# Capital Angel Network

> Capital Angel Network is a VC fund in Ottawa backing Software and SaaS. See 100 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ottawa, Canada
- Total investments: 100
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/capital-angel-network
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/CapitalAngels
- Website: http://www.capitalangels.ca/

Capital Angel Network is a VC fund in Ottawa focused on Software and SaaS. The Capital Angel Network is a network of angel investors in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.They exist to build the region's entrepreneurial community and make the region the best place to start a business.They have nine meetings of their members each year, and at each meeting two or three companies present their proposals to the angels inattendance.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Capital Angel Network. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Capital Angel Network. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/capital-angel-network?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $183k–$5M |
| Angel | $10k–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 33 | 33% |
| SaaS | 15 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 15 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 15 | 15% |
| Health Care | 13 | 13% |

170 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 44 | 44% |
| Angel | 22 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 10 | 10% |
| Series A | 5 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 86 | 86% |
| United States | 3 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Caroline Somers | Chair | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-somers |
| Charlie Banks | Managing Director | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlie-banks |
| Laurie Davis | Founder and Board Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurie-davis-560b |
| Matthew Henley | Operations Lead/Angel Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-henley-90c8 |
| Suzanne Grant | Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suzanne-grant |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xatoms | Xatoms develops novel photocatalysts to create efficient and sustainable water treatment. It utilizes cutting-edge quantum chemistry calculations, combined with the power of artificial intelligence, to model novel photocatalyst molecules. Xatom's mission is to provide clean water to people throughout Africa and Asia. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jun 19, 2025 |  |
| Afynia Laboratories | Aima Laboratories is a women's health healthcare company that provides innovative solutions to diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. AIMA is working on the first non-invasive endometriosis diagnostic tool for the market. If you have chronic pelvic/period pain or are having difficulty becoming pregnant, you may have endometriosis. | $5M | Seed | Feb 25, 2025 |  |
| Afynia Laboratories | Aima Laboratories is a women's health healthcare company that provides innovative solutions to diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. AIMA is working on the first non-invasive endometriosis diagnostic tool for the market. If you have chronic pelvic/period pain or are having difficulty becoming pregnant, you may have endometriosis. | $1.4M | Seed | Jul 29, 2024 |  |
| RainStick | The RainStick shower is a recirculating shower that saves 80% energy and 80% water but still feels like a luxurious shower. | $1.9M | Seed | Jul 16, 2024 |  |
| Virica Biotech | Virica Biotech is a biotechnology company that addresses the unmet needs in production and development to positively change human health. Its Viral Sensitizer technology consists of a library of over one hundred small molecules that can safely overcome the natural immunological defenses in the human and animal body that suppress effective viralmedicines. | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 26, 2024 |  |
| RainStick | The RainStick shower is a recirculating shower that saves 80% energy and 80% water but still feels like a luxurious shower. |  | Seed | Jan 02, 2024 |  |
| RIPTK Technologies | RIPTK is a startup implementing 5G energy savings solutions for mobile network operators. |  |  | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Ditch Labs | Ditch Labs is a digital health company pioneering substance addiction treatment by combining AI-driven behavioural therapy with revolutionary drug delivery devices. Using a novel digital therapeutic approach, Ditch is aiming to solve the world’s leading cause of preventable death, starting with nicotine addiction. | $2.7M | Seed | Jul 12, 2023 |  |
| Tough Commerce | Tough Commerce (formerly Brokrete) platform allows suppliers to publish their branded app or web storefront to bring their operations online. It encompasses order management, payouts, dispatching logistics, and real-time delivery. With financial & operational ERP integrations, the Tough Commerce platform can operate stand-alone or seamlesslyalongside deeply integrated products. | $1.5M | Seed | May 10, 2023 |  |
| BluWave-ai | BluWave-ai is leading the global energy transformation by accelerating the proliferation of distributed and renewable energy resources, electric transportation, and smart loads. Our SaaS-based solutions utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize smart grids for increased affordability, reliability, and sustainability. Our customers –communities, corporations and utilities – have reported significant savings in capital and operational costs, as well as reductions in their carbon footprint. BluWave-ai is dedicated to working with partners and customers toward universal, affordable, and sustainable energy and transportation systems. BluWave-ai’s grid energy optimization platform balances the cost, availability, and reliability of different energy sources - renewable and non-renewable - with energy demand in real-time. We are focused on supporting distribution utility, enterprise, mining, campus, net zero community, and remote/off-grid clients around the globe. | $7.1M | Series A | Feb 14, 2023 |  |

10 of 100 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Maple Leaf Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maple-leaf-angels) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mars-investment-accelerator-fund) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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- [Angel One Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-one-network) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Capital Angel Network invest in?

Capital Angel Network invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 100 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Capital Angel Network's check size?

Capital Angel Network typically joins rounds of $183k–$5M at Seed and $10k–$2M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Capital Angel Network participates in.

### How do I contact Capital Angel Network?

Public channels for Capital Angel Network include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Capital Angel Network?

The team at Capital Angel Network includes Caroline Somers (Chair), Charlie Banks (Managing Director) and Laurie Davis (Founder and Board Member), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 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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