# Sprout.vc

> Sprout.vc is a VC fund in Edmonton backing Software and FinTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edmonton, Canada
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Fund size: $10M
- Last fund: May 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/sprout_vc
- Website: https://www.sprout.vc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sproutvc

Sprout.vc is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on SaaS and B2B companies. The firm is based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Sprout.vc. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Sprout.vc. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/sprout-vc?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$2.7M |
| Pre-Seed | $279k–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Privacy | 1 | 17% |
| Delivery | 1 | 17% |
| Restaurants | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kristina Milke | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristina-milke |
| Mark Benning | Founder & General Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-benning |
| Lindsay Dodd | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lindsay-dodd |
| Shaheel Hooda | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shaheel-hooda |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Styx Intelligence | Styx Intelligence is an AI platform that provides visibility and supports remediation against threats targeting digital assets and helps to manage risk associated with digital transformations across areas including cyber, privacy, regulatory compliance, third party, and brand. | $2.7M | Seed | Mar 25, 2025 |  |
| Levr.ai | Levr.ai is an intelligent loans platform built to get your business funded—fast | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Truffle | Truffle enables restaurants of all sizes to empower their teams, increase profits, and provide a smart dining experience that customers expect, with tools to manage your restaurant in a single platform. Truffle offers restaurants flexible tools to expand into Point of Sale, Online Ordering, Table Side, Delivery Management, Automated Pickup, TableReservations and Guest Marketing. |  | Seed | Jul 12, 2022 |  |
| Frontly | Frontly's no-code internal admin tooling platform empowers businesses to build custom applications to solve their greatest business challenges in minutes without writing a line of code. | $279.2K | Pre-Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Prolegis | Simplicity is an intuitive, secure and private mortgage application platform for both the broker and the borrower which is available anytime, anywhere, on any device, seamlessly integrated into your lifestyle. |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2020 |  |
| Smart Access | Smart Access provides an information technology solution for the workforce. Smart Access mobile performance support platform helps retailers train and re-skill workers faster, using technology that’s location-aware. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. | $1.1M | Seed | Dec 01, 2019 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [WUTIF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wutif) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AC100 VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ac100-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accelerate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerate-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accelerate II Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerate-ii-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Birchcliff Partners LP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/birchcliff-partners-lp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Sprout.vc invest in?

Sprout.vc invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Privacy startups, most often at Seed and Pre-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 Sprout.vc's check size?

Sprout.vc typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$2.7M at Seed and $279k–$1.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sprout.vc participates in.

### How do I contact Sprout.vc?

Public channels for Sprout.vc include X (Twitter), 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 Sprout.vc?

The team at Sprout.vc includes Kristina Milke (Partner), Mark Benning (Founder & General Partner) and Lindsay Dodd (Partner). 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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