Top 10 Local VC Funds & Investors in Canada (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Hardy Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, United Arab Emirates | Angel, Pre-Seed, Series B | Communities, Local, Sales | |
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Tola Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $1.3M–$43M |
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Capital Q® Ventures Inc.
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Sweden, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, Manufacturing | $50k–$1.5M |
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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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Plaza Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Software, FinTech, E-Commerce | $2.2M–$70M |
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Real Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $650k–$50M |
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Haywood Securities Inc.
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, Japan, United States | Post-IPO Equity, Angel, Post-IPO Secondary | Mining, Mineral, Precious Metals | $560k–$52M |
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Retail Group
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Series A | SEO, Local, Software | |
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Otimo Retail
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Retail Technology, Retail | $573k–$8.5M |
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Rothenberg Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Virtual Reality, E-Commerce | |
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Hardy Capital invest in high growth companies with the potential to out execute the competition.Hardy Capital is a Canadian merchant bank established to foster the growth of young businesses. With a history of international transactions including; acquisitions throughout Northern Europe ( Sweden, Holland, Germany and the UK ) the United Statesand Asia ( Japan, Singapore ). Public company listings on the OMX: Europe, TSX: Canada and the NASDAQ: Usa. Along with both public and private financings throughout Europe, Asia and North America.With dedicated assets of over $100M, Their mission is to help build and grow businesses that have the potential to achieve market leading positions primarily in the consumer space. They are especially interested in businesses that are disruptive to large very profitable incumbent monopolies and use new technology to improve customer experiences. With acute interest in transactions focused around Optical, Fin-tech, Real estate and Insurance disruption. They understand and can support businesses by helping them navigate the complex nature of growth in the global marketplace and fast track the company to the right investor or mentor groups.
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- Industry: Communities, Local, Sales
- Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Eyewa — Eyewa is the first dedicated online eyewear store for the Middle East. We have thousands of different eyeglasses, sunglasses, color contact lenses and prescription contact lenses for you to choose from. On Eyewa, you’ll find quintessentially cool brands like Ray-Ban and Emporio Armani, heritage brands like Burberry and Persol, high-fashion brandslike Fendi, Dolce & Gabbanaand Prada sporty brands like Nike and Lacoste and everything in between. Discover their brands portfolio with thousands of styles here.
- Guiides — Guiides provide a frictionless online experience of discovering adventures and booking a local guide to take you there.
- Naborly — Next-gen tenant screening. We help landlords find a great tenant and help tenants share a single application to multiple landlords. It's a win-win!
Tola Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders building the next generation of enterprise software, enabled by artificial intelligence.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9M; Series A $3.1M–$19M; Series B $12M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $400M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- VergeSense — VergeSense provides the leading spatial intelligence platform supporting enterprise companies across the globe.
- Maxinsights — Maxinsights aims to accelerate adoption of physical AI by delivering unmatched data quality on a global scale.
- Clipchamp — Create videos with royalty-free music and stock footage, use video templates, and export in up to 4K video resolution. Get started in-browser or download the Windows app.
We have invented the most innovative financial products that are intended to restore investors' faith in Alternative Investments through a contra-market strategy and solid investment thesis meant to "de-risk" the non-correlated private markets. We specialize in true Capital Partnerships with Entrepreneurs in need of Venture Capitalthat reinforces above-market, risk-adjusted returns, to our Investors, through "Tri-Party Venture Funds®" , "Private BDCs" and "Specialty Hedge Funds" as our leading Alternative Investments that serve them.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Sweden, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $395k–$1M; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ARVIE — ARVIE is an innovative platform designed to streamline the process of booking campsites. By integrating over 10 top booking platforms, ARVIE offers a unified profile system, eliminating the need to fill out registration forms for each booking. This service provides access to thousands of campgrounds and hundreds of thousands of campsitesnationwide, making it easier for campers to find, compare, and book their ideal camping spots. ARVIE also features real-time availability searches, one-click bookings through live agents, and instant booking cancellations, enhancing the camping experience by making it more efficient and accessible.
- Lumi — Lumi manufactures and designs portable and high quality projectors.
- Certus Core — Certus Core is an AI company founded by veterans, dedicated to transforming the interaction between people and machines through data. Our IBIS platform is user driven edge software that enables decentralized sensor and robotics data integration using AI. Our ability to combine chat-based queries, mission-derived context, and AI governanceeliminates the traditional trade-off between speed and accuracy. We enable teams, at all levels, to get instant and verified answers while building a reusable knowledge base that compounds over time.
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
- Biofire — Sign up by April 13th to be the First to Experience the Future of Firearms.
- 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.
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, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$70M; Series B $5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Neo Financial — At Neo, we're innovating to make saving, spending and getting rewarded even more rewarding.
- SenseNet Inc. — Wildfire Detection in Minutes. Advanced Integration of Ground Sensors, Cameras, and Satellite Technologies.
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: 210
- Round size: Seed $650k–$5M; Series A $2.2M–$22M; Series B $7M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $132M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- BenchSci — BenchSci is the world leader in AI-Assisted Reagent Selection and Experiment Design. Our preclinical R&D SaaS platform uses machine learning to help pharmaceutical companies increase their research velocity.
- DropGenie — DropGenie is building connected hardware to automate gene editing. They are accelerating the pace of discovery through the generation of standardized and compatible scientific information.
- Nord Quantique — Nord Quantique creates quantum processors based on second-generation technology.
Haywood Securities is an investment firm that invests in the institutional and retail markets.
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- Industry: Mining, Mineral, Precious Metals
- Stage:Post-IPO Equity, Angel, Post-IPO Secondary
- Geography: Canada, Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Angel $1M–$1M; Post-IPO Equity $560k–$52M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Solstice Gold — Solstice Gold is a gold mining company with three district-scale projects in tier-one mining jurisdictions. It capitalizes on management’s expertise to create value by identifying opportunities, making discoveries, and advancing them through the exploration stage to development.
- Fury Gold Mines — Fury Gold Mines is an exploration and development company strategically positioned in three prolific mining regions. The company focuses on financing exploration mining assets and intends to grow and advance its gold platform through project evaluation and exploration.
- Golden Rapture Mining — Golden Rapture Mining is a well-funded exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of high-potential assets located in favourable, established Tier 1 mining jurisdictions in the Rainy River and Geraldton areas of NW Ontario, Canada. Their two properties are truly a treasure trove of forgotten golden opportunitieswith an astonishing eighteen (18) mine shafts and an adit with visible gold having been recorded historically & recently at their Rainy River area property (first discovered in 1894) and their past producing Hutchison/Maylac Gold Mine located in the Geraldton Gold Camp, NW Ontario which was (mined from 1937 to 1947).
Our business is to improve our clients business throught our understanding of shoppers, their shopping habits, retailers and skills of retailing.
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- Industry: SEO, Local, Software
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SweetIQ Analytics — Uberall Multi-Location Marketing Platform makes your stores stand out against their competition across all your online directories
We invest in retail focused technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, Retail Technology, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $573k–$800k; Series A $3.1M–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Logiwa — Logiwa is the leading cloud fulfillment software for high-volume direct-to-consumer brands, wholesalers, and 3PLs. The Logiwa Cloud Fulfillment Platform is an integrated WMS and order fulfillment system that makes it easy to run a digital warehouse and scale your high-volume DTC fulfillment operations. Logiwa’s solution works where traditional WMSsystems fail: it connects quickly with new online stores and marketplaces, makes it easy to run a digital warehouse, and is easily updated to support dynamic warehouse environments.
- XCCommerce — XCCommerce is a leading software development and implementation company that specializes in retail specific solutions.XCCommerce’s team has a proven track record of developing and deploying Promotion Management Solutions, implementing projects on time and on budget, and generating optimal ROI for their customers.XCCommerce has a strong marketpresence and their capabilities in delivering applications are rooted in best practices. Their solutions enable retailers to transform the customer experience and allow seamless interaction with the consumer on their terms.They are trusted with providing focused solutions and dedicated expertise to the retail industry, ranging from Tier 1 retailers to organizations who are growing their brands.
- Trendalytics Innovation Labs — Discover data-driven insights with Trendalytics AI. Analyze millions of data points to refine product development, craft compelling marketing strategies, and stay ahead of industry trends.
Rothenberg Ventures invests in early-stage frontier technology startups. Its team of investors, operators, and community builders support founders through portfolio success programs across virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, robotics, drones, space, next-generation hardware, and IoT. It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in San Francisco, California.
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- Industry: Software, Virtual Reality, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- VRChat — VRChat is a virtual reality social platform that allows users to easily build social virtual reality content. Any virtual world built with the VRChat platform instantly becomes a social VR world. This means VRChat users can explore and play in these worlds together, in a social setting. Using VRChat, content creators can take their 3D worlds and bewalking around those worlds in VR, with friends, in under an hour. Users can then sell their content to other users using the VRChat market place.It was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.
- Wave — Wave focuses on interactive virtual experiences with a mission to help artists make money at the intersection of gaming and entertainment. Wave’s technology enables musicians to create lifelike avatars of themselves that can “perform” their music on a virtual stage. Most of these virtual shows take place either on the company’s YouTube channel, butWave’s apps let users tune in on gaming consoles, phones or even the Oculus Rift VR headset. While watching a Wave, viewers can log in to comment in a chat function and give live feedback to the avatar performers.
- InsiteVR — InsiteVR helps architects and 3D designers easily create immersive virtual reality experiences. At InsiteVR.com architects and 3D designers can upload existing 3D models, which are then converted and optimized for viewing in virtual reality devices like the Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or simply on mobile devices.Trying to understand 3D spacesby looking at static two-dimensional pictures is not intuitive. Communicating those 3D designs to a client, friend or colleague who isn't trained to understand 3D space isn't always trivial either. With virtual reality, architects and designers can effortlessly communicate the essence of their designs, save time and feel confident their viewer understands the design.
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