Pulse Ventures

Pulse operates as a venture merchant bank, not a traditional venture capital fund. It provides on-demand investment banking, corporate finance, and investor relations services to emerging companies. It also deploys its own capital directly into select companies, creating alignment through co-investment and an advisory relationship that acts as an extension of the management team.

Pulse works with companies from seed-stage through to public market liquidity and beyond, per its website. The firm adapts its approach based on a company's specific development stage, from early capital raising to mature public-market communications and syndicate assembly.

The firm is led by its two Partners, Jordan Stewart, CFA and Nick Goplen, CFA. The website lists no additional investment professionals. Both have backgrounds in merchant banking, sell-side financing, M&A, private equity transactions, and public market communications, according to the firm's published biography.

Pulse does not publicly disclose any fund structure or third-party LP capital. It presents itself as a merchant bank deploying its own balance sheet alongside advisory services, rather than as a manager of a committed venture capital fund. No AUM or fund close details are publicly available.

Pulse is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, and targets emerging companies. While it does not state a strict geographic mandate, its location, network, and self-description as a Calgary-based firm suggest a primary focus on Western Canadian growth-stage and emerging businesses.