Top 20 Beauty VC Funds in Canada
A list of 20 VC funds that invest in Beauty startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Beauty companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Beauty VC Funds in Canada
Investor | Beauty Canada investments |
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District Ventures Capital | 3 |
Maple Leaf Angels | 2 |
Inovia Capital | 2 |
Hedgewood | 2 |
Longitude Capital | 1 |
Anges Quebec | 1 |
Disruption Ventures | 1 |
Desjardins-Innovatech | 1 |
Storytime Capital | 1 |
Dundee Venture Capital | 1 |
Accelia Capital | 1 |
Avonmore Developments | 1 |
Oxford Finance LLC | 1 |
Fondaction | 1 |
Harbinger Ventures | 1 |
Sherbrooke Innopole | 1 |
Lyra Growth Partners | 1 |
Crédit Mutuel Equity | 1 |
Thunder Road Capital | 1 |
BDC Venture Capital | 1 |
Venture capital funding for Canadian entrepreneurs. District Ventures Capital is led by Arlene Dickinson and invests in innovative food & health sector companies.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Retail
- Pre-Seed, Funding Round, Seed
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- NadaMoo — Grab a spoon, you're going to want to try this deliciously dairy-free coconut milk ice cream. Dairy-free, Gluten-Free, Plant-Based, Vegan, Non-GMO, Faire Trade, B-Corp. Our pints are filled with 100% goodness.
- Fody Food — Fody Foods Co. offers healthy, low FODMAP food products and recipes that are big on taste, and low in FODMAPs. Live and eat free of IBS symptoms!
- Three Farmers — Three Farmers believes everyone should have wholesome food to eat, an understanding of where it comes from and how it's made. We are a family business with Three Farmers and Two Sisters at the heart, committed to preserving he land through sustainable farming practices, providing nourishing food grown on family farms.
Maple Leaf Angels are an experienced group of private investors looking for great entrepreneurs, great products and great companies. Bringing together investment, experience and knowledge, we help accelerate companies to become market leaders in their industry.We focus on four main investment areas as follows:- Information Technology- CleanTechnology- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials- Special Opportunities
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- Health Care, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Canada, United States
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- Grüvi — Gruvi is a line of craft brewed alcohol-free beers & wines.
- Wyvern — Wyvern was created to unlock the secrets of the elec-tromagnetic spectrum by providing groundbreak-ing access to high-resolution and quality imagery.This will enable a sustainable future for humanity.
- EmergConnect — Emergconnect is creating the first ever digital 'front door' for patients seeking same day care.
We support entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey and build technology companies that generate a positive impact on society.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States, United Kingdom
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- Inscora — Inscora provides automated cyber risk assessment and sales enablement tools for cyber insurance brokers.
- Not Diamond — Not Diamond is the world's most powerful AI model router.
- Momentum — Momentum is a workflow automation platform built for revenue teams. It replaces manual work with automation and decreases context switching between all your sales tools.
Hedgewood is an investment firm active in venture capital, internet businesses, real estate, specialty finance, asset management, and private equity.
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- Health Care, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Canada, United States, India
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- Unito — Discover 2-way integrations to empower your digital organization to sync securely in under 12 minutes with a no-code solution.
- Vetster — Pet health starts with Vetster. Find and book veterinarians from across North America to provide excellent health care for your pet through video consults. Cats, dogs, reptiles, horses - all pets are welcome.
- Ready, Set, Food! — Ready, Set, Food! makes it easy for parents reduce their baby's risk of developing peanut, egg, and milk allergies by up to 80% with our gentle, daily system.
Longitude Capital is a healthcare venture capital firm that invests in transformative healthcare companies to unlock value and enable growth.
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- Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Canada, Ireland
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- OrsoBio — Developing first-in-class therapies to treat patients with metabolic disorders including diabetes, severe dyslipidemias, and more.
- Lassen Therapeutics — Lassen Therapeutics is developing novel, best-in-class biotherapeutics to improve the lives of patients suffering from serious diseases.
- Endeavor BioMedicines — Endeavor BioMedicines is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing transformational medicines for life-threatening diseases.
Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs.
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- Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Canada, Spain, United States
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- Propulso — Break the barrier between digital and physical world: target your competitors, target events, measure physical visits and generate results!
- Workstaff — Simplify workforce management, staff scheduling and time tracking with the Workstaff software and mobile app. Start for free and save time today!
- ReliON — End-to-end EV charging infrastructure Operation and Maintenance solution, integrated experience from problem detection to resolution.
Disruption Ventures invest in companies that are North American based, high growth at the Seed & Seed + stage.
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- Software, SaaS, B2B
- Seed, Series A
- Canada, Belgium, United States
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- Blanka — Create your own branded cosmetics line with Blanka in under 5 minutes. 100s of high quality vegan cruelty-free cosmetic, skincare and beauty products.
- Ginger Desk — Revolutionize your healthcare experience with virtual medical assistants from Ginger Desk. Get the help you need anytime, anywhere.
- Vee — Vee empowers you to change the world by doing good. Use our platform to make an impact & invest in your community. Join us in doing good!
Desjardins-Innovatech is a Canadian venture capital company that funds innovative businesses in diverse sectors across Quebec.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Concentric Agriculture — Concentric produces high-performance specialty biological products that naturally improve crop yields and replenish soils.
- LeddarTech — The leader in environmental sensing, fusion and perception for automotive and mobility, LeddarTech delivers actionable data for autonomous driving and ADAS.
- A3 Surfaces inc — A3 Surfaces Inc. offers a surface treatment service incorporating various antimicrobial agents directly into the anodized aluminum layer. The antimicrobial effect of these surfaces prevents the transmission of hospital-acquired infections. The technology used by A3 Surfaces offers antibacterial products that eradicate pathogens and can be used onall commercial, industrial or institutional surfaces. Founded in 2015, this Chicoutimi company employs 5 people.
We believe that work is being completely redefined in subtle and significant ways. Storytime capital has launched its inaugural fund of CAD$17.5m to invest globally in pre-seed or seed stage companies and the entrepreneurs that are influencing and writing the future of work story.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Apps
- Seed
- Canada, Australia
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- Blanka — Create your own branded cosmetics line with Blanka in under 5 minutes. 100s of high quality vegan cruelty-free cosmetic, skincare and beauty products.
- Monark — Monark is an on-demand leadership development platform that offers self-led and expert-facilitated programs to help you transform your career.
- Monark — At the Monark Ventures, we help great ideas live up to their fullest potential. We create, lead, and succeed.
Dundee Venture Capital invests $250,000-$1M in high-growth, early-stage technology companies. DVC invests across industries in founding teams they believe in. Most of DVC's investments are in e-commerce, B2B SaaS, or consumer networks.Dundee VC formally began in 2010. The root of the idea started much earlier when Mark Hasebroock, DundeeVC’s founding, and managing partner, was raising money for his two e-commerce companies, giftcertificates.com and Hayneedle.com, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, respectively.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Blanka — Create your own branded cosmetics line with Blanka in under 5 minutes. 100s of high quality vegan cruelty-free cosmetic, skincare and beauty products.
- Autobound — Autobound generates highly personalized sales emails and email openers in a single click, based on news events, job changes, shared experiences, and more. We've trained our machine learning model on millions of high quality sales emails to pinpoint what works best. Sign up for free and see for yourself!
- Echo Labs — Echo Labs is developing the first artificial intelligence capable of human-level transcribing.
Accelia Capital is a venture capital fund that invests in innovative companies with high technological potential. We aim for diversity, performance, and impact by favoring businesses owned or led by women. They invest in the most promising start-ups that have completed the development of a product or service and have gained some market validation.Their portfolio companies also benefit from the support of renowned female investors who contribute their network of contacts and expertise in various fields.
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Investment focus
- Beauty, Wellness
- Funding Round
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Omy Laboratoires — Omy Laboratoires develops and manufactures personalized cosmetic skin-care products using its AI based skin analysis system.
Avonmore Developments is the family office of Simon and Michael Blakey that focuses on investments into seed and early-stage businesses, primarily in the UK and Europe. Avonmore has been operating since 2000 and has invested in over 40 different businesses in over 80 funding rounds. Michael Blakey now runs Singapore-based seed fund Cocoon Capital(www.cocooncap.com) that invests in early stage businesses across SE Asia. Simon Blakey is a member of Cambridge Angels, Chairs the Investment Committee of Playfair Capital (www.playfaircapital.com) and is on the investment committee of the Angel CoFund (www.acfinvestors.com/angel-cofund/)Avonmore's approach to deals is hands-on: mobilising other angel investors, working actively with entrepreneurs post-deal, and coordinating further funding rounds.
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- Software, Apps, Advertising
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Japan, Canada
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- Kuai Commerce — Kuai Commerce is a next-generation solution for ambitious brands looking to sell directly to Chinese Gen Z consumers through the power of social commerce. Our tech-enabled services provide market entry and brand acceleration options for emerging category-leaders who otherwise would find the complexity of China prohibitively challenging
- ManholeMetrics — We are a multi-award winning sensor and analytics start-up on a mission to stop flooding and bring wastewater into the 21st Century.
- AeroCloud — AeroCloud is revolutionizing airport management delivering modular, scalable airport operations solutions based on leading-edge technology.
Providing Flexible and Creative Financial Solutions to Middle Market Companies.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Amino — Amino's digital healthcare guidance platform provides a fast, easy way to find a doctor, book appointments, and access health benefits.
- Headspace — Live a healthier, happier, more well-rested life in just a few minutes a day with the Headspace app.
- Pearl Street Dental Management — Pearl Street Dental Management supports non-clinical operations. They provide centralized services such as human resources, payroll, accounting, bookkeeping, finance, lending, facilities management, and information technology services. They address inquiries through online applications, phone calls, and emails.
Since its creation in 1996, Fondaction has been based on the belief that it is not only possible to do things differently in the financial and business world, it is a necessity.Fondaction helps Québecers prepare for retirement by offering affordable retirement savings to everyone. The savings collected are invested in companies across Québec.This way, Fondaction helps create and maintain quality jobs, contributing to a stronger, more equitable and greener economy.Created in 1996, Fondaction is a labour-sponsored fund with assets in excess of one billion dollars collected as retirement savings from more than 131,000 shareholders. Fondaction's direct investments and those made through investment funds support the development of more than 1 050 SMEs in different lines of business, in large part involved in various components of the social economy.Fondaction has always been resolutely committed to socially responsible finance, from the moment it was created. The principles of sustainable development are integrated in everything it does. Whether investing in businesses directly or in capital markets, Fondaction always applies the principles of responsible investment to the money entrusted by its savers.Fondaction was one of the first institutions in Québec to make accountability reports an obligation in an effort to improve its practices and contribute to moving sustainable development forward in Québec. It produced its first report on sustainable development in 2006 in accordance with the international standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the highest standards of precision and transparency in economic, social and environmental accountability.In 2010 and 2012, Fondaction remained at the forefront with its 3rd and 4th sustainable development reports, having them reviewed by an independent firm and achieving an application level of A+ from the GRI. Fondaction is the only financial institution in Québec to achieve this level.In 2014, Fondaction tabled its 5th sustainable development report, produced in accordance with the latest GRI guidelines, the G4. Fondaction also opted for Comprehensive compliance, becoming the 1st financial institution in North America and the 9th in the world to voluntarily adhere to these requirements.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- Canada, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Libro — Elevate Your Guest Experience Our guest experience platform does more than fill tables. Start building a highly personalized and profitable dining experience with Libro. Pricing Features How we help your restaurant thrive Reservations Accept online reservation requests in real-time 24/7/365. Access reservations from anywhere so your entire team is prepared to serve guests. Reputation Management
- Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.
- Omy Laboratoires — Omy Laboratoires develops and manufactures personalized cosmetic skin-care products using its AI based skin analysis system.
Harbinger Ventures Provides venture capital and strategic resources to the next generation of female leaders. Harbinger Ventures identifies, invests in, and supports exceptional female entrepreneurs that have demonstrated proof of concept in an attractive natural products category. Harbinger’s focused investment strategy is designed to support itsprimary objective: driving outstanding, risk-adjusted returns for its investors. Their focused investment strategy is fundamental to their success. They exclusively invest where they have deep experience.
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- Organic Food, Food and Beverage, Beauty
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Vitruvi — Premium essential oils and diffuser products that look as beautiful as they smell. Free shipping on all orders over $45.00.
- Nona Lim — Delicious fresh Asian bone broths, soups, rice and ramen noodles made with clean, non GMO ingredients. No MSG or preservatives. Order online for home delivery or find it in the refrigerated or frozen case at your favorite store. Proudly made in Oakland, California.
- 4th & Heart — We make premium, small-batch original and flavored ghee in our Los Angeles kitchen. Use pure spreadable butter in your own kitchen or give as a gift.
Sherbrooke Innopole is the economic development organization of the City of Sherbrooke which serves the industrial and tertiary-engine sectors. We provide free support to entrepreneurs in the industrial and technological sectors in Sherbrooke towards success.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Immugenia — Immugenia is an early-stage immuno-oncology company developing a novel approach to CAR therapy by engineering hematopoietic stem cells to treat cancer and prevent relapses.
- Calogy Solutions — Calogy Solutions is focused on solving complex industrial thermal management challenges. We leverage our expertise to solve thermal issues and provide novel solutions in diverse industries, notably battery thermal management in electric transport applications.
- TATUM bioscience — TATUM bioscience is a synthetic biology startup developing synthetic advanced biologics capable of multi-tasking therapeutic activities, packing all the advantages of combination therapy in a single agent to provide safer and more efficient treatments.
Lyra Growth Partners is a Vancouver based Investment Firm providing capital and brand-savvy coaching to help emerging consumer brands accelerate growth and maximize value. With Lyra, you receive the full package to help your business grow to the next level. We provide non–institutional capital that is free from unrealistic expectations. Ourcoaching focus is on creating and strengthening a brand’s relationship with their consumers. To ensure our mutual success, we also provide the necessary coaching for igniting both business and personal development.Lyra is looking for fast growing Companies with over $5 million sales. If you have an emerging consumer brand and you want to maximize value while nurturing a positive corporate culture, then we want to talk to you.
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- Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Beauty
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States, India
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- Hooray Foods — Hooray makes delicious plant-based meats that are designed to look, cook, and taste just like the real thing. Plants that remind us of our favorite meats while being made of ingredients we can feel good about? Now that's something to celebrate and say Hooray!
- Atolla — We're on a mission to change the mass skincare model. Using a patented process developed at MIT, we design a custom routine with complementary ingredients tailored to your skin needs. Then we give you the tools and guidance to support your skin health over time — so you can make the best decisions for your skin.
- Schoolyard Snacks — Old School Snacks Made the New Way: Low Carb, Keto Approved, High Protein
Crédit Mutuel Equity is the Private Equity branch of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Software, Energy
- Funding Round, Private Equity, Seed
- France, Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Telelogos — Telelogos is a software publisher for the distribution of information on screens. This digital visual communication tool allows information to be disseminated in factories, warehouses, offices, airport halls, stations, and shops, among other places. The solution also enables the enhancement of workspaces (room reservations and flex office).Telelogos is based in Angers (Maine-et-Loire), has offices in the United States and Mexico, reports 2,000 customers and 500,000 active licenses worldwide.
- MAKILA — MAKILA is specializing in simulation and predictive analytics solutions. Using all artificial intelligence levers, it offers business solutions based on multisource data related to financial, human, and operational functions. Data analysis and modeling allow Makila to generate concrete and relevant information to aid better decision-making.Makila’s solution covers all aspects of simulations and predictive analysis related to the financial health of the company, business performance, commissions, headcount, compensation, professional equality, and payroll.Established in Canada and France by Alain Latry in 2018, Makila offers simulation and predictive data analysis solutions, integrating all the levers of artificial intelligence. The founders are supported by a team of experts specializing in artificial intelligence, user experience, data security, and governance, as well as cloud technologies.
- Omy Laboratoires — Omy Laboratoires develops and manufactures personalized cosmetic skin-care products using its AI based skin analysis system.
Thunder Road Capital, an Ontario-based venture capital firm, provides advisory and investment services to early stage technology companies.
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Investment focus
- Digital Media, Advertising Platforms, News
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Well.ca — Well.ca is Canada's online destination for health, beauty and baby products and offers over 40,000 products with free shipping on all orders over $29. They also boast Canada's largest online assortment of Green & Natural products. With offices and a warehouse located in Guelph, Ontario, and an office in downtown Toronto, Well.ca is aproudly Canadian company that focuses on giving customers a simple and hassle-free shopping experience.
- Polar — Trusted publishers from around the world license our Format Management Platform to power a variety of digital advertising products.
- Nova — With Nova, easily convert high-performing social posts into the best ads for every digital channel with just one click.
BDC Venture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on technology-based businesses that have high growth potential and that are positioned to become dominant players in their markets. The company helps create and develop strongCanadian businesses through financing, consulting services and securitization, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.BDC Venture Capital has been involved in venture capital since 1975 and has to date invested in more than 400 companies involved in the areas of Life Sciences, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Advanced Technologies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Canada, United States, Japan
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- Manac — Manac manufactures and designs aluminum semi-trailers. They provide vans, flatbeds, and trailers such as dumps, low beds, grain hoppers, chassis, and chip and logging trailers. They serve the transportation, construction, energy, mining, forestry, and agricultural sectors.
- RainStick — The RainStick shower is a recirculating shower that saves 80% energy and 80% water but still feels like a luxurious shower.
- Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation — Sanctuary AI is an artificial general intelligence company founded in January 2018, and is based in Vancouver, B.C. Sanctuary's mission is to build synthetic humans – “synths” – that are indistinguishable from us physically, cognitively and emotionally. The company is structured to explore both cutting edge technology and the ethical issuesthat arise from creating human-like machines.
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