Radical Ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Toronto, Canada
Countries of investment
- Canada
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
Investment stages
- Pre-Seed
- Seed
- Series A
- Series B
Industries
- Artificial intelligence
- Foundation models
- AI infrastructure
- Healthtech
- Biotech
- Quantum computing
- Autonomous vehicles
- Robotics
- Space tech
About
Radical Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm focused on artificial intelligence. Their focus spans foundation models, AI infrastructure, healthtech, quantum and autonomous systems across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and France. The firm supports founders from pre-seed through Series B stages.
Radical Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm focused on artificial intelligence. Their focus spans foundation models, AI infrastructure, healthtech, quantum and autonomous systems across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and France. The firm supports founders from pre-seed through Series B stages.
Investment Thesis
Radical Ventures is a pre-seed to Series B stage firm investing exclusively in AI, backing research-driven founders applying AI to large markets and deep technical problems. The firm differentiates itself as one of the largest dedicated AI funds globally, with a portfolio including Cohere, Waabi and Xanadu.
Manager's Experience
Founded in 2017 in Toronto by Jordan Jacobs and Tomi Poutanen, co-founders of Layer 6 AI (acquired by TD Bank), alongside Maksims Volkovs. Offices in Toronto, San Francisco and London. Closed a $650M Fund III in October 2025, one of the largest dedicated AI funds globally. Notable LPs include Fei-Fei Li. Portfolio includes Cohere, Waabi, Xanadu and AbCellera.
Team
Jordan Jacobs - Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Tomi Poutanen - Co-Founder & Partner
Aaron Brindle - Partner
Rob Toews - Partner
Parasvil Patel - Partner
Blair Bernholtz - Partner & CFO
David Katz - Operating Partner
Portfolio
Cohere
Waabi
Xanadu
AbCellera
Ada
Crusoe
Covariant
Cinder
Outset
P-1 AI