Organization · Venture Studio
Koru
Koru is a venture studio based in Toronto, Canada, focused on partnering with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan portfolio companies to create and build new ventures across various sectors, including healthcare and climate tech.
Overview
What Koru does
What Koru is
Koru is a venture studio based in Toronto, Canada, focused on partnering with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan portfolio companies to create and build new ventures across various sectors, including healthcare and climate tech.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports funder and program host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Venture Studio
- Founded
- Founded in 2019
- Approximate age
- About 7 years
- Structured capabilities
- Funder · Program host
- Last reviewed
- March 5, 2026
What Venture studio means
A venture studio is an organization that systematically creates new startups by generating or sourcing ideas, validating them, building early products, recruiting founders or operators, providing shared resources, and retaining meaningful equity in the companies it helps create.
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Capability profile
Koru as a funder
Investment thesis
Koru invests in and builds transformative companies across various sectors, partnering with OTPP portfolio companies to identify and oversee new business opportunities. The aim is to create ventures that attract further investment and growth.
Focus narrative
Koru invests in and builds transformative companies across sectors such as healthcare, B2B services, financial services, and climate tech. By partnering with OTPP portfolio companies, Koru identifies, validates, and oversees new business opportunities that leverage competitive advantages.
Focus and fit
- Regions
- CanadaNorth America
Availability
- Currently deploying
- Not published
Portfolio and track record
Portfolio context
Notable portfolio companies include FYLD, an AI-driven field service management platform that enhances productivity, safety, and sustainability in fieldwork, and ReturnBear, a service that simplifies the returns process for e-commerce brands, reducing costs and improving sustainability.
Capability profile
Koru as a program host
Program thesis
Koru aims to build transformative companies that leverage competitive advantages in various sectors, including healthcare and climate tech. The studio focuses on identifying and validating new business opportunities for growth.
Focus narrative
Koru invests in and builds transformative companies across various sectors, including healthcare, B2B services, financial services, and climate tech. The organization partners with OTPP portfolio companies to identify, validate, and oversee new business opportunities that leverage competitive advantages.
Value and support
Founders working with Koru benefit from access to a network of experienced professionals, resources for business development, and support in navigating the complexities of launching and scaling new ventures.
Availability
- Application state
- Not published
Focus and fit
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- CanadaNorth America
Alumni and track record
Alumni context
Notable portfolio companies include FYLD, an AI-driven field service management platform that enhances productivity and sustainability, and ReturnBear, which simplifies the returns process for e-commerce brands, improving sustainability and reducing costs.
Common questions
What to know about Koru
Upseed classifies Koru under the Venture Studio organization type. Its current public profile includes funder and program host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 5, 2026
Known limits
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