Top 20 Photography VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Canada in January 2026
A list of 20 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Photography startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Photography companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Photography VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Canada in January 2026
| Investor | Photography Canada investments |
|---|---|
| ff Venture Capital | 4 |
| BDC Venture Capital | 3 |
| Angel One Network | 3 |
| SOSV | 2 |
| SVG Ventures | 1 |
| Rugged Ventures | 1 |
| CAA Ventures | 1 |
| Harrison Metal | 1 |
| Celtic House Venture Partners | 1 |
| boldstart ventures | 1 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 1 |
| LDV Capital | 1 |
| New Brunswick Innovation Foundation | 1 |
| WUTIF | 1 |
| Canada Media Fund | 1 |
| Inovia Capital | 1 |
| Bedrock | 1 |
| Cranson Capital Securities | 1 |
| SVG Ventures | 1 |
| Mantella Venture Partners | 1 |
ff Venture Capital (ffVC) is a technology venture capital firm investing in some of the strongest growth areas to date, including cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, drones, enterprise cloud software, and crowdfunding. The firm identifies and invests in technology and technology-enabled companies at its inception acrossgeographies and emerging industries. With three partners and an acceleration team of 20+ investment and operations professionals, ffVC actively participates with founders to develop products, target markets, and accelerate growth. Since 2008, ffVC has invested in over 100 companies and has helped to create companies with an aggregate market value exceeding $6 billion.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Poland, Canada
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- Moveline — Moveline provides multiple moving quotes from quality moving companies, all from one form. Get up to four quotes now.
- ForActive — ForActive The Best App to Buy & Sell Memberships
- Fabrica AI — Fabrica AI offers a revolutionary platform for faster robot development, using custom hardware designs and learned optimal control to increase efficiency while minimizing complexity and cost. With a vision for a future where robot development takes days, not years.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Canada, United States, Japan
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- Stathera — Stathera transforms the global timing market from Quartz-based to MEMS-based devices.
- Influitive — Our Customer Advocacy Saas product and professional services allow your company to strategically discover, nurture and mobilize customer advocates.
- Shoebox — Clearwater Clinical designs and manufactures innovative, affordable, medical-grade devices that apply the advantages of mobile technology to common clinical practices.
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- Software, SaaS, Health Care
- Angel, Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States, Malaysia
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- Torum — Convert your crypto to Ringgit and spend it at any DuitNow QR-enabled merchant with ease.
- 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.
SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates.
HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
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- MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
- unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
- Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
We are a Venture & Innovation Platform Advancing the Food & Agriculture Industries We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the food and agriculture industries.
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Investment focus
- AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- scoutlabs — We're building the world's densest digital trap network to accurately gauge insect pest pressure. This helps millions of farmers in precisely combating crop-eating insects, accelerating a transition to more sustainable methods. Good for the farmer, the environment and for our food security
- Verdi Expeditions — Verdi is building the world's first truly scalable platform for farm automation. We work with the world's largest food brands to grow better and more sustainable crops.
- Heritable Agriculture — Making plants programmable
Rugged Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in seed-stage companies. Founded by Dave Lerner, Rugged Ventures has been making seed stage investments since 2001.
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- E-Commerce, Logistics, Content
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- KidPass — KidPass is the leading destination for parents to discover and book amazing children’s activities.
- Viro Media — Viro Media helps mobile developers to easily add VR to their apps using familiar tools and code bases.
- Homer Logistics — Homer provides efficient, professional last-mile delivery service to local businesses and their customers in Manhattan and in the New York Metropolitan area. Apply within to join our network of businesses or to work as a Homer courier.
The intersection of culture + commerce. Investing in next wave entrepreneurs.
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- Internet, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, Iceland
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- Bungalow — Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that provides renters with a more convenient, flexible, and communal living solution. It utilizes existing housing supply by signing long-term leases with homeowners, and offers multi-bedroom homes in some of the most desirable neighborhoods in cities throughout the United States.Bungalow offersprivate bedrooms with handpicked housemates in beautifully furnished homes across seven major cities. Each home comes furnished and includes wifi, utilities, housekeeping, and monthly community events for members.Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty founded Bungalow in 2016. Its headquarters is in San Francisco in California.
- Harper Wilde — Real comfort for real bodies. Soft, supportive, everyday bras and underwear that actually feel good to wear.
- DeSo Foundation — DeSo is a layer -1 blockchain designed to build and scale decentralized social apps to 1 Billion users. Take back ownership of your content and social graph with web3 versions of Twitter and LinkedIn.
Harrison Metal invests in early stage technology companies led by exceptional founders.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada
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- Hone — Hone helps L&D leaders scale unforgettable learning that upskills the entire team through live online training, driving measurable results and high engagement
- Quilter — Physics-based automated circuit board design tools for professionals and the masses.
- Vital Interaction — Vital Interaction is a software provider specialized in automating complex communication workflows. Their premier product, the Automated Patient Interaction System, enables healthcare organizations to communicate more effectively with patients using text messaging, automated voice, and email.This automated system helps both patients and healthcare providers connect quickly through technology to remind patients of appointments, fill open slots and request patient feedback.
Celtic House Venture Partners is an independent Canadian investment firm.Since 1994, Celtic House has been one of Canada’s most active investors in technology and innovation. Capitalizing on the deep domain expertise of its partners, Celtic House has consistently provided superior financial returns to its investors. Celtic House has collaboratedwith management teams and repeat entrepreneurs to develop technology companies from the inception phase through to exit, generating 25 initial public offerings and successful acquisitions.Celtic House has collaborated with management teams and repeat entrepreneurs to develop technology companies from the inception phase through to exit, generating 25 initial public offerings and successful acquisitions.From offices in Toronto and Ottawa, Celtic House manages in excess of $425 million across three funds. Celtic House is currently making new investments out of Celtic House Venture Partners Fund IV, which closed in 2012.
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- Software, Semiconductor, Manufacturing
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- Canada, United States, United Kingdom
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- UniUni — Explore our shipping Universe. Our mission is to be your first-choice for last-mile delivery.
- FlashIntel — Unlock a network of 1+ billion prospects. Utilize AI-powered workflows for streamlined engagement and faster deal closures with ideal buyers.
- Raven Connected — Raven Connected - The connected dash camera for every need. The single device with all of the tools necessary to safeguard your vehicle and those in it. Gain peace of mind and freedom to focus on what's important to you, knowing Raven will call if there's any sign of trouble.
Inception venture capital for Bold Technical Founders Building the Autonomous Enterprise
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Israel
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- Tessl — Tessl transforms software development for the AI era with its innovative AI-native development approach. Its AI-powered development platform provides secure, high-quality, and self-maintaining code tailored to the user's requirements.
- CrewAI — CrewAI is a multi-agent automation platform for enterprises to automate complex tasks. With its automation platform, organizations can deploy and manage AI agents to automate complex tasks and to value across a wide range of use cases, from research and analysis to coding and reporting.The company also offers a range of advanced new featuresincluding self-iteration, performance evaluation, persistent memory, and a range of new agent collaboration structures.
- Spectro Cloud — Enterprise Kubernetes management platform built for scale. Complete lifecycle management of any type of cluster, from bare metal to the edge.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Granular — Corteva Agriscience software and digital solutions give the real-time, field-by-field information needed to maximize yield & manage input costs.
- Databricks — Databricks offers a unified platform for data, analytics and AI. Build better AI with a data-centric approach. Simplify ETL, data warehousing, governance and AI on the Data Intelligence Platform.
- Odyssey — Odyssey connects families with states to get access to funding from states to use with approved vendors to customize education for children who need it most.
LDV Capital invests in deep technical teams building visual technology businesses that leverage computer vision, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- Earkick - AI Therapist — Measure & improve your mental health in real time with your personal AI chat bot. No sign up. Available 24/7. Daily insights just for you!
- Norbert Health — Norbert Health develops a home medical pod that monitors the health of families using contactless sensors. Their product senses key vital signs including heart rate, breathing rate, and temperature, providing a real-time and historical view of the user's health. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
- Sonus Microsystems — Sonus Microsystems is revolutionizing ultrasound imaging with polymer CMUTs, developing transducers for advanced healthcare, NDT and wearable applications.
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, Information Technology, Analytics
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Canada, United States
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- ClinicGlide — ClinicGlide was co-founded by Scott MacIntosh, an entrepreneur and healthcare technology architect with more than 25 years of experience in digital transformation, and Dr. Hanif Chatur, an emergency physician and digital health innovator with more than two decades of experience building new models of care. The company’s AI platform automatesmulti-channel patient communications, streamlines appointment scheduling, and reduces repetitive administrative tasks for hospitals and clinics.
- Profitual — Profitual is an AI-powered financial modeling platform designed specifically for startups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to simplify complex financial planning and forecasting. The platform aims to level the playing field for founders who may lack formal financial expertise, by providing intuitive tools to build, analyze, andcommunicate financial projections that are both compelling and investor-ready
- Smart Skin Technologies — SmartSkin helps pharma and beverage manufacturers reduce breakage, optimize line efficiency, and achieve zero-defect operations.
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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- 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.
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) fosters, develops, finances and promotes the production of Canadian content and applications for all audiovisual media platforms.
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- Software, Mobile, Virtual Reality
- Seed, Grant, Funding Round
- Canada
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- Incrowd — Incrowd is a livestreaming app that encourages collaboration and makes events more interactive.
- Squido Studio — No More Rainbows is a first person VR platformer with unique locomotion inspired by classic titles such as Super Meat Boy and Super Mario. The studio behind No More Rainbows is Montreal based Squido Studio, a studio that focuses on core mechanics and gameplay before all else.
- Strawberry Fields Interactive — Strawberry Fields Interactive, developer of Aeksia, a new style of Multiplayer RPG for VR
We support entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey and build technology companies that generate a positive impact on society.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States, United Kingdom
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- Tera AI — Tera is creating a software-only, platform-neutral spatial reasoning framework that will allow any robot to use its existing camera to traverse novel environments.
- Talent.com — Find jobs, salary & company information on Talent.com. Discover your next career today. Your job search starts here!
- GoodFit — Implement & scale any GTM strategy. Commercial Leaders use GoodFit to configure the data they need, to fuel their GTM strategy of choice
Bedrock: In Search of Narrative Violations
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, India
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- Popmenu — Popmenu is a SaaS company that helps restaurants turn their menu into a customer conversion engine. Its cloud-based marketing and customer engagement platform use smart algorithms to track and convert menus, feedback, customer ratings, and related information into an interactive forum for hotels and customers to communicate directly with each otherand access personalized menu and restaurant recommendations in real-time. The platform enables businesses to take control of their menu and increase customer engagement.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
- PayMongo — PayMongo is the easiest way to get paid online. Create an account in minutes and start accepting credit cards, GCash, GrabPay, PayMaya and more.
- Mach Industries — Delivering decentralized warfare capabilities to guarantee the defense of freedom.
Cranson Capital is a Toronto-based boutique investment firm specializing in private equity real estate, purpose-built rental developments, and growth-stage company investments. We help accredited investors build wealth through exclusive, expertly structured opportunities across Ontario. Learn more a
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, Photography
- Seed
- Canada
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- Flixel Photos — Flixel lets you easily create beautiful living photos, also known as 'cinemagraphs'. Unlike a still photo, a living photo contains a portion of of seamless and infinitely looping motion. Whether it's hair blowing in the wind or a flickering fire in the background of an otherwise still image, the effect can be mesmerizing.
We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.
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Investment focus
- AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- FarmWise — FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency.
- Napigen — We are the genome editing company specialized for mitochondrial engineering. We address unmet needs of future food supplies by creating hybrid crop plants to boost their yields to an unprecedented level. The company’s technology creates robust male sterile lines that are ideal over conventional lines because of their stability and elitebackgrounds. This allows the production of non-GM hybrid seeds in crop plants that are currently mostly non-hybrid such as wheat. Our technology solution is expected to fulfill the highest level of public acceptance and aspiration.
- Iamus Technologies — Iamus Technologies Limited is an Artificial Intelligence & Robotics company based in Ireland that has developed poultry specific robotic technology that empowers poultry farmers to make better and safer production decisions. Over the last 2 years we have been working globally with poultry processors in identifying KPIs that our robots cancontinuously gather on the ground in poultry sheds and feedback instantly to both producer and the relevant personnel back at the processing plant. Results to date are impressive with automatic and accurate data recovery from the birds on every part of the floor and analysis with real-time intervention now possible. These factors are key in addressing the growing demands of modern, intensive broiler production with the Iamus robot & platform meeting these requirements.
Mantella Venture Partners is a $20M early stage fund with a hands-on approach to building technology companies. We invest in exceptional entrepreneurs building market-altering mobile and Internet software businesses. At MVP we invest early.We invest alone, or alongside other value-added venture and angel investors that share the belief thatfounder/investor alignment is key to building successful companies and profitable exits. After investment, our portfolio companies benefit from active, hands-on involvement in all phases of growth, including product development, business development, marketing, financing, and team development. If you're looking for partners for your whole journey, not just money, get us involved early.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States
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- Altrio — Altrio is bringing real estate capital markets online
- Shopistry — Shopistry is a flexible, headless e-commerce platform that gives brands the tools to build any type of buying experience at scale. Custom storefronts. Mobile-first. Endless integrations.
- Enso Connect — Seamless digital guest experience from booking through the entire stay and long-lasting relationships after check-out. Vacation rentals & Hotels remarketing tool.
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