# Top 50 Machine Learning Startup Investors in Canada in June 2026 ## Real Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 30 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Real Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on serving daring entrepreneurs with the ambition to create successful, global companies. Since 2007, Real Ventures has dedicated itself to building the Canadian startup ecosystem on the belief that people, not money, build game-changing companies. Real Ventures provides stage-specific guidance,mentorship, and access to networks and resources to fast-track founders’ personal and company growth. Real Ventures manages $325 million across five funds and its active portfolio of 100+ companies is currently valued at $10 billion. www.realventures.com ## BDC Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 15 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence BDC Venture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on technology-based businesses that have high growth potential and that are positioned to become dominant players in their markets. The company helps create and develop strongCanadian businesses through financing, consulting services and securitization, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.BDC Venture Capital has been involved in venture capital since 1975 and has to date invested in more than 400 companies involved in the areas of Life Sciences, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Advanced Technologies. ## MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Working with Ontario talent to develop World Class Companies Learn More ## Inovia Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS We support entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey and build technology companies that generate a positive impact on society. ## Panache Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Canada's leading nationwide pre-seed venture fund. ## New Brunswick Innovation Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Director of Investments Every half-year, the Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA) reports on the status of venture capital investment in Canada, and the 2021-H1 edition is impressive. ## Anges Quebec - Type: VC Fund - Location: Quebec, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs. ## Golden Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, based in Toronto and investing across North America. We back bold teams and their transformative ideas. ## Brightspark Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Machine Learning 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. ## Radical Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology Radical Ventures invests in the future of how we live, work and play, partnering with founders who understand the transformational power of AI. ## Capital Angel Network - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Our goal is to build the region's entrepreneurial community, to make the region the best place to start a business and to facilitate access to investment opportunities for qualified investors. ## VA Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology VA Angels, one of Canada’s leading angel investment groups, has member locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna and Winnipeg. Since 2003 they have done 57 deals worth $28.5 million and are one of the most active angel groups in Canada. ## N49P - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services N49P is a venture capital firm focused on ideas to seed-stage Canadian technology startups. ## Desjardins Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lévis, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing Desjardins Capital makes it easy to grow your business with financial and strategic support. Investment capital and venture capital can help you meet your business goals. ## StandUp Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence StandUp Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in female-founded companies in the B2B software and digital health sector.The firm is led by a team of experienced investors who have assembled a diverse advisory committee. The advisory committee is comprised of successful founders, venture investors, and other strategic mentors who willprovide high-touch support to the entrepreneurs. StandUp Ventures catalyzes strong deal flow across Canada from its network and syndicate seed rounds with Angels and US VCs. ## Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software MaRS Innovation (MI) is a commercialization engine that integrates, centralizes and accelerates time to market of the discovery and intellectual property assets from its 15 world-class research institutions. MI’s discovery and innovation pipeline is derived from $1 billion in annual R&D funding. Created as a not-for-profit organizationthrough the Government of Canada’s Center of Excellence for Commercialization and Research program (CECR), MI has raised $50 million from federal and provincial governments, member institutions and industry partners. MI’s vision is to transform the Toronto-based research enterprise into one of world’s most successful commercialization clusters.Through detailed, market facing due diligence, MI identifies opportunities from Canada’s largest academic cluster for further development and commercialization through project management, intellectual property management, investment and technology development. By crossing the innovation gap, MI transforms these opportunities into successful high-value licensing transactions and financeable start-up companies. ## Two Small Fish Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce Add a description for facebook ## Business Development Bank of Canada - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing We are BDC, the bank for Canadian entrepreneurs. We support small and medium-sized businesses in all industries and at every stage of growth with money and advice. We are the Business Development Bank of Canada. ## Innospark Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Innospark Ventures is a new breed of early-stage venture capital firm, investing in the AI-driven economy. ## Garage Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Built by founders, for founders. Garage Capital helps best-in-class companies jump from garage to growth. ## M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning M12 are a venture capital fund, by Microsoft. Our investment teams are based globally to support your business from start up funding to Series C investment. ## Good News Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We invest in founders who are driven to push the limits of what is possible ## Export Development Canada - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Export Development Canada (EDC) is a Crown corporation dedicated to assisting Canadian businesses of all sizes in achieving global success. It provides them with the tools they need to grow their business with confidence, including trade knowledge, financial solutions, equity, insurance, and connections. ## Graphite Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Graphite Ventures is an investment firm. ## BDC Capital’s Women in Technology Venture Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS BDC Capital Women in Technology (WIT) Fund is one of the world’s largest venture capital funds ## Hike Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning Hike Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in artificial intelligence and machine learning. ## Differential Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Early-stage venture capital fund founded by data scientists and entrepreneurs for data-focused entrepreneurs ## OMERS Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech OMERS Ventures is an early-stage tech investor serving fintech, vertical software, enterprise app and AI/infra founders. ## Jaclyn Johnson - Type: Angel - Location: West Hollywood, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Consumer Goods, Beauty, Retail Jaclyn Johnson created her career. A powerhouse entrepreneur, by the time she was 28, Johnson had sold her first business, (No Subject)and launched her second multimillion dollar company, Create and Cultivate. Johnson recognized a gap in conversations, resources, events and community for female millennial entrepreneurs and responded with asolution, Create and Cultivate, the wildly popular media platform and nationwide conference. In the process, Jaclyn’s own work-life philosophy, built on the cornerstones of female empowerment, hustling-hard and innovation have propelled her voice to the forefront of the discussion on workplace equality, a new thought-leader for millennial women and Gen-Z-ers on the career come up. A graduate of NYU, Johnson’s trajectory has been skyrocketing since she founded (No Subject) in 2010. With the launch of Create and Cultivate in 2012, she gained global visibility. Six years later, Create and Cultivate is bigger than ever, with hundreds of thousands of followers and attendees, and over 75 events to date. The conference has landed major cities around the country and boasts sponsors that include top Fortune 500 companies like Amazon, LinkedIn, QuickBooks and Microsoft to the buzziest brand names like Laura Mercier, LaCroix, Clinique, Chandon, Urban Outfitters and more. Past speakers and panelist include the biggest celebs and CEO’s like Kim Kardashian West, Chelsea Handler, Jessica Alba, Chrissy Teigen, Gloria Steinem, Issa Rae, Nicole Richie and more front-runners in fashion, technology, design and business. Named a Forbes 30 Under 30, an Adweek Disruptor and profiled in Fast Company, the LA Times, Entrepreneur and more, Johnson has earned her way to the frontlines of a workplace revolution at a time when change-agents and disruptors are flexing real influence. ## Fonds Innovexport - Type: VC Fund - Location: Quebec, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Fonds Innovexport is an Investing Service that provides in targeting international markets to forge the Quebec of tomorrow. ## Amplify Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Education, Artificial Intelligence Invest in transformational technologies that can achieve large scale solutions globally. ## iGan Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Medical iGan Partners is one of Canada's largest healthcare-focused venture capital firms, investing across North America. We provide capital and expertise to scale innovative healthcare solutions. ## Mistral Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Financial Services Mistral Venture Partners - The leading seed stage venture capital firm in Canada ## Canada Media Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Mobile, Software, Virtual Reality The Canada Media Fund (CMF) fosters, develops, finances and promotes the production of Canadian content and applications for all audiovisual media platforms. ## NAventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance We invest in startups and developing compagnies and support them every step of the way to ensure their success. ## China Canada Angel Alliance - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Machine Learning, Legal, Sensor CCAA already has the first batch of 28 individual investors, 8 private funds, 2 private incubators, and 1 crowd-funding platform. ## Hedgewood - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, FinTech Hedgewood is an investment firm active in venture capital, internet businesses, real estate, specialty finance, asset management, and private equity. ## Framework Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech Framework is a top-performing venture fund that discovers, develops and scales the next generation of world-class technologies, through a unique founder-centric approach to active capital. ## Tom Williams - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services Tom Williams ## MEDTEQ+ - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology MEDTEQ is a non-profit organization for industrial research and innovation in medical technology. The organization accelerates the development of innovative technological solutions to improve patients’ health and quality of life by mobilizing Canadian talents. They bringing together the key players in healthcare and innovation allows them and theirpartners, to offer Canadians access to novel solutions.MEDTEQ’s mission is, through collaborative, industry-led projects, to accelerate innovation and position, on a global scale, products and services developed by the Canadian medical technologies industry. ## Keiretsu Forum - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 2,500 accredited investor members throughout 47 chapters on 3 continents. ## Government of Canada - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gatineau, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Grant, Debt Financing - Focus: Non Profit, Manufacturing, Health Care The Government of Canada is making it easier for Canadians to find and access government information and services online through its central website, Canada.ca. The website is the single entry point for all government information and services available online and is accessible using any device with an Internet connection, including tablets ormobile phones. Its portal shows how government works, its priorities, laws, finances, transparency, digital government, and policies. ## S28 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS S28 Capital is a venture fund based in San Francisco, run by operators and entrepreneurs who are helping the next generation of founders build their companies. ## YUL Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: SaaS, Machine Learning, Productivity Tools YUL Ventures is an early stage private fund that is sponsored by entrepreneurs and invests in technology businesses. The company is situated in Canada and it was founded in 2013 by Pascal Pilon ## The W Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Machine Learning, Financial Services Singular focus on aggregating capital and deploying funds to women and underrepresented founders solving big problems and driving the future of tech. ## Build Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology The mission at Build Ventures is to help founders build companies. Period. They provide early stage capital to emerging, game-changing Atlantic Canadian technology companies. Their team has deep operational and investment experience. The startup journey can be challenging, but they know what it takes and they are here to help.They’re based inHalifax, Nova Scotia, and are focused on companies in Atlantic Canada. They like to invest after your seed round. Ideally, you have begun to build a great team, have a product solving a meaningful problem and are working in what is – or one day will become -- a huge market. ## Rhino Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Rhino partners with entrepreneurs to build, acquire, and scale market-leading platforms. ## Right Side Capital Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care Systematic Pre-Seed Startup Capital ## Rho Canada Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Analytics, Internet Rho Canada Ventures is a division of Rho Capital Partners focusing on early-stage investing in Canada’s most innovative technology companies.The Rho Canada Ventures team comprises a unique combination of entrepreneurial, operational, and venture investment experience in the United States and Canada. With a combined 80 years of experience, RhoCanada Ventures offers entrepreneurs the expertise to turn Canadian innovators into global leaders. Rho Canada Ventures' portfolio companies are a diverse group of investments that span new media, mobile applications, wireless infrastructure, semiconductors and materials, and software. ## Alumni Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Access curated startup investment opportunities and diversified venture capital exposure designed for accredited investors. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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