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Janet Bannister

Managing Partner at Staircase Ventures

Toronto, Ontario

Overview 

Janet Bannister is the Founder and Managing Partner of Staircase Ventures in Toronto, known for investing in various sectors like Enterprise Applications and FinTech. With a background in digital strategy and entrepreneurship, she has successfully invested in companies such as Canvass AI and Clutch, showcasing her strong leadership and strategic planning skills in the tech industry.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    2023 - Current

    Staircase Ventures leads seed-stage rounds into Canada’s highest potential tech companies with unparalleled dedication to accelerating founders’ development and performance.

  • Board Member

    2023

    Fillip is a digital payments platform that allows fleet operators to reduce costs, increase transparency, and improve operational efficiencies.

  • Board Member

    2023

    Biossil is an applied AI drug discovery platform founded to develop targeted therapies for biologically defined patient sub-populations

  • Board Member

    2023

    Rhenti is a marketing automation and leasing platform that improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the “lead-to-lease” process for the residential real estate industry.

  • Board Member

    2023

    Sibli's enables institutional asset managers to make better decisions. Sibli's AI-platform processes unstructured data, identifies key insights, and delivers an information advantage.

  • Board Member

    2023

    Galatea enables oil & gas companies to digitalize, optimize, and automate the transportation and other logistics related to their waste, water, and other by-products.

  • Board Member

    2024

    Eventric's flagship product, Master Tour, helps tour managers organize and manage tour logistics. The platform has enabled over 2 million live events in 35 countries.

  • Managing Partner

    2014 - 2023

    Real invests in - and supports the development of - early-stage, visionary founders who are building innovative, impactful tech companies.

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2023

    Clutch offers Canadians a best-in-class e-commerce experience for used cars - easy, transparent, and risk-free. Led Seed, participated in subsequent rounds.

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2023

    Plum is helping enterprises and employees thrive in the fast-changing workplace through their talent management platform which is based on scientifically-validated assessments. Led Seed round.

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