FedDev
VC Fund
Waterloo, Canada
FedDev is a VC fund in Waterloo focused on Manufacturing and Software. FedDev Ontario aids the southern Ontario economy by supporting innovation, commercialization, business growth, productivity, and communities.
- Total investments:
- 225
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 89%
Last updated:
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Industries FedDev invests in
Stages FedDev invests in
Countries FedDev invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $24k–$2.2M
- Grant
- $98k–$5M
- Debt Financing
- $500k–$3.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 39 (17%)
- Software 35 (16%)
- Information Technology 26 (12%)
- Health Care 19 (8%)
- Biotechnology 17 (8%)
Stage
- Grant 157 (70%)
- Debt Financing 37 (16%)
- Seed 7 (3%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (1%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (1%)
Country
- Canada 201 (89%)
- United States 6 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellfab is a privately held Canadian company that engineers and manufactures innovative products from technical and specialized textiles. | $431.9K / Grant / Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Canadian Metal Buildings specializes in the design, manufacture, and installation of prefabricated metal building systems. With a focus on quality and innovation, the company offers a range of products including structural components, bolts, and screws, tailored to meet the specific needs of its clients. Canadian Metal Buildings takes pride inproviding comprehensive solutions, from the initial design phase to the final installation, ensuring that each building meets the highest standards of strength and durability. The company also offers exclusive opportunities for builders to join its network, providing access to resources and support to enhance their capabilities in constructing metal buildings. | $539.9K / Grant / Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Niko Apparel Systems designs and manufactures custom technical apparel and textile products for clients. The company focuses on custom-made garments such as jackets, outerwear, and bags that are tailored to client requirements. Its in-house fashion design and pattern design team develops highly technical garments, working from concept through tofinished product. Niko Apparel Systems serves organizations that require specialized or branded apparel, providing design input, material selection, and production services. The company supports clients seeking custom-fit, performance-focused clothing for a range of uses, including uniforms, promotional wear, and specialized outerwear. | $144K / Grant / Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Superior Radiant Products is a market leader in the design and manufacture of energy-efficient infrared heating solutions. | $721.9K / Grant / Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Nobellum Enterprise is a social and technological enterprise that specializes in economic development services. | $866.3K / Grant / Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Max Aicher North America (MANA) is a supplier of hot rolled steel bar products. The company uses a modern computer-controlled facility designed to produce both hot rolled bar coils and cut bar lengths. The company has a state-of-the-art bloom reheat furnace, combined with an automated control package and new six-axis in-line laser size gauge forthe bar mill. In-line surface quality monitoring equipment has been installed on the rolling mill to further enhance surface quality. MANA Steel's bar products are supplied for a wide variety of applications. | $5.1M / Grant / Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Moyy designs, prints and manufactures custom packaging and display solutions for brands in e-commerce and retail. The company focuses on corrugated packaging, including mailer boxes, shipping boxes, trays, product boxes and custom brown boxes. Moyy also produces retail-ready packaging, point-of-purchase displays and temporary signage for tradeshows, events and promotions. Its services span structural design, art, graphics and colour management, along with digital and flexographic printing using corrugated-focused technology. Moyy offers custom inserts to protect products and refine the unboxing experience. It serves a range of industries such as apparel and beauty, food and beverage, technology, health and wellness, pet care and manufacturing, tailoring packaging and display solutions to specific sector needs. | $433.1K / Grant / Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Hooper Welding designs and manufactures pressure vessels and process equipment. | $721.9K / Grant / Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| ADI Automation Design is a private industrial engineering firm specializing in custom automation. | $487.3K / Grant / Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| The mission of Aspire for Higher is to strengthen community foundations by utilizing the potential of sports, health and wellness, education, employment, and entrepreneurship. | $2M / Grant / Aug 26, 2026 | ||
| See all 225 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does FedDev invest in?
FedDev invests primarily in Manufacturing, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Grant and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 225 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is FedDev's check size?
FedDev typically joins rounds of $24k–$2.2M at Seed, $98k–$5M at Grant and $500k–$3.5M at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds FedDev participates in.
When did FedDev last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for FedDev closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 225 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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