Investing Profile

Ricky Lai

VCInvestor

General Partner at Portage

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Networks Ricky is a member of

Katapult Accelerator Network

1378 CONNECTIONS

University of Waterloo Network

93 CONNECTIONS

Portage Network

24 CONNECTIONS

Portage Network

24 CONNECTIONS

Portage Network

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Current Investing Position

Portage Ventures General Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$655M

Ricky Lai is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Ricky Lai's Investments On Record (8)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Angle Health	Series CSep 2026$200M Series BDec 2025$130M Series AJan 2023$58M	$400M
Co-investors: David Blumberg (Blumberg Capital), Spencer Greene (TSVC Capital), Iris Quan (TSVC Capital), Waseem Daher (Pilot.com), Victoria Cheng (PruVen Capital), Iris Sun (500 Global), Nate Matherson
LeapXpert	Series UnknownJun 2026$180M Series BJan 2025$20M	$220M
Co-investors: Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures)
Elysian	SeedSep 2025$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Minnie Ingersoll (TenOneTen Ventures), Kyle Beatty (American Family Ventures)
OatFi	Series AJun 2025$24M	$46M
Co-investors: Laura Bock (QED Investors), Eddie Lee (White Star Capital), Julian Roeoes (picus-capital), Rex Salisbury (Cambrian Ventures)
Zeal	Series BOct 2024$15M	$29M
Co-investors: Natalie Sandman (Spark Capital), Keith Grose (Andreessen Horowitz), Matt Straz (FiDi Ventures), Omri Dahan (The Trium Group), Jason Gardner (Marqeta)
Ansel Health	Series UnknownJan 2024$20M	$43M
Co-investors: Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), John Kim (Brewer Lane Ventures), Colin Beirne (Two Sigma Ventures), Ron Bouganim (GovTech Fund), Zach Weinberg (Multiple Startups/Funds), Nat Turner (Operator Partners)
ChefHero	Series AJan 2023$10M	$30M
Co-investors: Laurence (Lo) Toney (GV (formerly known as Google Ventures)), Ameet Shah (Golden Ventures), Tom Williams (Liqvor Pharmaceutical), Ryan Moore (GrandBanks Capital), Jérôme Nycz (BDC Venture Capital), Dana Zachgo Wright (MATH Venture Partners)
Notch Financial	SeedOct 2022$11M	$11M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Dana Zachgo Wright (MATH Venture Partners), Ameet Shah (Golden Ventures)

Ricky Lai's Experience

Associate Katapult AcceleratorPresent

Senior Associate, Audit & Assurance KPMG CanadaPresent

Manager, Deal Advisory KPMG CanadaPresent

Associate MITHRIL360Present

Finance Propel HoldingsPresent

Senior Associate PortagePresent

Principal PortagePresent

General Partner PortagePresent

Partner PortagePresent

Ricky Lai's Education

University of Waterloo Bachelor of Science Biotechnology, Accounting

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