# Lyra Growth Partners

> Lyra Growth Partners is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage and E-Commerce. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lyra-growth-partners
- Website: http://lyragrowth.com/

Lyra Growth Partners is a Vancouver based Investment Firm providing capital and brand-savvy coaching to help emerging consumer brands accelerate growth and maximize value. With Lyra, you receive the full package to help your business grow to the next level. We provide non–institutional capital that is free from unrealistic expectations. Ourcoaching focus is on creating and strengthening a brand’s relationship with their consumers. To ensure our mutual success, we also provide the necessary coaching for igniting both business and personal development.Lyra is looking for fast growing Companies with over $5 million sales. If you have an emerging consumer brand and you want to maximize value while nurturing a positive corporate culture, then we want to talk to you.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$2.7M |
| Series A | $4.5M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 6 | 26% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 17% |
| Retail | 3 | 13% |
| Beauty | 2 | 9% |
| Fashion | 2 | 9% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 6 | 26% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Seed | 3 | 13% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 9% |
| Series D | 1 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 7 | 30% |
| United States | 6 | 26% |
| India | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brendan Brazier | Advisor and Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brendan-brazier |
| Charles Chang | Founder and President | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-chang-f8d7 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BuildDirect | BuildDirect Technologies Inc. is an innovative platform for purchasing and selling quality home improvement materials online. It directly connects buyers (consumers and contractors) with sellers (suppliers and manufacturers). Categories include, but are not limited to, flooring, tile, decking, building materials, outdoor, kitchen & bath,moldings & accessories and doors. The company is credited with building the first open network for heavyweight products. In February 2016, BuildDirect launched the BuildDirect Home Marketplace – the world’s largest online marketplace for heavyweight home improvement products. It is an online platform that cuts out the “middle men” to connect the suppliers of home improvement products directly with their customers. The BuildDirect Home Marketplace allows suppliers to manage the sale and distribution of their home improvement products. In February 2017, BuildDirect launched the Gateway Supply Chain, opening their logistics network to third parties and providing access to warehousing services, ground and ocean logistics for any part of the shipping process. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Vancouver, Canada with warehouses across North America. | $3.2M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 18, 2025 |  |
| BuildDirect | BuildDirect Technologies Inc. is an innovative platform for purchasing and selling quality home improvement materials online. It directly connects buyers (consumers and contractors) with sellers (suppliers and manufacturers). Categories include, but are not limited to, flooring, tile, decking, building materials, outdoor, kitchen & bath,moldings & accessories and doors. The company is credited with building the first open network for heavyweight products. In February 2016, BuildDirect launched the BuildDirect Home Marketplace – the world’s largest online marketplace for heavyweight home improvement products. It is an online platform that cuts out the “middle men” to connect the suppliers of home improvement products directly with their customers. The BuildDirect Home Marketplace allows suppliers to manage the sale and distribution of their home improvement products. In February 2017, BuildDirect launched the Gateway Supply Chain, opening their logistics network to third parties and providing access to warehousing services, ground and ocean logistics for any part of the shipping process. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Vancouver, Canada with warehouses across North America. |  | Post-IPO Debt | May 09, 2025 |  |
| BuildDirect | BuildDirect Technologies Inc. is an innovative platform for purchasing and selling quality home improvement materials online. It directly connects buyers (consumers and contractors) with sellers (suppliers and manufacturers). Categories include, but are not limited to, flooring, tile, decking, building materials, outdoor, kitchen & bath,moldings & accessories and doors. The company is credited with building the first open network for heavyweight products. In February 2016, BuildDirect launched the BuildDirect Home Marketplace – the world’s largest online marketplace for heavyweight home improvement products. It is an online platform that cuts out the “middle men” to connect the suppliers of home improvement products directly with their customers. The BuildDirect Home Marketplace allows suppliers to manage the sale and distribution of their home improvement products. In February 2017, BuildDirect launched the Gateway Supply Chain, opening their logistics network to third parties and providing access to warehousing services, ground and ocean logistics for any part of the shipping process. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Vancouver, Canada with warehouses across North America. | $1.5M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 30, 2022 |  |
| BuildDirect | BuildDirect Technologies Inc. is an innovative platform for purchasing and selling quality home improvement materials online. It directly connects buyers (consumers and contractors) with sellers (suppliers and manufacturers). Categories include, but are not limited to, flooring, tile, decking, building materials, outdoor, kitchen & bath,moldings & accessories and doors. The company is credited with building the first open network for heavyweight products. In February 2016, BuildDirect launched the BuildDirect Home Marketplace – the world’s largest online marketplace for heavyweight home improvement products. It is an online platform that cuts out the “middle men” to connect the suppliers of home improvement products directly with their customers. The BuildDirect Home Marketplace allows suppliers to manage the sale and distribution of their home improvement products. In February 2017, BuildDirect launched the Gateway Supply Chain, opening their logistics network to third parties and providing access to warehousing services, ground and ocean logistics for any part of the shipping process. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Vancouver, Canada with warehouses across North America. | $3.2M | Post-IPO Equity | Aug 30, 2022 |  |
| BuildDirect | BuildDirect Technologies Inc. is an innovative platform for purchasing and selling quality home improvement materials online. It directly connects buyers (consumers and contractors) with sellers (suppliers and manufacturers). Categories include, but are not limited to, flooring, tile, decking, building materials, outdoor, kitchen & bath,moldings & accessories and doors. The company is credited with building the first open network for heavyweight products. In February 2016, BuildDirect launched the BuildDirect Home Marketplace – the world’s largest online marketplace for heavyweight home improvement products. It is an online platform that cuts out the “middle men” to connect the suppliers of home improvement products directly with their customers. The BuildDirect Home Marketplace allows suppliers to manage the sale and distribution of their home improvement products. In February 2017, BuildDirect launched the Gateway Supply Chain, opening their logistics network to third parties and providing access to warehousing services, ground and ocean logistics for any part of the shipping process. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Vancouver, Canada with warehouses across North America. | $1.5M | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| Bonsai | Bonsai’s mission is to help people find and buy the products they want, as soon as they realize they want them. The company began in 2016 as a streetwear style and news app and turned into content-driven commerce. Bonsai is partnered with 30 publishers and has integrated 1,200 brands. The company's technology enables users to transactnatively while browsing content. It makes the journey from seeing a product to buying it possible in two taps. Bonsai allows merchants to capture customers while they browse content, right when purchasing intent is being formed. | $11.6M | Series A | Mar 30, 2022 |  |
| BuildDirect | BuildDirect Technologies Inc. is an innovative platform for purchasing and selling quality home improvement materials online. It directly connects buyers (consumers and contractors) with sellers (suppliers and manufacturers). Categories include, but are not limited to, flooring, tile, decking, building materials, outdoor, kitchen & bath,moldings & accessories and doors. The company is credited with building the first open network for heavyweight products. In February 2016, BuildDirect launched the BuildDirect Home Marketplace – the world’s largest online marketplace for heavyweight home improvement products. It is an online platform that cuts out the “middle men” to connect the suppliers of home improvement products directly with their customers. The BuildDirect Home Marketplace allows suppliers to manage the sale and distribution of their home improvement products. In February 2017, BuildDirect launched the Gateway Supply Chain, opening their logistics network to third parties and providing access to warehousing services, ground and ocean logistics for any part of the shipping process. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Vancouver, Canada with warehouses across North America. | $3M | Post-IPO Debt | Feb 15, 2022 |  |
| Hooray Foods | Hooray makes delicious plant-based meats that are designed to look, cook, and taste just like the real thing. Plants that remind us of our favorite meats while being made of ingredients we can feel good about? Now that's something to celebrate and say Hooray! | $2.7M | Seed | Dec 03, 2021 |  |
| Schoolyard Snacks | Schoolyard Snacks is a producer of cereals and snacks intended to provide low carb keto snacks. | $5M | Series A | Nov 04, 2020 |  |
| Atolla | We're on a mission to change the mass skincare model. Using a patented process developed at MIT, we design a custom routine with complementary ingredients tailored to your skin needs. Then we give you the tools and guidance to support your skin health over time — so you can make the best decisions for your skin. | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 22, 2020 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Pelecanus Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pelecanus-investments) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Beedie Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beedie-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Active Impact Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/active-impact-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arpwood Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arpwood-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beedie](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beedie) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BrandProject](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brand-project) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Lyra Growth Partners invest in?

Lyra Growth Partners invests primarily in Food and Beverage, E-Commerce and Retail startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Lyra Growth Partners's check size?

Lyra Growth Partners typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$2.7M at Seed and $4.5M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lyra Growth Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Lyra Growth Partners?

Public channels for Lyra Growth Partners include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Lyra Growth Partners?

The team at Lyra Growth Partners includes Brendan Brazier (Advisor and Investor) and Charles Chang (Founder and President). 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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