# Valhalla Private Capital

> Valhalla Private Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Marketing. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Canada
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/valhalla-private-cap/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/valhallacap
- Website: http://valhallaprivatecap.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/valhallaprivatecapital/

Valhalla Private Capital is a VC fund in Calgary focused on Software and Marketing. Valhalla Private Capital offers investor and startup, angel investing, private equity and debt funds, and global accelerator programs to meet the lifecycle needs of both businesses and investors. In 2017, Danny Way established the firm in Calgary, Alberta.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $825k–$7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 43% |
| Marketing | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Music | 1 | 14% |
| eSports | 1 | 14% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 71% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rod Brown | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rod-brown-40fb |
| Danny Way | Co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danny-way |
| Heather Pontikes | Marketing & Operations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heather-pontikes |
| Luke Krueger | Co Founder & President of Valhalla Angels | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-krueger |
| Omi Velasco | Director, Mergers and Acquisitions | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omi-velasco |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DYNE | DYNE is a customer data and analytics tool for restaurants and retailers that uses machine learning. Shorten the time it takes to make operational decisions and boost profits for all sizes of restaurants and retail companies. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. | $1.5M | Seed | Dec 11, 2022 |  |
| Wyvern | Wyvern is a space company located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada delivering Earth Observation imagery from satellite platforms. | $7M | Seed | Nov 01, 2022 |  |
| DYNE | DYNE is a customer data and analytics tool for restaurants and retailers that uses machine learning. Shorten the time it takes to make operational decisions and boost profits for all sizes of restaurants and retail companies. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. | $201.9K | Pre-Seed | Oct 25, 2021 |  |
| Callia | Callia elevates the experience of sending flowers and sets out to add more special moments in everyday lives. Flowers have the ability to share love, kindness, and hope – Callia makes sending great quality bouquets simple and fast, so you can focus on making those moments happen. | $876.6K | Seed | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| PLAYR.gg | PLAYR.gg was a technology platform that enables enterprise brands to generate, segment, and activate first-party customer data. The brand was sunset and merged into the Surf brand in February 2022 following the acquisition by Trufan, Inc. |  | Series A | Apr 01, 2020 |  |
| Beatdapp | Beatdapp offers a tracking system that authenticates, verifies, and validates media streamed in real-time.The service reduces the tracking discrepancies between Digital Service Providers (DSPs) and rights holders, increasing royalty revenue for rights holders while limiting legal exposure to royalty lawsuits for DSPs. Think of it like a PWC formusic play count. | $2.3M | Seed | Oct 14, 2019 |  |
| PLAYR.gg | PLAYR.gg was a technology platform that enables enterprise brands to generate, segment, and activate first-party customer data. The brand was sunset and merged into the Surf brand in February 2022 following the acquisition by Trufan, Inc. | $825K | Seed | Dec 16, 2018 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Broad Street Bulls](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/broad-street-bulls) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Atrium Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atrium-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sprout Fund LP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sprout-fund-lp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Weave VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/weave-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [10x Value Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-value-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [500 Startups Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Valhalla Private Capital invest in?

Valhalla Private Capital invests primarily in Software, Marketing and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Valhalla Private Capital's check size?

Valhalla Private Capital typically joins rounds of $825k–$7M 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 Valhalla Private Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Valhalla Private Capital?

Public channels for Valhalla Private Capital 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 Valhalla Private Capital?

The team at Valhalla Private Capital includes Rod Brown (Co-Founder), Danny Way (Co-founder) and Heather Pontikes (Marketing & Operations), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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