Hands-on partners to founders building software companies in high-growth markets.

Toronto-based. Early-stage focused. Operator-led since 2010.

What we do

Basecamp Venture Partners works alongside exceptional entrepreneurs building market-altering software businesses. We engage early — often pre-revenue, sometimes pre-product — and we stay close through every phase that follows: product development, business development, marketing, financing, hiring, and the hard decisions in between.

We are entrepreneurs ourselves. We understand where founders have been and, more importantly, where they have to go. We invest in domain expert founders and surround them with an ecosystem of experienced operators who help turn early market engagement into sustainable businesses.

Founder–investor alignment is the foundation of every partnership we build. If you're looking for partners for the whole journey, not just capital, get us involved early.

Portfolio

A selection of the companies we’ve partnered with.

PebblePost

Founded: Jul '14

Programmatic Direct Mail — PebblePost matches online actions with offline demographics to send timely, intent-driven direct mail.
Enso Connect

Founded: Aug '19

Enso Connect is a guest experience platform for short term rental property managers that leverages AI communication and home automation to improve guest experience.
Disco

Founded: Oct '20

Disco is a platform for creators to build and scale their live learning empire easily in one place.
Altrio

Founded: Mar '20

Real estate investment management software designed to help funds invest faster, smarter, and more confidently — from screening to closing.
Felix

Founded: Apr '19

Felix is Canada's leading digital health platform.
Courtyard

Founded: Jan '22

The Courtyard platform gives small businesses an agentic AI presence enabling them to engage in discovery, interactions and commerce.
Caribou

Founded: Jan '20

Caribou is a caregiver incentives platform that helps home care agencies attract and retain a motivated care team.
Starling

Founded: Jan '22

Starling is a B2B delivery platform for fragile and perishable goods.
Brave Commerce

Acquired: Rogers Media Mar'12

North America's first mobile commerce platform connecting mobile operators with local merchants offering daily deals.
Shopistry

Acquired: WPEngine Dec'24

Shopistry is a hosted composable e-commerce platform that takes the hassle out of going headless.
Ritual

Acquired: Apr'25

Ritual's mobile order & pay platform enables users to order ahead coffee and food to be picked up just-in-time.
Wisk

Founded: Jan '15

Wisk is the most advanced beverage and food management and analytics solution on the market for restaurants, bars and hotels.
Wysdom

Acquired: Calabrio Jan'24

Wysdom is a conversational AI analytics platform for enterprises. Acquired by Calabrio in 2024.
Unata

Acquired: Jan'18

Omni-channel commerce platform that leverages machine learning to power 1-on-1 customer experiences for major retailers. Acquired by Instacart in 2018.
SurfEasy

Acquired: Opera Mar'15, Symantec Nov'17

SurfEasy provides easy to use consumer solutions for protecting personal online privacy and security.
Chango

Acquired: Rubicon Project Apr'15

Chango is a programmatic RTB advertising platform that connects marketers with their exact target audience across all devices and media formats.
Joist

Acquired: Evercommerce Dec'19

Joist enables trades contractors to create estimates, send invoices, accept payments and manage jobs while on the road.
PushLife

Acquired: Google Apr'11

PushLife was a mobile entertainment and commerce platform for mobile operators.
Shopcaster

Founded: Jan'11, Ceased Operations Nov'13

Shopcaster was an ecommerce and fulfilment platform for local bricks and mortar retailers.
Flixel

Founded: Jan '13

Cinemagraph Pro is the award-winning pro tool designed exclusively for creating amazing cinemagraphs.
Gallop

Acquired: Big Viking Games Jan'16

Gallop's platform leverages data science and in-app behavioural analytics to help mobile publishers find and optimize the most valuable users for their applications.
ROAM

Founded: Jan '20

ROAM is a car subscription service that provides customers a car with insurance, maintenance and roadside assistance for one monthly price.
ChatKit

Founded: Jan '14, Ceased Operations Dec'19

ChatKit provided customer messaging infrastructure for mobile and web applications.

3 Funds invested
23 Companies backed
55 Founders supported
10 Exits to date

Across three early-stage funds, we've partnered with 23 nascent Toronto companies that started with 55 founders and grew to employ well over 1,000 people.

From the beginning, Robin and Duncan were both partners and friends, helping me solve many of the hardest problems I faced building Chango.

— Chris Sukornyk, Founder and CEO of Chango
Before I started thinking about fundraising, I talked to Robin and Duncan about my idea — we just kept growing it together from there.

— Chris Houston, Founder and CEO of SurfEasy
Entrepreneurs expect connections, hope for strategic direction, and dream of product support. With Duncan & Robin we get all three!

— Ian Collins & Jeff Brunet, Co-Founders of Wysdom

Team

Contact

Basecamp Venture Partners304–488 Wellington Street WestToronto, Ontario M5V 1E3Canada

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