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Top 50 Oil and Gas VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Canada in July 2025

Last updated: Jul 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Oil and gas startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Oil and gas companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Oil and Gas VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Canada in July 2025

Investor	Oil and Gas Canada investments
SaskWorks Venture Fund	9
BDC Capital Cleantech Practice	4
VA Angels	3
SLB	2
Angel Invest	2
Sallyport Investments	2
Moment Ventures	2
Enbridge	2
Regeneration.VC	2
Business Development Bank of Canada	2
Rice Investment Group	2
Hillside Ventures	2
Equinor Technology Ventures	2
Evok Innovations	2
Fulcrum Global Capital	2
Accelerate Fund	2
GreenSky Ventures	2
Investeco Capital	2
Space Capital	1
InterGen Capital	1
East Valley Ventures	1
Greylock	1
Hatch	1
Soma Capital	1
EIC Rose Rock	1
Heidelberg Materials	1
Sustainable Development Technology Canada	1
Golden Ventures	1
UBC Seed Fund	1
Chevron Technology Ventures	1
BP Ventures	1
Energy Innovation Capital	1
Canadian Business Growth Fund	1
Yaletown Partners	1
WUTIF	1
ONEOK	1
Space Capital	1
The Ontario Capital Growth	1
Anzu Partners	1
Natural Resources Canada	1
Innovacorp	1
Real Ventures	1
Wing Venture Capital	1
Playground Global	1
Henkel	1
Cenovus Energy	1
M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund	1
Export Development Canada	1
Climate Investment	1
Bullpen Capital	1

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SaskWorks Venture Fund is a Saskatchewan-based retail mutual fund that invests in privately-held small and medium-sized businesses owned or primarily operated in Saskatchewan. As a labour-sponsored venture capital corporation (LSVCC), investments in SaskWorks are eligible to receive a tax credit equal to 35% in addition to their RRSP tax deferral.Since its inception, the Fund has provided a unique opportunity for Saskatchewan residents to keep their investment dollars at home, helping to grow local companies and creating jobs in their province.

Investment focus

Oil and Gas, Energy, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Seed, Post-IPO Equity
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Curbie — Curbie is an online platform that enables consumers to buy, sell, and trade-in vehicles in Canada. The company provides consumers with an ecommerce buying experience that is unique in the Canadian landscape. Consumers select from Curbie's online inventory, receive the vehicles at their homes and, after purchase, have 7-days to decide to keepor return. Curbie is a highly-automated enterprise, featuring its own set of algorithmic and AI-based tools, which minimize staffing needs and enhance decision-making.
54e Dev Studios — 54e Dev Studios creates unique robotics and gaming experiences using real-time communication technologies.
Ground Truth Agriculture — Ground Truth Ag revolutionizes precision farming with automated grain grading solutions. Our cutting-edge technology provides real-time, accurate grain quality monitoring, optimizing productivity for farmers and agribusinesses. Discover the future of agtech with us.

We can help you meet the capital-intensive needs of scaling and achieve timely growth. We offer more flexible equity financing and commercial loans.

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Series A, Series C
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

e-Zinc — Founded in 2012, e-Zinc is a Toronto, Canada, based corporation that has developed a breakthrough electrochemical technology for storing energy in zinc metal. This low-cost, flexible, and long-duration energy storage solution will provide the platform for the world’s energy markets to be fully powered by renewable energy, enabling a zero-carbonenergy future.
VueReal — VueReal is engineering the next electronic systems by mass integration of high-efficiency nano/micro-devices into large-area substrates (e.g., displays, sensors, system on panel, and more). They have started by making the true-life experience of micro-LED displays affordable for all applications (TV, laptop, smartphone,virtual/augmented reality, etc.). VueReal technology platform is based on the interplay of cutting-edge micro/nano-device processing, sophisticated integration technologies and advanced system design (hardware and software). VueReal technologies can enhance the experience of existing electronic systems and enable new applications by integrating millions of highly efficient micro-devices (micro-LED) into system substrate. As our Solid Printing (TM) technology works across all substrate sizes, it can develop displays ranging from super high ppi (>4000 ppi) to very large.
Silfab Solar — Silfab solar panels are designed and engineered specifically for the North American environment and manufactured utilizing advanced robotics.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
Canada, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Tonit — Connect with local riders. Discover hundreds of rides & events. Track & share your ride. Share photos & videos with the community.
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!
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

SLB is a global technology company, driving energy innovation for a balanced planet

Investment focus

Energy, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Immaterial — Facilitating the energy transition with advanced materials.
RayGen — We're powering the future with low cost, high efficiency solar power technology and renewable energy storage. Contact us for more details today.
The Exploration Company — For Space & Non-Space Industries.

Angel Invest is one of Europe's most active angel funds

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Strange Loop Labs — Guru automates tax, insurance, and audit processes with generative AI
cognee inc — cognee helps you create a GraphRAG and supports Vector Stores, Graph stores, and various LLM providers
Synthera AI — Synthetic Data for Financial Markets using Generative AI

Founded in 2012, Sallyport Investments is a single-family office based in Houston, TX. Sallyport provides capital and leadership to companies, with a primary focus in the energy, energy transition, and financial services industries. Sallyport endeavors to be a value-adding partner to the companies in which it invests, working side-by-side with itsmanagement teams to create great businesses and long-term value.

Investment focus

Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Advice
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

VRGL — VRGL specializes in offering data analytics, portfolio performance, investment strategies, and guidance for wealth management businesses.
Persefoni AI — Persefoni is a Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP). The company's Software-as-a-Service solutions enable enterprises and financial institutions to meet stakeholder and regulatory climate disclosure requirements with the highest degrees of trust, transparency, and ease. As the ERP of Carbon, the Persefoni platform provides usersa single source of carbon truth across their organization, enabling them to manage their carbon transactions and inventory with the same rigor and confidence as their financial transactions.
Validere — Measure and capitalize on emission reductions while improving operations with all-in-one commodity & carbon management platform for oil and gas.

Moment Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in the future of work. The firm invests in early-stage institutional rounds of companies in the future of work and prefers to invest in the logistics, food, oil and gas, education, transportation, and construction sectors.Moment Ventures was founded in 2013 and is headquartered inPalo Alto, California.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Farmdar — We give you the power of precision agriculture, by providing accurate data on your crops.
Rune Labs — Software and data platform for neuromodulation
Aviz Networks — Aviz Networks is a leading provider of solutions for Open, Cloud, and AI-first networks. Aviz delivers switch platform agnostic, easy-to-use applications for network observability, orchestration, and assurance. Aviz also provides disaggregated support for multi-vendor SONiC deployments in data centers & edge networks. Aviz is on a mission to make SONiC a ubiquitous, accessible, and intelligent NOS for every stakeholder.

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Investment focus

Energy, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas
Funding Round, Series C, Series B
Canada, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Divert — Divert is a circular economy company on a mission to prevent food from being wasted. We make social and environmental impact by creating sustainable infrastructure and innovative technologies that help prevent food from being wasted.
Flyscan — Energy companies: our technology is a major asset in protecting the integrity of your pipelines and right-of-ways.
Smart Pipe — Smart Pipe Company, Inc. designs and develops pipeline rehabilitation systems. It offers Smart Pipe, a monitored reinforced thermoplastic pipe used for the rehabilitation of an existing pipeline, or as a stand alone replacement. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Katy, Texas.

Founded in Los Angeles, Regeneration.VC is an early-stage venture fund supercharging consumer-powered climate innovation driven by circular and regenerative principles. Our investment strategy encompasses design (materials & packaging), use (consumer brands & products), and reuse technologies (reverse logistics & marketplaces) thatgenerate measurable environmental impact alongside outsized return potential.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Orbisk — One-third of all food produced (worldwide) is wasted. Orbisk helps professional kitchens to get a grip on their food waste.
Neutreeno — Neutreeno is a deep tech spinout from the University of Cambridge that engineers an intelligent decarbonization system.
Arrive Recommerce — Arrive offers a premium service powering circular commerce for major brands and retailers. The technology and reverse logistics capabilities of The Arrive Platform enables brands and retailers in any industry to integrate circular commerce - including rental and resale - directly into an existing ecommerce experience. With this unique offering,Arrive makes it possible for any company to seamlessly launch a circular channel - ultimately reaching more consumers, driving more revenue, and promoting a sustainable solution. Arrive, first launched as Arrive Outdoors, is an award-winning company and has been named the 4th Most Innovative Travel Company by Fast Company in 2020 and awarded the 2019 Outdoor Retailer of the Year by the Outdoor Retailer Association.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Canada, United States, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

LSL Pharma Group — LSL Pharma Group is a manufacturing company that innovates and manufactures life sciences products. Formed to integrate the operations of its Canadian subsidiaries, each boasting over two decades of expertise, LSL Pharma Group excels as a niche manufacturer in the life science industry. The company offers turnkey formulation, development andmanufacturing services.
Conquest Planning — Conquest Planning is a FinTech company that is developing an innovative solution for the financial services industry.
Highwood Asset Management — Highwood Asset Management is an asset management company that manages oil production and oil midstream spaces.

Rice Investment Group invests in all verticals of the energy sector. We understand start-ups and how to deploy technology to efficiently scale the business.

Investment focus

Oil and Gas, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Persefoni AI — Persefoni is a Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP). The company's Software-as-a-Service solutions enable enterprises and financial institutions to meet stakeholder and regulatory climate disclosure requirements with the highest degrees of trust, transparency, and ease. As the ERP of Carbon, the Persefoni platform provides usersa single source of carbon truth across their organization, enabling them to manage their carbon transactions and inventory with the same rigor and confidence as their financial transactions.
Trinity Gas Storage — Trinity Gas Storage offers tailored gas storage services to meet the needs of a wide range of potential gas storage customers.
Cold Bore Technology — Cold Bore Technology is a sensor-to-cloud completions solution that equips leading industry operators with data-focused infrastructures, smart processing capabilities, and actionable real-time services data unified on a single timeline

Hillside Ventures is an early-stage venture fund supporting companies either founded by UConn alumni or that are in the sustainability, insurtech, or edtech industries.

Investment focus

Energy, Sustainability, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

EnviCore — EnviCore provides sustainable cementitious materials produced from a wide variety of materials ranging from tailings minerals to commercially available clays and pozzolan.
Enviro Power — Enviro Power brings to market an innovative heating system. The SmartWatt Boiler technology platform is designed to generate close-to-zero cost electricity and provide backup power with the potential to reduce utility bills for millions of building owners while lowering its carbon footprint and enhancing grid resiliency.
Rebound Technologies — An agile cold chain solution that boosts revenues, preserves product quality and ensures food safety, all while offering proven energy cost reductions.

Equinor is an energy company that is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas, as well as wind and solar power. It also sells crude oil and is a major supplier of natural gas, with activities in processing, refining, and trading. Its activities are managed through eight business areas, staff and support divisions, andhas operations in North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania, and Norway.

Investment focus

Oil and Gas, Energy, Software
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Norway, Canada

Portfolio highlights

eSmart Systems — ESmart Systems provides AI-driven software solutions to the energy industry and service providers. The company is based on more than 20 years of international experience in establishing and operating knowledge based, leading IT and energy related companies targeting global markets.The company provides software solutions to the energy industry andservice providers. Its cloud-born platform is designed to handle and exploit the Internet of Things, Big Data and Analytics in real-time. Common to all applications is vast data quantities gathered from sensors, which are analyzed using advanced prediction and optimization models. This results in completely new ways of visualizing data, making decisions and saving resources and costs. The platform is designed for Big Data from the ground up without legacy.eSmart Systems originates from the renowned IFE environment (Institute for Energy Technology). The company was founded in 2012 by an experienced team previously responsible for large IT service exports including delivery of the world's first power exchange to Nord Pool, the Nordic Power Exchange, in 1991. Since 2012 the company has grown rapidly and currently consists of almost 80 employees with offices in Norway, Denmark, the UK, and USA.
Data Gumbo — Data Gumbo is the smart contract company trusted by global industrial enterprises. The only network of enterprises and their customers, suppliers and vendors that successfully incorporates real-time sensor level and field data to validate transactions, GumboNet™ reduces costs by more than 10% for all network members by automatically eliminatingpayment delays, disputes and complicated reconciliations.To date, Data Gumbo has received equity funding with Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, the venture subsidiary of Saudi Aramco; Equinor Ventures, the venture subsidiary of Equinor, Norway’s leading energy operator; and L37, a hybrid venture capital and private equity company. Data Gumbo is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with global offices in Stavanger, Norway, and London, UK. For more information, visit www.datagumbo.com.
Earth Science Analytics — Earth Science Analytics is an innovative software technology company, established with a clear vision: to build the next generation of subsurface technologies and workflows. With proven Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) technology, extensive domain and industry knowledge, we enable rapid digitalisation of the energy industry, focusing in particular on Oil & Gas, New Energy, and Asset Management.

Founded in 2016, Evok Innovations is a fund that focuses on early-stage companies in the areas of Clean Energy, CleanTech, ClimateTech and CarbonTech.

Investment focus

Oil and Gas, Chemical, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
Canada, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

VEERUM — VEERUM is a global SaaS provider who brings reality to the digital world. We are the world's platform to see itself.
ZwitterCo — ZwitterCo is revolutionizing water & wastewater treatment with cutting-edge membrane technology, along with providing sustainable, high-efficiency solutions.
Planetary — Planetary restores the chemistry of seawater so it can do what it has always done: support life and protect the planet.

Feeding the world one investment at a time

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Agriculture, Farming
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Rantizo — Fly more acres, deliver better service. The equipment, tools, and expertise you need to be the grower's first call for drone spray services.
Vytelle — With Vytelle, cattle producers increase accuracy of feed intake and bodyweight measurement, improve certainty of genetic selection and accelerate progress.
Niqo Robotics — TartanSense unlocks value for the farming community by working at the intersection of robotics and AI assisted computer vision. Their solutions provides a compelling solution to reduce input costs by up to 90%.

Accelerate Fund supports the growth of early-stage Alberta technology companies with a multi million dollar fund that combines co-investment from angel investors.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

PulseMedica — PulseMedica is developing a medical device to treat eye diseases that affect over 500 million people worldwide. Our device consists of a state-of-the-art 3D imaging and surgical platform that allows for comprehensive patient treatment.
Wyvern — Wyvern was created to unlock the secrets of the elec-tromagnetic spectrum by providing groundbreak-ing access to high-resolution and quality imagery.This will enable a sustainable future for humanity.
Care Group — Care Group is revolutionizing mental health with advanced AI and disruptive technologies, empowering individuals and communities by introducing scalable, user-friendly solutions that respect all users.

GreenSky Ventures is a Toronto-based firm that makes investments in early-stage Canadian technology companies.GreenSky Ventures seeks early-stage B2B technology companies in Canada, emphasizing protectable IP and experienced management. It makes investments in early-stage technology companies through its affiliated venture capital funds, GreenSkyAccelerator Fund I, II and III. Their principals bring a unique combination of experience in technology, law, and finance to high-growth potential companies and dedicated entrepreneurs.GreenSky Capital was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 2010 by Geoff Simonett and Michael T. R. List.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Edgecom Energy — Edgecom Energy's all in one energy platform takes you there. Our solutions reduce your costs and emissions by allowing you to understand, improve and control your energy usage.
BioAlert Solutions — Innovative real-time Legionella detection system for industrial facilities. Lower operational costs and meet regulatory compliance.
Ethica Channel Enablement Inc. — A simple solution for last-mile internet connectivity, specializing in link bonding, session-proof failover, and network management.

InvestEco invests in innovative companies in the Food & Agriculture Sector. Learn More about our process, people, and companies.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

LesserEvil — From source to snack, LesserEvil is dedicated to creating clean, healthy snacks that are as tasty as they are guilt-free. Start your journey to better snacking!
M2 Ingredients — We grow premium full-spectrum mushrooms for the world's most innovative brands.
Om Mushroom Superfood — Our powerful single species and mushroom superfood blends are designed to promote immunity, vitality, cognitive health and energy. Shop now!

Space Angels provides a world-class, easy-to-use platform that helps accredited investors make smart investment decisions.

Investment focus

Aerospace, Space Travel, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Germany

Portfolio highlights

LeoLabs — LeoLabs' network of ground-based, phased array radars produces high-resolution data on objects in LEO, supporting satellite service industries.
Guardian RF — Guardian RF is a defense and security manufacturing startup that provides drone detection technology to US defense and national security
Xona Space Systems — Xona's Pulsar service is the first high-performance alternative to GPS designed to support the age of autonomy. Our constellation of smallsats will provide secure navigation and timing services with the resilience and accuracy needed to enable modern devices to operate safely in any conditions.

InterGen Capital deploys capital into post-seed, pre-Series A companies led by extraordinary teams with proven solutions and big markets. The firm has a strong network of retired and transitioning executives looking to engage with innovative companies emerging from start-up to scale-up.InterGen Capital was founded in 2018 and is located inCalgary, Alberta.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Data Visualization
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

ZayZoon — ZayZoon is a pioneer in earned wage access (EWA) with our flagship product Wages On-Demand. Employees can access part of their payday in advance.
StellarAlgo — Drive fan engagement and revenue across the entire fan journey. For Major Leagues, Emerging Leagues, Live Events, Media & Gaming, and Corporate Partnerships.
Virtuo — The Complete Platform for Modern Homeownership

East Valley is a startup accelerator and angel investor group in Atlantic Canada.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
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.
CIRCLES — You spend 1 hour a month with us on Zoom. We guide your content creation, build your LinkedIn funnel and bring in leads with 10x performing daily video campaigns.
Picketa Systems — Picketa Systems equips agribusinesses with Analysis Stations to perform plant tissue analysis in seconds

Greylock Partners is a leading venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. We are early partners of remarkable teams building companies that matter.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Portfolio highlights

7AI — The Agentic Security Revolution Starts Here. Swarming AI Agents to Eliminate Non-Human Work for Exponentially Better Security Outcomes.
Highstock — The private marketplace for vetted global buyers and coveted brands.
Manas AI — Manas AI uses proprietary AI, generative computational chemistry, and best-in-class biology to reduce the time and expense of traditional medicinal development while also revolutionizing cancer and rare illness treatments.

Market conditions are transforming the way you do business. Stalled global economies, reduced investment activity, weaker global trade, and geopolitical turmoil are driving us all to make significant changes. They understand that your needs are changing rapidly, and so are your expectations of your partners.Their organization is passionatelycommitted to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. They embrace your visions as Their own and partner with you to develop better ideas that are smarter, more efficient, and innovative. Their global network of 9,000 professionals work on the world’s toughest challenges. Their corporate roots extend back more than a hundred years, and Their experience spans over 150 countries around the world in the metals, energy, infrastructure, digital, and investments market sectors.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Flyscan — Energy companies: our technology is a major asset in protecting the integrity of your pipelines and right-of-ways.
Origen — Origen Carbon Solutions provides scalable limestone-based direct air capture technology to permanently reduce CO2 levels in the atmosphere. The company focuses on carbon removal and industrial technology, leveraging the power of limestone to sequester CO2. Origen collaborates with various stakeholders to restore the atmosphere and mitigate climatechange impacts.
General Fusion — General Fusion is developing fusion energy: a clean, safe, abundant and on-demand approach to generating electricity.

Soma Capital is venture capital fund that focuses on investing in software to automate the world across all sectors and geographies.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

0xPass — Frictionless auth and login for your dapp
Muir AI — Go beyond traditional carbon solutions with unprecedented insight into your supply chain, the Scope 3 emissions it produces, and how you can reduce them.
Bluebirds — Track customers job changes for free. No limits.

A coalition to catalyze energy innovation.

Investment focus

Software, Mining, Real Time
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

Captura — Captura is harnessing the power of the ocean to heal the climate through Direct Ocean Capture technology.
Safety Radar — Safety Radar is an AI platform to stop job site accidents through behavioral risk tracking and training.
CruxOCM — Crux OCM: Automate your oil and gas control room operations

Heidelberg Materials is a manufacturing company that manufactures building materials such as cement, concrete, and aggregates.

Investment focus

Mining, CleanTech, Oil and Gas
Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

EnviCore — EnviCore provides sustainable cementitious materials produced from a wide variety of materials ranging from tailings minerals to commercially available clays and pozzolan.

At Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), they fund Canadian cleantech projects and coach the companies that lead them as they move their ground-breaking technologies to market.SDTC’s support of cleantech translates into jobs, growth, and export opportunities for Canadian companies, as well as economic, environmental and healthbenefits for all Canadians. They are independent but don’t work alone. A big part of their role is building and sustaining networks of partners and stakeholders from private industry, academia and governments, at home and abroad. They operate at arm’s length and receive funding from the Government of Canada.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Energy, Software
Grant, Seed, Funding Round
Canada, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Niricson — Niricson Software has developed a proprietary damage assessment software platform paired with a patent-pending drone-based data collection technology that helps infrastructure owners inspect their structures (e.g. hydro dams) in a way that is more accurate, five times faster, and 50% more cost-effective. Niricson is differentiated by its ability toautomatically detect and quantify not only surface damage, but also subsurface damage.
ZeroIN — For ingredient manufacturers seeking to enhance the taste profile of their sweeteners, ZeroIN develops technology to produce next-gen sweeteners with the same bulk, sweetness, and taste as sugar but no aftertaste.
Marine Thinking — Marine Thinking is focused on redefining the marine industry through artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic technologies. It gathers data from marine environments and fish farms using remotely operated vehicles, or ROVs and analyze it using artificial intelligence.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

NiaHealth — Get advanced at-home biomarker testing, proactive healthspan diagnostics, and expert guidance to elevate your health. HSA-eligible.
Vessel — One platform for all your investor relations needs.
Pillar Security — One platform to identify, assess and mitigate security risks across your entire AI lifecycle.

UBC Seed Fund

Investment focus

Robotics, Industrial, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Ideon Technologies — Ideon Technologies is a spin-off from TRIUMF (Canada’s national particle accelerator laboratory) and a world pioneer in the application of cosmic-ray muon tomography. Ideon has developed a discovery platform that integrates proprietary detectors, imaging systems, inversion technologies, and artificial intelligence to provide x-ray-like visibilityup to 1 km beneath the Earth’s surface. By detecting sub-surface muons and transforming the data into reliable geophysical surveys and 3D density maps, Ideon helps exploration geologists identify new mineral and metal deposits with precision and confidence. They drill less and discover more with Ideon – reducing cost and risk, saving time, and minimizing environmental impact. Ideon is also expanding the application of muon tomography to use-cases in oil and gas, critical infrastructure and national security.
Sonic Incytes — VELACUR is a fatty liver disease NIT quantifying real-time measurements of stiffness and attenuation in a point of care setting.
Variational AI — We are a team of AI/machine learning and business specialists using advanced generative AI for drug discovery. We collaborate closely with biopharmaceutical partners to develop new therapeutics across disease areas, aiming to positively impact lives.

Chevron Technology Ventures champions innovation, commercialization and integration of emerging technologies within Chevron.

Investment focus

Energy, Manufacturing, Software
Series B, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

PQShield — PQShield is focused on empowering organizations, industries, and nations, with the ultimate quantum-resistant hardware and software solutions
Zap Energy — Zap Energy's fusion reactor stabilizes plasma using sheared flows rather than magnetic fields. Driving electric current through the flow creates the magnetic field, which confines and compresses the plasma. The higher the current, the greater the pressure and density in the plasma. Zap Energy's reactor is the least expensive, mostcompact, most scalable solution with the shortest path to commercially viable fusion.
Aether Fuels — Enabling a net zero world through sustainable liquid fuels.

bp Ventures plays a key role in helping the company reinvent itself as an integrated energy company, in line with our new purpose: reimagining energy for people and planet.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Hysata — Hysata is a developer of hydrogen electrolyzer designed to accelerate the world's shift away from fossil fuels to green hydrogen
Mantel — Mantel is developing the material solution to carbon capture
BluSmart Mobility — Blu Smart Mobility is a provider of electric shared smart mobility platform for transportation. Blu Smart is an all-electric, shared, and smart mobility platform for ride-sharing, car-sharing, and scooter-sharing. Blu Smart is a 100% electric mobility platform that partners with electric vehicle manufactures.

Energy Innovation Capital is the premier capital provider for innovators serving the energy industry. EIC provides early and growth-stage funding for visionary entrepreneurs tackling global energy challenges with transformative, market-leading solutions. EIC's team leverages its industry expertise, networks and collaborative approach to helptalented entrepreneurs push the boundaries of what's possible and build great companies. To learn more, visit www.energyinnovationcapital.com.

Investment focus

Energy, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Insight M — Insight M develops aerial monitoring technology for methane detection for the energy industry. It supports physical science expertise with data analytics to survey large areas, create digital maps in optical and infrared wavelengths, and scan various pipelines and acres of territory to identify major sources of gas loss.The company completed thefirst-ever basin-wide aerial survey for methane detection in its 2019 survey of the Permian Basin. Kairos Aerospace’s mission is to improve operational excellence for the oil and gas industry with cost-effective, efficient methane reductions at scale.
Relectrify — Unlocking extra lifetime and performance of batteries via advanced battery management (BMS) technology.
Kairos Aerospace — Kairos Aerospace provides large-scale, aerial monitoring of methane emissions. The company completed the first-ever basin-wide aerial survey for methane detection in its 2019 survey of the Permian Basin. Kairos Aerospace’s mission is to improve operational excellence for the oil and gas industry with cost-effective, efficient methane reductions atscale.

CBGF helps privately-owned Canadian businesses with the capital, talent, and expertise they need to drive growth and realize their potential.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series B, Private Equity
Canada, Argentina, United States

Portfolio highlights

Amilia — Amilia is an eCommerce platform for activities and recreation. We enable organizations to engage with their community by making it easy to find, register, and pay for activities online. Try it out for free!
Litco LSO — Litco LSO is redefining law firm partnerships, creating a network of client-obsessed firms that deliver excellence with greater ease and bigger rewards.
Minus Waste Solutions — 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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
Canada, United States, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

ClimateAI — Build climate resilience with accurate insights and actionable recommendations that will give you a competitive edge.
Inverted AI — Inverted AI, a spinout from UBC, is building a proprietary software system that predicts human driving behavior and is using it to build bots imitating human drivers for simulators where self-driving cars are trained. Its core technology utilizes probabilistic programming and provides a crucial ingredient needed to make self-driving cars'level 4' and above a reality.
InnerSpace — InnerSpace is the fastest way to transform your business and power the hybrid workplace strategy. Transforming workplace experience with insights into how people use a space and create innovative solutions that drive revenue and improve operations to hybrid offices.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Medical Device
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Levr.ai — Levr.ai supercharges your team with easy to implement tools that increase conversion, save time and provide a better experience for everyone.
A&K Robotics — A&K Robotics | Autonomous Vehicle Systems
Polar Beer Taps — Polar Beer Taps Permafrost V3 system is leading the way in the future of portable beverage serving. They can provide reliable, high-quality commercial draft systems to any location, which elevates any event.

ONEOK is a publicly-traded limited partnership engaged in natural gas liquids, natural gas pipelines, and natural gas gathering and processing. It is a Fortune 500 company and is included in Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Stock Index. Originally founded in 1906 as an intrastate natural gas pipeline business in Oklahoma, today ONEOK isone of the nation's premier energy companies involved in the natural gas and natural gas liquids businesses. Its business segments provide safe, reliable energy and services to their diverse customers. By following a strategy that blends the performance and profitability of all of the segments, ONEOK is able to deliver sustainable earnings growth for shareholders. ONEOK’s success is driven by employees who strive to better not only their company but also the communities in which they live.

Investment focus

Internet, Aerospace, Oil and Gas
Funding Round
United States

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Orbital Sidekick — Orbital Sidekick utilizes hyperspectral technology - capturing hundreds of narrow contiguous spectral bands, from visible light through infrared. The company develops a space-based infrastructure of hyperspectral sensors to provide monitoring services to the energy sector.Orbital Sidekick was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco,California, United States.
CruxOCM — Crux OCM: Automate your oil and gas control room operations

Space Capital is an early-stage space venture capital fund focused on unlocking the value in space technology stacks. Start to invest in the future of humanity!

Investment focus

Aerospace, Space Travel, Satellite Communication
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

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LGND — LGND is a technology business that specialises in AI-powered spatial data solutions.
Guardian RF — Guardian RF is a defense and security manufacturing startup that provides drone detection technology to US defense and national security
Dataplor — Leveraging machine learning, AI, and human capital, dataplor delivers verified international places data to the world's leading companies.

The Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC) was established by the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation Act, 2008 and was launched on February 27, 2009. The principal business of the OCGC is to manage the interest of the Government of Ontario in the limited partnership known as the Ontario Venture Capital Fund LP (OVCF) and to manage and operatethe Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund (OETF).

Investment focus

Energy, Software, Video
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Canada

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Verold (zyenti) — Verold is an online visual editor that allows users to integrate 3D models into their presentations. The platform provides a studio that enables users to customize the lighting and environment setup of their project. They can also add animations, audio, and video assets and share their output in the web through Verold’s embeddable player.In2015, Verold was acquired by Box.
Vive Crop Protection — Vive makes effective and sustainable pesticides for organic and non-organic production. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Smart Energy Instruments — Electronic Tools and Instrumentation

Anzu Partners is an investment firm that focuses on industrial and life science technology companies with the potential to transform their industry. Anzu's portfolio support platform is dedicated to drive results beyond our initial investment and establish long-term relationships. We team with entrepreneurs to develop and commercializetechnological innovations by providing capital and deep expertise in business development, market positioning, global connectivity, and operations. .Co-founders Whitney Haring-Smith, David Michael, and David Seldin launched the firm in 2014 in Washington, District of Columbia.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Manufacturing
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Spain

Portfolio highlights

6K — WHERE INDUSTRY 4.0 MEETS SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF BREAKTHROUGH MATERIALS
e-Zinc — Founded in 2012, e-Zinc is a Toronto, Canada, based corporation that has developed a breakthrough electrochemical technology for storing energy in zinc metal. This low-cost, flexible, and long-duration energy storage solution will provide the platform for the world’s energy markets to be fully powered by renewable energy, enabling a zero-carbonenergy future.
CytoTronics — CytoTronics is designing and developing cell culture plates with embedded high-density electronic systems.

Natural Resources Canada is a company of resources and information about the protection of natural land and water.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas
Grant, Series A, Funding Round
Canada, Norway, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ekona Power — Ekona is using methane from feedstock to produce clean hydrogen and electrical power.
Intelligent City — Intelligent City delivers turn-key, prefabricated, mass timber urban housing that is sustainable, affordable and livable.
Shell Canada — Learn more about Shell Canada, find the nearest gas station or car wash, get air miles with a BMO MasterCard or start a job search.

Innovacorp is an early-stage venture capital firm that helps knowledge-based startups commercialize their technologies in the global marketplace. It invests in early stage Nova Scotia entrepreneurs, combining venture capital with business mentoring and incubation facilities. Innovacorp was established in 1995 and based in Halifax, Canada.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
Canada, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bright Breaks — Bright offer on-site and virtual amenities for companies and employees. whether your team is on-site, working from home, or in between.
Galaxia — GALAXIA Mission Systems designs and develops intelligent satellites and edge computation platforms for space.
Planetary — Planetary restores the chemistry of seawater so it can do what it has always done: support life and protect the planet.

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

Eli — Eli empowers women to understand their body and the transitions it goes through every day, and across life. We develop a device that uses saliva to capture hormone fluctuations at home, and an app that gives women the information they want to own their health decisions.
Nomic — The world's fastest & most seamless protein profiling service, with as fast as 1-week turnaround. Multiplexing without compromise.
BioIntelligence Technologies — Industrie 4.0 - Enabling intelligent biomanufacturing: from R&D to production. Real-time optimization of cell cultures and fermentations.

Wing Venture Capital primarily invests in technology-based businesses. It emphasizes craftsmanship over volume and engages deeply with founders to help them build companies that matter. The body of work of Wing's team spans more than two decades and dozens of successful early-stage companies, 21 of which went on to achieve billion-dollar-plusoutcomes following IPOs or acquisitions. Its portfolio companies include Cohesity, Gong, Instart Logic, Juvo, Moogsoft, Palerra, Shape Security, and Snowflake.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Israel, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Pixee — Pixeebot fixes vulnerabilities, hardens code, squashes bugs, and gives engineers more time to focus on the work that counts by conveniently delivering solutions as a pull request.
Classiq Technologies — A software platform that helps users create scalable complex quantum computer algorithms, software, and circuits for any gate-based quantum computer
Tensor9 — Tensor9 is a data security company. Tensor9 helps software and AI vendors run their products inside their customer's cloud — so sensitive customer data stays private. For vendors, this unlocks customers that can't share sensitive data.

Playground Global is an early-stage venture capital firm backing technical and scientific founders with deep engineering expertise, a collaborative environment, and a first-hand understanding of the intricacies of deep tech. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Playground’s mission is to transform ambitious ideas into impactfulbusinesses that benefit humanity and the planet. We invest in areas that span across next gen compute automation, energy transition and engineered biology. Playground has been an early – and frequently first investor – in companies that include PsiQuantum, Relativity Space, Ultima Genomics, MosaicML (acq. by Databricks), d-Matrix, and Strand Therapeutics.

Investment focus

Software, Robotics, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, France

Portfolio highlights

Aerones — Robotic wind turbine service company offering maintenance, inspection and repairs worldwide. Reduce downtime and improve the efficiency of your wind park
Snowcap Compute — Snowcap Compute develops advanced artificial intelligence computing chips that leverage superconducting technology for faster processing and greater energy efficiency.
Synthetic Design Lab — The Synthetic Design Lab platform is engineered to optimize targeted payload delivery ≥10x compared to current ADCs, potentially improving upon the efficacy, safety, and overall versatility of earlier ADCs.

Henkel was founded in 1876. People around the world trust Henkel’s brands and technologies. In the fiscal year 2015, the company reported sales of approx. 18 billion euros and an operating profit of 2.9 billion euros (adjusted for one-time gains/charges and restructuring charges). The DAX-30 company has its headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany.Henkel employs about 50,000 people worldwide, more than 80 percent of whom work outside of Germany. Henkel is thus one of the most international German companies

Investment focus

Nanotechnology, E-Commerce, Electronics
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Actnano — Actnano is a nanotechnology company that specializes in automotive, consumer electronics, and smart coating solutions that make products water-resistant. The company enables the protection of a variety of materials from water damage and harsh environmental conditions. Its technology provides a broad spectrum of transparent nano guard coatings thatcan be applied to electronic devices in a way that makes them water-resistant to IPx7 levels, enabling clients to keep their electronics and gadgets protected and last long in an economical way.actnano was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
EHRGOLS — EHRGOLS is a nutritional supplement brand that includes EHRGOLS topical glucosamine and high-concentration fish.
AGORA — Agora World discover and create honest beauty content.

Cenovus is a Canadian oil company with oil sands operations in northern Alberta that use specialized methods like SAGD to drill and pump the oil to the surface

Investment focus

Energy, Water, Robotics
Series C, Funding Round, Corporate Round
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Skyonic — In the market for air purifiers? Don't risk buying a lemon. Skyonic reviews the top air purifiers on the market so you make the right choice. Start here!
Hifi Engineering — Our HDS monitoring platform and turnkey services help our clients operate the smartest, most reliable pipelines in the world.
Saltworks Technologies — Saltworks is pioneering the future of sustainable water and lithium, delivering innovative chemical, membrane, and thermal solutions.

M12 is Microsoft's venture capital fund. We invest in early-stage technology companies disrupting the enterprise.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Armada — The Armada Platform is a whole new way to succeed at the Edge with Starlink connectivity, mobile data centers & AI. Schedule a demo today.
Upscale — Upscale your brand with AI-powered video ads that generate, target, and optimize for real performance on TV and digital platforms.
Eventual — Eventual is tackling one of the hardest infrastructure problems in AI: making multimodal data (images, video, audio) as easy to process as SQL tables. While every company races to build AI applications, they're stuck forcing tools designed for bank transactions to handle petabytes of video and images. Our platform eliminates months ofinfrastructure work, letting developers query massive multimodal datasets with simple Python scripts that automatically scale. Built on our open-source Daft engine, we deliver 10x performance improvements and handle all the messy realities of production AI workloads—from out-of-memory errors to flaky API calls. We're already processing petabytes daily at companies like Amazon, Together AI, and CloudKitchens, powering everything from autonomous vehicles to foundation model training

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.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Canada, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

e-Zinc — Founded in 2012, e-Zinc is a Toronto, Canada, based corporation that has developed a breakthrough electrochemical technology for storing energy in zinc metal. This low-cost, flexible, and long-duration energy storage solution will provide the platform for the world’s energy markets to be fully powered by renewable energy, enabling a zero-carbonenergy future.
FLO — FLO is a leader in electric vehicle charging, offering a selection of reliable EV charging stations and a coast-to-coast network with 98% uptime.
Renewable Power Capital — Renewable Power Capital invest in the development, construction and long-term ownership of solar, onshore wind and battery storage projects.

OGCI Climate Investments focuses on delivering the transition to lower carbon emission energy sources. The leaders of the ten major oil and gas companies are committed to the direction set out by the Paris Agreement on climate change. They support its agenda for global action and the need for urgency. Through their collaboration in Oil and GasClimate Initiative (OGCI), they can be a catalyst for change in their industry and more widely.OGCI aims to increase the ambition, speed and scale of the initiatives they undertake as individual companies to reduce the greenhouse gas footprint of their core oil and gas business – and to explore new businesses and technologies.

Investment focus

Energy, CleanTech, Manufacturing
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, Canada, Spain

Portfolio highlights

XOCEAN — Using unmanned surface vessels (USVs), XOCEAN offers turnkey data collection services to Surveyors, Companies and Agencies.
Metron — Actively Reduce Your Energy Consumptions and Costs with the METRON EMOS Solution and Lower the Carbon Impact of Your Organisation.
METRON — METRON has built a unique positioning at the convergence of the digital revolution and the energy transition. The combination of Big Data, artificial intelligence and human expertise is a key asset to accelerate their development, in France and abroad.Their teams work daily in collaboration with METRON-EVA®, their virtual assistant, to deploytheir solution on industrial sites around the world and help you manage and optimize your energy flows.

Bullpen is a venture capital fund that invests post-seed capital into early stage companies.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

OneRail — OneRail is a final mile delivery orchestration platform providing real-time visibility, actionable data, and data-driven optimization capabilities for its enterprise clients. OneRail’s cloud-based “delivery switch” simplifies same-day and on-demand delivery execution by connecting the demand signal (POS, eCommerce, ERP) with the ecosystem ofdelivery networks and internal fleets in real-time. The result of OneRail’s centralized view of disparate final mile data enables data-driven optimization, positively impacting the dependability, speed, and cost of final mile fulfillment.
Jolly — Jolly is a rewards platform for the workplace that incentivizes employee performance. It implements performance-based incentives to increase employees utilization, compliance, referrals, and loyalty.
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