Top 50 Biotech Startup Investors in Canada in May 2026

Innovacorp is an early-stage venture capital firm that helps knowledge-based startups commercialize their technologies in the global marketplace. It invests in early stage Nova Scotia entrepreneurs, combining venture capital with business mentoring and incubation facilities. Innovacorp was established in 1995 and based in Halifax, Canada.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
Canada, Australia, United States

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Bright Breaks — Bright offer on-site and virtual amenities for companies and employees. whether your team is on-site, working from home, or in between.
Planetary — Planetary restores the chemistry of seawater so it can do what it has always done: support life and protect the planet.
CarbonCure Technologies — CarbonCure Technologies creates, develops, and licenses solutions that consume waste CO2 to make better concrete. It spurs the market shift towards affordable green concrete, by enabling concrete manufacturers to convert waste CO2 into solid minerals, locked away as a solid within concrete during manufacturing. It is a green building technologycompany currently serving concrete product manufacturers in the US and Canada. It offers concrete producers the ability to manufacture green concrete products without compromising on either quality or price.CarbonCure is a retrofit innovation that repurposes CO2 gas from large final emitters as a feedstock in concrete plants. The gas is permanently converted into embedded solid mineral carbonates that yield material, environmental, and production advantages. By enabling concrete manufacturers to consume CO2 into concrete products during manufacturing, the technology differentiates an otherwise traditional commodity concrete product, while achieving superior material performance characteristics. In addition to technology, CarbonCure provides demand-pull marketing and environmental reporting/certification services to reinforce its customers’ exclusive competitive positioning. The technology is licensed at a very low-CAPEX to concrete producers, generating a recurring revenue stream.CarbonCure Technologies was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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MaRS Innovation (MI) is a commercialization engine that integrates, centralizes and accelerates time to market of the discovery and intellectual property assets from its 15 world-class research institutions. MI’s discovery and innovation pipeline is derived from $1 billion in annual R&D funding. Created as a not-for-profit organizationthrough the Government of Canada’s Center of Excellence for Commercialization and Research program (CECR), MI has raised $50 million from federal and provincial governments, member institutions and industry partners. MI’s vision is to transform the Toronto-based research enterprise into one of world’s most successful commercialization clusters.Through detailed, market facing due diligence, MI identifies opportunities from Canada’s largest academic cluster for further development and commercialization through project management, intellectual property management, investment and technology development. By crossing the innovation gap, MI transforms these opportunities into successful high-value licensing transactions and financeable start-up companies.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Canada, United States

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HDAX Therapeutics — HDAX Therapeutics novel modality unlocks a never-seen-before binding mechanism to key biological molecules.
Radiant Biotherapeutics — Radiant Biotherapeutics: Transformative, multi-valent, multi-specific antibody platform: Multabody
Grey Matter Neurosciences — Grey Matter Neurosciences is a neurotechnology firm developing new medical devices and drug-device combinations to treat age-related brain illnesses like dementia.

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SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

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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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Canada, United States, Japan

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Haply — Haply is a robotics company that provides haptic devices, prototyping, firmware, and virtual learning assistance.
JetScale AI — JetScale AI is a Montreal-based startup specializing in AI-driven cloud infrastructure optimization. It uses agentic AI to detect inefficiencies, provide remediation plans, and generate compliant Infrastructure-as-Code for cost savings and sustainability.
Cognota — Cognota is the first and only operations platform for learning and development teams. Our platform enables L&D teams to streamline training request management, improve project and capacity planning, rapidly design content and collaborate more effectively with SMEs. Clients across all industries are leveraging Cognota to improve theirproductivity by eliminating the need for multiple tools to manage learning operations.Looking to thrive in the L&D industry? Join the vibrant LearnOps® Community, a hub where L&D professionals gain insights, engage in thought-provoking discussions, access curated resources, and stay ahead of industry trends. Unlock the power of collective wisdom and experience in the #LearnOpsCommunityJoin for free at LearnOps.com

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The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency works to create opportunities for economic growth in Atlantic Canada by helping businesses become more competitive, innovative and productive, by working with diverse communities to develop and diversify local economies, and by championing the strengths of Atlantic Canada. Together, with Atlantic Canadians,we are building a stronger economy.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Grant, Debt Financing, Seed
Canada, United States, France

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ReelData AI — ReelData AI provides artificially intelligent monitoring for finned fish aquaculture. It delivers weight distributions, feeding analysis, health analysis, and growth analysis
CE3 Electronics — CE3 Electronics is a contract manufacturer that specializes in printed circuit board assembly, cable, and wire harness.
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Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Canada, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zilia — Zilia's non-invasive assessment of biomarkers in the eye redefines the way we prevent, diagnose, and treat various diseases.
Gray Oncology Solutions — Gray Oncology Solution is a healthcare enterprise software company that commercializes GrayOS, the operating system for oncology.
Paperplane Therapeutics — Harnessing the transformative power of immersive virtual reality to reduce pain perception during medical procedures.

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Lumira Ventures, a later stage VC, partners & invests in best-in-class innovative biotherapeutic & medtech entrepreneurs building transformative companies.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Corvia Medical — Corvia Medical is a medical device company, focuses on developing structural heart devices for the treatment of heart failure. The company develops InterAtrial Shunt Device (IASD), a transcatheter device designed to treat diastolic heart failure (DHF), also known as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). It was founded in 2009and headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.
HistoSonics — HistoSonics provides the Edison Platform, which uses advanced imaging and proprietary sensing technology to deliver non-invasive, personalized treatments with precision and control, and uses the science of histotripsy and focused sound energy to generate pressures to liquify and completely destroy targeted tissues at sub-cellular levels.
Cardiac Dimensions — Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. is a medical device company developing novel interventional tools for the treatment of heart failure and the related condition of mitral valve regurgitation. Our product, the Carillon® Mitral Contour System®, is a groundbreaking, non-surgical device developed to treat functional mitral valve regurgitation. Our system uses acatheter based approach to reshape the mitral valve and reduce mitral regurgitation.

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We transform the most promising oncology innovations into highly competitive opportunities that benefit patients, researchers, investors, and Ontario's economy.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Canada, United States

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Esphera SynBio — Creating modified exosomes that can be designed to have targeting moieties on their surface and a variety of protein or RNA payloads in their lumen.
Hyivy Health — Hyivy Health is working on the first smart pelvic health rehabilitation system for patients and the clinicians who treat them.
Radiant Biotherapeutics — Radiant Biotherapeutics: Transformative, multi-valent, multi-specific antibody platform: Multabody

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Amplitude Ventures is a full-stack venture capital firm focused on investing in precision medicine at the intersection of biology. and AI

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Science
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, United States, Israel

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Fluid Biomed — Fluid Biotech is a Calgary based company that aims to develop the next generation of stents to improve patient well-being and realise better health and quality of life through innovation.
Reverb Therapeutics — Reverb Therapeutics engages in the development of treatments for cancer and other diseases.
Congruence Therapeutics — ABOUT US We are a drug discovery company that is uniquely harnessing the power of protein dynamics, biophysics, machine learning and computational chemistry. Our Science Traditional drug design is limited At Congruence,

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Fonds de solidarité FTQ is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in start-ups, early venture, mergers, business acquisitions, management buyouts, market development project or a buyout, financing for new programs, organic growth and cash flow, growth and expansion financings, development capital, business succession,financial restructuring, business transition financing, family and non-family buyout, consolidations, turnaround, and leveraged management buyouts. It also invests in new markets, product and business line developments, market diversification, interim financings, new product marketing, additional working capital, purchase of tangible and intangible assets, equipment modernization, equipment purchases or upgrades, and integrator projects. The firm has regional funds that do not invest in retail, real estate, farming, biotechnology, and financial services. Fonds de solidarité FTQ invests in small and medium-sized businesses. It typically invests in export projects, forest products, productivity improvement, natural resources, aerospace, agri-food, wood, pulp and paper, chemicals, construction and construction materials, printing, transportation equipment and automobiles, transportation services, furniture and fixtures, combinatorial chemistry and other lead generating technologies, mining and exploration, social economy, textiles, plastics, life sciences, business services, telecommunications, distribution and consumer goods, environment, equipment and machinery, financial services, information and communication technology, metal products, recreational tourism, and culture sectors. Within the culture sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest in pre-production and creative projects, production projects, infrastructures and services, post-production projects, distribution, and broadcasting and multiplatform broadcasting. Within the environment sector, it invests in waste management and energy conversion for residual waste; air treatment and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; processes to reduce industrial energy and water consumption; water treatment; and soil rehabilitation and decontamination (metals and organic compounds). Within the life sciences sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ focuses on services for the biopharmaceutical industry; nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals; diagnostics and medical supplies and equipment; biopharmaceuticals and generic drugs; biotechnology, and animal health. Within the tourism sector, it focuses on urban tourism, nature tourism, resort type tourism, and local tourism for Quebecers, and in the textiles sector it invests in companies engaged in development and production of specialty textiles as well as development of industrial applications for the construction, transportation, health and safety, and work apparel industries. Fonds de solidarité FTQ prefers to invest in Quebec and in companies impacting the Québec economy. It focuses on investing in the following regions- Abitibi –Témiscamingue, Bas Saint Laurent, Chaudière-Appalaches, Côte-Nord, Estrie, Gaspésie Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Lanaudière, Laurentides, Laval, Mauricie - Centre-du-Québec, Montérégie, Nord-du-Québec, Outaouais, and Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest in projects of $3 million or more and also provides loans of up to $ 2 million. It invests in companies in business succession sector having minimum capitalization of $500,000 and EBITDA of over $35.5 million in case of majority interest; equipment and machinery sector with average investment in excess of $3 million; environment sector with funding needs of more than $500000; financial services sector having net assets between $20 million and $50 million in equity; metal products sector having annual sales of over $5 million and financing needs of at least $2 million; and printing sector having investment needs of over $1 million. In the information technology sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest $2 million as initial investments while total investments can be more than $10 million. It invests in the form of equity financing (common or preferred shares) and unsecured debt requiring no collateral (debenture). Fonds de solidarité FTQ can take both a minority interest including an equity stake of up to 49 percent as well a majority interest in its portfolio companies in case of business succession financing. It seeks a minority stake for the portfolio companies in the equipment and machinery sector. It typically holds its investments for a period of five to ten years in case of equity financing and for more than ten years in case of business succession financing. Fonds de solidarité FTQ began operation on June 23, 1983. It has its headquarters in Montreal in Canada with additional offices in the same city and Quebec in the same country.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Software
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Canada, United States, Israel

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JLR, — JLR, Inc. engages in property knowledge and innovative technology based on integration and distribution of property data. JLR collects, compiles, structures and disseminates the various real estate transactions in Quebec.
Rail GD — Rail GD Inc. is a mechanical and refurbishing workshop of tourist trains, Colorado Railcar, passenger cars, freight cars and locomotives. Design, engineering and integration.
Airex Energy — Airex Energy provides solutions for a sustainable future. Helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions and remove carbon from the atmosphere.

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Real Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on serving daring entrepreneurs with the ambition to create successful, global companies. Since 2007, Real Ventures has dedicated itself to building the Canadian startup ecosystem on the belief that people, not money, build game-changing companies. Real Ventures provides stage-specific guidance,mentorship, and access to networks and resources to fast-track founders’ personal and company growth. Real Ventures manages $325 million across five funds and its active portfolio of 100+ companies is currently valued at $10 billion. www.realventures.com

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

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Eli — At-home hormone testing from Eli Health: track cortisol, progesterone, and testosterone with saliva tests that deliver lab-grade results in 20 minutes.
Fletch — Fletch - the cybersecurity answer engine. Get ahead and stay ahead of cyber threats.
BenchSci — BenchSci is the world leader in AI-Assisted Reagent Selection and Experiment Design. Our preclinical R&D SaaS platform uses machine learning to help pharmaceutical companies increase their research velocity.

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Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Canada, United States

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Welbi — Boost your resident experience with streamlined administrative processes, personalized programming, and real-time insights powered by Welbi.
Axonify — Axonify provides eLearning software, interval reinforcement solutions, and gamified learning. Using principles of interval reinforcement and incorporating the realities of how emerging workforces learn in today’s environment, Axonify enables its customers to make training stick and improve employee performance.
SceneDoc — SceneDoc is public safety’s first all-in-one mobile software for data collection and retrieval. By modernizing with SceneDoc, agencies operate with higher levels of clarity and control, with fewer moving parts, capturing data and reporting at the point of need. SceneDoc is saving agencies an hour of paperwork per shift on average, resulting in lesstime reporting and more time in the community so officers can do what they do best.

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BoxOne Ventures is a privately held investment firm that focuses on early-stage companies across the most impactful, interesting and fast-changing sectors.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

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DrugBank — DrugBank augments human intelligence to improve the world’s health. Our suite of products are powered by the world’s most complete and up-to-date pharmaceutical knowledge database. It includes everything there is to know about drugs and how they work in the body. We enable companies to improve healthcare delivery through precision medicine orclinical software applications, as well as uncover insights through data science in drug discovery. Our knowledge base can be integrated into software solutions to help achieve clinical intelligence. Companies can easily scale their usage through our API and launch faster with flexible data modules. By providing users with advanced insights and the right information at the right time, users are empowered to make better health decisions.Our extensive, structured datasets are used to discover novel drug candidates, identify drug repurposing opportunities, and build predictive machine learning models. Companies working with data science can find answers quickly and get drugs to market faster with our evidence-based drug information. Lastly, our publicly available resource, DrugBank Online, is free-to-use with limited datasets available for download for academic and non-commercial researchers. DrugBank has been cited in over 13,000 academic publications and is used by millions of researchers and health professionals globally.
Seqera — Seqera Labs is a Barcelona-based business creating solutions for high-performance computing workloads across cloud and clusters. It was founded by the creators of the popular open-source workflow software Nextflow (http://www.nextflow.io).
Wayfinder Biosciences — We design RNA for next generation biomanufacturing and smart therapeutics.

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The E-Fund (VANTEC Entrepreneurs Fund VCC Inc.) was established in 2011 to invest in promising new ventures in British Columbia in a wide range of industry sectors. They are focused on co-investing with other angel investors and early-stage venture capital firms in seed-stage companies with high growth opportunities.The E-Fund involvesspecific investors in the investment due diligence process depending on their industry experience and knowledge and their particular technical expertise. It is their goal to become the ‘Go-to Braintrust’ for active and in-depth angel investing.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Medical Device
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Canada, China, United States

Portfolio highlights

ViewsML — Explore cutting-edge AI solutions for cancer treatment, diagnosis, and research. Discover how clinical labs leverage artificial intelligence for precise cancer detection and diagnosis.
Care2Talk — Care2Talk is a video call mobile app for senior citizens that is secure, fast, and easy to navigate with 7-day battery life.
VoxCell BioInnovation — Creating an extraordinary line of solutions for the drug development industry and the field of Oncology research.

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Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, based in Toronto and investing across North America. We back bold teams and their transformative ideas.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, United States, Japan

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Wattpad — Wattpad is a digital entertainment company providing an online social storytelling platform for original stories.The company utilizes the power of community and technology to enable the creation and distribution of content across a variety of formats. Its flagship app, Wattpad, is home to a community of more than 65 million people who spend over20 billion minutes a month engaged in original stories. Tap by Wattpad, the company’s second storytelling product, offers short, chat-based stories in over a dozen languages. Wattpad Studios co-produces stories for film, television, digital, and print, together with industry partners. Wattpad Brand Solutions offers a full suite of advertising products to help brands build deep engagement with Millennial and Gen Z consumers.It was established by Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2006.
Forma.ai — Forma.ai's sales performance management software brings comp strategy and execution into one platform, and acts as a single source of truth for sales performance.
OMsignal — Discover our range of Hexoskin and Astroskin Smart Garments for health and fitness tracking. Find the perfect Shirts and Kits for your needs today!

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The Ontario Centres of Excellence invests in projects and people to accelerate industry R&D to impact the Ontario economy through the commercialization of leading edge research.OCE invests in- Industry-Academic collaborative research- Commercialization of academic research through licensing and spin off companies- Early stage seedfinancing of start-ups- Skills development for high quality personnelThe Ontario Centres of Excellence is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1987. Core funding is provided by the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
Canada, United States

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Uride — Welcome to Uride - your reliable and affordable ridesharing service with a community-focus. Enjoy the ease of quick pickups, lower fares, and a user-friendly app designed to make your travels smoother. Start riding today!
FluidAI Medical — Real-Time Monitoring for Anastomotic Leaks with Origin, by FluidAI. Early data shows FluidAI's Origin can detect leaks an average of 1.6 days earlier.
Novel Biotechnology — Novel Biotechnology is building high-throughput bacterial platforms for the biotech industry, with a focus on plasmid DNA manufacturing.

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WUTIF Capital (VCC) Inc. is a novel angel fund that co-invests with angel investors in promising new technology ventures in British Columbia. WUTIF was formed in mid-2003 and made its first investments in late 2004.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Levr.ai — Levr.ai powers business loan brokers and lenders with application automation that increases conversion, saves time and provides an amazing experience.
ViewsML — Explore cutting-edge AI solutions for cancer treatment, diagnosis, and research. Discover how clinical labs leverage artificial intelligence for precise cancer detection and diagnosis.
Polar Beer Taps — Polar Beer Taps Permafrost V3 system is leading the way in the future of portable beverage serving. They can provide reliable, high-quality commercial draft systems to any location, which elevates any event.

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VA Angels, one of Canada’s leading angel investment groups, has member locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna and Winnipeg. Since 2003 they have done 57 deals worth $28.5 million and are one of the most active angel groups in Canada.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
Canada, United States, India

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Tonit — Connect with local riders. Discover hundreds of rides & events. Track & share your ride. Share photos & videos with the community.
PLAYR.gg — Surf Giveaways is the #1 platform to run giveaways, sweepstakes, and contests for gamers. Grow your audience and build your community with giveaways now!
eThor — Trusted By National Brands Trusted By National Brands Contactless In the age of COVID-19, it's more important than ever to provide your customers a safe way to pay. eThor offers a number of contactless payment options, from Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or other forms of

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We are BDC, the bank for Canadian entrepreneurs. We support small and medium-sized businesses in all industries and at every stage of growth with money and advice. We are the Business Development Bank of Canada.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Canada, United States, Argentina

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Dozr — Construction equipment rentals available near you. From compact track loader to aerial work platform rentals, research prices and reserve heavy equipment rentals online.
Effenco — Effenco designs, manufactures and markets technologies for the electrification and connectivity of heavy-duty vocational trucks.
Spring Loaded Technology — Breakthrough spring technology has delivered the world's first and only knee brace that can reduce pressure across the entire joint and power the legs.

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Accelerate Fund supports the growth of early-stage Alberta technology companies with a multi million dollar fund that combines co-investment from angel investors.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Canada, United States

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PulseMedica — PulseMedica is developing a medical device to treat eye diseases that affect over 500 million people worldwide. Our device consists of a state-of-the-art 3D imaging and surgical platform that allows for comprehensive patient treatment.
Wyvern — Discover hyperspectral imaging and Earth observation data from Wyvern. Access research-grade satellite imagery that reveals the hidden reality of our planet.
Northernmost — Northernmost is a company that develops machines that protect and transport donated kidneys for transplantation.

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MEDTEQ is a non-profit organization for industrial research and innovation in medical technology. The organization accelerates the development of innovative technological solutions to improve patients’ health and quality of life by mobilizing Canadian talents. They bringing together the key players in healthcare and innovation allows them and theirpartners, to offer Canadians access to novel solutions.MEDTEQ’s mission is, through collaborative, industry-led projects, to accelerate innovation and position, on a global scale, products and services developed by the Canadian medical technologies industry.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Canada

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Eli — At-home hormone testing from Eli Health: track cortisol, progesterone, and testosterone with saliva tests that deliver lab-grade results in 20 minutes.
LUCID — LUCID curates and creates personalized therapeutic music using biometrics, psychometrics, and AI to improve mental health and wellness.
HALEO Clinic — HALEO is an online insomnia clinic that fits in your pocket

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Radical Ventures invests in the future of how we live, work and play, partnering with founders who understand the transformational power of AI.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

GenFlux — AI Search Visibility Analytics & Optimization. Track how AI engines mention your brand across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini.
Covariant — Covariant is a developer of artificial intelligence for robotics. Covariant is building the Covariant Brain, a universal AI to give robots the ability to see, reason and act on the world around them.
Yutori — Yutori is part of a slew of AI startups creating autonomous agents, or systems that use AI to perform actions on their own.

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We angel invest in founders who will improve the lives of millions. Based in Toronto, Canada.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Canada, United States

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ALT TEX — ALT TEX is creating sustainable textiles regenerated from post-industrial waste.
Spare — Spare is your all-in-one mobility operations platform, designed to provide an end-to-end platform ecosystem for operating modern paratransit and microtransit systems.
Mayday — Time is your most valuable asset. Make sure you're spending it wisely.

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Genesys Capital is one of Canada's leading venture capital firms, investing in early-stage healthcare and biotechnology companies to drive innovation and improve lives.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Inversago Pharma — Inversago Pharma is a preclinical-stage, biotech company specialized in the development of new therapies focusing on CB1 blockade, based on first-in-class, peripherally-acting, CB1 inverse agonists.
Feldan Therapeutics — Feldan Therapeutics has developed a patented peptide-based technology platform, the Feldan Shuttle, which enables fast and safe intracellular delivery. The company's mission is to develop leading-edge therapeutic applications based on its proprietary platform, as demonstrated by its current pipeline of clinical programs taking advantage of theunique characteristics of the Shuttle.
Veralox Therapeutics — Veralox Therapeutics develops small molecule therapeutics that treat the underlying pathologies of thrombosis and type one diabetes. Based on an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of these diseases, these efforts will lead to new treatment paradigms and better outcomes for patients.

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Built by founders, for founders. Garage Capital helps best-in-class companies jump from garage to growth.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Canada, United States, South Africa

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CoRecruit (formerly Quil) — Quil is the AI assistant helping recruiting agencies eliminate hours of busywork. Automate interview notes, ATS updates, candidate submittals & more.
Uvaro — Remix your favorite resources and hacks with your best company content in a personalized hub that moves as fast as your team does
Remitian — Streamline tax payments for firms and clients with automated scheduling, real-time tracking, and compliance, ensuring zero penalties and enhanced efficiency.

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GreenSky Ventures is a Toronto-based firm that makes investments in early-stage Canadian technology companies.GreenSky Ventures seeks early-stage B2B technology companies in Canada, emphasizing protectable IP and experienced management. It makes investments in early-stage technology companies through its affiliated venture capital funds, GreenSkyAccelerator Fund I, II and III. Their principals bring a unique combination of experience in technology, law, and finance to high-growth potential companies and dedicated entrepreneurs.GreenSky Capital was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 2010 by Geoff Simonett and Michael T. R. List.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

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Assetflo — Assetflo provides mobile IoT solutions for tracking the precise location from tracking applications.
Botni.Vision — Botni.Vision is an intelligence company, enabling human and artificial learning.
Trolley — Trolley is the best payouts platform for businesses needing to pay creators, musicians, artists, freelancers, or on-demand workers.

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CTI Life Sciences Fund is a leading Canadian biotech venture capital firm with a global footprint.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series A, Series B, Seed
Canada, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Epitopea — Epitopea is a transatlantic biotechnology company developing transformational immunotherapies to treat cancer by targeting a new class of antigens that are broadly shared between patients with the same cancer indication. Cryptigen™ TSAs are discovered by a proprietary approach deploying immunopetidomics, mass spectrometry, genomics, andbioinformatics, which allows the identification of conserved, aberrantly-expressed, tumour-specific antigens, hidden in cancer's 'junk' DNA. These hidden Cryptigen™ TSAs have been identified by research led by Drs. Claude Perreault and Pierre Thibault at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer at Université de Montréal.
Find therapeutics — Finding hope by expanding the frontiers of therapy
Kainova Therapeutics — Domain Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on GPCR in immuno-oncology. Discover more than you think on our innovative cancer treatments tackling GPCR mediated-immunosuppression

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Leading Global Healthcare Platform with Deep Proprietary Resources and Global Industry Coverage.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, China, Israel

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Windward Bio — Windward Bio is a clinical-stage, drug development company committed to improving outcomes for people living with advanced immunological diseases.
Microtide Biotechnology — Microtide Biotechnology is an innovative company specializing in the field of in vivo cell therapy. The company is dedicated to advancing next-generation biomedical technologies that harness the body’s own cellular mechanisms for disease treatment, focusing on developing safe, effective, and precise therapeutic solutions to improve patient outcomesand redefine the future of regenerative medicine.
Sparrow Pharmaceuticals — Sparrow Pharmaceuticals is an emerging clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, targeted therapies for disorders of corticosteroid excess.

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iGan Partners is one of Canada's largest healthcare-focused venture capital firms, investing across North America. We provide capital and expertise to scale innovative healthcare solutions.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

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Docsi — DOCSI provides preference card optimization, surgeon engagement and supply chain cost reduction through novel digital solutions.
Cyborg — Introducing CyborgDB: The Confidential Vector Database. Keeps inference data end-to-end encrypted for unparalleled privacy & regulatory compliance.
Cosm Medical — Cosm Medical is a VC-backed health-tech startup building and commercializing a software-enabled medical device platform to improve the lives of women affected by pelvic floor disorders.

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National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Grant, Seed, Funding Round
Canada, Norway, Denmark

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PrePad — Simulate any well decision in seconds. PrePad empowers high-performing teams with contract-aware modeling to cut costs, save time, and maximize returns.
Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.
Studio 1 Labs — While others use AI to sense touch, we use AI to 'feel'. Studio 1 Labs are creators of sensory fabrics that feel the warmth, presence, and embrace of the surrounding environment.

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Canada's leading early-stage investor community in Waterloo, funding innovative startups across tech sectors with a strong focus on impact and diversity.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Medical
Seed, Angel, Grant
Canada, United States

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Justo — Cashback. Lower listing fees. Experienced local agents. Advanced technology. Free services. Justo is a new real estate brokerage based on a radical idea: Consumers are paying too much to buy or sell a home. That's why we offer a new model, based on fairness and transparency. Looking to buy a home? We'll split our commission with you50/50. Plus, our all-inclusive model covers home inspections and lawyer fees. Selling a home? Save half the listing fee of traditional brokerages, and thousands more with free staging, 3D virtual tours, professional photography and online marketing. Our experienced agents work closely with you to help find the home of your dreams, or sell your home for best the possible price. It just makes sense to use Justo.
MesoMat — Boost fleet safety, fuel consumption, and operating costs real-time data from your tires.
Motion Gestures — Motion Gestures is a Canadian machine learning startup specializing in gesture recognition software. Motion Gestures specializes in machine learning-based gesture recognition software and was founded in Waterloo, Canada in 2016. The company aims to enable the rapid development and deployment of gesture-enabled interfaces for systems, devices, andapps. Its software supports advanced 2D and 3D gestures using motion, touch, and vision sensors and can be deployed on the cloud, gateway/hub, and embedded platforms. Developers are offered free licenses to the cloud SDK and can quickly create and test any gesture using their smartphones.

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1517 Fund is an early stage venture capital fund that supports teams led by dropouts, deep-tech scientists & founders working outside of tracked institutions.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Canada, India

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corner — corner is a social networking platform
Xona — Xona's Pulsar service is the first high-performance alternative to GPS designed to support the age of autonomy. Our constellation of smallsats will provide secure navigation and timing services with the resilience and accuracy needed to enable modern devices to operate safely in any conditions.
CalWave Inc — CalWave mission is - to provide clean, reliable and affordable power and water to costal communities world wide. CalWave’s vision is - to unlock wave power to provides 25% of global power for electricity, water and hydrogen.

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At Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), they fund Canadian cleantech projects and coach the companies that lead them as they move their ground-breaking technologies to market.SDTC’s support of cleantech translates into jobs, growth, and export opportunities for Canadian companies, as well as economic, environmental and healthbenefits for all Canadians. They are independent but don’t work alone. A big part of their role is building and sustaining networks of partners and stakeholders from private industry, academia and governments, at home and abroad. They operate at arm’s length and receive funding from the Government of Canada.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Energy, Software
Grant, Seed, Funding Round
Canada, United States, Brazil

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Niricson — Niricson Software has developed a proprietary damage assessment software platform paired with a patent-pending drone-based data collection technology that helps infrastructure owners inspect their structures (e.g. hydro dams) in a way that is more accurate, five times faster, and 50% more cost-effective. Niricson is differentiated by its ability toautomatically detect and quantify not only surface damage, but also subsurface damage.
Solaires Entreprises Inc — Solaires Entreprises Inc is a Canadian cleantech company located in Victoria, BC, that consists of a team of 23 scientists, engineers, and business professionals. Solaires is focused on developing the next generation of solar cells by replacing silicon with perovskite through an innovative and sustainable manufacturing process resulting inaffordable solar photovoltaics with higher energy conversion efficiency.
Progressive Planet Solutions — Progressive Planet Solutions Inc is a metal/mineral based company that deals with the exploration & development of zeolite minerals.

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Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Seed, Debt Financing
Canada, United States, Argentina

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LSL Pharma Group — LSL Pharma Group is a manufacturing company that innovates and manufactures life sciences products. Formed to integrate the operations of its Canadian subsidiaries, each boasting over two decades of expertise, LSL Pharma Group excels as a niche manufacturer in the life science industry. The company offers turnkey formulation, development andmanufacturing services.
Conquest Planning — Conquest Planning is a FinTech company that is developing an innovative solution for the financial services industry.
Highwood Asset Management — Highwood Asset Management is an asset management company that manages oil production and oil midstream spaces.

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Pallasite Ventures is an agile venture capital firm providing early-stage financing for high-growth companies across a variety of industries.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Series C
Canada, United States

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Ionomr — Ionomr designs & manufactures advanced ion-exchange polymers & membranes that enable high performance and efficiency in applications like water & wastewater treatment, hydrogen production and advanced energy storage.
Oncoustics AI — Oncoustics is creating and deploying advanced AI solutions for low cost, non-invasive surveillance, diagnostics, and treatment monitoring of diseases with high unmet clinical need. Unlike other players in the space, Oncoustics does not do image recognition. Instead, Oncoustics applies AI to raw ultrasound signals from readily available handheldultrasound devices to rapidly differentiate healthy versus diseased tissues. There's a wealth of information in these raw signals and this approach reveals novel biomarkers that can be aligned with existing standards and categorization systems. Initially targeting liver disease, a $30B global diagnostic market, Oncoustics has filed a Breakthrough Device Designation Request with the FDA for the OnX that detects liver fibrosis and the 510K is underway. Several follow-on liver products are in development. Oncoustics also has clinical data on other organ indications including prostate, kidney, breast and thyroid diseases and cancers.
Zeno Power — Clean, plug-and-play power, anywhere in the universe.

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Versant partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to build and fund breakthrough biotechnology companies around the globe.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Switzerland, Canada

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Achaogen — Achaogen is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of broad-spectrum antibiotics to treat multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. The company's most advanced drug candidate, ACHN-490, has demonstrated a positive safety and dosing profile in Phase 1 clinical testing and displayed broad spectrumefficacy in preclinical studies against systemic infections caused by multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria (e.g., E. coli, K. pneumoniae, and P. aeruginosa) and MRSA. In addition, the company is pursuing preclinical programs in several other areas of interest to combat the global emergence of bacterial resistance.
Standard BioTools — Standard BioTools delivers leading genomic and proteomic solutions. Discover CyTOF, Hyperion and Biomark technologies for deep biological insights.
Rennovia — Get full access to this domain. Easy, seamless transactions. Zero percent financing available.

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Desjardins Capital makes it easy to grow your business with financial and strategic support. Investment capital and venture capital can help you meet your business goals.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Canada, United States

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Inscora — Inscora provides automated cyber risk assessment and sales enablement tools for cyber insurance brokers.
Vosker — Vosker provides remote area monitoring tech enabling you to take things further
Moka — Moka helps you save effortlessly by automatically investing your spare change. Get started in just a few minutes and watch your money grow with every purchase you make. Save more, spend less and invest smarter with Moka.

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Maximizing growth in naturally-derived products, technologies and services

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Nutrition
Seed, Grant, Series A
Canada

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Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.
Tersa Earth — Tersa's TersaClean platform recovers critical minerals from acid rock drainage and mine tailings using proprietary bio-electric technology. Western-based supply of Cu, Li, Co, Ni and 24+ critical minerals.
Infusd Nutrition — Infusd: Ingredient Transformation Technology

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Hedgewood is an investment firm active in venture capital, internet businesses, real estate, specialty finance, asset management, and private equity.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Canada, United States, India

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Unito — Unito is taking on a major problem that people are passionate about solving: they make it easier to collaborate across teams. They don't make users learn new tools and change the way they work. By connecting work management tools, they allow managers, cross-functional teams, departments, and entire companies to benefit from seamlesscollaboration and improved communication. The app syncs projects across a number of tools like Trello, Asana, JIRA, GitHub, Wrike, Zendesk & Hubspot. This is a hard problem of semantics, synchronization, and APIs.
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.

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Whitecap Venture Partners is a Canadian-based Venture Capital fund investing in early stage technology companies. Whitecap is headquartered in Toronto and invests across Canada and the Northeastern US. Since Whitecap’s inception the early 1990s, Whitecap recognises the power of real collaboration between entrepreneurs and investors. This rapportenables them to provide significant value to companies along with strong returns across investment cycles.Whitecap specialises in Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) and Medical Technologies. Whitecap is continually searching for upcoming ventures to support as the next generation of exceptional enterprises.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Enterprise Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
Canada, United States

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Lyteflo — Lyteflo provides electric vehicle (EV) sales tools.
Frate — First-of-its-kind automated peer-to-peer returns solution. Demonstrate your commitment to sustainability while also saving money on every return.
Deep Sky — Deep Sky is building infrastructure to scale CO2 removal. Deep Sky will remove millions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere and permanently store it underground, back where it belongs. A new benchmark for Scope 3 Emissions: durable, scalable, and inherently measurable and verifiable.

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BDC Healthcare Venture is a venture capital firm specializes in healthcare investments. The firm prefers to invest in the innovative therapeutics, medical technology, health technology, prevention, diagnostics, personalized treatment, mobile technologies and services, robotics, automation and disease management sectors.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
Canada

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Xagenic — Xagenic Inc., a Toronto, Canada-based molecular diagnostics company developing new technology for decentralized, rapid diagnostic testing, and a true point-of-care platform. Our aim is to enable on-demand, near-patient molecular testing, empowering clinicians in making treatment decisions for their patients at the time of the first consultation.This will dramatically improve patient care and reduce health care costs. Xagenic has adapted this technology to permit rapid, enzyme-free detection of nucleic acids from clinical samples.We are commercializing a simple and fully automated technology platform that will enable widespread decentralized diagnostic testing to be performed outside of clinical laboratories. Our team is developing infectious disease tests that will allow the detection of a variety of analytes in situations where rapid test turnaround will provide clinically actionable results.
Repare Therapeutics — Repare Therapeutics is a clinical-stage precision oncology company enabled by its proprietary synthetic lethality approach to developing novel medicines.
PHEMI — The PHEMI Trustworthy Health DataLab is a unique, cloud-based, integrated big data management system that allows healthcare organizations to enhance innovation and generate value from healthcare data by simplifying the ingestion and de-identification of data with NSA/military-grade governance, privacy, and security built-in.Conventionalproducts simply lock down data, PHEMI goes further, solving privacy and security challenges and addressing the urgent need to secure, govern, curate, and control access to privacy-sensitive personal healthcare information (PHI). This improves data sharing and collaboration inside and outside of an enterprise—without compromising the privacy of sensitive information or increasing administrative burden.Built on privacy-by-design principles, the software gives researchers, scientists, and clinicians faster access to more information while ensuring that they only see data on a need-to-know basis. Responsible data sharing and a governance framework facilitate compliance with privacy regulations.PHEMI Trustworthy Health DataLab can scale to any size of organization, is easy to deploy and manage, connects to hundreds of data sources, and integrates with popular data science and business analysis tools.For more information, visit https://www.phemi.com/ and follow us on Twitter @PHEMISystems, Linkedin, Youtube, and Facebook

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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

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, 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 — Discover hyperspectral imaging and Earth observation data from Wyvern. Access research-grade satellite imagery that reveals the hidden reality of our planet.
EmergConnect — Home page - Localized information, services, and support for Canadian visitors.

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Cycle Capital is a pioneer in Canadian Cleantech venture capital fund management investing in companies at the development and commercialization stages in North America. Founded in 2009 by Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner, Cycle Capital’s Platform has become an important venture capital investor of the Cleantech industry with its 3funds totaling $230M Assets Under Management (AUM). Cycle Capital is looking to invests in promising ventures that are not capital intensive and/or that can benefit from the leverage brought by Cycle Capital extensive network of investors, strategic partners and advisors.In addition to its core investments, Cycle Capital targets companies with high growth potential – especially those with strong intellectual property, leading edge technologies and with exceptional management talent that would benefit from the firm’s network of strategic industrial partners and expert advisors. With its core investment and business expertise, Cycle Capital plays an active role adding meaningful and tangible value to its portfolio companies at all stages of their life.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Energy, Electronics
Funding Round, Series B, Seed
Canada, United States, Germany

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Thymox Technology — A powerful, non-toxic botanical disinfectant that kills 99.9% of bacteria, fungi and molds as well as COVID-19. Thymox is safe for you and your family.
YWire technologies — Based in Montreal, YWire Technologies designs, manufactures and sells lighting control devices for the commercial buildings market. Founded by three building automation industry veterans in 2009, YWire designs products targeted specifically at lowering the installed cost of integrated systems across the market. The FiveSeries Lighting ControlSystem is the first building-level command and control system in the world to use Broadband over Power Line for device networks and integration into Building Automation Systems.
GreenMantra Technologies — Based in Brantford, Ontario, GreenMantra™ Technologies utilizes a proprietary thermo-catalytic system and patented process to cost-effectively convert and "up-cycle" waste plastics, including hard-to-recycle materials such as grocery bags and film, into high-value waxes and other specialty chemicals. These materials have a broad range ofapplications in the coatings, plastics processing, adhesives, roofing and paving industries.

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Our goal is to build the region's entrepreneurial community, to make the region the best place to start a business and to facilitate access to investment opportunities for qualified investors.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Canada, United States

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Xatoms — At Xatoms, we clean water with Quantum Chemistry and AI, revolutionizing water purification for communities worldwide. Our innovative approach rapidly identifies new, sustainable materials to remove harmful pollutants and pathogens. We aim to alleviate the burden on women and girls in underrepresented communities, transforming the global landscape of water accessibility and empowering a more equitable world. Xatoms is at the forefront of combining scientific innovation with social change.
Virica Biotech — Viral Sensitizers (VSE) for drug developers and manufacturers are small molecules that improve viral yields and effectiveness by reducing the antiviral defences on a cellular level.
Afynia Laboratories — Aima Laboratories is a women's health healthcare company that provides innovative solutions to diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. AIMA is working on the first non-invasive endometriosis diagnostic tool for the market. If you have chronic pelvic/period pain or are having difficulty becoming pregnant, you may have endometriosis.

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Concrete Ventures finds great ideas and founders in Atlantic Canada that are ready to build massively scalable businesses and work with them to grow their businesses.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Canada, United Kingdom

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VIVLA — We make exclusive second homes in top European locations accessible to everyone. Buy shares of your home without having to buy the whole property.
PayTic — PayTic enables payments issuers to manage their card programs by providing dedicated back-office solutions that streamline the end-to-end operations in customer support, chargebacks, fraud, AML, reporting, and reconciliation. Our proprietary solutions are unique in automating and centralizing the program management processes, regardless of thenumber of processors and the payment networks involved in the payments products. We impact payments providers by eliminating the defragmented and manual processes and replacing them with a SaaS platform that increases proactivity, mitigates risks, and delivers value. It reduces the burn rate to near 0 in operational costs and offers an unprecedented competitive advantage. PayTic is introducing the Zero Ops model in managing payments.
3D BioFibR — 3D BioFibR is a biomaterial manufacturing company that produces naturally sourced, high-value bio fibers such as spider silk, collagen, chitosan, and others. Preliminary fiber performance data shows the potential applications of these fibers in several global markets, including biomedical engineering, green textiles, defense, and aerospaceengineering. Formed in July 2020, 3D BioFibR was founded on the pioneering research of Dr. John Frampton. 3D BioFibR is focused on novel and proprietary methods of biofiber production that have a quality and scale that is currently not achievable with current methods. 3D BioFibR scientists have demonstrated the ability to make collagen fibers, termed CollaFibR™, that are stronger than natural tendons, and spider silk that is tougher than steel and 2000% more flexible. 3D BioFibR’s vision is to become the global leader in the manmade production of nature’s strongest, lightest and toughest materials at a scale and cost that makes them a competitive solution to the engineering challenges of our day.

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Viva BioInnovator (VBI) is the specialized investment and incubation arm of Viva Biotech Holdings. We focus on the initial creation and development of biotech startups across all indications and drug types. During the early stages of drug discovery, we can nurture and accelerate a startup's growth from idea to clinical program. VBI'sunique investment and incubation model started out of necessity in 2014. Our roots are in drug discovery services, where we operate world-leading and proprietary drug discovery platforms. While serving big pharma customers from around the globe, we came to realize the huge demand from many entrepreneurs who have great ideas but cannot receive funding to advance their plan due to lack of data. We saw the value in many of these innovative ideas and provided our CRO drug discovery services, operational support, and monetary backing to help these creative scientists embark on the "0 to 1" transformation. This spark launched our "equity for service (EFS)" investment and incubation model. VBI is based in Shanghai, with an office in Boston and personnel in California. As of early 2019, VBI has invested in over 30 companies out of the hundreds of proposals submitted for review and we plan to invest at a rapid pace in the years to come. The majority of our current portfolio companies are US based, but we are open to proposals globally and are excited to see new ideas that fit our investment strategy. If you would like to learn more about us, please visit: www.vivabioinnovator.com Or send an email to innovation@vivabiotech.com If you would like to learn more about our parent company, Viva Biotech, please visit: www.vivabiotech.com

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Switzerland

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ArrePath — ArrePath is an anti-infective drug discovery company addressing the global health challenge of drug resistant infections.
Deka Biosciences — Deka BioSciences, Inc. is committed to developing and delivering life-changing medicines to patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases.
TechnoDerma Medicines — TechnoDerma Medicines focuses on the research and development of innovative skin drugs for external use.

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Invest in our experienceGrowthWorks* offers you more: more accountability, more experience and more proven know-how to make the most of your investment.A principled approach to adding valueOver the last 20 years, we've built GrowthWorks into one of Canada's venture capital management companies. We've done that by managingfunds that rigorously follow core principles: structure strategic investments in growth-oriented companies, value portfolio assets conservatively, build vital industry connections and minimize risk through diversification. It's a simple formula that delivers powerful results.Regional know-how. National ReachAt GrowthWorks, we offer regionally based retail venture capital funds (RVCs) right across Canada.GrowthWorks specializes in the management of and growth of regionally based venture capital funds. The funds under management include the following RVCs: Working Opportunity Fund, GrowthWorks Commercialization Fund and GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund.Partners in performanceWe have specialized teams in each of our core sectors to identify and structure investments in potential winners. These skilled teams also help create success by helping the companies that GrowthWorks managed funds invest in to grow with strategic management support and advice. This way, the companies get guidance from experienced leaders. In turn, the funds’ investors know that these companies receive direction to help them thrive.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

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Spotta — Spotta's smart pest systems help pest control monitor and identify pests. Solutions for hospitality, care homes, agriculture, farming and forestry.
ClearRisk — Our easy-to-use risk management software increases productivity, creates differentiation, and adds a simple and efficient process to manage risk!
HIGHLINEvc — HIGHLINE is a Pre-Seed investor & Acceleration Platform that helps digital startups get follow-on capital, backed by leading VCs with offices in Vancouver & Toronto.We believe in providing our founders with far more than capital. Yet unlike most accelerators, we have no rigid start/end dates throughout the year. By joining theHIGHLINE family, you get to call on us for advice on an ongoing basis, gain access to our premium network and monthly founder events. We’ll do our best to help with fundraising challenges and partner with incubators to help deliver specialized programming.

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The Ontario Brain Institute works to establish Ontario as a world leader in brain research, commercialization and care.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Medical
Grant, Seed, Funding Round
Canada, United States, France

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RetiSpec — RetiSpec is a medical imaging company using advanced AI for the detection of neurodegenerative diseases through hyperspectral imaging of the eye.
Yellowbird Diagnostics — Be Seen. Be Cured.
Grey Matter Neurosciences — Grey Matter Neurosciences is a neurotechnology firm developing new medical devices and drug-device combinations to treat age-related brain illnesses like dementia.

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Hike Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Canada, Israel

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Pitstop — Pitstop is a cloud-based Prognostic Maintenance Platform that enables enterprises to leverage the wealth of information available from their vehicle fleets. Their data engine integrates Connected Vehicles, Dealerships, Fleet Manager, Tier 1 Suppliers, OEMs, Insurance Companies and the Aftermarket Supply Chain.
Medmain — To create a world where medical services can be accessed with technology anywhere,anytime-As a supporting partner to medical practitioners throughout the world, Medmain develops and operates PidPort, an analytical system for pathological image diagnosis that makes use of Deep Learning, as well as Medteria, a specialized cloud-based service for medical students.
YPC Technologies — YPC Technologies is a Montreal based startup in food robotics with the vision to make good food more accessible. They are doing this by bringing small scale robotic automation to the cooking processes. Their food kiosks can prepare gourmet food at low cost with great consistency.

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