# Ark Canada Investment Group

> Ark Canada Investment Group is a VC fund in Vancouver backing Software and Sensor. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ark-canada-investment-ltd
- Website: https://www.arkcanada.com/

Ark Canada Investment Group is a VC fund in Vancouver focused on Software and Sensor. Ark Canada Investment Group provides investment and equity support in real estate and entrepreneurial ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| Sensor | 1 | 50% |
| eSports | 1 | 50% |
| Marketing | 1 | 50% |
| Electronics | 1 | 50% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Butlr | Butlr is an AI people-sensing platform using body heat to detect occupancy, headcount, body posture, and activity, and generate accurate, real-time, and historical spatial insights for healthcare and sustainable buildings. Their sensor technology detects human presence anonymously using low-resolution thermal data and advanced AI and machinelearning. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 26, 2020 |  |
| PLAYR.gg | PLAYR.gg was a technology platform that enables enterprise brands to generate, segment, and activate first-party customer data. The brand was sunset and merged into the Surf brand in February 2022 following the acquisition by Trufan, Inc. |  | Series A | Apr 01, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atrium Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atrium-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aventrock Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aventrock-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Band of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/band-of-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Broad Street Bulls](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/broad-street-bulls) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SVTC + Constellar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/constellar-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ark Canada Investment Group invest in?

Ark Canada Investment Group invests primarily in Software, Sensor and eSports startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ark Canada Investment Group last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ark Canada Investment Group closed in Jun 2020. Shizune tracks 2 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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