Wittington Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 by the Weston family's holding company, Wittington Investments, investing in technology-oriented startups across Canada and the US with support from affiliated Canadian retail brands including Loblaw, Shoppers Drug Mart, Choice Properties, and Holt Renfrew.
Wittington Ventures invests in Series A and Series B technology startups across climate tech, commerce, consumer, healthcare, and food technology, typically deploying around $7M per company toward a target of roughly 15 portfolio companies per fund.
The firm leverages its affiliation with Weston family retail brands to help portfolio companies secure rapid enterprise adoption and commercial partnerships.
Wittington Ventures closed its third fund at $128M, roughly 50% larger than its $86M second fund closed in 2022.
Lead LP Wittington Investments, the Weston family's private holding company, is joined by other undisclosed institutional investors.
The new fund brings the firm's total assets under management to approximately $585M across all funds and strategies.
Leadership
Investment Strategy
Average check size of approximately $7M per company, targeting around 15 portfolio companies per fund at the Series A and Series B stages.
Notable Investments
Jim Orlando — Managing Partner
Megh Gupta — Managing Partner
mgupta@wittingtonventures.com
Qasim Mohammad — Partner
qmohammad@wittingtonventures.com
Jodi Kessler — Partner
jkessler@wittingtonventures.com
Eli Scott — Investor
escott@wittingtonventures.com
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