Prashant Matta is a Managing Partner at Panache Ventures, where he leads investment and growth strategies for Ontario. See sector focus and contact routes.
Prashant Matta is a Managing Partner at Panache Ventures, where he leads investment and growth strategies for Ontario and previously spent over three years at OMERS Ventures focusing on technology, media, and telecommunications. Panache is Canada’s most active pre-seed and seed-stage fund, with Matta’s investment thesis centered on Canada-based founders, primarily in B2B software (60% of the portfolio), consumer tech (30%), and deep tech (10%), while remaining sector-agnostic beyond those five key areas including proptech. The firm typically invests at the pre-seed and seed stages, and while Matta’s specific check size or lead/follow behavior is not publicly detailed, Panache strategically co-invests with angel investors and seed funds. Notable portfolio companies include Certn, Relay Financial, Dooly, and Nolk, all early-stage Canadian startups backed by the fund. Matta is a strong advocate for entrepreneurs across Canada, serves on the board of the Canadian Venture Capital Association, and chairs its government relations committee. He has written extensively on fintech, blockchain, and decentralized web technologies before recent hype cycles and act
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