# West Coast Ventures Inc.

> West Coast Ventures Inc. is a VC fund in Vancouver backing Security and CleanTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

West Coast Ventures Inc. is a VC fund in Vancouver focused on Security and CleanTech. Early-stage private investment firm focused on innovative software & green/clean tech start-ups.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Security | 1 | 100% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 100% |
| Oil and Gas | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| INGU | Currently, inline inspection in the oil and gas sector is a series of staged engineering events, designed to assess the condition of pipeline assets. It is costly, infrequent, and only addresses those lines that are within reach. In fact, it is estimated that 40% of the world’s pipelines are unpiggable. The vulnerabilities between inspections,which are typically years apart, or the inability to conduct inspections at all, puts the world’s aging pipeline infrastructure at risk. In order to address these issues, we have focused on changing the economics, the technology, and the workflow associated with inline inspection. We have introduced the industry’s first self-serve inspection model that eliminates significant engineering and downtime costs. We have developed miniature, multi sensor Pipers® technology that freely flows within any and all active pipelines, regardless of location, condition, material or configuration. This technology is capable of inspecting pipelines as small as 2 inches in diameter, and surveying for leaks, geometric defects, magnetic anomalies, and deposits in a single run. Further, we have reduced the cost of inline inspection by a factor of 10, making it possible for integrity programs to be more present, more often, across all of their assets. Finally, such accessible technology has given us the opportunity to work with a complete range of clients – large and small, private and public – resulting in rich datasets libraries that offer unprecedented contextual analysis and continuous advancement of our data analytics capabilities. Our approach provides clients with uninterrupted access to up-to-date condition-critical data, allowing them to optimize planning, decision-making, and actions. | $4.8M | Series A | Oct 30, 2019 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Energy Innovation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-innovation-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bluesky Equities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluesky-equities-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chevron-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Standish Spring Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/standish-spring-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does West Coast Ventures Inc. invest in?

West Coast Ventures Inc. invests primarily in Security, CleanTech and Oil and Gas startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did West Coast Ventures Inc. last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for West Coast Ventures Inc. closed in Oct 2019. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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