JB

Janet Bannister

Founder & Managing Partner, Staircase Ventures

Toronto, Ontario

Work Experience

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    2023

    Staircase Ventures leads seed-stage rounds into Canada’s highest potential tech companies with unparalleled dedication to accelerating founders’ development and performance.

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

    Fillip is a digital payments platform that allows fleet operators to reduce costs, increase transparency, and improve operational efficiencies.

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

    Biossil is an applied AI drug discovery platform founded to develop targeted therapies for biologically defined patient sub-populations

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

    Rhenti is a marketing automation and leasing platform that improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the “lead-to-lease” process for the residential real estate industry.

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

    Sibli's enables institutional asset managers to make better decisions. Sibli's AI-platform processes unstructured data, identifies key insights, and delivers an information advantage.

  • Board Member

    2023

    Galatea enables oil & gas companies to digitalize, optimize, and automate the transportation and other logistics related to their waste, water, and other by-products.

  • Board Member

    2024

    Eventric's flagship product, Master Tour, helps tour managers organize and manage tour logistics. The platform has enabled over 2 million live events in 35 countries.

2014 - 2023

  • Managing Partner

    2014 - 2023

    Real invests in - and supports the development of - early-stage, visionary founders who are building innovative, impactful tech companies.

2020 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2023

    Clutch offers Canadians a best-in-class e-commerce experience for used cars - easy, transparent, and risk-free. Led Seed, participated in subsequent rounds.

2019 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2023

    Plum is helping enterprises and employees thrive in the fast-changing workplace through their talent management platform which is based on scientifically-validated assessments. Led Seed round.