Dapper Labs co-founders and Clearco’s Michele Romanow among first LPs in LOI Venture Fund I

Pre-seed fund announces close of half of Fund I and a slate of high-profile advisors and partners.

LOI Venture, the $20 million pre-seed fund launched this past December by Ryan Holmes and Manny Padda, has announced the first close of its fund, LOI Venture Fund I.

The fund’s slate of limited partners (investors), which have so far committed about half of the fund total, includes a who’s who of Canadian tech industry royalty. They include Dapper Labs c…