Top 10 Local VC Funds in Canada

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 10 VC funds that invest in Local startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Local companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Local VC Funds in Canada

Investor	Local Canada investments
Structure Capital	1
StartFast Ventures	1
Plaza Ventures	1
Haywood Securities Inc.	1
Hardy Capital Partners	1
Desjardins-Innovatech	1
Real Ventures	1
Otimo Retail	1
Retail Group	1
Rothenberg Ventures	1

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We are Structure Capital. We help passionate teams build great companies by investing seed-stage capital, time, experience and relationships

Investment focus

Mobile, Internet, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, India

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.

StartFast invests in the heartland of America. We have built companies outside VC hubs and know what it takes to succeed. We like… Strong, diverse teams with proven track records and exceptional domain expertise Recurring revenue business models, particularly with a business to business focus Founders based outside venture capital hubs, at theSeries Seed and Series A stageLearn more and partner with us at http://startfast.net.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Mobile
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
United States, Canada, Israel

Portfolio highlights

In-Seam — In-Seam. Luxury, Connected.
Blackbird.AI — Blackbird.AI provides organizations with Deception Detection technology to protect against narrative manipulation and disinformation.
Patient Pattern — Patient Pattern is a provider of a cloud-based clinical software designed to to improve the lives of geriatric patients and those in need of complex care. The company's clinical software uses data science and offers clinical decision support as well as formulates comprehensive care plans that summarizes the patient's current situation andgives recommendations, enabling healthcare providers to treat elderly patients efficiently and lower utilization costs.

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Analytics
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Canada, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Symend — Symend helps top enterprises deliver digital experiences that are hyper-personalized based on the science behind consumer behaviour.
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.
KERV Interactive — KERV is an AI-powered video creative technology that creates shoppable & immersive experiences within any video content. Learn what KERV can do for you.

Haywood Securities is an investment firm that invests in the institutional and retail markets.

Investment focus

Mining, Mineral, Mining Technology
Post-IPO Equity, Angel, Post-IPO Secondary
Canada, Japan

Portfolio highlights

K92 Mining — K92 Mining Inc is focused on advancing the Kainantu Gold Mine, located in the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea, towards production. The Kainantu property covers a total area of approx. 410 km2 and was previously mined by Highlands Pacific and Barrick Gold from 2006-2009. K92 Mining Inc. was purpose built for the acquisition of theKainantu Gold Mine. In addition to targeting a move towards production, K92 will focus on ‎both expanding known areas of mineralization and drilling high priority exploration targets.K92 is led by an experienced team of industry professionals with substantial international expertise in mining, production start ups, production re-starts, mineral exploration, and finance.
Nomad — Nomad is a co-working space that also engages in investment and support for start-up companies.
Nomad Royalty Company — Sandstorm is a gold royalty company with hundreds of royalties in a single investment. Sandstorm offers investors exposure to gold and precious metals through a diversified portfolio of mining royalties.

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.

Investment focus

Communities, Local, Internet
Angel
Canada

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.
ShareShed — ShareShed empowers people to live an environmentally conscience, affordable, and community minded lifestyle by facilitating effortless community gear sharing. ShareShed’s online marketplace allows users to rent outdoor adventure equipment like kayaks and tents through its website and mobile app.

Desjardins-Innovatech is a Canadian venture capital company that funds innovative businesses in diverse sectors across Quebec.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Concentric Agriculture — Concentric produces high-performance specialty biological products that naturally improve crop yields and replenish soils.
LeddarTech — The leader in environmental sensing, fusion and perception for automotive and mobility, LeddarTech delivers actionable data for autonomous driving and ADAS.
A3 Surfaces inc — A3 Surfaces Inc. offers a surface treatment service incorporating various antimicrobial agents directly into the anodized aluminum layer. The antimicrobial effect of these surfaces prevents the transmission of hospital-acquired infections. The technology used by A3 Surfaces offers antibacterial products that eradicate pathogens and can be used onall commercial, industrial or institutional surfaces. Founded in 2015, this Chicoutimi company employs 5 people.

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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

dcbel — dcbel's mission is to deliver energy that lets people live a life without compromise.dcbel™ (formerly known as Ossiaco) sits at the nexus of residential solar power, electric vehicle charging, the smart home, and customer-centric utilities. The dcbel team has a proven history of rethinking energy distribution for everything from largeutility customers to distributed energy resource providers.dcbel's AI-driven sustainable technologies enable people to leverage solar energy to power their cars, their homes, and their lifestyles.dcbel has numerous worldwide patents in power electronics and power conversion and is backed by a number of globally respected investors.
HumanFirst — The complete productivity suite to transform natural language into business insights and AI training data
BIOS — BIOS Health is unlocking the potential of the nervous system in treating chronic disease by using AI-powered neural interfaces that can automatically read and write neural signals.

We invest in retail focused technology companies.

Investment focus

Software, Retail Technology, Retail
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Canada, United States

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 — Your personal data scientist. Trendalytics retail intelligence platform helps retailers drive more profitable decisions through data-driven forecasting.

Our business is to improve our clients business throught our understanding of shoppers, their shopping habits, retailers and skills of retailing.

Investment focus

SEO, Local, Software
Series A
Canada

Portfolio highlights

SweetIQ Analytics — SweetIQ and Uberall join forces to unlock the full power of location marketing.

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.