# Concrete Ventures

> Concrete Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Halifax, Canada
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last fund: Jan 2015
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/concrete-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ConcreteVC
- Website: https://www.concrete.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConcreteVC/

Concrete Ventures is a pre-seed fund focused on Atlantic Canada. The company's objective is to be a true value-add investor with a "by founders, for founders" culture that runs deep. The organization believes in taking a deliberate approach to developing our portfolio of innovative creators.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$4.1M |
| Pre-Seed | $250k–$878k |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $1.8M–$9.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 13% |
| SaaS | 4 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 10% |
| Compliance | 3 | 8% |

58 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 45% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 13% |
| Series A | 2 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 21 | 53% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 8% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dave Kim | LP | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-kim |
| Patrick Hankinson | Partner | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-hankinson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Verna | Verna is a business using geospatial data science to address the climate and nature crises.We help landowners, investors, and policymakers to use land in ways that draw down carbon, enhance biodiversity and generate sustainable returns – e.g. through woodland creation, habitat creation and enhancement, and regenerative agriculture.Verna wasestablished in Borehamwood, Hertford. | $4M | Seed | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| VIVLA | Vivla offers second homeownership by helping people buy, own, and sell the fractions of the second home that fits their life. | $9.4M | Series A | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| VIVLA | Vivla offers second homeownership by helping people buy, own, and sell the fractions of the second home that fits their life. | $9.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| 3D BioFibR | 3DBioFibR is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures biopolymer fibers for tissue engineering and advanced biomaterial applications. The company uses a patented dry-spinning technology to produce collagen fibers that replicate the structural, biochemical, and biomechanical properties of natural collagen. Its product portfolioincludes collagen-based materials for 3D bioprinting, hydrogels, cell culture, and tissue engineering research, as well as custom collagen scaffolds for specialized applications. In addition to collagen, the company applies its manufacturing platform to other biopolymers, including spider silk, fibrin, and chitosan, for use in biomedical and advanced material research. The company collaborates with research institutions and industry partners to support the development of biomaterials for regenerative medicine, life sciences, and other engineering applications. | $3M | Seed | Jun 04, 2025 |  |
| PayTic | PayTic enables payments issuers to manage their card programs by providing dedicated back-office solutions that streamline the end-to-end operations in customer support, chargebacks, fraud, AML, reporting, and reconciliation. Our proprietary solutions are unique in automating and centralizing the program management processes, regardless of thenumber of processors and the payment networks involved in the payments products. We impact payments providers by eliminating the defragmented and manual processes and replacing them with a SaaS platform that increases proactivity, mitigates risks, and delivers value. It reduces the burn rate to near 0 in operational costs and offers an unprecedented competitive advantage. PayTic is introducing the Zero Ops model in managing payments. | $4M | Seed | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| Innerlogic | Innerlogic is a culture optimization software company that assists businesses in monitoring and mastering their culture, thereby improving team performance. | $948.9K | Seed | Jun 27, 2024 |  |
| NovaResp Technologies | NovaResp Technologies provides AI-based medical devices for a respiratory disorder. | $3M | Seed | May 14, 2024 |  |
| Spellbook | Spellbook offers a suite of AI-powered legal tools that assist commercial lawyers with drafting, reviewing, and analyzing contracts. It integrates directly into Microsoft Word to surface redlines, clause suggestions, and comparative benchmarks without leaving the document. The platform includes an AI agent called “Associate” that can orchestrateworkflows across multiple documents, such as generating disclosure schedules or coordinating revisions. Spellbook supports the creation of custom review rules via playbooks, and maintains strict data privacy through zero-data retention policies. It is used by law firms and in-house legal teams in many countries. | $20.1M | Series A | Jan 13, 2024 |  |
| Bright Breaks | Bright Breaks offers a workplace wellness solution to boost employee wellness, connection, and productivity with 7-minute live micro-breaks. Bright Breaks' wellness platform is designed to provide users with maximum benefits while requiring the least amount of effort. It only takes a few minutes per day to reduce stress and improve well-being. | $1.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| 3D BioFibR | 3DBioFibR is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures biopolymer fibers for tissue engineering and advanced biomaterial applications. The company uses a patented dry-spinning technology to produce collagen fibers that replicate the structural, biochemical, and biomechanical properties of natural collagen. Its product portfolioincludes collagen-based materials for 3D bioprinting, hydrogels, cell culture, and tissue engineering research, as well as custom collagen scaffolds for specialized applications. In addition to collagen, the company applies its manufacturing platform to other biopolymers, including spider silk, fibrin, and chitosan, for use in biomedical and advanced material research. The company collaborates with research institutions and industry partners to support the development of biomaterials for regenerative medicine, life sciences, and other engineering applications. | $2.6M | Seed | Jul 20, 2023 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Concrete Ventures invest in?

Concrete Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Concrete Ventures's check size?

Concrete Ventures typically joins rounds of $600k–$4.1M at Seed, $250k–$878k at Pre-Seed and $1.8M–$9.4M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Concrete Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Concrete Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Concrete Ventures?

The team at Concrete Ventures includes Dave Kim (LP) and Patrick Hankinson (Partner). 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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