# Top 50 Fashion Startup Investors in Canada in June 2026 ## District Ventures Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Retail Venture capital funding for Canadian entrepreneurs. District Ventures Capital is led by Arlene Dickinson and invests in innovative food & health sector companies. ## BDC Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence 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. ## Thomas Pentz - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Internet Thomas Wesley Pentz, born November 10, 1978, better known by his stage name Diplo, is a Grammy-nominated American DJ, music producer, rapper and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. He founded and managed the record company Mad Decent and co-founded the non-profit organization Heaps Decent. Among other jobs, he has worked as a schoolteacher in Philadelphia. He is also the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project, Major Lazer. His 2013 EP Revolution debuted at number 68 on the US Billboard 200.During his rise to fame, Diplo worked with British musician M.I.A., an artist who is credited with giving him exposure in his early career. Later, he and fellow M.I.A. producer Switch created a Jamaican dancehall project titled Major Lazer. Since then, Diplo has worked on production and mixtape projects with many other notable pop artists, such as Britney Spears, Beyoncé, No Doubt, Justin Bieber, Usher, Snoop Dogg, CL and G-Dragon. His alias, short for Diplodocus, derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs. He is the co-producer of several tracks on Madonna's 2015 album Rebel Heart (2015) and he collaborated with Skrillex to create the group Jack Ü.Source: ## Panache Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Canada's leading nationwide pre-seed venture fund. ## Anges Quebec - Type: VC Fund - Location: Quebec, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs. ## Backbone Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Health Care We are a collective of angel investors. We are coming together to invest in women and non-binary founders with a focus on investments in Black, Indigenous, and Women of Colour-led companies. ## Bedrock - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Bedrock: In Search of Narrative Violations ## Acton Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: München, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software Since 1999, Acton Capital invests in tech-enabled business models to create value for the long run. We support world-class teams on their way to market leadership. ## Jay Deen - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Software, E-Commerce Jay brings more than 20 years of experience in software development to organizations he works, most recently focusing on social networking services in Mobility & Telco markets. Jay was a founding employee and CTO of UXP Systems that was acquired by Amdocs in 2018. He is currently the CTO of Amdocs Media and is directly responsible for R&Dfor the Identity and Commerce division. He was a technical advisor to Social Deck (acquired by Google), Rubikloud (acquired by Kinaxis) and is an advisor to Deveron a public Agricultural Data Science company.Jay maintained roles in development at Delrina, Symantec, Solect Technology Group, AudienceView Ticketing and was Vice President of Technology and founding employee at Casero Inc (acquired by Radialpoint) ## Roham Gharegozlou - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Roham is founder and CEO of Axiom Zen, an award-winning venture studio that specializes in emerging technology. Axiom Zen’s first public blockchain project, CryptoKitties, is the world’s most successful blockchain game and the first decentralized application to effectively engage a consumer audience. CryptoKitties has been covered by Fortune,Bloomberg, and the BBC, accounting for roughly a quarter of the Ethereum network’s traffic within a week of launch and introducing hundreds of thousands of new users to blockchain technology. Axiom Zen was named first among Canada’s Most Innovative Companies by Canadian Business. Their products have touched 200+ million consumers and are used by the world’s leading companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, and NASA, as well as by eminent academic institutions and government organizations. They pride themselves in diversity of talent: a team of ~80+ creatives includes published authors, over a dozen former founders, diversity from 20+ national origins, and decades of collective experience at startups and Fortune 500s alike. Axiom Zen has been working with Bitcoin and various forms of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies since 2014. Axiom Zen is also the team behind ZenHub, the world’s leading collaboration solution for technical teams using GitHub; and the developer of Timeline, named Apple’s Best App of January, Editor’s Choice in 10 countries, and Best New App in 88 countries. Axiom Zen is the creator of Toby, recognized as Top Chrome Extension of the year by both Google and Product Hunt, and the parent company of Hammer & Tusk, a leader in the world of immersive experiences (AR/VR). Axiom Zen's work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Vice, and Fast Company. History Prior to founding Axiom Zen, Roham served with the Rising Tide Fund bas ## Banana Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Health Care Banana Capital is an early stage investment firm ## Gemini Waghmare - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Software, E-Commerce Gemini Waghmare is the Co-Founder at Openscreen, Inc. ## Harley Finkelstein - Type: Angel - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Apps Harley Finkelstein is the Co-Founder of Firebelly Tea and the President of Shopify. He previously worked at C100 as a Board Member. Harley Finkelstein attended the University of Ottawa and Concordia University. ## ClearAngel - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Women's Clearco funds direct-to-consumer ecommerce brands. Clearco is the best funding alternative to ecommerce loans to fund inventory, marketing bills, and logistics for your ecommerce business. ## Ted Rheingold - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Mobile, Finance Ted Rheingold was an experienced owner/operator that realigned his Internet, startup and business experience to grow cause-oriented for-profit businesses. He was Strategic Advisor for delivering services traditionally provided by non-profit. He recently wrote about his InVenture provides financial identity and credit scoring services to the previously unbanked in South Asia and Africa. It offers free SMS, Voice and Android money-management tools for small business owners and head of households and licenses it's credit scoring services and algorithms to finance institutions, NGOs, governments, and credit providers. Ted is perhaps best know for founding and serving as CEO of Dogster, Inc. makers of Ted sold Dogster & Catster to Ted's first business Previously Ted served as Engineering Production Leads at Voquette and Preview TravelHe has served as a Mentor with 500 Startups and i/o Ventures. And has Investor and Advised at Lumatic, Colingo, Visually, TastemakerX, Petsana, DogVacay, StoryPanda, Reclip.it, Colloquy, Ad Hoc Labs & Cir.caTed Rheingold died from kidney cancer on September 4, 2017. ## Ontario Centres of Excellence - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care 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 ## Yaletown Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software 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. ## Jeff B. Smith - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Software, E-Commerce Jeff B. Smith is the Co-founder and Partner at Ignite Growth Brands. ## The 51 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Health Care, Fashion Women-powered capital building the Financial Feminist Economy. ## Incite Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boise, Idaho, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Sustainability, SaaS, Fashion Check out this GoDaddy hosted webpage! http://inciteventures.com. ## HSG - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software We help founders build enduring companies. ## J.L. Albright Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Post-IPO Debt - Focus: News, Fashion, Software J.L. Albright Venture Partners ## CASSIUS - Type: VC Fund - Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, E-Commerce, Apps We are early-stage technology investors across North America and Europe. ## Avonmore Developments - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Apps Avonmore Developments is the family office of Simon and Michael Blakey that focuses on investments into seed and early-stage businesses, primarily in the UK and Europe. Avonmore has been operating since 2000 and has invested in over 40 different businesses in over 80 funding rounds. Michael Blakey now runs Singapore-based seed fund Cocoon Capital(www.cocooncap.com) that invests in early stage businesses across SE Asia. Simon Blakey is a member of Cambridge Angels, Chairs the Investment Committee of Playfair Capital (www.playfaircapital.com) and is on the investment committee of the Angel CoFund (www.acfinvestors.com/angel-cofund/)Avonmore's approach to deals is hands-on: mobilising other angel investors, working actively with entrepreneurs post-deal, and coordinating further funding rounds. ## Anarghya Vardhana - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Consumer, Medical Anarghya Vardhana currently works as the Partner for Maveron. She previously worked at Rothenberg Ventures as an Investor. ## WUTIF - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology 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. ## SK Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Analytics, Machine Learning A seed stage firm that focuses on investing in science-driven startups. ## Matt Bellamy - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Matthew James "Matt" Bellamy (born 9 June 1978) is an English musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and principal songwriter of rock band Muse. He is often recognized for his eccentric stage persona, wide tenor vocal range, and piano and guitar abilities. ## Chasella - Type: VC Fund - Location: Massapequa Park, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services CHASELLA is a privately-held, multi-generational real estate private equity firm with more than 40 years of experience in all facets of real estate development. The principals at CHASELLA have developed upwards of 1700 custom residences throughout the tri-state area, and have generated sales in excess of $1B. Chasella founders and principals arealso responsible for numerous innovations within the real estate development space that have contributed to lasting and quantifiable impacts within various communities as well as the industry at large. ## Zeno Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Zeno Ventures invests in early stage technology enabled companies addressing consumer and enterprise markets. Zeno Ventures likes to back exceptional entrepreneurs before their businesses have scaled and often even before their business models are formed. Zeno Ventures seeks to partner with talented and passionate founders solving difficultproblems that were illuminated by their personal experience. ## Ferst Capital Partners - FCP - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Ferst Capital Partners (FCP) is a private investment firm which invests in venture capital, private equity, public markets, sector-focused funds and crypto assets. We have an interest and expertise in consumer fintech, digital assets and search funds. ## Google - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Google is a technology company that offers a search engine, that enables users to find information from various online sources, along with services such as email through Gmail, cloud storage via Google Drive, and productivity tools including Google Docs and Google Sheets; it also provides advertising solutions through Google Ads, video sharing viaYouTube, and mobile operating systems with Android, while continuously developing innovations in artificial intelligence and machine learning. ## Path Ahead Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sumner, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Fashion, Retail, E-Commerce Path Ahead Ventures is a new initiative by REI Co-op that invests in founders of color to start and scale businesses in the outdoor industry. REI Co-op's Path Ahead Ventures offers full-spectrum support to Black, Indigenous, Latinx and AAPI-owned and -led startups ## Anna Sinclair - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Retail, Fashion, Shopping Anna Sinclair is an award-winning entrepreneur, early-stage investor and CEO of Total Mom Inc. She produced Canada’s largest holistic festival for moms called “The Total Mom Show” in partnership with some of North America’s largest brands. Recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women In Canada, top 50 influential women leaders, and Womenof Influence, Anna has been featured in Forbes as a contributor and Business Council member.She grew a massive community network of moms juggling motherhood and business. This online e-learning education community platform helps women grow, start, and grow their businesses with a focus on growing social and financial capital through a profitable and sustainable business model.Today, Total Mom has an annual reach of 24M + in Canada & US. She supports ambitious founders through a community of 20k+ moms, making it known as one of the fastest-growing online professional networks of mom entrepreneurs. Her experience working with over 350+ brands gives her the knowledge and experience to touch any aspect of a project from top to bottom. She secured over 3 million in sponsorship dollars to date through her firm Sinclair Creative Agency Inc., where she advises both individuals and consumer lifestyle brands on branding and business strategy, content marketing, and asset development. ## Capital Angel Network - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Our goal is to build the region's entrepreneurial community, to make the region the best place to start a business and to facilitate access to investment opportunities for qualified investors. ## MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Working with Ontario talent to develop World Class Companies Learn More ## Allen Shim - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Mobile, Scheduling Allen Shim is a Board Member of MSD Acquisition Corp. He attended The Wharton School. ## ArcTern Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Software 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. ## Marc Morin - Type: Angel - Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Machine Learning Marc, our Chief Executive Officer, co-founded Sandvine (TSX:SVC) and served as its Chief Technology Officer, developing the company's vision and technology strategy. Prior to Sandvine, he was co-founder at PixStream which was acquired by Cisco Systems. ## Novel TMT Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet Novel TMT Ventures backs stellar teams building innovative products and services to improve consumer experiences and efficiencies in commerce, media and payment. ## Serena Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Wellness Serena Ventures focuses on early-stage companies and giving them the opportunity to be heard. Serena Ventures extends relationships, encourages collaboration among portfolio companies, and expands partnership opportunities across my vast network. ## Maple VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Working to build the most durable companies in the world - by backing founders with Canadian roots ## Highland Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Founded in 1988, Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm focused on putting the entrepreneur first.With offices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Shanghai, Highland has raised over $3 billion in committed capital and invested in more than 225 companies, resulting in category-defining businesses across consumer and enterprisetechnology.Investments include 2U, Ask Jeeves, Bromium, Gigamon, Leap Motion, LevelUp, Lycos, MapQuest, Nebula, QD Vision, Qihoo 360, Quattro Wireless, RentJuice, Rent the Runway, Starent Networks, Sybase, Violin Memory, VistaPrint and WePay.Highland also serves as a mentor for future entrepreneurs through Summer@Highland, a program that provides students and university-affiliated startups with the environment and resources to take their initiative to the next level. ## Ascend - Type: VC Fund - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS We invest wherever the Seattle Mariners play on TV. When I say “we”, I mean me and Jen, our mighty Chief of Staff. Marketplace, Consumer Brands, Ecommerce, B2B Software are my sweet spots. Preferred stage is pre-seed, preferred check $250-$750K. Ascend’s Limited Partners are a diverse group of technology leaders, financiers, and entrepreneurs. ## Alumni Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own. ## Hyphen Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Investing in the Next Generation of Asian-American Founders ## Roach Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Fashion, Internet Roach Capital invests in outlier founders building magical products. ## Felix Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care A Venture Capital Firm for the creative class ## Dejana Dua - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Retail, Fashion, Shopping Partner ## Deborah Liu - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Learning, E-Commerce Deborah Liu is the CEO at Ancestry. She is also a board memebr of Intuit.