# Canadian Shield Capital

> Canadian Shield Capital is a VC fund in Toronto backing Mining and Energy. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/canadian-shield-capital/about/
- Website: https://canadianshieldcapital.com/

Canadian Shield Capital is a long-term private equity and growth capital investor focused on identifying and leveraging long-term demographic, social, and macroeconomic trends. Canadian Shield Capital serves as Hatch's investment arm and favours businesses with strong, capable, collaborative leadership where there is the potential to draw uponand benefit from Hatch’s extensive industry expertise and strong client relationships. We support our partners with capital and expertise to build networks, improve processes, implement new technologies, refinance, and adapt to changing market dynamics.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mining | 3 | 33% |
| Energy | 2 | 22% |
| CleanTech | 2 | 22% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 22% |
| Medical | 1 | 11% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 4 | 44% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 5 | 56% |
| United States | 2 | 22% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew W. Dunn | Founder and Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-w-dunn |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DGI Geoscience | DGI Geoscience specializes in borehole geophysics, imaging, and downhole logging for mineral exploration industries. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Noveon Magnetics | Urban Mining Company develops a proprietary Magnet-to-Magnetärecycling process. UMC’s magnets are ideal for motor and other applications, where magnetic performance at elevated temperatures is important and can supply magnetic property data on request. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| KORE Geosystems | KORE Geosystems provides transforming Core Shacks through innovative solutions |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| RockMass Technologies | RockMass Technologies is revolutionizing structural mapping by developing a data collection tool made for geologists. The company creates data collection more efficient, accurate and safe for geologists in mining, exploration, civil engineering and education.At RockMass, our goal is to improve geological mapping in the mining, civil engineering,and exploration industries with our revolutionary mapping technologies. |  | Seed | Dec 02, 2021 |  |
| ORPC, Inc. | ORPC power systems generate baseload renewable electricity from rivers and tidal streams without impounding or restricting the flow of water in any way. ORPC’s RivGen® Power System is in its fourth year of operation in the remote community of Igiugig, Alaska. When this project is completed in 2023, ORPC power systems will combine with batterystorage and a smart microgrid controller to form Igiugig’s local microgrid, moving the existing diesel generators to a back-up role, and enabling the community to turn off its diesel generators between 60% and 90% of the time.Over 700 million people globally rely on highly-pollutive diesel generators to meet their electricity needs, and an additional billion people do not have access to electricity at all. ORPC’s integrated solution in Igiugig is a replicable model for remote communities around the world. With outreach from over 42 countries about the RivGen Power System, ORPC will deploy its first power systems in Canada and Patagonia, Chile, over the next 12 months. Based in Portland, Maine, ORPC also has offices in Anchorage, Montreal and Dublin, and an affiliate in Punta Arenas, Chile. Its 37-member staff has the capability to handle every aspect of the project development process from site assessment to permitting to installation and post-installation maintenance. | $20M | Private Equity | Aug 16, 2021 |  |
| Peak Power | Peak Power is a cleantech company founded in 2015 operating in Ontario, New York, New England, and California. Their flagship software, Peak Synergy, provides energy management solutions for commercial real estate and industrial customers by optimizing three core energy assets: battery energy storage systems, grid-interactive buildings, andelectric vehicles. Peak Synergy enables customers to minimize operational costs, reduce emissions, and sell energy back to the grid. Peak Power’s software delivers results with innovative projects that take commercial and industrial scale storage systems and electric vehicles into electricity markets. Peak Synergy is deployed in over 13M sq. ft. of real estate, with ~150 MWh of battery and electric vehicle capacity under contract or committed. | $8.8M | Series A | Feb 23, 2021 |  |
| Peak Power | Peak Power is a cleantech company founded in 2015 operating in Ontario, New York, New England, and California. Their flagship software, Peak Synergy, provides energy management solutions for commercial real estate and industrial customers by optimizing three core energy assets: battery energy storage systems, grid-interactive buildings, andelectric vehicles. Peak Synergy enables customers to minimize operational costs, reduce emissions, and sell energy back to the grid. Peak Power’s software delivers results with innovative projects that take commercial and industrial scale storage systems and electric vehicles into electricity markets. Peak Synergy is deployed in over 13M sq. ft. of real estate, with ~150 MWh of battery and electric vehicle capacity under contract or committed. | $9.5M | Convertible Note | Feb 23, 2021 |  |
| Peak Power | Peak Power is a cleantech company founded in 2015 operating in Ontario, New York, New England, and California. Their flagship software, Peak Synergy, provides energy management solutions for commercial real estate and industrial customers by optimizing three core energy assets: battery energy storage systems, grid-interactive buildings, andelectric vehicles. Peak Synergy enables customers to minimize operational costs, reduce emissions, and sell energy back to the grid. Peak Power’s software delivers results with innovative projects that take commercial and industrial scale storage systems and electric vehicles into electricity markets. Peak Synergy is deployed in over 13M sq. ft. of real estate, with ~150 MWh of battery and electric vehicle capacity under contract or committed. | $9.5M | Convertible Note | Feb 23, 2021 |  |
| Creyos | Creyos is a web-based platform offers healthcare professionals and researchers products for mental wellness. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2021 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-development-bank-of-canada) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Export Development Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/export-development-canada) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sensata Technologies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sensata-technologies) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [The Atmospheric Fund (TAF)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-atmospheric-fund-taf) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BDC Capital Cleantech Practice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cleantech-practice) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Canadian Shield Capital invest in?

Canadian Shield Capital invests primarily in Mining, Energy and CleanTech startups, most often at Private Equity and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Canadian Shield Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Canadian Shield Capital?

The team at Canadian Shield Capital includes Andrew W. Dunn (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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