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ventureLAB: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

ventureLAB’s innovative start-up support model connects their clients to create a supportive community of entrepreneurs focused on learning, sharing talent, and leveraging ideas. This collaborative model is central to the success of ventureLAB and it's entrepreneurs clients.

www.venturelab.ca LinkedIn Markham, Canada 51-100 employees
Business Development Non Profit Social Entrepreneurship
Total raised
$8.0M
Rounds
3
Latest
Undisclosed round
Jan 2024

ventureLAB has raised $8.0M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $4.5M announced in Jan 2024.

That round is above the $2.3M median round size for Community and Lifestyle companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

ventureLAB Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$8.0M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$4.5M in Jan 2024
Employees
51-100
reported band
Headquarters
Markham, Canada

Latest funding round on record: Jan 2024.

ventureLAB Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$4.5M
Undisclosed round
$1.0M
Grant
$2.5M

ventureLAB raised $2.5M in a Grant announced in Apr 2022.

8 months later, an undisclosed round of $1.0M was announced in Dec 2022.

1.1 years later, an undisclosed round of $4.5M was announced in Jan 2024.

ventureLAB Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Melissa M Chee
Founder
Locked
Melissa Chee
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the ventureLAB team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Segment
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Median round
3,081
$2.2M

ventureLAB's latest round of $4.5M is above the median round in Community and Lifestyle. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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ventureLAB Funding FAQs

What does ventureLAB do?

ventureLAB’s innovative start-up support model connects their clients to create a supportive community of entrepreneurs focused on learning, sharing talent, and leveraging ideas. This collaborative model is central to the success of ventureLAB and it's entrepreneurs clients.

How much funding has ventureLAB raised?

ventureLAB has raised $8.0M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $4.5M announced in Jan 2024.

When did ventureLAB last raise funding?

ventureLAB's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $4.5M, announced in Jan 2024.

Who founded ventureLAB?

FundedIQ lists Melissa M Chee (Founder) at ventureLAB.

Who is the CEO of ventureLAB?

Melissa Chee is listed as CEO at ventureLAB.

Where is ventureLAB headquartered?

ventureLAB is based in Markham, Ontario, Canada.

How many employees does ventureLAB have?

ventureLAB is in the 51-100 employee band.

How does ventureLAB's funding compare to other Community and Lifestyle startups?

ventureLAB's latest round of $4.5M is above the $2.3M median round size for Community and Lifestyle companies on FundedIQ across 1,484 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's ventureLAB Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for ventureLAB is left off this page rather than filled in.

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