# StandUp Ventures

> StandUp Ventures is a VC fund in Toronto backing Software and SaaS. See 49 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 49
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Fund size: $15M
- Last fund: May 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/standup-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/standupventures
- Website: https://www.standupvc.com

StandUp Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in female-founded companies in the B2B software and digital health sector.The firm is led by a team of experienced investors who have assembled a diverse advisory committee. The advisory committee is comprised of successful founders, venture investors, and other strategic mentors who willprovide high-touch support to the entrepreneurs. StandUp Ventures catalyzes strong deal flow across Canada from its network and syndicate seed rounds with Angels and US VCs.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$5M |
| Pre-Seed | $317k–$2M |
| Series A | $2.2M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 16% |
| SaaS | 6 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 12% |
| Health Care | 5 | 10% |
| Machine Learning | 5 | 10% |

69 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 37% |
| Series A | 10 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 12% |
| Series B | 6 | 12% |
| Series C | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 27 | 55% |
| United States | 3 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michelle McBane | Managing Director | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michelle-mcbane |
| Lance Laking | General Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lance-laking-2 |
| Lauren Epstein | Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lauren-epstein |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wygo | Wygo is a small, privately held platform that enables individuals to create, scale, and participate in local in‑person community events. It provides organizers with tools to list, ticket, and manage recurring or one‑time gatherings, while helping attendees discover and join activities centered on face‑to‑face interaction rather than online content. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| GridBank | GridBank is a vertical video UGC library for brands that want ready-made social content without managing creators directly. It offers royalty-free, social-native videos you can search in natural language and download for use in organic and paid campaigns. | $5M | Seed | Mar 01, 2026 |  |
| Pluvo | Financial forecasting and scenario planning | $5M | Seed | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| Hardline | Hardline is a mobile-first, voice-powered SaaS platform built for construction teams. The app transforms phone calls and field conversations into structured, actionable project data—automatically syncing updates, tasks, and logs into tools like Procore and Buildertrend. By removing the burden of manual documentation, Hardline saves superintendentsand project managers over two hours a day, reduces costly miscommunication, and provides real-time visibility across the jobsite. Designed to work the way crews already communicate, Hardline helps contractors run faster, safer, and smarter projects without disrupting existing workflows. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2026 |  |
| Reusables.com | Reusables.com is making it easy and rewarding for businesses and their customers to eliminate plastic waste . Our container tracking platform help restaurants, cafes and grocers to easily transition from single-use packaging to reusable packaging, while increasing customer loyalty and sales.Our IoT enabled tracking technology is powering anecosystem of applications for end-users, restaurants, cleaners and logistics partners to enable a functioning circular economy in any city. The RMS software platform enables connectivity between Smart Containers and live visibility on reusable assets across the ecosystem. Our mission is to replace single use with reuse.Our vision is zero waste. | $2.6M | Seed | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| Sprout Family | Sprout Family is a digital concierge service based in Canada, focusing on assisting individuals and families on their journey to build a family. The company offers a range of services tailored to personal family-building needs, including insurance and employee benefit funds. With a team of 10 employees, Sprout Family aims to provide comprehensivesupport and resources for Canadians looking to navigate the complexities of family planning and growth. The platform offers users the ability to access their Sprout benefits online, ensuring a seamless and supportive experience. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 17, 2025 |  |
| Glassbox | Glassbox is a SaaS financial modeling and analysis platform designed to streamline the creation and evaluation of complex M&A and financing transactions. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| Indiegraf | Indiegraf provides support, assistance, and resources to independent news outlets. It offers various services to help companies or organizations start their own digital news system. Indiegraf is based in Vancouver, Canada. | $2.2M | Seed | Oct 01, 2024 |  |
| MaxRetail | Max Retail helps independent retailers and brands sell their unsold inventory through its market network that includes B2B, B2C and liquidation channels. | $15M | Series A | Apr 29, 2024 |  |
| Cognito Health | Cognito Health is a unique model involves a combination of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and medication. Cognito Health offers digital assessments, nurse practitioner visits, counselling, coaching, self directed courses, medication delivery, and daily affirmations all under one pricing plan. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 06, 2024 |  |

10 of 49 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does StandUp Ventures invest in?

StandUp Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 49 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is StandUp Ventures's check size?

StandUp Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$5M at Seed, $317k–$2M at Pre-Seed and $2.2M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds StandUp Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact StandUp Ventures?

Public channels for StandUp Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. 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 StandUp Ventures?

The team at StandUp Ventures includes Michelle McBane (Managing Director), Lance Laking (General Partner) and Lauren Epstein (Principal). 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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