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who we are
Reshaping how homes and communities are built and experienced.
GroundBreak Ventures™ invests in entrepreneurs reshaping how our homes and communities are built, financed, and experienced. We back solutions that drive innovation across the built environment value chain and stay actively involved — providing capital, expertise, and partnerships that accelerate progress and deliver lasting impact.
As we expand our platform, GroundBreak Ventures is building a connected ecosystem for housing innovation linking venture capital, industry, and policy. Through the Healthy Home Innovation Fund (Fund II), the Centre for Housing Innovation and the CMHC Housing Supply Challenge, and the Downsview Housing Innovation Hub, we are creating the infrastructure to move ideas from prototype to real-world deployment.
We strive to solve problems throughout the built world.
These problems can be extremely complex, such as tackling housing affordability in major urban centres; or very basic, such as helping building owners meet new energy efficiency targets. Once we have identified the right team and the right technology, we leverage our decades of financial and real estate expertise to help open doors and accelerate growth. As entrepreneurs ourselves, we understand the value of a good partner and we are committed to achieving the impossible – together!
What we look for
Focused on early-stage opportunities—from pre-seed to Series A—that are driving innovation across the full building value chain, with the ability to follow on across multiple rounds
Strong, nimble founders
We understand that building a technology business in today’s dynamic environment is hard work. Adapting to rapidly evolving customer needs, making difficult personnel decisions, and fending off new competitive threats requires leadership to act decisively and the ability to pivot when necessary are paramount to success.
Ability to scale
Not all PropTech businesses are a good fit for our venture investment. We look for businesses with large addressable markets, minimal customization and a predictable, repeatable sales model.
Attention to detail
While we really love big ideas, we love strong execution even more. To grow into a viable business, an idea requires processes in place to plan, track, analyze and evaluate. In our experience, doing the little things right is highly correlated to profitable outcomes.
Timing
Product/market fit can be as much about timing as it is about the product or the market. We look for companies that are addressing a material pain point in the market today, and have a vision for where that market might be tomorrow.