# Claridge

> Claridge is a VC fund in Montréal backing Software and Food and Beverage. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/claridge
- Website: http://www.claridgeinc.com

Claridge is a VC fund in Montréal focused on Software and Food and Beverage. Claridge, founded in 1987 by Stephen Bronfman’s father Charles Bronfman, and its predecessor company, Cemp Investments Ltd., have been active private equity investors for over five decades. The firm employs some 30 investment and administrative professionals. Claridge is a private investment firm headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. Claridgerepresents the interests of the Stephen Bronfman family and is actively involved in the management of a diverse portfolio of investments in private equity, hedge funds, public equities, and real estate. Claridge's portfolio composition is carefully shaped to reflect the optimal mix between economic sectors and geographies. Direct equity participations currently include holdings in food, real estate, technology, entertainment and renewable energy, among others. Claridge also has third-party managed investments in a variety of industries throughout the world. Claridge has thrived through many economic cycles. Claridge's investment experience, coupled with our expertise in identifying transformational opportunities and adding value to portfolio companies, has helped us achieve superior risk-adjusted returns over the long term.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| Travel | 1 | 17% |
| Women's | 1 | 17% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 3 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series D | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 4 | 67% |
| United States | 2 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stephen Bronfman | Chairman & Founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-bronfman |
| Murielle Lortie | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/murielle-lortie |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gabbi | Gabbi empowers women to understand their bodies and proactively seek the care they need. We use AI and clinical research to decrease the rate of preventable diseases and delayed diagnosis that affect women. Our proprietary risk model is the first-ever consumer facing platform that assesses a woman’s lifetime risk of disease, provides personalized& interactive action plans, and activates a community of engagement and support. | $4.4M | Seed | Oct 27, 2022 |  |
| WeCook - Repas WeCook | Founded in 2013, WeCook Meals (formerly Nutrition Fit Plus) is a leader in home meal delivery, offering a wide range of tasty, balanced and personalized healthy meals made with fresh produce and meat, and healthy snacks. Subscribers can order from a diversified weekly menu. The Dorval-based company has over 450 employees serving Québec and Ontario. | $31.2M | Series C | May 25, 2022 |  |
| Busbud | Busbud is a mobile app and platform that connects passengers to bus operators. It enables its users to search, compare, and book city-to-city bus tickets for any location and from any location. It is a comprehensive source of city-to-city bus schedules and tickets around the world, gathering schedules for over 10463 cities in 89 countries, in 10languages, and 15 currencies. The app offers a search tool allowing travelers to discover and plan their next bus trip.Busbud was founded by Michael Gradek, LP Maurice, and Frederic Thouin in October 2011. It is headquartered in Montreal City in Québec, Canada. | $11.2M | Series C | Sep 29, 2020 |  |
| WorkJam | WorkJam is an employee engagement suite that unleashes the potential of enterprise workforces through agile scheduling, transformative communication, experiential learning, and tailored recognition, empowering the shift-based, hourly, and non-desk workers. It manages and optimizes the entire employee-employer relationship life cycle with dynamicmobile communication and workforce management to drive operational efficiency and productivity. It also enables employers to improve labor cost management and sales through better communication with their workforce, enhanced employee self-service, and a better customer experience through a more motivated and engaged staff.WorkJam was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. | $50M | Series C | Apr 06, 2020 |  |
| Califia Farms | Califia Farms' (Califia, pronounced like California), mission is to bring you delicious and mindful nourishment through California-grown fruits and nuts. Califia Farms is led by beverage visionary Greg Steltenpohl, bringing you beautifully bottled goodness from the San Joaquin Valley. The name comes from the Spanish legend of warrior queenCalifia who ruled over the mythical island of California. Spanish conquistadors believed they had discovered Califia’s bountiful island when they first explored California. | $225M | Series D | Jan 15, 2020 |  |
| Reacts | Reacts is an integrated, secure solution, with tools that allow you to perform multi-stream videoconferencing, file sharing (documents, videos, images, digital objects), live file transfer, and simultaneous live chats with multiple users.Reacts is loaded with groundbreaking features. Use checklists and reporting tools to assess, supervise,teach and document any kind of virtual interaction. Incorporate augmented reality within live audio-video sessions. | $2.9M |  | Jun 15, 2016 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fonds de solidarité FTQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fonds-de-solidarit-ftq) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Inovia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inovia-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Canadian Business Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canadian-business-growth-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blumberg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blumberg-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-development-bank-of-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Claridge invest in?

Claridge invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and Apps startups, most often at Series C and Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Claridge?

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### Who are the partners at Claridge?

The team at Claridge includes Stephen Bronfman (Chairman & Founder) and Murielle Lortie (Chief Financial Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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