# Brian Foster

> Brian Foster is a funding round investor at 519 Growth Fund backing Farming and Agriculture. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [519 Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/519-growth-fund)
- Location: London, Canada
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-foster-88b1901

Brian Foster is a funding round investor at 519 Growth Fund in London focused on Farming and Agriculture. Brian Foster currently works as a General Partner for 519 Growth Fund. He was the Founder of Innosoft Canada. Brian Foster attended Western University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Farming | 3 | 100% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 67% |
| CRM | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| AgTech | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Local Line | Local Line is an operating system for the world’s 500m small & mid sized polyculture farms. We are systematically digitizing farm inventories and connecting them to the broader food supply chain.We are a vertical specific SaaS company which is monetized through subscriptions and transaction fees. We serve more than 1,000 farms of all kinds,all over North America. Farms rely on Local Line for e-commerce, inventory management, order packing, delivery routing, invoicing, payments, and more.We are a mission critical, system-of-record application for the worlds best farms! |  |  | Sep 28, 2023 |  |
| Farm Health Guardian | Farm Health Guardian is a proven biosecurity software platform that reduces the risk of disease transfer. By creating a virtual perimeter around a farm property and digitally recording movement of people and vehicles, the system helps livestock and poultry producers protect animal health and welfare while saving time and money.Our vision is toprotect livestock and poultry health globally. That means Farm Health Guardian works with each of our farm customers to customize the best tools to make biosecurity work for you.Our mission is to be the platform of choice for protecting the health and sustainability of the livestock and poultry industry. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 28, 2023 |  |
| VETSon | VETSON arms veterinarians with a platform to provide farmers with managed healthcare for their livestock. Veterinarians remotely monitor the health of livestock under their care with VETSON’s body temperature and activity sensors. VETSON’s AI alerts farmers, and when needed their veterinarians to proactively address animal ailments and breedingopportunities. The healthcare platform allows veterinarians to dispense advice and prescription medications to farmers, monitor herd health compliance, and schedule onsite service calls as required. It also reduces the burden of mandatory compliance reporting with advanced automation.As regulation has increased so too has the distance from farm to veterinarian, making regular veterinarian visits impractical. As a result, veterinary practices are evolving into consultation-based services. Veterinarians dispense treatments, remedies, and prescriptions to farmers who in turn spend up to three hours a day administering to the health of their livestock and the safety of their product. Compliance has similarly evolved into a combination of self-reporting, surprise inspections, and bi-annual veterinary audits. Emerging regulations require greater oversight from veterinarians, more comprehensive record-keeping, less reliance on medication, and increased scrutiny on product safety and animal welfare – in an environment where veterinarians are increasingly absent.Neither the farmer nor their veterinarian, are well-equipped to handle their shared responsibility for herd health and product safety. Something has to give. VETSON provides the solution that helps farmers and veterinarians improve their lifestyles while enabling both to efficiently achieve best farm management practices. |  |  |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## About 519 Growth Fund

VC Fund

We invest in early-stage, growth focused companies that are technology-enabled with demonstrated recurring revenue, market acceptance and a defensible market position. We seek to provide early seed investment using a hands-on approach to reduce risk through our experience, network, and long-term vision.

3 contacts available at 519 Growth Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Cram | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-cram |
| Brian Foster | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-foster-1fe2 |
| David Brebner | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-brebner-3dd1 |

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## FAQ

### What does Brian Foster invest in?

Brian Foster invests primarily in Farming, Agriculture and CRM startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brian Foster last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brian Foster closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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