Top 50 Hospitality Startup Investors in Canada (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Real Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Canada, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $650k–$50M |
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Montreal Start Up
VC Fund
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3 | Canada | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Internet, Software | $300k–$1.5M |
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TripLabs Limited
VC Fund
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2 | Canada, Taiwan, United States | Pre-Seed, Series C | Travel, Hotel, Mobile | $350k–$1.3M |
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Mo Larbi Bennis
Angel
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2 | Canada | Seed, Convertible Note | Consumer, Nightlife, Enterprise | |
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Tamarisc Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, Australia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Hospitality, Travel | $250k–$13M |
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Brightspark Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Canada, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, SaaS, Machine Learning | $1.8M–$28M |
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Cycle Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Canada, United States, Germany | Series B, Seed | Manufacturing, Energy, Electronics | $55k–$25M |
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Rasool Rayani
Angel
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2 | Canada, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Mobile, Content | $500k–$3.2M |
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Peter M. Kern
Angel
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2 | Canada, France, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Travel, Mobile, E-Commerce | $1M–$10M |
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Jesse Kaplan
Angel
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2 | Canada | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Mobile, Travel | |
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Cubd Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Seed | Leisure, Education, Hospitality | |
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Anges Quebec
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, Spain, United States | Seed, Angel | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Heron Rock Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, SaaS | $1.1M–$18M |
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Tiny Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, France | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Mobile, Internet | $256k–$4M |
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Kubo Group
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Agriculture, Hospitality, Organic Food | ||
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PenderFund Capital Management
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Secondary Market, Series A | Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software | |
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RBC Capital Markets
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, United Kingdom | Post-IPO Equity, Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing | Energy, Software, Oil and Gas | |
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Keiretsu Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, India | Series A, Seed | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | |
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Lauren Rathmell
Angel
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1 | Canada | Agriculture, Hospitality, Organic Food | ||
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First West Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Retail, E-Commerce, Agriculture | ||
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Furneaux Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Series B | Events, Lead Generation, Information Technology | |
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Avalanche VC
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Isle of Man | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Education | |
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Telefónica Open Innovation
VC Fund
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1 | Spain, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed | Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Hedgewood
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, FinTech | $725k–$17M |
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Watchfire Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Israel | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Farming, Internet | $3M–$30M |
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Fonds de solidarité FTQ
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Software | $2.2M–$83M |
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Structure Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A | Mobile, Internet, Travel | $365k–$12M |
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Caerus Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada | Series A, Seed | SaaS, Mobile, Travel | $2.2M–$6.2M |
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FedDev
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Grant, Debt Financing, Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $25k–$5M |
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Grosvenor Food & AgTech
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Series B, Series C | Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Biotechnology | $5M–$175M |
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Sequoia
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, China | Series A, Seed, Series B | Agriculture, Information Technology, Farming | $2M–$58M |
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Investeco Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Portugal | Seed, Series A | Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Manufacturing | $250k–$14M |
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Avrio Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Series B, Series C | Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Hospitality | |
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LeadX Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, France, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | SaaS, Software, Restaurants | $120k–$16M |
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Plaza Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $2.2M–$70M |
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Steven Myhill-Jones
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | SaaS, Mobile, Travel | $165k–$573k |
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Renewal Funds
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada | Series A, Series B | Food and Beverage, Software, Organic Food | $2M–$30M |
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Andrew Wilkinson
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Internet, SaaS | $165k–$27M |
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Lightspeed
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $650k–$120M |
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Framework Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $2.2M–$35M |
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Good People Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Series A | SaaS, Mobile, Travel | |
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Futurpreneur
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Debt Financing, Seed, Grant | Hardware, Education, Child Care | $15k–$93k |
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Tom Williams
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Financial Services | $1.3M–$67M |
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Darren Huston
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed, Series A | Hospitality | |
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Keiretsu Forum
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Turkey | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Biotechnology | $102k–$8.6M |
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Business Development Bank of Canada
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Argentina | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $275k–$15M |
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Capital Angel Network
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $10k–$5M |
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FUSE
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $2M–$32M |
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Quebecor
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, Colombia, The Netherlands | Seed, Grant | Information Technology, Big Data, Medical | $1.9M–$3.2M |
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Angel One Network
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Malaysia | Angel, Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Internet | $68k–$7M |
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Real Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on serving daring entrepreneurs with the ambition to create successful, global companies. Since 2007, Real Ventures has dedicated itself to building the Canadian startup ecosystem on the belief that people, not money, build game-changing companies. Real Ventures provides stage-specific guidance,mentorship, and access to networks and resources to fast-track founders’ personal and company growth. Real Ventures manages $325 million across five funds and its active portfolio of 100+ companies is currently valued at $10 billion. www.realventures.com
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 209
- Round size: Seed $650k–$5M; Series A $2.2M–$22M; Series B $2.8M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $132M in 2017
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.
- Clutch — Clutch is a Toronto-based technology company that is reinventing the way people buy and own cars. Clutch offers high-quality certified vehicles at great prices through a fully online customer experience. At Clutch.ca, customers browse inventory online, buy the car that’s right for them, and enjoy effortless at-home delivery. Clutch’s mission is toprovide customers with a delightful car buying experience by offering high-quality cars at great prices with ultimate convenience while making a positive impact on the communities in which it operates.
- Canvass AI — Canvass AI empowers industrial workforces to leverage data and create immediate impact in their day-to-day operations.
Montreal Start Up provides seed-level financing to entrepreneurs aspiring to establish companies in Montreal, with the focus being on software based services in the internet, wireless and media space. The Fund invests in entrepreneurs with very early stage concepts and ideas that need a bit a financing and some strategic and operational inputin order to help them progress their idea towards being a successful company or at least a company that is fundable by other VC’s.
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- Industry: SaaS, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $300k–$1.5M; Series A $366k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- StatusNet — Anyone can download StatusNet and run their own microblogging service, much like they can with traditional blogging platforms suchas Wordpress or MoveableType. The company is pursuing a WordPress-like strategy by offering a cloud service for public and private microblogging sites.
- GuestDriven — GuestDriven is a hospitality-focused guest engagement solution. We help hotels directly interact with guests, learn their preferences, build relationships and upsell inventory through personalized, moment-based targeted offers and communications.Guests are empowered with the ability to personalize and take full control of their stay, resultingin higher satisfaction, better reviews and more brand advocates.Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, GuestDriven has implementations in over 60 cities worldwide. Our team is dedicated to revolutionizing the most universal industry in the world.
- Beyond the Rack — Montreal-based Beyond the Rack is the largest free Canadian private shopping club specializing in exclusive deals for women, men and kids seeking the latest in apparel, accessories, fragrances, furniture, wall art, home goods, electronics and more.Some 15 million active members in Canada, the United States, and beyond use Beyond the Rack toaccess limited-quantity flash deals. Beyond the Rack partners with some of the biggest fashion brands to deliver discounts of up to 80% on designer and fast fashion merchandise with no retail middleman required. More than 3,000 brands have worked with Beyond the Rack, and the site is constantly seeking new partnership opportunities.Beyond the Rack runs 15-25 sales per day, depending on demand and availability. Members receive notification emails in advance of each sale, based on their stated (customizable) preferences. Each Beyond the Rack flash sale typically starts at 10am EST and lasts no more than 48 to 72 hours—or whenever featured merchandise sells out, whichever comes first. Once each event ends, the featured products are no longer available. Beyond the Rack merchandise reviews help buyers evaluate items and decide whether and how much to buy. There are three easy ways to join Beyond the Rack. First, prospective members can simply request membership on the website. The process takes only a few minutes and requires minimal personal information. Second, prospects can take advantage of special promotions offered by Beyond the Rack’s marketing partners.Third, prospects can sign up with referral links provided by current Beyond the Rack members. All three sign-up options are free, with no ongoing membership fees. Even better, all confer the same benefits and opportunities to save on Beyond the Rack’s exclusive flash sales. At times, Beyond the Rack delays new member admissions when application volumes swell. This is to ensure that all members have equal access to flash sale merchandise. Application holds are temporary and all membership requests are addressed as promptly as possible.Beyond the Rack is renowned for its responsive customer service, speedy shipping times, and deep discounts. Members count on the latest fashions delivered to their doors as quickly as possible. It’s no wonder Beyond the Rack was named the fastest-growing internet retailer by trade publication Industry Retailer in 2011 and has notched more than $150 million in sales as of 2013.
Triplabs Limited is a Hong Kong based venture capital firm, investing and scaling tech startups specifically related to the travel and hospitality industry. It was created and spunoff in 2018 from two publicly listed corporations WWPKG Holdings (8069HK) and CTEH Holdings (1620HK).
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- Industry: Travel, Hotel, Mobile
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series C
- Geography: Canada, Taiwan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Pre-Seed $350k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vpon — Vpon AI Big Data group helps companies discover opportunities with the power of data. Reliable Data, Smarter Analysis, Precise Planning for Measurable Results
- Elevate Rooms — Short term financing makes it possible to acquire highly sought-after domains without the strain of upfront costs. Find your domain name today.
- Angle — The easiest way to book a professional photographer! Angle connects customers with professional photographers in 500+ cities worldwide. Hire professional local photographers anywhere, anytime, for every photography need. #FindYourPhotographer #HireAPhotographer
Mo Larbi Bennis
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- Industry: Consumer, Nightlife, Enterprise
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- bottlebeez — bottlebeez is a multipurpose suite of mobile and web applications aimed for consumers and businesses within the hospitality and nightlife space.
Tamarisc invests in and helps build companies that improve the human habitat through innovating at the intersection of real estate, health, and technology.
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- Industry: Software, Hospitality, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $250k–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $350k–$1.3M; Series A $6.5M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Bevi — Bevi aims to eliminate waste from the production, shipping, and disposing of bottled beverages. We envision a future where a smarter platform (powered by the municipal water supply) transforms how beverages are delivered. It is an ambitious goal, but we are on it!
- Lighthouse.io — Empower cleaning & security teams with Lighthouse mobile workforce management. Boost efficiency, track operations, and reduce costs.
- Concrete Sensors — Hilti's wireless concrete sensors and free mobile app make it easier to keep track of your concrete's temperature, maturity and relative humidity.
Brightspark Ventures invests in early stage Canadian software companies.Brightspark has been investing in the Canadian VC industry since 1999. Over the last 20 years, the company has refined its focus to the point where it choose what it believes to be the best early-stage opportunities in the market. The company's goal is to findexceptional startups, and work closely with these companies as they grow to achieve stellar returns.We have structured our investments to allow individual accredited investors to invest with us. We have found that individual investors share the same goals as us when investing: they too want to invest in startups with CEOs that are focused on creating massive returns.This model also benefits our portfolio companies, who appreciate having a network of investors they don’t necessarily have to "manage". By leading the investment and actively working as the gatekeeper for the company, Brightspark ensures that the company can grow to its full potential without being distracted or becoming unfocused. This model attracts some of the best companies in Canada.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Machine Learning
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$6.6M; Series A $3M–$19M; Series B $2.5M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $54M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Enurgen — Accuracy you can trust and returns you can prove. A 3D, physics-based model to validate bankable, scalable, and reliable solar energy yields.
- Coral — Coral is a virtual care clinic that provides evidence-based, personalized support for perimenopause and menopause, weight loss and longevity.
- Brickeye — Brickeye IoT solutions monitor assets and processes across various industries and generate data and insights for better decision making.
Cycle Capital is a pioneer in Canadian Cleantech venture capital fund management investing in companies at the development and commercialization stages in North America. Founded in 2009 by Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner, Cycle Capital’s Platform has become an important venture capital investor of the Cleantech industry with its 3funds totaling $230M Assets Under Management (AUM). Cycle Capital is looking to invests in promising ventures that are not capital intensive and/or that can benefit from the leverage brought by Cycle Capital extensive network of investors, strategic partners and advisors.In addition to its core investments, Cycle Capital targets companies with high growth potential – especially those with strong intellectual property, leading edge technologies and with exceptional management talent that would benefit from the firm’s network of strategic industrial partners and expert advisors. With its core investment and business expertise, Cycle Capital plays an active role adding meaningful and tangible value to its portfolio companies at all stages of their life.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Energy, Electronics
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 80
- Round size: Seed $55k–$2.3M; Series B $6.3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $145M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Thymox Technology — A powerful, non-toxic botanical disinfectant that kills 99.9% of bacteria, fungi and molds as well as COVID-19. Thymox is safe for you and your family.
- BioAlert Solutions — Innovative real-time Legionella detection system for industrial facilities. Lower operational costs and meet regulatory compliance.
- YWire technologies — Based in Montreal, YWire Technologies designs, manufactures and sells lighting control devices for the commercial buildings market. Founded by three building automation industry veterans in 2009, YWire designs products targeted specifically at lowering the installed cost of integrated systems across the market. The FiveSeries Lighting ControlSystem is the first building-level command and control system in the world to use Broadband over Power Line for device networks and integration into Building Automation Systems.
Rasool is a serial entrepreneur with experience in the software, healthcare, and CPG industries. He continues to maintain his passion for technology as an active angel investor with a focus on b2b, consumer saas and health tech. Rasool maintains an active role with CEO’s as a board member, mentor and advisor. He currently serves on the boards ofthe Victoria Foundation, VIATEC, and Checkfront Software.
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- Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Outway — Inspiring personal bests.
- Defined — Real-time token prices, charts, wallet tracking & trading terminal for Solana, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Sui, BSC, Tron & many more networks
- Cognito Health — Canada's only integrated online mental health solution. Accessible and affordable treatment for your mental health. Book a free initial assessment today.
Peter M. Kern has been a director of Expedia since completion of the IAC/Expedia Spin-Off.Peter Kern is a Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners, LP, a private equity firm.Prior to joining InterMedia, Mr. Kern was Senior Managing Director and Principal of Alpine Capital LLC.Prior to Alpine Capital, Mr. Kern founded Gemini Associates in1996 and served as President from its inception through its merger with Alpine Capital in 2001.Prior to founding Gemini Associates,Peter Kern was at the Home Shopping Network and Whittle Communications.Since April 2013,Peter Kern has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., a publicly-traded Spanish-language media company.Mr. Kern also serves on the boards of a number of private companies, including Televicentro of Puerto Rico, LLC, Luxury Retreats International Holdings, Inc. and Cine Latino, Inc.Mr. Kern holds a B.S. degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Industry: Travel, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Canada, France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1M–$1.5M; Series A $7.8M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kolet — Get mobile Internet wherever you travel. Keep your physical SIM, no more roaming costs, easy installation and global coverage. Test Kolet for free!
- GuestDriven — GuestDriven is a hospitality-focused guest engagement solution. We help hotels directly interact with guests, learn their preferences, build relationships and upsell inventory through personalized, moment-based targeted offers and communications.Guests are empowered with the ability to personalize and take full control of their stay, resultingin higher satisfaction, better reviews and more brand advocates.Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, GuestDriven has implementations in over 60 cities worldwide. Our team is dedicated to revolutionizing the most universal industry in the world.
- Super.com — Through rich rewards and everyday savings, Super helps you access more of what you want at better prices, escape overspending, and level up life.
Jesse Kaplan
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- Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Buyosphere —
- GuestDriven — GuestDriven is a hospitality-focused guest engagement solution. We help hotels directly interact with guests, learn their preferences, build relationships and upsell inventory through personalized, moment-based targeted offers and communications.Guests are empowered with the ability to personalize and take full control of their stay, resultingin higher satisfaction, better reviews and more brand advocates.Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, GuestDriven has implementations in over 60 cities worldwide. Our team is dedicated to revolutionizing the most universal industry in the world.
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Browse database — It's Free!Cubd Ventures provides early-stage funding and hands-on support for start-ups building the Future of Work in Africa
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- Industry: Leisure, Education, Hospitality
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Boundless Life — We empower digital nomad families to live, work and experience beautiful destinations around the world.
Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Canada, Spain, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 152
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Zilia — Zilia's non-invasive assessment of biomarkers in the eye redefines the way we prevent, diagnose, and treat various diseases.
- Gray Oncology Solutions — Gray Oncology Solution is a healthcare enterprise software company that commercializes GrayOS, the operating system for oncology.
- Paperplane Therapeutics — Harnessing the transformative power of immersive virtual reality to reduce pain perception during medical procedures.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M; Series A $6.5M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Jumbotail — Jumbotail is an operator of an online marketplace that simplifies food and grocery shopping.Jumbotail is a VC funded startup building an online marketplace for food and grocery, targeted at wholesale buyers. It also operates a marketplace that connects tens of thousands of these Kirana stores with brands and traders. The company offers a wholesuite of services including supply chain logistics, a mobile app for placing orders, integration with point-and-sales devices, and credit solutions to shop owners that can’t easily get a loan from banks.They offer a wide selection of high-quality staples, homecare, packaged foods, and personal care products from all the leading brands, and staples producers. Their vision is to organize the food and grocery ecosystem in India using technology, data science, and design. They are building products, platforms, and services for the next billion people of India, who have fundamentally different needs - access, language, selection, supply chain, financial, cultural, and the like. Their market potential is huge - in the order of hundreds of billions of dollars. They have a strong core team consisting of alumni from Stanford, CMU, IIT, BITS, etc. having several years of industry experience in companies like Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, BCG, Housing, and Grofers.They are reimagining and reengineering the food and grocery ecosystem through intelligent technology, intuitive design, and innovative business and supply chain models. They are a passionate team driven by their sense of purpose to solve a critical real-world problem. Each team member will have significant ownership of key components that go into the next-generation e-commerce, supply chain, demand generation, and credit technology platforms and services that they are building.
- ProteinQure — Computational protein drug design.
- Virgo — Accelerate GI clinical trials with AI for endoscopy. Use video to automate workflows, improve standard of care, and accelerate results.
We give founders simple exits that protect their team and keep their businesses operating. Offers in 7 days, close in 30.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$4M; Pre-Seed $256k–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Frontly — Build custom apps with no code
- Vesto — Fintech
- Yield Exchange — Find competitive rates quickly & efficiently with Yield Exchange, the all-in-one treasury management platform, transforming how businesses search, compare, and negotiate for GIC rates.
With nearly 80 years of experience, the KUBO Group provides innovative solutions for investors and growers around the world. You will find our solutions in the countryside and in the desert. In the tundra and in the middle of the city.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Hospitality, Organic Food
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Lufa Farms — Find out how to subscribe to weekly fully customizable local food baskets.
Pender is a growing, independent, value-based mutual fund company in Vancouver with the goal of creating value by generating superior risk-adjusted returns.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Secondary Market, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Keepe — On-demand Home Repairs for Homeowners. Lower Overhead for Enterprises with residential portfolios.
- Conifex Timber — Conifex and its subsidiaries' primary business currently includes timber harvesting, reforestation, forest management, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value added lumber finishing and distribution. Conifex's lumber products are sold in the United States, Chinese, Canadian and Japanese markets. Conifex has expanded itsoperations to include bioenergy production following the commencement of commercial operations of its power generation facility at Mackenzie, British Columbia.
- General Fusion — General Fusion is developing fusion energy: a clean, safe, abundant and on-demand approach to generating electricity.
RBC Capital Markets is A Premier Investment Bank that provides a focused set of products and services to institutions, corporations, governments and high net worth clients in 160 countries. With nearly 3,000 professional and support staff, we operate out of 75 offices in 15 countries and deliver our products and services through operations in Asiaand Australasia, the UK and Europe and in every major North American city. According to Bloomberg, we are consistently ranked among the top 15 global investment banks.We are part of a leading provider of financial services, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). Operating since 1869, RBC has more than US$612 billion in assets and one of the highest credit ratings of any financial institution - Moody's Aaa and Standard & Poor's AA-.
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- Industry: Energy, Software, Oil and Gas
- Stage:Post-IPO Equity, Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing
- Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 88
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Hudson’s Bay Company — Hudson’s Bay Company (TSX: HBC) is one of the fastest-growing department store retailers in the world, based on its successful formula of driving the performance of high quality stores and their all-channel offerings, unlocking the value of real estate holdings and growing through acquisitions. Founded in 1670, HBC is the oldest company in NorthAmerica. With the recent completion of its acquisition of GALERIA Kaufhof Group, HBC’s portfolio today includes eight banners, in formats ranging from luxury to better department stores to off price, with more than 460 stores and 65,000 employees around the world.In North America, HBC’s leading banners include Hudson’s Bay, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue and Saks OFF 5TH, along with Find @ Lord & Taylor and Home Outfitters. In Europe, its banners include GALERIA Kaufhof, the largest department store group in Germany, Belgium’s only department store group Galeria INNO, as well as Sportarena.HBC has significant investments in real estate joint ventures. It has partnered with Simon Property Group Inc. in HBS Global Properties Joint Venture, which owns properties in the United States and Germany. In Canada, it has partnered with RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust in the RioCan-HBC Joint Venture.
- Russel Metals — Russel Metals Inc. (Russel Metals or the Company) is one of the largest metals distribution and processing companies in North America. The Company primarily distributes steel products and conducts its distribution business in three principal business segments: metals service centers; energy products and steel distributors.
- First Capital Reit — First Capital Reit Install Receipts is a mixed-use urban real estate developer, owner, and operator. The company's primary objective is to develop vibrant communities that serve local businesses, consumers, communities, and investors.
Keiretsu Capital LLC is an affiliate of the World's Leading Angel Network, Keiretsu Forum, and manages funds which enable limited partners to co-invest in the proprietary deal flow of the angel investors.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Clensta — Clensta is a biotechnology start-up to improve the National Hygiene condition whilst addressing the aspect of water conservation. Clensta is an Indian startup and in association with IIT Delhi, works to create innovative healthcare solutions to make hygiene accessible for anyone, anytime, and anywhere. Driven by their aim to create products thatpromote complete cleaning solutions without water.
- Healionics — Healionics aims to provide safer, more reliable means of bloodstream access for dialysis in patients with kidney failure.
- Another Tomorrow — Discover consciously crafted wardrobe icons : sustainable, and ethically made. Enjoy flat rate international shipping, free shipping in the US, and easy returns. Explore our new arrivals and join our list for exclusive access to future collections.
Rathmell, a trained biochemist, started working with Lufa Farms as a researcher at McGill’s MacDonald campus. She played a large role in the development of the plant science and growing science that Lufa eventually implemented, including the NFT and drip irrigation systems, the use of biological pest controls, the microclimate and crop rotationsystems, and the selection of crop varieties. Rathmell currently supervises all greenhouse operations as well as research and development
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- Industry: Agriculture, Hospitality, Organic Food
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Lufa Farms — Find out how to subscribe to weekly fully customizable local food baskets.
First West Capital specializes in financing growing, mid-market companies with business loans in Canada. We help entrepreneurs gain access to capital.
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- Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Agriculture
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fresh Prep Foods — Get a high-quality, sustainable, and fresh ingredient meal kit conveniently delivered to 20 communities across BC and Alberta.
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- Industry: Events, Lead Generation, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- ScoreBig — Last minute sports, concert, and theater tickets. Interactive seat maps, secure checkout, and a 100% money back guarantee.
- WhoKnows — WhoKnows is the first omni-channel lead gen platform driven by AI and specifically optimized for startups. We have a unique combination of data (over 370M AI-enriched profiles) and lead gen services (email marketing, paid ads, SEO, telemarketing, etc) that allows startups to experiment rapidly in order to build and scale their specific growthengine. The best part is that after an initial discovery period, our pricing is based on performance, so you only pay for the leads that are generated and can fix your acquisition costs.
- Lufa Farms — Find out how to subscribe to weekly fully customizable local food baskets.
Investing early behind massive trends.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Isle of Man
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
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- Starbridge — Starbridge helps businesses win government and school contracts with AI-powered sales intelligence. Track RFPs, buying signals, and automate proposals in one platform.
- Civic Marketplace — Civic Marketplace is a platform that simplifies purchasing decisions, helps agencies make efficient, informed choices, and boosts local economic growth by providing access and opportunities to historically underutilized businesses.
Telefónica Open Innovation is Telefonica’s global area designed to connect entrepreneurs, startups, investors and public and private partners around the world to capture innovation and business opportunities. The programme incorporates all of Telefónica Group’s open innovation, entrepreneurship and investment initiatives through over 50 spaces anddifferent investment vehicles. To date, over 800 startups have been invested. Telefónica Open Innovation is present in 16 countries.
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- Industry: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Spain, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Maybein — Maybein directly locates restaurants with available tables and shows them to you by proximity to your geolocation.
- Sensing Feeling — Smart visual sensing for real world spaces. Visual analytics for safety and risk management in busy spaces. Traffic and people counts, flow paths, velocities.
- Aerial — Aerial's technology leverages existing infrastructure to recognize activity without the need for cameras, sensors or wearables. Aerial's patented technology analyzes distortions and fluctuations in the existing wireless signals and uses AI to interpret them and classify human activities.
Hedgewood is an investment firm active in venture capital, internet businesses, real estate, specialty finance, asset management, and private equity.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 109
- Round size: Seed $725k–$4.3M; Series A $7M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Unito — Unito is taking on a major problem that people are passionate about solving: they make it easier to collaborate across teams. They don't make users learn new tools and change the way they work. By connecting work management tools, they allow managers, cross-functional teams, departments, and entire companies to benefit from seamlesscollaboration and improved communication. The app syncs projects across a number of tools like Trello, Asana, JIRA, GitHub, Wrike, Zendesk & Hubspot. This is a hard problem of semantics, synchronization, and APIs.
- Vetster — Pet health starts with Vetster. Find and book veterinarians from across North America to provide excellent health care for your pet through video consults. Cats, dogs, reptiles, horses - all pets are welcome.
- Ready, Set, Food! — Ready, Set, Food! makes it easy for parents reduce their baby's risk of developing peanut, egg, and milk allergies by up to 80% with our gentle, daily system.
Watchfire Ventures is a Venture Capital & Private Equity.
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- Industry: Software, Farming, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Series A $5.5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scotch — From neighborhood stores to destination warehouses, liquor retailers of all sizes have been held back by manual tasks, slow systems and limited business intelligence. So we decided to build something better — smarter software that saves time and improves margins so independent retailers could focus on their customers, not manually managinginventory.
- CommanderAI — CommanderAI is a sales intelligence platform uniquely built for the Waste Management Industry. Built by Sales Pros, for Sales Pros.
- The Renatural — Get rollercoaster proof wig security while protecting your hairline.
Fonds de solidarité FTQ is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in start-ups, early venture, mergers, business acquisitions, management buyouts, market development project or a buyout, financing for new programs, organic growth and cash flow, growth and expansion financings, development capital, business succession,financial restructuring, business transition financing, family and non-family buyout, consolidations, turnaround, and leveraged management buyouts. It also invests in new markets, product and business line developments, market diversification, interim financings, new product marketing, additional working capital, purchase of tangible and intangible assets, equipment modernization, equipment purchases or upgrades, and integrator projects. The firm has regional funds that do not invest in retail, real estate, farming, biotechnology, and financial services. Fonds de solidarité FTQ invests in small and medium-sized businesses. It typically invests in export projects, forest products, productivity improvement, natural resources, aerospace, agri-food, wood, pulp and paper, chemicals, construction and construction materials, printing, transportation equipment and automobiles, transportation services, furniture and fixtures, combinatorial chemistry and other lead generating technologies, mining and exploration, social economy, textiles, plastics, life sciences, business services, telecommunications, distribution and consumer goods, environment, equipment and machinery, financial services, information and communication technology, metal products, recreational tourism, and culture sectors. Within the culture sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest in pre-production and creative projects, production projects, infrastructures and services, post-production projects, distribution, and broadcasting and multiplatform broadcasting. Within the environment sector, it invests in waste management and energy conversion for residual waste; air treatment and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; processes to reduce industrial energy and water consumption; water treatment; and soil rehabilitation and decontamination (metals and organic compounds). Within the life sciences sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ focuses on services for the biopharmaceutical industry; nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals; diagnostics and medical supplies and equipment; biopharmaceuticals and generic drugs; biotechnology, and animal health. Within the tourism sector, it focuses on urban tourism, nature tourism, resort type tourism, and local tourism for Quebecers, and in the textiles sector it invests in companies engaged in development and production of specialty textiles as well as development of industrial applications for the construction, transportation, health and safety, and work apparel industries. Fonds de solidarité FTQ prefers to invest in Quebec and in companies impacting the Québec economy. It focuses on investing in the following regions- Abitibi –Témiscamingue, Bas Saint Laurent, Chaudière-Appalaches, Côte-Nord, Estrie, Gaspésie Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Lanaudière, Laurentides, Laval, Mauricie - Centre-du-Québec, Montérégie, Nord-du-Québec, Outaouais, and Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest in projects of $3 million or more and also provides loans of up to $ 2 million. It invests in companies in business succession sector having minimum capitalization of $500,000 and EBITDA of over $35.5 million in case of majority interest; equipment and machinery sector with average investment in excess of $3 million; environment sector with funding needs of more than $500000; financial services sector having net assets between $20 million and $50 million in equity; metal products sector having annual sales of over $5 million and financing needs of at least $2 million; and printing sector having investment needs of over $1 million. In the information technology sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest $2 million as initial investments while total investments can be more than $10 million. It invests in the form of equity financing (common or preferred shares) and unsecured debt requiring no collateral (debenture). Fonds de solidarité FTQ can take both a minority interest including an equity stake of up to 49 percent as well a majority interest in its portfolio companies in case of business succession financing. It seeks a minority stake for the portfolio companies in the equipment and machinery sector. It typically holds its investments for a period of five to ten years in case of equity financing and for more than ten years in case of business succession financing. Fonds de solidarité FTQ began operation on June 23, 1983. It has its headquarters in Montreal in Canada with additional offices in the same city and Quebec in the same country.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 204
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$62M; Series B $6M–$83M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- EBC inc — EBC is a family business founded in 1968 by Fernand Houle and his brother Germain. They built the company on their core values of respect, integrity and a job well done — values that the current president, Marie-Claude Houle, is proud to uphold. In its 45 years, EBC has carried out over 600 projects totalling more than $6 billion. FromNewfoundland and Labrador to New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia, as well as the international arena, clients have chosen EBC for our professionalism and our respect for budgets and timelines. This rigorous approach is applied to all our projects, whether building construction, civil engineering, earthworks, mining, marine works, energy transport, wind power, etc.
- JLD - Laguë — The JLD-Laguë Group, authorized John Deere dealers, specializes in the sale of agricultural, commercial and construction equipment.
- IMV Inc — IMV Inc Inc. applies its novel adjuvanting platform to the development of vaccines for cancer therapy, infectious diseases and animal health. The Company’s DepoVax™ platform is a patented formulation that provides controlled and prolonged exposure of antigens plus adjuvant to the immune system. IMV Inc has advanced two DepoVax-based cancer vaccinesinto Phase I human clinical trials. The Company is also advancing a broad infectious disease pipeline including vaccines in such indications as malaria, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and anthrax. In addition to the Company’s human health vaccine strategy, it continues to capture value from animal health vaccine applications. IMV Inc has key partnerships in the animal health sector including an agreement with Pfizer Animal Health.
We are Structure Capital. We help passionate teams build great companies by investing seed-stage capital, time, experience and relationships
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- Industry: Mobile, Internet, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Round size: Seed $365k–$4.5M; Series A $2.2M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
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- Pogoseat — Pogoseat provides innovative mobile ticketing solutions that helps live-entertainment venues sell more tickets and enhance the fan experience.
- Artera — Well Health provides a communication platform that connects patients to healthcare organizations through text, email, phone, and live chat. WELL is a communication tool that allows front offices to have two-way text conversations with patients, using existing office phone numbers. The platform is designed from the ground up to make patientcommunications more intuitive across the enterprise. Well Health's mission is to make going to the doctor as easy as meeting up with a close friend.
Caerus Ventures invests in early stage technology companies at the convergence of hardware and software.
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- Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Travel
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Skulpt — Skulpt changes how fitness is measured by tracking when your losing fat and gaining muscle for up to 24 individual muscles as well as your total body.
- Socure — Identity Starts Here. Accurately verify & onboard more new customers with Socure, the leading provider of digital identity verification & fraud solutions.
- PBC Tech —
FedDev Ontario aids the southern Ontario economy by supporting innovation, commercialization, business growth, productivity, and communities.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Grant, Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 160
- Round size: Seed $25k–$40k; Grant $75k–$5M; Debt Financing $500k–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 93% lead, 7% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nulogy — Nulogy connects CPG brands and their strategic suppliers on a unique platform designed to meet the changing demands of retailers and consumers.
- Humi — Your all-in-one HR, payroll, insurance, and benefits solution. Give all your employee data a home, pay employees with ease, and streamline your group benefits experience.
- Opus One Solutions — Opus One Solutions is a software engineering and solutions company delivering on a the vision of a Connected Energy Internet.Opus One is a software engineering company introducing GridOS®, the first-in-kind real-time operating system for the smart grid. The grid today is getting smarter and greener, but has become more fragmented than ever as anetwork of silos. GridOS® integrates the power system’s energy resources such as generation, storage and demand, with information resources such as sensors, meters and analytics, to best manage and operate the grid.Using intelligent power engineering algorithms for online analytics, GridOS® gives the utility and energy resources an unmatched degree of situational awareness, supervisory control and optimization of their systems. The result is improved grid reliability, power quality, utilization and efficiency, as well as unlocked potential for 100% clean energy.
We are an active investor in companies that are reshaping food and agriculture around the world for the better.We identify entrepreneurs and businesses rethinking how food is produced, distributed, and consumed, supporting their growth as lead investors and highly engaged board members.We actively manage a portfolio of over 25 companies,helping them lead positive change in a way that enhances human health and the natural environment, enabling the economic sustainability of farming and food production.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Series B $5M–$43M; Series C $7.9M–$175M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Buymie — Buymie is a same-day grocery delivery company focused on reducing the environmental impact of grocery shopping.
- TemperPack — Science-driven sustainable packaging for cold chain, food, pharma, pet and more. ClimaCell, Green Cell Foam and WaveKraft platforms. ISTA-certified.
- The EVERY Company — The EVERY Company, Formerly Clara Foods making Protein | Vegan Egg Protein Ingredients.
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Browse database — It's Free!Sequoia is the strategic partner helping investor-backed companies achieve their business goals by mastering compensation, benefits, and risk.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Information Technology, Farming
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: India, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $2M–$9M; Series A $5.9M–$58M; Series B $14M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GovSky — Building cybersecurity technology to secure America’s supply chain.
- SDF — SDF is the next generation transformation layer and best developer platform for data. A compiler and execution engine designed to improve the data engineering experience, with compile time guarantees and composable execution.
- Bridge — An entirely new payments platform, built with stablecoins, to simplify global money movement.
InvestEco invests in innovative companies in the Food & Agriculture Sector. Learn More about our process, people, and companies.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $250k–$4M; Series A $4.3M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- GoParity — GoParity is an online savings and investment platform that uses a P2P business model to simplify investment and allow citizens and companies to get a decent return on their sustainable loans. Citizens and companies invest their funds in projects they believe in to generate economic, social and environmental impact.We are driving the transitiontowards a more sustainable and inclusive economic system, making investment in sustainable solutions accessible to all, from citizens to small enterprises. Join us @ www.goparity.com
- Chickapea — Buy your Chickapea Pasta and have it shipped to your door! Free shipping to most locations in the United States.
- Little Sesame — Serving up smooth hummus & sunny vibes.
Avrio Capital is a venture capital and private equity investment firm specializing in commercialization to growth-stage companies with a focus on later-stage, early stage, mid venture, middle market, and emerging growth businesses. It also provides mezzanine financing. Avrio Capital prefers to invest in food technology, advanced agriculture,industrial bioproducts, and nutraceutical ingredients and innovative companies that provide solutions to global challenges in the areas of health, wellness and sustainability. It invests in companies based in Canada and North America. Avrio Capital seeks to invest between CAD $1 million $0.77 million to CAD $10 million $7.70 million, with significant capital reserved for subsequent financing rounds over the life of the portfolio company. It seeks to invest in companies with sales value between CAD $1 million $0.77 million and CAD $20 million $15.40 million. Avrio Capital prefers to take an active role in each investment it makes. It began operation in 2006, with its headquarters in Alberta in Canada and additional offices in Ontario and Quebec therein.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Hospitality
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hortau — Hortau provide to growers real time field and soil data to help them make decisions around irrigation and fertilizer applications.
- SOL Cuisine — To make delicious and high-quality foods that are vegan, gluten-free and healthy, using local, environmentally sound ingredients. Taste and see!
- Enterra Feed — Enterra is a Vancouver-based company commercializing a natural system that uses a common beneficial insect to rapidly recover nutrients from recycled food waste; sourced from grocery stores, markets, food distributors and food processors, to up-cycle the nutrients into sustainable feed ingredients for aquaculture, animal feed and pet food, as wellas a concentrated natural fertilizer product for use in agriculture.
Driving digital transformation of consumer industries. As a leading growth capital investor, we combine deep investment experience with commercial reach.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Restaurants
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $120k–$394k; Pre-Seed $120k–$550k; Series B $5.3M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Motatos — Motatos is an online retail store that offers a wide variety of food, beverages, and household products to customers.
- Matsmart — Matsmart sells surplus food online. A major part of the food would otherwise be thrown away due to packaging changes, short or expired expiry dates or other reasons. During 2017, Matsmart saved 2022 tonnes of food from going to waste. The company has seen explosive growth, reaching recurring revenues of SEK 200 million. Matsmart was founded by KarlAndersson, Erik Södergren and Ulf Skagerström, and launched in Sweden in 2014. Since then, the company has also expanded to Norway and Finland. Long live the food!
- Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
Plaza Ventures’ micro-fund model was designed to efficiently pool capital from the firms high-net-worth investor community into annual investment vehicles targeting a basket of Series A and Series B investments. These micro-funds have built a proven track record, backing successful entrepreneurs through multiple funding rounds.Half of each PVFund is allocated to new companies with proven business models ($3M+ annual revenues) that are resistant to macro-economics and need capital to meet current demand. The remaining capital is re-invested into 4-5 successful businesses from prior funds.Plaza Ventures identifies as sector agnostic but has an affinity for, as well as expertise in enterprise SaaS, location-based services, IoT, Smart City, digital media, and marketplaces.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$70M; Series B $5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Symend — Symend’s digital engagement platform uses behavioral science and data-driven insights to empower customers to resolve past due bills. Leveraging advanced analytics, Symend helps enterprises better engage millions of customers by providing deep insight into consumer behavior. Symend continuously optimizes these insights and empathetically nudgescustomers towards a desired action with personalized communications, self-serve tools and flexible repayment options. Symend’s relationship-based approach keeps enterprises attuned to the changing needs of their customers and empowers them to take action. This increases customer satisfaction, lowers operating costs, and helps resolve past due bills before reaching collections. Founded in 2016, Symend’s platform is purpose built to serve complex global enterprises in telecommunications, financial services, utilities and media. Symend is headquartered in Calgary and privately held, with global operations across Canada, the United States and Latin America. For more information, please visit https://symend.com/ and follow the company on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
- Super.com — Through rich rewards and everyday savings, Super helps you access more of what you want at better prices, escape overspending, and level up life.
- SenseNet Inc. — Wildfire Detection in Minutes. Advanced Integration of Ground Sensors, Cameras, and Satellite Technologies.
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- Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Travel
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $165k–$573k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kiind.me — Buy, send and track digital gift cards for your reward and incentive programs.
- Checkfront — With over 4000 customers in 120 countries, Checkfront is an Built on the _Saas_ model, Checkfront is a fully managed solution. It includes automated updates, backups, and industry-leading security on a high speed, highavailability network.
Renewal Funds is a mission venture capital firm investing in early growth stage companies.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Software, Organic Food
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Series A $2M–$24M; Series B $3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FoodLogiQ — FoodLogiQ offers Software as a Service solutions to connect the world's food supply chain, promoting food safety through traceability and sustainability.
- Fresh Prep Foods — Get a high-quality, sustainable, and fresh ingredient meal kit conveniently delivered to 20 communities across BC and Alberta.
- Olea — Our sustainable, one-of-a-kind technology generates revenue and manages critical utility assets, while providing the safe, clean and affordable drinking water.
Andrew Wilkinson is the Co-Founder of Tiny. He attended Ryerson University.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $165k–$8.9M; Series A $18M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lula — Making Mobility Viable and Profitable
- Letter — Thoughtful finance, banking, and modern wealth management for high net worth individuals.
- Cognito Health — Canada's only integrated online mental health solution. Accessible and affordable treatment for your mental health. Book a free initial assessment today.
Lightspeed provides low cost stock and options trading for day traders, professional traders, trading groups and more. To sign up for a Lightspeed Trader demo, visit our site today.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $650k–$20M; Series A $1.4M–$100M; Series B $25M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zetwerk — Zetwerk offers high-quality production, globally competitive costs, and unparalleled lead times in every area of manufacturing.
- Pheon Therapeutics — Pheon Therapeutics is an Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) specialist that creates ADCs for a variety of difficult-to-treat cancers. Its lead program is a first-in-class ADC against a novel target that is highly expressed in solid tumors across a broad range of hard-to-treat cancer types.The company was founded in 2022 and is based in London,England.
- ProjectDiscovery — Monitor your infrastructure. Real vulnerabilities. Zero noise. Trusted by 100k+ security professionals to streamline vulnerabilities that can actually be exploited.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$8M; Series A $5M–$21M; Series B $11M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500k in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- ZayZoon — ZayZoon is a pioneer in earned wage access (EWA) with our flagship product Wages On-Demand. Employees can access part of their payday in advance.
- Attunely — We offer a proven, compliant, and trustworthy machine learning platform that makes the recovery of receivables easy, seamless, and profitable.
- Resilia — The Leading Nonprofit Capacity-Building & Grantmaker Intelligence Platform for Funders.
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- Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Travel
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GuestDriven — GuestDriven is a hospitality-focused guest engagement solution. We help hotels directly interact with guests, learn their preferences, build relationships and upsell inventory through personalized, moment-based targeted offers and communications.Guests are empowered with the ability to personalize and take full control of their stay, resultingin higher satisfaction, better reviews and more brand advocates.Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, GuestDriven has implementations in over 60 cities worldwide. Our team is dedicated to revolutionizing the most universal industry in the world.
Futurpreneur supports diverse young entrepreneurs ages 18-39 across Canada, offering accessible start-up loan financing, mentorship, experiences and resources.
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- Industry: Hardware, Education, Child Care
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Grant
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $22k–$52k; Debt Financing $15k–$93k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mov Labs — MovLabs offers personal care products that include deodorant cases, refill inserts, and soap bars. The deodorant uses a case that can be kept and paired with replaceable refills. The refills are designed to be placed into the same case after use. The soap bars are sold as a separate product for daily body care. The deodorant formula is made withoutaluminum and uses magnesium hydroxide to manage odor. Customers can choose different scents while continuing to use the same case. The products are sold through an online store with ordering and customer support services.
- Periculum — An Alternate Credit Assessment Solution for Underserved Markets
- NONA Vegan — Italian plant-based sauces that bring everyone to the table!
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5M; Series A $7M–$21M; Series B $10M–$67M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Unito — Unito is taking on a major problem that people are passionate about solving: they make it easier to collaborate across teams. They don't make users learn new tools and change the way they work. By connecting work management tools, they allow managers, cross-functional teams, departments, and entire companies to benefit from seamlesscollaboration and improved communication. The app syncs projects across a number of tools like Trello, Asana, JIRA, GitHub, Wrike, Zendesk & Hubspot. This is a hard problem of semantics, synchronization, and APIs.
- North One — NorthOne is an online Business Account with built-in features to make business banking fast and easy. No overdraft fees. No minimum balance. No hidden fees.
- Possible Finance — Get money in minutes, build credit history and avoid hidden fees with Possible Finance. Apply in the app with just a few taps and manage money on your terms.
Darren Huston, from 1990 to 1992 was an economic advisor in the Canadian government. From 1994 to 1998 held an executive position with McKinsey & Company. From 1998 to 2003 he was a Senior Vice President at Starbucks. In 2005 he became President and CEO of Microsoft Japan, and from 2008 served as Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President, leadingthe company’s Consumer & Online business. Darren Huston joined Booking.com as CEO in September 2011 and became CEO of parent company Priceline on 1 January 2014. In May 2016 Darren Huston joined BlackPines Capital Partners.
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- Industry: Hospitality
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Operto Guest Technologies — Operto's comprehensive hospitality management software streamlines operations, enhances guest experiences, and drives growth.
Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 2,500 accredited investor members throughout 47 chapters on 3 continents.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 190
- Round size: Seed $102k–$3.6M; Series A $778k–$8.6M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Bliss — Bliss is an AI-powered online therapy platform that provides online mental health and wellness services to make mental health support more accessible, affordable, and culturally sensitive. The company connects individuals with licensed therapists and mental health professionals for video, audio, and messaging-based counseling sessions. Its platformincludes therapist matching tools, secure communication systems, appointment scheduling, and multilingual support designed for users seeking culturally aligned care. Bliss supports mental health needs related to anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, stress management, and personal development through remote therapy services. The company also offers mental wellness programs for businesses, providing employee support resources, coaching access, and digital mental health services for distributed teams. Its services are designed to make therapy and emotional support accessible through online and mobile-based interactions.
- BatteryPool — BatteryPool offers battery charging solutions for EV fleets and commercial vehicles.
- Apriority Financial — Apriority Financial is a debt optimization platform that manages and optimizes employee personal debt.
We are BDC, the bank for Canadian entrepreneurs. We support small and medium-sized businesses in all industries and at every stage of growth with money and advice. We are the Business Development Bank of Canada.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States, Argentina
Investor stats
- Total investments: 268
- Round size: Seed $275k–$5M; Series A $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Skygauge — The Skygauge takes ultrasonic testing to the skies. Conduct faster, safer industrial asset inspections by drone.
- Quadshift — Quadshift provides software solutions to thousands of businesses in a variety of vertical markets by acquiring and building great B2B software companies and holding them for the long term.
- Peak Power — Peak Power is making it profitable for commercial and industrial real estate customers to get to net zero. Visit our website to learn how.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 97
- Round size: Seed $183k–$5M; Angel $10k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Xatoms — At Xatoms, we clean water with Quantum Chemistry and AI, revolutionizing water purification for communities worldwide. Our innovative approach rapidly identifies new, sustainable materials to remove harmful pollutants and pathogens. We aim to alleviate the burden on women and girls in underrepresented communities, transforming the global landscape of water accessibility and empowering a more equitable world. Xatoms is at the forefront of combining scientific innovation with social change.
- Virica Biotech — Viral Sensitizers (VSE) for drug developers and manufacturers are small molecules that improve viral yields and effectiveness by reducing the antiviral defences on a cellular level.
- Afynia Laboratories — Aima Laboratories is a women's health healthcare company that provides innovative solutions to diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. AIMA is working on the first non-invasive endometriosis diagnostic tool for the market. If you have chronic pelvic/period pain or are having difficulty becoming pregnant, you may have endometriosis.
FUSE exists to help founders do more, be more, succeed...more.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $2M–$11M; Series A $8M–$20M; Series B $17M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $250M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Gone — Gone is a goods redistribution platform that offers free pickup of gently used household products.
- Starcloud — Starcloud is building a network of megawatt-scale data centers in space, scaleable to gigawatt capacity. Falling launch costs allow Starcloud to take advantage of the abundant energy, passive cooling, and high-speed connectivity in space.
- Portal Space Systems — Portal Space Systems is a full-service space manoeuvrability solution that delivers tactical response and dynamic space.
Quebecor is one of Canada's largest media companies. It delivers services such as analog and digital broadcasting; cable and wireless telephone; internet access; newspaper, magazine, and book publishing; and the distribution and retailing of a wide array of cultural products.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Big Data, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: Canada, Colombia, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Etiya — Etiya is a leading software company providing customer experience focused AI driven Digital Transformation with its own award-winning product portfolio.
- Billdr — Elevate your renovation experience by effortlessly uncovering premier contractors with the expert guidance of Billdr. Achieve superior results and enjoy peace of mind throughout the process.
- BrainInnov — BrainInnov creates decision-supporting systems that aid in lifesaving and are based on artificial intelligence.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.3M; Angel $68k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
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.
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