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Top 50 CleanTech Startup Investors in Canada

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Cleantech startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Cleantech companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 CleanTech Startup Investors in Canada

Investor	CleanTech Canada investments
Innovacorp	5
Fondaction	5
Export Development Canada	5
BDC Capital Cleantech Practice	4
WUTIF	4
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency	4
Business Development Bank of Canada	4
Ontario Centres of Excellence	3
BDC Venture Capital	3
Business Development Bank of Canada	3
SVG Ventures	3
Active Impact Investments	3
Sustainable Development Technology Canada	3
INP Capital	3
SVG Ventures	3
Silicon Valley Bank	2
The Atmospheric Fund (TAF)	2
Energy Foundry	2
Cemex Ventures	2
Clean Energy Ventures	2
Canadian Shield Capital	2
Canaccord Genuity Group	2
Startup TNT	2
Economic Development of Canada	2
MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund	2
Asymmetry Ventures	2
Sensata Technologies	2
Metiquity Ventures	2
GreenSky Ventures	2
VA Angels	2
Amplify Capital	2
First Angel Network	1
Greensoil PropTech Ventures	1
Real Ventures	1
Gullspång Re:food	1
Aligo Innovation	1
Heinz	1
AME Cloud Ventures	1
Fifth Wall	1
Dragonfly Ventures	1
Lowercarbon Capital	1
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures	1
Climate Investment	1
Clean Energy Venture Group	1
Good News Ventures	1
Nameless Ventures	1
Government Of Quebec	1
Hillside Ventures	1
Ross Finlay	1
Houston Angel Network	1

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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, Funding Round
Canada, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

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.
OVERGantt — With over 25 years in project management, OVERGantt provides cutting-edge software designed to keep you ahead of the game. Enquire today!
Planetary — Planetary develops ocean-based carbon removal technology to accelerate the natural carbon cycle. Planetary’s system purifies the mountains of alkaline rock waste left behind by large-scale mining operations, extracting the alkalinity from the rubble and putting it in the ocean, thus accelerating the carbon transition and rebalancing oceanchemistry.Planetary Technologies is on a mission to remove 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by 2035.

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.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software
Private Equity, Funding Round, Debt Financing
Canada, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.
Aquatech BM — Commercial & industrial bottle washer cleaner and sterilizer. Perfect for winemakers, microbrewers, dairy farms, hotels, laboratories and more.
Recharge Véhicule Électrique inc. — RVE offers electric vehicle home charging solutions: unique technologies, specific expertise and free resources for all types of home.

Export Development Canada (EDC) is a Crown corporation dedicated to assisting Canadian businesses of all sizes in achieving global success. It provides them with the tools they need to grow their business with confidence, including trade knowledge, financial solutions, equity, insurance, and connections.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Canada, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Joyride — Make mobility instantly shareable, connected, keyless and trackable on the world's leading software platform.
Virtuo — Virtuo is a CX platform built for home builders, real estate agents, mortgage lenders, and more, to elevate their home buyer experience.
WELL Health Technologies — WELL aims to positively impact health outcomes by leveraging technology to empower and support patients and doctors. Learn about our mission and purpose.

We can help you meet the capital-intensive needs of scaling and achieve timely growth. We offer more flexible equity financing and commercial loans.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, CleanTech, Oil and Gas
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Flyscan — Flyscan develops automated, airborne, leak and threat detection services for oil and gas pipeline operators.
Silfab Solar — Silfab solar panels are designed and engineered specifically for the North American environment and manufactured utilizing advanced robotics.
Giatec — Giatec is a global company revolutionizing the concrete industry by bringing smart testing technologies and IoT solutions to every jobsite.

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

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

Portfolio highlights

Care2Talk — Care2Talk is a video call mobile app for senior citizens that is secure, fast, and easy to navigate with 7-day battery life.
Inverted AI — Inverted AI, a spinout from UBC, is building a proprietary software system that predicts human driving behavior and is using it to build bots imitating human drivers for simulators where self-driving cars are trained. Its core technology utilizes probabilistic programming and provides a crucial ingredient needed to make self-driving cars'level 4' and above a reality.
VoxCell BioInnovation — Creating an extraordinary line of solutions for the drug development industry and the field of Oncology research.

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, Health Care, Information Technology
Debt Financing, Grant, Seed
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.
ReelData AI — ReelData AI provides artificially intelligent monitoring for finned fish aquaculture. It delivers weight distributions, feeding analysis, health analysis, and growth analysis
Dartmouth Ocean Technologies — Dartmouth Ocean Technologies is a sensor platform-based company offering sensor platforms for use in the oceans. It manufactures towed platforms, vertically profiling platforms, moored platforms, and a variety of lab-on-chip sensors.

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, Series A, Seed
Canada, United States, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

medreddie — medreddie simplifies clinical procurement and market research to drive the future of healthcare.
Eavor — Eavor is an advanced geothermal technology company dedicated to creating a clean, scalable form of clean baseload power on a global scale.
Terravest Industries — TerraVest Capital Inc. is a publicly traded income trust with a portfolio of diversified businesses and whose stated objective.

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

Portfolio highlights

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.

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, Internet
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Canada, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Xaba — Xaba develops intelligent automation solutions, materials and processes to enable a world of sustainable manufacturing.
Thentia Cloud — Thentia Cloud is a highly configurable, low-code government technology platform built for regulators, by regulators.
LeddarTech — The leader in environmental sensing, fusion and perception for automotive and mobility, LeddarTech delivers actionable data for autonomous driving and ADAS.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

FlipGive — Free tools to simplify team money management and lower team fees. Earn cashback, balance the budget, accept fee payments, get a team spend card, and more.
Arolytics — Build, manage, and execute the most efficient emissions management program custom to your oil and gas operations.
Clear Blue Technologies — Clear Blue Technologies, the Smart Off-Grid company, combines green energy with the proven advantages of communications and cloud technology to power and control off-grid lighting, security and mobile solutions. We are ushering in a new age of off-grid systems, that deliver the reliability of grid connected systems but are environmentally friendly,less costly, and can be monitored and controlled over the Internet.

We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.

Investment focus

AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Mi Terro — We are an advanced material company that engineers upcycled agricultural waste into sustainable and affordable plastic-alternative and paperless biomaterials for food, fashion and packaging industries. Our proprietary technology can potentially apply to any agricultural waste, from plants to dairy.
Continuum Ag — The mission of the Billion Bushel Challenge is to build awareness, foster creativity, and enable collaboration between farmers and biofuel manufacturers.
Cynomys — Soluzioni IOT di monitoraggio ambientale per allevamenti e aziende

We support environmental resiliency through profitable investment. We provide capital and talent to accelerate the growth of early-stage climate tech ventures catalyzing the transition from finite to infinite sources of energy, food, water & products.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, CleanTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Optiwatt — Optiwatt integrates your exact electricity rates so you can save on EV charging and HVAC. Automatically use electricity off-peak and earn rebates in utility programs.
Metafold 3D — Metafold 3D is a Toronto-based B2B SaaS startup that drives new applications for industrial 3D printing through our cloud-based Design for Additive Manufacturing software. Our lattice technology help engineers achieve reductions of up to 85% in the amount of material required for products in aerospace, medical, automotive and consumer goods. Wealso help them bring those products to market faster by dramatically reducing the preprocessing required for additive manufacturing.
Othersphere — Othersphere identifies the most profitable and sustainable locations for deployment of zero / low greenhouse gas industrial technologies, with initial focus on hydrogen. Utilizing a breakthrough software platform which tightly integrates energy systems models and geospatial data, Othersphere will ac

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

Portfolio highlights

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.
Carbonova — Carbonova takes carbon dioxide plus methane that combined with waste heat produces carbon nanofiber. Carbonova sees waste and pollution as a new untapped resource creating a true circular economy. It has applications in a wide variety of industries including replacing carbon black, tires, batteries,
ZeroIN — For ingredient manufacturers seeking to enhance the taste profile of their sweeteners, ZeroIN develops technology to produce next-gen sweeteners with the same bulk, sweetness, and taste as sugar but no aftertaste.

INP Capital is a global private-market investor with international offices in Canada, Australia, China, UK and Germany. We back and invest in entrepreneurs looking to change the world. We are committed to building long-term relationships with our investors, investment partners and colleagues.

Investment focus

Health Care, Financial Services, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
Canada, United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Samsara Eco — Samsara Eco is an enviro-tech company creating infinite recycling to end plastic pollution.
COVU — COVU delivers AI-driven technology to empower Insurance agencies and their customers.
Genecis — Genecis proprietary technology utilizes bacteria to convert food waste into PHA plastic, a biodegradable alternative to traditional plastics

We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.

Investment focus

AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

FarmWise — FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency.
Napigen — We are the genome editing company specialized for mitochondrial engineering. We address unmet needs of future food supplies by creating hybrid crop plants to boost their yields to an unprecedented level. The company’s technology creates robust male sterile lines that are ideal over conventional lines because of their stability and elitebackgrounds. This allows the production of non-GM hybrid seeds in crop plants that are currently mostly non-hybrid such as wheat. Our technology solution is expected to fulfill the highest level of public acceptance and aspiration.
Iamus Technologies — Iamus Technologies Limited is an Artificial Intelligence & Robotics company based in Ireland that has developed poultry specific robotic technology that empowers poultry farmers to make better and safer production decisions. Over the last 2 years we have been working globally with poultry processors in identifying KPIs that our robots cancontinuously gather on the ground in poultry sheds and feedback instantly to both producer and the relevant personnel back at the processing plant. Results to date are impressive with automatic and accurate data recovery from the birds on every part of the floor and analysis with real-time intervention now possible. These factors are key in addressing the growing demands of modern, intensive broiler production with the Iamus robot & platform meeting these requirements.

Silicon Valley Bank is the financial partner of the innovation economy; helping individuals and investors in the innovation ecosystem achieve extraordinary outcomes.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Debt Financing, Series B, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Carputty — Carputty is a superior way to finance a car. Buying new, used, or refinancing? Carputty's flexible line of credit simplifies the process. Get started now!
Coast — Coast is the simple, all-in-one fleet and fuel card that helps businesses easily pay for and track vehicle expenses. It's quick to set up, easy-to-use, and full of rewards.
HawkEye 360 — HawkEye 360 is a space-based RF data analytics company with one-of-a-kind solutions to better spectrum mapping and monitoring on land & water

The Atmospheric Fund invests in urban solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution

Investment focus

Energy, Software, CleanTech
Series A, Convertible Note
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Peak Power — Peak Power is making it profitable for commercial and industrial real estate customers to get to net zero. Visit our website to learn how.

We back today's most promising energy & cleantech innovators, and engage the world's leading companies to help build and scale. Our approach merges venture capital and an arsenal of essential tools and relationships to help you quickly achieve success.

Investment focus

Energy, Software, Internet of Things
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Azumo — Azumo front light is here to light the way to the new era of high efficiency, durable displays that don’t fight the environment but work in tandem with it. The time has come for all of us to reflect on what displays can do for devices.
3E Nano — 3E Nano has developed and is commercializing a low cost, thermally and optically smart, Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating. This nano thin film applied to glass and other transparent media is targeted toward windows, windshields, greenhouses, and solar module manufacturers.
Recurve — We're connecting the dots between efficiency, electrification, renewable energy, and DERs to enable demand flexibility to become a market-based procurable resource.

Corporate Venture Capital Construction Company for Cemex. We invest in innovative construction startups aiming to foster the construction revolution.

Investment focus

Construction, Software, SaaS
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United States, Spain, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

WtEnergy — Technology company focus on provide advanced solutions for the transformation of biomass and non-recyclable waste into clean energy.
DataRebelsMX — DataRebelsMX offers data literacy content & data project management software to improve data project adoption.
Carbon Upcycling — Carbon Upcycling Technologies (“CUT”) was formed to use the pollution of today to build the materials of tomorrow by converting CO2 gas into solid products. CUT sells advanced solid products derived from greenhouse emissions and cheaply available solids. Since 2014, CUT has scaled its ability to convert CO2 emissions into value-add end materials byover a million times. Through its portfolio of CO2-derived solid nanoparticles, CUT has technically validated its solutions for use in plastics, coatings, epoxy, adhesives, concrete, lithium-ion battery, and pharmaceutical industries. CUT recently launched a consumer brand called Expedition Air.CUT commercialized a corrosion-resistant coating, utilizing its nanoparticles, in 2017, becoming the youngest CO2 utilization company to generate commercial revenue (<2.5 years since inception) and has since been confirmed as one of the top CO2 utilization companies in the world as a winner of the X-Factor Award in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE. CUT has been named as a Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label recipient, a funding recipient of Fundación Repsol Entrepreneurs Fund, and a winner of the 2019 76West Clean Technology Competition.CUT’s most advanced product is its CO2-embedded concrete additive. In 2018, CUT graduated from the LafargeHolcim Accelerator in France and has continued conversations and testing with the company since then. CUT is also partnered with Burnco and Cemex. CUT’s commercial demonstration at the Alberta Carbon Conversion Technology Centre produces over 20 tonnes of concrete additives in a day. The product reduces the carbon footprint of concrete manufacturing by up to 25% while increasing the compressive strength of concrete by up to 40%.

Clean Energy Ventures invests in scalable early-stage climate tech startups and clean energy technologies addressing global climate change.

Investment focus

Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
Series A, Seed, Convertible Note
United States, Canada, Israel

Portfolio highlights

NitroFix — NitroFix aims to lower the global carbon footprint by generating ammonia with no carbon emissions. NitroFix created an innovative manufacturing technology that generates 0% CO2. The method is based on an electrochemical reaction, which is aided by a new catalyst.
Advanced Ionics — Advanced Ionics has created an electrolyzer that allows industrial hydrogen users to produce green hydrogen for less than $1/kg.
Carbon Upcycling — Carbon Upcycling Technologies (“CUT”) was formed to use the pollution of today to build the materials of tomorrow by converting CO2 gas into solid products. CUT sells advanced solid products derived from greenhouse emissions and cheaply available solids. Since 2014, CUT has scaled its ability to convert CO2 emissions into value-add end materials byover a million times. Through its portfolio of CO2-derived solid nanoparticles, CUT has technically validated its solutions for use in plastics, coatings, epoxy, adhesives, concrete, lithium-ion battery, and pharmaceutical industries. CUT recently launched a consumer brand called Expedition Air.CUT commercialized a corrosion-resistant coating, utilizing its nanoparticles, in 2017, becoming the youngest CO2 utilization company to generate commercial revenue (<2.5 years since inception) and has since been confirmed as one of the top CO2 utilization companies in the world as a winner of the X-Factor Award in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE. CUT has been named as a Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label recipient, a funding recipient of Fundación Repsol Entrepreneurs Fund, and a winner of the 2019 76West Clean Technology Competition.CUT’s most advanced product is its CO2-embedded concrete additive. In 2018, CUT graduated from the LafargeHolcim Accelerator in France and has continued conversations and testing with the company since then. CUT is also partnered with Burnco and Cemex. CUT’s commercial demonstration at the Alberta Carbon Conversion Technology Centre produces over 20 tonnes of concrete additives in a day. The product reduces the carbon footprint of concrete manufacturing by up to 25% while increasing the compressive strength of concrete by up to 40%.

Boutique Private Equity Firm

Investment focus

Energy, Software, CleanTech
Series A, Convertible Note
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Peak Power — Peak Power is making it profitable for commercial and industrial real estate customers to get to net zero. Visit our website to learn how.

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. is a leading independent, full-service financial services firm, with operations in two principal segments of the securities industry: wealth management and capital markets.

Investment focus

Mining, Precious Metals, Software
Post-IPO Equity, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
Canada, United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Li-FT Power — Li-FT Power is a cutting-edge company that focuses on identifying, exploring, discovering, and advancing early-stage lithium pegmatite projects in Canada. The company currently holds an interest in the Rupert Project, which is a 155,000-hectare greenfield lithium pegmatite exploration project.
enCore Energy — enCore Energy is a U.S. domestic uranium developer focused on becoming a leading In-Situ Recovery (ISR) uranium producer.
UGE — Cleaner, cheaper energy for everyone is our goal. Earn and save while you transition to renewable energy with community solar.

Startup TNT is a non-profit organization that emphasizes community building of investors, entrepreneurs and cheerleaders, who gather every week and build friendships before companies. Previously generated more than $3 Million capital for local startups, TNT aims to transform Alberta into Canada's be

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Medical Device
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Scription — Scription offers maintenance companies the only end-to-end solution for pricing, selling, and managing personalized maintenance contracts.
Nimble Science — small intestine sampling technology - Nimble Science
Picketa Systems — Picketa Systems equips agribusinesses with Analysis Stations to perform plant tissue analysis in seconds

Economic Development of Canada is providing assistance to enterprises and communities.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Software, Non Profit
Grant, Debt Financing, Funding Round
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Aquatech BM — Commercial & industrial bottle washer cleaner and sterilizer. Perfect for winemakers, microbrewers, dairy farms, hotels, laboratories and more.
Cycle Momentum — Cycle Momentum is a specialized and personalized accelerator dedicated to the cleantech startups. Founded by Cycle Capital, the accelerator works with entrepreneurs that develop and commercialize clean technologies to help build globally competitive companies. Cycle Momentum offers entrepreneurs a specialized and personalized program of trainingworkshops, networking sessions, experienced mentors and gives access to the investors to some of the most promising Canadian cleantech ventures.
Tourisme Montreal — Tourisme Montréal is a private, non-profit organization, founded in 1919 and incorporated in 1924. It comprises more than 750 members and partners from Montreal’s tourism industry, who share the common goal of promoting the city as a premier travel destination to non-local markets.Tourisme Montréal is committed to ensuring that all visitorsreceive a warm welcome. To this end, it sees that provincial hospitality standards are respected, promotes awareness and dialogue among industry players on the importance of excellence in hospitality, and supports initiatives to develop appropriate services for the Montréal region, which include producing and distributing travel literature and establishing tourism information centres. Tourisme Montréal also offers unsurpassed logistical support to meeting and convention planners, as well as specialized foreign press.

Working with Ontario talent to develop World Class Companies Learn More

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Tali AI — You can use Tali AI to dictate your medical notes directly into your Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software. Additionally, this extension will enable you to look up information from evidence-based medical databases at the point-of-care without needing to leave the EMR.
AmacaThera — Amacathera is developing an injectable hydrogel platform to provide localized, sustained drug delivery
Sibli — Institutional investors leverage our technology to secure an information advantage, reduce blind spots, and improve performance.

Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

NewHomesMate — Find, compare and buy a new construction home - all in one place.
SFA Therapeutics — SFA Therapeutics is a development-stage bio-pharmaceutical startup company focused on a new advancement in the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease - the use of microbiome-derived metabolites as drugs.
Rejuvenation Technologies — Rejuvenation Technologies is a biotechnology company that developed nucleoside-modified TERT mRNA to safely and rapidly extend telomeres. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Sensata Technologies, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of sensors and electronic controls. The company's sensor products include airflow sensors, analytical sensors, automotive sensors, pressure sensors, and switches. Its control products include battery protectors, circuit breakers, thermal controllers, motorcontrols, and thermostats. The company also offers power control products that include semiconductor burn-in test sockets, DC to AC power converters, fuses, and circuit interrupters. It offers its products for aircraft, military, appliance, automotive, electronics, heavy vehicle, HVAC, industrial, rotating equipment, RV, marine, semiconductor, and transportation markets. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Attleboro, Massachusetts with additional offices in the Netherlands, China, Japan, the Dominican Republic, Korea, Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, and Germany. Sensata Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Sensata Technologies B.V.

Investment focus

Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Series A, Series B, Series C
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Uhnder — The First Digital Automotive Radar
Peak Power — Peak Power is making it profitable for commercial and industrial real estate customers to get to net zero. Visit our website to learn how.
Nanoprecise Sci Corp — Predictive Maintenance, Automated Ai Based Predictive Maintenance, Machine Doctor, Wireless Industrial Iot Sensors, Artificial Intelligence in Maintenance, Scaling Iot Solutions

Alberta early-stage investors partnering with local innovators to unlock emerging markets and growth potential.

Investment focus

Energy, Software, Drones
Seed, Pre-Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

WaitWell — Get rid of lineups and improve service efficiency with WaitWell queue management software for busy public offices, universities, clinics and retail stores.
Arolytics — Build, manage, and execute the most efficient emissions management program custom to your oil and gas operations.
Sawback Technologies — Innovation meets excellence in the automated analysis and visualization of ground penetrating radar (GPR), electromagnetic (EM) and other near-surface technologies.

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

Portfolio highlights

Captain AI — Captain is the leading delivery management software for restaurant chains. Gain true visibility into your delivery operations while automating dispatch decisions and optimizing delivery times.
Brickeye — Brickeye IoT solutions monitor assets and processes across various industries and generate data and insights for better decision making.
Mission Control Space Services Inc. — Mission Control is a space exploration and robotics company specializing in spacecraft operations, onboard autonomy and artificial intelligence. We are developing a full-stack robotic control solution. Our technology is designed to control and automate robotic assets operating in harsh and remote environments and increase the safety, efficiency andscientific or financial return of missions.

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Invest in transformational technologies that can achieve large scale solutions globally.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Ditch Labs — Ditch Labs is a digital health company pioneering nicotine addiction treatment with artificial intelligence and a revolutionary device.
Pathway Medical — Pathway is an accurate and efficient point-of-care reference tool that gives you rapid access to evidence-based guideline summaries, interactive algorithms, key findings from landmark trials, clinical calculators, and more. Available anytime, anywhere.
Carbon Upcycling — Carbon Upcycling Technologies (“CUT”) was formed to use the pollution of today to build the materials of tomorrow by converting CO2 gas into solid products. CUT sells advanced solid products derived from greenhouse emissions and cheaply available solids. Since 2014, CUT has scaled its ability to convert CO2 emissions into value-add end materials byover a million times. Through its portfolio of CO2-derived solid nanoparticles, CUT has technically validated its solutions for use in plastics, coatings, epoxy, adhesives, concrete, lithium-ion battery, and pharmaceutical industries. CUT recently launched a consumer brand called Expedition Air.CUT commercialized a corrosion-resistant coating, utilizing its nanoparticles, in 2017, becoming the youngest CO2 utilization company to generate commercial revenue (<2.5 years since inception) and has since been confirmed as one of the top CO2 utilization companies in the world as a winner of the X-Factor Award in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE. CUT has been named as a Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label recipient, a funding recipient of Fundación Repsol Entrepreneurs Fund, and a winner of the 2019 76West Clean Technology Competition.CUT’s most advanced product is its CO2-embedded concrete additive. In 2018, CUT graduated from the LafargeHolcim Accelerator in France and has continued conversations and testing with the company since then. CUT is also partnered with Burnco and Cemex. CUT’s commercial demonstration at the Alberta Carbon Conversion Technology Centre produces over 20 tonnes of concrete additives in a day. The product reduces the carbon footprint of concrete manufacturing by up to 25% while increasing the compressive strength of concrete by up to 40%.

First Angel Network Association (FAN) is a not-for-profit organization formed to bridge the capital gap for companies with extraordinary potential in Atlantic Canada. Created by angel investors for angel investors, FAN provides entrepreneurs and investors with a confidential, disciplined, high-quality private equity investment experience. FAN alsodelivers education and networking opportunities in the areas of investment readiness, angel investing and commercialization.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

WellTrack — WellTrack provides on-demand online therapy for stress, anxiety, and depression.
Covina Biomedical — Covina Biomedical is a minimally invasive orthopaedics company producing injectable biomaterials that enhance quality of life. The company is developing its first platform product, a glass-based bone cement to enhance the longevity of orthopaedic implants. Using collaborative research approaches, and in partnership with end users, Covina Biomedicalhas created the first technology of its kind in the industry.
Beauceron Security — Beauceron makes it faster, easier and less complex for organisations to measure, manage and monitor human-centric cyber risk. Their comprehensive, automated cybersecurity platform covers cybersecurity education, social engineering simulations, executive surveys, and dashboards as well as business process, and technology gap assessment and analysis.

At Greensoil PropTech Ventures, we're shaping and re-energizing the future of the built environment and bringing in top-tier results to investors by bringing sustainability, innovation and excellence to the forefront of everything we do.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Software, Manufacturing
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Dealpath — Manage acquisitions, dispositions, development, and financing across teams with a single deal management platform, providing real-time visibility.
WattCarbon — WattCarbon develops decarbonization measurement and verification tools to track the carbon intensity of building energy use. The company was founded in 2021 with its headquarters in Lafayette, California.
Intelligent City — Intelligent City delivers turn-key, prefabricated, mass timber urban housing that is sustainable, affordable and livable.

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

Portfolio highlights

dcbel — dcbel's mission is to deliver energy that lets people live a life without compromise.dcbel™ (formerly known as Ossiaco) sits at the nexus of residential solar power, electric vehicle charging, the smart home, and customer-centric utilities. The dcbel team has a proven history of rethinking energy distribution for everything from largeutility customers to distributed energy resource providers.dcbel's AI-driven sustainable technologies enable people to leverage solar energy to power their cars, their homes, and their lifestyles.dcbel has numerous worldwide patents in power electronics and power conversion and is backed by a number of globally respected investors.
HumanFirst — The complete productivity suite to transform natural language into business insights and AI training data
BIOS — BIOS Health is unlocking the potential of the nervous system in treating chronic disease by using AI-powered neural interfaces that can automatically read and write neural signals.

Gullspång Re:food makes enduring investments in entrepreneurs solving the food system’s structural problems for generations to come.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Denmark, Canada

Portfolio highlights

NewLeaf Symbiotics — NewLeaf Symbiotics is a bioagriculture company dedicated to sustainable agriculture, innovative research and product development.
Pow.bio — Pow.bio provides fermentation services for synthetic biology.
The Mediterranean Food Lab — The Mediterranean Food Lab merge traditional fermentation and cutting-edge science, to produce natural plant-based flavor-bases for a wide range of meat replacement needs.

Aligo Innovation is a university research commercialization company in Quebec arising from the merger of Valeo Management and MSBI Valorisation. Aligo is dedicated to commercializing the intellectual property assets of its partner institutions.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Medical, Computer Vision
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Ovensa — Ovensa provides nanomedicine technology platforms, which deliver targeted oral therapy with mucosal and brain-barrier crossing properties. Ovensa focuses on developing personalized treatments for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases and on preventing antibiotic resistance.
SPARK Microsystems — Discover SPARK Ultra-wideband: Revolutionizing AR, VR, audio, gaming, and IoT with responsive low-latency, high-speed wireless transceivers.
Laurent Pharmaceuticals — Laurent Pharma is a clinical stage biotech company focusing on the modulation of cell membrane lipids for addressing complex conditions caused by an unbalanced immune-inflammatory response.

Van smakelijke lanceringen tot spannende samenwerkingen, er is altijd iets nieuws te koken hier bij Heinz.

Investment focus

CleanTech, Biotechnology, Waste Management
Series A
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Genecis — Genecis proprietary technology utilizes bacteria to convert food waste into PHA plastic, a biodegradable alternative to traditional plastics

AME Cloud Ventures focuses on seed to later stage companies building infrastructure and value chains around data. It specializes in technology-heavy companies gathering or creating unique data at every stage of the data stack — from infrastructure all the way to applications, mobile, and sensors. It strives to find, fund, and support trueentrepreneurs. The firm provides a unique and genuine set of resources to our founding teams, from strong operational and business experience to networks of amazing mentors and international partners, particularly in China.AME Cloud Ventures is the venture fund led by Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Ema — Ema is developing next-generation AI technologies to help every employee in the workplace be their most creative and productive. Ema is a seamless, accurate, and secure Enterprise Generative AI system that simplifies complex tasks using enterprise tools.
LastMile AI — Prototype and productionize generative AI apps. Built for engineers, not just ML practitioners
Elemental Cognition — Elemental Cognition (EC) provides a revolutionary hybrid AI platform with superior natural language understanding that powers expert problem-solving intelligence in conversational and discovery applications. EC was founded in 2015 by Dr. David Ferrucci, the renowned AI researcher and inventor of IBM’s breakthrough Watson technology. EC AItransparently engages with people to understand, reason, and explain complex problems. EC customers are in several verticals, including but not limited to healthcare, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, financial services, and travel.The mission of Elemental Cognition (EC) is to transcend conventional AI, aiming to aid individuals in comprehending intricate content, engaging in logical thinking about it, and locating as well as elucidating solutions.Elemental Cognition remains devoted to creating ethical and lucid AI, designed to contribute to resolving issues and providing proficiency in a manner that is both comprehensible and reliable.Recognizing AI's potential to function as a cogitative partner akin to a human, EC envisions a landscape of transparency, where the rationale behind outcomes is on par in significance with the outcomes themselves.What sets EC apart is its distinctive methodology, intertwining varied AI strategies within an innovative framework. This framework assimilates and ratiocinates upon knowledge that is understandable to humans, fostering collaborative and dynamic problem-solving. The outcome manifests as an expert problem-solving acumen that is more lucid and resource-efficient, seamlessly integrated into conversational and exploratory applications.

Fifth Wall Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on technology solutions for the Built World.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Software, SaaS
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Brazil, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Soly — Binnen tien jaar kunnen we de zon als energiebronweer op 1 hebben. Doe je mee? Sluit je aan bij enie.nl. Zonnepanelen, laadpalen en meer.
Sealed — Level up your sales with simplified rebates and incentives. Sealed empowers contractors by providing point of sale incentive and rebate qualification with guaranteed amounts.
Construex — Construex is a B2B SaaS construction marketplace for Latin America. We bring together suppliers and users of constructions supplies and services. We are bringing digital commerce to a huge industry ruled by legacy commerce.

Dragonfly Ventures is a small private family office investing in the unique gifts and capacities of people and communities who share a common vision for the health of humanity and our planet.

Investment focus

Chemical, CleanTech, Biotechnology
Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.

Lowercarbon Capital backs kickass companies slashing CO2 emissions, sucking carbon out of the sky, and buying us time to unf**k the planet.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Renewable Energy, Energy
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Eli — Streamline access to rebates, tax credits, and financing for your home energy and electrification projects with Eli.
Antora Energy — Antora converts low-cost, intermittent renewable electricity into a reliable, on-demand source of zero-emissions industrial heat and power.
Clairity Technology — Clairity Technology is a climate startup that creates low-cost, scalable technology to harvest carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Oxy Low Carbon Ventures a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

Investment focus

Energy, Clean Energy, Manufacturing
Series A, Funding Round, Private Equity
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Pure Lithium — Pure Lithium manufactures lithium metal battery technology to offer clean, sustainable, and cost-effective rechargeable batteries. It also provides a high discharge current density of Li-ion, significantly longer charging, and lesser weight for easier portability and transportation that enable industries to work under a range of environmentalconditions with customized casings and insulation.The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Cemvita — We utilize C02 to create carbon-negative solutions for a sustainable future on Earth and Mars.
Carbon Upcycling — Carbon Upcycling Technologies (“CUT”) was formed to use the pollution of today to build the materials of tomorrow by converting CO2 gas into solid products. CUT sells advanced solid products derived from greenhouse emissions and cheaply available solids. Since 2014, CUT has scaled its ability to convert CO2 emissions into value-add end materials byover a million times. Through its portfolio of CO2-derived solid nanoparticles, CUT has technically validated its solutions for use in plastics, coatings, epoxy, adhesives, concrete, lithium-ion battery, and pharmaceutical industries. CUT recently launched a consumer brand called Expedition Air.CUT commercialized a corrosion-resistant coating, utilizing its nanoparticles, in 2017, becoming the youngest CO2 utilization company to generate commercial revenue (<2.5 years since inception) and has since been confirmed as one of the top CO2 utilization companies in the world as a winner of the X-Factor Award in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE. CUT has been named as a Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label recipient, a funding recipient of Fundación Repsol Entrepreneurs Fund, and a winner of the 2019 76West Clean Technology Competition.CUT’s most advanced product is its CO2-embedded concrete additive. In 2018, CUT graduated from the LafargeHolcim Accelerator in France and has continued conversations and testing with the company since then. CUT is also partnered with Burnco and Cemex. CUT’s commercial demonstration at the Alberta Carbon Conversion Technology Centre produces over 20 tonnes of concrete additives in a day. The product reduces the carbon footprint of concrete manufacturing by up to 25% while increasing the compressive strength of concrete by up to 40%.

OGCI Climate Investments focuses on delivering the transition to lower carbon emission energy sources. The leaders of the ten major oil and gas companies are committed to the direction set out by the Paris Agreement on climate change. They support its agenda for global action and the need for urgency. Through their collaboration in Oil and GasClimate Initiative (OGCI), they can be a catalyst for change in their industry and more widely.OGCI aims to increase the ambition, speed and scale of the initiatives they undertake as individual companies to reduce the greenhouse gas footprint of their core oil and gas business – and to explore new businesses and technologies.

Investment focus

Energy, CleanTech, Manufacturing
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, Canada, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Zum — Zum is the industry leader in student transportation for school districts. We provide cost saving, energy efficient solutions for all child transportation needs.
Kairos Aerospace — Kairos Aerospace provides large-scale, aerial monitoring of methane emissions. The company completed the first-ever basin-wide aerial survey for methane detection in its 2019 survey of the Permian Basin. Kairos Aerospace’s mission is to improve operational excellence for the oil and gas industry with cost-effective, efficient methane reductions atscale.
Trace Carbon Solutions — Trace Carbon Solutions is focused on developing Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) infrastructure to enable the decarbonization of an array of large-scale industrial emissions.

CEVG is an angel investor collective that invest in and mentors early-stage cleantech and climatetech startups across North America.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

itselectric — Itselectric partners with city property owners to unlock access to untapped electricity supply while they earn passive income.
Carbon Upcycling — Carbon Upcycling Technologies (“CUT”) was formed to use the pollution of today to build the materials of tomorrow by converting CO2 gas into solid products. CUT sells advanced solid products derived from greenhouse emissions and cheaply available solids. Since 2014, CUT has scaled its ability to convert CO2 emissions into value-add end materials byover a million times. Through its portfolio of CO2-derived solid nanoparticles, CUT has technically validated its solutions for use in plastics, coatings, epoxy, adhesives, concrete, lithium-ion battery, and pharmaceutical industries. CUT recently launched a consumer brand called Expedition Air.CUT commercialized a corrosion-resistant coating, utilizing its nanoparticles, in 2017, becoming the youngest CO2 utilization company to generate commercial revenue (<2.5 years since inception) and has since been confirmed as one of the top CO2 utilization companies in the world as a winner of the X-Factor Award in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE. CUT has been named as a Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label recipient, a funding recipient of Fundación Repsol Entrepreneurs Fund, and a winner of the 2019 76West Clean Technology Competition.CUT’s most advanced product is its CO2-embedded concrete additive. In 2018, CUT graduated from the LafargeHolcim Accelerator in France and has continued conversations and testing with the company since then. CUT is also partnered with Burnco and Cemex. CUT’s commercial demonstration at the Alberta Carbon Conversion Technology Centre produces over 20 tonnes of concrete additives in a day. The product reduces the carbon footprint of concrete manufacturing by up to 25% while increasing the compressive strength of concrete by up to 40%.
Electrified Thermal Solutions — Electrified Thermal Solutions, Inc. is developing the Joule Hive: a new energy storage technology that converts surplus zero-carbon electricity into heat.

We invest in founders who are driven to push the limits of what is possible

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Canada, United States, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Voltpost — The lamppost electric vehicle charger.
Coinchange — Turn your crypto into more crypto with Coinchange, an easy to use bridge into DeFi for everyone. Earn up to 20% returns on your crypto annually.
Spellbook — Rally is the perfect software for lawyers who want to automate legal documents, offer legal subscription services, streamline client intake, and offer a client portal. Law firms choose Rally as an end-to-end workflow for a better client experience.

When many entrepreneurs begin their journey, no one knows who they are or what they are about to accomplish. Often, the people who back a startup and help drive growth stay behind the scenes. We believe great ideas deserve a start — even if they don't have a name yet.We're an early stage (Seed to Series A) technology investor based inChicago. We're entrepreneurs and investors who have helped start and operate dozens of startups, and we back our founders in every sense of the word.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

GigaStar — GigaStar brings YouTube Creators & Fans together as partners. Fans invest in YouTube Creators and Creators get funding while building an army of promoters.
BiomeSense — BiomeSense is developing novel technologies to enable the collection, storage, and analysis of daily human gut microbiome profiles.
Genecis — Genecis proprietary technology utilizes bacteria to convert food waste into PHA plastic, a biodegradable alternative to traditional plastics

Easily access government information and services.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Information Technology, Wood Processing
Funding Round, Debt Financing, Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.
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.
Cycle Momentum — Cycle Momentum is a specialized and personalized accelerator dedicated to the cleantech startups. Founded by Cycle Capital, the accelerator works with entrepreneurs that develop and commercialize clean technologies to help build globally competitive companies. Cycle Momentum offers entrepreneurs a specialized and personalized program of trainingworkshops, networking sessions, experienced mentors and gives access to the investors to some of the most promising Canadian cleantech ventures.

Hillside Ventures is an early-stage venture fund supporting companies either founded by UConn alumni or that are in the sustainability, insurtech, or edtech industries.

Investment focus

Energy, Sustainability, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

BioGreen360 — BioGreen360 is a provider of technology services for sustainable food waste solutions. It is self-contained, continual feed, aerobic, organic waste digester. This revolutionary system biologically converts organic waste into a dry, sterile, high-nutrient product suitable as a fertilizer additive, reducing the negative environmental impact and costsassociated with landfill dumping. BioGreen360 was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Enviro Power — Enviro Power brings to market an innovative heating system. The SmartWatt Boiler technology platform is designed to generate close-to-zero cost electricity and provide backup power with the potential to reduce utility bills for millions of building owners while lowering its carbon footprint and enhancing grid resiliency.
Rebound Technologies — An agile cold chain solution that boosts revenues, preserves product quality and ensures food safety, all while offering proven energy cost reductions.

Ross Finlay, a Co-founder and Director of the First Angel Network Association has been an angel investor since 2000. He has assisted many companies in raising private equity. Mr. Finlay is a recognized facilitator, senior business consulting professional and strategic change consultant who has an extensive background in public, private andnot-for-profit sectors. He has implemented major business changes in a number of organizations and has experience in conducting organizational reviews in the public/private and the not-for-profit sectors. He has extensive business networks throughout Atlantic Canada. He has been Executive Director of a provincial professional association and President of a national consulting company working with scientific, engineering and technical areas. Since his move home to Nova Scotia, Ross has managed his own successful consulting practice. He returned to the corporate world for a time with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and SolutionInc Ltd. – a Halifax based software development company. In 2002 Ross was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal for outstanding community service through his efforts in numerous charities.

Investment focus

Energy, Aerospace, CleanTech
Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Meta — META® delivers previously unachievable performance, across a range of applications, by inventing, designing, developing, and manufacturing sustainable, highly functional materials. Our extensive technology platform enables leading global brands to deliver breakthrough products to their customers in consumer electronics, 5G communications, healthand wellness, aerospace, automotive, and clean energy. Our nano-optic technology provides anti-counterfeiting security features for government documents and currencies and authentication for brands. Our achievements have been widely recognized, including being named a Lux Research Innovator of the Year in 2021. Learn more at www.metamaterial.com.

The Houston Angel Network (HAN) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing the innovation ecosystem in Houston, Texas by supporting founders and startups with financial resources and mentorship.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

CaseCTRL — Schedule surgeries with ease using AI-powered surgical scheduling. Fewer canceled cases, conflicts, and misorders. More surgery and time for patients!
Materna Medical — Materna Medical empowers women to protect and restore their pelvic health.
Amplified Sciences — Amplified Sciences is a molecular diagnostics company unlike other diagnostics companies due to their ultra-sensitive molecular sensing technology with composition of matter IP exclusively licensed from Purdue University. The technology is disease state agnostic, can detect to the single molecule level, scales easily to point of care, and providesa very favorable cost structure for their platform of reagents. The first application – early detection of pancreatic cancer - is an assay that will quickly prove the investment thesis due to large unmet medical need and a favorable reimbursement path. The team has delivered a working prototype and published proof of concept data.

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