# Brigus Capital

> Brigus Capital is a VC fund in Halifax backing Mining and Health Care. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Halifax, Canada
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://briguscapital.com/

Brigus Capital is a VC fund in Halifax focused on Mining and Health Care. Brigus Capital is investment company focused on investing in small-cap publicly traded companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Equity | $332k–$700k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mining | 3 | 38% |
| Health Care | 1 | 13% |
| Life Science | 1 | 13% |
| Nanotechnology | 1 | 13% |
| Advanced Materials | 1 | 13% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 3 | 38% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 3 | 38% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wade Dawe | President | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wade-dawe-9a11 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| E-Tech Resources | E-Tech Resources is an exploring and development business with a focus on REE. | $700K | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 21, 2023 |  |
| Coloursmith Labs Inc. | Coloursmith develops breakthrough optical filtering technologies in ophthalmic devices. | $397.7K | Seed | Jul 21, 2021 |  |
| Antler Gold | Antler Gold is focused on exploring a property known as the Wilding Lake Project in Central Newfoundland. The Wilding Project is virtually unexplored and recently became accessible as a result of logging activity at which time Brian Jones and Gary Rowsell discovered mineralized boulders containing visible gold alongside a new road. The Project liesadjacent to Marathon Gold’s Valentine Lake gold camp which currently holds an NI 43-101 compliant estimated resource (combined Measured and Indicated) totaling 1,060,000 oz. gold at a grade of 2.20 g/t (Murahwi, 2015). Initial exploration work by Antler has yielded numerous showings of mineralization including visible gold over approximately 3 kilometers. The remaining 47 kilometers of trend has not been explored. A systematic exploration program has been initiated, to identify new showings throughout the trend. | $332K | Post-IPO Equity | Jan 28, 2020 |  |
| Coloursmith Labs Inc. | Coloursmith develops breakthrough optical filtering technologies in ophthalmic devices. | $470K | Pre-Seed | Jul 09, 2019 |  |
| Torrent Capital | Torrent Capital is a publicly traded investment company |  | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 15, 2019 |  |
| Antler Gold | Antler Gold is focused on exploring a property known as the Wilding Lake Project in Central Newfoundland. The Wilding Project is virtually unexplored and recently became accessible as a result of logging activity at which time Brian Jones and Gary Rowsell discovered mineralized boulders containing visible gold alongside a new road. The Project liesadjacent to Marathon Gold’s Valentine Lake gold camp which currently holds an NI 43-101 compliant estimated resource (combined Measured and Indicated) totaling 1,060,000 oz. gold at a grade of 2.20 g/t (Murahwi, 2015). Initial exploration work by Antler has yielded numerous showings of mineralization including visible gold over approximately 3 kilometers. The remaining 47 kilometers of trend has not been explored. A systematic exploration program has been initiated, to identify new showings throughout the trend. | $1.2M | Private Equity | Nov 09, 2016 |  |
| Resolute Health Corporation Limited | Resolute Health Corporation Limited is a health care service provider primarily focused on patients with snoring issues and sleep apnea. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2011 |  |
| Linear Gold Corp | Linear Gold Corp is a mining company based out Halifax, NS, Canada. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2003 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Island Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/island-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Killick Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/killick-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Beresford Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beresford-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Creative Destruction Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creative-destruction-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sandpiper Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandpiper-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Brigus Capital invest in?

Brigus Capital invests primarily in Mining, Health Care and Life Science startups, most often at Private Equity and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Brigus Capital's check size?

Brigus Capital typically joins rounds of $332k–$700k at Post-IPO Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Brigus Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Brigus Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Brigus Capital?

The team at Brigus Capital includes Wade Dawe (President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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