# The Firehood

> The Firehood is a VC fund in Toronto backing SaaS and Health Care. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://firehood.net/

The Firehood is a VC fund in Toronto focused on SaaS and Health Care. The Firehood Angels is an angel investment firm.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for The Firehood. Shizune tracks 1 team members at The Firehood. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/the-firehood-angels?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 3 | 15% |
| Health Care | 3 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 15% |
| Medical | 2 | 10% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 6 | 30% |
| Seed | 5 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 10 | 50% |
| United States | 2 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Claudette McGowan | Co-Founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claudette-mcgowan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LymeAlert | LymeAlert is a lyme disease detection firm that designs lymeAlert test kits for animals and pets. | $100K | Seed | Jul 10, 2026 |  |
| Serenity Power | Serenity Power is a developer of solid oxide fuel cell systems delivering low-emission, noise-free, multi-fuel clean energy for industries. | $851.5K | Pre-Seed | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| Tydra Laboratories | Tydra Labs is a biotechnology company that transforms crustacean shell waste into chitin and bio-products. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Oasis Learning AI | Oasis Learning AI provides educational experiences tailored to the distinct needs of both individuals and organizations. The company specializes in custom training solutions for industry leaders. Its mission is to cultivate a safe and respectful environment while transforming workforce training through the utilization of cutting-edge AItechnologies. This approach enables the delivery of personalized, scalable, and continuously updated training programs. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 02, 2025 |  |
| Tydra Laboratories | Tydra Labs is a biotechnology company that transforms crustacean shell waste into chitin and bio-products. | $100K | Grant | Jul 12, 2025 |  |
| Migranium | SaaS, Enterprise Software, AI, Integration, Software, Digital Health | $125K | Pre-Seed | Mar 07, 2025 |  |
| Cashew Research | Cashew Research is a cutting-edge platform designed to streamline the market research process, delivering insights in a fraction of the time typically required. With an emphasis on automation, Cashew still prioritizes human interaction, ensuring that clients receive personalized support throughout their research journey. With a commitment to makingresearch accessible and actionable, Cashew Research helps businesses make informed decisions based on solid market insights. | $190K | Seed | Mar 07, 2025 |  |
| Cashew Research | Cashew Research is a cutting-edge platform designed to streamline the market research process, delivering insights in a fraction of the time typically required. With an emphasis on automation, Cashew still prioritizes human interaction, ensuring that clients receive personalized support throughout their research journey. With a commitment to makingresearch accessible and actionable, Cashew Research helps businesses make informed decisions based on solid market insights. | $190K | Seed | Mar 07, 2025 |  |
| Nunafab | Nunafab is a company that creates high-performing materials for the manufacturing and construction sectors. | $100K | Grant | Oct 03, 2024 |  |
| Protexxa | Protexxa is a B2B SaaS cybersecurity startup that links the dots between individual cyber hygiene and company risk. | $7.3M | Series A | Jul 23, 2024 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BKR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bkr-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DMZ Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dmz-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-development-bank-of-canada) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Capital M Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-m-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Front Row Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/front-row-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alacrity Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alacrity-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does The Firehood invest in?

The Firehood invests primarily in SaaS, Health Care and Manufacturing startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact The Firehood?

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### Who are the partners at The Firehood?

The team at The Firehood includes Claudette McGowan (Co-Founder). 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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