# Southwestern Ontario Angel Group

> Southwestern Ontario Angel Group is a VC fund in London backing SaaS and Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, Canada
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://swoangel.com

Southwestern Ontario Angel Group is a VC fund in London focused on SaaS and Software. The Southwestern Ontario Angel Group is a not for profit corporation, founded in early 2008 with the goal of sourcing quality early stage investment opportunities and presenting them to a like-minded community of angel investors. The founding board members of SWOAG have been involved with angel investing for a number of years and through our duediligence, education and screening processes, we will strive to achieve above average returns for our membership. In addition, our linkages with other angel groups across the province will allow our membership to participate in other investment opportunities as well as allow us to syndicate with other like minded investors.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $10k–$1.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Compliance | 1 | 25% |
| Advertising | 1 | 25% |
| Broadcasting | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oreka Solutions | Oreka Solutions was founded in 2014 by an international team of entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers. | $1.8M |  | May 14, 2019 |  |
| Underknown | Underknown is a digital-first media company that specializes in creating short-form web series for social video platforms. Underknown's mission is to create fun, engaging and educational content that educates the world about science and the humanities. Underknown is a Toronto-based global multiplatform digital video company. | $1.8M | Seed | Feb 03, 2019 |  |
| SmartTones Media | SmartTones Media is increasing ad effectiveness through audience engagement and consumer responses. Combining the reach of broadcast with the metrics of digital, entertaining experiences are delivered from content (TV, film, radio and live events) directly to mobile devices. SmartTones Media helps companies engage with their audience throughinteractive experiences, enhanced storytelling and branded entertainment. Using silent sound codes embedded in content, SmartTones track audiences’ user responses and consumer demographics with SmartData in real time across all media. | $10K | Seed | Mar 12, 2018 |  |
| Powernoodle | Helping leaders engage their stakeholders and make quality decisions. Cloud software to engage busy subject matter experts and overcome the cognitive biases and dysfunctional behaviours that get in the way of making quality decisions. Deliver engagements 3X faster with half the effort! |  | Angel | Jan 01, 2012 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Golden Triangle Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-triangle-angel-network) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angel One Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-one-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boomtown Accelerators](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boomtown-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Government of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/government-of-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NorthSpring Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northspring-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Southwestern Ontario Angel Group invest in?

Southwestern Ontario Angel Group invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Compliance startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Southwestern Ontario Angel Group's check size?

Southwestern Ontario Angel Group typically joins rounds of $10k–$1.8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Southwestern Ontario Angel Group participates in.

### When did Southwestern Ontario Angel Group last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Southwestern Ontario Angel Group closed in May 2019. Shizune tracks 4 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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