# Koan Capital

> Koan Capital is a VC fund in Calgary backing AgTech, Farming and Agriculture. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Canada
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/koan-capital-corp
- Website: https://koan.vc

Koan Capital is a VC fund in Calgary focused on AgTech and Farming. Koan Capital backing early stage start-ups which are creating solutions in agriculture and the environment, increasing productivity and overall value of food products.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 2 | 13% |
| Farming | 2 | 13% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 13% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 13% |
| Food Processing | 2 | 13% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 8 | 53% |
| Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 11 | 73% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Picketa Systems | Picketa Systems Precision develops a leaf-evaluated-nutrient system for real-time plant tissue analysis. Its platform removes any turnaround time in the process of analyzing plant samples, allowing growers to make data-oriented decisions on time without obstructing their workflow. It tracks the performance of fields and helps measure the impact ofdifferent varieties, fertilizer products, and techniques, season after season. | $1.5M |  | Jun 15, 2026 |  |
| Maia Farms | Maia provides B2B production of CanPro, a mushroom-based protein to the food manufacturers seeking a high-quality ingredient. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | May 02, 2024 |  |
| Truffle | Truffle enables restaurants of all sizes to empower their teams, increase profits, and provide a smart dining experience that customers expect, with tools to manage your restaurant in a single platform. Truffle offers restaurants flexible tools to expand into Point of Sale, Online Ordering, Table Side, Delivery Management, Automated Pickup, TableReservations and Guest Marketing. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| Sami Agtech | Sami Agtech provides a cost-effective robotics and data analytics platform for selective harvesting. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Brilliant Harvest | Brilliant Harvest is an AI-powered Helpdesk designed to support equipment dealer teams throughout the customer experience (CX), from purchase to repair. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Sep 26, 2023 |  |
| Picketa Systems | Picketa Systems Precision develops a leaf-evaluated-nutrient system for real-time plant tissue analysis. Its platform removes any turnaround time in the process of analyzing plant samples, allowing growers to make data-oriented decisions on time without obstructing their workflow. It tracks the performance of fields and helps measure the impact ofdifferent varieties, fertilizer products, and techniques, season after season. | $1.1M | Seed | May 26, 2023 |  |
| ChrysaLabs | ChrysaLabs has developed a real-time, portable and accurate soil fertility assessment technology to enable growers and agronomists to better managed their fertilizers and increase their yield. | $11.2M | Series A | May 09, 2023 |  |
| EIO Diagnostics | EIO Diagnostics’ udder health technology transforms the way that farmers monitor and detect mastitis by automating the screening process. We use infrared image analysis and computer vision to help farmers improve livestock health. By installing a single sensor at the entry of the rotary, we are able to assess the udder of every cow at everymilking. We offer an affordable, scalable SaaS solution without touching animals or the milk. | $1.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 28, 2023 |  |
| Nectar Technologies | Nectar's mission is to ensure the health of honey bees by helping beekeepers apply the right care at the right time through bee-friendly and human technology. They aim to bring bees and beekeepers closer together by enabling communication between two species.w |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Sawback Technologies | Sawback Technologies has developed a proprietary solution to visualize and analyze near surface data over wide areas and complex environments, to be used in the construction and energy verticals. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [East Valley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-valley-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Emmertech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emmertech) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New Brunswick Innovation Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-brunswick-innovation-foundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tall Grass Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tall-grass-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AltaML](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altaml) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Koan Capital invest in?

Koan Capital invests primarily in AgTech, Farming and Agriculture startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Koan Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Koan Capital closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 15 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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