# UCeed

> UCeed is a VC fund in Calgary backing Health Care and Medical. See 69 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Canada
- Total investments: 69
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last fund: Nov 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/university-of-calgary
- Website: https://www.ucalgary.ca/uceed/uceed

UCeed is a VC fund in Calgary focused on Health Care and Medical. Managed by Innovate Calgary, UCeed is a group of philanthropically backed pre-seed/seed-stage investment funds with a mandate to help the most promising early-stage companies bridge the gap between innovation and commercialization

## Contacts

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

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 22 | 32% |
| Medical | 13 | 19% |
| Medical Device | 11 | 16% |
| Software | 8 | 12% |
| Biotechnology | 7 | 10% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 34 | 49% |
| Pre-Seed | 24 | 35% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 45 | 65% |
| United States | 3 | 4% |
| Singapore | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Cragg | Executive Director | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-cragg |
| Gregory Mack | Senior Manager, Fund Operations Lead | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregory-mack-dfcd |
| Jordan Kruithof | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-kruithof-f2cd |
| Peter Santosham | Executive Director of Seed Funds | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-santosham |
| Rob Harris | Associate Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-harris-799c |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qubic Technologies | Qubic Technologies is a manufacturer of quantum microwave transmitters and receivers for remote sensing and communication. | $2.5M | Seed | Jun 23, 2026 |  |
| Opalia | Opalia develops food technology focused on producing animal-free dairy using cell-based systems. It creates real milk by cultivating mammary cells in controlled bioreactors, generating proteins, fats, and sugars that match conventional dairy composition. The company provides a platform that produces complete milk rather than isolated ingredients,allowing direct use in products such as cheese, butter, and ice cream. Its offering is structured as a business-to-business model, supplying milk and dairy inputs to food manufacturers and partners for integration into existing production processes.Opalia also develops modular bioreactor systems and production methods designed to scale manufacturing of cell-based dairy. The technology is applied to support food production systems that operate without livestock while maintaining functional properties of traditional dairy. | $2.3M | Seed | Apr 28, 2026 |  |
| Irreversible | Irreversible designs next-generation analog AI chips that enable meaningful intelligence anywhere — from sensors to robots. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| MeepMeep | MeepMeep offers bluetooth disc golf disc trackers with app-based location and alarm features for easier disc retrieval. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 05, 2026 |  |
| Cellar Insights | Cellar Insights provides potato growers with a simple way to remotely monitor and act on storage conditions. |  | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Ayrton Energy | Ayrton Energy is to provide energy security fueled by hydrogen. It was founded in 2021. | $5.1M | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| PulseMedica | PulseMedica, an Edmonton-based medical device startup, is developing an ophthalmic medical device platform for non-invasive, automated image-guided laser treatment enabled by 3D computer vision, real-time tracking, and femtosecond laser technology. PulseMedica is laser-focused on improving the quality of life for millions of people by buildingrevolutionary technology to image and treat vitreoretinal disease. PulseMedica’s short-term vision is to become the global expert in non-invasive, safe, effective screening and treatment of eye floaters, with the ultimate vision of becoming the global standard for screening and treating vitreoretinal disease. | $8.7M | Seed | May 29, 2024 |  |
| SkyAcres Agrotechnologies | SkyAcres is an Ag-Tech startup aiming to improve food security in Canada's North. They are one of Canada's vertical farming companies focused on climate and social impact. SkyAcres' growing portfolio includes 37 pesticide-free fruits, vegetables, and legumes in addition to leafy greens! Because of advancements in Ag-AI, solarconcentrators and fibre optics, and LP Aeroponics, our technology allows for significantly faster growth than other vertical farming technologies | $217.7K | Pre-Seed | Apr 30, 2024 |  |
| On A Dime Transformations | On A Dime Transformations integrates employment-based recovery into addiction treatment, emphasizing the importance of meaningful employment in sustaining long-term recovery. |  | Seed | Mar 15, 2024 |  |
| AgGene | AgGene is an agricultural biotechnology company. AgGene is involved in the development of plant traits to address crop production challenges. Their flagship GTPase accelerating protein technology improves protein content in plant tissues, a step towards producing protein yields. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2024 |  |

10 of 69 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Innovate Calgary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovate-calgary) — VC Fund, 25 deals together
- [The 51 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-51-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Startup TNT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-tnt) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Threshold Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/threshold-impact) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Accelerate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerate-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Archangel Network of Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archangel-4de5) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does UCeed invest in?

UCeed invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Medical Device startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 69 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 UCeed?

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### Who are the partners at UCeed?

The team at UCeed includes Adam Cragg (Executive Director), Gregory Mack (Senior Manager, Fund Operations Lead) and Jordan Kruithof (Associate). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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