# Innovate Edmonton

> Innovate Edmonton is a VC fund in Edmonton backing Medical and Health Care. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edmonton, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovateedmonton/
- Website: https://x.com/InnovateYEG
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InnovateYEG

Innovate Edmonton is a VC fund in Edmonton focused on Medical and Health Care. Innovate Edmonton, a division of Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC), supports our city’s most driven tech-sector entrepreneurs and visionaries. The division’s purpose is to help founders and their teams bring ground-breaking ideas to market – whether as a startup or a high-potential scaleup – by bringing together the right people,resources and funding.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Innovate Edmonton. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Innovate Edmonton. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/innovate-edmonton?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 100% |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Therapeutics | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Catherine Warren | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Syantra | Syantra is a precision biotechnology company that transforms cancer detection and treatment. The company is initially targeting breast cancer detection and treatment, highlighting its commitment to combatting this prevalent disease. Syantra''s flagship product, Syantra DX™ Breast Cancer, is a blood test designed for early breast cancerscreening. This test measures a panel of gene expression biomarkers from whole blood and utilizes machine learning algorithms to interpret the data, providing a positive or negative result. Clinical studies have demonstrated high inferred accuracy for women under 50 and overall. Syantra's Onco-ID™ platform aims to expand early cancer detection capabilities across multiple cancer types. | $6.8M | Series A | Jan 20, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accelerate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerate-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alberta Innovates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alberta-innovates-e699) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-opportunity-calgary-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Innovate Edmonton invest in?

Innovate Edmonton invests primarily in Medical, Health Care and Therapeutics startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Innovate Edmonton?

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### Who are the partners at Innovate Edmonton?

The team at Innovate Edmonton includes Catherine Warren (Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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