# Klister Credit

> Klister Credit is a VC fund in Toronto backing Analytics and Machine Learning. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.klister.ca

Klister Credit is an investment and consulting corporation.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analytics | 2 | 18% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 18% |
| SaaS | 1 | 9% |
| Water | 1 | 9% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 36% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 18% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 6 | 55% |
| Kenya | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Phillips | Founder | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-phillips-5 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sparrow BioAcoustics | Sparrow BioAcoustics ,developers of a smartphone stethoscope designed to gather and collaborate on medical-grade cardiac and pulmonary data. | $10M | Seed | Oct 29, 2025 |  |
| FundThrough | FundThrough offers loans to small companies that sell to bigger businesses. Our technology allows us to approve new clients in minutes, and get you the cash you need quickly, with no obligations or long-term commitments. | $25M | Series B | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| Purple Elephant Ventures | Purple Elephant Ventures is a venture studio that aims to launch three or four start-ups per year focused on enhancing travel and tourism. Purple Elephant Ventures was founded in 2020 by Ben Peterson, Jan van De Willebois & Mikul Shah. | $4.5M | Seed | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Sparrow BioAcoustics | Sparrow BioAcoustics ,developers of a smartphone stethoscope designed to gather and collaborate on medical-grade cardiac and pulmonary data. | $13M | Seed | Sep 20, 2024 |  |
| Purple Elephant Ventures | Purple Elephant Ventures is a venture studio that aims to launch three or four start-ups per year focused on enhancing travel and tourism. Purple Elephant Ventures was founded in 2020 by Ben Peterson, Jan van De Willebois & Mikul Shah. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2022 |  |
| Citylitics | Citylitics delivers predictive intelligence on local utility and public infrastructure markets.​ The company's data engine transforms over a billion documents buried in 31,000+ cities & utility data sources into high-value intelligence for targeted business development. | $5M | Series A | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| WatrHub | WatrHub is a data and intelligence company that delivers predictive intelligence on infrastructure opportunities in the US and Canada. WatrHub is the only source of predictive market information on how, when, and why these water infrastructure investments will be made. Its AI engine transforms millions of public documents into actionable salesleads and market insights. Manufacturers subscribe to WatrHub to secure their next water utility clients and bring their advanced, efficient technologies to aging water infrastructure.It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | $1.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 14, 2020 |  |
| FundThrough | FundThrough offers loans to small companies that sell to bigger businesses. Our technology allows us to approve new clients in minutes, and get you the cash you need quickly, with no obligations or long-term commitments. | $14.6M | Debt Financing | Oct 10, 2016 |  |
| Sequence Bio | Sequence Bio is a data-driven biotechnology company in Newfoundland and Labrador. We're leading the NL Genome Project, a large-scale genomics project studying Newfoundland’s unique genetic makeup by combining multi-omic data with longitudinal health records to improve how we understand, treat, and prevent disease. Our goal is to use data andnew computational approaches to enable better healthcare and transform drug discovery. |  | Seed | Aug 03, 2016 |  |
| Sequence Bio | Sequence Bio is a data-driven biotechnology company in Newfoundland and Labrador. We're leading the NL Genome Project, a large-scale genomics project studying Newfoundland’s unique genetic makeup by combining multi-omic data with longitudinal health records to improve how we understand, treat, and prevent disease. Our goal is to use data andnew computational approaches to enable better healthcare and transform drug discovery. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 19, 2015 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Killick Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/killick-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Pelorus Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pelorus-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GCI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gci) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cerium Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cerium-technology-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Clear Creek Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clear-creek-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dallas Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dallas-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Klister Credit invest in?

Klister Credit invests primarily in Analytics, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Klister Credit's check size?

Klister Credit typically joins rounds of $250k–$13M 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 Klister Credit participates in.

### How do I contact Klister Credit?

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### Who are the partners at Klister Credit?

The team at Klister Credit includes John Phillips (Founder). 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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