# Graphite Ventures

> Graphite Ventures is a VC fund in Toronto backing Software and Health Care. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/graphitevc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/graphitevc
- Website: https://x.com/graphitevc

Graphite Ventures is an investment firm.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Graphite Ventures. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Graphite Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/graphite-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$4.7M |
| Pre-Seed | $729k–$6M |
| Series A | $7.3M–$31M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 37% |
| Health Care | 8 | 23% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 20% |
| Machine Learning | 6 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 17% |

62 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 49% |
| Series A | 6 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 11% |
| Series B | 2 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 27 | 77% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Barclay | Investor, Director of Data & Operations | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-barclay-2 |
| Lance Laking | Managing Director and General Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lance-laking-2 |
| Snita Balsara | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/snita-balsara |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| InsideDesk | InsideDesk is a solution to prevent revenue leakage, maximize claim collection and enhance the patient financial experience. | $12.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 15, 2026 |  |
| TimeSmart.AI | TimeSmart.AI provides a comprehensive solution developed with the guidance of physicians and compliance professionals to help improve organizational efficiencies.TimeSmart.AI delivers a robust, all-in-one solution crafted with input from physicians and compliance experts. It streamlines organizational workflows to boost efficiencies acrosshealthcare operations. Designed for real-world reliability, it helps teams save time while upholding the highest standards of care and regulation. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| myStoria | Mystoria offers a digital platform for fertility support, empowering users with tools and knowledge for reproductive health. | $1.2M | Seed | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| Kaster Technologies Inc. | Kaster offers AI-driven production scheduling solutions for aseptic manufacturers. We help facilities synchronize operations in real-time and respond to changes as they happen. Our clients see 10% increased capacity and 80% reduction in re/planning time, resulting in higher revenue and fewer drug shortages penalties. We help asepticmanufacturers reduce medication costs and increase profitability. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Feb 09, 2026 |  |
| Brickeye | AOMS Technologies provides integrated Industrial IoT platforms for generating actionable insights from assets and processes to enhance efficiency and productivity, reduce operation costs, increase safety, and improve environmental sustainability. AOMS IoT platforms are integrated sensors and analytics tools developed for harsh environments andheavy industrial applications where conventional technologies fail, lose performance, or cannot be deployed efficiently. | $10M | Series B | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Tracktile | Tracktile Create and manage your production process to achieve verifiable traceability and to gain visibility and insights. | $904K | Seed | Dec 05, 2025 |  |
| Glowtify | Glowtify is an AI-powered marketing tool developed to assist e-commerce enterprises in optimizing their marketing efforts and generating growth. | $2.4M | Seed | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Mycroft | Mycroft is the AI-native cybersecurity and compliance platform purpose-built for modern companies. Founded by experienced builders and security professionals with over 30 years of combined expertise, the company delivers security outcomes that go beyond checkbox compliance. The core product is Mycroft's AI Security and Compliance Officer, anautonomous AI agent designed to manage and operate your full security and IT stack – from securing your laptops to acing your next SOC 2 audit. This isn't just a tool; it's your virtual CISO, GRC expert, and IT ops team, all rolled into one. Focus on building your vision, while our AI Agent ensures your foundation is rock solid and fully compliant, 24/7. It's time to modernize your GRC and scale with confidence. | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| Trusty Estate | Trusty assists estate professionals, wealth advisors, and families in confidently preparing for the future. The modern approach to safeguarding and transmitting what is most important is trust. | $729K | Pre-Seed | Jul 15, 2025 |  |
| Unicone Art | At Unicone Art, we offer high-quality art products such as Epoxy resin, Mica powder, Silicone mold-making kits, natural resin remover soap, and golden nuggets, for resin art, jewelry, geode paintings, and more. | $4.7M | Seed | Sep 17, 2024 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mars-investment-accelerator-fund) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Export Development Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/export-development-canada) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Luge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luge-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AQC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anges-qu%C3%A9bec-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Archangel Network of Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archangel-4de5) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Graphite Ventures invest in?

Graphite Ventures invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 35 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Graphite Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$4.7M at Seed, $729k–$6M at Pre-Seed and $7.3M–$31M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Graphite Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Graphite Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Graphite Ventures?

The team at Graphite Ventures includes Alexander Barclay (Investor, Director of Data & Operations), Lance Laking (Managing Director and General Partner) and Snita Balsara (Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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