Top 50 Marketplace VC Funds in Canada
A list of 50 VC funds that invest in Marketplace startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Marketplace companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Marketplace VC Funds in Canada
Venture capital funding for Canadian entrepreneurs. District Ventures Capital is led by Arlene Dickinson and invests in innovative food & health sector companies.
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Investment focus
- Food/Beverage, Gaming, Manufacturing
- Pre-Seed, Funding Round, Seed
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- NadaMoo — Grab a spoon, you're going to want to try this deliciously dairy-free coconut milk ice cream. Dairy-free, Gluten-Free, Plant-Based, Vegan, Non-GMO, Faire Trade, B-Corp. Our pints are filled with 100% goodness.
- Just Vertical — Discover the best indoor hydroponic growing system. With Just Vertical, you can easily grow your own vegetables indoors. Shop our beautifully-designed modern hydroponic system!
- PocketPills — Pocketpills is Canada's best online pharmacy that allows you to conveniently order online, refill, or consult with an online pharmacist and offers free shipping and low prices.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Data and Analytics, Science/Engineering
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- HALEO Clinic — HALEO is an online insomnia clinic that fits in your pocket
- Axya — Procurement in manufacturing involves thousands of emails and follow ups Procurement professionals use Axya to be 5X more efficient in their source to pay process by cutting back on emails and manual tasks.
- Nord Quantique — Nord Quantique creates quantum processors based on second-generation technology.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Hardware
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- Canada, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Puzzle Medical Devices — Puzzle Medical Low-risk heart support for high-risk patients
- Shoelace Learning — Aligned to curriculum and trusted by educators, Dreamscape is the only FREE hyper-gamified reading program for Grades 2-8, perfect for in class and at home.
- Levr.ai — Levr.ai is an intelligent loans platform built to get your business funded—fast
We support entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey and build technology companies that generate a positive impact on society.
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Investment focus
- Software, IT, Data and Analytics
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Fabacus — Fabacus is a global technology business and creator of proprietary technology platform, Xelacore, designed to digitally-transform businesses within the licensing & retail industries. Driven by first-hand experience within retail, licensing and manufacturing, Fabacus are standardising product information, allowing businesses to create robust andretail standards-compliant product catalogues to sit at the core of all their business initiatives. Xelacore is a modular, cloud-based platform, built to meet bespoke business needs and integrate with existing systems, including multifaceted data validations and governance checks. It enables licensors, licensees and brands to improve business agility and ability - driving sales, combatting counterfeit, increasing efficiency and ultimately achieving full visibility of their consumer product licensing programs, with to-the-minute data authenticated by all stakeholders. Fabacus was founded in 2016 with headquarters in London. The company's mission is to transform brand licensing through the power of data, with their industry-wide solution.
- DarwinAI — DarwinAI helps manufacturers transform their visual quality inspection with leading artificial intelligence to improve product quality, operator efficiency, and production cost savings.
- CommerceBear — The only platform built for furniture manufacturers.
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Investment focus
- Software, Data and Analytics, IT
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- KeyOps — A revolutionary physician engagement platform that allows doctors to quickly share their expert opinions with healthcare stakeholders such as government institutions, hospitals, universities, and life science companies.
- Cinchy — Cinchy is the enterprise-grade Data Collaboration platform used by technology organizations to deliver new business capabilities in half the time and cost vs. traditional approaches. Global businesses like are already using Cinchy's unique Data Fabric architecture to eliminate data fragmentation, improve data privacy and protection, andfinally take control of their data.Cinchy was voted best-of-show at Finovate in NY, won top pick at TechCrunch Disrupt in SF, voted “best solution for improving operations” by Bank Director, and featured by Gartner in their “Cool Vendors in Data Management” publication for 2020.
- GrowerIQ — The only integrated cannabis management software solution for Licensed Producers. Manage your facility and grow with intelligence!
Canada's leading nationwide pre-seed venture fund.
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Investment focus
- Software, Data and Analytics, IT
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Lancey — Lancey is an interactive demo builder designed for sales and marketing teams to grow pipeline and close deals.
- Nolk — Hi, we're nolk,a modern brand stewards for the digital generation. We find growing, direct-to-consumer businesses and help them scale to greater success.
- HyperComply — HyperComply is the fastest and most accurate way to send and respond to security questionnaires.
Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Science/Engineering
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Canada, Spain, United States
Portfolio highlights
- AAVAA — About Us. AAVAA believes that you should be in control of your audio environment. Our technology lets you seamlessly choose what you hear simply by focusing on the sounds of interest. About Us. AAVAA believes that you should be in
- Goloot — Reward your everyday.
- Trexity — Trexity Is a Local Delivery Service That Grows Communities by Connecting Merchants to Couriers. Join Our Delivery Revolution Today!
The Ontario Centres of Excellence invests in projects and people to accelerate industry R&D to impact the Ontario economy through the commercialization of leading edge research.OCE invests in- Industry-Academic collaborative research- Commercialization of academic research through licensing and spin off companies- Early stage seedfinancing of start-ups- Skills development for high quality personnelThe Ontario Centres of Excellence is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1987. Core funding is provided by the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
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Investment focus
- Software, Hardware, Science/Engineering
- Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- SoulRooms — SoulRooms enables multifamily and student housing landlords to rent/manage properties efficiently, and create a better appeal for modern, digital native renters. We apply deep learning to simplify the regular tasks of online application review, acceptance and automate information flow for tenant requests. Our platform also provides aproprietary renting by the room feature that enables landlords to improve cashflows by over 30% and reduce vacancies across the portfolio.
- NURO — NURO is the manufacturer of NUOS, the Neural Operating System. NUOS allows today instant communication and full-scale computing by brain signals without surgery.
- Hopeful Inc. — We help nonprofits understand all aspects of social media, identify donor prospects and analyze donor behaviour. Through Hopeful, we enable nonprofits to
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Science/Engineering, IT
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Cegerco — Cegerco specializes in the construction of industrial and institutional sectors. They also restore and renovate historic buildings, while maintaining the original materials. They provide services in the mining sector like silos, conveyors, crushers, etc.
- Groupe Canva — Canva Group is a dynamic holding company in the identification and visual communications field with 9 complementary companies acquired over the last 15 years. Operating with 3 different autonomous business units under the names of Idenco Canada (Boucherville), Decalcomanie Artistic (Montreal) and Mirazed in (St-Hubert), the 200-employee companyserves more than 4,000 customers with its complementary serigraphy and digital printing services. Their goal is to create the best customer experience.
- Voilà! Technologies — Voilà! Technologies is a workforce optimization software startup.
Hedgewood is an investment firm active in venture capital, internet businesses, real estate, specialty finance, asset management, and private equity.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Financial
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Canada, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- 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.
- Unito — Connect the tools you're already using with deep 2-way integrations and optimize workflows for Asana, Jira, Trello, Google Sheets and more.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Science/Engineering
- Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- Canada, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- eThor — Trusted By National Brands Trusted By National Brands Contactless In the age of COVID-19, it's more important than ever to provide your customers a safe way to pay. eThor offers a number of contactless payment options, from Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or other forms of
- PLAYR.gg — Surf Giveaways is the #1 platform to run giveaways, sweepstakes, and contests for gamers. Grow your audience and build your community with giveaways now!
- Tonit — Connect with local riders. Discover hundreds of rides & events. Track & share your ride. Share photos & videos with the community.
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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Investment focus
- Software, IT, Science/Engineering
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Canada, United States, Argentina
Portfolio highlights
- Optel Group — We are leading global provider of traceability, track-and-trace and vision systems for a growing number of industries, including pharmaceutical, medical devices, food and beverage, agrochemicals, metals and minerals.
- Summit Nanotech — Summit Nanotech innovates direct lithium extraction (DLE) processes to economically and sustainably unlock lithium resources globally.
- Royal Helium — Royal Helium Ltd. is publicly traded on the TSX Venture exchange under the symbol RHC.
Yaletown Partners specializes in investing in software, data, and device technologies. It invests in technology companies that improve industry and enterprise productivity and sustainability, to help accelerate their growth, shorten exit timeframes, and accomplish strong exit premiums.With offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montréal, and a growingpresence in Toronto, Yaletown is led by a national team that contributes almost 100 years of technology-industry experience and a network of extensive industry relationships.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, IT
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- Canada, United States, Belgium
Portfolio highlights
- GoBolt — Logistics, Simplified. GoBolt is building a sustainable, first-party supply chain network. Delivering an end-to-end customer experience.
- Userful — The #1 Software-Defined Platform for Enterprise AV-over-IP
- Tasktop — Tasktop offers a software platform that allows companies to better manage the process of building their software. Tasktop plugs into existing tools and overlays the end-to-end value stream to provide the abstractions, automation, visualizations, and forensics needed to practice value stream management on a daily basis.
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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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Science/Engineering, Software
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Flare — We enable companies to prevent cyber attacks before they become costly data breaches.
- WorkJam — The most complete and modular suite of productivity tools for frontline employees. Trusted by global brands and loved by their employees.
- UgoWork — UgoWork is a manufacturing company that specializes in the production of lithium-ion batteries and energy systems for industrial purposes.
Since its creation in 1996, Fondaction has been based on the belief that it is not only possible to do things differently in the financial and business world, it is a necessity.Fondaction helps Québecers prepare for retirement by offering affordable retirement savings to everyone. The savings collected are invested in companies across Québec.This way, Fondaction helps create and maintain quality jobs, contributing to a stronger, more equitable and greener economy.Created in 1996, Fondaction is a labour-sponsored fund with assets in excess of one billion dollars collected as retirement savings from more than 131,000 shareholders. Fondaction's direct investments and those made through investment funds support the development of more than 1 050 SMEs in different lines of business, in large part involved in various components of the social economy.Fondaction has always been resolutely committed to socially responsible finance, from the moment it was created. The principles of sustainable development are integrated in everything it does. Whether investing in businesses directly or in capital markets, Fondaction always applies the principles of responsible investment to the money entrusted by its savers.Fondaction was one of the first institutions in Québec to make accountability reports an obligation in an effort to improve its practices and contribute to moving sustainable development forward in Québec. It produced its first report on sustainable development in 2006 in accordance with the international standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the highest standards of precision and transparency in economic, social and environmental accountability.In 2010 and 2012, Fondaction remained at the forefront with its 3rd and 4th sustainable development reports, having them reviewed by an independent firm and achieving an application level of A+ from the GRI. Fondaction is the only financial institution in Québec to achieve this level.In 2014, Fondaction tabled its 5th sustainable development report, produced in accordance with the latest GRI guidelines, the G4. Fondaction also opted for Comprehensive compliance, becoming the 1st financial institution in North America and the 9th in the world to voluntarily adhere to these requirements.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Real Estate, Food/Beverage
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- Canada, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Optel Group — We are leading global provider of traceability, track-and-trace and vision systems for a growing number of industries, including pharmaceutical, medical devices, food and beverage, agrochemicals, metals and minerals.
- Voilà! Technologies — Voilà! Technologies is a workforce optimization software startup.
- Nolk — Hi, we're nolk,a modern brand stewards for the digital generation. We find growing, direct-to-consumer businesses and help them scale to greater success.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, IT, Data and Analytics
- Seed, Funding Round, Grant
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Passiv — Passiv makes it easy for you to manage your portfolio so that you can save more for retirement and spend more of your time enjoying life.
- ProcedureFlow — With ProcedureFlow, following company processes has never been easier. Our cloud-based knowledge management software will help you make your employees experts faster.
- Soricimed — Soricimed is a privately-held, clinical stage company focused on the development and commercialization of applications originally derived from its unique and proprietary family of peptides found in the paralytic venom of the northern short-tailed shrew
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
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Investment focus
- Software, Commerce/Shopping, Financial
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Ledge — Ledge is a command center for payments built for finance teams operating at scale.Ledge empowers finance teams with tools to centralize their payments data, get a real-time payments snapshot, automate multi-way reconciliation, identify problem transactions, accelerate their investigations, and dramatically lower the risk of losses, all withoutany engineering support.Finance teams regain control of payments and are freed to focus on strategic business impact, not manual payments work.
- Dalia — Dalia's recruitment marketing automation converts your lost job seeker traffic to give you more qualified applicants and lower your job advertising spend.
- Freemodel — Freemodel handles the financing, design, construction and management of pre-sales home renovation. In-person project directors are assigned to each project and work with agents directly. No upfront payments, Freemodel is paid when the home sells.
Mistral Venture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. The firm invests in startups that solve critical business problems, regardless of the business model– enterprise software, B2B SaaS, marketplaces, etc. It also partners with founders who value experience, commitment, and the higheststandards of integrity and respect.
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Investment focus
- Software, Data and Analytics, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Cookin — Cookin is the world's biggest food delivery marketplace. Find the best meals directly from chefs, cooks and food creators that you can't get anywhere else.
- Expeto — Welcome to Expeto NeXtworking: Enterprise Mobile Networking that knows no bounds. FOR MXOs For MXOs who want to expand their...
- Buckzy Payments — Buckzy Payments is dedicated to building the worlds first open real-time ecosystem for enabling consumers and small businesses to send and receive money instantly, 24x7, 365 days
Angel One Network Inc. is a member-based, not-for-profit organization.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Hardware
- Angel, Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States, Malaysia
Portfolio highlights
- Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.
- 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.
Right Side Capital Management is a venture capital firm that helps startups build their company. It invests exclusively in the pre-seed round of technology startups and makes 75-100 investment per year. The firms prefers to invest in diversified technology sectors such as the internet and cloud companies.RSCM was established in 2010 and is basedin San Francisco, California.
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Investment focus
- Software, Data and Analytics, IT
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Benefitbay — Our ICHRA administration platform includes real-time plan modeling and a best-in-class premium payment solution. All backed by direct, human support.
- Qeepsake — The easiest way to capture and preserve memories about your child or pregnancy.
- LiveFreely — Track your health patterns in a modern way with BUDDY. BUDDY is an app that runs on your loved one's smartwatch. It tracks your all-day activities.
Angel Investing via Teams is our approach to seeking higher returns and more exits. We leverage the expertise of our investors to do more due diligence and provide post investment expertise to our portfolio companies.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Software, Science/Engineering
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Canada, China, United States
Portfolio highlights
- VoxCell BioInnovation — Creating an extraordinary line of solutions for the drug development industry and the field of Oncology research.
- Care2Talk — Care2Talk is a video call mobile app for senior citizens that is secure, fast, and easy to navigate with 7-day battery life.
- Frontly — Frontly's no-code internal admin tooling platform empowers businesses to build custom applications to solve their greatest business challenges in minutes without writing a line of code.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Data and Analytics, IT
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- notch — notch simplifies wholesale food and beverage ordering for restaurants and suppliers of all sizes. Make all your orders, chat, and pay in one place.
- Boostsecurity.io — Boostsecurity.io is a computer software company that assists software developers to discover cybersecurity-related issues. It was founded in 2020 and its headquarters is located in Montreal, Quebec.
- TVision — TVision measures how people really watch Linear & CTV using cutting-edge computer-vision technology to gather person-level insights on viewer engagement.
Built by founders, for founders. Garage Capital helps best-in-class companies jump from garage to growth.
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Investment focus
- Software, IT, Other
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Canada, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Devyce — The easiest way to get a second UK mobile phone number. Get a new number or bring your own and port it for free. For teams and individuals.
- 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.
- notch — notch simplifies wholesale food and beverage ordering for restaurants and suppliers of all sizes. Make all your orders, chat, and pay in one place.
Our presence, perspective and people enable us to partner closely with founders to help them define this future.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Canada, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Chord — Chord is the headless commerce and data platform for growing brands
- Fractal Homes — Own your dream second home at a fraction of its cost
- Thala Labs — Unleash the liquidity of your assets with our Stablecoin, AMM, and Launchpad
Women-powered capital building the Financial Feminist Economy.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Software, IT
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Shoelace Learning — Aligned to curriculum and trusted by educators, Dreamscape is the only FREE hyper-gamified reading program for Grades 2-8, perfect for in class and at home.
- Fictionary — Edit with precision using Fictionary, our AI novel writing software for all your writing endeavours. Discover our book writing and editing software:
- Blume — Blends with benefits. Organic superfood powders for your mug, cup, bowl and baking sheet. We believe wellness should be fun and accessible. All of our colorful lattes are vegan, refined sugar-free and less than $1/serving.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Commerce/Shopping, Internet
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Canada, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- ScaleHub — ScaleHub solutions take traditional data extraction to the cloud, enable 99 % automation or greater and get guaranteed ROI while enabling true agility.
- Resilia — Our mission is to strengthen the capacity of nonprofits and help grantors scale impact through data-driven technology solutions. Our clients are champions for public good. They are big-picture entrepreneurs solving global problems. They are local organizations creating positive dialogue within their community. They found schools and fund the arts.They fight for progress where they work. We are honored and humbled to be a part of their story.Resilia powers the people changing the world. After spending nearly a decade advising nonprofits and grantmakers of all sizes, Founder and CEO Sevetri Wilson set her sights on transforming the nonprofit sector through technology.Resilia was launched in 2016 as a software solution to expedite the incorporation and exemption process of nonprofit organizations across all 50 states. Today, Resilia has evolved to serve nonprofits, foundations, corporations, governments, and other grantmakers. Our methodology is centered on trust-based philanthropy principles. Resilia, a name that represents a commitment to positive impact, is the only SaaS platform solution that enables nonprofits to increase capacity and funders to go beyond the grant with technical assistance, coaching, and capacity-building support. We meet changemakers where they are.Resilia’s mission has always been to strengthen and uplift nonprofit organizations by elevating their stories, driving advocacy efforts, and prioritizing those that are underserved through long-term capacity building. From our team to the organizations we serve, DEI is in everything we do.As of May 2021, Resilia has raised over $11M in venture capital. We are based in New Orleans with an office in New York City.
- Bonsai — Bridging content and commerce. Bonsai brings together products people love and the content they can't get enough of.
NRC is the Government of Canada's leading resource for research, development and technology-based innovation. NRC comprises some 20 institutes and national programs, spanning a wide variety of disciplines and offering a broad array of services.
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Investment focus
- Software, Science/Engineering, Manufacturing
- Grant, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- FemTherapeutics Inc. — FemTherapeutics Inc. is developing the world's first customizable gynaecological prosthetic for the treatment of pelvic health conditions.
- Pantheon Design — Pantheon Design develops 3D printing systems that allow industrial grade flexible manufacturing at a speed never seen before.
- Ekona Power — Ekona is using methane from feedstock to produce clean hydrogen and electrical power.
WUTIF Capital (VCC) Inc. is a novel angel fund that co-invests with angel investors in promising new technology ventures in British Columbia. WUTIF was formed in mid-2003 and made its first investments in late 2004.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Science/Engineering
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- VoxCell BioInnovation — Creating an extraordinary line of solutions for the drug development industry and the field of Oncology research.
- Care2Talk — Care2Talk is a video call mobile app for senior citizens that is secure, fast, and easy to navigate with 7-day battery life.
- Frontly — Frontly's no-code internal admin tooling platform empowers businesses to build custom applications to solve their greatest business challenges in minutes without writing a line of code.
Version One Ventures is an early-stage venture fund investing in the next generation of mission-driven founders.
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Investment focus
- Software, Other, Commerce/Shopping
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- ether.fi — Keep your keys.
- Jobber — Jobber is an award-winning business management platform for small home service businesses. Unlike spreadsheets or pen and paper, Jobber keeps track of everything in one place and automates day-to-day operations, so small businesses can provide 5-star service at scale. Jobber’s 100,000+ home service professionals have served over 12 millionhouseholds in more than 47 countries. The company continually ranks as one of Canada’s fastest-growing and most innovative companies by Canadian Business and Macleans, The Globe and Mail, Fast Company, and Deloitte.
- Peaze — Making web3 easy for everyone
Round13 Capital are different than a typical Venture Capital fund. Round13 are more than just capital, and are a thought partner for management with deep experience in building businesses.
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Investment focus
- Software, IT, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- System-3 — System-3 is a SaaS-based predictive Leadership Simulation that minimizes bias, and measures whether experienced and emerging leaders deploy the core Leadership Competencies required in today’s complex, business environment.
- Alvéole — Alvéole's platform helps businesses meet their sustainability and engagement goals by bringing bees to their building.
- ChainSafe Systems — ChainSafe Systems is a global leader in blockchain protocol and infrastructure development located in Toronto.
Lightbank VC is a $380M AUM venture fund that invests in early-stage consumer, enterprise, healthcare, crypto, fintech and climate companies. It focuses on pre-seed, seed and Series A opportunities where they write initial checks between $250k - $5m. They have invested in over 150 companies such as Tempus, Udemy, Fiverr (NYSE: FVRR), Sprout Social(NYSE: SPRT), Boom Supersonic, Tastytrade (acq. $1B+), Clearcover, Extend and Expel.
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- Software, Commerce/Shopping, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- Stride — On-demand, confidential micro-coaching for all your employees.
- Paytient — Unlock access to care for the whole family with a Paytient Health Payment Account. No interest, no fees, and no credit check to open an account.
- SparkPlug — Award-winning software company specializing in sales enablement and gamification technologies for retail teams.
Globalive Capital is an investment company based in Canada. The Firm makes investments primarily in the telecommunications and real estate with co-investment activities alongside venture capital funds.
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- Software, Hardware, Data and Analytics
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Canada, United States, United Kingdom
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- Curv Health — Modern virtual Training, Physiotherapy, & Rehab Clinic. Computer Vision & Health Coaches for Strengthening & Recovery.
- KEEP Labs — The Modern medicine Cabinet and Data Platform. We partner with healthcare organizations to improve patient adherence by integrating and augmenting their programs, not displacing them.
- 3D BioFibR — 3D BioFibR is a biomaterial manufacturing company that produces naturally sourced, high-value bio fibers such as spider silk, collagen, chitosan, and others. Preliminary fiber performance data shows the potential applications of these fibers in several global markets, including biomedical engineering, green textiles, defense, and aerospaceengineering. Formed in July 2020, 3D BioFibR was founded on the pioneering research of Dr. John Frampton. 3D BioFibR is focused on novel and proprietary methods of biofiber production that have a quality and scale that is currently not achievable with current methods. 3D BioFibR scientists have demonstrated the ability to make collagen fibers, termed CollaFibR™, that are stronger than natural tendons, and spider silk that is tougher than steel and 2000% more flexible. 3D BioFibR’s vision is to become the global leader in the manmade production of nature’s strongest, lightest and toughest materials at a scale and cost that makes them a competitive solution to the engineering challenges of our day.
Maple Leaf Angels are an experienced group of private investors looking for great entrepreneurs, great products and great companies. Bringing together investment, experience and knowledge, we help accelerate companies to become market leaders in their industry.We focus on four main investment areas as follows:- Information Technology- CleanTechnology- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials- Special Opportunities
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- Software, Science/Engineering, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Canada, United States
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- Wyvern — Better Earth, From Space
- EmergConnect — Emergconnect is creating the first ever digital 'front door' for patients seeking same day care.
- Grüvi — Gruvi is a line of craft brewed alcohol-free beers & wines.
Marketplace, Digital Health, SaaS
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- Software, Commerce/Shopping, Food/Beverage
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Canada, United States
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- Fincentify — Fincentify is building a fintech ecosystem to help people borrow, save, and protect themselves.
- GrubMarket — GrubMarket develops a website where sellers can offer foods and other items at wholesale prices to customers. It offers products such as organic foods, vegetables, gluten-free foods, snacks, drinks, pantries, home goods, health and beauty products, baby and kids' products, pets, non-GMO foods, paleo foods, cholesterol-free, and no trans-fatfoods.GrubMarket also offers foods from local farms, fisheries, commercial kitchens, certified home kitchens, and restaurants. Mike Xu founded GrubMarket in 2014, with its headquarters in Newark in California with an additional office in San Francisco in California.
- Laxis — Learn how UX designers, product managers, market research, consultants, and attorneys use conversation Intelligence to supercharge their business and increase revenue. Learn more.
Since 1999, Acton Capital invests in tech-enabled business models to create value for the long run. We support world-class teams on their way to market leadership.
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- Commerce/Shopping, Internet, Software
- Series B, Funding Round, Series A
- Germany, Canada, United Kingdom
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- Klaus — Hypergrowth companies use Klaus to run an effective customer service QA process, coach agents, and boost retention.
- Skribble — Skribble is a platform for electronic signatures that presupposes the identification of the signatures. The platform provides the legally suitable electronic signature for every type of contract even if the law requires the same legal weight as a handwritten signature. It allows signing documents electronically with just a few clicks legallybinding in accordance with Swiss & EU law.Skribble was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Seatti — Find out more about how you can manage your flex desks in the office with Seatti and at the same time let employees network more personally despite different work locations.
We are an early stage venture capital firm that invests globally in early-stage, transformative tech companies with strong network effects.
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- Software, Data and Analytics, Commerce/Shopping
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Canada, United States
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- YOURIKA — AI-assisted education technology and student support
- Parallelz — Parallelz builds a platform that enables anyone to instantly create, and share “impossible” versions of their favorite mobile games.
- Wavy — Helping companies create amazing culture by providing experiences and tools to plan, manage, review & improve their goals.
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.
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- Science/Engineering, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Grant, Debt Financing, Funding Round
- Canada, United States, Myanmar
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- Metaspectral — Compression.ai is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of machine learning and web services. The company has developed encoding and decoding capability for images using machine learning, which achieves on-average about 95% compression rates of a raw image without significantly losing its quality.
- Technopole maritime du Québec — Technopole maritime du Québec (TMQ) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and development of Quebec’s innovative maritime sectors, including maritime transportation, marine technologies, and marine biotechnologies.
- BioVectra — BIOVECTRA is a global contract drug manufacturing organization specializing in small molecules and biologics manufacturing. Learn more about our solutions:
FundersClub focuses on Seed and early stage investments. Investments include Coinbase, Instacart, Flexport, Le Tote, Teespring, Memebox, GitLab.FundersClub is the world's first online venture capital platform. Backed by Y Combinator, First Round Capital, Spark Capital, Intel Capital, Draper, Andreessen Horowitz, Felicis Ventures, and more;FundersClub Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in the United States.
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- Software, IT, Other
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, India
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- Reshape Biotech — We build robots to automate laboured processes in Biotech. Our Media Plate Filler, dispenses agar automatically into SBS/microtiter plates
- Quindar — Satellite Mission Management for startups. Operate faster than your competition.
- celeri — celeri helps financial companies grow while staying compliant
BDC Capital can customize a financing plan to meet the needs of you and your business, whether your need is $100,000 or $5 million.
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- Software, Commerce/Shopping, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Canada
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- Muse — Muse is an immersive meditation device that provides real-time feedback on your mental activity, heart rate, breathing, and body movements to help you build a consistent meditation practice.
- MolecuLight — MolecuLight is a Canadian advanced wound care solutions company. Proud maker of the MolecuLight i:X handheld wound imaging device for clinicians.
- FISPAN — FISPAN contextual banking platform enables banks to provide a best-in-class commercial banking experience by removing friction and adding value to clients.
Kensington Capital Partners is an investment firm in the business of wealth creation, providing access to high quality investments for over 25 years.
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- Software, Hardware, Science/Engineering
- Series B, Funding Round, Private Equity
- Canada, United States, India
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- 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.
- 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.
- Minus Global — Minus Global is a distributed food waste solutions company. Led by a team of recognized international waste industry entrepreneurs, mínus is dedicated to investing in the intersection between traditional waste services and distributed technology, to measurably reduce the cost and environmental impact of food waste. mínus operates in 14 countries,transforming conventional food waste services through our hyperlocal technology – ORCA.
Pre-Seed and Seed StageVenture Investing We aim to lead the first institutional round for exceptional founders building highly scalable software platforms. We leverage our experience as founders and operators along with customer connections to accelerate the growth of our portfolio companies. Portfolio Exits Prioritize what you can control al February 3, 2022 Founders often ask
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- Software, Data and Analytics, Mobile
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Canada, Austria, United States
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- Flipd — Flipd is the all-in-one productivity app makes you feel good about your progress. Keep track of your productivity, stay motivated, connect with others, and achieve your goals with Flipd.
- Litmus Automation — Litmus is the only Industrial Edge Data Platform that connects to all OT assets and puts machine data to work at the edge.
- Repable — Repable is an analytics company that is focused on the gaming industry.Repable provides broadcasters, teams, and enterprises with analytics and insights about the gaming and streaming industries to understand the financial and social impact of their interactions with their fans and public.Repable was founded by Sean Power and Heather AnneCarson in September 2015. And it is based in Toronto, Ontario.
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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- Software, Data and Analytics, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Canada, United States
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- Elevate Farms — Elevate Farms’ solution uses hydroponics, automation, and photobiology to grow leafy greens in a climate-controlled environment. The solution aims to deliver a product that is larger, tastes better, and is more nutritional, at a lower cost than other methods.
- POTLOC — Potloc is a consumer research company, extracting consumer insights by targeting respondents by interest or location on the social networks consumers trust.
- 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.
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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- Software, Internet, Hardware
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Canada, United States
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- CarbonGraph — CarbonGraph is a platform that allows businesses to measure and share their carbon footprint in a standard format. CarbonGraph is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
- LearnExperts — You've invested in your product. We're invested in getting it adopted. Learnexperts is the first Education as a Service provider that takes the full burden off you. We have experts who know how to do it right the first time so you don't have to.
- Planetary — Planetary Technology is on a mission to remove 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by 2035.
If you want to start a business in Canada, Futurepreneur will give mentorship, financing, and resources. Learn about our impact across Canada.
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- Software, Other, Media and Entertainment
- Debt Financing, Seed, Grant
- Canada
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- Periculum — An Alternate Credit Assessment Solution for Underserved Markets
- NONA Vegan — Italian plant-based sauces that bring everyone to the table!
- HopKidz Technologies Inc. — B2B2C marketplace, real-time search & booking engine: parents locate a short notice childcare, book it, pay online and can either drop-off their child in as little as within 15 min or get a sitter over to their place within an hour. All caregivers are 100% screened. B2B application on EAP as back-up care, business-subsidized. First-to-market inCanada, competitors in US and Australia. World market = $200b+. Growth plan to dominate the market.
Relay Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in start-ups, seed, early-stage, mid venture, late venture, and growth capital investments.It seeks to invest in the mobile computing industry with a focus on applications and services including mobile commerce such as payments, advertising, retailing, and consumer banking; vertical andhorizontal enterprise applications; communications; social networking; location-based and location-aware applications and services such as navigation and mapping; media and entertainment; commercial services and supplies; wireless application service providers; wireless devices software; wireless networking equipment; and lifestyle and personal productivity applications for the BlackBerry and other mobile platforms.Relay Ventures also focuses on investments in mobile-related software and services and mobile eco-system sectors. It seeks to invest in mobile technology with a focus on software for mobile devices and the connected Internet.John Albright and Kevin Talbot founded Relay Ventures on January 1, 2010. It has its headquarters in Toronto in Canada, with an additional office in San Francisco and Calgary.
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- Software, Mobile, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- Cookin — Cookin is the world's biggest food delivery marketplace. Find the best meals directly from chefs, cooks and food creators that you can't get anywhere else.
- FCTRY LAb — Fctry lab combine traditional manufacturing methods with modern technology, allowing us to redefine techniques and invent new construction methods
- Boomerang — Boomerang is a technology-powered service that collects, stores, and returns lost valuables back to their owners.
We invest in founders who are driven to push the limits of what is possible
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- Software, Internet, IT
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Canada, United States, Portugal
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- Canaery — Canaery is building a neural interface for analyzing an object’s scent fingerprint to identify dangerous compounds at places like ports and inspection points without (or in addition to) x-rays or cameras.
- Voltpost — The lamppost electric vehicle charger.
- Talent Protocol — Talent Protocol is the web3 professional network where high-potential individuals can build an on-chain resume and launch a talent token, allowing anyone to easily invest in their careers.
Sherbrooke Innopole is the economic development organization of the City of Sherbrooke which serves the industrial and tertiary-engine sectors. We provide free support to entrepreneurs in the industrial and technological sectors in Sherbrooke towards success.
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- Science/Engineering, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Canada
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- Immugenia — Immugenia is an early-stage immuno-oncology company developing a novel approach to CAR therapy by engineering hematopoietic stem cells to treat cancer and prevent relapses.
- Calogy Solutions — Calogy Solutions is focused on solving complex industrial thermal management challenges. We leverage our expertise to solve thermal issues and provide novel solutions in diverse industries, notably battery thermal management in electric transport applications.
- TATUM bioscience — TATUM bioscience is a synthetic biology startup developing synthetic advanced biologics capable of multi-tasking therapeutic activities, packing all the advantages of combination therapy in a single agent to provide safer and more efficient treatments.
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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- Software, IT, Science/Engineering
- Funding Round, Seed, Debt Financing
- Canada, Argentina, United States
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- Royal Helium — Royal Helium Ltd. is publicly traded on the TSX Venture exchange under the symbol RHC.
- Foodtastic — Foodtastic is proud to build unique restaurants, which serve delicious food and exotic drinks in a fun atmosphere. Discover all the Foodtastic franchise brands.
- Swiss Water — Swiss Water is an innovative, 100% chemical free decaffeination process company removing caffeine for coffee roasters around the world.
We invest in retail focused technology companies.
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- Software, Commerce/Shopping, Hardware
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Canada, United States
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- Logiwa — WMS software and 3PL Software - empower companies to run a digital fulfillment network & grow their DTC business.
- 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.
Startup TNT is a non-profit organization that emphasizes community building of investors, entrepreneurs and cheerleaders, who gather every week and build friendships before companies. Previously generated more than $3 Million capital for local startups, TNT aims to transform Alberta into Canada's be
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- Software, Internet, IT
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Canada, United States
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- 10Adventures — Find the hiking trails to the most stunning places on earth. Plan a trip using our free online route guides or book one of our handpicked adventure tours.
- KnowHow — Onboard new staff and standardize your construction company in less than 24 hours with KnowHow, a software system for process-driven, growing blue-collar companies
- Yr Plans — Yr Plans is a developer of a financial platform that offers financial plans for employees.
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