# First Angel Network

> First Angel Network is a VC fund in Halifax backing Health Care and Medical. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Halifax, Canada
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Oct 2018
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/521608
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/FirstAngelNet
- Website: http://www.firstangelnetwork.ca
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/First-Angel-Network/38673125808330

First Angel Network is a VC fund in Halifax focused on Health Care and Medical. First Angel Network Association (FAN) is a not-for-profit organization formed to bridge the capital gap for companies with extraordinary potential in Atlantic Canada. Created by angel investors for angel investors, FAN provides entrepreneurs and investors with a confidential, disciplined, high-quality private equity investment experience. FAN alsodelivers education and networking opportunities in the areas of investment readiness, angel investing and commercialization.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$3.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 3 | 30% |
| Medical | 2 | 20% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 20% |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 20% |
| Medical Device | 2 | 20% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Angel | 2 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Lowe | Co-Founder & Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-lowe |
| Ross Finlay | Co-Founder, Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ross-finlay |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Beauceron Security | Beauceron makes it faster, easier and less complex for organisations to measure, manage and monitor human-centric cyber risk. Their comprehensive, automated cybersecurity platform covers cybersecurity education, social engineering simulations, executive surveys, and dashboards as well as business process, and technology gap assessment and analysis. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 24, 2018 |  |
| Covina Biomedical | Covina Biomedical is a minimally invasive orthopaedics company producing injectable biomaterials that enhance quality of life. The company is developing its first platform product, a glass-based bone cement to enhance the longevity of orthopaedic implants. Using collaborative research approaches, and in partnership with end users, Covina Biomedicalhas created the first technology of its kind in the industry. | $1M | Private Equity | Mar 17, 2017 |  |
| Covina Biomedical | Covina Biomedical is a minimally invasive orthopaedics company producing injectable biomaterials that enhance quality of life. The company is developing its first platform product, a glass-based bone cement to enhance the longevity of orthopaedic implants. Using collaborative research approaches, and in partnership with end users, Covina Biomedicalhas created the first technology of its kind in the industry. | $750K | Pre-Seed | Mar 17, 2017 |  |
| WellTrack | WellTrack provides on-demand online therapy for stress, anxiety, and depression. |  | Angel | May 01, 2016 |  |
| Chinova Bioworks | Chinova Bioworks uses a natural and effective antimicrobial chitosan polymer with broad spectrum protection. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2016 |  |
| Meta Materials | META® delivers previously unachievable performance, across a range of applications, by inventing, designing, developing, and manufacturing sustainable, highly functional materials. Our extensive technology platform enables leading global brands to deliver breakthrough products to their customers in consumer electronics, 5G communications, healthand wellness, aerospace, automotive, and clean energy. Our nano-optic technology provides anti-counterfeiting security features for government documents and currencies and authentication for brands. Our achievements have been widely recognized, including being named a Lux Research Innovator of the Year in 2021. Learn more at www.metamaterial.com. | $3.1M | Seed | Apr 23, 2015 |  |
| sageCrowd | SageCrowd’s purpose is to help enterprises use collaboration to grow their top-line results. By leveraging new discoveries in the science of learning, they tackle organizations most mission critical change programs. They use their Collaborative Learning Platform and their methodology, SAGECROWD WAY, to target far more effective competency-basedtraining for large enterprises. Modern learning science has identified the problem with traditional skills training methods such as classroom, online, books, videos, keynotes and seminars. These methods do not align with the brain’s ‘natural’ learning cycle and fail to create permanent memories. This results in training programs that fail to achieve their objectives, poor skill adoption, and no change in personal or enterprise performance. SageCrowd has created the sageCrowd Collaborative Learning Platform; the learning sciences training methodology, the SageCrowd Way; and specific training programs based on the works of top authors. At the heart of the sageCrowd Way is Insight-Scaffolding®, a sequence of activities invoking reflections and insights. This revolutionary approach identifies invoking ‘reflection’ as the key to creating ‘personal insights’. Insights are the pathway to idea creation and idea testing; the key steps in the learning cycle that distinguishes short- and long-term memory. By invoking a sequence of reflections & insights, learners scaffold skills naturally, layer upon layer. The proprietary training methodology, The SageCrowd Way, combines collaborative learning capability with Insight-Scaffolding® sequencing to create a fundamentally different learning environment that can deliver a greater ROI on training and substantially improve enterprise performance. | $850K | Seed | Jan 30, 2014 |  |
| ABK Biomedical | ABK Biomedical combines the clinical market with biomaterials. It specializes in improving treatment options for patients with hypervascular tumors. The company is dedicated to transforming an interventional radiology procedure called embolization. |  | Angel | Jan 01, 2014 |  |
| Interview Rocket | Interview Rocket is a revolutionary new online service that allows recruiters to pre-screen job candidates independent of busy schedules, time zones or geographies. | $250K | Seed | Feb 07, 2013 |  |
| TitanFile | TitanFile develops a cloud based enterprise file sharing solution that enables professionals to exchange files. Its platform automatically organizes messages and documents around clients, groups, or projects, reducing filing overhead and increasing productivity; and allows professionals to share any type of file, including word documents, powerpoint slides, and PDFs. TitanFile’s platform provides email integration, group communication, audit logs, mobile access, client portal, data and residency, enterprise integration, and user management solutions. Moreover, it offers its product as a customized on premise solution. TitanFile serves accounting, government, health care, higher education, human resources, legal professionals, and manufacturing industries. Milan Vrekic and Tony Abou-Assaleh founded it on January 17, 2011, with its headquarters in Waterloo in Canada and additional offices in Toronto and Kitchener in the same country. | $1.1M | Seed | Oct 11, 2012 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Innovacorp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovacorp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [New Brunswick Innovation Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-brunswick-innovation-foundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wilmington Investor Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wilmington-investor-network) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cabot Technology Solutions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cabot-solutions-pvt-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CyLon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cylon) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [East Valley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-valley-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does First Angel Network invest in?

First Angel Network invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

First Angel Network typically joins rounds of $250k–$3.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds First Angel Network participates in.

### How do I contact First Angel Network?

Public channels for First 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 First Angel Network?

The team at First Angel Network includes Brian Lowe (Co-Founder & Director) and Ross Finlay (Co-Founder, Director). 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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