# Shirley Speakman

> Shirley Speakman is a funding round investor at Cycle Capital backing Manufacturing and Chemical. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cycle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cycle-capital)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Feb 2021
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shirley-speakman-4a78b11/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/shirleyspeakman
- Website: https://x.com/shirleyspeakman

Shirley Speakman is a funding round investor at Cycle Capital in Toronto focused on Manufacturing and Chemical. Prior to the IAF, Shirley spent over 10 years as an advisor to early-stage companies and venture capital funds, specializing on companies and funds focused in biotech, agricultural biotechnology (ag-biotech), and advanced manufacturing and materials. She participated in the creation of a $40 million cross-border life sciences fund and the close ofa Canadian-based $40 million ag-biotech fund.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 25% |
| Chemical | 1 | 13% |
| Recycling | 1 | 13% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 13% |
| Electronics | 1 | 13% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 25% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 13% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ValidCert | ValidCert is a blockchain and cloud SaaS company that develops a framework for digital identification and authentication |  | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 18, 2021 |  |
| GreenMantra Technologies | and fuels by recycling plastics utilizes a proprietary thermo-catalytic system and patented process to cost-effectively convert and up-cycle waste plastics, including hard-to-recycle materials such as grocery bags and film, into high-value waxes and other specialty chemicals. These materials have a broad range of applications in the coatings,plastics processing, adhesives, roofing and paving industries. |  |  | Apr 24, 2018 |  |
| GreenMantra Technologies | and fuels by recycling plastics utilizes a proprietary thermo-catalytic system and patented process to cost-effectively convert and up-cycle waste plastics, including hard-to-recycle materials such as grocery bags and film, into high-value waxes and other specialty chemicals. These materials have a broad range of applications in the coatings,plastics processing, adhesives, roofing and paving industries. | $4M | Series C | Jun 07, 2016 |  |
| GreenMantra Technologies | and fuels by recycling plastics utilizes a proprietary thermo-catalytic system and patented process to cost-effectively convert and up-cycle waste plastics, including hard-to-recycle materials such as grocery bags and film, into high-value waxes and other specialty chemicals. These materials have a broad range of applications in the coatings,plastics processing, adhesives, roofing and paving industries. | $17M |  | Nov 06, 2014 |  |
| YWire technologies | Based in Montreal, YWire Technologies designs, manufactures and sells lighting control devices for the commercial buildings market. Founded by three building automation industry veterans in 2009, YWire designs products targeted specifically at lowering the installed cost of integrated systems across the market. The FiveSeries Lighting ControlSystem is the first building-level command and control system in the world to use Broadband over Power Line for device networks and integration into Building Automation Systems. | $183K | Seed |  |  |
| YWire technologies | Based in Montreal, YWire Technologies designs, manufactures and sells lighting control devices for the commercial buildings market. Founded by three building automation industry veterans in 2009, YWire designs products targeted specifically at lowering the installed cost of integrated systems across the market. The FiveSeries Lighting ControlSystem is the first building-level command and control system in the world to use Broadband over Power Line for device networks and integration into Building Automation Systems. | $585K |  |  |  |
| YWire technologies | Based in Montreal, YWire Technologies designs, manufactures and sells lighting control devices for the commercial buildings market. Founded by three building automation industry veterans in 2009, YWire designs products targeted specifically at lowering the installed cost of integrated systems across the market. The FiveSeries Lighting ControlSystem is the first building-level command and control system in the world to use Broadband over Power Line for device networks and integration into Building Automation Systems. | $366K |  |  |  |
| YWire technologies | Based in Montreal, YWire Technologies designs, manufactures and sells lighting control devices for the commercial buildings market. Founded by three building automation industry veterans in 2009, YWire designs products targeted specifically at lowering the installed cost of integrated systems across the market. The FiveSeries Lighting ControlSystem is the first building-level command and control system in the world to use Broadband over Power Line for device networks and integration into Building Automation Systems. | $1.1M |  |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ArcTern Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arctern-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bioindustrial Innovation Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bioindustrial-innovation-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BDC Capital Cleantech Practice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cleantech-practice) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Cycle Capital

VC Fund · Montréal, Canada

Cycle Capital is a pioneer in Canadian Cleantech venture capital fund management investing in companies at the development and commercialization stages in North America. Founded in 2009 by Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner, Cycle Capital’s Platform has become an important venture capital investor of the Cleantech industry with its 3funds totaling $230M Assets Under Management (AUM). Cycle Capital is looking to invests in promising ventures that are not capital intensive and/or that can benefit from the leverage brought by Cycle Capital extensive network of investors, strategic partners and advisors.In addition to its core investments, Cycle Capital targets companies with high growth potential – especially those with strong intellectual property, leading edge technologies and with exceptional management talent that would benefit from the firm’s network of strategic industrial partners and expert advisors. With its core investment and business expertise, Cycle Capital plays an active role adding meaningful and tangible value to its portfolio companies at all stages of their life.

5 contacts available at Cycle Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Catherine Bérubé | Head of Communications and Public Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catherine-b%C3%A9rub%C3%A9 |
| Louis Carbonneau | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/louis-carbonneau |
| Shirley Speakman | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shirley-speakman |
| Amit Srivastava | Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-srivastava-5 |
| Andrée-Lise Méthot | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andre-lise-mthot-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Shirley Speakman invest in?

Shirley Speakman invests primarily in Manufacturing, Chemical and Recycling startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Shirley Speakman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shirley Speakman closed in Feb 2021. Shizune tracks 8 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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