# Research Capital Corporation

> Research Capital Corporation is a VC fund in Toronto backing Robotics and Drones. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/research-capital/
- Website: https://www.researchcapital.com

Research Capital Corporation is an investment firm that provides advisory services, wealth management, sales and trading services.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Equity | $560k–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 2 | 33% |
| Drones | 1 | 17% |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| Mining | 1 | 17% |
| Retail | 1 | 17% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Equity | 3 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 4 | 67% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skyeton | We are a bootstrap tech startup. We were founded by a group of dedicated aviation engineers in 2006. After developing and selling more than 100 ultralight sports aircraft, the company developed a high-performance unmanned aerial system, Raybird 3. Raybird 3 is a fully autonomous airborne robot system. Independent journalists adjudicated our flightendurance at 24.5 hours with a carburetor engine. Recently, we adopted fuel injection that extends our flight endurance beyond 30 hours, uninterrupted/day & night. Our LTM revenue as of May 2020 was $3.3M, and we are profitable. We developed 80% of our 48 subsystems, which gives us agility and flexibility to provide tailored turnkey solutions to our customers' needs reliably. https://fire-in.eu/en listed our solution as civilian use for early wildfire detection. We already held meetings with France, Spain, & Greece and gained tractions with the US Dept. of Interiors. We just don't sell systems; we also provide Drone(Data)-as-a-Service business model to enterprises who may have limited use of our system on a yearly basis. We owned several patents, of which one of them approved in May 2020 by US PTO. We have several unique custom solutions built on AI/Computer Vision. One of them is to work in tandem with First Responders in early wildfire detections. We can scan 10,000 sq. Km every 12 hours. The moment the drone detects a hotspot as small as 6x3 feet from 2,700 feet above the ground, it goes back to the location to take pictures. Images then is transmitted to the Ground Control Station so the Operator can dispatch the First Responder to the site. We also provide Geodesy certified mapping of large areas. We are a UAV swarm minded company and have many exciting projects in the pipeline that will continue to shatter new grounds. We are disrupting terrestrial & piloted flying systems, data collection, detection, and mapping businesses. |  | Seed | Jun 24, 2025 |  |
| Golden Rapture Mining | Golden Rapture Mining is a well-funded exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of high-potential assets located in favourable, established Tier 1 mining jurisdictions in the Rainy River and Geraldton areas of NW Ontario, Canada. Their two properties are truly a treasure trove of forgotten golden opportunitieswith an astonishing eighteen (18) mine shafts and an adit with visible gold having been recorded historically & recently at their Rainy River area property (first discovered in 1894) and their past producing Hutchison/Maylac Gold Mine located in the Geraldton Gold Camp, NW Ontario which was (mined from 1937 to 1947). | $560K | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 07, 2025 |  |
| Nevada Lithium Resources | Nevada Lithium Resources is a mining company that provides acquisition, exploration, and development services for lithium resources. Nevada Lithium Resources is optimistic about the future of lithium. The world turned to clean energy lithium batteries in the 1990s. These batteries now consume more than 70% of the world's lithium production. | $2M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Vejii Holdings | Vejii is a digital marketplace and ecosystem for sustainable and plant-based products. We are a community of like-minded individuals with the intention of bettering our planet by supporting sustainable living. Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of their environmental impact, and there is a movement towards supporting sustainable companiesthat is undeniable. Today, consumers have a choice to purchase from companies that best align with their own core values. Vejii offers an online marketplace featuring thousands of plant-based and sustainable products from hundreds of brands. We offer the brands you know and love, and support local businesses and startups looking to gain exposure online. Our goal is to provide greater accessibility to sustainable and plant-based products to the broad market of consumers that are looking for better alternatives. We create an inclusive online environment that is convenient, affordable and easy to access. By providing accessibility to the largest selection at the best prices, we give consumers a platform to shop and support sustainable brands and make an impact on our environment. By supporting brands within plant-based product categories from food and beverage, to sustainable fashion and furniture, we can make an impact on our environment. Plant-based food production (ex. Meat, Seafood, Alt. Dairy) requires less water and land and produces far fewer carbon emissions than animal-based alternatives. New materials innovation is driving growth in categories like alternative leather products in the fashion and furniture industry.We have built the infrastructure to support scaling across the country and around the globe. We connect brands with consumers and offer an exceptional experience with prompt and consistent delivery. We have an amazing team of people and investors that will be there to support the company's growth as we scale and help provide consumers with better and more convenient access to the best sustainable and plant-based brands. | $5M | Post-IPO Debt | Nov 29, 2021 |  |
| Nevada Lithium Resources | Nevada Lithium Resources is a mining company that provides acquisition, exploration, and development services for lithium resources. Nevada Lithium Resources is optimistic about the future of lithium. The world turned to clean energy lithium batteries in the 1990s. These batteries now consume more than 70% of the world's lithium production. | $3.6M | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 12, 2021 |  |
| Kraken Robotics | Kraken Robotics is a marine technology company engaged in the design, development, and marketing of advanced sonar and acoustic velocity sensors for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles used in military and commercial applications.Over the last two years, the company has earned a reputation as world leaders in Synthetic Aperture Sonar - a revolutionaryunderwater imaging technology that dramatically improves seabed surveys by providing ultra-high resolution imagery at superior coverage rates. Kraken’s series of SAS products called AquaPix® leverages nearly two decades of R&D conducted by NATO’s Undersea Research Centre and millions of dollars in funding support from NATO government sponsors. AquaPix® offers comparable performance to existing high-end military systems at less than 20% of the cost.Kraken is currently engaged in various stages of technology validation and teaming agreements with leading laboratories and strategic industry partners including Defence Research and Development Canada, U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA); the UK Ministry of Defence; Northrop Grumman; ECA Robotics and others. Kraken is located in beautiful, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland. | $8M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 29, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Echelon Wealth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/echelon-wealth-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Raymond James](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raymond-james) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AlphaNorth Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alphanorth-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beacon Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beacon-securities) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Canaccord Genuity Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaccord-genuity-corp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Desjardins Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desjardins-securities) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Research Capital Corporation invest in?

Research Capital Corporation invests primarily in Robotics, Drones and Energy startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity 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.

### What is Research Capital Corporation's check size?

Research Capital Corporation typically joins rounds of $560k–$8M at Post-IPO Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Research Capital Corporation participates in.

### When did Research Capital Corporation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Research Capital Corporation closed in Jun 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.

### 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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