# Social Ventures Zone

> Social Ventures Zone is a VC fund backing E-Commerce, Food and Beverage and Communities. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Social Ventures Zone is a VC fund focused on E-Commerce and Food and Beverage.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 33% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 33% |
| Communities | 2 | 22% |
| Pet | 1 | 11% |
| News | 1 | 11% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 89% |
| Grant | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eat Impact | Eat Impact is a food delivery service platform that gathers food from local restaurants customizes a food package box. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2024 | https://www.eatimpact.ca/ |
| The Green Line | The Green Line is a local news outlet that provide local news and information about the community. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2023 | https://x.com/thegreenLineTO |
| Deaf AI | Deaf AI is designed to enhance the quality of interactions for individuals who are deaf, both in public and the digital world. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2023 | https://x.com/Deaf_AI_CO |
| Inwit | Inwit strives to create an environment in which everyone feels comfortable being different. And varied, inclusive, and committed to making each of us feel at ease in our own skin and deeply committed to creating a more mindful, inclusive, and varied future! |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2022 | https://inwit.ca |
| Laughing Cat Productions | Laughing Cat Productions is a indie production company that creates original content that reaches and inspires a worldwide audience. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2022 | https://x.com/laughingcatprdn?lang=ar |
| Do Good Donuts | Do Good Donuts is a non-profit organization that provides work-based training to young adults with intellectual and developmental challenges. |  | Grant | Jan 01, 2021 | https://www.dogooddonuts.org |
| Hope Pet Food | Hope Pet Food is a pet nutrition food company specializing in the production and distribution of nutritious pet food. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2021 | https://hopepetfood.ca/ |
| Vesta | Vesta is a social enterprise organization that focus on addressing gender based violence and providing support to individuals. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2019 | https://x.com/vestasit |
| Poket | Poket is a customizable data collection and survey software solution. The tool offers robust offline functionality and custom incentives for participants. Aside from traditional field data collection, Poket specializes in enabling self-reported data, community-led monitoring, crowdsourcing, citizen-generated data, community-feedback loops andparticipatory research. Poket primarily works with international NGOs, businesses and research agencies who aim to collect field data for programs in agriculture, sustainability, global/public health, urban planning, financial inclusion and humanitarian crises. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2019 | https://www.poketapp.com/ |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Creative Destruction Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creative-destruction-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Social Ventures Zone invest in?

Social Ventures Zone invests primarily in E-Commerce, Food and Beverage and Communities startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Grant 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 Social Ventures Zone last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Social Ventures Zone closed in Jan 2024. 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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