# Westcap

> Westcap is a VC fund backing Agriculture and Information Technology. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Saskatoon, Canada
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Fund size: $285M
- Last fund: Jan 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/westcap-mgt-ltd/
- Website: https://westcapmgt.ca/

Westcap is a venture capital and private equity fund manager with over half a billion in assets under management. It works alongside with its partners to provide the right balance of strategic, operational, and financial support. Its comprehensive approach to fund management aligns identified capital sources with specific investment opportunitiesto create unique and highly successful niche investment funds.Westcap was founded in 1994 and is based in Saskatoon, Canada.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Westcap. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Westcap. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/westcap?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 5 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 12% |
| Machinery Manufacturing | 3 | 12% |
| SaaS | 2 | 8% |
| Energy | 2 | 8% |

47 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 11 | 44% |
| Private Equity | 7 | 28% |
| Series A | 2 | 8% |
| Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 17 | 68% |
| United States | 4 | 16% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Greenough | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-greenough |
| Douglas Banzet | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/douglas-banzet |
| Grant Kook | President/Chief Executive Officer/Founder, | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grant-kook |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fit Foods Ltd | Fit Foods Ltd provides research & development, manufacturing & distribution of nutritional supplements that include sports nutrition. |  | Private Equity | Feb 04, 2026 |  |
| Highnote | Highnote is an embedded finance company developing a virtual payment platform to handle complex payment processing business flows.Utilizing the developer-friendly Highnote platform, product and engineering teams at digital enterprises of all sizes can easily and efficiently embed virtual and physical payment cards (commercial and consumerprepaid, debit, credit, and charge), ledger, and wallet capabilities into their existing products, creating compelling value for users while growing revenue and building a unique and differentiated brand. | $125M | Series B | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| Northway Aviation | Northway offers passenger and cargo services to the municipalities of eastern and north-eastern Manitoba. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 05, 2024 |  |
| Timber Tech Truss | Timber-Tech Truss has been supplying top-of-the-line floor and roof systems for years. |  | Private Equity | Jan 24, 2024 |  |
| 18 Wheels Warehousing & Trucking | 18 Wheels is a distribution expert, specializing in co-packing, omnichannel e-commerce fulfillment, third-party warehousing, and trucking. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 22, 2023 |  |
| WBM Technologies | WBM Technologies is a Western Canadian leader in the provision of outcome-driven information technology solutions. |  | Private Equity | Oct 04, 2022 |  |
| Western Building Centres Limited | Western building centres limited is a consolidator of hardware and building material. |  | Private Equity | Oct 04, 2022 |  |
| Headversity | Headversity is a workplace mental health and resilience platform that’s built for the modern workforce. Like a personalized resilience trainer in your pocket, headversity allows organizations to put the mental health and performance of employees back into their hands. Rooted in neuroscience, psychiatry and performance psychology, headversitydelivers vital resilience skill training to help your people think, feel, and be better, rain or shine. | $9.8M | Series A | Jan 05, 2022 |  |
| Highnote | Highnote is an embedded finance company developing a virtual payment platform to handle complex payment processing business flows.Utilizing the developer-friendly Highnote platform, product and engineering teams at digital enterprises of all sizes can easily and efficiently embed virtual and physical payment cards (commercial and consumerprepaid, debit, credit, and charge), ledger, and wallet capabilities into their existing products, creating compelling value for users while growing revenue and building a unique and differentiated brand. | $42.6M | Series A | Sep 28, 2021 |  |
| YieldX | YieldX introduces a fixed income investing with an end-to-end digital platform that powers personalization at scale.The company aims to be a portal to liquid global yield-driven opportunities. It sees a key global asset class being transformed, and we are building the tools to bring those benefits to all investors. YieldX is led by senior fixedincome and fintech professionals who offer more than 70 years of collective experience at marquee capital markets and technology firms. | $9M | Seed | Apr 21, 2021 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Golden Opportunities Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-opportunities-fund) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Costanoa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/costanoaventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Oak HC/FT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oak-hc-ft-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Activant Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/activant-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Adams Street Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adams-street-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Birchcliff Partners LP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/birchcliff-partners-lp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Westcap invest in?

Westcap invests primarily in Agriculture, Information Technology and Machinery Manufacturing startups, most often at Funding Round and Private Equity stage. Most of the 25 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 Westcap?

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### Who are the partners at Westcap?

The team at Westcap includes Richard Greenough (CFO), Douglas Banzet (COO) and Grant Kook (President/Chief Executive Officer/Founder,). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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