startupfest participation, CDN tech visibilitybetakit

Portfolio: Bloks named Canada Top 100 AIlinkedin

Founder Marc Gingras, Mila residency, serial founderlinkedin

Clerq exits stealth, proves 5yr focused thesislinkedin

Clerq AI-agents deliver real attorney workflowslinkedin

Portfolio depth: legal-tech & AI convergence betexternal

Clerq rebrand NLPatent, 5-year research foundationlinkedin

Clerq ships 2 workflows, stealth CAB testedlinkedin

Stephanie Curcio passionate long-term mission founderlinkedin

Clerq agents execute end-to-end patent worklinkedin

Professional services AI with attorney oversightlinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Network-gated, academia-heavy deal flowexternal

Visibility skews educational, not deal-focusedlinkedin

Founder Do's

Engage with Canadian university ecosystems

Value mentorship & talent pipelines

Leverage Schulich / York University network

Welcome intern & student involvement

Tap founder mentors for real lessons

Pursue AI/tech category recognition

Build long-term, focused thesis (5+ yrs)

Ship workflows in stealth with advisors

Founder Don'ts

Expect purely transactional relationship

Skip community & network signals

Ignore founder peer learning culture

Rush to pivots, chase fads

Launch cold, skip customer validation

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund SizeC$14M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Neil Grunberg, Ryan Kimel, Lauren Epstein

Chris CarderPartner / GP

Neil GrunbergPartner / Associated

Shray Kumar BhatnagarTeam Member

Lesley ChenTeam Member / Intern

Sophie WuTeam Member / Intern

Artem ChaykovskyyTeam Member / Intern

Shay NulmanExternal / Peer Educator

Marc GingrasFounder / Portfolio

Stephanie CurcioFounder / Portfolio

James StonehillFounder / Portfolio

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