500 Startups Canada
VC Fund
Toronto, Canada
500 Startups Canada is a VC fund in Toronto focused on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Geo-fund of the world-wide 500 Startups fund
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
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Industries 500 Startups Canada invests in
Stages 500 Startups Canada invests in
Countries 500 Startups Canada invests in
Contacts
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Emily Dagneau
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Jerome Ng
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Neha Khera
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Machine Learning 4 (29%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (29%)
- Mobile 3 (21%)
- Big Data 3 (21%)
- Software 3 (21%)
Stage
- Seed 11 (79%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (14%)
- Equity Crowdfunding 1 (7%)
Country
- Canada 10 (71%)
- United States 3 (21%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
David Dufresne
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
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Emily Dagneau
Community & Portfolio Relations
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Community & Portfolio Relations | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Jerome Ng
Venture Associate
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Venture Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Mike Cegelski
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
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Neha Khera
Co-founder & Partner
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Co-founder & Partner | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
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Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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DYNE
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DYNE is a customer data and analytics tool for restaurants and retailers that uses machine learning. Shorten the time it takes to make operational decisions and boost profits for all sizes of restaurants and retail companies. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. | $1.5M / Seed / Dec 11, 2022 | |
Asaak
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Asaak provides asset financing to mobility workers across emerging markets, currently in East Africa and Mexico. | $30M / Equity Crowdfunding / Jul 22, 2022 | |
Motorleaf
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Motorleaf is an agriculture technology company specializing in artificial intelligence tools for greenhouse production. We design algorithms and data-driven products using techniques in machine learning to deliver insights that help farmers maximize yield and reduce operational costs in commercial greenhouses. Our team of data scientists specializein model development and data mining to produce products that help farmers manage greenhouses, get insights on plant health optimization, and preemptively address potential farming issues. The results speak for themselves: our technology can reduce error in harvest forecasting by 50% to 70% from the start and becomes even more accurate with time. AI-powered estimates are typically more than twice more accurate than those made by a human.Situated within a global hub of innovation in artificial intelligence, Motorleaf is a Montreal-based company founded in 2016. | $2.9M / Seed / May 16, 2018 | |
BenchSci
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BenchSci uses AI to empower scientists to run more successful experiments to accelerate drug discovery.The company empowers scientists with advanced biomedical artificial intelligence to run more successful experiments. Backed by F-Prime, Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund), and Inovia Capital, BenchSci's proprietary technology acceleratesscience pharmaceutical companies and over 4,300 research centers worldwide. | $1.8M / Seed / Jul 10, 2017 | |
Local Logic
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Local Logic is a location intelligence platform that digitizes the built world to make it universally understandable and actionable for consumers, investors, developers, and governments with the ambition of helping build cities that are more sustainable and equitable for the people that live in them. To achieve that dream, we’ve built proprietaryinsights on over 75Bn data points, that quantify the built world using data and AI. Our insights are used across the real estate vertical to inform decisions that impact the $217T real estate market throughout the US and Canada.The platform partners with commercial real estate, travel, and media companies, helping to guide individual projects and overall strategy for major developers and investors such as Ivanhoe Cambridge, Sonder, SmartCentres, and others. Local Logic is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. | $878K / Seed / Jun 13, 2017 | |
WellTrack
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WellTrack provides on-demand online therapy for stress, anxiety, and depression. | Seed / May 25, 2017 | |
EventUp Planner
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Attendease is marketing automation for corporate events teams - an event automation platform for corporate event teams built to enable a repeatable, scalable event planning and execution process.Jamie, Mike and Patrick started Coverall Crew (now Attendease) in 2001 on a bit of a whim, and quickly fell into a focus on event registration andwebsite development for mid-sized and large technology companies for their events. As they did more custom technology consulting for clients, it became apparent they needed a platform to automate tasks for themselves, and this eventually evolved into what is now the Attendease Event Automation platform.TODAY…We remain as curious, accessible and customer-focused as ever.We’ve matured into a nimble cloud-based solution that stays true to its beginnings working to make the lives of event planners and marketers easier through our event automation platform. We’re growing and evolving, and we see the next five years to be more exciting than the last five. | $600K / Seed / May 09, 2017 | |
Chatkit
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Chatkit, the pioneer of Conversational Marketing, is a cutting-edge of Conversational AI and Marketing Automation platform that helps brands create and nurture lasting customer relationships through dynamic, two-way conversations on messaging channels like Facebook Messenger. | Seed / May 01, 2017 | |
InnerSpace
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InnerSpace is the fastest way to transform your business and power the hybrid workplace strategy. Delivering the world’s most accurate WiFi-based indoor location data, the company gives Fortune 500 clients unparalleled insight into how people use their space and create innovative solutions that drive revenue and improve operations in their SmartBuildings. The scalable and cost-effective platform includes an easy-to-use API, out-of-the-box analytics, and workflow initiation solutions with real-time experience driving behavior change, improve efficiency and drive outcomes. There is opportunity in every square foot. Innerspace.io | $900K / Seed / Feb 15, 2017 | |
Setter
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Setter is a professional services provider that offers a range of home improvement services, from maintenance to repair. It handles all aspects of home maintenance and repairs with recommendations and personalized services. | $2M / Seed / Feb 15, 2017 | |
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FAQ
What does 500 Startups Canada invest in?
500 Startups Canada invests primarily in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at 500 Startups Canada?
The team at 500 Startups Canada includes David Dufresne (Partner), Emily Dagneau (Community & Portfolio Relations) and Jerome Ng (Venture Associate), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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