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Top 50 Education Startup Investors in Canada in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Education startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Education companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Education Startup Investors in Canada in January 2025

Investor	Education Canada investments
Inovia Capital	10
Real Ventures	10
BDC Venture Capital	8
Ontario Centres of Excellence	7
Amplify Capital	7
Business Development Bank of Canada	6
Rhino Ventures	6
Capital Angel Network	5
MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund	5
Panache Ventures	5
Anges Quebec	5
Relay Ventures	4
Brightspark Ventures	4
Westdale Properties	4
Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners	4
HCS Capital	4
BDC Capital’s Women in Technology Venture Fund	4
Uncork Capital	4
Golden Ventures	4
Fondaction	3
Wesley Clover	3
Calian	3
N49P	3
CEAS Investments	3
Maple Leaf Angels	3
GrowthWorks Capital	3
Business Development Bank of Canada	3
Canada Media Fund	3
Good News Ventures	3
IDEA Fund Partners	3
Roger Martin	3
Desjardins Venture Capital	3
SiriusPoint	3
Garage Capital	3
Honeywell Ventures	3
Whitecap Venture Partners	3
Reach Capital	3
Neal Dempsey	3
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency	3
Vanedge Capital	2
Bosch Ventures	2
Georgian Angel Network	2
Jacky Chen	2
Fresco Capital	2
Liquid 2 Ventures	2
Liyuan Venture Capital	2
Backbone Angels	2
Golden Triangle Angel Network	2
GSV Ventures	2
VA Angels	2

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Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

runQL — Write queries faster in a smart IDE and say goodbye to hard-to-find queries, missing documentation, and version chaos. Built for data work with support for SQL, Python, and Neo4j Cypher.
Medeloop — Medeloop is an end-to-end AI-driven platform for early stage clinical research and trials.
Scribenote — Effortless documentation for veterinary professionals.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

dcbel — dcbel's mission is to deliver energy that lets people live a life without compromise.dcbel™ (formerly known as Ossiaco) sits at the nexus of residential solar power, electric vehicle charging, the smart home, and customer-centric utilities. The dcbel team has a proven history of rethinking energy distribution for everything from largeutility customers to distributed energy resource providers.dcbel's AI-driven sustainable technologies enable people to leverage solar energy to power their cars, their homes, and their lifestyles.dcbel has numerous worldwide patents in power electronics and power conversion and is backed by a number of globally respected investors.
Nomic — Nomic develops a proteomic technology platform designed to understand, detect, and treat diseases with DNA nanotechnology. NPlex's platform and research provides cost-effective measurement of protein data with sample, fits seamlessly within industry cytometers for high-throughput analysis, and development of custom protein panels.It allowsnanotechnology developers and businesses to bring improvement in existing instrument, workflow, and bring automation in the system.
BioIntelligence Technologies — Industrie 4.0 - Enabling intelligent biomanufacturing: from R&D to production. Real-time optimization of cell cultures and fermentations.

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

KOHO Financial — Open an everyday spending account online with instant cash back & premium rewards. Join over 1.5M Canadians using KOHO's prepaid Mastercard to spend, save, build and borrow. Sign up in minutes!
Healthkind — Enabling healthcare teams to deliver personalized care at scale.
Planetary Technologies — info@planetarytech.com

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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

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.
Planetary Technologies — info@planetarytech.com
BioIntelligence Technologies — Industrie 4.0 - Enabling intelligent biomanufacturing: from R&D to production. Real-time optimization of cell cultures and fermentations.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Mysa — Control your electric heating and cooling with Mysa Smart Thermostats. Use the mobile app to control remotely - Save energy and money with smart home features.
Laserax — Laserax manufactures industrial laser machines and systems for specific applications in the automotive, primary metals, as well as other manufacturing markets.
Tracktile — Tracktile lets you configure your manufacturing operation through inventory and production software. Gain full visibility into your operation. Talk To Us!

There is more to choosing an investor than selecting the term sheet with the highest valuation. Strategic capital, in its true form, extends the founding team’s capacity. That’s what we do at Rhino. We invest in companies where we can add tangible value. We’ve been on the other side of the table and appreciate the importance of funder and founderalignment. From startup, growth to exit; it is entrepreneurial ambition that drives value, not venture capitalists. We invest in individuals; trust and values fit are a centerpiece in every investment.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Education
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Canada, United States, Isle of Man

Portfolio highlights

MyFO — Leverage AI for effective wealth management with MyFO, making family office services attainable for all.
Ontopical — Get complete monitoring of emerging local government contracts across North America, months before an RFP is issued. Build your sales pipeline with Ontopical.
FISPAN — Bridge the gap between your bank and ERP/accounting software. FISPAN partners with your bank to provide embedded, automated solutions for accounts payable and cash management.

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

Investment focus

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

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.
RainStick — The RainStick shower is a recirculating shower that saves 80% energy and 80% water but still feels like a luxurious shower.
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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Investment focus

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

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.
runQL — Write queries faster in a smart IDE and say goodbye to hard-to-find queries, missing documentation, and version chaos. Built for data work with support for SQL, Python, and Neo4j Cypher.
Moselle — Automated inventory forecasting, purchasing, and planning for fast growing multi-channel brands.

Canada's leading nationwide pre-seed venture fund.

Investment focus

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

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.
Nmbr — Nmbr focuses on streamlining organizations' payroll processes by providing customizable software solutions. Nmbr approach not only simplifies payroll management but also allows businesses to tailor the system to their specific needs, ensuring compliance and efficiency.
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Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Hexoskin (Carré Technologies) — Hexoskin is the leader in Smart Clothing, Software & AI Data Analytics. The Hexoskin Smart Shirts are clinically validated for continuous ECG, HRV, Respiratory, Activity, Sleep & Stress monitoring. The Hexoskin Smart Garments are used by sports scientists, healthcare, defense, aerospace & research professionals.
Workstaff — Simplify workforce management, staff scheduling and time tracking with the Workstaff software and mobile app. Start for free and save time today!
HDAX Therapeutics — HDAX Therapeutics novel modality unlocks a never-seen-before binding mechanism to key biological molecules.

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

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mave — Mave is the AI assistant for real estate, streamlining marketing, market data, and content creation. Built on exclusive insights, Mave helps agents and brokerages scale efficiently. Join the beta to simplify your workflow.
Woveo — Woveo has created a digital community wallet to assist groups of individuals in improving their financial well-being through communal rotating savings.
The Curling Group — The Curling Group is a sports business venture that aims to revolutionize curling through strategic investments, innovation, and content development.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Machine Learning, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Elevate Farms — Elevate Farms’ solution uses hydroponics, automation, and photobiology to grow leafy greens in a climate-controlled environment. The solution aims to deliver a product that is larger, tastes better, and is more nutritional, at a lower cost than other methods.
Forcen — Forcen improves surgical safety through force-sensing technology.
Potential Motors — Enabling electric off-road adventure through the Adventure 1 ORV and Off-Road OS.

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

Investment focus

Finance, Education, Insurance
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

PolicyMe — Online, affordable term life insurance. Simple application. Backed by Canadian Premier Life Insurance. No obligation. Same-day coverage.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

HDAX Therapeutics — HDAX Therapeutics novel modality unlocks a never-seen-before binding mechanism to key biological molecules.
Damona Pharmaceuticals — Damona Pharmaceuticals is a pre-clinical pharmaceutical company treats and prevents cognitive deficits in a variety of brain disorders and during aging.
Radiant Biotherapeutics — Radiant Biotherapeutics: Transformative, multi-valent, multi-specific antibody platform: Multabody

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

Investment focus

Insurance, Information Technology, InsurTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Chile, United States, Israel

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.
CarbonPool — Innovative carbon credit insurance which pays claims in carbon credits, not cash. See how we can help you.
LISA Insurtech — LISA Insurtech streamlines insurance processes with high technology that uses blockchain and artificial intelligence. We collaborate with traditional insurance companies to streamline technological processes of value chain. Some of their services are automating the payment management process, suppliers, and claims, processing claims automaticallyfrom insurance companies, and orchestrating the communication process with all the actors involved in the aftermarket value chain. LISA Insurtech is dedicated to solving problems in the insurance industry.

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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Waabi — Waabi operates as a self-driving technology start-up. Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before.
Swift Medical — Swift Medical is a digital wound care technology to improve the prevention, treatment, and management of wounds. From Capture to Claim: The world's most advanced and comprehensive wound care management software for the healthcare enterprise. Precise, consistent measurement, instant documentation and wound progression images with a smartphone.
Eigen Innovations — Eigen specializes in helping manufacturers realize “Zero Defects” by giving them real-time, actionable insights to better control their processes and the quality of their outputs. Our team is made up of a mix of machine learning, mechanical and software engineers with extensive in-factory experience allowing us to help manufacturers reduce thetime to value in adopting AI-enabled solutions.

Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that commits early, helps with the hard stuff, and sticks around.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

brand.ai — Brand.ai is an AI platform that analyzes business data, market trends, and cultural shifts to inform brand and creative strategy throughout the lifecycle of a brand. In other words, it helps you do what a fully staffed brand team could for a fraction of the time and cost.
Nuon — Deploy your app into customer cloud accounts and make it feel like SaaS. Unlock sensitive customers and integrate with customer data, networks and LLMs in minutes.
Wyvern — Wyvern was created to unlock the secrets of the elec-tromagnetic spectrum by providing groundbreak-ing access to high-resolution and quality imagery.This will enable a sustainable future for humanity.

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

Portfolio highlights

Deck — Open Data API accessing Energy, Water, Government and many more data verticals to power sustainability, credit check, accounting, bill payments and many more use-cases. Start building now with Deck's self-serve platform.
Nmbr — Nmbr focuses on streamlining organizations' payroll processes by providing customizable software solutions. Nmbr approach not only simplifies payroll management but also allows businesses to tailor the system to their specific needs, ensuring compliance and efficiency.
CYRISMA — The strength of Data Spotlite's SaaS solutions CYRISMA is not simply discovering and reporting Cyber Risk but RESOLVING those risks. This solution offers a single interface to identify, report, summarize and manage risks. Traditional methods of cyber risk management rely on a collection of separate and costly solutions that generate a mountainof disconnected reports that must be manually addressed. Many organizations simply don’t have the resources or manpower to reach their compliance goals as a result.

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

Manulift — Manulift EMI specializes in telescopic.
Aquatech BM — Commercial & industrial bottle washer cleaner and sterilizer. Perfect for winemakers, microbrewers, dairy farms, hotels, laboratories and more.
Équipement St-Germain — Équipement St-Germain offers rental of heavy equipment without operator mainly to general contractors in construction, excavation, and landscaping companies.

Terry Matthews is founder and Chairman of Wesley Clover. Since 1972, Terry has founded or funded more than 100 companies, including Mitel and Newbridge Networks. Today, Wesley Clover has interests around the world in next-generation companies focused on technologies and applications across many industries.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Canada, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

RFence — RFence is a start-up company that analyzes the radio frequency environment. They control the threats and risks involved, which is essential to keeping the site running smoothly and efficiently. They offer solutions that are designed for all sites with critical security needs for industrial sites such as logistics sites, government buildings, ports,airports, penitentiary facilities, etc.
Validient — Onboard Clients With Confidence - Automated Compliance Software, AML and due diligence solutions. Empower your business.
VizioSense — VizioSense optimizes operations of Cities and Companies through Edge AI computer vision sensors respecting people's privacy.

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

Investment focus

SMS, Email, Hospital
Seed, Convertible Note
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Cliniconex — Enhance patient care with automated patient communication systems. Efficiently manage appointments, deliver timely reminders, and improve patient satisfaction.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Mave — Mave is the AI assistant for real estate, streamlining marketing, market data, and content creation. Built on exclusive insights, Mave helps agents and brokerages scale efficiently. Join the beta to simplify your workflow.
Spellbook — Rally is the perfect software for lawyers who want to automate legal documents, offer legal subscription services, streamline client intake, and offer a client portal. Law firms choose Rally as an end-to-end workflow for a better client experience.
Baseline — Baseline is a full-featured software platform for private lenders to originate and service loans. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Spike Technologies — November 30, 2022 - Spike technology, REST API end-points, and Cloud architecture are designed with data privacy and security at heart. We process billions of
Signapse — Using artificial intelligence to build automatic sign language translation with a photo-realistic synthetic signer. Built on world-leading research and solving challenging technical problems that have a genuine social good.
MonitorApp — Monitor App®, the first industrial IoT platform in Latin America that integrates a simple cloud solution with non-invasive technology for industrial digitization for the production floor. This platform allows digitizing more than 20 performance indicators such as OEE, compliance with the plan, as well as being able to digitize more than 60 processvariables to ensure operational excellence. Currently its 5 brand promises: non-invasive philosophy, super friendly tools, open architecture, inclusive and accessible, and focused on solving the most common problems of the productive floor, which guarantee total satisfaction and a Return on Investment of less than 3 months. The current platform is used by more than 600 operators, 80 engineers and 50 managers in America, Europe and Asia, which guarantees the success of the digital transformation of any manufacturing company.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Grüvi — Gruvi is a line of craft brewed alcohol-free beers & wines.
Wyvern — Wyvern was created to unlock the secrets of the elec-tromagnetic spectrum by providing groundbreak-ing access to high-resolution and quality imagery.This will enable a sustainable future for humanity.
EmergConnect — Emergconnect is creating the first ever digital 'front door' for patients seeking same day care.

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

Investment focus

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

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.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Mysa — Control your electric heating and cooling with Mysa Smart Thermostats. Use the mobile app to control remotely - Save energy and money with smart home features.
Laserax — Laserax manufactures industrial laser machines and systems for specific applications in the automotive, primary metals, as well as other manufacturing markets.
Tracktile — Tracktile lets you configure your manufacturing operation through inventory and production software. Gain full visibility into your operation. Talk To Us!

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

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Virtual Reality
Seed, Grant, Funding Round
Canada

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.
Strawberry Fields Interactive — Strawberry Fields Interactive, developer of Aeksia, a new style of Multiplayer RPG for VR

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

RightRev — Simplify and streamline your accounting process with RightRev's automated revenue recognition software. Get in touch with us to know more.
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

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.

Investment focus

SaaS, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Borrowell — Get your credit report and credit score for free. No credit card, SIN number or bank account required. It will take less than 3 minutes to check your credit and free monthly tracking forever.
Taplytics — Taplytics provides zero bloat, cross-platform AB Testing solutions that power the experiences within today's leading apps and websites. Learn more.
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.

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.
Local Logic — Local Logic provides industry-leading location intelligence technology. Helping the real estate industry make better decisions since 2015.
Picketa Systems — Picketa Systems equips agribusinesses with Analysis Stations to perform plant tissue analysis in seconds

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.

Investment focus

Insurance, InsurTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series C
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Re — Re is a global transaction layer for insurable risks, enabling people and businesses to navigate an uncertain future while they work towards creating a better one
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.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

DryMerge — DryMerge lets you connect your apps and automate repetitive tasks in minutes. Try for free today and save hours of time with 30 seconds.
Brightband — Responsible development and maintenance of advanced Earth System AI for the long-term benefit of all humanity and the Earth.
Cartage — Cartage is a managed logistics service provider for shippers. We act as your logistics team and coordinate freight carrier-direct. Powered by AI, led by industry experts.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Israel

Portfolio highlights

infiniDome — We bring end-to-end GPS jamming protection solutions for drone, fleet and critical infrastructure assets.
DarwinAI — DarwinAI helps manufacturers transform their visual quality inspection with leading artificial intelligence to improve product quality, operator efficiency, and production cost savings.
Nozomi Networks — Nozomi Networks keeps operational technology cyber resilient with OT network and endpoint visibility, threat detection, and AI-powered analysis.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Frate — First-of-its-kind automated peer-to-peer returns solution. Demonstrate your commitment to sustainability while also saving money on every return.
InvestNext — Create sharable offering pages, collect digital signatures, and pay your investors automatically.
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.

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.

Investment focus

Education, EdTech, E-Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Apoia — Apoia is a platform providing free, expert-led personalized courses for accessible and impactful learning.
Tenor — Tenor is an AI designed to assist leaders in practicing important dialogues.
Teachy — Teachy is a platform that doubles teachers time through artificial intelligence.

Neal Dempsey is the Managing Partner of Bay Partners.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, Germany

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

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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

Portfolio highlights

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 — Bonsai Micro operates as a fabless semiconductor company that develops essential network infrastructure for future wireless networks.

Invented for life: we want our products to spark enthusiasm, improve quality of life, and help conserve natural resources.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, China, Israel

Portfolio highlights

AutoCore — AutoCore is a technology company specializing in the research and development unmanned and autonomous driving systems.
Pico MES — Pico MES is a computer software company that offers computer software designed for factory and machinery control. Its driven by its mission is to empower small & mid-sized manufacturers in the United States to take control of their own continuous improvement journey. Using our innovative platform and suite of tools, manufacturers collect andharness the power of data, gaining valuable insights, and taking control of their processes.
Bynav Technology — Bynav specializes in the development of GNSS high-precision positioning core components, and is committed to providing reliable high-precision positioning in demanding environments. With GNSS signal processing algorithm, RTK algorithm and multi-source fusion algorithm as the core, the company has developed a series of products such as GNSS ASIC,GNSS OEM board and GNSS/INS receiver used in autonomous driving, surveying and mapping, aerospace and industrial control.

Connecting angel investors with entrepreneurs to commercialize their innovations. We are the catalysts for your investments or business. Learn more.

Investment focus

Health Care, B2B, Internet
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Neurovine — Connecting concussion patients with their own brain data so they can take control of their recovery. Click to learn more!
CarbonGraph — CarbonGraph is a platform that allows businesses to measure and share their carbon footprint in a standard format. CarbonGraph is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
LearnExperts — You've invested in your product. We're invested in getting it adopted. Learnexperts is the first Education as a Service provider that takes the full burden off you. We have experts who know how to do it right the first time so you don't have to.

Jacky is dedicated to angel investment and has built up a portfolio of more than thirty startup companies in Canada and the US. His target investments are the early-stage B2B companies with disruptive technologies and business potential in enterprise software, information technologies, MedTech, and Advanced Manufacturing.Jacky has acquiredconcrete business experiences as a successful founder in the startup ecosystem and an executive of Fortune 500 companies over two decades. His remarkable accomplishments range from building startups from scratch to leading a billion-dollar business with the leverage of 14,000 enterprise channel partners. The unique journey has shaped Jacky's outstanding of investing in early startups.Jacky holds the degrees of Mater's E.E. and MBA, and he graduated from CEIBS and The Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Canada, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Workwolf — Workwolf is a Toronto-based start-up with a management team who has led 7 start-ups, had 2 successful exits, and has taken a company public with a $1.8B IPO. Workwolf CEO Erik Simins is an SME in HR who previously founded MAGNUS HRS, a staffing company now servicing over 150 enterprise customers. The technology at Workwolf solves two of the biggestpain points in employment: applicant filtration and verification, and does so by empowering users to identify better candidates faster. Winner of global awards in both 2020 and 2021 for innovation and market potential, Workwolf is ramping up for its multi-national roll-out with ManpowerGroup in September that will coincide with a $4.5M Seed financing round.
Agile Devices — Agile Devices offer catheter-based interventional procedures helping patients during a stroke. It helps medical practitioners reduce the procedure time to respond to time bound emergencies.
Traction Technology Partners — Traction is a powerful SaaS collaboration platform for evaluating, adopting and managing new technologies across the enterprise. The platform includes Project Management and CRM tools designed specifically for enterprise teams tasked with discovering and evaluating new technologies. Traction is used by IT, Innovation and Corp Dev teams toaccelerate their digital transformation projects, and to speed up the way they find, manage, and adopt new technologies. Traction also offers On-Demand Research services delivered through its platform.

Investing at the intersection of people and technology.

Investment focus

Software, Education, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Hong Kong, China

Portfolio highlights

Reap — Reap helps you pay expenses using a credit card, collect payments from around the world, and improve your expense and cash flow management. All in one platform.
Glints — Explore internships, graduate jobs & career development resources on Glints. Do what you love on our career discovery & development platform.
Tangia — Tangia is an all in one platform that allows content creators to supercharge their viewer engagement, boost income, and unleash viewer creativity

Liquid2 Ventures provides technology startups with seed-stage investments and is based in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Mexico, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Topkey — Topkey is an app that tracks expenses by property, sync transactions across systems, and save tons of money on bookkeeping. Topkey was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in San Francisco, USA.
Parcha AI — Parcha is an AI-powered enterprise software that enables businesses to automate their scale compliance and operations.
Munch — Munch allows you to create once. Repurpose to Dozens of pieces on every platform. Analyze engagement. Control Monetization. All On One Platform.

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.

Investment focus

Higher Education, Video, Consumer Goods
Series A, Seed, Angel
China, Canada, United States

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

We are a collective of angel investors. We are coming together to invest in women and non-binary founders with a focus on investments in Black, Indigenous, and Women of Colour-led companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Canada, United States, Bahamas

Portfolio highlights

Ceremonia — Ceremonia is a new modern haircare brand rooted in Latin heritage. It celebrates the richness of Latinx culture, serving the next-gen. Ceremonia brand will be launched this fall.
Attn: Grace — Attn: Grace is a sustainable wellness brand designed for women. Starting with bladder leakage, they're creating thoughtful, more sustainable solutions for life’s inconvenient truths, one challenge at a time.
Tall Poppy — Digital safety for everyone.

The Golden Triangle Angelnet is a not-for-profit corporation operating under the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation's Angel Network Program. It is a members-only organization comprised of Angel investors seeking investment opportunities in promising, early-stage businesses. In addition to the financial support, as part of theirall-encompassing commitment to assist the companies they invest in, its Angels often provide valuable mentorship and access to strong relationship capital networks to their investee companies. It is this priceless assistance that aids in the facilitation of learning, networking, and growth.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Grant
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Justo — Cashback. Lower listing fees. Experienced local agents. Advanced technology. Free services. Justo is a new real estate brokerage based on a radical idea: Consumers are paying too much to buy or sell a home. That's why we offer a new model, based on fairness and transparency. Looking to buy a home? We'll split our commission with you50/50. Plus, our all-inclusive model covers home inspections and lawyer fees. Selling a home? Save half the listing fee of traditional brokerages, and thousands more with free staging, 3D virtual tours, professional photography and online marketing. Our experienced agents work closely with you to help find the home of your dreams, or sell your home for best the possible price. It just makes sense to use Justo.
LabsCubed — LabsCubed manufactures automated multi-sample tensile testing robots that manufacturers use to increase lab efficiency and reduce labor by up to 85%.
Motion Gestures — Motion Gestures is a Canadian machine learning startup specializing in gesture recognition software. Motion Gestures specializes in machine learning-based gesture recognition software and was founded in Waterloo, Canada in 2016. The company aims to enable the rapid development and deployment of gesture-enabled interfaces for systems, devices, andapps. Its software supports advanced 2D and 3D gestures using motion, touch, and vision sensors and can be deployed on the cloud, gateway/hub, and embedded platforms. Developers are offered free licenses to the cloud SDK and can quickly create and test any gesture using their smartphones.

GSV Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs and their companies in the $75 billion learning and talent technology sector. The mission of GSV Ventures is to back innovative learning and talent technology entrepreneurs working to give all people access to the future.

Investment focus

Education, EdTech, E-Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, Peru

Portfolio highlights

Leland — Leland is a marketplace that connects ambitious people with world-class coaches who can help them reach their career and educational goals via 1:1 coaching and small group classes.
Amigo AI — AI as diverse as you. Amigo’s cloning platform enables any professional to scale their expertise, preserving your uniqueness. Increase your revenue, not your hours.
Physics Wallah — Physics is . Class 11th, 12th, JEE, NEET preparation. PhysicsWallah aims at providing quality content to every child for free. Live classes, video lectures, test series, lecturewise notes, topicwise assignment with best questions, dynamic exercise and much more. Almost 90% content on this App is for free and will always be.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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