# Arden Tse

> Arden Tse is a seed investor at Accelerate Fund (Edmonton) backing Software and Finance. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Accelerate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerate-fund)
- Location: Edmonton, Canada
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ardentse

Arden Tse is a seed investor at Accelerate Fund in Edmonton focused on Software and Finance. Arden is an accomplished business professional with over 15 years of private and public sector experience. Throughout his career, Arden has focused on discovering and managing value. As an investment analyst with AIMCo, Arden took part in active oversight of environmental, social, and governance issues that impact AIMCo’s then $70B portfolios ofassets, as well as underwriting over $1B CAD in real estate transactions. Prior to that, Arden was in commercial leasing and sales with Barclay Street and Torode Realty. Most recently, before joining the Accelerate Fund II team, Arden was Manager of the University of Alberta’s Venture Mentoring Service where he oversaw entrepreneurship development.Arden holds an MBA in finance from University Alberta and is currently enrolled in Royal Roads University Executive Coaching program.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Grocery | 1 | 25% |
| Delivery | 1 | 25% |
| Logistics | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fairly Staffing | On demand shift filling platform for dental offices and dental professionals. |  | Seed | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Truffle | Truffle enables restaurants of all sizes to empower their teams, increase profits, and provide a smart dining experience that customers expect, with tools to manage your restaurant in a single platform. Truffle offers restaurants flexible tools to expand into Point of Sale, Online Ordering, Table Side, Delivery Management, Automated Pickup, TableReservations and Guest Marketing. |  | Seed | Jul 12, 2022 |  |
| Kiwi Grocery | Kiwi Grocery is an online application for grocery and food products. They offer same-day delivery services. Their application can be found online. It also provides transparent pricing and weekly price checks. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 31, 2021 |  |
| Dryrun | Dryrun is a cash flow management software that ties together automated forecasts with an unmatched level of modelling control. Targeting businesses with $1-100M in annual revenue and experiencing volatile cash flow, Dryrun is is the choice of CFOs and financial professionals to deal with short term, operational cash flow planning. | $360.3K | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aventrock Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aventrock-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Birchcliff Partners LP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/birchcliff-partners-lp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rising Tide](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rising-tide-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sprout.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sprout-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Accelerate Fund

VC Fund · Calgary, Canada

Accelerate Fund represents a partnership of organizations brought together to share their collective expertise and capital to help Alberta technology entrepreneurs increase their investment dollars, and ultimately their companies to new heights.Launched with a $10 million investment from Alberta Enterprise, the Accelerate Fund provides additionalfinancing options to early stage technology companies. The fund is managed by AVAC Ltd. which will review applications; perform due diligence; rule on investment decisions; and provide ongoing support to portfolio companies. An extensive advisory network called the Accelerate Fund Industry Committee has been designed to serve as a “hands-on” resource to the fund and its portfolio companies.Accelerate Fund was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

3 contacts available at Accelerate Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arden Tse | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arden-tse |
| Mark Carlson | VP, Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-carlson |
| Warren Bergen | VP, Corporate Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/warren-bergen |

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## FAQ

### What does Arden Tse invest in?

Arden Tse invests primarily in Software, Finance and Grocery startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Arden Tse last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Arden Tse closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 4 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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