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Top 50 EdTech Startup Investors in Canada (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Canada EdTech startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Canada EdTech startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Real Ventures
VC Fund
10 Canada, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $650k–$50M
Inovia Capital
VC Fund
9 Canada, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $1M–$79M
BDC Venture Capital
VC Fund
9 Canada, United States, Japan Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $603k–$16M
Ontario Centres of Excellence
VC Fund
7 Canada, United States Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Amplify Capital
VC Fund
7 Canada, United States, India Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Health Care, Education, Artificial Intelligence $1.1M–$28M
Panache Ventures
VC Fund
7 Canada, United States, Israel Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $717k–$20M
Rhino Ventures
VC Fund
6 Canada, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Software $1.5M–$115M
MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund
VC Fund
6 Canada, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $368k–$14M
Business Development Bank of Canada
VC Fund
6 Canada, United States, Argentina Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $275k–$15M
Anges Quebec
VC Fund
6 Canada, Spain, United States Seed, Angel Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $366k–$3.1M
Capital Angel Network
VC Fund
5 Canada, United States Seed, Angel Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence $10k–$5M
Relay Ventures
VC Fund
5 United States, Canada, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Apps $1.4M–$35M
N49P
VC Fund
4 Canada, United States, Jamaica Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services $549k–$20M
Brightspark Ventures
VC Fund
4 Canada, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, SaaS, Machine Learning $1.8M–$28M
Westdale Properties
VC Fund
4 Canada Seed, Series A Finance, Education, Insurance $3.3M–$4.5M
Golden Ventures
VC Fund
4 Canada, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.5M–$47M
Uncork Capital
VC Fund
4 United States, Canada, Israel Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Analytics $1.2M–$50M
Ripple Ventures
VC Fund
4 Canada, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $20k–$25M
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
VC Fund
4 Canada, United States, France Grant, Debt Financing, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $25k–$2M
Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners
VC Fund
4 Canada, United States Pre-Seed, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Software $22k–$8M
HCS Capital
VC Fund
4 Chile, Israel, United States Seed, Series A Insurance, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $500k–$18M
Honeywell Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Canada, Israel Series B, Series A, Series D Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $5.9M–$100M
SiriusPoint
VC Fund
3 United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series C Insurance, InsurTech, Financial Services $2.5M–$118M
Canada Media Fund
VC Fund
3 Canada Seed, Grant Mobile, Software, Virtual Reality $9k–$1.8M
Differential Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Canada, Israel Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $300k–$21M
Roger Martin
Angel
3 Canada Seed, Series A SaaS, FinTech, Finance $1.2M–$7M
Desjardins Venture Capital
VC Fund
3 Canada, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $805k–$22M
Maple Leaf Angels
VC Fund
3 Canada, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Health Care, SaaS $90k–$2.1M
Fondaction
VC Fund
3 Canada, United States, France Private Equity, Debt Financing Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software $273k–$125M
Whitecap Venture Partners
VC Fund
3 Canada, United States, Spain Series A, Seed, Series B Health Care, Software, Enterprise Software $717k–$54M
Wesley Clover
VC Fund
3 Canada, United Kingdom, France Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Information Technology $327k–$8M
IDEA Fund Partners
VC Fund
3 United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Information Technology $435k–$21M
Garage Capital
VC Fund
3 Canada, United States, South Africa Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $800k–$50M
BDC Capital’s Women in Technology Venture Fund
VC Fund
3 Canada Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $2.2M–$200M
Reach Capital
VC Fund
3 United States, Brazil, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Education, EdTech, Software $1.3M–$80M
GrowthWorks Capital
VC Fund
3 Canada, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series A Software, Biotechnology, Health Care $1.6M–$21M
CEAS Investments
VC Fund
3 United States, Canada, Mexico Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $1.4M–$140M
Neal Dempsey
Angel
3 United States, Canada, Germany Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology $2.5M–$20M
Good News Ventures
VC Fund
3 Canada, United States, Cyprus Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $146k–$4.3M
Calian
VC Fund
3 Canada Seed, Convertible Note SMS, Email, Hospital $293k–$293k
Liyuan Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 China, Canada, United States Series A, Seed, Angel Higher Education, Video, Consumer Goods
OMERS Ventures
VC Fund
2 Canada, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Software, SaaS, Health Care
Quiet Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $1.8M–$76M
Xfund
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.6M–$45M
Azure Capital Partners
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, Brazil Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $1.5M–$62M
Ali Moiz
Angel
2 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Education $1.5M–$32M
Birchmere Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series B, Series A Software, Health Care, Internet $1M–$23M
NewSchools Venture Fund
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, Israel Grant, Seed, Series A Education, EdTech, E-Learning $100k–$8M
Emerson Collective
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, France Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $1.9M–$221M
Alumni Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.4M–$79M
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Real Ventures
VC Fund · Montréal, Quebec, Canada · 10 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 209
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$5M; Series A $2.2M–$22M; Series B $2.8M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $132M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Peggy — Peggy is a social marketplace that allows you to discover, buy, and sell investment-worthy art. A place for the art-curious and the art-expert, for the art gallery and artist. A new way forward for the art world.
  • Clutch — Clutch is a Toronto-based technology company that is reinventing the way people buy and own cars. Clutch offers high-quality certified vehicles at great prices through a fully online customer experience. At Clutch.ca, customers browse inventory online, buy the car that’s right for them, and enjoy effortless at-home delivery. Clutch’s mission is toprovide customers with a delightful car buying experience by offering high-quality cars at great prices with ultimate convenience while making a positive impact on the communities in which it operates.
  • Canvass AI — Canvass AI empowers industrial workforces to leverage data and create immediate impact in their day-to-day operations.
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Inovia Capital
VC Fund · Montréal, Quebec, Canada · 9 investments in Canada EdTech startups

We support entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey and build technology companies that generate a positive impact on society.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 346
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Series A $2M–$18M; Series B $5M–$79M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Certn — Thousands of companies worldwide rely on Certn's integrated background screening to secure the right people with an 80% reduced time to hire.
  • Allocadia — Allocadia's performance marketing software helps marketing teams confidently plan budgets and optimize campaigns and manage investments to improve marketing ROI.
  • Visto — Visto is a technology company dedicated to bringing transparency, interoperability and accountability to digital advertising. The company’s Visto™ Enterprise Advertising Hub is a vendor-agnostic platform that unites the complete ad tech stack in a single user-friendly interface. Brands, media companies and agencies benefit from transparency inmanaging execution partners, optimizing ad spend, measuring performance and leveraging analytics to drive efficiencies and improve ROI. For more information, contact www.vistohub.com.
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BDC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · 9 investments in Canada EdTech startups

BDC Venture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on technology-based businesses that have high growth potential and that are positioned to become dominant players in their markets. The company helps create and develop strongCanadian businesses through financing, consulting services and securitization, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.BDC Venture Capital has been involved in venture capital since 1975 and has to date invested in more than 400 companies involved in the areas of Life Sciences, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Advanced Technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 402
  • Round size: Seed $603k–$5M; Series A $3.1M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • RainStick — The RainStick shower is a recirculating shower that saves 80% energy and 80% water but still feels like a luxurious shower.
  • Optosecurity — PAX CHECKPOINT combines automated screening lanes with a screening software to create a fully integrated checkpoint solution.
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Ontario Centres of Excellence
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 7 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 150
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Amplify Capital
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 7 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Education, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$2.3M; Series A $7.3M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $22M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Sprout Labs — EarlyBird helps educators identify children at risk for reading difficulties, like dyslexia, at a time when intervention is most effective.
  • 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.
  • BioIntelligence Technologies — Industrie 4.0 - Enabling intelligent biomanufacturing: from R&D to production. Real-time optimization of cell cultures and fermentations.
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Panache Ventures
VC Fund · Montréal, Quebec, Canada · 7 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Canada's leading nationwide pre-seed venture fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 152
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Pre-Seed $717k–$2.8M; Series A $5.7M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Revyl — Revyl is an observability platform that helps teams identify and resolve bugs before they reach production. It offers real-time monitoring and insights, allowing developers to catch issues early in the development process. With features such as error detection and performance analytics, Revyl enhances software reliability and improves the overalluser experience.
  • Beatdapp — Beatdapp offers a tracking system that authenticates, verifies, and validates media streamed in real-time.The service reduces the tracking discrepancies between Digital Service Providers (DSPs) and rights holders, increasing royalty revenue for rights holders while limiting legal exposure to royalty lawsuits for DSPs. Think of it like a PWC formusic play count.
  • MarketMuse — Our AI-powered software tells you what content to write (and how much) to leverage your experience and rank higher where competitors are weak.
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Rhino Ventures
VC Fund · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 6 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Rhino partners with entrepreneurs to build, acquire, and scale market-leading platforms.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 45
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.1M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $62M–$115M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $120M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Diginex — World leading blockchain-enabled software to collect, digitize and improve your ESG and sustainability impact. Accessible, intuitive and affordable.
  • Pluto — Unlimited corporate cards with spend controls, petty cash management and automated receipt collection built for businesses in MENA (UAE, Saudi Arabia & more).
  • ShopVision Technologies — AI is reinventing digital selling. Lead the change or risk being left behind.
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MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 6 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Working with Ontario talent to develop World Class Companies Learn More

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 161
  • Round size: Seed $375k–$4M; Pre-Seed $368k–$1.5M; Series A $2.2M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cyder — Cyder is an end-to-end loyalty platform that allows credit unions to seamlessly issue, redeem, and integrate white-labeled rewards into everyday banking.
  • 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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Business Development Bank of Canada
VC Fund · Montréal, Quebec, Canada · 6 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Argentina

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 268
  • Round size: Seed $275k–$5M; Series A $3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Skygauge — The Skygauge takes ultrasonic testing to the skies. Conduct faster, safer industrial asset inspections by drone.
  • Quadshift — Quadshift provides software solutions to thousands of businesses in a variety of vertical markets by acquiring and building great B2B software companies and holding them for the long term.
  • 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.
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Anges Quebec
VC Fund · Quebec, Quebec, Canada · 6 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Canada, Spain, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 155
  • Round size: Seed $805k–$3.1M; Angel $366k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zilia — Zilia's non-invasive assessment of biomarkers in the eye redefines the way we prevent, diagnose, and treat various diseases.
  • Opalia — Opalia is introducing a new era of dairy: functional, delicious, and sustainable dairy made from mammary cells.
  • Gray Oncology Solutions — Gray Oncology Solution is a healthcare enterprise software company that commercializes GrayOS, the operating system for oncology.
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Capital Angel Network
VC Fund · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · 5 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 97
  • Round size: Seed $183k–$5M; Angel $10k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Xatoms — At Xatoms, we clean water with Quantum Chemistry and AI, revolutionizing water purification for communities worldwide. Our innovative approach rapidly identifies new, sustainable materials to remove harmful pollutants and pathogens. We aim to alleviate the burden on women and girls in underrepresented communities, transforming the global landscape of water accessibility and empowering a more equitable world. Xatoms is at the forefront of combining scientific innovation with social change.
  • Virica Biotech — Viral Sensitizers (VSE) for drug developers and manufacturers are small molecules that improve viral yields and effectiveness by reducing the antiviral defences on a cellular level.
  • Afynia Laboratories — Aima Laboratories is a women's health healthcare company that provides innovative solutions to diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. AIMA is working on the first non-invasive endometriosis diagnostic tool for the market. If you have chronic pelvic/period pain or are having difficulty becoming pregnant, you may have endometriosis.
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Relay Ventures
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 5 investments in Canada EdTech startups

We view founders as partners. We bring capital, networks, and experience, and our founders bring expertise, teams, and dreams.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 165
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$7M; Series A $4.4M–$13M; Series B $5.5M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Bird — Bird electric bikes and scooters are providing eco-friendly transportation for riders in hundreds of cities around the world. NYSE: BRDS.
  • Luma — Luma was created by Dr. Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse. Paul and Mike have worked together for 15 years solving complex networking and security problems for the largest companies in the world.With the rise of the connected home, people are using more devices than ever. Home WiFi networks now need to be able to keep every one of them runningand fully secure. Mike, Paul, and the team decided to use their expertise to create the perfect, personalized WiFi network for everyone.On that day, Luma was born. Since then, the mission has been the same: To create the fastest, simplest, most secure, and most reliable home network that’s equipped for the technology of today, and tomorrow.
  • FreshGrade — FreshGrade is a learning network that seamlessly integrates a digital portfolio, flexible gradebook, and real time communication platform.
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N49P
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 4 investments in Canada EdTech startups

N49P is a venture capital firm focused on ideas to seed-stage Canadian technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Jamaica

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 96
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $549k–$3.5M; Series A $3.3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lotly — Find your best mortgage rate in a few clicks with our mortgage discovery system. Whether you're a first time homebuyer, looking to refinance, or require a creative solution, our mortgage agents will help with every step. Expert advice, personalized results, and the best experience at no cost to you.
  • Uplinq — Uplinq is the first, global credit assessment platform for small business lenders. We provide lenders confidence, through billions of unique & validated data signals beyond traditional credit indicators, to make the most accurate decisions possible. Our platform allows lenders to gain insights on all SMBs in their portfolio, while empoweringthem to better support the underserved, unbanked, minority & immigrant small business owner.The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
  • FightCamp — FightCamp delivers the most exhilarating and effective form of home fitness through interactive boxing workouts, streamed to your device on demand.
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Brightspark Ventures
VC Fund · Montréal, Quebec, Canada · 4 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Brightspark Ventures invests in early stage Canadian software companies.Brightspark has been investing in the Canadian VC industry since 1999. Over the last 20 years, the company has refined its focus to the point where it choose what it believes to be the best early-stage opportunities in the market. The company's goal is to findexceptional startups, and work closely with these companies as they grow to achieve stellar returns.We have structured our investments to allow individual accredited investors to invest with us. We have found that individual investors share the same goals as us when investing: they too want to invest in startups with CEOs that are focused on creating massive returns.This model also benefits our portfolio companies, who appreciate having a network of investors they don’t necessarily have to "manage". By leading the investment and actively working as the gatekeeper for the company, Brightspark ensures that the company can grow to its full potential without being distracted or becoming unfocused. This model attracts some of the best companies in Canada.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 77
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$6.6M; Series A $3M–$19M; Series B $2.5M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $54M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Enurgen — Accuracy you can trust and returns you can prove. A 3D, physics-based model to validate bankable, scalable, and reliable solar energy yields.
  • Coral — Coral is a virtual care clinic that provides evidence-based, personalized support for perimenopause and menopause, weight loss and longevity.
  • Brickeye — Brickeye IoT solutions monitor assets and processes across various industries and generate data and insights for better decision making.
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Westdale Properties
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 4 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Westdale Properties is owns, manages and developes real estate across North America.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Education, Insurance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $3.3M–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PolicyMe — Online, affordable term life insurance. Simple application. Backed by Canadian Premier Life Insurance. No obligation. Same-day coverage.
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Golden Ventures
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 4 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 183
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Series A $5.9M–$32M; Series B $14M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Cybrid — The Cybrid software development kit & cloud-based platform can enable you to launch crypto trading within weeks, for minimal fees. Save millions in headcount, legal, and operational costs, compared to building your own platform from scratch.
  • 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.
  • Shakudo — Shakudo unites all of the data tools and services you need into a single comprehensive data platform, allowing your team to develop and deploy analytics-based solutions with ease.
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Uncork Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in Canada EdTech startups

For more than 20 years, Uncork has focused on one stage: seed. Our partners have invested in over 290 companies, with more than 100 meaningful outcomes and $60B+ in enterprise value created — including Fitbit (NYSE: FIT, Google), Sendgrid (NYSE: SEND, Twilio), Eventbrite (NYSE: EB), Poshmark (NASD: POSH), and Postmates (UBER), as well asfast-growing startups like We invest in companies using AI and emerging technologies to create leverage, unlock scale, and push industries forward. We're typically the first major check on the cap table, often leading seed rounds with an initial investment of $3M-$5M. We keep terms simple and transparent, because a clean term sheet makes a strong partnership.We look for team, TAM, and tailwinds, but conviction in founder–market fit comes above all else. We back founders who bring sharp insight into their markets and the drive to build what others can’t yet see.There’s no single playbook for building a company. Every journey looks different, but our role stays the same: a steady partner who shows up early, knows when to deliver hard truths, and stays engaged long after the round closes.Learn more at

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 400
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6M; Series A $1.8M–$18M; Series B $10M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Metarch — Metarch builds next‑generation frontier AI systems that enable continual learning, long‑horizon planning, and autonomous action across complex, multimodal environments. Their AI models and native infrastructure empower agents to interact with software, APIs, and tools to perform tasks once reserved for humans.
  • Adentro — Zenreach created Walk-Through Marketing to help businesses with physical locations dramatically improve customer acquisition and lifetime value by connecting digital marketing with in-store results. Zenreach Engage automatically tracks customer visits, effortlessly builds rich customer profiles and keeps them up to date. Zenreach Attract improvesad performance 4x by targeting audiences based on your best customers. Results are measured with our Walk-Through Rate™, a proprietary metric that shows when someone exposed to an ad visits a location. Founded in 2012, Zenreach serves thousands of independent merchants and leading brands like Peet’s Coffee, Ruth’s Chris and BCBG Max Azria.
  • Sunnyside — Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol moderation app helping 600,000+ people drink less through tracking, coaching, and optional naltrexone via telehealth. Start your free 15-day trial.
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Ripple Ventures
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 4 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Pre-Seed $20k–$1.5M; Series A $8M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2020

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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Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
VC Fund · Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada · 4 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Grant, Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 206
  • Round size: Seed $25k–$2M; Grant $30k–$2M; Debt Financing $138k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 82% lead, 18% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Greenii — Greenii provides recycling services for paper bags. They offer services that include newsprint paper bags, kraft paper bags, logo printing, crinkle paper shreds, and shredded cardboard.
  • ReelData AI — ReelData AI provides artificially intelligent monitoring for finned fish aquaculture. It delivers weight distributions, feeding analysis, health analysis, and growth analysis
  • RFINE Biomass Solutions — RFINE Biomass Solutions is to make coffee waste sustainable and delightful.
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Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 4 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Seed $73k–$8M; Pre-Seed $22k–$525k
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HDAX Therapeutics — HDAX Therapeutics novel modality unlocks a never-seen-before binding mechanism to key biological molecules.
  • Radiant Biotherapeutics — Radiant Biotherapeutics: Transformative, multi-valent, multi-specific antibody platform: Multabody
  • Grey Matter Neurosciences — Grey Matter Neurosciences is a neurotechnology firm developing new medical devices and drug-device combinations to treat age-related brain illnesses like dementia.
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HCS Capital
VC Fund · Miami, Florida, United States · 4 investments in Canada EdTech startups

We partner with individuals and corporations to invest in technology - driven companies across Latam, North America and Israel.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Insurance, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Chile, Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Series A $500k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • DeNexus — DeNexus revolutionizes the way infosec leaders measure and manage OT Cyber-Risk. The company's DeRISK SaaS platform quantifies real-time network and cyberthreat information into financial impact for the business and removes communication gaps between the tech team and the business team.
  • Jooycar — Jooycar is the fastest growing car telematics company and Insurecth in Latam and recently open operation in the US. We are the first company in Chile to have more than 30K connected cars and more than 100MM km processed, we are the first LatAm telematics company to have connected vehicles in Chile, Peru, Brazil Mexico and the US.The firsttelematics company to successfully operate a personal lines (first pay-per-mile program in Latinamerica) and commercial lines at the same time with www.fleetr.comFleetr Commercial Lines (US) www.fleetr.com
  • We Technologies — We Technologies deliver a highly reliable platform to operate and automate industrial equipment remotely, decreasing operational times and maximizing operations in real time. They offer a tool that allows you to change the way you operate and be more efficient. They lower costs and give peace of mind. They provide tools for the efficient managementof energy resources.
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Honeywell Ventures
VC Fund · Morris Plains, New Jersey, United States · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address tough challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, and energy. With approximately 129,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, we have an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology ineverything we make and do.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series D
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Series A $5.9M–$75M; Series B $9.8M–$39M; Series D $17M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • infiniDome — We bring end-to-end GPS jamming protection solutions for drone, fleet and critical infrastructure assets.
  • Volocopter — Volocopter is an urban air mobility service provider that develops battery-powered electric air taxis.It offers a holistic approach to the UAM market by developing a full ecosystem to connect all the vital parts to get the industry off the ground. This includes multipurpose aircraft (VoloCity and VoloDrone), physical and digital infrastructure(VoloPort and VoloIQ), as well as partnerships with global leaders in their respective fields. With VoloCity, the company is developing the fully electric vertical take-off and landing “eVTOL” aircraft in certification to transport passengers safely and quietly within cities. Volocopter leads and cooperates with partners in infrastructure, operations, and air traffic management to build the ecosystem necessary to ‘Bring Urban Air Mobility to Life’.Co-founders Stephan Wolf and Alexander Zosel established the company in Bruchsal, Baden-Wurttemberg in 2011.
  • Nozomi Networks — Nozomi Networks keeps operational technology cyber resilient with OT network and endpoint visibility, threat detection, and AI-powered analysis.
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SiriusPoint
VC Fund · Hamilton, Hamilton, Bermuda · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

With $2.9 billion total capital, we are a fast-moving, responsive partner, that combines disciplined underwriting and risk management with pioneering ideas. SiriusPoint Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Insurance, InsurTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$14M; Series A $5M–$18M; Series C $28M–$118M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LuckyTruck — LuckyTruck | We're here to help! Buy commercial trucking insurance and manage it through one seamless platform. Get started now
  • Joyn Insurance — Joyn Insurance is a Managing General Agency that underwrites commercial insurance in the Small and Middle Markets.
  • Player’s Health — With a mission to create the safest environments for sports players, Players Health provides digital risk management tools and insurance solutions to sports organizations.
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Canada Media Fund
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) fosters, develops, finances and promotes the production of Canadian content and applications for all audiovisual media platforms.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Software, Virtual Reality
  • Stage:Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Round size: Seed $175k–$1.8M; Grant $9k–$951k
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Incrowd — Incrowd is a livestreaming app that encourages collaboration and makes events more interactive.
  • Squido Studio — No More Rainbows is a first person VR platformer with unique locomotion inspired by classic titles such as Super Meat Boy and Super Mario. The studio behind No More Rainbows is Montreal based Squido Studio, a studio that focuses on core mechanics and gameplay before all else.
  • Duo Productions — Duo Productions is a media and broadcasting company that produces television series and documentaries.
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Differential Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Early-stage venture capital fund founded by data scientists and entrepreneurs for data-focused entrepreneurs

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$6.3M; Pre-Seed $300k–$5.4M; Series A $4M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $42M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • PostSig — PostSig automates the post-signature contract management process, ensuring obligations are met, deadlines tracked, and performance optimized. Stay compliant, mitigate risks, and maximize contract value effortlessly — turning your contracts from static documents to strategic assets.
  • Concertio — The Synopsys Silicon Lifecycle Management Platform (SLM) provides ongoing analysis and optimization of semiconductor devices as they are designed, manufactured, tested and deployed in end user systems.
  • Databand — IBM Databand is observability software for data pipelines and warehouses. It automatically collects metadata to build historical baselines, detect anomalies and triage alerts to remediate data quality issues.
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Roger Martin
Angel · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Roger Martin is Premier’s Chair in Productivity & Competitiveness and Academic Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management. From 1998 to 2013, he served as Dean. Previously, he spent 13 years as a Director of Monitor Company, a global strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where heserved as co-head of the firm for two years.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5.4M; Series A $5M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Borrowell — 1 in 10 Canadians use Borrowell to monitor their credit. No credit card or SIN needed. We're the only free credit score app made in Canada.
  • Taplytics — Taplytics has shut down, but the same team has launched DevCycle - an intuitive new feature management platform that helps teams ship features and experiments faster.
  • Kira Talent — Make your admissions process more human. Kira transforms your admissions process with on-demand, timed video and timed written assessments. Kira works with more than 300 programs worldwide to build applicant-first assessments that identify and select their best-fit students.
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Desjardins Venture Capital
VC Fund · Lévis, Quebec, Canada · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 135
  • Round size: Seed $805k–$5M; Series A $5.7M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $120M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Vention — Design and order custom industrial equipment in days. Fast and easy-to-use cloud CAD, loaded with modular parts, that ship next day.
  • Inscora — Inscora provides automated cyber risk assessment and sales enablement tools for cyber insurance brokers.
  • 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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Maple Leaf Angels
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Maple Leaf Angels are an experienced group of private investors looking for great entrepreneurs, great products and great companies. Bringing together investment, experience and knowledge, we help accelerate companies to become market leaders in their industry.We focus on four main investment areas as follows:- Information Technology- CleanTechnology- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials- Special Opportunities

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $475k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $90k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Grüvi — Gruvi is a line of craft brewed alcohol-free beers & wines.
  • Wyvern — Discover hyperspectral imaging and Earth observation data from Wyvern. Access research-grade satellite imagery that reveals the hidden reality of our planet.
  • EmergConnect — Home page - Localized information, services, and support for Canadian visitors.
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Fondaction
VC Fund · Clarke City, Quebec, Canada · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Since its creation in 1996, Fondaction has been based on the belief that it is not only possible to do things differently in the financial and business world, it is a necessity.Fondaction helps Québecers prepare for retirement by offering affordable retirement savings to everyone. The savings collected are invested in companies across Québec.This way, Fondaction helps create and maintain quality jobs, contributing to a stronger, more equitable and greener economy.Created in 1996, Fondaction is a labour-sponsored fund with assets in excess of one billion dollars collected as retirement savings from more than 131,000 shareholders. Fondaction's direct investments and those made through investment funds support the development of more than 1 050 SMEs in different lines of business, in large part involved in various components of the social economy.Fondaction has always been resolutely committed to socially responsible finance, from the moment it was created. The principles of sustainable development are integrated in everything it does. Whether investing in businesses directly or in capital markets, Fondaction always applies the principles of responsible investment to the money entrusted by its savers.Fondaction was one of the first institutions in Québec to make accountability reports an obligation in an effort to improve its practices and contribute to moving sustainable development forward in Québec. It produced its first report on sustainable development in 2006 in accordance with the international standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the highest standards of precision and transparency in economic, social and environmental accountability.In 2010 and 2012, Fondaction remained at the forefront with its 3rd and 4th sustainable development reports, having them reviewed by an independent firm and achieving an application level of A+ from the GRI. Fondaction is the only financial institution in Québec to achieve this level.In 2014, Fondaction tabled its 5th sustainable development report, produced in accordance with the latest GRI guidelines, the G4. Fondaction also opted for Comprehensive compliance, becoming the 1st financial institution in North America and the 9th in the world to voluntarily adhere to these requirements.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Private Equity, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Canada, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 142
  • Round size: Debt Financing $273k–$10M; Private Equity $750k–$125M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Carbicrete — CarbiCrete is a carbon removal technology company that enables the production of cement-free, decarbonized concrete.
  • Prana — Discover Prana's delicious organic and plant-based snacks and ingredients to fuel your wholesome lifestyle. Enjoy free shipping starting at $49!
  • BBM-Lanctôt — BBM-Lanctôt is a major printing company in Quebec.
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Whitecap Venture Partners
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Seed $717k–$6M; Series A $4.1M–$20M; Series B $8.3M–$54M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Altoida — Altoida is creating a new gold standard in brain health with Precision Neurology. We're radically transforming the method for measuring brain function and diagnosing neurological disease, using just your smartphone or tablet.Our products are backed by more than 20 years of innovative research in digital biomarkers, augmented reality (AR),and artificial intelligence (AI).Altoida received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation in July 2021. Our first device is a Computerized Cognitive Assessment Aid that is classified as Class II, 510(k) exempt.
  • GoBolt — Elevate your logistics game while reducing your carbon footprint with GoBolt, your trusted 3PL provider focused on sustainability.
  • Nicoya Lifesciences — Nicoya is a provider of advanced analytical instruments for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
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Wesley Clover
VC Fund · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Wesley Clover is a private, global investment management firm and holding company, enabling entrepreneurs, innovation and technology worldwide.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Round size: Seed $327k–$1.5M; Series A $458k–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Validient — Validient is a digital client onboarding system for law firms, real estate agents, and other regulated businesses.
  • VizioSense — VizioSense optimizes operations of Cities and Companies through Edge AI computer vision sensors respecting people's privacy.
  • Martello Technologies — Prioritize and resolve performance problems and optimize the Microsoft 365 and Teams user experience with Martello Vantage DX.
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IDEA Fund Partners
VC Fund · Durham, North Carolina, United States · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

As one of the oldest and most active early-stage investment firms in the Southeast, IDEA Fund Partners' investment philosophy has been honed from years of experience. We fund entrepreneurs who are applying technology and business model innovations to industries in the earliest stages of digital disruption with an emphasis on underservedpeople, places and stages.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 98
  • Round size: Seed $435k–$5.3M; Series A $2M–$11M; Series B $4.1M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Poppy Flowers — Poppy is a next-gen wedding flower expert who curates your vision, delivers anywhere, and fits your budget. Plus, our flower kit lets you play florist at home.
  • Noble Mobile
  • Lucid Bots — Lucid Drone Technologies is a robotics company that specializes in exterior spray drones. We are committed to safety, innovation, and customer satisfaction.
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Garage Capital
VC Fund · Waterloo, Ontario, Canada · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 124
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$7M; Pre-Seed $800k–$3.6M; Series A $7.3M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CoRecruit (formerly Quil) — Quil is the AI assistant helping recruiting agencies eliminate hours of busywork. Automate interview notes, ATS updates, candidate submittals & more.
  • Uvaro — Remix your favorite resources and hacks with your best company content in a personalized hub that moves as fast as your team does
  • Ownly — Ownlyi specializes in big data, data analysis, customer experience, data analytics, sales, and lead generation.
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BDC Capital’s Women in Technology Venture Fund
VC Fund · Montréal, Quebec, Canada · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

BDC Capital Women in Technology (WIT) Fund is one of the world’s largest venture capital funds

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Series A $2.2M–$72M; Series B $13M–$200M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Uvaro — Remix your favorite resources and hacks with your best company content in a personalized hub that moves as fast as your team does
  • Waabi — Waabi operates as a self-driving technology start-up. Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before.
  • Felix Health — Felix offers on-demand treatment for common health issues such as erectile dysfunction, hair loss, HIV prevention, acne, birth control, and more.
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Reach Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Reach Capital is the leading venture capital firm focused on education and workforce development, backing the biggest and most beloved brands in teaching and learning.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, EdTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 159
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6M; Series A $4.7M–$22M; Series B $10M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $215M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • FourthRev — FourthRev is working to bridge the digital skills gap by connecting leading companies and universities to enable the delivery of up-to-date, industry relevant programs, ranging from micro-credentials through to degree courses. We do this by co-creating content and curriculum with leading technology companies, such as AWS, Salesforce and Tableau,which is delivered to learners by our university partners, either as stand-alone courses or as part of existing offerings. FourthRev then connects learners to employers in our partners ecosystems.
  • PAPER — Give every student an equal opportunity to excel academically. Paper delivers unlimited, 24/7, personalized learning help from expert tutors.
  • Aura Health — Transform your wellbeing, sleep, and life with Aura, the Apple award-winning, personalized, all-in-one app for mindfulness & sleep. Discover thousands of mindfulness meditations, stories, life coaching, and CBT tracks created by 100+ coaches & therapists around the world.
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GrowthWorks Capital
VC Fund · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Round size: Series A $1.6M–$16M; Series B $3.2M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2006

Portfolio highlights

  • Spotta — Spotta's smart pest systems help pest control monitor and identify pests. Solutions for hospitality, care homes, agriculture, farming and forestry.
  • ClearRisk — Our easy-to-use risk management software increases productivity, creates differentiation, and adds a simple and efficient process to manage risk!
  • HIGHLINEvc — HIGHLINE is a Pre-Seed investor & Acceleration Platform that helps digital startups get follow-on capital, backed by leading VCs with offices in Vancouver & Toronto.We believe in providing our founders with far more than capital. Yet unlike most accelerators, we have no rigid start/end dates throughout the year. By joining theHIGHLINE family, you get to call on us for advice on an ongoing basis, gain access to our premium network and monthly founder events. We’ll do our best to help with fundraising challenges and partner with incubators to help deliver specialized programming.
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CEAS Investments
VC Fund · Delray Beach, Florida, United States · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Single family office investing in early stage private tech companies. Capital of a top venture firm, complete flexibility on stage and check size, and a very aggressive risk appetite.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$5.2M; Series A $4.5M–$15M; Series B $30M–$140M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chord — Chord is a commerce data platform purpose-built for modern brands. Chord enables brands to unify, synthesize, and orchestrate their data to drive radical decisions and revenue.
  • GetWhys — Introducing GetWhys: AI trained on firsthand experiences
  • 23 Broadway — 23 Broadway is an AI-powered user acquisition (UA) finance platform that offers capital, technology, and marketing know-how to gaming and betting companies in their growth stages.
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Neal Dempsey
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Neal Dempsey is the Managing Partner of Bay Partners.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$4.7M; Series A $3M–$8M; Series B $8M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alpha Paw — Welcome to your Dog's happy place, where wagging tails are just a click away. Alpha Paw features unique pet products not sold in stores.
  • Cognota — Synapse helps companies around the world improve the productivity of their corporate learning and development teams. Our award-winning software streamlines training intake, project and capacity planning, and content design processes to make training teams more digital, agile, and efficient.This first-of-its-kind software allows our customers toget better visibility into the training needs of their businesses and consolidate the disparate tools they are using so they can access capacity data for better decision making and author course content with unprecedented speed.Collaboration with subject matter experts takes place directly within the platform ensuring knowledge is effectively captured and easy to update as required.The Synapse mission is to enable more people to learn and grow. Founded in 2015, Synapse has clients in multiple sectors and is based out of Toronto Canada with offices in San Diego and Merida, Mexico. For more information about Synapse software, visit www.getsynapse.com.
  • 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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Good News Ventures
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Cyprus

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Seed $376k–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $146k–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Impro — Impro.AI accelerates business performance and growth with AI-powered insights and executive-level daily guidance, optimizing strategies to maximize revenue.
  • Decentology — Your blockchain development journey starts here. Get a working blockchain application with the features you need up and running in minutes.
  • Koala Go — Your student's favorite online classroom. 24/7 live support. Co-browser. Gamified teaching environment. Worldwide invoicing. Interactive whiteboard.
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Calian
VC Fund · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · 3 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Welcome to Calian, where innovation and expertise converge to deliver Advanced Technologies, Health, Learning, and IT & Cyber Solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SMS, Email, Hospital
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Convertible Note $293k–$293k
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cliniconex — Enhance patient care with automated patient communication systems. Efficiently manage appointments, deliver timely reminders, and improve patient satisfaction.
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Liyuan Venture Capital
VC Fund · Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China · 2 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Liyuan Venture Capital Shares Co,Ltd was established by Liyuan Group in 2006. It is one of the first Chinese venture companies operating freely in the market. Liyuan Venture Capital Shares Co,Ltd focuses on VC/Angel investment, PE, and fund management. The team is composed with the most qualified private equity fund managers specializing inportfolio management and risk control.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Higher Education, Video, Consumer Goods
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: China, Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Zhijin Bao — Zhijin Bao is a public toilet paper equipment research and development company.
  • Paragon One — This is where we put meta data for the page.
  • READY Education — Trusted by 525+ institutions to build community and drive retention, we are the leading mobile student engagement platform improving student success
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OMERS Ventures
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 147
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Altana — Connect to the only dynamic, intelligent, universal map of the global supply chain.
  • 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.
  • Redwood Materials — Redwood creates a closed-loop, domestic supply chain by recycling and refining lithium-ion batteries and remanufacturing anode and cathode components.
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Quiet Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Move the world forward with quiet capital. We are builders who invest in remarkable founders from day zero.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 240
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$12M; Series A $10M–$32M; Series B $20M–$76M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Proxifile — Our mission is to use technology and design to level the playing field for small businesses and the common person in a world where typically on the wealthiest people and large corporations can afford expensive counsel.
  • WarpBuild — Argonaut automates deployments of infrastructure and applications to your cloud account. Autogenerate and collaborate with your team on Terraform, CI/CD and App Deployment Configs in an instant.
  • Prefect — Prefect is a workflow orchestration tool that lets developers build, observe, and react to data pipelines.
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Xfund
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 2 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Xfund is the early-stage venture firm designed to back lateral thinkers. Partnering with Harvard University and others of the world’s preeminent universities, Xfund looks beyond the stereotypical technical pedigrees to seek out extraordinary people who are being systemically ignored by traditional venture capital: technically-gifted liberal artsentrepreneurs. We believe it’s our responsibility to help these unconventional, high potential founders align their ambition and passion with opportunity we help them create, to build the sort of ground-breaking companies that can create a better tomorrow. Xfund has offices in Palo Alto, California, and in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more about Xfund, please visit http://www.xfund.com.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 81
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$10M; Series A $6.3M–$26M; Series B $10M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Uvaro — Remix your favorite resources and hacks with your best company content in a personalized hub that moves as fast as your team does
  • Curebase — Software and services for decentralized clinical trials. Reach patients far beyond traditional research sites.
  • Guideline — Guideline's full-service 401(k) plans make it easier and more affordable to offer your employees the retirement benefits they deserve.
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Azure Capital Partners
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Canada EdTech startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 165
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5M; Series A $2.5M–$13M; Series B $3.3M–$62M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2018

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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Ali Moiz
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Ali Moiz is the Co-Founder of Stonks. He previously worked at Logitech as a General Manager. Ali Moiz attended Williams College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6.9M; Series A $5.3M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jar — Jar is a daily gold savings app that lets you save money. It invests spare change from your online transactions into digital gold, automatically. Jar is the 1st Made in India app to come up with an innovative solution to save money daily & invest in digital gold.
  • Key AI — Unlock new networking and career opportunities with Key, the leading AI-powered professional networking platform. Build and manage communities, host and join exclusive events, and create meaningful connections to supercharge your growth all in one place.
  • Justpoint — Justpoint is a venture-backed AI-first company redesigning the medical malpractice industry. Our first product allows for a faster and better understanding of the legal merits of a claim as well as an instant understanding of its likely settlement amount.We have previously created companies that effectively changed their industries, fromhealthcare insurance to clinical trial recruitment. To advance the medical malpractice industry, we have put together a team with extensive achievements in healthcare technology, medical malpractice litigation, and artificial intelligence.
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Birchmere Ventures
VC Fund · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · 2 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Across five funds and two decades, we've helped build numerous successful companies such as Cvent (event management - IPO) , TenMarks (math tutoring - acquired by Amazon) CyOptics (optical chips - acquired by Avago), Neolinear (EDA - acquired by Cadence), and FreeMarkets (B2B marketplace - IPO).We believe great companies can start anywhere(but to scale quickly they may require a coastal presence), and the best engineers and scientists do not go to just a few schools on each coast. These core principles lead us to invest in companies from across the country overlooked by many other investors, uncovering hidden gems and helping them scale up.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 114
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3.1M; Series A $1.9M–$15M; Series B $5M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.9M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Idelic — Idelic offers scalable safety solutions for fleets of all sizes. Get the tools you need to reduce accidents and operate efficiently, with the flexibility to expand as you grow.
  • Nowait — Yelp Guest Manager helps you never turn away a paying customer. Our tech automates the FOH flow so you get the most out of every seat.
  • ALung Technologies — LivaNova is a global medical device company creating neuromodulation devices and cardiopulmonary products to improve the lives of patients around the world.
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NewSchools Venture Fund
VC Fund · Oakland, California, United States · 2 investments in Canada EdTech startups

NewSchools Venture Fund is a not-for-profit organization working to close the achievement gap by funding and supporting entrepreneurs who are creating innovative solutions to the problems in public education so that all children have the opportunity to succeed in college and beyond.Since our founding in 1998, NewSchools has invested $180million in more than 70 nonprofit and for-profit educational organizations working to promote student achievement.Recognizing that neither private charity nor capital markets alone are enough to solve the problem of education inequality, we blend the best of both approaches to ensure an excellent education is available to every child. We actively share what we’ve learned through our investments, bring together educational leaders from across the country, and advocate for smart policies at the federal level.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, EdTech, E-Learning
  • Stage:Grant, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 108
  • Round size: Seed $265k–$3M; Grant $100k–$1M; Series A $1.6M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $35M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Husk — Husk offers business and corporate credit cards for startups and scaleups. No credit history, no personal guarantees. Husk issues physical and virtual cards with high limits combined with real time financial management tools.
  • Outline It — Outline It uses the latest advancements of AI and machine learning to empower people to craft better ideas and compelling writing for their essays, research, thesis, or admission papers.
  • Tutored by Teachers — Online Tutoring. Powered by Teachers. High Dosage Tutoring Programs.
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Emerson Collective
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 2 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Emerson Collective is a company that invests in entrepreneurs and innovators driven by purpose and a sense of possibility. We are working to create a world that honors talent, expands opportunity, and ensures the conditions for human flourishing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 155
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$10M; Series A $10M–$200M; Series B $14M–$221M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GridCARE — GridCARE is the essential one-stop power solution for AI data centers, delivering energy security and resilience at unprecedented speed.
  • Handshake — The largest expert network for learning, earning, and growing careers in the AI economy, giving everyone an accessible first step into an AI-powered career.
  • Tune Therapeutics — Tune Therapeutics strives to develop paradigm-changing cell and gene therapies that leverage epigenetic programming for the treatment of devastating diseases.
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Alumni Ventures
VC Fund · Manchester, New Hampshire, United States · 2 investments in Canada EdTech startups

Access curated startup investment opportunities and diversified venture capital exposure designed for accredited investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1429
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Series A $5.2M–$37M; Series B $12M–$79M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Verishop — Shop designer clothing, shoes, bags and accessories from top Italian boutiques. Discover the latest luxury fashion at competitive prices with global shipping.
  • Lincode — The #1 business challenge that manufacturers identify is quality management. As new manufactured products continue to enter the market and consumer expectations shift faster than ever, factories are looking to improve their quality systems while scaling operations and cutting costs. At Lincode, we enable manufacturers to improve the speed, accuracy, and data tracking capabilities of their quality inspection systems at scale.
  • Arda Therapeutics — Arda Therapeutics is a biotechnology company taking aim at chronic diseases and aging by eliminating the pathogenic cells that drive these conditions. Their approach starts by using single-cell data to identify pathogenic cells and specific markers to target them. They then design therapies to eliminate these - and only these - cells.Arda wasfounded in 2021 in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
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EdTech Investor funding in Canada at a glance

Stats across 601 deals from 559 investors.

559
investors
in Canada EdTech startups
601
deals
in Canada EdTech startups
$1M
median round
in Canada EdTech startups
42%
lead investors
lead at least one round
36%
Grant
most common funding stage
87/13
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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