Calian
VC Fund
Ottawa, Canada
Calian is a VC fund in Ottawa focused on Health Care and Hospital. Calian was founded in 1982 as an Ottawa-based consulting firm and is publically traded on the TSX. Headquartered in Ottawa, Calian employs over 2300 people with offices across Canada and projects that span domestic and international markets.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries Calian invests in
Stages Calian invests in
Countries Calian invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Convertible Note
- $308k–$320k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 3 (60%)
- Hospital 2 (40%)
- SMS 1 (20%)
- Email 1 (20%)
- Wellness 1 (20%)
Stage
- Non-equity Assistance 2 (40%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Convertible Note 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sacha Gera
President, IT and Cyber Solutions
|
President, IT and Cyber Solutions | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Jacqueline Gauthier
Vice President, CFO, and Corporate Secretary
|
Vice President, CFO, and Corporate Secretary | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kevin Ford
Chief Executive Officer
|
Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual Hallway provides family doctors with rapid advice. They offer medical, healthcare, referral management, and software innovation. It allows healthcare providers to obtain specialist input early or during a patient's illness, avoiding unnecessary waitlists and delays in care. | Non-equity Assistance / Jan 31, 2022 | ||
| Coalese Health’s software provides physicians and their patients the ability to view electronic medical records (EMR) in a comprehensive and easily-understood format, meaningful to both physicians and patients. Better understanding of health trends, combined with analytics makes the information truly actionable. This provides unique insights andleads to in-depth understanding of chronic health conditions and improved outcomes. | Non-equity Assistance / Nov 17, 2021 | ||
| Cliniconex believes that patient engagement is at the heart of a better healthcare system and that effective patient engagement must be personalized, autonomous, and manageable. Driven by your clinic’s preferred workflow, our light touch, automated communication, and reporting software not only streamlines pre and post-visit outreach but alsooffers an extremely customizable platform for preventive patient care and individualized patient health education. | $308.5K / Convertible Note / Jun 01, 2018 | ||
| Cliniconex believes that patient engagement is at the heart of a better healthcare system and that effective patient engagement must be personalized, autonomous, and manageable. Driven by your clinic’s preferred workflow, our light touch, automated communication, and reporting software not only streamlines pre and post-visit outreach but alsooffers an extremely customizable platform for preventive patient care and individualized patient health education. | $319.6K / Convertible Note / Aug 28, 2017 | ||
| Cliniconex believes that patient engagement is at the heart of a better healthcare system and that effective patient engagement must be personalized, autonomous, and manageable. Driven by your clinic’s preferred workflow, our light touch, automated communication, and reporting software not only streamlines pre and post-visit outreach but alsooffers an extremely customizable platform for preventive patient care and individualized patient health education. | $452.4K / Seed / Oct 12, 2016 |
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FAQ
What does Calian invest in?
Calian invests primarily in Health Care, Hospital and SMS startups, most often at Non-equity Assistance and 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 round sizes does Calian invest in?
Calian typically joins rounds of $308k–$320k at Convertible Note. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Calian's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Calian took part in.
How do I contact Calian?
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Who are the partners at Calian?
The team at Calian includes Sacha Gera (President, IT and Cyber Solutions), Jacqueline Gauthier (Vice President, CFO, and Corporate Secretary) and Kevin Ford (Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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