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Real Ventures
Venture capital firm · Founded 2007 · Active in 2026
Real Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Canada, founded in 2007. The page below shows 8 Power Law outcomes from Real Ventures's portfolio — 7 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Fintech · AI; top portfolio geographies are Canada · USA. Real ranks #322 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 8 Real Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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Canada6
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USA2
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eCommerce & Marketplaces3
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Fintech2
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AI2
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Edtech1
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Series B+1
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Series A2
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Seed5
Real's 8 Power Law outcomes.
Where Real's founders come from — and where they study.
19 founders across the 8 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of Toronto and Hybris are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Real.
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How does Real stack up?
Real in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsSentiment on X
What X is saying about Real Ventures
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Real on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
In the news
Latest news about Real Ventures
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Real — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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