# Matt Stanley

> Matt Stanley is a Series A investor at BDC Venture Capital backing Agriculture and Manufacturing. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital)
- Location: Ottawa, Canada
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjstanley/

Matt Stanley is a Director for Cleantech Practice at BDC Venture Capital. He is also a mentor at Creative Destruction Lab.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 2 | 33% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 33% |
| Chemical | 1 | 17% |
| Robotics | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freshr Technologies | Impactful Health R&D is a developer of compostable active packaging materials designed to prolong the shelf life of fresh foods, starting with fresh fish as an entry market. The company's active packaging materials are made of naturally-derived resources and helps in preserving the texture of a fish by maintaining its water content andtargeting bacteria, enabling fish processing companies to reduce wastage of fish. | $3.4M | Seed | May 13, 2025 |  |
| Graphite Innovation & Technologies | GIT is focused on providing innovative and most sustainable smart coating solutions for the shipping industry - we use nanotechnology to make smart and environmentally friendly paints for constantly moving vessels to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The company has several ocean-going ships utilizing the technology and gettingready to ramp up production worldwide.GIT offers a full suite of marine coating systems for seafaring vessels. As a trusted partner in unlocking peak vessel efficiency, our innovative marine coatings help ship operators save money by reducing fuel consumption and GHG emissions. Our products are designed to be the most sustainable marine coatings in the world. Unlike many marine coatings, we do not rely on leaching chemicals and other harmful substances to improve fuel efficiency. Our coatings are unique in that they are hydrophobic and extremely hard, which prevents marine life from adhering to the hull surface, thus reducing drag as the vessel cuts through the water. GIT competes in the global marine coatings market and has positioned itself as a disruptor in the industry. This is driven by our passion for innovation and change as we push towards a more sustainable future for the maritime industry. | $7.5M | Series A | Apr 13, 2023 |  |
| Graphite Innovation & Technologies | GIT is focused on providing innovative and most sustainable smart coating solutions for the shipping industry - we use nanotechnology to make smart and environmentally friendly paints for constantly moving vessels to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The company has several ocean-going ships utilizing the technology and gettingready to ramp up production worldwide.GIT offers a full suite of marine coating systems for seafaring vessels. As a trusted partner in unlocking peak vessel efficiency, our innovative marine coatings help ship operators save money by reducing fuel consumption and GHG emissions. Our products are designed to be the most sustainable marine coatings in the world. Unlike many marine coatings, we do not rely on leaching chemicals and other harmful substances to improve fuel efficiency. Our coatings are unique in that they are hydrophobic and extremely hard, which prevents marine life from adhering to the hull surface, thus reducing drag as the vessel cuts through the water. GIT competes in the global marine coatings market and has positioned itself as a disruptor in the industry. This is driven by our passion for innovation and change as we push towards a more sustainable future for the maritime industry. | $7.5M | Series A | Apr 13, 2023 |  |
| Intelligent City | Intelligent City has developed a fully integrated, technology-enabled building system designed to deliver premium quality multi-family housing specifically created to address the key issues facing cities globally: affordability, sustainability and the wants and needs of people living in urban environments.The system consists of a single platformthat combines the design, architecture, engineering and fabrication stages of construction, utilizing the principles of “mass customization” – an approach to manufacturing that combines flexibility and personalization of custom-made products with the low unit costs associated with mass production. | $17.1M | Series A | Jul 19, 2022 |  |
| Comet Biorefining | Comet Biorefining is a leading provider of sustainable high-quality cost-competitive cellulosic glucose technology for applications in renewable biofuels and biochemicals. The company’s proprietary technology allows for the conversion of wood, wheat straw, bagasse, corn stover and other agricultural waste materials into high purity cellulosicglucose syrup. These non-food sources offer lower cost and price stability when compared to food sugar sources such as corn or sugar cane. Demonstrated at 5 dry tons per day scale, Comet is focusing on commercial scale up and development of commercial partnerships with applications in renewables industries. | $22M | Series C | Jul 13, 2021 |  |
| FREDsense | FREDsense manufactures portable testing kits to detect water-borne chemicals and contaminants such as arsenic, iron, manganese, acidity. It monitors water quality through its product called FRED. FRED Sense also builds a custom, field-based solution for the parameters that its clients are interested in monitoring. David Lloyd, Emily Hicks, IainGeorge, Lisa Oberding, and Robert Mayall founded it in 2014, with its headquarters in Waterloo in Canada. | $2.5M | Convertible Note | Jul 07, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Invest Nova Scotia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invest-nova-scotia-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Greensoil PropTech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greensoil-proptech-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Melancthon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/melancthon-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Farvatn Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/planet-9-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Seventure Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seventure-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About BDC Venture Capital

VC Fund · Calgary, Canada

BDC Venture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on technology-based businesses that have high growth potential and that are positioned to become dominant players in their markets. The company helps create and develop strongCanadian businesses through financing, consulting services and securitization, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.BDC Venture Capital has been involved in venture capital since 1975 and has to date invested in more than 400 companies involved in the areas of Life Sciences, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Advanced Technologies.

5 contacts available at BDC Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ajay Gopal | Associate Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-gopal-2 |
| Matt Stanley | Director, Cleantech Practice | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-stanley-8813 |
| Annie Marsolais | Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annie-marsolais |
| Charles Lespérance | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-lesp%C3%A9rance-a9f1 |
| Denisia Pereira | Associate Principal, Women in Tech Venture Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denisia-pereira |

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## FAQ

### What does Matt Stanley invest in?

Matt Stanley invests primarily in Agriculture, Manufacturing and Chemical startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Matt Stanley last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matt Stanley closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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