Top 50 Construction Startup Investors in Canada in May 2026

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Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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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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

Portfolio highlights

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

Portfolio highlights

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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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

Portfolio highlights

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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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

Portfolio highlights

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 Government of Canada is making it easier for Canadians to find and access government information and services online through its central website, Canada.ca. The website is the single entry point for all government information and services available online and is accessible using any device with an Internet connection, including tablets ormobile phones. Its portal shows how government works, its priorities, laws, finances, transparency, digital government, and policies.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology
Grant, Debt Financing, Funding Round
Canada, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Tech Spark AI — Tech Spark is Canada's first edtech company committed to culturally relevant and equitable tech education for Black and students of colour, girls, and teachers.
Exxel Polymers — Exxel Polymers takes post-industrial and post-consumer plastic waste from various sources and processes it using granulation, shredding, and extrusion. The company sells recycled materials through an established distribution network.
The Alignment Project — The Alignment Project is dedicated to accelerating progress in AI alignment research. TAP aim is to promote the development of advanced AI systems that are safe, reliable, and beneficial to society.

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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

Carbicrete — CarbiCrete is a carbon removal technology company that enables the production of cement-free, decarbonized concrete.
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.
Strato Automation — Real World. Real Data. Real Controls. Delivering Real Building Automation in Less Time.

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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, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

OraQ AI — OraQ AI is a clinical decision support system that empowers patients to improve wellness practice through a holistic approach. OraQ AI was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Alberta, Canada.
Northernmost — Northernmost is a company that develops machines that protect and transport donated kidneys for transplantation.
Rivercity Innovations — Rivercity Innovations provides cold-chain monitoring technologies.

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Karman Ventures (fka Moving Capital) is a venture capital firm backed by early employees of Uber and other decacorn startups.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, India

Portfolio highlights

Jarsy — Jarsy Inc offers a platform for global investment opportunities using stablecoins.
Collate — Collate is a semantic intelligence platform built on a semantic metadata graph to power trusted discovery, governance, and AI across your data ecosystem.
Blok — Prioritize the right experiments and simulate potential product decisions. Discover the future of product development driven by AI.

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Ripple Ventures is a venture fund focused on B2B SaaS startups.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Cimba.ai — Cimba.AI, the Gen-AI-native platform that gives enterprises the power to create custom adaptive AI agents that can produce deep insights and recommend and trigger business actions based on internal data and knowledge base. The platform leverages self-training artificial intelligence that learns and adapts to an organization’s unique knowledgebase(i.e., dashboards, query history, metadata, playbooks, etc.), providing business decision makers with customizable AI agents that generate both insights and recommended next steps (i.e., which ten deals we should focus on this week?) to take based on their data (i.e., Snowflake)
Scalestack — Scalestack AI brings all of your GTM data together, suggests prioritized actions and helps your reps to execute your sales plays. Unlock a new level of sales productivity and generate more pipeline.
OnCall Health — Leading behavioral health EHR software and electronic healthcare record solutions built to modernize care, manage workflows and improve patient outcomes.

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Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Trouva — Trouva, launched in September 2015, is the marketplace for bricks and mortar independent shops, selling unique homeware and lifestyle products from hundreds of shops and boutiques. Trouva bridges online and offline in retail to offer click and collect, 1-hour delivery, and worldwide shipping in a single seamless platform.Trouva is one of the mostexciting e-commerce start-ups in Europe, backed by amazing VC and Angel Investors whose successes include Secret Escapes, Net-A-Porter, and Farfetch (BGF Ventures, Octopus Investments, C4 Ventures, Index Ventures & LocalGlobe).
Funding Circle — When Funding Circle was founded, they could see that businesses weren’t being given the finance to grow, while investors were making poor returns. They had a simple idea — let them support each other.By lending directly to businesses through Funding Circle, investors can now earn attractive returns to better provide for their future. Businessesget fast, easy access to funding to grow, create jobs, support local communities and drive the economy forward. They believe it’s better for everyone.
Raisin — Raisin is a savings and investment marketplace that connects retail customers with banks looking to expand deposit reach. The company's goal is to provide savers the best interest rates. The company gives access to exclusive savings products from all over Europe. Raisin assures a smooth investment process and the simple management ofinvestments with all of the partner banks via one single platform.Raisin was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Raisin DS was formed by a merger of the FinTech companies Deposit Solutions and Raisin in June 2021.

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FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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.
Fresha — Find the best salons and spa in your area with Fresha salon booking software. Book now!
1Buy.AI — Decision-grade AI driven intelligence for electronics procurement. Real-time market intelligence and risk analysis for the semiconductor industry.

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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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StandUp Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in female-founded companies in the B2B software and digital health sector.The firm is led by a team of experienced investors who have assembled a diverse advisory committee. The advisory committee is comprised of successful founders, venture investors, and other strategic mentors who willprovide high-touch support to the entrepreneurs. StandUp Ventures catalyzes strong deal flow across Canada from its network and syndicate seed rounds with Angels and US VCs.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Sampler — Get your samples into the right hand
Reusables.com — Get your favourite food and drinks in Reusables and help reduce single-use packaging from our environment. We help food businesses reduce packaging waste by providing tech enabled reusables that makes it easy for customers to reuse!
Sprout Family — Sprout Family is a digital concierge service based in Canada, focusing on assisting individuals and families on their journey to build a family. The company offers a range of services tailored to personal family-building needs, including insurance and employee benefit funds. With a team of 10 employees, Sprout Family aims to provide comprehensivesupport and resources for Canadians looking to navigate the complexities of family planning and growth. The platform offers users the ability to access their Sprout benefits online, ensuring a seamless and supportive experience.

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Ronald Richardson is the Vice President of Product Management and Co-Founder of Benbria. Ronald has contributed to all aspects of the business through Benbria’s growth, from software implementation to corporate financing rounds. With a rich career history covering finance, platform technology, and software start-ups, Ronald has held positionsat Barclays Capital in Strategic Modelling and Rates Trading, Intel in Design Engineering, and SlipStream Data (acquired by RIM) in Software Architecture. Ronald holds a B.S.E. (Bachelors of Software Engineering, with Distinction) from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Investment focus

Apps, Delivery, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Tough Commerce — White-label commerce solutions for merchants, distributors, suppliers and manufacturers in complex industries such as construction. Touch Commerce provide operation management, dispatch, e-commerce, customer portal, trucking, delivery and finance solutions to complex industries.

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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

Portfolio highlights

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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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

Inkblot — Personalized, accessible and confidential mental health and well-being support for individuals and organizations. Find a therapist using our matching questionnaire.
ThinkLabs AI — ThinkLabs AI is a specialist AI development and deployment firm. Its mission is to empower critical industries and infrastructure with trustworthy AI towards global energy sustainability.
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.

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David Dufresne is the Investment Partner of AQC Capital. He attended Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Harbr — Trade credit solutions - Exchange critical data and instantly access essential insights.
Livescale — Try the Live Shopping solution with e-Commerce and checkout integration. Boost your real-time sales and skyrocket your brand awareness among communities!
CYBERNETIQ — Identify real-time threats others can't see, and get complete visibility of your network with a military-grade attack surface analysis tool.

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We serve innovators and their investors with startup lending, venture debt and specialized fund finance solutions. Backed by 25+ years funding the innovation economy.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Booksy — Booksy - book appointments online. Find & book beauty services like hairdressing, manicure, spa or massage. Check prices & reviews!
Clariti — Clariti is your mission control for efficient permit and license management - from application to review to inspection to issuance.
The Learning Internet — Explore Learning.com's digital literacy & coding curriculum for K-12 students. Learn more, try EasyTech for free, or talk to a specialist today.

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Blockchange Ventures is a venture capital firm investing exclusively in early-stage blockchain companies, protocols, and applications that are trying to make a dent in the universe.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Zabo — Zabo is an API for connecting to any crypto exchange, wallet, protocol or account. Sign up for access to free API keys at Zabo.com
W3.io — W3.io is a web3 company dedicated to driving Web3 adoption through open protocols and standards.
Niobium Microsystems — The encrypted cloud has arrived.

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Frank Sobey has been a director of Crombie and its predecessors since 1981 and Chairman since 1998. Mr. Sobey is a director of Empire Company Limited, was Chairman of the former Oversight Committee of Empire and served as a trustee and Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee of Wajax Income Fund (now Wajax Corporation) until October 5,2010. He is also Chairman of the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation. Mr. Sobey is a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program (AMP)and, in 2013, received the ICD.D designation.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Real Estate
Seed, Pre-Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Harbr — Trade credit solutions - Exchange critical data and instantly access essential insights.

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Futurpreneur supports diverse young entrepreneurs ages 18-39 across Canada, offering accessible start-up loan financing, mentorship, experiences and resources.

Investment focus

Hardware, Education, Child Care
Debt Financing, Seed, Grant
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Periculum — An Alternate Credit Assessment Solution for Underserved Markets
NONA Vegan — Italian plant-based sauces that bring everyone to the table!
HopKidz Technologies Inc. — Domain Name: HopKidz.com HopKidz.com is a lively and energetic domain name that evokes images of active and playful children. With only 7 letters and 2 syllables, it is short, catchy, and easy to remember, making it perfect for startups in

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Jevon MacDonald is the Co-Founder at StartupNorth.

Investment focus

Software, Predictive Analytics, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Shakepay — Shakepay allows Canadians to buy/sell bitcoin and pay their friends. We're on a mission to create open access to building wealth.
Platformatic — OpenSource Platform for ...
Schematic — Convert more users, expand accounts, and prevent churn with better monetization powered by Schematic.

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John Risley is Chairman and CEO of CFFI Ventures Inc., a diversified holding company operating internationally. The company has majority or significant stakes in a portfolio of young companies ranging from financial services, renewable energy and the tech sector. He is also the Chair of Northern Private Capital, a Toronto based fund which investsin high growth opportunities, and Chair of MDA Corporation, Canada’s iconic space company.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, B2B
Pre-Seed, Funding Round, Seed
Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ClearBank — ClearBank is a clearing and agency banking platform allowing banks and other customers real-time clearance on payment transactions and other financial services. Its services include account management, liquidity management, transaction analysis, and real-time access to payment schemes. These services help clients to make transactions fast andcost-effective for their customers.The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Bristol City, United Kingdom.
Harbr — Trade credit solutions - Exchange critical data and instantly access essential insights.
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.

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FairVentures is the innovation initiative of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., with the mandate to research, develop, partner and invest in innovative solutions to support the Fairfax family of companies. We recognize that Fairfax companies need to be on the leading edge of emerging technologies, processes and thoughts as well as their applicationto industry in order to stay competitive. The purpose of the FairVentures initiative is twofold: 1) to generate and develop new business ideas and 2) evaluate new technologies, opportunities and businesses that are applicable to our subsidiaries and their customers.FairVentures operates an innovation and research lab at the Communitech Hub in Kitchener, Ontario; providing access to the vibrant technology and entrepreneurial ecosystem of the Waterloo Region.

Investment focus

Marketplace, Construction, Information Services
Seed, Series A
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Dozr — Construction equipment rentals available near you. From compact track loader to aerial work platform rentals, research prices and reserve heavy equipment rentals online.

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Mark Dobbin is the founder and President of Killick Capital. He previously worked at Verafin as a Director. Mark Dobbin attended Dalhousie University.

Investment focus

Information Technology, B2B, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Frenter — Helping equipment rental businesses manage their day-to-day operations so they can focus on growing their business in-person and online. Request a Demo today
Harbr — Trade credit solutions - Exchange critical data and instantly access essential insights.
Sparrow BioAcoustics — Sparrow BioAcoustics ,developers of a smartphone stethoscope designed to gather and collaborate on medical-grade cardiac and pulmonary data.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

DG Matrix — DG Matrix innovative solutions unlock gigaton-scale emissions reductions by enabling electrification anywhere and everywhere with less material and a smaller footprint.
Queens Carbon — Queens Carbon is working on a processing system that will dramatically cut energy use. The system minimizes calcination and material synthesis energy consumption, allowing for low-cost carbon capture and carbon-neutral cement manufacture.
Exterra Carbon Solutions — Exterra is a company that is creating a world-class solution for long-term CO2 storage using mineral waste.

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George Armoyan is President of Geosam Capital Inc. and Executive Chairman of Clarke Inc. An entrepreneur with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and capitalizing on turnaround opportunities, he has led a number of companies to solid business results over the last 35 years and serves on the Board of Clarke Inc.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Computer
Seed, Pre-Seed
Canada, Poland

Portfolio highlights

Beit — Next-generation quantum-inspired algorithms Accelerating Molecular Modelling. 10x Improvement in Computational Chemistry.
Harbr — Trade credit solutions - Exchange critical data and instantly access essential insights.

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Azure Capital Partners provides develops products based upon a technology that allows them to compete effectively with much larger incumbents and that enables time to market advantage It seeks to invest in the internet and information technology sector with a focus on software, media, infrastructure technologies, mobile, communications services andequipment, mobility solutions, and communications applications, web, and digital media.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

JumpStart — JumpStart, also known as JumpStart.com is a groundbreaking evolution in children's learning games and the first learning game delivered in a browser with high-quality 3D graphics and advanced game play. A completely safe and secure online environment where kids can interact, explore and learn, JumpStart.com has quickly become the epicenter of online gaming for the 3-10 year old demographic. JumpStart has several successful educational mobile apps including Preschool Magic of Learning and My ABC Book, as well as casual apps like Punk Punk Blitz and Roller Squash.
Rooftop Media — Rooftop is changing the way media programming is produced, and the fundamental value proposition of live performances. Utilizing our proprietary software platform, Rooftop develops exceptional audio and video programming for media channels and branded experiences for leading advertisers. Rooftop Media is the parent company of Rooftop Comedy andRooftop Comedy Productions.
Open Road Integrated Media — Open Road Integrated Media is a prestige content brand delivering digital experiences that entertain and inform readers around the world. Its network of digital properties produces compelling stories that keep audiences engaged—across devices and around the world. The Open Road brands include Early Bird Books, a daily eBook deals newsletter andwebsite; The Lineup, for fans of true crime, horror, the mysterious, and the paranormal; The Portalist, for fans of science fiction, fantasy; Murder & Mayhem, for fans of mystery and thriller; The Archive, for fans of history and non-fiction; and A Love So True, for fans of romance; and Open Road Media, a global eBook publisher whose catalog includes legendary authors such as William Styron, Alice Walker, Pat Conroy, Gloria Steinem, Octavia Butler, John Jakes, Pearl S. Buck, Walker Percy, Ruth Rendell, and Sherman Alexie.

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Smarter Partners Drive Better Tech. Our Strategic Investors comprise the largest group of multifamily and single-family rental owner/operators ever amassed

Investment focus

Software, Real Estate, Property Management
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

OnsiteIQ — OnSiteIQ is a computer vision platform for construction risk assessment
Conservation Labs — H2know by Conservation Labs can help you better manage your water consumption and protect you from water disasters! Learn More...
Fitwel — The Center for Active Design is the leading non-profit organization using design to foster healthy and engaged communities.

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Jim Spatz is the Chairman and CEO of Southwest Properties Limited, one of Atlantic Canada’s leading real estate developers. Southwest owns, operates and develops residential and commercial real estate in Atlantic Canada, extended stay accommodations across Canada, as well as a multi-unit residential portfolios in four Florida cities.

Investment focus

Sports, Big Data, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed
Canada

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Brizi — We're on a mission to build the world's largest network of group memories. Brizi lets anyone tap into nearby cameras to capture group memories at iconic places. Licensed across sports and landmarks including NBA basketball, European soccer, Grand Slam tennis, and at the Washington Monument, to engage guests, offer a new type ofsponsorship asset, and collect valuable user, population, and imaging data.
Grüvi — Gruvi is a line of craft brewed alcohol-free beers & wines.
Harbr — Trade credit solutions - Exchange critical data and instantly access essential insights.

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Cemex Ventures is the corporate venture capital of Cemex. With a global focus, we invest in, accelerate, and partner with innovative startups to drive the construction revolution.

Investment focus

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

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ObraLink — Sidcodx is a tool that collects and digitalizes data automatically in the job site to speed up critical construction processes such as progress control and the formwork stage.
Soil Connect — Soil Connect is a platform created for excavators, contractors, builders, landscapers and other building professionals who work with soil on a regular basis. Our platform connects those who have soil, with those who need soil.
KC8 Capture Technologies — KC8 Capture Technologies is an Australian based carbon capture utilisation and storage start up. We are working towards a greener global future

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Every aspect of the Sands Capital culture is geared toward delivering strong results for our clients.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, India

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FIRE1 — FIRE1 and is based in Dublin, Ireland, will focus on developing novel therapeutic devices.
Credo AI — Credo AI helps organizations shape AI development to the highest ethical standards through a workflow assessment platform that evaluates the data, the decisions and deployment of AI models, while creating an audit trail that is a complete record of the development process and its intention.
Alamar Biosciences — Alamar Biosciences is a proteomics company redefining the limits of Protein Biomarker Detection with unrivaled precision. Learn more about what we offer here.

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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.

Investment focus

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

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Pibox — Pibox is an all-in-one platform, where music production professionals manage, share, and refine audio. Perfect for project management, audio collaboration, collecting feedback, and seamless communication.
Appello — Streamline workforce management, health & safety compliance, and resource allocation for construction businesses with Appello.
Insight Terra — Insight Terra supports data driven risk management in critical situations where business operations, people and the environment all come together.

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Systematic Pre-Seed Startup Capital

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

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Cohley — Cohley is a content marketing platform focusing on user generated content, visual asset creation, and text review generation. Streamline your content generation today!
HelloHero — Quality pediatric therapy for children with developmental, behavioral, emotional & physical challenges. Learn more here.
Benefitbay — Our ICHRA administration platform includes real-time plan modeling and a best-in-class premium payment solution. All backed by direct, human support.

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Blackhorn Ventures is a collective of experts that invests in companies that are redefining resource efficiency in industrial sectors.

Investment focus

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

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Ridepanda — Employer sponsored leases on the widest selection of pedal bikes, e-bikes and e-scooters from top brands.
Hyperframe — Hyperframe develops a commercial metal wall framing system for large towers and commercial structures, enabling snap-together assembly that is 5x faster than traditional methods. Its automated, all-digital manufacturing process integrates with proprietary HyperBIM software, which coordinates the framing model with as-built conditions using pointcloud data. An AR app ensures precise on-site installation. The system eliminates scrap and significantly boosts schedule, quality, and safety.
ThinkLabs AI — ThinkLabs AI is a specialist AI development and deployment firm. Its mission is to empower critical industries and infrastructure with trustworthy AI towards global energy sustainability.

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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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GroundBreak Ventures™ is a property technology venture capital fund based out of Toronto and is focused on reimagining how and where people live and work. We invest in companies as early as ideation and provide both the capital and the domain expertise necessary to support the growth of our entrepreneurs, as well as the businesses they worktirelessly to build. Our goal is to invest in 5 – 10 emerging companies annually from around the world, with an emphasis on North America.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Software, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

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CABN — Canadian builder of prefabricated, energy-efficient homes
Chexy — Let your rent elevate your lifestyle. Chexy is the new standard for paying rent. We believe that tenants should be able to pay rent digitally and flexibly while building credit and earning rewards.
Virtuo — The Complete Platform for Modern Homeownership

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Builders VC is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing where technology meets new business models to modernize antiquated industries including healthcare, agriculture, industrials and real-estate.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Mexico

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gofor — GoFor is a provider of last-mile, on-demand, and same-day delivery services and solutions for suppliers and retailers. The company's streamlined SaaS platform encompasses a full suite of logistics capabilities including eCommerce integration, dispatching, and reporting. GoFor’s delivery model allows businesses to supplement their busy fleetsor act as a complete out-sourced logistics partner. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
QuoteToMe — QuoteToMe is a tech-enabled solution for construction contractors to simplify inventory, equipment, and temporary services procurement for project needs. The QuoteToMe One Touch PO device automates purchase orders using technology.
Brilliant Harvest — Brilliant Harvest is the Most Powerful AI Helpdesk For Equipment Dealers.

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Arjun Sethi is the Co-CEO of Kraken Digital Asset Exchange. He attended the University of Maryland.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, Canada

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Nibiru Chain — Nibiru is a smart contract ecosystem with a high-performance, EVM-equivalent execution layer. Nibiru is engineered to meet the growing demand for versatile, scalable, and easy-to-use Web3 applications.
Sleek — Sleek is a FREE browser extension that offers seamless checkout from every store on the internet AND gives you up to 25% cash back when shopping online.
Circuit & Chisel — Circuit & Chisel is an agentic AI platform that enables agents to make transactions between autonomous agents.

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ScaleUP Ventures is a venture capital firm that supports creative entrepreneurs and assists with investments. It is focused on early-stage venture capital with a preference for Business-to-Business opportunities. The firm was founded in 2016 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
Canada, United States, Egypt

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Canalyst — 4,000+ financial models with every KPI that matters, built and updated by our team of analysts.
Penny — Discover Penny. Transforming sellers' lives. Providing tailored corporate solutions. Try the best social selling app today.
Rose Rocket — Rose Rocket's transportation management software (TMS) helps trucking companies and freight brokers improve visibility, collaboration, and efficiency.

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100% invested in enterprise cloud companies.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, Japan, United Kingdom

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Oyster — Hire, pay, manage, and take care of your globally distributed team with confidence. Try Oyster for free today!
You.com — you.com is a search engine that helps users find what they're looking for by prioritizing real results. It aims to take on Google and other search engines dependent on advertising. It offers privacy controls to let users customize their browsing experience. It raises the bar on privacy, offering a zero trace incognito mode. It never tracksusers on the internet.You.com was developed by former Salesforce chief scientist Richard Socher.
Convergence Labs — At Convergence Labs, we are pioneering the future of AI with Large Meta Learning Models (LMLMs)—a new class of intelligent agents that continuously learn, adapt, and improve through real-time feedback.Founded in April 2024 and led by CEO David Lott, our mission is to unlock a future of abundance by enabling seamless human-AI collaboration. Unliketraditional AI models, our agents evolve beyond static training to acquire new skills on the fly—working alongside humans as dynamic collaborators, not just tools.Our team of world-class machine learning experts and engineers—from companies like Google DeepMind, Meta, Shopify, Uber, and Cohere—is redefining what’s possible with AI.We’re not just building smarter models—we’re building agents that learn like us, work with us, and grow with us.

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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, 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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Accomplice is a venture firm and contemporary family office. We have been part of the origin story of AngelList, Carbon Black, Coinlist, Currencycloud, DraftKings, FalconX, FLOW, Freshbooks, Integral Ad Science, Hopper, HQO, Luna, Near, Orchard, Patreon, PillPack, Plastiq, Recorded Future, SecurityScorecard, Skillz, Veracode, Work Human, WHOOP, Zoopla, and more. We are also founders behind Accomplice Blockchain and the Spearhead operator-angel movement.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

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Privy — Rated the #1 sales app in the Shopify App Store. Used by 600,000+ online brands around the world to grow sales NOW with email & SMS.
Freebird — Freebird is a first-of-its-kind mobile rebooking tool that empowers travelers to skip the line and instantly book a new ticket – on any airline at no additional cost – in the event of a flight cancellation, four-hour delay, or missed connection. Freebird provides travelers with instant notifications in the event of a flight disruption, and offersthe ability to rebook in less than 30 seconds with only three taps on their mobile device.
PillPack — PillPack is a full-service pharmacy that sorts medication by dose and offers door-to-door delivery. They fill, sort, and deliver all medications in personalized packets based on when you need to take them. Their service helps you take the right meds at the right time, every time.

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Oxy Low Carbon Ventures a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

Investment focus

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

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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.
Newlight Technologies — Newlight | AirCarbon - a natural, carbon-negative, regenerative, ocean-degradable material that can replace plastic. Harnessing the technology in nature to improve the world.
Carbon Upcycling — Our cities, roads, energy, AI, and all critical infrastructure are built on a foundation of concrete. And cement is the glue that holds it all together. Securing our tomorrow means securing our critical cement materials. It means building manufacturing independence, localizing supply chains, and investing...

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We're the next generation of pension fund managers. Discover how we spot opportunities on the edge and act with agility to execute complex investment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Financial Services
Funding Round, Private Equity, Series B
United States, Canada, France

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Cohere — Cohere builds powerful models and AI solutions enabling enterprises to automate processes, empower employees, and turn fragmented data into actionable insights.
Promise Robotics — No technical barriers for developers, builders and other AEC professionals seeking to adopt digital manufacturing.
PKF O'Connor Davies — PKF O'Connor Davies is a public accounting and consulting firm that provides a full range of services. Audit, assurance, tax compliance, fund accounting, bankruptcy and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions advisory, valuations, litigation, forensic accounting, and risk management services are all offered by the firm. Clients of PKFO'Connor Davies are primarily from the banking and financial services, healthcare, life sciences, construction, education, hospitality, real estate, consumer products and retail, and transportation industries.

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Sherbrooke Innopole is the economic development organization of the City of Sherbrooke which serves the industrial and tertiary-engine sectors. We provide free support to entrepreneurs in the industrial and technological sectors in Sherbrooke towards success.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Canada

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Immugenia — Immugenia is an early-stage immuno-oncology company developing a novel approach to CAR therapy by engineering hematopoietic stem cells to treat cancer and prevent relapses.
Calogy Solutions — Calogy offers thermal management solutions and modular battery systems for e-mobility, energy storage and power electronics.
TATUM bioscience — TATUM bioscience is a synthetic biology startup developing synthetic advanced biologics capable of multi-tasking therapeutic activities, packing all the advantages of combination therapy in a single agent to provide safer and more efficient treatments.

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The Farmers Investment Club is a "mini-angel investment group "of Stanford-affiliated faculty, staff and alumni that makes small investments in very early stage companies, often still with some technical risks that we believe we can collectively evaluate.

Investment focus

Construction, SaaS, Software
Seed, Funding Round
Canada, United States

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QuoteToMe — QuoteToMe is a tech-enabled solution for construction contractors to simplify inventory, equipment, and temporary services procurement for project needs. The QuoteToMe One Touch PO device automates purchase orders using technology.
eSUB Construction Software — eSUB's Construction Management Software is a cloud-based, mobile project management platform built for subcontractors to manage projects smarter.

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Vanedge Capital is a venture capital firm which invests in the enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, security, digital media and cloud computing sectors. The firm targets companies that are post-revenue with a fast-growing user base and have demonstrated product market fit.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
Canada, United States

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Olyns — Integrated hardware and software enabling a new paradigm for funding and collections of recycled plastic.
Mojo Vision — Mojo Vision is a developer of augmented reality products and platforms intended to invent the future of computing. The company has developed a smart contact lens with a built-in display that gives timely information without interrupting the focus and delivers immediate, powerful, and relevant information without the intrusions of today'smobile devices, enabling users to connect with others at a glance, anytime, anywhere handsfree.Mojo Vision was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Saratoga, California.
Bonsai Micro — Harnessing AI & ML To Improve Performance of High Data Rate Communication Systems Our Edge AI/ML technology supports multivariate optimization of complex parameters to improve Power Added Efficiency and Linearity of sophisticated communication systems. Product Overview Key Benefits: Increased Battery Life Increased Spectral Efficiency Increased tolerance to Environmental Changes Significant Cost Savings Solutions PRODUCT OVERVIEW

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