Information Venture Partners

Information Venture Partners (IVP) is a Toronto-based venture capital firm founded in 2014, specializing in early-to-growth-stage B2B fintech and enterprise software companies across North America. The firm traces its origins to 2001, when it operated as RBC Venture Partners, the venture capital affiliate of Royal Bank of Canada. In 2014, with support from leading institutional limited partners, Co-Founders and General Partners Robert Antoniades and David Unsworth established the firm as an independent entity. The team of six includes two Partners, two Venture Partners, and one Principal. IVP has raised three funds: Fund I at $100 million CAD in 2014, Fund II at $96 million CAD in 2016, and Fund III at $124 million CAD in 2019, totaling over $320 million CAD. The firm has since shifted to SPV-style investing, forgoing a traditional Fund IV. IVP leads rounds and invests $5 to $10 million per company, with an average Series A round size of $7.83 million. Investment focus areas include banking technology, cybersecurity, embedded finance, and technology for the office of the CFO. The portfolio spans 34 companies with one unicorn in BigID, 16 acquisitions, and notable exits including Verafin, Adaptive Insights (now Workday Adaptive Planning), and Igloo Software. Active portfolio companies include eSentire in cybersecurity, DealMaker in capital markets technology, and Wisedocs, which raised a $9.5 million Series A in February 2024 co-led with Thomson Reuters Ventures. Nue raised a $20 million Series A in January 2025. IVP brings decades of experience working with global financial institutions, which informs both its deal sourcing and its portfolio support model. The firm is a BDC Capital portfolio company and a Beyond The Billion partner, and it engages deeply with founders through governance, commercial partnerships, and strategic introductions across the North American financial services industry.