Top 50 Energy Startup Investors in Canada
A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Energy startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Energy companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Energy Startup Investors in Canada
Cycle Capital is a pioneer in Canadian Cleantech venture capital fund management investing in companies at the development and commercialization stages in North America. Founded in 2009 by Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner, Cycle Capital’s Platform has become an important venture capital investor of the Cleantech industry with its 3funds totaling $230M Assets Under Management (AUM). Cycle Capital is looking to invests in promising ventures that are not capital intensive and/or that can benefit from the leverage brought by Cycle Capital extensive network of investors, strategic partners and advisors.In addition to its core investments, Cycle Capital targets companies with high growth potential – especially those with strong intellectual property, leading edge technologies and with exceptional management talent that would benefit from the firm’s network of strategic industrial partners and expert advisors. With its core investment and business expertise, Cycle Capital plays an active role adding meaningful and tangible value to its portfolio companies at all stages of their life.
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Investment focus
- Sustainability, Energy, Hardware
- Funding Round, Series B, Seed
- Canada, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- SPARK Microsystems — The leading supplier of ultra-wideband wireless technology. Enabling responsive, low latency and high volume data-transfer capabilities over short distances.
- Airex Energy — Airex Energy provides solutions for a sustainable future. Helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions and remove carbon from the atmosphere.
- VueReal — VueReal is engineering the next electronic systems by mass integration of high-efficiency nano/micro-devices into large-area substrates (e.g., displays, sensors, system on panel, and more). They have started by making the true-life experience of micro-LED displays affordable for all applications (TV, laptop, smartphone,virtual/augmented reality, etc.). VueReal technology platform is based on the interplay of cutting-edge micro/nano-device processing, sophisticated integration technologies and advanced system design (hardware and software). VueReal technologies can enhance the experience of existing electronic systems and enable new applications by integrating millions of highly efficient micro-devices (micro-LED) into system substrate. As our Solid Printing (TM) technology works across all substrate sizes, it can develop displays ranging from super high ppi (>4000 ppi) to very large.
At Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), they fund Canadian cleantech projects and coach the companies that lead them as they move their ground-breaking technologies to market.SDTC’s support of cleantech translates into jobs, growth, and export opportunities for Canadian companies, as well as economic, environmental and healthbenefits for all Canadians. They are independent but don’t work alone. A big part of their role is building and sustaining networks of partners and stakeholders from private industry, academia and governments, at home and abroad. They operate at arm’s length and receive funding from the Government of Canada.
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Investment focus
- Science/Engineering, Sustainability, Energy
- Grant, Seed, Funding Round
- Canada, United States, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Cyclic Materials — Cyclic Materials has created the first circular supply chain for rare earth elements with the goal of helping the world transition to an environmentally responsible future.
- New School Foods — Whole-muscle, plant-based seafood
- Picketa Systems — Picketa Systems equips agribusinesses with Analysis Stations to perform plant tissue analysis in seconds
Export Development Canada (EDC) is a Crown corporation dedicated to assisting Canadian businesses of all sizes in achieving global success. It provides them with the tools they need to grow their business with confidence, including trade knowledge, financial solutions, equity, insurance, and connections.
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Investment focus
- Software, Hardware, Science/Engineering
- Funding Round, Series B, Series A
- Canada, United States, India
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- IIFL Finance — IIFL Holdings Limited (formerly known as India Infoline Limited) is the apex holding company of the entire IIFL Group, which is a financial services company in India, promoted by first-generation entrepreneurs. They have a diversified business model that includes credit and finance, wealth management, financial product distribution, assetmanagement, capital market advisory, and investment banking.
- Nulogy — Nulogy connects CPG brands and their strategic suppliers on a unique platform designed to meet the changing demands of retailers and consumers.
- Shinydocs — Shinydocs information management software solutions help customers manage risk, maximize value, and improve processes as data grows.
SaskWorks Venture Fund is a Saskatchewan-based retail mutual fund that invests in privately-held small and medium-sized businesses owned or primarily operated in Saskatchewan. As a labour-sponsored venture capital corporation (LSVCC), investments in SaskWorks are eligible to receive a tax credit equal to 35% in addition to their RRSP tax deferral.Since its inception, the Fund has provided a unique opportunity for Saskatchewan residents to keep their investment dollars at home, helping to grow local companies and creating jobs in their province.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Natural Resources, Sustainability
- Funding Round, Seed, Post-IPO Equity
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Ground Truth Agriculture — Ground Truth Ag is an agtech start-up creating our first product to measure and report real-time grain quality during harvest.
- 54e Dev Studios — 54e Dev Studios creates unique robotics and gaming experiences using real-time communication technologies.
- Curbie — Curbie is an online platform that enables consumers to buy, sell, and trade-in vehicles in Canada. The company provides consumers with an ecommerce buying experience that is unique in the Canadian landscape. Consumers select from Curbie's online inventory, receive the vehicles at their homes and, after purchase, have 7-days to decide to keepor return. Curbie is a highly-automated enterprise, featuring its own set of algorithmic and AI-based tools, which minimize staffing needs and enhance decision-making.
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
- Software, IT, Science/Engineering
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Canada, United States, Argentina
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- Royal Helium — Royal Helium Ltd. is publicly traded on the TSX Venture exchange under the symbol RHC.
- Optel Group — We are leading global provider of traceability, track-and-trace and vision systems for a growing number of industries, including pharmaceutical, medical devices, food and beverage, agrochemicals, metals and minerals.
- Summit Nanotech — Summit Nanotech innovates direct lithium extraction (DLE) processes to economically and sustainably unlock lithium resources globally.
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
- Software, Science/Engineering, Internet
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Canada, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Vivid Machines — Digitizing permanent crop production | Vivid Machines | Ontario
- Kepler Communications — Kepler Communications is a satellite communications company that is working towards establishing an in-space telecommunications network for space-borne assets. Put simply, we are building cell phone towers in space. This infrastructure will resolve the problem of intermittent connectivity for non-geostationary satellites, will open new businessopportunities that necessitate real-time connectivity to satellites, and will reduce reliance on costly and difficult to deploy ground infrastructure.The company is currently developing technologies and delivering services that solved terrestrial connectivity needs, offering terrestrial wideband and soon-to-be narrowband connectivity services for IoT applications.With Kepler's first service, named Global Data ServiceTM, they have been able to pack more Mbps into a nanosatellite than anybody else ever before. This wideband service delivers a store-and-forward type of solution for companies needing to move large quantities of delay-tolerant data from regions where connectivity is limited or non-existent. It is designed to transfer 100s of GBs of data monthly between remote locations and company headquarters or the internet. This service is available today for trials.Kepler is also developing a satellite service for Internet of Things devices – called everywhereIoTTM. A low-power, low-cost, bi-directional narrowband satellite service that will allow to connect assets all around the globe (at sea, land and even in the poles). With two satellites already in orbit, and a third scheduled for launch later in 2019, the company is currently preparing the deployment of its first LEO constellation for 2020.
- Graphite Innovation & Technologies — GIT is focused on providing innovative and most sustainable smart coating solutions for the shipping industry - we use nanotechnology to make smart and environmentally friendly paints for constantly moving vessels to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The company has several ocean-going ships utilizing the technology and gettingready to ramp up production worldwide.GIT offers a full suite of marine coating systems for seafaring vessels. As a trusted partner in unlocking peak vessel efficiency, our innovative marine coatings help ship operators save money by reducing fuel consumption and GHG emissions. Our products are designed to be the most sustainable marine coatings in the world. Unlike many marine coatings, we do not rely on leaching chemicals and other harmful substances to improve fuel efficiency. Our coatings are unique in that they are hydrophobic and extremely hard, which prevents marine life from adhering to the hull surface, thus reducing drag as the vessel cuts through the water. GIT competes in the global marine coatings market and has positioned itself as a disruptor in the industry. This is driven by our passion for innovation and change as we push towards a more sustainable future for the maritime industry.
Innovacorp is an early-stage venture capital firm that helps knowledge-based startups commercialize their technologies in the global marketplace. It invests in early stage Nova Scotia entrepreneurs, combining venture capital with business mentoring and incubation facilities.
Innovacorp was established in 1995 and based in Halifax, Canada.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Science/Engineering
- Seed, Grant, Funding Round
- Canada, Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Bright Breaks — Bright offer on-site and virtual amenities for companies and employees. whether your team is on-site, working from home, or in between.
- Planetary — Planetary Technology is on a mission to remove 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by 2035.
- Axtion Independence — Axtion Independence is a mobility aid for fall prevention and recovery.
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
- Software, Science/Engineering, Health Care
- Debt Financing, Grant, Seed
- Canada, United States
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- Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.
- Verschuren Centre — Verschuren Centre helps cleantech companies develop sustainable technologies and bring them to market.
- Novonix Battery Testing Services — NOVONIX is a battery materials and technology company providing revolutionary solutions to service the electric vehicle and energy storage marketplace.
WUTIF Capital (VCC) Inc. is a novel angel fund that co-invests with angel investors in promising new technology ventures in British Columbia. WUTIF was formed in mid-2003 and made its first investments in late 2004.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Science/Engineering
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- VoxCell BioInnovation — Creating an extraordinary line of solutions for the drug development industry and the field of Oncology research.
- Care2Talk — Care2Talk is a video call mobile app for senior citizens that is secure, fast, and easy to navigate with 7-day battery life.
- Frontly — Frontly's no-code internal admin tooling platform empowers businesses to build custom applications to solve their greatest business challenges in minutes without writing a line of code.
Active Impact Investments is a Certified B Corp based in Vancouver, BC, whose mission is to support environmental sustainability through profitable investment. With two limited partnership funds with over $50M in assets under management, the venture capital firm provides funds and talent to accelerate the growth of early-stage climate techcompanies with $200K to $3M in revenue and significant growth potential. Active Impact’s portfolio includes and is seeking some of the most successful startups in North America that are capable of achieving venture scale and becoming extremely profitable while solving the most urgent environmental issues.
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Investment focus
- Software, Sustainability, Energy
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Agrology — The Agrology Platform helps farmers reduce their carbon footprint, be more sustainable, and stay ahead of threats like drought, smoke taint, pest & disease outbreaks, frost, heat, extreme temperatures.
- RailVision Analytics — Customized data analysis, software solutions, and consulting for the rail industry. RailVision Analytics takes the data available from your fleet equipment, combined with our proven AI algorithms to provide insight on saving fuel, equipment deterioration and improving safety.
- Audette — Audette transforms your commercial portfolios into intelligent, carbon-free assets. Net-zero planning for commercial real estate portfolios
EnerTech Capital works hand-in-hand with pioneers and innovators daring to change the world. For 25 years EnerTech’s fundamental focus has been investing and partnering with innovative companies driving informational impact across the energy landscape; with a focus on Mobility, Industry 4.0, and Connected Customer. Since its founding in 1996,EnerTech has made 72 investments and has managed over $500 million in capital commitments. EnerTech works with investors and stakeholders from corporates with growing innovation programs to seasoned investors seeking differentiated opportunities for strategic capital deployment or tailored solutions. EnerTech partners with companies across all stages of enterprise value creation from late development and seed through commercialization and growth. While investment activities are predominantly focused in North America, EnerTech partners with teams globally on an opportunistic basis.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Software, Hardware
- Funding Round, Series B, Series C
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Recurrent — Eliminate range anxiety with EV battery reports for used electric cars. Recurrent reports replace the odometer for drivers, buyers and dealers.
- Encycle Corporation — REGEN Energy Inc. designs, develops, and markets wireless energy management solutions in Canada and the United States. The company’s products include EnviroGrid swarm-logic controllers, which are attached to electrical loads to communicate and coordinate with each other to reduce electrical demand for commercial, industrial, institutional, andmulti-unit residential facilities. Its products are used to control electrical demand for heaters, fans, compressors, chillers, cold storage systems, batter chargers, pumps, and dehumidifiers and humidifiers, as well as for new construction, retrofit, and ongoing building operations.
- Blue Pillar — At Blue Pillar, we connect industrial equipment to the internet and serve up the data to manage, monitor, and control equipment and devices so our customers can create flexible, scalable solutions for themselves or their customers. We're energized by the challenge of making the power of Industrial IoT widely accessible. We make things alittle better in a connectivity-centric world where things are a lot harder than they should be.
Leading global venture capital fund that invests in resource intensive industries across North America and Europe.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Sustainability, Manufacturing
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- VerAI Discoveries — VerAI Discoveries is disrupting Mineral Exploration by deploying a revolutionary Artificial Intelligence Platform that detects concealed mineral deposits.
- C2CA technology — C2CA Technology is a pioneering company in concrete recycling, established in 2016 by Delft Enterprises, Delft University, and GBN.Our mission is to transform waste concrete into sustainable building materials, replacing virgin aggregates, sand, and cement to mitigate 8% of global CO2 emissions.Our advanced separation, and quality controltechnologies are in use at our demonstration site in Hoorn, the Netherlands.We're committed to achieving 100% circular concrete and building a more sustainable future. Join us and make a positive impact on the planet.
- Liminal — Advanced battery inspection and metrology with ultrasound and machine learning
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
- Manufacturing, Software, IT
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- Canada, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.
- Omy Laboratoires — Omy Laboratoires develops and manufactures personalized cosmetic skin-care products using its AI based skin analysis system.
- Libro — Elevate the Reservation Experience Our online reservation management platform does more than fill tables. Start building a highly personalized and profitable dining experience with Libro. FeaturesPricing We are Revolutionizing Reservations Own your online reservation system. Eliminate third-party reservation sites with pricey commission models for a fully branded system that lets you control the online customer
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
- Software, IT, Science/Engineering
- Funding Round, Seed, Debt Financing
- Canada, Argentina, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Royal Helium — Royal Helium Ltd. is publicly traded on the TSX Venture exchange under the symbol RHC.
- Optel Group — We are leading global provider of traceability, track-and-trace and vision systems for a growing number of industries, including pharmaceutical, medical devices, food and beverage, agrochemicals, metals and minerals.
- Summit Nanotech — Summit Nanotech innovates direct lithium extraction (DLE) processes to economically and sustainably unlock lithium resources globally.
Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Science/Engineering
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Canada, Spain, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Bridgr — For industrial companies looking for significant digital transformation, BRIDGR is the algorithmic advisory practice that improves your odds of success by showing you what to do next and who would help
- AAVAA — About Us. AAVAA believes that you should be in control of your audio environment. Our technology lets you seamlessly choose what you hear simply by focusing on the sounds of interest. About Us. AAVAA believes that you should be in
- Goloot — Reward your everyday.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Science/Engineering
- Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- Canada, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- 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
- 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!
- Tonit — Connect with local riders. Discover hundreds of rides & events. Track & share your ride. Share photos & videos with the community.
InvestEco invests in innovative companies in the Food & Agriculture Sector. Learn More about our process, people, and companies.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Food/Beverage, Sustainability
- Funding Round, Seed, Series B
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Mara Renewables — Mara Renewables Corporation (Mara) is the leading Canadian biotechnology company focused on the research, development, and commercialization of sustainable fermentation algal biotechnologies for nutritional and renewable energy industries.
- Acid League — Experiments in acid? Acid League makes flavor-tripping vinegars, drinks, sauces, and condiments to energize your cooking.
- jack & annie's — Jack & annie's offers meat alternative food and recipes derived from plants.
We can help you meet the capital-intensive needs of scaling and achieve timely growth. We offer more flexible equity financing and commercial loans.
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Investment focus
- Sustainability, Energy, Manufacturing
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Silfab Solar — Silfab solar panels are designed and engineered specifically for the North American environment and manufactured utilizing advanced robotics.
- Giatec — Giatec is a global company revolutionizing the concrete industry by bringing smart testing technologies and IoT solutions to every jobsite.
- Flyscan — Flyscan develops automated, airborne, leak and threat detection services for oil and gas pipeline operators.
ArcTern Ventures is a venture capital fund that provides early-stage capital to cleantech companies.The privately-backed venture capital fund provides early-stage capital to companies developing breakthrough ideas in the cleantech sector. The Fund has developed a unique early-stage investment model through its partnership with MaRS, one of thelargest innovation centers in the world.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Software, Sustainability
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Canada, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Liminal — Advanced battery inspection and metrology with ultrasound and machine learning
- Scythe — Self-driving, all-electric mowers for commercial landscaping. Learn how Scythe can help your business do more.
- Xeal — Xeal provides the world's most advanced electric vehicle (EV) charging stations designed for progressive multi-family apartments and businesses. Lead the change with self-managed sustainable amenities.
Director of Investments Every half-year, the Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA) reports on the status of venture capital investment in Canada, and the 2021-H1 edition is impressive.
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Investment focus
- Software, IT, Data and Analytics
- Seed, Funding Round, Grant
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Passiv — Passiv makes it easy for you to manage your portfolio so that you can save more for retirement and spend more of your time enjoying life.
- ProcedureFlow — With ProcedureFlow, following company processes has never been easier. Our cloud-based knowledge management software will help you make your employees experts faster.
- Soricimed — Soricimed is a privately-held, clinical stage company focused on the development and commercialization of applications originally derived from its unique and proprietary family of peptides found in the paralytic venom of the northern short-tailed shrew
We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.
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Investment focus
- Agriculture/Farming, Software, Science/Engineering
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Napigen — We are the genome editing company specialized for mitochondrial engineering. We address unmet needs of future food supplies by creating hybrid crop plants to boost their yields to an unprecedented level. The company’s technology creates robust male sterile lines that are ideal over conventional lines because of their stability and elitebackgrounds. This allows the production of non-GM hybrid seeds in crop plants that are currently mostly non-hybrid such as wheat. Our technology solution is expected to fulfill the highest level of public acceptance and aspiration.
- FarmWise — FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency.
- Food4All — With the F4A App, you can explore discounted close-to-expiry products at your favourite supermarkets. Act now - save money and say no to food waste.
NGIF Capital offers an integrated hybrid model for financing cleantech companies with solutions for the energy sector.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Sustainability, Natural Resources
- Funding Round, Series A, Grant
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Validere — Measure and capitalize on emission reductions while improving operations with all-in-one commodity & carbon management platform for oil and gas.
- Ekona Power — Ekona is using methane from feedstock to produce clean hydrogen and electrical power.
- Ionomr — Ionomr designs & manufactures advanced ion-exchange polymers & membranes that enable high performance and efficiency in applications like water & wastewater treatment, hydrogen production and advanced energy storage.
We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.
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Investment focus
- Agriculture/Farming, Software, Science/Engineering
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Napigen — We are the genome editing company specialized for mitochondrial engineering. We address unmet needs of future food supplies by creating hybrid crop plants to boost their yields to an unprecedented level. The company’s technology creates robust male sterile lines that are ideal over conventional lines because of their stability and elitebackgrounds. This allows the production of non-GM hybrid seeds in crop plants that are currently mostly non-hybrid such as wheat. Our technology solution is expected to fulfill the highest level of public acceptance and aspiration.
- FarmWise — FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency.
- Muddy Machines — Muddy Machines is working on field robots to help farms manage labor-intensive crops by completing the fieldwork.
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
- Software, Science/Engineering, Hardware
- Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- ventureLAB — ventureLAB’s innovative start-up support model connects their clients to create a supportive community of entrepreneurs focused on learning, sharing talent, and leveraging ideas. This collaborative model is central to the success of ventureLAB and it's entrepreneurs clients.
- RealSage — SoulRooms enables multifamily and student housing landlords to rent/manage properties efficiently, and create a better appeal for modern, digital native renters. We apply deep learning to simplify the regular tasks of online application review, acceptance and automate information flow for tenant requests. Our platform also provides aproprietary renting by the room feature that enables landlords to improve cashflows by over 30% and reduce vacancies across the portfolio.
- NURO — NURO is the manufacturer of NUOS, the Neural Operating System. NUOS allows today instant communication and full-scale computing by brain signals without surgery.
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Investment focus
- Software, Data and Analytics, IT
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- ODAIA — Empowering Pharma's Next Generation of Engagement with HCPs
- Vivid Machines — Digitizing permanent crop production | Vivid Machines | Ontario
- KeyOps — A revolutionary physician engagement platform that allows doctors to quickly share their expert opinions with healthcare stakeholders such as government institutions, hospitals, universities, and life science companies.
GreenSky Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm that manages venture capital and provides financial advisory services.It makes investments in early-stage technology companies through its affiliated venture capital funds, GreenSky Accelerator Fund I, II and III. Their principals bring a unique combination of experience in technology,law, and finance to high-growth potential companies and dedicated entrepreneurs.GreenSky Capital was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 2010 by Geoff Simonett and Michael T. R. List.
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Investment focus
- Software, Science/Engineering, IT
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Canada, United States
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- Direct-C — Direct-C is an Alberta based company that has created a breakthrough proprietary nanocomposite coating based on compounds specifically designed to only react to liquid hydrocarbons (typically C4-C20). The end result is a leak detection solution that provides unparalleled performance for the integrity monitoring of oil and gas infrastructure. Zerofalse positives, instant alerts, and precise locations – all which lead to enhanced response times to unexpected incidents. Originally developed at the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering, Direct-C’s head office is located in Edmonton with staff satellite offices also located in Calgary and Bath, England.
- Wisedocs — The Wisedocs platform makes it easy to sort, understand, and organize messy, unstructured medical, legal, and insurance documents.
- Funnelytics — Align your marketing strategy with data. Vizualise & create actionable insights to better understand your customer's drivers and bottlenecks.
Fonds de solidarité FTQ is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in start-ups, early venture, mergers, business acquisitions, management buyouts, market development project or a buyout, financing for new programs, organic growth and cash flow, growth and expansion financings, development capital, business succession,financial restructuring, business transition financing, family and non-family buyout, consolidations, turnaround, and leveraged management buyouts. It also invests in new markets, product and business line developments, market diversification, interim financings, new product marketing, additional working capital, purchase of tangible and intangible assets, equipment modernization, equipment purchases or upgrades, and integrator projects. The firm has regional funds that do not invest in retail, real estate, farming, biotechnology, and financial services. Fonds de solidarité FTQ invests in small and medium-sized businesses. It typically invests in export projects, forest products, productivity improvement, natural resources, aerospace, agri-food, wood, pulp and paper, chemicals, construction and construction materials, printing, transportation equipment and automobiles, transportation services, furniture and fixtures, combinatorial chemistry and other lead generating technologies, mining and exploration, social economy, textiles, plastics, life sciences, business services, telecommunications, distribution and consumer goods, environment, equipment and machinery, financial services, information and communication technology, metal products, recreational tourism, and culture sectors. Within the culture sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest in pre-production and creative projects, production projects, infrastructures and services, post-production projects, distribution, and broadcasting and multiplatform broadcasting. Within the environment sector, it invests in waste management and energy conversion for residual waste; air treatment and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; processes to reduce industrial energy and water consumption; water treatment; and soil rehabilitation and decontamination (metals and organic compounds). Within the life sciences sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ focuses on services for the biopharmaceutical industry; nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals; diagnostics and medical supplies and equipment; biopharmaceuticals and generic drugs; biotechnology, and animal health. Within the tourism sector, it focuses on urban tourism, nature tourism, resort type tourism, and local tourism for Quebecers, and in the textiles sector it invests in companies engaged in development and production of specialty textiles as well as development of industrial applications for the construction, transportation, health and safety, and work apparel industries. Fonds de solidarité FTQ prefers to invest in Quebec and in companies impacting the Québec economy. It focuses on investing in the following regions- Abitibi –Témiscamingue, Bas Saint Laurent, Chaudière-Appalaches, Côte-Nord, Estrie, Gaspésie Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Lanaudière, Laurentides, Laval, Mauricie - Centre-du-Québec, Montérégie, Nord-du-Québec, Outaouais, and Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest in projects of $3 million or more and also provides loans of up to $ 2 million. It invests in companies in business succession sector having minimum capitalization of $500,000 and EBITDA of over $35.5 million in case of majority interest; equipment and machinery sector with average investment in excess of $3 million; environment sector with funding needs of more than $500000; financial services sector having net assets between $20 million and $50 million in equity; metal products sector having annual sales of over $5 million and financing needs of at least $2 million; and printing sector having investment needs of over $1 million. In the information technology sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest $2 million as initial investments while total investments can be more than $10 million. It invests in the form of equity financing (common or preferred shares) and unsecured debt requiring no collateral (debenture). Fonds de solidarité FTQ can take both a minority interest including an equity stake of up to 49 percent as well a majority interest in its portfolio companies in case of business succession financing. It seeks a minority stake for the portfolio companies in the equipment and machinery sector. It typically holds its investments for a period of five to ten years in case of equity financing and for more than ten years in case of business succession financing. Fonds de solidarité FTQ began operation on June 23, 1983. It has its headquarters in Montreal in Canada with additional offices in the same city and Quebec in the same country.
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- Manufacturing, Science/Engineering, Software
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States, Israel
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- Flare — We enable companies to prevent cyber attacks before they become costly data breaches.
- WorkJam — The most complete and modular suite of productivity tools for frontline employees. Trusted by global brands and loved by their employees.
- UgoWork — Lithium-ion batteries are significantly superior for your lift trucks, in addition to taking advantage of our efficient energy management. Learn more.
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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- Software, Science/Engineering, Hardware
- Funding Round, Series B, Series A
- Canada, United States, Japan
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- 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.
- SWITCH Materials — SWITCH Materials develops revolutionary new materials based on proprietary organic molecules that "switch" optical properties on command.SWITCH’s molecular switches can be developed for a number of applications, especially in the areas of molecular electronics and health sciences, including optical filters, photochromic inks, paintsand fibers, high-density optical information storage systems, molecular sensors and biomarkers for labeling and tracking of live cells.SWITCH has assembled a team of cutting-edge materials scientists with combined expertise in synthetic chemistry, polymer processing, optics, and molecular & materials engineering. SWITCH conducts its research and development activities in our own laboratories and the state-of-the-art analytical and clean room facilities at 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University's new $40 million materials science research centre.
Natural Resources Canada is a company of resources and information about the protection of natural land and water.
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- Energy, Sustainability, Natural Resources
- Grant, Funding Round, Post-IPO Equity
- Canada, Norway, United States
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- Intelligent City — Intelligent City delivers turn-key, prefabricated, mass timber urban housing that is sustainable, affordable and livable.
- Shell Canada — Learn more about Shell Canada, find the nearest gas station or car wash, get air miles with a BMO MasterCard or start a job search.
- Ekona Power — Ekona is using methane from feedstock to produce clean hydrogen and electrical power.
Root Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in technical teams working on deep tech. The firm specializes in the fields of financial services, venture capital, and investments.
It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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- Software, Science/Engineering, Hardware
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Denmark
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- Zed Industries — Code at the speed of thought. Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
- Latent Technology — Latent Technology builds the next-generation animation technology for virtual worlds.
- Primitive — Primitive builds crypto products and tools.
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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- Software, Data and Analytics, Science/Engineering
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States
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- Eli — The women's health company providing lifelong insights from your saliva.
- SPARK Microsystems — The leading supplier of ultra-wideband wireless technology. Enabling responsive, low latency and high volume data-transfer capabilities over short distances.
- Plum.io — Plum is revolutionizing how global enterprises hire, grow, and retain talent with the predictive power of psychometric data.
Women-powered capital building the Financial Feminist Economy.
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- Health Care, Software, IT
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Canada, United States
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- Mercator AI — Our mission is to give business developers more time to do what they do best, and support them with the insights they need to have informed and productive conversations. We mine and analyze millions of construction data points across the project lifecycle so that our customers can confidently find and qualify projects and partners faster.Mercator is used by Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Real Estate, and Manufacturing companies to inform strategic and tactical decision making.Mercator AI is a privately held company that has recently closed a pre-seed round.
- Shoelace Learning — Aligned to curriculum and trusted by educators, Dreamscape is the only FREE hyper-gamified reading program for Grades 2-8, perfect for in class and at home.
- Fictionary — Fictionary guides authors as they perform a story edit on their book. Learn story editing techniques that will improve your plot, characters and settings.
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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- Software, Data and Analytics, IT
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States, Japan
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- Powered by People — Powered by People is a values-driven wholesale platform featuring handmade, ethical products from makers in over 40 countries. Sign up now for pre-approved credit and net 60 terms at poweredbypeople.com
- Barley — Barley makes it easy to structure, analyze, and manage compensation across your entire company - and keep a pulse on changing salary trends.
- Notch — notch simplifies wholesale food and beverage ordering for restaurants and suppliers of all sizes. Make all your orders, chat, and pay in one place.
The Government of Canada is making it easier for Canadians to find and access government information and services online through its central website, Canada.ca. The website is the single entry point for all government information and services available online and is accessible using any device with an Internet connection, including tablets ormobile phones. Its portal shows how government works, its priorities, laws, finances, transparency, digital government, and policies.
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- Science/Engineering, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Grant, Debt Financing, Funding Round
- Canada, United States, Myanmar
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- PowerCo — PowerCo expansion is the next step in expanding the worldwide battery industry while also localizing cell production and establishing a new value chain.
- Metaspectral — Compression.ai is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of machine learning and web services. The company has developed encoding and decoding capability for images using machine learning, which achieves on-average about 95% compression rates of a raw image without significantly losing its quality.
- Technopole maritime du Québec — Technopole maritime du Québec (TMQ) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and development of Quebec’s innovative maritime sectors, including maritime transportation, marine technologies, and marine biotechnologies.
Yaletown Partners specializes in investing in software, data, and device technologies. It invests in technology companies that improve industry and enterprise productivity and sustainability, to help accelerate their growth, shorten exit timeframes, and accomplish strong exit premiums.With offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montréal, and a growingpresence in Toronto, Yaletown is led by a national team that contributes almost 100 years of technology-industry experience and a network of extensive industry relationships.
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- Software, Internet, IT
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- Canada, United States, Belgium
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- GoBolt — Logistics, Simplified. GoBolt is building a sustainable, first-party supply chain network. Delivering an end-to-end customer experience.
- Userful — The #1 Software-Defined Platform for Enterprise AV-over-IP
- Tasktop — Tasktop offers a software platform that allows companies to better manage the process of building their software. Tasktop plugs into existing tools and overlays the end-to-end value stream to provide the abstractions, automation, visualizations, and forensics needed to practice value stream management on a daily basis.
Our Venture Capital Fund provides New Brunswick start-ups with the seed investment they need to rapidly grow and delivery their products to customers.
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- Software, Science/Engineering, Sustainability
- Pre-Seed, Funding Round, Seed
- Canada, United States
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- CareerBeacon — Find new job opportunities across Canada on CareerBeacon. Browse through thousands of job openings from leading employers. Find your ideal fit today.
- Sonrai Security — Sonrai Security delivers an enterprise security platform for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes. The Sonrai Dig platform is built on a sophisticated graph that identifies and monitors every possible relationship between identities and data that exists inside an organization’s public cloud. Dig’s Governance Automation Engine automatesworkflow, remediation, and prevention capabilities across cloud and security teams to ensure end-to-end security.
- Drinkable — At Drinkable we're passionate about water autonomy. We believe everyone has the right to know what's in their water, so they have the agency to manage their own risks. We've harnessed that passion into the worlds first effortless, affordable, and accurate handheld testing device, that detects drinking water contamination with thepress of a button. With a simple thumbs up/down display you'll know within seconds if your water requires further attention. You can pair our device with your smart phone to receive an expanded contamination report, risk profile, and a treatment plan that's tailored just for you.
Version One Ventures is an early-stage venture fund investing in the next generation of mission-driven founders.
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- Software, Other, Commerce/Shopping
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- ether.fi — Truly decentralized staking. Keep your keys. Build the network.
- Jobber — Jobber is an award-winning business management platform for small home service businesses. Unlike spreadsheets or pen and paper, Jobber keeps track of everything in one place and automates day-to-day operations, so small businesses can provide 5-star service at scale. Jobber’s 100,000+ home service professionals have served over 12 millionhouseholds in more than 47 countries. The company continually ranks as one of Canada’s fastest-growing and most innovative companies by Canadian Business and Macleans, The Globe and Mail, Fast Company, and Deloitte.
- Peaze — Making web3 easy for everyone
We back today's most promising energy & cleantech innovators, and engage the world's leading companies to help build and scale. Our approach merges venture capital and an arsenal of essential tools and relationships to help you quickly achieve success.
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- Energy, Sustainability, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Canada
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- 3E Nano — 3E Nano has developed and is commercializing a low cost, thermally and optically smart, Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating. This nano thin film applied to glass and other transparent media is targeted toward windows, windshields, greenhouses, and solar module manufacturers.
- Recurve — We're connecting the dots between efficiency, electrification, renewable energy, and DERs to enable demand flexibility to become a market-based procurable resource.
- Azumo — Azumo front light is here to light the way to the new era of high efficiency, durable displays that don’t fight the environment but work in tandem with it. The time has come for all of us to reflect on what displays can do for devices.
Founded in 2016, Evok Innovations is a fund that focuses on early-stage companies in the areas of Clean Energy, CleanTech, ClimateTech and CarbonTech.
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- Science/Engineering, Energy, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Canada, United States, Israel
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- Summit Nanotech — Summit Nanotech innovates direct lithium extraction (DLE) processes to economically and sustainably unlock lithium resources globally.
- MineSense Technologies — MineSense Technologies is a developer of a data analytics platform intended to monitor and improve the productivity and recovery of mines. The company's platform provides businesses with real-time, sensor-based sorting of low-grade ore to a level of sensitivity and to identify differences in mineralogy, enabling the mining industry to sortores easily and enhance mineral planning.MineSense Technologies was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
- Syzygy Plasmonics — Illuminating Chemical Engineering. Where everyday chemicals like hydrogen are made from light instead of heat - it's called photocatalysis.
Natural Products Canada provides insight, introduction, and investment to help entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors leverage the growing demand for naturally-derived products. It connects industry, investors, researchers, and others to help innovative natural products reach their full potential in the market. The company works with smallcompanies, large and multinational corporations, research institutions, investors, innovation and economic development agencies, and business, and commercialization experts such as IP, marketing, and regulatory consultants. Collaborating with these many stakeholders, the company evaluates products and technologies, helps companies overcome commercialization hurdles, and invest in the opportunities that show the most promise.
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- Gaming, Food/Beverage, Manufacturing
- Seed, Grant, Series A
- Canada
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- Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.
- Impactful Health R&D — Impactful Health R&D is a developer of compostable active packaging materials designed to prolong the shelf life of fresh foods, starting with fresh fish as an entry market. The company's active packaging materials are made of naturally-derived resources and helps in preserving the texture of a fish by maintaining its water content andtargeting bacteria, enabling fish processing companies to reduce wastage of fish.
- Partake Brewing — Partake Brewing is the craft non-alcoholic beer brand that focuses on flavor, health, socializing, and inclusivity for people who choose not to drink alcohol whether as a need or increasingly as a lifestyle choice.
VantagePoint Capital Partners (formerly VantagePoint Venture Partners, until 2011) has more than $4.5 billion in capital under management and invests in the cleantech, healthcare, and IT sectors.
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- Software, Hardware, Energy
- Series B, Series C, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Sweden
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- 1366 Technologies — 1366 Technologies is a manufacturer of silicon wafers used to deliver solar modules. The company's silicon wafers leverage existing billion-dollar cell and module investments, enabling businesses to get a long-term, differentiated product roadmap. It was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.
- Ostara — Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. helps protect precious water resources by changing the way cites around the world manage nutrients in water streams
- VionX Energy — VionX Energy is an energy company manufacturing power and energy storage products to deliver long run-time and cost-competitive operation. The company's system delivers unrivaled Levelized Cost of Storage at discharge durations greater than 4 hours due to low capital and operating cost and a product life of over 20 years with no performancedegradation. It also focuses on renewables integration, EV charging, industrial and commercial micro grinds, and grind applications. The VIONX VNX product family employs a modular architecture based on 1 MW power and 2 MWh energy building blocks that have been engineered to meet grid reliability standards and have undergone significant durability testing demonstrating up to 40 years of stack life.VionX Energy was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, United States.
NGEN Partners is an active venture investor committed to backing world class entrepreneurs seeking to change industries through innovation, creativity and the promotion of environmentally sustainable products and services.Founded in 2001, NGEN Partners invests in companies that positively improve the environment and human wellness. We seekentrepreneurs with unique business models and differentiated products and services, capable of rapid growth and sustained profitability. We invest in and alongside these entrepreneurs, helping them grow and sustain category leaders. We invest throughout North America, and have offices in California and New York.
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- Software, IT
- Series C
- United States
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- BrightFarms — BrightFarms is an indoor farming company that specializes in providing locally grown packaged salads. Its salads are tender, pesticide-free, and produced in an indoor, controlled environment, enabling consumers to have a non-GMO salad. BrightFarms operates hydroponic greenhouse farms in the communities it serves, enabling it to eliminate time,distance, and costs from the food supply chain. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Irvington, New York.
- Renew Financial — Renew Financial provides financing solutions that help efficiency and renewable energy contractors grow their businesses while promoting energy independence. Its aim is to develop advanced financing designed to transform America’s economy to clean energy. The company’s financing products include PACE financing model and the Warehouse for EnergyEfficiency Loans, which opens the residential energy efficiency finance market to large institutional investors.Founded in 2008 by Cisco DeVries, Renew Financial has a partnership with SolarCity targeted at small- and medium-sized businesses utilizing PACE.
- Choose Energy — We are committed to making energy choice simple and easy. When we started back in 2008, we had a vision to simplify shopping for the best electricity and natural gas rates, plan terms and renewable energy options. Today, using data and energy expertise, we now manage over a billion dollars in energy bills while delivering the highest qualityservice and saving millions of dollars for people and businesses across America. We take comfort in knowing you and your neighbors are getting the energy plan that’s right for you.
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- Energy, Natural Resources, Hardware
- Funding Round, Series C, Series B
- Canada, United States, Japan
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- Divert — Divert provides resource recovery services for the retail industry's food and associated waste. The company provides tools for food tracking, donating, and recycling that integrate with retail operations' existing workflow, allowing clients to meet diversion goals, report on individual store performance, and save money while having apositive, long-term environmental impact.Divert was established on January 1, 2007 in Concord, Massachusetts by Nick Whitman.
- Flyscan — Flyscan develops automated, airborne, leak and threat detection services for oil and gas pipeline operators.
- Smart Pipe — Smart Pipe Company, Inc. designs and develops pipeline rehabilitation systems. It offers Smart Pipe, a monitored reinforced thermoplastic pipe used for the rehabilitation of an existing pipeline, or as a stand alone replacement. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Katy, Texas.
NRC is the Government of Canada's leading resource for research, development and technology-based innovation. NRC comprises some 20 institutes and national programs, spanning a wide variety of disciplines and offering a broad array of services.
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- Software, Science/Engineering, Manufacturing
- Grant, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Canada
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- FemTherapeutics Inc. — FemTherapeutics Inc. is developing the world's first customizable gynaecological prosthetic for the treatment of pelvic health conditions.
- Pantheon Design — Pantheon Design develops 3D printing systems that allow industrial grade flexible manufacturing at a speed never seen before.
- Ekona Power — Ekona is using methane from feedstock to produce clean hydrogen and electrical power.
Venture capital funding for Canadian entrepreneurs. District Ventures Capital is led by Arlene Dickinson and invests in innovative food & health sector companies.
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- Food/Beverage, Gaming, Manufacturing
- Pre-Seed, Funding Round, Seed
- Canada, United States
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- NadaMoo — Grab a spoon, you're going to want to try this deliciously dairy-free coconut milk ice cream. Dairy-free, Gluten-Free, Plant-Based, Vegan, Non-GMO, Faire Trade, B-Corp. Our pints are filled with 100% goodness.
- Just Vertical — Discover the best indoor hydroponic growing system. With Just Vertical, you can easily grow your own vegetables indoors. Shop our beautifully-designed modern hydroponic system!
- PocketPills — Pocketpills is Canada's best online pharmacy that allows you to conveniently order online, refill, or consult with an online pharmacist and offers free shipping and low prices.
Ecofuel is a venture capital fund specialized in cleantech startups. Ecofuel Fund invests smart money in startups that develop and commercializes clean technologies.
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- Science/Engineering, Hardware, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Canada
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- POTLOC — Potloc is a consumer research company, extracting consumer insights by targeting respondents by interest or location on the social networks consumers trust.
- TENGIVA — Tengiva - A World of Textiles
- Axya — Procurement in manufacturing involves thousands of emails and follow ups Procurement professionals use Axya to be 5X more efficient in their source to pay process by cutting back on emails and manual tasks.
Canada's leading nationwide pre-seed venture fund.
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- Software, Data and Analytics, IT
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States, Israel
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- Lancey — Lancey is an interactive demo builder designed for sales and marketing teams to grow pipeline and close deals.
- Nolk — Hi, we're nolk,a modern brand stewards for the digital generation. We find growing, direct-to-consumer businesses and help them scale to greater success.
- HyperComply — HyperComply is the fastest and most accurate way to send and respond to security questionnaires.
Prelude Ventures invests in and supports early-stage startups with the greatest potential to mitigate climate change. For us, climate is everything.
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- Software, Sustainability, Science/Engineering
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, Canada
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- Rumin8 — Rumin8 - Solving livestock methane emissions
- Mill — So long, smelly bags. Goodbye, greenhouse gasses. Reserve your membership today and make a real difference from your kitchen.
- Element Energy — Element Energy, a startup with technology that significantly improves the performance, lifetime, reliability and cost of large battery packs used in a wide range of applications including stationary and renewable energy storage and hybrid and electric vehicles.
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- Software, Real Estate, Transportation
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- United States, Germany, Switzerland
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- wasted* — wasted* transforms human waste into effective, safe, and sustainable fertilizers. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Burlington, Vermont.
- Earth Force Technologies — Earth Force is a Vegetation Management System platform.
- Singularity Energy — Singularity provides a suite of innovative products, developer APIs, and intelligent tools for companies to build data-driven decarbonization solutions.
Relay Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in start-ups, seed, early-stage, mid venture, late venture, and growth capital investments.It seeks to invest in the mobile computing industry with a focus on applications and services including mobile commerce such as payments, advertising, retailing, and consumer banking; vertical andhorizontal enterprise applications; communications; social networking; location-based and location-aware applications and services such as navigation and mapping; media and entertainment; commercial services and supplies; wireless application service providers; wireless devices software; wireless networking equipment; and lifestyle and personal productivity applications for the BlackBerry and other mobile platforms.Relay Ventures also focuses on investments in mobile-related software and services and mobile eco-system sectors. It seeks to invest in mobile technology with a focus on software for mobile devices and the connected Internet.John Albright and Kevin Talbot founded Relay Ventures on January 1, 2010. It has its headquarters in Toronto in Canada, with an additional office in San Francisco and Calgary.
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- Software, Mobile, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- FCTRY LAb — Fctry lab combine traditional manufacturing methods with modern technology, allowing us to redefine techniques and invent new construction methods
- Boomerang — Boomerang is a technology-powered service that collects, stores, and returns lost valuables back to their owners.
- Blue J Legal — Build powerful diagrams and conduct in-depth research in minutes! See why thousands of attorneys and accountants use Blue J today.
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