# Top 50 Financial Services Startup Investors in Canada in June 2026 ## Panache Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 23 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Canada's leading nationwide pre-seed venture fund. ## Real Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 19 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning 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 ## Luge Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Luge Capital is a fintech focused venture capital fund, investing in early-stage teams shaping the way the world experiences financial services. We are an experienced team with value added investors and a deep industry network to help founders build successful companies. ## Golden Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology 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. ## Impression Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software VC firm focused on investing in FinTech and related technology companies. ## Inovia Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 15 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS We support entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey and build technology companies that generate a positive impact on society. ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Hedgewood - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, FinTech Hedgewood is an investment firm active in venture capital, internet businesses, real estate, specialty finance, asset management, and private equity. ## Anges Quebec - Type: VC Fund - Location: Quebec, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs. ## Portage Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Portage Ventures is a global fintech-focused venture capital investor. The firm makes early-stage investments in promising Canadian financial tech companies that have potential for global impact. ## Rhino Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Rhino partners with entrepreneurs to build, acquire, and scale market-leading platforms. ## MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Working with Ontario talent to develop World Class Companies Learn More ## N49P - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services N49P is a venture capital firm focused on ideas to seed-stage Canadian technology startups. ## Mistral Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Financial Services Mistral Venture Partners - The leading seed stage venture capital firm in Canada ## Conconi Growth Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Conconi Growth Partners is committed to helping exceptional entrepreneurs build great companies. ## Diagram Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Connecting ideas, founders, and capital to build companies ## BDC Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 10 - 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. ## Business Development Bank of Canada - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing 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. ## Ferst Capital Partners - FCP - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 10 - 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. ## FJ Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups. ## OMERS Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech OMERS Ventures is an early-stage tech investor serving fintech, vertical software, enterprise app and AI/infra founders. ## Garage Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Built by founders, for founders. Garage Capital helps best-in-class companies jump from garage to growth. ## Tom Williams - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services Tom Williams ## NAventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance We invest in startups and developing compagnies and support them every step of the way to ensure their success. ## Cycle Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series B, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Electronics 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. ## Mechanism Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Mechanism Capital is an investment firm that invests in the cryptocurrency industry with a focus on decentralized finance or DeFi. ## National Bank of Canada - Type: VC Fund - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Software Simplify your finances with our services including bank accounts, mortgages, credit cards, savings, and loans. Access your accounts with 24/7 online banking. ## CFV Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Early stage venture capital firm focused on Fintech ## Desjardins Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lévis, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing Desjardins Capital makes it easy to grow your business with financial and strategic support. Investment capital and venture capital can help you meet your business goals. ## Susa Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care A seed-stage VC fund investing in founders building value & defensibility through data, network effects, & economies of scale. ## White Star Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Our presence, perspective and people enable us to partner closely with founders to help them define this future. ## Innovacorp - Type: VC Fund - Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care 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. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## The 51 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Health Care, Fashion Women-powered capital building the Financial Feminist Economy. ## Ventures Platform - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers for access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services. ## CoinFund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services CoinFund is where web3 capable meets web3 capital: cryptonative technologists who invest in the future before it's a trend. ## Canaccord Genuity Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Post-IPO Equity, Post-IPO Debt - Focus: Mining, Precious Metals, Financial Services Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. is a leading independent, full-service financial services firm, with operations in two principal segments of the securities industry: wealth management and capital markets. ## CMS Holdings - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services CMS is a principal investment company that focuses on investing in the crypto-asset ecosystem. The firm plans to invest in both liquid and illiquid crypto tokens, as well as equity interests in select businesses. ## Tribe Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Tribe Capital is a top-quartile venture capital firm focused on capturing a perpetual edge in venture and crypto using data science. The team is made up of investors, engineers and scientists who use artificial intelligence (“AI”) and data science to model venture-backed private companies.Beyond investment capital, Tribe deploys these AI tools toseparate signal from noise, helping our companies understand their businesses better. Our data-informed strategy includes an underwriting infrastructure and a quantitative analysis tool called the “Magic 8-ball.” We leverage these tools to provide deep insight on factors driving growth and how to accelerate sustainable growth, honed through years of developing similar products at major tech and finance players like Lyft, Yahoo, Facebook, and Bridgewater Associates. Our team uses these tools to measure quantitative product-market fit, so we can more effectively assess and accelerate what Tribe refers to as “N-of-1” companies - companies with the potential to be 10-100x growth opportunities, while minimizing loss ratio by a large degree. Tribe Capital has $2.2 billion in assets under management and has made notable investments in Apollo.io, Kraken, Carta, SpaceX, OpenAI, and xAI. ## Hypersphere Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Hypersphere Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and develops blockchain technology. A Hypersphere is an investment group leveraging on-chain treasuries, decentralized organizations, and governance to increase the utility of the blockchain networks in which we invest. ## New Brunswick Innovation Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Analytics 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. ## GrowthWorks Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care Invest in our experienceGrowthWorks* offers you more: more accountability, more experience and more proven know-how to make the most of your investment.A principled approach to adding valueOver the last 20 years, we've built GrowthWorks into one of Canada's venture capital management companies. We've done that by managingfunds that rigorously follow core principles: structure strategic investments in growth-oriented companies, value portfolio assets conservatively, build vital industry connections and minimize risk through diversification. It's a simple formula that delivers powerful results.Regional know-how. National ReachAt GrowthWorks, we offer regionally based retail venture capital funds (RVCs) right across Canada.GrowthWorks specializes in the management of and growth of regionally based venture capital funds. The funds under management include the following RVCs: Working Opportunity Fund, GrowthWorks Commercialization Fund and GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund.Partners in performanceWe have specialized teams in each of our core sectors to identify and structure investments in potential winners. These skilled teams also help create success by helping the companies that GrowthWorks managed funds invest in to grow with strategic management support and advice. This way, the companies get guidance from experienced leaders. In turn, the funds’ investors know that these companies receive direction to help them thrive. ## ParaFi Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Greenwich, Connecticut, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech ParaFi Capital is an alternative investment firm focused on blockchain and decentralized finance markets. ## Lemniscap - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Lemniscap is an early stage investment firm specializing in investments in emerging crypto assets. ## Maple VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Working to build the most durable companies in the world - by backing founders with Canadian roots ## LedgerPrime - Type: VC Fund - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services LedgerPrime is a quantitative and systematic investment firm in the Digital Asset space. With a data centric approach and a commitment to rapid innovation and technology, LedgerPrime seeks to become a global leader in generating sustained and superior risk-adjusted returns. ## Framework Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech Framework is a top-performing venture fund that discovers, develops and scales the next generation of world-class technologies, through a unique founder-centric approach to active capital. ## Lerer Hippeau - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital fund based in New York City. As founders and operators ourselves, we see returns in relationships ## Heron Rock Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, SaaS Tom Williams | Heron Rock. Angel investments. ## Accelerate Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Accelerate Fund supports the growth of early-stage Alberta technology companies with a multi million dollar fund that combines co-investment from angel investors.