# Marty Reed

> Marty Reed is a Series A investor at CO280 (Vancouver) backing Software and Mining. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CO280](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/co280)
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/martyreed/

Marty Reed is a Series A investor at CO280 in Vancouver focused on Software and Mining. ​A longtime Silicon Valley executive and investor, Marty Reed moved to Vancouver in 2015 to launch Evok Innovations, a cleantech fund that accelerates the development and commercialization of solutions to the most pressing environmental and economic challenges facing oil and gas sector. Some of the companies invested are Expeto, Harbo Technologies,Kelvin Inc., Opus 12, Mosiac Materials, Dark Vision Technologies, Institute for Breakthrough Technologies. Marty Reed spent the last 5 years as a Partner with The Roda Group, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on clean technology. Having served in operating roles at multiple Roda Group portfolio companies, he joined the firm in 2010.Over the last few years, Marty has served on the Boards on numerous cleantech ventures. Most recently Marty served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of mOasis, the creator of a soil amendment product that allows farmers to increase crop yields while reducing water and fertilizer applications. He also served on the Board of Directors of Inventys, the developer of a low-cost method for capturing carbon dioxide from industrial sources, Gridtential, the developer of high-performance, low-cost energy storage systems and Axine, the creator of a low-cost, chemical free solution for treating toxic wastewater.Prior to joining The Roda Group, Marty was the CEO of Cardstore.com, a Roda Group portfolio company. Under his leadership, Cardstore grew to become a leading online retailer of greeting cards. The company was acquired by American Greetings in December of 2010.Marty has held senior management positions at Roda Group companies, CoolSystems and Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com). At CoolSystems, he launched Game Ready, a top brand in orthopedic rehabilitation, growing the company from start-up to $20M in annual revenues. With Ask Jeeves, he helped the company navigate through an IPO and the dot-com bubble bust to emerge as a profitable enterprise, ultimately acquired by IAC (NASD: IACI) in 2005 for $1.85 billion.Marty is a Director with the Alliance of Chief Executives, the largest organization for CEOs in Northern California. In that capacity he mentors a group of CEOs in the Bay Area. He also serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for Save Mount Diablo, an organization whose mission is to preserve, defend and restore the vast unprotected lands on Mount Diablo.As a Masters of Business Administration student at John F. Kennedy University's School of Management, Marty received the Avice M. Saint Award for Leadership. Marty received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University. In 2013, he was presented with the Entrepreneur of the Year award by the Institute of Entrepreneurial Leadership. He began his career as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, serving as the Supply Officer on the USS Elrod.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 21% |
| Mining | 2 | 14% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 14% |
| Waste Management | 2 | 14% |
| Mining Technology | 2 | 14% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 36% |
| Series B | 4 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Series E | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 7 | 50% |
| United States | 2 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Moment Energy | Moment is a start-up striving to provide greater access to renewable and reliable energy storage. We create battery units that can be used in a variety of applications. Moment is currently focused on storing energy for off-grid, end of grid customers, and plans on powering remote communities in the future. | $40M | Series B | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Disa | Disa is an innovative materials liberation company providing solutions that optimize the world’s use of resources and radically disrupt best practices in the mining and reclamation industries. Disa utilizes patented liberation technology and other equipment to isolate targeted materials in order to deliver efficiencies, reduce costs, and mitigateenvironmental impacts to its users. Disa platforms isolate a vast array of geologic material ranging from precious and industrial metals, to hydrocarbons and abandoned uranium mine material. | $33M | Series A | Apr 30, 2026 |  |
| Disa | Disa is an innovative materials liberation company providing solutions that optimize the world’s use of resources and radically disrupt best practices in the mining and reclamation industries. Disa utilizes patented liberation technology and other equipment to isolate targeted materials in order to deliver efficiencies, reduce costs, and mitigateenvironmental impacts to its users. Disa platforms isolate a vast array of geologic material ranging from precious and industrial metals, to hydrocarbons and abandoned uranium mine material. | $23M | Series A | Aug 06, 2025 |  |
| VEERUM | VEERUM is a SaaS provider that applies digital technology to asset ownership, helping our clients build and maintain a better world.VEERUM's Asset Visualization Platform provides stakeholders with the latest tools and information to optimize asset outcomes. VEERUM provides a secure cloud-based web solution enabling data transparency acrossthe entire asset lifecycle. It allows asset stakeholders to view aggregated asset data in the context of a 3D model. All information is available for a total audit history of the asset. We are the simplest and easiest to use solution on the market so you can stay ahead of the competition on your journey to digital adoption. Our clients are accelerating the transition to digital asset ownership, effectively building and maintaining the world’s critical infrastructure.Founded in 2014, VEERUM is a global software provider headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. | $8.4M | Series B | Mar 26, 2025 |  |
| Disa | Disa is an innovative materials liberation company providing solutions that optimize the world’s use of resources and radically disrupt best practices in the mining and reclamation industries. Disa utilizes patented liberation technology and other equipment to isolate targeted materials in order to deliver efficiencies, reduce costs, and mitigateenvironmental impacts to its users. Disa platforms isolate a vast array of geologic material ranging from precious and industrial metals, to hydrocarbons and abandoned uranium mine material. | $15M | Series A | Dec 27, 2023 |  |
| SensorUp | SensorUp's vision is to be the fabric that interconnects the world's IoT data empowering the connected workers of the future to apply intelligent automation and drive safety, productivity, and job satisfaction forward. | $8.8M | Series B | Jul 20, 2023 |  |
| MineSense Technologies | MineSense Technologies is a developer of a data analytics platform intended to monitor and improve the productivity and recovery of mines. The company's platform provides businesses with real-time, sensor-based sorting of low-grade ore to a level of sensitivity and to identify differences in mineralogy, enabling the mining industry to sortores easily and enhance mineral planning.MineSense Technologies was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. | $42M | Series E | Dec 07, 2022 |  |
| Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation | Sanctuary AI is an artificial general intelligence company founded in January 2018, and is based in Vancouver, B.C. Sanctuary's mission is to build synthetic humans – “synths” – that are indistinguishable from us physically, cognitively and emotionally. The company is structured to explore both cutting edge technology and the ethical issuesthat arise from creating human-like machines. | $59.7M | Series A | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| Allonnia | Allonnia is a bioremediation company focused on waste management. | $20M | Series A | Mar 17, 2021 |  |
| SensorUp | SensorUp's vision is to be the fabric that interconnects the world's IoT data empowering the connected workers of the future to apply intelligent automation and drive safety, productivity, and job satisfaction forward. | $4.4M | Series A | Jul 08, 2020 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Chrysalix Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chrysalix-energy) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Halliburton Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/halliburton-labs) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Veriten](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/veriten) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Export Development Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/export-development-canada) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [J.P. Morgan Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-p-morgan-asset-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About CO280

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

CO280 develops carbon-negative solutions in order to assist businesses in reducing their carbon footprint. The company is actively developing carbon-negative projects across North America.

2 contacts available at CO280.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jonathan Rhone | Co-founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-rhone |
| Marty Reed | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marty-reed |

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## FAQ

### What does Marty Reed invest in?

Marty Reed invests primarily in Software, Mining and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Marty Reed last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marty Reed closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 14 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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