Clay crosses $100M ARR · Maple was the first check in 2017 → Clay lets employees sell at $5B valuation Neo Financial raises Series C · Canada's next big bank Playbook closes $18M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures Maple co-leads $4M seed for Inference.AI AutoLeap closes $30M Series B BenchIQ raises $2.8M CAD pre-seed

We believe first.

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Kareem Amin

Clay

Helping businesses grow with the most powerful data platform

From McGill

Kathleen Chan

Calico

Making supply chains transparent

From U of T

Matt Loszak

Aalo

Powering the world

From Queen's

Andrew Chau

Neo Financial

Building Canada's next great bank from the ground up

From Saskatchewan

Eden Ovadia

Finny

Helping financial advisors grow

From McGill

Robbie Deeks

Blacklake

Solving national security challenges

From Laurier

Brennan Spellacy

Patch

Making carbon removal easy for businesses around the world

From McGill

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First Check

We were the first check in Clay at seed in 2017.

Before the $5B valuation. Before $100M ARR. Before Silicon Valley was paying attention — Kareem Amin walked in with a conviction and we wrote the check. This is what it means to believe first.

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$5B

Clay valuation today

2017

First check

We invest globally.

We work within communities that lead us to the best founders working on the most cutting-edge opportunities, across every sector and every geography.

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We're based in SF. We invest in founders in San Francisco because it's where talent, capital, and speed converge—and where the best ideas compound fastest.

Canada

The gap is recognition — Canadian schools produce Ivy League quality talent but are globally underrated at the earliest stages.

Cambridge

Harvard Business School produces a disproportionate number of exceptional operator-founders. Our relationships here run deep — we see deals early, back them early, and show up when it matters most.

Korea

Korean founders building globally are some of the most capital-efficient builders in the world. We invested in this community before the Valley was paying attention — and we're still the most connected fund in it.

Read our investment memos.

Why we wrote the first check — and why they said Yes.

At Maple VC, we don't just invest early — we invest first. When evaluating companies at the earliest stages, we rely on our Maple Investment Framework: the Talent Framework and the Investment Framework to clarify our conviction.

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