Top 10 Organic Food Angel Investors in Canada in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Organic food startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Organic food companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Organic Food Angel Investors in Canada in January 2025

Investor	Organic Food Canada investments
Mike Fata	2
Andrew Ferrier	1
Judy Brooks	1
Dror Balshine	1
John Flanagan	1
Terry Tierney	1
Mohamed Hage	1
Lauren Rathmell	1
Chris Adams	1
Eric Patel	1

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Mike Fata is the Founder at Manitoba Harvest. He attended Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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.
Mid-Day Squares — Mid-Day Squares: Perfectly designed to stop your hunger or cravings in between meals. Each Square is packed with Clean Plant Protein, Real Chocolate & Superfoods.
Nuts For Cheese — Nuts For Cheese produces organic, 100% dairy free and plant-based cheese in six delicious flavors.

Andrew has held a number of director and executive positions for large multinationals and has 30 years of experience in international business. He has a strong background in growing businesses including 17 years as a CEO.From 2003 to 2011, Andrew was CEO of Fonterra Co-Operative Group, New Zealand's largest company. Prior to Fonterra,Andrew served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and director of GSW of Toronto, a manufacturer of consumer durable products and, prior to GSW, Andrew was President and CEO of Tate & Lyle North America Sugars of New York and President of Redpath Sugars in Toronto.Andrew currently runs his own investment company, Canz Capital, is Chairman of the New Zealand Government's economic development agency New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, sits on the Council of the University of Auckland and, in addition to Orion Health, sits on the boards of Bunge Ltd. in New York and Lufa Farms Inc. in Montreal, as well as other advisory and charitable boards.Andrew holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of Business Administration from Concordia University.

Investment focus

Agriculture, Hospitality, Organic Food
Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Lufa Farms — Find out how to subscribe to weekly fully customizable local food baskets.

Advisor

Investment focus

Organic Food, Food and Beverage
Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

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.

Dror Balshine is the President at Sol Cuisine Inc. Dror Balshine attended The University of British Columbia.

Investment focus

Organic Food, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Nuts For Cheese — Nuts For Cheese produces organic, 100% dairy free and plant-based cheese in six delicious flavors.

John Flanagan

Investment focus

Portfolio highlights

SOL Cuisine — Contact us Question about our products? Want to tell us you love one of our recipe? Need to bring something to our attention? We're always delighted to hear from you. Select your optionWhere to buy our productsProduct Questions, Praise or SuggestionsProduct Issue or ComplaintInvestorsBusiness Partners & WholesaleMedia & EventsCoupon RequestsCareers InquiriesOther To report a product

Terry Tierney

Investment focus

Organic Food, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

SmartSweets — At SmartSweets, they're tackling one of the largest and most concerning problems hidden in their every day foods sugar. It's about kicking sugar but keeping candy and creating a movement based on smaller, smarter choices.

Mohamed Hage is a young entrepreneur with a demonstrated track record of success and over 10 years of experience running software and real estate companies. He has a talent for inspiring passion in employees and an incredible knack for forging connections with experts from a diverse range of specialties. He conceived of Lufa Farms in the early2000s based on his childhood experiences with agriculture and fresh produce in a village just outside of Beirut.

Investment focus

Agriculture, Hospitality, Organic Food
Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Lufa Farms — Find out how to subscribe to weekly fully customizable local food baskets.

Rathmell, a trained biochemist, started working with Lufa Farms as a researcher at McGill’s MacDonald campus. She played a large role in the development of the plant science and growing science that Lufa eventually implemented, including the NFT and drip irrigation systems, the use of biological pest controls, the microclimate and crop rotationsystems, and the selection of crop varieties. Rathmell currently supervises all greenhouse operations as well as research and development

Investment focus

Agriculture, Hospitality, Organic Food
Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Lufa Farms — Find out how to subscribe to weekly fully customizable local food baskets.

Chris Adams - Founder & Managing Director @ Adams Hamilton

Investment focus

B2B, Farming, Nutrition
Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

FreshSpoke — Purchs is a Distribution as a Service (DaaS) platform with warehousing and delivery and sales support that flex with the needs of growing retail brands.

Eric Patel was first elected to the Ritchie Bros. Board in 2004. Mr. Patel has extensive business and financial experience, most recently as CFO of Pembrook Mining Corp. (formerly Paget Resources Corporation), a private mining company that he left in 2010. Prior to that Mr. Patel acted as the CFO of CrystalDecisions, Inc., a privately heldsoftware company. Mr. Patel joined Crystal Decisions in 1999 after holding executive level positions, including that of CFO, with University Games, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of educational toys and games. Before 1997, Mr. Patel worked for Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream as Director of Strategy, for Marakon Associates strategy consultants and for Chemical Bank. Mr. Patel sits on the Advisory Board of ACL Services Ltd, the board of Daiya Foods Inc. and is treasurer of B.C. Social Ventures Partners, a not for profit-organization. Mr. Patel holds an MBA degree. Mr. Patel is currently a member of the Audit Committee and is Chair of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.