Innovate Calgary
VC Fund
Calgary, Canada
Innovate Calgary is a VC fund in Calgary focused on Health Care and Medical. Innovate Calgary is where startups, entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, industry and partners take innovation and ideas to business. It takes an ecosystem to drive the commercialization success of an innovation or discovery, and we are here to give you the help you need to take your startup, discovery or investment to the next stage of growthor market entry. How? It's simple, Just Ask.Innovate Calgary is the technology-transfer and business-incubation centre for the University of Calgary. Working closely with Research Services and the Office of the Vice-President (Research), we work to help bridge the gap between discovery and innovation.
- Total investments:
- 43
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
Last updated:
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Industries Innovate Calgary invests in
Stages Innovate Calgary invests in
Countries Innovate Calgary invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $931k–$2.1M
- Pre-Seed
- $48k–$770k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 17 (40%)
- Medical 11 (26%)
- Medical Device 9 (21%)
- Software 6 (14%)
- Apps 2 (5%)
Stage
- Seed 16 (37%)
- Pre-Seed 13 (30%)
- Funding Round 2 (5%)
- Angel 1 (2%)
- Grant 1 (2%)
Country
- Canada 24 (56%)
- United States 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adam Cragg
Executive Director
|
Executive Director | Total investments: 65 | Find email | |
Khalid Hansraj
Business Development Manager
|
Business Development Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Maximilian Kerz
Expert Advisor
|
Expert Advisor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Steven Pilz
Mentor
|
Mentor | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Possibility Neurotechnologies develops user-centric assistive solutions to bridge the gap between advanced brain-computer interface technologies and the applications they can manage. | $36.9K / Grant / Jan 01, 2023 | ||
| MACH32 is a medical device startup that develops innovative solutions for new and longstanding medical problems. | Pre-Seed / Sep 15, 2022 | ||
| Difinity Solutions is specializing in the development of medical devices and technology solutions. | $76.1K / Pre-Seed / Sep 01, 2022 | ||
| InventoRR MD provides trauma and general surgery devices. They offer products that include tracheostomy, heart plug devices, liver airbags, shock airbags, and abdominal suturing devices. | Seed / Aug 30, 2022 | ||
| ViTAA offers precision, personalized medicine for the improved management of patients diagnosed with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). | Seed / Aug 29, 2022 | ||
| AllSkin Dermatology offers skin care maintenance, skin cancer therapy, and acne services. They offer comprehensive treatment of all skin diseases and disorders using this technology. They develop a realistic plan to achieve the goals. An online inquiry form is available on their website. | Pre-Seed / Aug 04, 2022 | ||
| Cadence is an integrated, end-to-end solution that streamlines both the estate planning and settlement processes. Businesses that use Cadence can support their clientele without adding extra work to their plate, and individuals that use Cadence are given more time to focus on living, grieving, and healing. | $931.4K / Seed / Jun 29, 2022 | ||
| Areto Labs creates culture-building apps & bots that can be integrated into digital community platforms. | $770.2K / Pre-Seed / Jun 20, 2022 | ||
| Accessibility consulting | Pre-Seed / May 11, 2022 | ||
|
Medhesion
|
Medhesion is a medical therapeutic drug company | Pre-Seed / May 01, 2022 | |
| See all 43 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Innovate Calgary invest in?
Innovate Calgary invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Medical Device startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 43 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Innovate Calgary invest in?
Innovate Calgary typically joins rounds of $931k–$2.1M at Seed and $48k–$770k at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Innovate Calgary's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Innovate Calgary took part in.
How do I contact Innovate Calgary?
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Who are the partners at Innovate Calgary?
The team at Innovate Calgary includes Adam Cragg (Executive Director), Khalid Hansraj (Business Development Manager) and Maximilian Kerz (Expert Advisor). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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