# Janet Bannister at Real Ventures > Janet Bannister, Founder & Managing Partner at Real Ventures. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/janet-bannister (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Toronto, CA · Partner # Janet Bannister Founder & Managing Partner at [Staircase Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/staircase-ventures) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** 2 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 2 +5 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Staircase Ventures - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=janet-bannister)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=janet-bannister) ## The firm [**Staircase Ventures** VC firm · CA **1** cheques in 12 months **1** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/staircase-ventures) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Acorn Biolabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/acorn-biolabs) - [Algolux](https://millionrounds.com/company/algolux) - [Avidbots](https://millionrounds.com/company/avidbots) - [BIOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/bios) - [BenchSci](https://millionrounds.com/company/benchsci) - [Botpress](https://millionrounds.com/startup/botpress) - [Breathe Life](https://millionrounds.com/company/breathe-life) - [Bus.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/bus-com) - [Busbud](https://millionrounds.com/company/busbud) - [CALA](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cala-2) - [Canvass AI](https://millionrounds.com/startup/canvass-ai) - [Caravan](https://millionrounds.com/startup/caravan-2) - [Clearbanc](https://millionrounds.com/company/clearbanc) - [Delphia](https://millionrounds.com/startup/delphia) - [Densitas](https://millionrounds.com/startup/densitas) - [DropGenie](https://millionrounds.com/startup/dropgenie) - [Element AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/element-ai) - [Eli](https://millionrounds.com/startup/eli) - [Guiker](https://millionrounds.com/startup/guiker) - [HumanFirst](https://millionrounds.com/startup/humanfirst) - [Instant Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/instant-financial) - [Integrate.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/integrate-ai) - [Keatext](https://millionrounds.com/startup/keatext) - [Kooltra](https://millionrounds.com/company/kooltra) - [League](https://millionrounds.com/company/league) - [Livescale](https://millionrounds.com/startup/livescale) - [Locketgo](https://millionrounds.com/startup/locketgo-inc) - [LoginRadius](https://millionrounds.com/company/loginradius) - [Looka](https://millionrounds.com/startup/looka) - [Lotus Medical](https://millionrounds.com/startup/lotus-medical) - [Mejuri](https://millionrounds.com/company/mejuri) - [MindBridge AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/mindbridge-ai) - [Motorleaf](https://millionrounds.com/startup/motorleaf) - [My Intelligent Machines](https://millionrounds.com/startup/my-intelligent-machines-inc) - [Nectar Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/startup/nectar-technologies) - [Netlift](https://millionrounds.com/startup/netlift) 36 of 79 companies. ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Staircase Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/staircase-ventures)** Director of Staircase Ventures GP II Inc., the General Partner of Issuer on 2 filings · since 2025 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Dream Payments Corp.** Director on 3 filings · since 2016 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Staircase Ventures - [**Adam Meghji** Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adam-meghji) - [**Kristen Hamilton** Staircase Ventures Advisor and *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/kristen-hamilton) - [**Mike Wessinger** Staircase Ventures Advisor and *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-wessinger) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 2 Nov 2020 · 42 min 255. Launching Canada's #1 Local Classifieds Site, Kijiji, The Flourishing Canadian Tech Ecosystem, and What to Look for in Early-stage Marketplace Startups (Janet Bannister) With [Janet Bannister](https://millionrounds.com/person/janet-bannister) About this episode Janet Bannister of Real Ventures joins Nick to discuss Launching Canada's #1 Local Classifieds Site, Kijiji, The Flourishing Canadian Tech Ecosystem, and What to Look for in Early-stage Marketplace Startups. In this episode, we cover: Walk us through your background and path to VC What's the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Give First](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/give-first) · 24 Sept 2019 · 30 min Janet Bannister on human-centered investing With [Janet Bannister](https://millionrounds.com/person/janet-bannister) Mentions [John Stokes](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-stokes) About this episode Today, Janet Bannister is a Partner at Real Ventures, but when Founding Partners John Stokes and Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer first approached her about joining to give the firm a presence in Toronto, Janet was nonplussed. “Why would I go into Venture Capital?” she asked. “Isn’t Venture Capital all… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Janet Bannister in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 15 Jul 2021 · 9 min Investor Stories 201: What's Next (Basu Trivedi, Bannister, Chitnis, Perelmuter) Mentions [Guy Perelmuter](https://millionrounds.com/person/guy-perelmuter)[Janet Bannister](https://millionrounds.com/person/janet-bannister)[Nikhil Basu Trivedi](https://millionrounds.com/person/nikhil-basu-trivedi)[Sach Chitnis](https://millionrounds.com/person/sach-chitnis) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Nikhil Basu Trivedi Janet Bannister Sach Chitnis Guy Perelmuter Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 27 May 2021 · 11 min Investor Stories 194: Post Mortems (Hsu, Bannister, Garg, Iheagwam) Mentions [Avichal Garg](https://millionrounds.com/person/avichal-garg)[Janet Bannister](https://millionrounds.com/person/janet-bannister)[Jonathan Hsu](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonathan-hsu)[Simeon Iheagwam](https://millionrounds.com/person/simeon-iheagwam) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jonathan Hsu Janet Bannister Avichal Garg Simeon Iheagwam Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 4 Mar 2021 · 11 min Investor Stories 182: Lessons Learned (Bannister, Iheagwham, Dash, Hsu) Mentions [Janet Bannister](https://millionrounds.com/person/janet-bannister)[Jonathan Hsu](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonathan-hsu)[Somesh Dash](https://millionrounds.com/person/somesh-dash) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Janet Bannister Simeon Iheagwham Somesh Dash Jonathan Hsu Each investor illustrates a critical lesson learned about startup investing and how it's changed their approach. More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 14 Jan 2021 · 8 min Investor Stories 175: Why I Passed (Bannister, Carolan, Christian, Iltchev) Mentions [Janet Bannister](https://millionrounds.com/person/janet-bannister)[Reid Christian](https://millionrounds.com/person/reid-christian)[Shawn Carolan](https://millionrounds.com/person/shawn-carolan)[Villi Iltchev](https://millionrounds.com/person/villi-iltchev) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Janet Bannister Shawn Carolan Reid Christian Villi Iltchev Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 31 Dec 2020 · 10 min Investor Stories 173: Strange & Unusual (Casnocha, Bannister, Basu Trivedi, Abbasi) Mentions [Ben Casnocha](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-casnocha)[Farooq Abbasi](https://millionrounds.com/person/farooq-abbasi)[Janet Bannister](https://millionrounds.com/person/janet-bannister)[Nikhil Basu Trivedi](https://millionrounds.com/person/nikhil-basu-trivedi) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Ben Casnocha Janet Bannister Nikhil Basu Trivedi Farooq Abbasi Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? 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