# Prairie Merchant Corporation

> Prairie Merchant Corporation is a VC fund in Calgary backing Software and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Canada
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.prairiemerchant.ca/

Prairie Merchant Corporation is a VC fund in Calgary focused on Software and SaaS. Prairie Merchant Corporation provides investment banking services.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| AgTech | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Analytics | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 20% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 20% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HEMPALTA | HEMPALTA is an agricultural technology company focused on innovative hemp processing and product creation. HEMPALTA's products are made from industrial hemp grown sustainably in Southern Alberta and processed using a state-of-the-art HempTrain Advanced Processing Plant at the production facility in the heart of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Itwas founded in 2022 and its headquarters is located in Calgary, Alberta Canada. | $248.9K | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 23, 2025 |  |
| HEMPALTA | HEMPALTA is an agricultural technology company focused on innovative hemp processing and product creation. HEMPALTA's products are made from industrial hemp grown sustainably in Southern Alberta and processed using a state-of-the-art HempTrain Advanced Processing Plant at the production facility in the heart of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Itwas founded in 2022 and its headquarters is located in Calgary, Alberta Canada. | $225.3K | Post-IPO Debt | Mar 10, 2025 |  |
| HEMPALTA | HEMPALTA is an agricultural technology company focused on innovative hemp processing and product creation. HEMPALTA's products are made from industrial hemp grown sustainably in Southern Alberta and processed using a state-of-the-art HempTrain Advanced Processing Plant at the production facility in the heart of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Itwas founded in 2022 and its headquarters is located in Calgary, Alberta Canada. | $1M | Equity Crowdfunding | Nov 03, 2022 |  |
| ZayZoon | ZayZoon is the developer of an earned wage access platform that helps employees get paid on demand and reduces financial stress. The company's technology allows employees to access their earned money before payday. | $9.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 03, 2022 |  |
| Chata.ai | AutoQL enables business software developers and data solution providers to embed powerful conversational AI built for database access into the systems they already build, helping them monetize every piece of data in their systems with leading-edge functionality and enhanced user experiences. AutoQL’s proprietary conversational AI technologypowers natural language to database query language translation, making it easy for anyone to get the answers they need from their data, just by asking questions in their own words. With open-source conversational user interface widgets and flexible implementation options, software providers can seamlessly add AutoQL to their offering, providing users with streamlined workflows as well as ad hoc reporting and exploratory analysis functionality. | $3.3M | Seed | Jan 01, 2019 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Alpenglow Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bluesky Equities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluesky-equities-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Carpae Investments — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fullbrook Thorpe Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fullbrook-thorpe-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [InterGen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intergen-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Prairie Merchant Corporation invest in?

Prairie Merchant Corporation invests primarily in Software, SaaS and AgTech startups, most often at Seed and Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Prairie Merchant Corporation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Prairie Merchant Corporation closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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