# Protein Industries Canada

> Protein Industries Canada is a VC fund in Regina backing Food and Beverage and Agriculture. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Regina, Canada
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.proteinindustriescanada.ca/

Protein Industries Canada (PIC) is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization created to position Canada as a global source of high-quality plant protein and plant-based co-products.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 5 | 56% |
| Agriculture | 3 | 33% |
| Food Processing | 3 | 33% |
| Seafood | 2 | 22% |
| SaaS | 1 | 11% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 7 | 78% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CrushDynamics | Canadian startup that upcycles food waste into healthy food ingredients. |  | Grant | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| ns/tx industries | ns/tx industries is a food manufacturing and technology company that processes and sells fish and meat products. |  | Grant | Jun 11, 2026 |  |
| Konscious Foods | Konscious Foods offers a range of plant-based seafood for restaurants, caterers, cafeterias, and other commercial kitchens. The company's culinary team brings over 30 years of global experience in crafting tempting plant-based dishes by combining culinary excellence, food science expertise, and wholesome ingredients. | $19M | Seed | Aug 01, 2023 |  |
| New School Foods | New School Foods creates plant-based seafood with the same texture, flavor, nutritional benefits, and cooking experience as traditional seafood. The first product of the company is a plant-based filet that looks, cooks, and tastes like wild salmon. The company aims to accelerate the transition to a kinder, more sustainable food system. | $3.7M | Grant | Feb 17, 2023 |  |
| New School Foods | New School Foods creates plant-based seafood with the same texture, flavor, nutritional benefits, and cooking experience as traditional seafood. The first product of the company is a plant-based filet that looks, cooks, and tastes like wild salmon. The company aims to accelerate the transition to a kinder, more sustainable food system. |  | Grant | Feb 02, 2023 |  |
| Precision AI | Precision.ai is at the forefront of the fully autonomous farming revolution. We provide fully autonomous spraying and crop protection solutions for small to large farms and farm machinery manufacturers. Our patented artificial intelligence powers the farming machines of the future. |  | Grant | May 04, 2021 |  |
| Prairie Fava | Prairie Fava’s products includes whole fava beans, fava splits, fava flours and fava hulls. Prairie Fava supplies high quality food ingredients that are good for people and the planet. |  | Grant | Jun 19, 2020 |  |
| Lucent BioSciences | Lucent BioSciences is a Vancouver-based AgTech start-up driven by accelerating the transition of agriculture to sustainability. Lucent Bio has developed a novel patent-pending fertilizer for agriculture called "Soileos'' using cellulose fibre as a delivery agent. The product improves yield and soil health, and is climate positive,non-polluting, and sustainable. | $2.9M | Grant | Mar 03, 2020 |  |
| Provision Analytics | Provision Analytics creates practical and precise software for food processors and manufacturers. Its software package automates food safety processes, greatly reducing time spent on data input and recall procedures; this data links granular process data with production results, generating analytics that reduces food loss and quality deviations. | $1.7M | Grant | Feb 26, 2020 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sustainable Development Technology Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sustainable-development-technologycanada) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- AGT Food and Ingredients — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Creative Destruction Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creative-destruction-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Walter Group — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Zynik Capital Corp. — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Protein Industries Canada invest in?

Protein Industries Canada invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Agriculture and Food Processing startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Protein Industries Canada last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Protein Industries Canada closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 9 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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