About Beresford Ventures
Beresford Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of Delray Beach, United States. As of Sep 2024, Beresford Ventures has invested in 123 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Canada based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Life Sciences and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Hyivy Health Overall, Beresford Ventures portfolio has seen 8 acquisitions including key companies like Koa Health, Orbillion Bio and Fake Spot. A lot of funds co-invest with Beresford Ventures, with names like Kaszek sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Beresford Ventures has team of 6 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Beresford Ventures' List of Top Investments
Beresford Ventures has a portfolio of 123 companies. Their most notable investments are in Office Otter and Hyivy Health.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, United Kingdom and 9 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences, High Tech and 30 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Beresford Ventures:1. OpenSesame
OpenSesame is an online marketplace for buying/selling e-Learning courses focused on corporate employee training. Buyers browse online training courses in a wide variety of subjects (around 20k+ subjects) from workplace safety to business skills then purchase and start their courses instantly via their browser, by email, or delivered through any Learning Management System (LMS). The marketplace enables content developers of all sizes to reach new buyers without investing in additional sales and marketing resources.
Key facts about OpenSesame
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Portland (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $102M
- Employee Count: 330 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Partech Partners, Altos Ventures Management and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jul 21, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Koa Health
Provider of digitally-enabled mental health therapies and platform solutions. It offers clinically validated treatments for anxiety, PTSD, and social anxiety in children, teens, and adults. The solutions are designed for use by healthcare providers and families, facilitating collaboration towards recovery. A unified platform, provides access to support across the mental health continuum, encompassing lifestyle, prevention, and therapy. It also offers data and analytics to support population level insights. The approach prioritizes prevention and utilizes evidence based care. Healthcare providers use the platform to provide patients with mobile assisted tools for teleconsultation, mental health activities, stress management, and more. Mobile first treatments and progress-tracking tools are built by the company for the payers to monitor clients health and condition.
Key facts about Koa Health
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: £0 - £1M as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $36M
- Employee Count: 42 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: AA Sons, Mundi Ventures and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Chaldal
Online retailer offering multi-category grocery products. The product catalog includes beverages, fruits, vegetables, grains, coffee, meat, seafood, and more. It also provides personal care products, fashion, home care, and more. The company also provides its mobile application for Android and iOS devices.
Key facts about Chaldal
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Dhaka (Bangladesh)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $30M
- Employee Count: 799 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: ACE & Company, 500 Global and 28 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jun 26, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Develops animal-free lab-grown meat. The company develops cell-based meat products from heritage cell lines that are directly sourced from farmers.
Key facts about Orbillion Bio
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Berkeley (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $15M
- Employee Count: 8 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Seven Hound Ventures, Quiet Capital and 28 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 14, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Mediclic
Online platform offering a wide range of healthcare services. The platform offers a list of medical specialties to book video consultation services, and home-based healthcare services. Also, it offers an app for measuring the vital signs of a body.
Key facts about Mediclic
Beresford Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Beresford Ventures has invested in 123 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in CheckToBuild and most recent follow-on round was in Hyivy Health.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Beresford Ventures' Investments by Stage
Beresford Ventures has made 6 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.38M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $10M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 6 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Beresford Ventures' Investments by Sector
Beresford Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, HealthTech, Healthcare and Real Estate and Construction. Notably, it has invested in 103 Tech companies, 91 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 59 Software companies and at least 31 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Consumer | 1 |
HealthTech | 1 |
Healthcare | 1 |
Real Estate and Construction | 1 |
Others | 4 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Beresford Ventures' Investments by Geography
Beresford Ventures has made most investments in Canada (2), followed by United States where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Canada | 2 |
United States | 2 |
Colombia | 1 |
Spain | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Beresford Ventures' recent investments
Beresford Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Beresford Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 24, 2024 | Canada | Seed | 3413 | [+2] | |
Dec 14, 2023 | Spain | Seed | 8585 | ||
Apr 12, 2022 | Turkey | Seed | 2066 | [+4] | |
Jan 18, 2022 | Canada | Seed | 9369 | [+8] | |
Dec 2021 | Canada | Seed | 3013 | [+8] |
Acquired companies in Beresford Ventures' Portfolio
8 companies from Beresford Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Koa Health in Jun 2026 by PsychPlus for $*****.Here are Beresford Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 23, 2026 | - | - | 7096 | |
Oct 30, 2025 | - | - | 3771 | |
Dec 04, 2024 | - | - | 6238 | |
Aug 22, 2023 | - | - | 5698 | |
May 02, 2023 | - | - | 3990 |
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Team profile of Beresford Ventures
Beresford Ventures has a team of 6 members including 2 Partners located in United States. Beresford Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Beresford Ventures
Over the past 7 years, 67 investors have co-invested in Beresford Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Beresford Ventures: Vivek Garipalli, Amino Capital and 4 others have invested in rounds before Beresford Ventures. There is 1 company where Vivek Garipalli has invested before Beresford Ventures and 1 company where Amino Capital has invested before Beresford Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Beresford Ventures: 31 investors entered a company along with Beresford Ventures. These include investors like Kaszek (1 company).
- Invested after Beresford Ventures: A total of 30 investors have invested in Beresford Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Charge Ventures (1 company), Divergent Capital (1 company) and Crossbeam (1 company).
Recent News related to Beresford Ventures
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Hyivy Health Secures $2m Seed To Unlock New Model For Treating Pelvic PainNewswire•Sep 27, 2024•Hyivy Health, Zambon Pharma, Women's Equity Lab, Chai Ventures and 4 others
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Zambon Research Venture guides an investment round of 2 million Canadian dollars in the startup Hyivy HealthTecnomedicina•Sep 24, 2024•Hyivy Health, Zambon Pharma, Beresford Ventures, Angel One and 5 others
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Check to build raises €1.19M in a round in which Spanish and international funds participateEl Referente•Dec 14, 2023•CheckToBuild, SharpSheets, FIDES Capital Partners, Brain VC Fund and 1 other
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Justpoint Receives $50M Line of Credit; £300K in Bridge RoundFinSMEs•Jun 24, 2021•Justpoint, Beresford Ventures
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Zillow and Trulia founders invest in Latin American real estate startup La HausGeekWire•Jun 16, 2020•Zillow Group, La Haus, Trulia, Kaszek and 4 others
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Kaszek Ventures leads US$10M Series A in proptech La HausContxto•Jun 16, 2020•La Haus, Kaszek, NFX, Acrew Capital and 2 others
