# SaskWorks Venture Fund

> SaskWorks Venture Fund is a VC fund in Regina backing Oil and Gas and Energy. See 59 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Regina, Canada
- Total investments: 59
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 5%
- Fund size: $40M
- Last fund: Feb 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/saskworks-venture-fund-inc./
- Website: https://www.saskworks.ca/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaskWorks-Venture-Fund-1727151194183625

SaskWorks Venture Fund is a Saskatchewan-based retail mutual fund that invests in privately-held small and medium-sized businesses owned or primarily operated in Saskatchewan. As a labour-sponsored venture capital corporation (LSVCC), investments in SaskWorks are eligible to receive a tax credit equal to 35% in addition to their RRSP tax deferral.Since its inception, the Fund has provided a unique opportunity for Saskatchewan residents to keep their investment dollars at home, helping to grow local companies and creating jobs in their province.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $931k–$5.8M |
| Post-IPO Equity | $3.7M–$4.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oil and Gas | 19 | 32% |
| Energy | 11 | 19% |
| Manufacturing | 9 | 15% |
| Software | 7 | 12% |
| Agriculture | 5 | 8% |

77 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 39 | 66% |
| Seed | 6 | 10% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 3 | 5% |
| Series A | 2 | 3% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 3% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 53 | 90% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jeff Linner | Chief Investment Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-linner-6155 |
| Mike Merth | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-merth |
| Randy Beattie | President & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/randy-beattie |
| Rob Duguid | Chief Investment Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-duguid |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ground Truth Agriculture | Ground Truth Agriculture provides grain analysis to farmers directly from their combine in lab-quality. | $2.9M | Seed | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| Cadence | Cadence is an integrated, end-to-end solution that streamlines both the estate planning and settlement processes. Businesses that use Cadence can support their clientele without adding extra work to their plate, and individuals that use Cadence are given more time to focus on living, grieving, and healing. | $931.4K | Seed | Jun 29, 2022 |  |
| 54e Dev Studios | 54e Dev Studios is a “real life” game development company that combines robotics and real-time video technologies for a true-to-life gaming experience. | $1.4M | Seed | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Curbie | Curbie is an online platform that enables consumers to buy, sell, and trade-in vehicles in Canada. The company provides consumers with an ecommerce buying experience that is unique in the Canadian landscape. Consumers select from Curbie's online inventory, receive the vehicles at their homes and, after purchase, have 7-days to decide to keepor return. Curbie is a highly-automated enterprise, featuring its own set of algorithmic and AI-based tools, which minimize staffing needs and enhance decision-making. | $5.8M | Seed | May 10, 2021 |  |
| Switch Power | Switch Power is an Alberta-based sustainable power developer, asset manager, and producer focused on deploying meaningful megawatts through its electricity as a service business model. | $3.9M | Debt Financing | Feb 02, 2021 |  |
| 54e Dev Studios | 54e Dev Studios is a “real life” game development company that combines robotics and real-time video technologies for a true-to-life gaming experience. |  | Seed | Oct 07, 2020 |  |
| Taiv | Taiv is an advertising technology company that provides AI-driven media solutions to transform how businesses manage and monetize television screens in venues like bars, restaurants, and retail locations. Its platform includes a small hardware device that connects to existing TVs to detect commercial breaks in real time and automatically replace oroverlay content with venue-specific promotions, partner ads, trivia, and branded messaging tailored to on-site audiences. Taiv also offers a web-based management interface that lets venue operators schedule content, control what appears on displays, and access revenue reporting for ads shown in their establishments. The company’s technology integrates AI and computer vision to monitor live feeds and switch inputs without disrupting traditional viewing experiences, enabling targeted advertising and digital signage workflows that align with business goals. Taiv works with media buyers, brands, and venue owners to deliver measurable ad placements and engage patrons with customized content while providing a new revenue stream through shared ad monetization. Its services include installation, content automation, and remote scheduling support that help venues optimize screen usage and audience engagement. |  |  | Jul 14, 2020 |  |
| Taiv | Taiv is an advertising technology company that provides AI-driven media solutions to transform how businesses manage and monetize television screens in venues like bars, restaurants, and retail locations. Its platform includes a small hardware device that connects to existing TVs to detect commercial breaks in real time and automatically replace oroverlay content with venue-specific promotions, partner ads, trivia, and branded messaging tailored to on-site audiences. Taiv also offers a web-based management interface that lets venue operators schedule content, control what appears on displays, and access revenue reporting for ads shown in their establishments. The company’s technology integrates AI and computer vision to monitor live feeds and switch inputs without disrupting traditional viewing experiences, enabling targeted advertising and digital signage workflows that align with business goals. Taiv works with media buyers, brands, and venue owners to deliver measurable ad placements and engage patrons with customized content while providing a new revenue stream through shared ad monetization. Its services include installation, content automation, and remote scheduling support that help venues optimize screen usage and audience engagement. |  | Seed | Jul 14, 2020 |  |
| 7shifts | 7shifts is the complete team management platform for restaurants. 7shifts provides tools that help restaurateurs make more profitable decisions, improve team retention, and get operations in order. 7shifts is made for everyone — from FOH to BOH — and is trusted by over 40,000 restaurants and 1 million restaurant pros. | $6M | Series A | Jul 02, 2020 |  |
| SafetyTek Software | SafetyTek is a safety engagement platform built to automatically implement a companies safety program. When safety is properly enforced companies see the elimination of unplanned work stoppages, they reveal the true value of safety where every $1 in make $8 in revenue, and they invest in their reputation by retaining top talent and gain repeatbusiness from clients. SafetyTek delivers accountable real-time safety performance! |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 21, 2020 |  |

10 of 59 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does SaskWorks Venture Fund invest in?

SaskWorks Venture Fund invests primarily in Oil and Gas, Energy and Manufacturing startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 59 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is SaskWorks Venture Fund's check size?

SaskWorks Venture Fund typically joins rounds of $931k–$5.8M at Seed and $3.7M–$4.6M 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 SaskWorks Venture Fund participates in.

### How do I contact SaskWorks Venture Fund?

Public channels for SaskWorks Venture Fund include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at SaskWorks Venture Fund?

The team at SaskWorks Venture Fund includes Jeff Linner (Chief Investment Officer), Mike Merth (CFO) and Randy Beattie (President & CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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