# Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

> Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is a VC fund backing Agriculture and Farming. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 94%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is a VC fund focused on Agriculture and Farming.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 10 | 30% |
| Farming | 9 | 27% |
| Food and Beverage | 8 | 24% |
| Biotechnology | 5 | 15% |
| Food Processing | 5 | 15% |

51 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 31 | 94% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| A.U.G. Signals | AUG Signals is a space travel detection company located in Toronto. | $1.2M | Grant | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| Canadian Cattlemen's Association | Canadian Cattlemen's Association is focused on developing the necessary tools to ensure beef production is environmentally sound, socially responsible and economically viable. | $211.3K | Grant | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Canada Beef | Canada Beef is a food processing company that offers spaghetti sauce, beer, and garlic beef pot roast products. | $2.6M | Grant | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Canadian Food Innovation Network | Canadian Food Innovation Network is a not-for-profit organization supported by the Government of Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund , connects Canadian food companies to insights, ideas and technologies. Membership is free and open to anyone in the Canadian food sector. | $2.4M | Grant | May 15, 2026 |  |
| Ontario Genomics | Ontario Genomics is a non-profit organization that supports the development and application of genomics and engineering biology technologies across sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, food, and environmental sustainability. The organization works with researchers, businesses, governments, and non-profit groups to help move scientific researchinto practical applications through funding support, partnerships, and commercialization initiatives. It also supports research programs, startup development, and workforce training related to genomics and biotechnology. Ontario Genomics focuses on projects that address issues including disease prevention, food security, climate change, and biomanufacturing through the use of genetic and biological data. In addition, the organization helps coordinate collaborations between public and private sectors to strengthen Canada’s genomics research and innovation ecosystem. | $5.1M | Grant | May 08, 2026 |  |
| Zone Agtech | Zone Agtech is a business development entity that facilitates AgTech businesses, training programs, financing, and consulting services. | $3.3M | Grant | May 08, 2026 |  |
| MaRS Discovery District | MaRS is a non-profit organization that partners with entrepreneurs, researchers, business and government to build the next generation of high-growth companies in Canada’s knowledge economy.The MaRS Centre is an urban innovation hub that is home to 2,500 people from capital, research, corporate, legal, intellectual property, media and startupcommunities―the entire innovation ecosystem under one roof.MaRS works closely with entrepreneurs in life sciences and health care, information technology, communications and entertainment, clean tech, advanced materials and energy, as well as the social sector. | $3.3M | Grant | May 08, 2026 |  |
| Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) | The project proposes to accelerate the automation and digitization of Canada’s agricultural sector. CAAIN will bring together a network of partners – spearheaded by Alberta Innovates and Vineland Research and Innovation Centre – to increase the competitiveness of our agricultural sector and reduce financial risk for Canadian farmers. The networkwill establish a smart farm platform to develop and validate technologies that will enable automation of agricultural tasks. Canada’s strengths in artificial intelligence (AI) and precision agriculture will be leveraged and merged to develop scalable, exportable farming solutions. | $4.6M | Grant | May 08, 2026 |  |
| Bioenterprise Canada | Bioenterprise Corporation is a business accelerator and commercialization agent, established to help promote the creation, growth and expansion of businesses engaged in Agri-Technologies. Acting as coach and catalyst, Bioenterprise works with companies at all stages, from start-ups to emerging and well-established businesses. Through their globalnetwork of industry contacts and professionals, they are able to assess the critical components needed to mitigate risks inherent in early stage business. Bioenterprise works with researchers and entrepreneurs to solidify their results and move them toward commercialization.Research is global, implementation is local and Bioenterprise has its finger on the pulse of world innovation. Commercializing agri-businesses is what they do - their services include: business plan advice/assistance, financial and marketing strategy development, investment preparation, as well as sourcing to a variety of capital funding. |  | Grant | May 08, 2026 |  |
| Canadian Food Innovation Network | Canadian Food Innovation Network is a not-for-profit organization supported by the Government of Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund , connects Canadian food companies to insights, ideas and technologies. Membership is free and open to anyone in the Canadian food sector. | $2.4M | Grant | May 08, 2026 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-development-bank-of-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital Financière agricole](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-financi%C3%A8re-agricole) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Desjardins Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desjardins-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Export Development Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/export-development-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Farm Credit Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farm-credit-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Government of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/government-of-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada invest in?

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada invests primarily in Agriculture, Farming and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Grant and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 33 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 33 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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