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Top 50 ESports Startup Investors in Canada in September 2025

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

Top 50 ESports Startup Investors in Canada in September 2025

Investor	eSports Canada investments
VA Angels	3
Lance Priebe	3
KB Partners	2
BITKRAFT Ventures	2
Union Square Ventures	2
Alumni Ventures	1
Dapper Labs	1
6th Man Ventures	1
Deep Fork Capital	1
Secocha Ventures	1
Deep Space Ventures	1
WME	1
AAF Management Ltd.	1
3GP Capital	1
Deepak Jain	1
Nolan Bushnell	1
Golden Ventures	1
Third Wave Digital	1
Everblue Management	1
Meta	1
Business Development Bank of Canada	1
Alliance of Angels	1
Position Ventures	1
Satish Kanwar	1
Flori Ventures	1
Antoine Martin	1
305 Ventures	1
Business Development Bank of Canada	1
August Capital	1
CASSIUS	1
Omi Velasco	1
Sprout Fund LP	1
Angel One Network	1
Origins Fund	1
Cherry Tree Investments	1
Roger Ehrenberg	1
First Serve Partners	1
Even Odds Investments	1
Jez San	1
AAF Management Ltd.	1
NewBound Venture Capital	1
Maple VC	1
Social Starts	1
JDS Sports	1
Jarl Mohn	1
Innovacorp	1
Valhalla Ventures	1
Archer Gray	1
Bettor Capital	1
Breakout Capital	1

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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!
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Lance Priebe

Investment focus

eSports, SaaS, Content Delivery Network
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

WTFast — WTFast is here to help you get rid of pesky online gaming problems and bid farewell to Fortnite lag, PUBG lag, Dota 2 lag, CSGO lag, LOL lag and hundred of other games.
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!
Nurture — Fun, science-backed learning games that build future-proof life skills like critical thinking, money smarts, healthy habits, and more. Free for now!

We invest in passionate innovators at the intersection of sports and technology.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Symitri — Symitri is the integrated privacy firewall and real-time data cleanroom for the open web.
NIL FanBox — NIL FanBox is a sports merchandise company that offers curated boxes of autographed collectibles for sports fans.
The Realest — The first dedicated marketplace and authentication standard for physical memorabilia.

We provide early- and mid-stage venture capital and expertise for extraordinary founders in gaming and emerging technology.

Investment focus

Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Gameramp — Scale your game faster with GameRamp. Tools and Capital in one SDK
Appcharge — Built for mobile gaming, we help publishers grow revenue and personalize every player interaction and checkout.
Qloud Games — Qloud Games is an independent game studio developing Loftia.

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

XMTP — XMTP is an open, crypto-native communication protocol that connects communities, applications, and users. It was founded in 2021 and is based in Austin, Texas.
Ostrom — We make energy fair, smart and green - one flexible monthly plan with no hidden fees, digital-first and 100% renewable energy.
Stash — Invest and build wealth with Stash, the investing app helping over 6M Americans invest and save for the future. Start investing in stocks, ETFs and more today.

Alumni Ventures Group provides high-quality, diversified venture portfolios to individual investors who previously haven't had access to VC.It helps accredited alums from top entrepreneurial schools invest together in the ventures of fellow alums. The firm backs companies with an alumni connection and an institutional lead investor withexpertise in the space. AVG also offers focused funds that allow any accredited investor access to a venture portfolio, diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography.Beth Obermiller, Michael Madden, and Mike Collins co-founded the firm in Manchester, New Hampshire in 2013.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Kognitos — Kognitos is in stealth mode.
CRED — Compare millions of commercial data points and uncover unique and personalised opportunities for your brand.
Spekter Games — Spekter Games offers well-tested free-to-play Web2 mobile games that have been improved with a skillfully designed Web3 incentive layer, as well as chat-based super apps.

Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Singapore, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Yoz Labs — Save time, streamline your development, and reach users on their preferred channels
Spexi — An intuitive and collaborative platform for drone-based data
Halfbrick Studios — Creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride and more mobile mega hits!

6th Man Ventures is an early stage crypto VC firm investing in web3 applications & infrastructure6MV was born from a love of web3 in practice and principle, founded and run by a group who both see the potential and actively work to bring projects to life every day. That makes us incredible partners to have on your journey.6th Man Ventureswas established in March 2021 in New York, United States.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Shinami — Tools to build the next wave of decentralized applications
Football.Fun — football. Fun is a fantasy football platform that combines the dynamics of cryptocurrency markets with football player trading.
August — A new standard for on-chain finance.

Deep Fork Capital (DFC) is a $30mm seed-focused venture capital fund in San Francisco focused on providing equity capital and convertible debt financing to companies in the consumer technology, digital media, and enterprise spaces. The firm's initial investment size typically ranges from $250k to $500k. Current DFC portfolio companies includeAlgorithmia, Dataminr, Educents, Transfix, StatMuse, Boxed, DealPath, and Canopy, among others.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Israel

Portfolio highlights

BigID — Know your enterprise data and take action for data-centric security, privacy, compliance, AI risk, and governance.
SaltStack — Optimize cloud infrastructure with VMware for app platforms, private cloud, edge, networking, and security.
Origo — Origo is a fintech company.

Secocha Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early stage startups.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, France

Portfolio highlights

10club — Discover unique home decor at 10clubhomes. Explore a wide range of living room, dining, kitchen, garden, and home improvement products today!
CarePredict — CarePredict @Home detects changes in the daily activity pattern of a senior and alerts family members when things are different than usual.
Allocate — Allocate is the operating system for private market alternatives investing

Deep Space Ventures is an early stage investor in great ideas and amazing leaders. The team has demonstrated a track record of engaging with talented leaders using innovative solutions to create value across a wide array of industries.The investment focus is primarily on markets where incredible innovation is taking place, the cost to operate abusiness is relatively low, and there is a lack of seed capital available relative to the early stage opportunities that exist. Some people call these markets "flyover cities" or "tier 2 and tier 3" startup ecosystems. We consider them to be the capital efficient markets where our capital and strategic value can go a long way to help a founding team achieve their goals.Current primary focus areas are B2B Software and Esports.

Investment focus

eSports, Software, Gaming
Seed, Series A
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Ateyo — TLDR; You've never gamed like this before. Technical apparel designed specifically for gaming and esports. Gear for esports, PC gaming, and all gamers
Eventador.io — Eventador.io is a fully managed, enterprise grade Stream Processing as a Service platform based in Austin, TX. It was founded by Erik Beebe and Kenny Gorman in 2016 to address a critical business problem - to alleviate the complexities and enable building applications that use real-time data at their core.
Quarterback — While esports continues to grow rapidly and more gaming influencers grab the spotlight, most of them struggle to monetize their fan-base and rely heavily on creating new content for their fans to consume. Founded by a team of experienced software industry veterans, Quarterback is the first fan-engagement platform that enables streamers andprofessional players to continuously engage with their audiences by creating their own fan-club gaming leagues. These leagues can host daily challenges, give away prizes, compete against other clubs worldwide, help fans compete with like-minded players and offer other perks.Quarterback is on a mission to evolve the way esports enthusiasts interact with each other. Quarterback creates a new language of engagement, where esports talents and streamers become an integral part of their fans gameplay.

WME is the original talent agency, enabling generations of artists and creators to achieve success, impact culture, and shape a better world.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Social Media
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

isima — isima is a clinically backed, science-driven haircare brand.
ResortPass — Enjoy the pool, spa, and amenities at a luxury hotel for the day starting at only $25. Take a daycation and book a day pass or cabana at hotels and resorts near you!
Newman Executive Talent Acquisition Partnerships — Newman ETAPs became a global leader in the entertainment industry, known for developing and supporting top social media talent. Working with high-net-worth clients and partnering with major entertainment companies, the company earned widespread recognition and financial success.Focused on identifying and nurturing talent, Newman ETAPs helpedlaunch the careers of figures like Noen Eubanks and groups like Hype House, Clubhouse LA, and AMP World, driving their success in the digital space.Despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Newman ETAPs demonstrated resilience and adaptability, achieving continued growth and success. Its innovative strategies allowed the company to thrive during a period of widespread adversity.The company's rapid ascent was driven by its founder, Jose Manuel Anderson, also known as Jose Newman. A visionary entrepreneur, Anderson's leadership and strategic insights were instrumental in establishing Newman ETAPs as a leader in social media entertainment, empowering the next generation of Gen Z talent and leaving a lasting impact on the industry. Despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Newman ETAPs demonstrated resilience and adaptability, achieving continued growth and success. Its innovative strategies allowed the company to thrive during a period of widespread adversity.Distinguished by its expansive network and global reach, Newman ETAPs maintained a presence across 22 offices strategically positioned around the world. This extensive infrastructure facilitated seamless engagement with a diverse array of social media luminaries, enabling the company to exert a profound and far-reaching influence within the digital sphere.Central to the company's meteoric rise was its visionary founder, the avant-garde entrepreneur Jose Manuel Anderson, known affectionately as Jose Newman. A trailblazing figure within the industry, Newman's visionary leadership and entrepreneurial acumen were instrumental in guiding the company to its position of prominence, empowering a new generation of Gen Z talent to realize their full potential and leaving an indelible mark on the landscape of social media entertainment.

Leading early-stage venture capital firm focused on pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stage technology companies in North America.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Caden — Caden is the world's first Zero-Party Data platform. We allow users to own and control their own personal data, make money off it, and share it with trusted consumer brands, while maintaining their privacy.
AnthologyAI — AnthologyAI is the breakthrough Artificial Intelligence Consumer Insights & Predictions Platform with billions of real-time data sourced directly and ethically from consumers. Access previously unavailable levels of intelligence about retail spending, geolocation, media consumption, travel, ride sharing and more — in realtime, at scale.
Vero Technologies — Vero Technologies is a Financial Services based company.

3GP Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, Media and Entertainment
Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

The GIST — The GIST is a women-led, inclusive sports media brand that's leveling the playing field in sports. Join the 1 million who read our entertaining sports newsletter.

Value Creator - People Oriented - Turnaround Champion - Cultural Integration Expert

Investment focus

Art, Gaming, eSports
Pre-Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Anime Universe — The AU platform will be a fully immersive, safe and trusted environment where we will find a space for ourselves and our communities to create new memories and share our activities.

Nolan Bushnell is the Founder and CEO of X2 Games. He previously worked at modalVR as a CoFounder and Chairman. Nolan attended the University of Utah.

Investment focus

Gaming, Video Games, eSports
Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

WTFast — WTFast is here to help you get rid of pesky online gaming problems and bid farewell to Fortnite lag, PUBG lag, Dota 2 lag, CSGO lag, LOL lag and hundred of other games.
Wonder — Introducing a new kind of home dining experience. Currently available in areas of New Jersey.
Wonder — Introducing a new kind of home dining experience. Currently available in areas of New Jersey.

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

NiaHealth — Get advanced at-home biomarker testing, proactive healthspan diagnostics, and expert guidance to elevate your health. HSA-eligible.
Vessel — One platform for all your investor relations needs.
Pillar Security — One platform to identify, assess and mitigate security risks across your entire AI lifecycle.

Third Wave is an early stage venture capital firm focused on the Digital Media sector.

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, Digital Media, Video
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Girlboss — Navigating the future of work and helping you find success on your terms.
Drone Racing League — Drone Racing League is a drone racing circuit for professional pilots. The company designs and builds a custom in-house racing drone, the Racer3, which speeds more than 85 MPH around the most complex 3D race courses ever imagined outside a video game. It combines media and technology to create thrilling 3D drone racing content with mass appeal.Drone Racing League was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Skybound Entertainment — Skybound Entertainment is an imprint of image comics that provides comic book creators the opportunity to publish their work. It offers Robert Kirkman’s Eisner award-winning comic book series, The Walking Dead, long-running Invincible, all-ages Super Dinosaur, Thief of Thieves and Clone as well as Witch Doctor, Guarding the Globe, and TheAstounding Wolf-Man.Since its inception, Skybound Entertainment has created television shows, merchandise, and a wide spectrum of platforms, games, and entertainment events. It was launched by Robert Kirkman in 2010.Skybound Entertainment is operated from Culver City, California.

Everblue Management is a family office for the hedge fund managers.

Investment focus

Gaming, Video Games, eSports
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Germany

Portfolio highlights

VAULT — Flick is a computer software company that specializes in the fields of software development, android, iOS, and mobile applications. Flick draws an audience of sports fans who want to engage on a deeper level with their favorite sports influencers, teams, and leagues. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mamaroneck, New York.
Modulate — Modulate uses revolutionary machine learning to proactively detect and escalate toxic behavior in your game. ToxMod becomes an expert in your code of conduct and empowers your moderators to make the right decisions to protect your community from the worst behavior happening in voice chat in real time.
House of Blueberry — House of Blueberry is the leading digital fashion house in the metaverse. Since 2012, Blueberry has served hundreds of thousands of consumers and sold more than 20 million digital assets, making it the industry leader in this quickly expanding sector. Blueberry is actively bringing its community and brand to the biggest web 2.0 and 3.0 metaverseplatforms, where it is already present on a number of platforms.Blueberry was established in 2012 by Gizem Mishi McDuff in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Meta is a social technology company that enables people to connect, find communities, and grow businesses. Previously known as Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg announced the company's rebrand to Meta on October 28, 2021, at the company's annual Connect Conference.Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park, California in 2004. Withmillions of more users, [Friendster] attempted to acquire the company for $10 million in mid-2004. Facebook turned down the offer and subsequently received $12.7 million in funding from [Accel Partners] at a valuation of around $100 million. Facebook continued to grow opening up to high school students in September 2005 and adding a photo-sharing feature the next month. The next spring, Facebook received $25 million in funding from [Greylock Partners] and [Meritech Capital] as well as previous investors [Accel Partners] and [Peter Thiel]. The pre-money valuation for this deal was about $525 million. Facebook subsequently opened up to work networks eventually amassing over 20,000 work networks. Finally, in September 2006, Facebook was opened to anyone with an email address.Facebook continued to receive funding most notably in January 2011 receiving $1.5 billion and valuing the company at $50 billion. A year later in February 2012, Facebook announced that it was filing for its long-anticipated initial public offering. The company went public on May 18, 2012 opening in [NASDAQ] with shares trading at $42.05.Facebook announced positive numbers in February 2012 upon filing for its IPO. As of July 2013, over 1.15 billion users have logged into Facebook every month and 669 million users daily. Mobile users now make up half of Facebook’s user base with 819 million monthly active. Facebook is one of the most trafficked sites in the United States. Additionally, Facebook is the top photo-sharing site with 250 million photos uploaded per day.The company has a strategic partnership with AXA Group to develop marketing and commercial collaboration in the digital, social, and mobile sphere.Meta is currently the owner of many applications and services such as Facebook App, Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus VR, Pagemodo Pagebuilder, [RSS Graffiti], Huddle, and more. Facebook is the world’s largest social network with over 2.9 billion monthly active users.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Scale AI — Trusted by world class companies, Scale delivers high quality training data for AI applications such as self-driving cars, mapping, AR/VR, robotics, and more.
gett.me — AI outplacement software
Tyndall National Institute — Established with a mission to support industry and academia in driving research to market, Tyndall National Institute is one of Europe’s leading research centres in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) research and development and the largest research facility of its type in Ireland. Established in 2004 as a successor to the NationalMicroelectronics Research Centre (NMRC founded in 1982) at University College Cork, the Institute hosts over 460 researchers, engineers and support staff, including a full-time postgraduate cohort of 135 students, generating over 200 peer-reviewed publications each year.With a network of over 200 industry partners and customers worldwide, Tyndall generates around 30M income each year, 85% from competitively won contracts nationally and internationally. Tyndall is also a lead partner in European research programmes in its core areas of ICT, communications, energy, health and the environment worth 44M, including 6M accruing to industry in Ireland (from Framework 7). Hosting the only full CMOS, Micro-Electronic-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and III-V Wafer Semiconductor fabrication facilities and services in Ireland, Tyndall is capable of prototyping new product opportunities for its target industries - electronics, medical devices, energy and communications. Tyndall is a globally leading Institute in its four core research areas of Photonics, Microsystems, Micro/Nanoelectronics and Theory Modelling & Design. Tyndall is the lead institution for the Science Foundation Ireland funded Irish Photonics Integration Centre (IPIC).

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

LSL Pharma Group — LSL Pharma Group is a manufacturing company that innovates and manufactures life sciences products. Formed to integrate the operations of its Canadian subsidiaries, each boasting over two decades of expertise, LSL Pharma Group excels as a niche manufacturer in the life science industry. The company offers turnkey formulation, development andmanufacturing services.
Conquest Planning — Conquest Planning is a FinTech company that is developing an innovative solution for the financial services industry.
Highwood Asset Management — Highwood Asset Management is an asset management company that manages oil production and oil midstream spaces.

Largest and most active angel group in the Pacific Northwest

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Mobile
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Canada, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Glidance — Glide, a groundbreaking leap in assistive technology, is the first self-guided mobility assistant designed for individuals with sight loss.
3D BioFibR — 3D BioFibR is a biomaterial manufacturing company that produces naturally sourced, high-value bio fibers such as spider silk, collagen, chitosan, and others. Preliminary fiber performance data shows the potential applications of these fibers in several global markets, including biomedical engineering, green textiles, defense, and aerospaceengineering. Formed in July 2020, 3D BioFibR was founded on the pioneering research of Dr. John Frampton. 3D BioFibR is focused on novel and proprietary methods of biofiber production that have a quality and scale that is currently not achievable with current methods. 3D BioFibR scientists have demonstrated the ability to make collagen fibers, termed CollaFibR™, that are stronger than natural tendons, and spider silk that is tougher than steel and 2000% more flexible. 3D BioFibR’s vision is to become the global leader in the manmade production of nature’s strongest, lightest and toughest materials at a scale and cost that makes them a competitive solution to the engineering challenges of our day.
Give InKind — Set up a Give InKind Page to coordinate support from anywhere. Create a Care Calendar, add items to your Wishlist and connect your Crowdfunding - all for free.

Your story is your strategy. At Position Ventures, we work alongside founders to help them position their business and tell their story.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Peru

Portfolio highlights

Patlytics — Patent discovery, analytics, comparison, and workflow. Simplified via Artificial Intelligence.
Oyster — Get peace of mind for things you own instantly. With no fine print or complicated forms, Oyster gets you tailored personal insurance products designed for your lifestyle.
Lavender — Lavender helps thousands of sellers around the world write better emails faster, getting them more positive replies in less time. Rated 4.9/5 on G2.

Satish Kanwar is a VP of Product at Shopify, where he oversees strategic product initiatives for over 1 million merchants globally. Satish led Shopify’s formative expansion from online stores to multi-channel commerce, accelerating merchants' sales across eCommerce, brick-and-mortar, and new sales channels. Satish previously co-founded userexperience studio Jet Cooper, which was acquired by Shopify in order to establish its product development footprint in Toronto. Satish is an active angel investor, public speaker, and advisor.He attended the University of Toronto Scarborough.

Investment focus

Mobile Apps, FinTech, Art
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Peggy — Peggy is a social marketplace that allows you to discover, buy, and sell investment-worthy art. A place for the art-curious and the art-expert, for the art gallery and artist. A new way forward for the art world.
Disco — One platform to build, market, and sell live courses, workshops, and learning communities.
Stadium Live Studios — Stadium Live is a unique digital world for sports & esports fans - create, connect and play with fans around the world to shape your own stadium.

More than a seed-stage fund and a portfolio of startups: Our community of founders taps into the power of financial innovation to collaborate around global problems and unlock prosperity for all.

Investment focus

Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Mento Labs — Mento Labs is a decentralized EVM platform for launching and managing multi-currency stable assets.
Learn.xyz — Learn.xyz’s is a mixture of Duolingo and Wikipedia, powered by AI, creating bite-sized “Curiosities” which feature slides and a quiz, in mere seconds just from taking in a user’s question. Find the app on iOS and Android.
Thrive Protocol — Thrive Protocol's vision is to maximize value creation for all people and communities.

Antoine Martin - Co-founder & CEO @ Zenly

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Mobile Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bleen — Building a new outdoor home brand, starting with lawn care. It’s simple, easy to use, and personalized to your home.
Cycle App — Cycle is a horizontal platform made of flexible building blocks that you can use in customizable workflows. Your way of working shouldn't depend on your tools, they built Cycle so that product teams could ship the way that works for them.
Daze — Daze is a software development company that reinvents the calendar to be more fun, expressive, and social.Daze is the social calendar for friends to plan events and use creative tools to more vividly capture their time spent together. It’s a social calendar with powerful creative tools for scheduling your future and documenting your past withfriends. They hope to unlock creativity, foster intimacy, and inspire self-reflection by reimagining the format of time. Founded by Willem Simons in 2021 and is located in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

305 Ventures is an early stage VC fund run by active founders investing in other founders.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Betty — Betty is a mobile gaming entertainment company that develops the intersection of casual mobile gaming and real money online casinos.
Manifest — Manifest is an anchor for a generation seeking direction.
Teleport — Teleport is ridesharing reimagined as a protocol. By distributing ownership and governance of the network, riders get cars cheaper and faster, drivers earn more, and entrepreneurs can innovate on top.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

LSL Pharma Group — LSL Pharma Group is a manufacturing company that innovates and manufactures life sciences products. Formed to integrate the operations of its Canadian subsidiaries, each boasting over two decades of expertise, LSL Pharma Group excels as a niche manufacturer in the life science industry. The company offers turnkey formulation, development andmanufacturing services.
Conquest Planning — Conquest Planning is a FinTech company that is developing an innovative solution for the financial services industry.
Highwood Asset Management — Highwood Asset Management is an asset management company that manages oil production and oil midstream spaces.

At August Capital we take Venture Capital personally

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Canada, Japan

Portfolio highlights

MaintainX — MaintainX helps you track your reactive maintenance, preventive maintenance, and control the daily operations of your business. Get started for Free!
PayNearMe — PayNearMe is the modern payments platform that simplifies bill payments for businesses, Lower the total cost of payment acceptance with PayNearMe.
Caresync.website — Our telemedicine platform aims to transform the way healthcare is accessed, offering patients the flexibility to connect with trusted healthcare providers anytime, anywhere. Through our intuitive interface and advanced video conferencing capabilities, we enable seamless communication and personalized care delivery.

We are early-stage technology investors across North America and Europe.

Investment focus

Gaming, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, France, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Olyzon — Olyzon offers adtech solutions for Connected TV, enhancing brand uplift, optimizing user engagement, and maximizing ROI for advertisers, content owners, and distributors.
Those Beyond — Those Beyond develops a social gaming platform that supports interactive fan experiences within fictional universes. The platform uses its proprietary Arise Engine to enable browser-based adventures, role-playing, and puzzle-solving activities involving mass community participation. Projects include collaborations with entertainment franchises suchas "The Walking Dead," allowing fans to engage with story-driven challenges and community events. The platform includes customizable social spaces designed to reflect the themes and aesthetics of the associated intellectual properties.
Invisible Universe — Invisible Universe is an internet-first animation studio that develops original character IP on social media and web3 platforms. Its mission is to create the next household name animated franchises faster and more economical than traditional models. We believe the next generation of animated franchises will be born on the internet.

Omi Velasco is the Co-founder & Partner at Aventrock Ventures. Omi Velasco attended University of Calgary.

Investment focus

Software, Grocery, eSports
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

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!
WaitWell — Improve operational efficiency and reputation at busy service locations with queue management, appointment booking, workflow automation, and much more.
Kiwi Grocery — Kiwi Grocery cuts out the grocery store and delivers direct to your door. That means you pay less for your groceries and save on costly service fees. Kiwi users save 35% on their grocery checkout totals compared to other delivery apps.

Sprout Fund invests in seed- and early-stage companies with Series-A funding potential. The fund leverages the collective experience of its Managing and Limited Partners to mentor and fund high-potential technology companies. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

MazumaGo — Send and receive business payments online with no limits, no percentage fees and no bullsh*t. Bring your business payments into the 21st century.
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!
Ideon Technologies — Unlock the power of subsurface imaging with groundbreaking muon tomography. Discover precise mineral detection for confident decision-making.

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Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Angel, Seed, Series A
Canada, United States, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Convert your crypto to Ringgit and spend it at any DuitNow QR-enabled merchant with ease.
Coldblock — Coldblock Technologies Inc delivers short wave infrared sample digestion technology to prepare samples for analysis, accuracy and safety.
fraction/al — Fan Ownership Platform that empower fans to own a piece of their favorite sports team.

We back legendary consumer founders with an unfair advantage from seed to series A. Funding meets influence.

Investment focus

Gaming, Sports, Mobile Apps
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, France, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Phacet — Achieve rapid ROI with tailored AI Applications connected to your systems powered by Phacet.
LAP Coffee — LAP Coffee is a community-driven specialty coffee brand.
Augment — Augment is a non-traditional MBA program taught by the creators of Wikipedia, YouTube, Shazam, Waze, and many other companies.

Invest in top tier VC funds as well as direct co-investment

Investment focus

Mobile Apps, Software, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, China, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Arraiy — Headquartered in Palo Alto, Arraiy is building the premier AI-driven production platform for the motion picture and television industry. Arraiy is collaborating with major studios, industry veterans, and award-winning artists to re-invent the filmmaking process with machine learning at its foundation. With its products, Arraiy seeks to enhance thecreative freedom of storytellers and unlock the next generation of visual storytelling.
Stackin' — Your gateway to side jobs and part-time gigs. SideHustles.com provides expert advice, diverse job ideas, and tips to maximize your earnings.
BABOON TO THE MOON — BABOON TO THE MOON is an adventure brand - we make versatile, technical and radical bags. All with a lifetime warranty and free shipping in the US.

Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Evertune — Evertune is a SaaS company that offers enterprises AI chatbot brand monitoring and analytics services
Fantasy Life — Fantasy Life keeps you up to date on all of the latest NFL news, fantasy analysis, sports betting tips, and hot topics around the fantasy watercooler.
Gemini Sports Analytics — Your Next-Gen Roster Management Command Center

First Serve Partners is a venture capital firm investing in sports, media, entertainment, and consumer industries.The VC firm is an active, hands-on investor, using their unique perspective, strategic relationships, and experience in engaging emerging generations - millennials and Gen-Zers - to capitalize on what’s new and what’s next.FoundersWaylon Ian Chin and Joey Brander established the firm in Boca Raton, Florida.

Investment focus

eSports, Sales, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

Sleek — Learn the benefits of WoW boosting for faster leveling and superior gameplay. Enhance your skills and strategy with professional boosting services!
Favik — Favik is an online platform that sets business for influencers. Founded in 2020, the company is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia.
OverActive Media Group — Overactive Media is a global esports and entertainment organization focused on creating immersive experiences for players and fans. With top-tier teams across various games, it bridges esports and traditional sports, aiming to connect and engage a new generation of fans.

Even Odds Investments is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, Media and Entertainment
Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

The GIST — The GIST is a women-led, inclusive sports media brand that's leveling the playing field in sports. Join the 1 million who read our entertaining sports newsletter.

Jez San - CEO & founder @ FunFair Technologies

Investment focus

eSports, Ethereum, Blockchain
Seed
Malta, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Award Pool — Award Pool is an integrated web3 platform that empowers brands, creators and collectors with amazing engagement tools and features to create, collect, and trade unique experiences, collectibles, and payments securely.
Virtue Poker — Virtue Poker is a decentralized poker platform that uses the Ethereum blockchain and peer-to-peer networking to provide an online poker site that's safe, honest, and fun.

Leading early-stage venture capital firm focused on pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stage technology companies in North America.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Caden — Caden is the world's first Zero-Party Data platform. We allow users to own and control their own personal data, make money off it, and share it with trusted consumer brands, while maintaining their privacy.
Dashy Dash — Dashy Dash is a free community powered tool that makes it easy to manage invoices, discover new products & compare prices to help you save money.
Vero Technologies — Vero Technologies is a Financial Services based company.

NewBound VC is an early stage venture capital firm partnering with entrepreneurs who challenge what's "possible".

Investment focus

Sports, E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Buzzer — Buzzer is a notification-driven mobile platform for live sports personalized for fans. The company's mission is to simplify the discovery of live moments and make them seamless to watch. Buzzer takes fans from league to league and game to game, instantaneously.
Siprocal — Unparalleled reach across the Americas. Impact your target audiences with immersive experiences on their first screen of choice.
Greyson Clothiers — Greyson Official: fashionable and functional men's, women's and youth's performance golf, lifestyle, and activewear. Free US ground shipping on orders $250+

Working to build the most durable companies in the world - by backing founders with Canadian roots

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Bench IQ — Bench IQ is an AI-powered assistant for elite law firms and corporate and government litigators that want unparalleled reconnaissance on the key players in their legal battles: judges and attorneys. The astute lawyer knows anticipating the potential outcomes of a case based on the facts and law is as uncertain as predicting the winner of a chessmatch from the arrangement of pieces and rulebook. In both cases, you must know who’s playing.
Argus Systems — Argus Systems scales training data for physical AI.
Daylight Security — Daylight Security provides agentic security services that allow organizations to operate and establish traditional Security Operations.

Fueling the future of sports & entertainment while giving back to the game

Investment focus

Sports, Advertising, Video
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Aglet — Aglet is the first location-based app connecting sneakerheads, creators, and brands with geo-location play to explore the world. Download for iOS and Android!
SuperNFT — SuperNFT is the developer of virtual event platform intended to organize decentralized music festivals and events.
StatusPro — Completely rewrite the rules of the game and leave your legacy in the latest NFL and NFLPA-licensed VR experience, NFL PRO ERA 25

Jarl Mohn is the President and Chief Executive Officer at NPR, one of the country's most iconic news and cultural content organizations. In this capacity, Jarl oversees NPR's strategy to continue NPR's mission to create a more informed public by working in partnership with Member stations across the country. Today NPR contentreaches: 32 million people who visit npr.org every month, 26 million people who listen to NPR programming every week, and listeners who download NPR podcasts 72 million times each month. Jarl's deep media experience has spanned all media platforms as well as rapid changes in audience trends. Jarl spent almost 20 years in radio, many as a disc jockey at stations including WNBC in New York. In addition to his on-air work in radio, Jarl served as a programmer, general manager, and owner of a group of radio stations. Jarl created E! Entertainment Television and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer for almost a decade. Jarl is the former Executive Vice President and General Manager of MTV and VH1 where he architected the strategy of long-form programming at the heart of the network today and diversified the networks' audiences by developing innovative programming around alternative music formats. Jarl was also founding President and Chief Executive Officer at Liberty Digital, a public company that invested in cable networks, the Internet and online businesses. Prior to joining NPR in July of 2014, Jarl served the as a Member of the Board of Trustees at Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) for more than a decade, including two years as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Jarl also spent over 12 years on the board of The Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, including six years as its Chairman of the Board of Directors. Jarl has also been a Corporate Director and Advisor to a number of media companies, making direct early stage angel and seed investments in digital media/technology ventures. Since 2008 he has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Scripps Networks Interactive. Jarl and his wife Pamela created The Mohn Family Foundation in 2000. Jarl attended Temple University, where he studied Mathematics and Philosophy.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Series B, Series A
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Dack — DACK is the smartest and most complete software solution for optimizing guest experience.
Lantern — Lantern is a public benefit corporation that provides a single source of guidance for navigating life before and after a death. It offers free, custom roadmaps to make sure you or a loved one have everything in order. Whether you're pre-planning or have recently lost someone, Lantern has all of the tools, resources, and services you need toconfidently manage the process while coping with the loss of a loved one.
Abstract — Abstract is a software-as-a-service company that is developing a next-generation tool for experts to influence politics and policy.

Innovacorp is an early-stage venture capital firm that helps knowledge-based startups commercialize their technologies in the global marketplace. It invests in early stage Nova Scotia entrepreneurs, combining venture capital with business mentoring and incubation facilities. Innovacorp was established in 1995 and based in Halifax, Canada.

Investment focus

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

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.
ZeroIN — For ingredient manufacturers seeking to enhance the taste profile of their sweeteners, ZeroIN develops technology to produce next-gen sweeteners with the same bulk, sweetness, and taste as sugar but no aftertaste.
Planetary — Planetary restores the chemistry of seawater so it can do what it has always done: support life and protect the planet.

Valhalla Ventures backs visionary founders at the forefront of movements driven by Gen Z & Millennials.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Gaming, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Aeon — Aeon develops advanced capabilities at scale for maximum deterrence.
Deterrence — Deterrence is a defense technology company focused on automating the production of reliable, safe energetics at scale.
Arda Therapeutics — Arda Therapeutics is a biotechnology company taking aim at chronic diseases and aging by eliminating the pathogenic cells that drive these conditions. Their approach starts by using single-cell data to identify pathogenic cells and specific markers to target them. They then design therapies to eliminate these - and only these - cells.Arda wasfounded in 2021 in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA.

Archer Gray is a media production, finance and venture investment company driven by for a passion for innovation, integrity, and results.

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, Crowdfunding, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Battlefy — Battlefy is the simplest way to start, manage, and find esports tournaments | Create. Compete. Conquer.
Inked Brands — The tools and expertise to fuel your big idea
Colony — Closer to the films you love

Bettor Capital is a venture capital firm and invests in companies that provide a platform for sports gambling.

Investment focus

Sports, Gaming, Media and Entertainment
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Xpoint — Geolocation Compliance Software
MOGL — MOGL is created for athletes by athletes. The platform empowers all athletes to seek out opportunities to monetize their name, image, and likeness in a safe...
Bettormetrics — Bettormetrics is a data analytics infrastructure for your sports trading operation.

Breakout Capital is a fintech company that provides simple and straightforward working capital solutions to small businesses.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Insurance, Chemical
Series A, Seed, Series E
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Koffie Financial — At Koffie, we believe trucking insurance should be a smooth ride for everyone. Our priority is delivering trusted insurance backed by cutting-edge tools, so that businesses can grow safely and profitably for generations.
Stadium Live Studios — Stadium Live is a unique digital world for sports & esports fans - create, connect and play with fans around the world to shape your own stadium.
Beam — Smarter employee benefits including dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental health. Our plans are easy to understand, implement, and use.

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