# Mitacs

> Mitacs is a VC fund in Vancouver backing Software and Health Care. See 36 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 36
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mitacs
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/mitacscanada
- Website: https://www.mitacs.ca
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitacs

Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in Canada for more than 19 years. Working with 60 universities, more than 6,000 companies, and both federal and provincial governments, we build partnerships that support industrial and social innovation in Canada.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 19% |
| Health Care | 6 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 14% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 11% |
| Battery | 3 | 8% |

82 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 25 | 69% |
| Seed | 4 | 11% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 2 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 29 | 81% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eric Loo | Director of Business Development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-loo |
| Quentin Hibon | Business Development Director Mitacs-Adriq | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quentin-hibon |
| Donald A. Dawson | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donald-a-dawson |
| John Hepburn | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-hepburn-6099 |
| Luc Vinet | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luc-vinet |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NEO Battery Materials | NEO Battery Materials is a manufacturing company that provides energy resource materials for batteries used in electric vehicles. | $127.1K | Grant | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| Resiliocs Intelligence | Resilio Climate Solutions is an AI-powered climate risk intelligence platform helping asset owners, institutional investors, and insurers price climate risk, reduce losses, optimize CAPEX and maximize ROI on adaptation investments. Unlike traditional models that rely on static hazard maps, Resiliocs combines engineering-grade simulations, AIdigital twins, and systemic risk modeling to deliver forward-looking, asset-level insights. Learn more by visiting our website: https://resiliocs.com/ | $108.1K | Grant | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| Bean AI | Bean is an AI-powered food assistant helping parents plan nutritious meals effortlessly. It tracks pantry inventory, suggests personalized recipes, and simplifies grocery planning, reducing food waste, saving time, and making meal prep stress-free. With a focus on convenience and health, Bean ensures busy families can make smarter food choicesevery day. | $51.9K | Grant | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| BrandPilot | BrandPilot AI specializing in innovative solutions that deliver exceptional ROI for global enterprise brands. Leveraging artificial intelligence. | $105K | Grant | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| BTQ | BTQ is a group of post-quantum cryptographers with an interest in addressing the urgent security threat posed by large-scale universal quantum computers. With the support of leading research institutes and universities, BTQ is combining software and hardware to safeguard critical networks using unique post-quantum services and solutions | $315.5K | Grant | Aug 06, 2024 |  |
| Maia Farms | Maia provides B2B production of CanPro, a mushroom-based protein to the food manufacturers seeking a high-quality ingredient. |  | Grant | May 02, 2024 |  |
| BioMark Diagnostics | BioMark is an oncology-focused company with advanced near-to- market diagnostic technologies designed to improve patient outcomes. They have developed and own multiple intellectual properties (IPs) in detection and quantitation of metabolites.They hand-picked a proven, global enterprise team of scientists, engineers and medical professionals tohelp commercialize their innovative technology and to increase prediction and accuracy in the diagnosis of cancers by following and incorporating the highest regulatory ,clinical and scientific standards.. Their cross pollinated, balanced and committed team was established in 2007. Their mission is to develop and commercialize innovative technologies to increase prediction and accuracy in diagnosis of cancers. | $290K | Grant | Apr 09, 2024 |  |
| HydroGraph Clean Power | HydroGraph Clean Power is engaged in developing & commercializing a disruptive patented technology for the production of graphene, and hydrogen. | $90K | Grant | Nov 10, 2022 |  |
| Sentire | We augment robots, so they can quickly learn a new task, adapt or react to their environment. |  | Grant | Oct 18, 2022 |  |
| Ostia Sciences Inc | Ostia Sciences, is a premier microbiome solutions company that specializes in discovering novel bacterial metabolites with antibacterial, antibiofilm, and immunomodulation activities. Our goal is to isolate beneficial microbes from the human oral microbiome, human breast milk, and fermented food, which are known to be rich sources of ribosomallysynthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) and natural products with a range of biological activities. | $19.1K | Grant | Jul 14, 2022 |  |

10 of 36 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [National Research Council Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/national-research-council-canada) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nserc-natural-sciences-and-engineering-research-council-of-canada) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Fonds de solidarité FTQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fonds-de-solidarit-ftq) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Investissement Quebec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investissement-quebec) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [McGill University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mcgill-university) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Montréal inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/montr%C3%A9al-inc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Mitacs invest in?

Mitacs invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Information Technology startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 36 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Mitacs?

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### Who are the partners at Mitacs?

The team at Mitacs includes Eric Loo (Director of Business Development), Quentin Hibon (Business Development Director Mitacs-Adriq) and Donald A. Dawson (Founder), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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