# Top 40 Cannabis Startup Investors in Canada in June 2026 ## Btomorrow Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Food and Beverage Btomorrow Ventures (BTV) is the corporate venturing unit of BAT. BAT is building A Better Tomorrow by reducing the health impact of its business by transforming into a truly consumer-centric multi-category CPG company. We are dedicated to partnering with ambitious and passionate entrepreneurs to realise their vision by providing a platform toenhance innovation and accelerate growth. ## Green Acre Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Cannabis, Consumer Goods, Marketing Green Acre Capital is a private investment fund dedicated exclusively to the Canadian medical and recreational cannabis industry. The fund invests in sectors across the cannabis value chain including production, research, consumer products and retail. ## SOSV - Type: VC Fund - Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software 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. ## Tribune Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Cannabis Tribune Capital is a venture capital firm located in Weyburn, SK. ## Innovacorp - Type: VC Fund - Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care 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. ## Golden Section - Type: VC Fund - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech Golden Section is a founders studio and venture capital fund. ## Chuck Rifici - Type: Angel - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Cannabis, Lifestyle, Marketing Dubbed the ‘Willy Wonka of Weed,’ Chuck is a true pioneer of the North American cannabis industry having founded Canopy Growth (formerly Tweed Marijuana) in an dilapidated old Hershey factory and building it into 500,000 square feet of thriving marijuana grow capacity. Today Canopy Growth is worth over $US 200 million and recognized as a worldclass cannabis producer. The talent he recruited now guides the entire Canadian cannabis industry.As CEO of Nesta, Chuck communicates the Company’s vision and purpose, devising practical strategies for sustainable growth and attracting top entrepreneurial talent to the firm. ## Jon Oringer - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock. ## LAGO Innovation Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Sports, Apps Founded in 2019, LAGO Innovation stands at the forefront of growth-focused private credit investing. We are dedicated to achieving downside-protected, premium income returns, regardless of current market conditions. ## Aman Chatha - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing Aman Chatha ## Delbridge Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vaughan, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cannabis, Software, Compliance Delbridge Capital Partners accelerates successful enterprise software start-ups by providing direct investments and supporting the go-to-market strategy and execution in the early stages of start-up growth. Delbridge invests in start-ups focusing on enterprise corporate technologies solving complex business problems in the areas of corporatefinance, sales, data management, and cybersecurity. Delbridge Capital Partners are experienced owners and operators of successful B2B enterprise software companies. Delbridge supports its portfolio companies in scaling their businesses by providing access to Delbridge’s extensive network of enterprise customers, capital markets, sales channels and talent. ## WGD Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Series A - Focus: Cannabis, Software, Marketing WGD Capital invests in early- and expansion-stage private companies. ## InnoStart Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Video Games, Financial Services InnoStart Capital is a small venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments. ## Colin Harris - Type: Angel - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Industrial Automation, AgTech Colin is Chief Operating Officer of PMC-Sierra Inc. Colin is a founder of PMC-Sierra, has served as Vice President, Chief Operating Officer since February 2007. Prior to this appointment, he served as Vice President of Worldwide Operations at PMC-Sierra from July 2004 and Vice President of IC Technology from May1997 to July 2004. Colin is anelected member of the Global Semiconductor Association Board of Directors and serves on the advisory board of the Design for E-Beam (DFEB) initiative. Colin currently also serves on the board of directors for Yaletown portfolio company Redlen Technologies ## Ken Miyoshi - Type: Angel - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: FinTech, Video, Finance Ken Miyoshi ## Gaingels - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital todate. The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments. ## Robin Knox - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Digital Media Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary. ## Globalive - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology A startup studio and investment firm backing bold founders through capital, operational depth, and 25+ years of company-building experience. Discover what we build and invest in. ## Paradigm Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Post-IPO Equity, Post-IPO Debt - Focus: Mining, Precious Metals, Mineral Paradigm is a research-driven investment dealer. Their sales and trading desk focuses on companies they cover. Their investment banking team provides innovative and attentive service. They believe that teamwork and long-term relationships are the key to exceptional success and growth. ## KarpReilly - Type: VC Fund - Location: Greenwich, Connecticut, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Private Equity - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Retail Private Equity Growth Investors - Greenwich, CT ## GTMfund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Austin, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Let us help you go from 0 to IPO. We're investing $10 million per year into early-stage companies (pre-Series A), specializing in B2B SaaS. ## Philip Sane - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing Philip Sane ## Ethan Oren Perlstein - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Cannabis, Biopharma Over the course of the last decade, first as a graduate student at Harvard University in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology with PhD advisor Professor Stuart Schreiber and then as an independent postdoctoral fellow at the Lewis-Sigler Institute at Princeton University, Dr. Ethan Perlstein developed an approach to studying old drugs anddiscovering new drugs in model organisms called evolutionary pharmacology. Ethan is an author on 19 peer-reviewed scholarly publications, including the discovery of a novel mechanism of action for the antidepressant Zoloft based on studies in yeast cells. ## Brett Wilson - Type: Angel - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Cannabis, Lifestyle, Marketing W. Brett Wilson was the Co-Founder of FirstEnergy Capital. He currently worked at Canoe Financial as the Chairman. ## Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Nadav Ben-Chanoch ## Aubrey Graham (Drake) - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Gaming, Mobile, FinTech Aubrey Graham (Drake) is the Founder of OVO Sound. ## MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Working with Ontario talent to develop World Class Companies Learn More ## Sol Global Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Corporate Round, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Cannabis, Fitness Tuned for performance. SOL Global Investments is a diversified private equity firm targeting best-in-class companies that operate in ultra-high growth industries. Our team has a proven track record of identifying pioneering businesses that are poised to disrupt the status quo and take ## Third Kind Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Cryptocurrency Actual contact with an alien is a Close Encounter of the Third Kind ## Groupe Roski - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Groupe Roski is a private investment company that has been involved in venture capital since 2013 with companies that improve the quality of life and the environment for individuals. ## Lanny Lipson - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing Lanny Lipson ## RIV Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Cannabis, AgTech, SaaS RIV Capital is a cannabis acquisition and investment firm building a leading multistate platform of brands in key strategic U.S. markets. ## Gotham Green Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santa Monica, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Cannabis, Retail, E-Commerce A leading private equity firm investing exclusively across the global cannabis industry. ## Ontario Brain Institute - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Medical The Ontario Brain Institute works to establish Ontario as a world leader in brain research, commercialization and care. ## Kathia Cambron - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing Kathia Cambron ## Tomas Lestrup - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing Tomas Lestrup ## Monroe Asami - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing Monroe Asami ## Kevin Liles - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Music, Retail, Fashion Kevin Liles, CEO, and Co-Founder at 300 Entertainment. He attended Morgan State University. ## Anges Quebec - Type: VC Fund - Location: Quebec, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs. ## FedDev - Type: VC Fund - Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology FedDev Ontario aids the southern Ontario economy by supporting innovation, commercialization, business growth, productivity, and communities.