# Helder Ventures

> Helder Ventures is a VC fund in Vancouver backing SaaS, GovTech and Medical. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/helderventures
- Website: https://helderventures.com/

Helder Ventures is a VC fund in Vancouver focused on SaaS and GovTech. Helder Ventures strives to provide additional, impactful resources to local social ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| GovTech | 1 | 17% |
| Medical | 1 | 17% |
| Politics | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChopValue Manufacturing | Recycling chopsticks into a wood composite used for designer art, furniture and millwork | $7.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 03, 2023 |  |
| First Block Capital | First Block Capital is Canada’s first fully regulated PM, IFM and EMD crypto investment firm. FBC provides a diversified on-ramp for exposure to the digital currency asset class. Our investment interests range across the cryptocurrency and blockchain space, facilitating direct investment in cryptocurrency itself and investment in companiescreating, implementing and adopting blockchain solutions. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Canary Medical | BioScience Managers Commits AUS$10M to New joint venture with Canary medical to serve as a platform to collect and monetize data from implantable and wearable medical devices.Vancouver, British Columbia, Aug 1, 2017 – Canary Medical (Canary) is pleased to announce the formation of CHARM Informatics Pty Ltd (CHARM), in collaboration with BioScienceManagers Pty Ltd (BioScience) of Melbourne, Australia. |  | Series C | Oct 01, 2022 |  |
| First Block Capital | First Block Capital is Canada’s first fully regulated PM, IFM and EMD crypto investment firm. FBC provides a diversified on-ramp for exposure to the digital currency asset class. Our investment interests range across the cryptocurrency and blockchain space, facilitating direct investment in cryptocurrency itself and investment in companiescreating, implementing and adopting blockchain solutions. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| New/Mode | We founded one of the world’s largest and most successful online campaigning organizations, OpenMedia, and led campaigns for progressive advocacy organizations and politicians. Our founders saw the power of community-driven campaigns first-hand. Now, we’re putting the powerful tools used by the world’s leading campaigns into more campaigners’pockets. New/Mode was born to help progressive organizations activate grassroots power and win more change. |  | Seed | Mar 02, 2020 |  |
| SiMBi | Simbi students fall in love with reading. They are the only reading platform that motivates students to read by giving back to their global community. | $460K | Seed | Dec 24, 2018 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Higher Ground Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/higher-ground-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Katapult](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katapult-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kilauea Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kilauea-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Luminate Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luminate-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Media Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-media-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rhiza Capital / Sunshine Coast Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rhiza-capital-sunshine-coast-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Helder Ventures invest in?

Helder Ventures invests primarily in SaaS, GovTech and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series C 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.

### When did Helder Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Helder Ventures closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 6 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 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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