# Ajay Agrawal

> Ajay Agrawal is a seed investor at Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation backing Hardware. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanctuary-ai)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajay-agrawal-aa79b12
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/professor_ajay
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ajay.agrawal.1029

Ajay Agrawal is a seed investor at Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation in Toronto focused on Hardware and Software. Ajay Agrawal is the Co-Founder of Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation. He previously worked at Queen's School of Business as a Assistant Professor. Ajay Agrawal attended the University of British Columbia.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$4.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.2M–$1.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Textiles | 1 | 20% |
| Wellness | 1 | 20% |
| Wearables | 1 | 20% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EZee Assist | EZee Assist provides instant answers to franchisee operational questions. Continue using preferred channels of support and start receiving instant answers and support. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Dec 07, 2023 |  |
| ALT TEX | ALT TEX is creating sustainable textiles regenerated from post-industrial waste. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | May 03, 2021 |  |
| EcoPackers | EcoPackers use the power of plants to create 100% biodegradable alternatives to traditional plastic inputs. Our eco-resins allow plastic manufacturers worldwide to create innovative non-toxic and compostable single use packaging items. | $4.3M | Seed | Dec 09, 2019 |  |
| Careteam Technologies | Careteam is a personal care platform for patients and their family caregivers can use to care for their acutely ill, recovering or aging loved ones at home. Careteam provides a care coordination platform based on a care plan that enables healthcare providers, the patient and family caregivers a single mobile and web location to see all theinformation required to care for a person and to message the other care team members securely based on access permissions for their role. Careteam provides a virtual binder of key health information that patients can access as they transition from one heath care setting to another. Our customers are health care organizations who are responsible for the cost of caring for patient recovering at home following discharge from hospital, in the transition to community care or those aging at home. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2018 |  |
| Nymi | Nymi is leading the way towards true digital transformation by creating Workplace Wearables that integrate humans with their digital network in a manner that is safe, secure, and simple. Our leading-edge connected worker platform delivers humancentric applications for worker health and safety, enterprise security, data integrity, compliance, andincreased productivity--even in the most challenging environments.We're also a great place to work. Nymi is a winner of the Best Workplaces in Canada 2019 - Less Than 100 Employees. | $1.4M | Seed | Aug 01, 2013 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Globalive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globalive-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BCF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bcf-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Garage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garage-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Golden Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Malex Enterprises](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/malex-enterprises) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

Sanctuary AI is an artificial general intelligence company founded in January 2018, and is based in Vancouver, B.C. Sanctuary's mission is to build synthetic humans – “synths” – that are indistinguishable from us physically, cognitively and emotionally. The company is structured to explore both cutting edge technology and the ethical issuesthat arise from creating human-like machines.

5 contacts available at Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ajay Agrawal | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-agrawal-2 |
| Ajay Agrawal | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-agrawal-c445 |
| Geordie Rose | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-geordie-rose |
| Suzanne Gildert | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suzanne-gildert |
| William Macready | Chief Scientist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-william-macready |

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## FAQ

### What does Ajay Agrawal invest in?

Ajay Agrawal invests primarily in Hardware, Software and Textiles startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ajay Agrawal's check size?

Ajay Agrawal typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$4.3M at Seed and $1.2M–$1.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ajay Agrawal participates in.

### When did Ajay Agrawal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ajay Agrawal closed in Dec 2023. Shizune tracks 5 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?

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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