About Roar Ventures
Roar Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of Toronto, Canada. As of Jun 2026, Roar Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 8 companies, with 2 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across Enterprise Applications and Enterprise Infrastructure sectors. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Laurence A lot of funds co-invest with Roar Ventures, with names like Scribble Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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Roar Ventures' List of Top Investments
Roar Ventures has a portfolio of 8 companies. Their most notable investments include c/side and Didit.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, across Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Roar Ventures:
1. c/side
Cloud-based reputation monitoring solutions provider. It is focused on monitoring, securing, and optimizing third-party scripts to protect against vulnerabilities in the browser supply chain. With a focus on browser-side detection and protection, it has emerged from stealth with significant funding to set new web security benchmarks.
Key facts about c/side
- Founded Year: 2024
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $9.39M
- Employee Count: 21 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Mantis VC, Uncork Capital and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jul 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Didit
Provider of identity verification solution. It provides digital identity by providing a decentralized, and privacy-first identity solution. The platform offers reusable KYC that allows users to verify once and reuse the verified identity data. Features include document verification, facial recognition, reusable authentication, and more.
Key facts about Didit
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $9.45M
- Employee Count: 34 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 26, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Ranger
Cloud based test management software. It leverages AI agents that writes and generates tests in real time. It enables users to find and fix bugs in the code. The platform integrates with the CI and CD pipeline to streamline the testing process.
Key facts about Ranger
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $8.9M
- Employee Count: 27 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: BoxGroup, General Catalyst and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 06, 2024, $*****
4. bem
Provider of AI data interface. It offers a platform for communication protocol, enabling engineering teams to transform any data point into the required schema without prior training or configuration.
Key facts about bem
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $3.7M
- Employee Count: 30 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Uncork Capital, Roar Ventures and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jun 06, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of client-side security platform for browser security, fraud detection. The platform focuses on protecting web users from attacks and companies from fraud. It offers features such as credit card skimming prevention, client-side fetched dependency security, and outbound data privacy monitoring. The platform also provides chargeback fraud evidence and job application fraud detection. It automates compliance with script inventories and header monitoring.
Key facts about Client Side Development
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: United States
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $7.7M
- Employee Count: 21 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Mantis VC, Uncork Capital and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 16, 2024, $*****
Roar Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
In 2025, it made 2 investments, while as of Jun 2026, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Laurence and most recent follow-on round was in Finch.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2024 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Roar Ventures' Investments by Stage
Roar Ventures has made 8 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.46M.Roar Ventures' Investments by Sector
Roar Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 8 Tech companies, 7 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 7 Software companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 4 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Roar Ventures' Investments by Geography
Roar Ventures has made most investments in United States (8).Roar Ventures' recent investments
Roar Ventures has made 2 investments in 2026 so far - Laurence and Didit.Here are the most recent investments by Roar Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 03, 2026 | United States | Seed | 6098 | [+5] | |
May 26, 2026 | United States | Seed | 9552 | [+8] | |
May 30, 2025 | United States | Series A | 6541 | [+11] | |
Apr 16, 2025 | United States | Seed | 8161 | [+6] | |
Dec 06, 2024 | United States | Seed | 3086 | [+15] |
Co-investors of Roar Ventures
Over the past 2 years, 58 investors have co-invested in Roar Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Roar Ventures: Y Combinator has invested before Roar Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Roar Ventures: 49 investors entered a company along with Roar Ventures. These include investors like Scribble Ventures (3 companies).
- Invested after Roar Ventures: A total of 8 investors have invested in Roar Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Uncork Capital (2 companies), Mantis VC (2 companies) and PrimeSet (2 companies).
Recent News related to Roar Ventures
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Finch Secures $20 Million to Rebuild Consumer LawBenzinga•Oct 15, 2025•Finch, DoorDash, Sequoia Capital, Roar Ventures and 1 other
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c/side: $6 Million (Seed) Secured To Fend Off Browser Supply Chain AttacksPulse 2.0•Sep 26, 2024•c/side, Uncork Capital, Mantis VC, Scribble Ventures and 2 others
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C/side raises $6M to prevent supply chain attacks by securing third-party scriptsSiliconAngle•Sep 16, 2024•c/side, Uncork Capital, Mantis VC, Scribble Ventures and 2 others
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Bem, an AI-Powered Data Interface, Raises $3.7M Seed to End Manual Data IntegrationBusiness Wire•Jun 06, 2024•bem, Uncork Capital, Roar Ventures,
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c/side: $1.7 Million Raised To Secure Browsers Against Zero-Day AttacksPulse 2.0•May 26, 2024•c/side, Scribble Ventures, Roar Ventures
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