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Top 50 Social Impact Startup Investors in Canada (September 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Canada Social Impact startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Canada Social Impact startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Grant round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Purppl
VC Fund
3 Canada Pre-Seed, Non-Equity Assistance, Grant Non Profit, Communities, Health Care
Pallasite Ventures
VC Fund
2 Canada, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $750k–$115M
Active Impact Investments
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, CleanTech $386k–$38M
RBC Capital
VC Fund
2 Canada, United States, Bahamas Debt Financing, Series B, Series D Software, Financial Services, Information Technology $20M–$600M
Higher Ground Labs
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Politics, SaaS $50k–$10M
Komatsu
VC Fund
1 Canada, Chile, Japan Series B, Seed, Post-IPO Debt Mining, Mineral, Robotics $10M–$36M
Indiegogo
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Japan, Canada Product Crowdfunding, Equity Crowdfunding, Seed Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Fashion $13k–$2.5M
Thin Air Labs
VC Fund
1 Canada Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Health Care, Medical $1M–$5.2M
City of Edmonton
VC Fund
1 Canada Grant, Debt Financing Social, Non Profit, Charity $2.7M–$7.6M
Helder Ventures
VC Fund
1 Canada Seed, Series C, Venture - Series Unknown Education, Health Care, SaaS $460k–$600k
Vendian Capital
Angel
1 Canada Pre-Seed Big Data, Analytics, Non Profit
Canada Economic Development
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States Debt Financing, Grant Manufacturing, SaaS, Events $100k–$5M
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States Grant, Debt Financing Non Profit, Communities, Real Estate $1M–$137M
Accenture
VC Fund
1 United States, Canada, Philippines Series B, Grant, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics $11k–$55M
MAVAN Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Canada, South Korea Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, B2B, SaaS $128k–$7M
NorthSpring Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Health Care, Medical Device, Software $675k–$11M
Ontario Centre of Innovation
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant Health Care, Medical, Software $7.3k–$3.2M
Community Foundation of North Okanagan
VC Fund
1 Canada Grant, Debt Financing Social Assistance, Commercial, Non Profit
Sand Hill North
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence $214k–$5.3M
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Brazil Grant, Non-Equity Assistance Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $7k–$1M
Dr. Gaurav Puri
Angel
1 Canada Seed Robotics, Health Care, Social Impact
Dr. Andrew Vellathottam
Angel
1 Canada Seed Robotics, Health Care, Social Impact
Thrive Impact Fund
VC Fund
1
Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen
VC Fund
1 Canada Grant, Debt Financing Communities, Leisure, Training $10k–$40k
SVG Ventures
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States, Australia Non-Equity Assistance, Seed, Pre-Seed AgTech, Agriculture, Farming $16k–$4.7M
Magna International
VC Fund
1 United States, Israel, Canada Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Automotive, Software, Transportation $3.9M–$2.5B
BC Interior Community Foundation
VC Fund
1 Canada Grant, Debt Financing Music, Commercial, Non Profit $9.2k–$41k
Vancity
VC Fund
1 Canada, Ireland Grant, Seed Non Profit, Environmental Consulting, Software $11k–$75k
New Media Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Canada Seed, Grant Non Profit, Software, Government $750k–$2.3M
Angel One Network
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States, Malaysia Angel, Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Internet $68k–$7M
Rhiza Capital
VC Fund
1 Canada Seed Non Profit
ClearAngel
VC Fund
1 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail $10k–$400k
TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Agriculture, Health Care $1.5M–$22M
William Anderson
Angel
1 Canada, Estonia, The Netherlands Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A SaaS, GovTech, Podcast $2.7M–$3.8M
Gate
VC Fund
1 Canada Venture - Series Unknown Consulting, Non Profit, Agriculture
BDC Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States, Japan Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $600k–$20M
JMI Equity
VC Fund
1 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Private Equity, Series B, Series C Software, SaaS, Information Technology $5M–$300M
Prairies Economic Development Canada
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States, Spain Grant, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown Manufacturing, Non Profit, Software $176k–$3.5M
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
VC Fund
1 Canada, France, Luxembourg Grant, Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt Manufacturing, Industrial, Construction $100k–$3.7M
Google.org
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Grant, Seed Non Profit, Education, Information Technology $250k–$6.8M
Central Okanagan Foundation
VC Fund
1 Canada Debt Financing Commercial, Non Profit, Communities
Market Readiness
VC Fund
1 Canada Seed Robotics, Health Care, Social Impact
Scotiabank
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States, Brazil Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing, Post-IPO Equity Mining, Precious Metals, Energy $8M–$1.2B
Rhiza Capital / Sunshine Coast Venture Partners
VC Fund
1 Canada Seed SaaS, GovTech, Politics
Luminate Group
VC Fund
1 Brazil, United States, Canada Seed, Series B, Convertible Note Software, Information Technology, GovTech $600k–$3.3M
Shuswap Community Foundation
VC Fund
1 Canada Debt Financing Commercial, Non Profit, Communities
Ontario Centres of Excellence
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Health Care
WUTIF
VC Fund
1 Canada Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $100k–$3.8M
New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $35k–$3.5M
Georgian Angel Network
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed B2B, Health Care, Internet $256k–$2.6M
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Purppl
VC Fund · Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada · 3 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Purppl is a social enterprise incorporated as a community contribution company (CCC). Our purpose is to accelerate the development and implementation of social enterprises. They work closely with and incubated inside another social enterprise, Urban Matters CCC. Urban Matters CCC operates on a sliding scale cost recovery basis, with profitabilitydirected toward meaningful social and community outcomes and/or appropriate and related charitable organizations, like pürppl.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Non Profit, Communities, Health Care
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Non-Equity Assistance, Grant
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Farm Bound — Farm Bound was sprouted from a Permaculture Design Course. Students were challenged to find their passion that is supported by the 12 permaculture principles and that harnesses their strengths. We are not farmers but have a passion for local food and community. We grew with a passion to start a service that bridges the gap between local farms andcustomers. Small towns are our specialty.
  • ASK Wellness Society — The ASK Wellness Society is a local agency that is dedicated to helping those in need. Located in both Kamloops and Merritt.
  • Connect Counselling & Therapy Society — Connect Counselling & Therapy Society provides affordable and professional counselling services to adults, seniors, children and families.
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Pallasite Ventures
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 2 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Pallasite Ventures is an agile venture capital firm providing early-stage financing for high-growth companies across a variety of industries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$5M; Series A $3.2M–$20M; Series B $14M–$115M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ionomr — Ionomr designs & manufactures advanced ion-exchange polymers & membranes that enable high performance and efficiency in applications like water & wastewater treatment, hydrogen production and advanced energy storage.
  • Oncoustics AI — Oncoustics is creating and deploying advanced AI solutions for low cost, non-invasive surveillance, diagnostics, and treatment monitoring of diseases with high unmet clinical need. Unlike other players in the space, Oncoustics does not do image recognition. Instead, Oncoustics applies AI to raw ultrasound signals from readily available handheldultrasound devices to rapidly differentiate healthy versus diseased tissues. There's a wealth of information in these raw signals and this approach reveals novel biomarkers that can be aligned with existing standards and categorization systems. Initially targeting liver disease, a $30B global diagnostic market, Oncoustics has filed a Breakthrough Device Designation Request with the FDA for the OnX that detects liver fibrosis and the 510K is underway. Several follow-on liver products are in development. Oncoustics also has clinical data on other organ indications including prostate, kidney, breast and thyroid diseases and cancers.
  • Aspect Biosystems — Pioneering the development of bioprinted tissue therapeutics to transform how we treat some of the most elusive diseases.
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Active Impact Investments
VC Fund · North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 2 investments in Canada Social Impact startups, 8 in the past 12 months

We support environmental resiliency through profitable investment. We provide capital and talent to accelerate the growth of early-stage climate tech ventures catalyzing the transition from finite to infinite sources of energy, food, water & products.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, CleanTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $797k–$9.5M; Pre-Seed $386k–$2M; Series A $6.4M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $80M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Piq Energy — Connect to the grid faster with Piq. Piq is the only software platform that lets renewable-energy and data-center developers take control of all stages of grid studies and run on-demand scenarios, all with the latest models and queue updates.
  • Gritt Robotics — Gritt is an intelligent system that combines robotics and AI to build the infrastructure that pulls society forward. Doing real work on real jobsites, today.
  • ThinkLabs AI — ThinkLabs AI is a specialist AI development and deployment firm. Its mission is to empower critical industries and infrastructure with trustworthy AI towards global energy sustainability.
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RBC Capital
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Whatever you need, RBC Royal Bank has a wide range of personal banking products, services and tools to help you manage your finances, save for retirement, buy a home and much more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series B, Series D
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Bahamas

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Series B $20M–$65M; Series D $24M–$63M; Debt Financing $22M–$600M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RecNation Storage — RecNation offers secure and convenient storage solutions for RVs, boats, and more. Experience exceptional service and peace of mind with us.
  • FOCOL Holdings Limited — Fueling growth for people!
  • MaRS Discovery District — MaRS is a non-profit organization that partners with entrepreneurs, researchers, business and government to build the next generation of high-growth companies in Canada’s knowledge economy.The MaRS Centre is an urban innovation hub that is home to 2,500 people from capital, research, corporate, legal, intellectual property, media and startupcommunities―the entire innovation ecosystem under one roof.MaRS works closely with entrepreneurs in life sciences and health care, information technology, communications and entertainment, clean tech, advanced materials and energy, as well as the social sector.
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Higher Ground Labs
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 2 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Higher Ground Labs is a venture fund and ecosystem builder investing in technology for political progress.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Politics, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$100k; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.2M; Series A $3.8M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3.8M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Quiller — Quiller is AI fundraising software that helps nonprofits, campaigns, and advocacy organizations create fundraising, email, and campaign content faster.
  • Momentum — Finally, a real solution for major gift fundraising. Powered by AI.
  • Measure Studio — Measure Studio is a social media data intelligence and analytics suite for publishers, brands, and influencers. Connect Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and more!
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Komatsu
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Komatsu has engaged in the mining equipment business since its foundation in 1921. In the 1990s the Company expanded by acquiring selected mining equipment manufacturing and distribution businesses operating in major mining regions. Today, Komatsu's annual revenue of 450 billion yen from mining equipment business is generated by surface miningequipment only, as the Company's portfolio does not include equipment for underground mining. Further, the Company's product lineup does not include super large-sized loading equipment for surface mining.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mining, Mineral, Robotics
  • Stage:Series B, Seed, Post-IPO Debt
  • Geography: Canada, Chile, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series B $10M–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TIMining — TIMining is offers state-of-the-art software for the mining industry, from load and haul simulation to holographic technology. We provide mining simulation and data analysis solutions that assist in making better Operational, Planning, Geotechnical and Continuous Improvement decisions.
  • Mining2Me — Mining2Me is a non-profit that aims to transform the public's perception of mining through animated infographic videos. In particular, we want to raise awareness and educate the general public on the importance of mining, the technological and safety advancements, and the environmental stewardship efforts of the mining industry. To learn moreabout us, visit our
  • G Mining Ventures Corp. — G Mining Ventures is a mineral exploration company conducting exploration and development projects. It has conducted exploration and development of the Cameron Lake Property, located in the west-central part of Québec, and has more importantly pursued its objective of acquiring a significant precious metal asset.
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Indiegogo
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Indiegogo is where amazing projects come to life. Easily manage crowdfunding and pledge managers.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Fashion
  • Stage:Product Crowdfunding, Equity Crowdfunding, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Japan, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $593k–$2.5M; Equity Crowdfunding $13k–$531k; Product Crowdfunding $51k–$903k
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MetaDerby — MetaDerby redefines the horse race-gaming experience, making it accessible and profitable to gamers with its free-to-play model and blockchain-based integration, including a create-to-earn land system, decentralized finance staking, and a nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace.
  • Kailo Labs — I follow back. Are you ready to be a Kailo Ambassador? Use my profile link.
  • Woople Media — Woople Media is a performance marketing agency that focuses on social media marketing. We're experts at helping businesses get the most out of their investment in online advertising. We know what it takes to be successful in social media marketing, and we're ready to help you reach your audience. We're not just experts, we'rethe best at what we do, and we have the experience and expertise to back that up with results. You can rely on us for quality social media advertising, targeting your audience with precision and making sure they see exactly what you want them to see. We believe that every business should be successful online, and that means every business needs an effective social media presence. We'll make sure yours is up-to-date, professional-looking, and ready for growth, and then we'll help you take it to the next level.
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Thin Air Labs
VC Fund · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Thin Air Labs is the leading investment firm in Canada focused on the growth asset class in innovation and technology. We currently have 24 companies in our portfolio. We believe in igniting venture growth for greater human impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5.2M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $20M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Clinify Inc — Medical records are barely digitized in Africa. The lack of digitally centralized health records has led to a large number of preventable deaths as a result of wrong and self diagnosis by patients due to poor to no medical histories, paper record mismatch, long wait times and missed revenue opportunities. There is also a shortage of healthcarepractitioners and a lack of stable healthcare infrastructure.We are building a health information management system that leverages the capabilities of Artificial intelligence. Our solution cuts wait time in half, enables users to easily access, populate, own and centralize their health records. This allows them to control and better understand their encounters, book appointments via a web portal and mobile app, have virtual consultation with healthcare professionals and providers while running it on a low cost infrastructure without affecting system performance.
  • PayShepherd — PayShepherd helps manage contractor billing for industrial facilities and simplifies billing processes. Save time, money, and headaches.
  • Quickly — The trusted platform to provide valuable discounts on payables, offer trade credit extensions and manage the entirety of your transaction process.
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City of Edmonton
VC Fund · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Edmonton is one of Canada's youngest and fastest growing cities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Social, Non Profit, Charity
  • Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Grant $2.7M–$7.6M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HomeEd — Visit us for insights on affordable rental housing Edmonton. Discover listings that match your needs and pricing preferences.
  • Veterans' House Canada — 40-unit #affordablehousing community for #veterans.
  • Zero Point Cryogenics — Zero Point Cryogenics manufactures top next-gen robust and reliable ultra-low temperature dilution refrigerators that are built to exceed expectations for the advancement of quantum technology. Learn more about how our latest products can enable your innovations. Colder for Longer.
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Helder Ventures
VC Fund · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Helder Ventures is an impact investment and advisory firm based in Vancouver, Canada.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Health Care, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series C, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $460k–$600k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Canary Medical — Canary is giving medical devices a voice and letting medical data be heard.
  • First Block Capital — First Block Capital is a firm dedicated to investing in, growing and listing global private technology companies. FBC provides advisory services to help meet growing companies' financial needs. Our investment interests range across artificial intelligence, blockchain and other emerging technologies. Our business scope is global, with a focus on China, Europe and North America.
  • ChopValue Manufacturing — Creating beautiful, high-performance engineered products made entirely from recycled chopsticks. We offer green franchising opportunities so you can make a positive difference in your community. Let's work towards a circular economy, one chopstick at a time.
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Vendian Capital
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Vendian Capital

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Big Data, Analytics, Non Profit
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hopeful Inc. — Hopeful is the first Social Fundtech platform that enables nonprofits and charities to monetize their social media followers specifically for fundraising, while giving them visibility on why donors are engaging through our proprietary Storytelling AI dashboard. Hopeful helps nonprofit Executive Directors, Fundraisers, and Marketing teams connectwith younger donors, who are more inspired to give by what they see on social media rather than traditional marketing tactics (i.e. email, events, and direct mail).
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Canada Economic Development
VC Fund · Montréal, Quebec, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Canada Economic Development assists businesses, communities, and the organizations that support them through its network of business offices located throughout the province.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, SaaS, Events
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Grant
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Grant $100k–$4.5M; Debt Financing $101k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 93% lead, 7% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MY01 — MY01 offers real-time, accurate muscle pressure measurement that allows users to take timely action. MY01 capitalizes on clinically proven sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing Acute Compartment Syndrome (ACS). The company was founded in 2015 and based in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
  • OrganicOcean — OrganicOcean specializes in the development and manufacturing of innovative marine products for plant nutrition.
  • Maison Russet — Russet House recognized the unique needs of its foodservice and retail customers by offering innovative specialty and custom sweet potato products.
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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
VC Fund · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Investment focus

  • Industry: Non Profit, Communities, Real Estate
  • Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Grant $1M–$21M; Debt Financing $5.4M–$137M
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HomeEd — Visit us for insights on affordable rental housing Edmonton. Discover listings that match your needs and pricing preferences.
  • Medallion — Medallion provides rental housing construction and marketing. The company is involved in every stage of the development process. Medallion operates includes a range of properties, ranging from residential buildings to commercial office, retail, and industrial properties. In addition, they have land holdings to allow them to continue building on thereputation.
  • Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society — Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society supports those impacted by domestic violence by providing safe shelter.
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Accenture
VC Fund · Dublin, Dublin, Ireland · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Accenture is a management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company, with approximately 204,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the successful companies. Accenture collaborates withclients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics
  • Stage:Series B, Grant, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Grant $11k–$6M; Series A $8M–$43M; Series B $14M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lyzr — Most AI agent projects never reach production. Lyzr provides the platform and expertise to deploy governed AI agents at scale.
  • Workera — Workera is a precision upskilling platform that helps enterprises, governments, and individuals upskill and reskill to meet the critical demand for key technological capabilities, including data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The Workera platform provides AI-driven mentorship at scale with its adaptive assessments andpersonalized learning plans that drive measurable results to close the skills gap.
  • Alembic — Alembic is the Causal AI platform that proves what drives growth across your enterprise. From finance to operations to revenue, replace guesswork with causal science.
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MAVAN Capital Partners
VC Fund · Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Access exclusive venture capital opportunities with MAVAN Capital Partners. Founder-focused investment strategies connecting Canadian investors to innovative technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, B2B, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Canada, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $128k–$2.7M; Pre-Seed $441k–$1.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $4M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.9M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Levr.ai — Levr helps business loan brokers automate client intake, prepare lender-ready applications, and review matching lenders. The core broker plan costs $0 with no platform commission split.
  • REITIUM — The future of real estate investing is here. Invest starting with just $100.
  • Minga — Digital Hall Passes, Tardy Management & More. Building stronger, more engaged school communities.
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NorthSpring Capital Partners
VC Fund · Cambridge, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

NorthSpring Capital Partners provides risk capital to small and medium sized companies with the goal of creating value. Investments range between $250,000 and $1 million in the form of subordinated debt and/or equity across a variety of traditional industries located in Southern Ontario. NorthSpring takes a flexible approach when reviewinginvestment opportunities and tailors its investment structure to fit the unique aspects of the business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $675k–$5M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$1.8M; Series A $5M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mesosil — Mesosil develops responsive antimicrobial materials to prevent infection at the medical device-tissue interface, with lifetime length of effect. Our technology is ideally suited for dental restoratives and dental implant surfaces. The result is greatly improved patient outcome with no change to practitioner workflow, reducing the likelihood ofrecurrent caries and detachment of dental restorations, or peri-implant wound infection that could result in implant loss and implant revision.
  • YOURIKA — AI-assisted education technology and student support
  • Noa Therapeutics — Defying the convention of traditional drug development to revolutionize treatment options for complex inflammatory skin diseases.
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Ontario Centre of Innovation
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Ontario Centre of Innovation provides a preeminent research-to-commercialization vehicle in Ontario

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $366k–$3.2M; Grant $7.3k–$110k; Pre-Seed $151k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Synakis — Own synakis.com today. Secure checkout and guided transfer support. No hidden fees.
  • Script Runner — Script Runner provides AI-powered prescription delivery and logistics software for pharmacies and healthcare providers. The platform enables pharmacies and hospitals to manage last-mile prescription delivery using in-house drivers, Script Runner’s driver network, or integrated services such as Uber Direct. It supports route planning, ordertracking, and drone-based recurring deliveries for medications within defined distances. The software includes tools for secure payment collection at the door or online, along with data security and storage aligned with industry compliance standards. Script Runner also offers virtual care and virtual prescribing capabilities for minor ailments bundled with delivery, helping providers coordinate clinical services with logistics in a single system.
  • Kare Chemical Technologies — Kare specializes in the research, development, and commercialization of catalysts, precursors, and industrial processes to produce pure cannabinoids (for example, CBD, THC, CBN, and rare cannabinoids) that are chemically identical to plant‑derived versions but made via synthetic routes.
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Community Foundation of North Okanagan
VC Fund · Vernon, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Community foundations are charitable organizations dedicated to improving communities in specific geographic areas. We do this by pooling the charitable gifts of donors to create endowment funds and using the investment income to make grants. Community foundations also provide leadership – monitoring our area’s quality of life and convening people,ideas, and resources to help build stronger and more resilient communities. A community foundation is truly a charity for all charities!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Social Assistance, Commercial, Non Profit
  • Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VENTURE TRAINING (VDACL) — Venture Training is the Vernon & District Association for Community Living. We provide quality programs and services to people with developmental disabilities.
  • Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.
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Sand Hill North
VC Fund · Montréal, Quebec, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Seed and Early-Stage Capital Investments. From pre-seed to seed to Series A, Sand Hill North invests in innovative technology-focused organizations led with integrity, purpose and clarity.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $794k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $214k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SimCare AI — An advanced clinical training platform for healthcare professionals
  • Redcar — Scale your B2B sales with the most flexible AI Agent. Customize your GTM and outreach on Redcar, which qualifies, researches, personalizes, and follows up like your best reps.
  • 3Laws Robotics — 3Laws Robotics provides an AI supervisor for autonomous and intelligent robotic systems, ensuring safety without compromising performance. Our approach separates safety from the autonomy stack, allowing for quick and safe innovation in the industry.
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Amazon Web Services, Inc.
VC Fund · Seattle, Washington, United States · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Amazon Web Services offers reliable, scalable, and inexpensive cloud computing services. Free to join, pay only for what you use.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Grant, Non-Equity Assistance
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 233
  • Round size: Grant $7k–$1M; Non-Equity Assistance $15k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FOTOhub — FOTOhub AI | Unified Generative AI Infrastructure for Modern Agencies & CreatorsFOTOhub AI is the core intelligence layer behind FOTOhub, providing a unified Generative AI infrastructure that replaces fragmented creative workflows with one automated system. It enables teams to move from a brief to fully produced content within minutes.Designed for agencies, studios, and developers, FOTOhub AI coordinates a proprietary stack of image, video, and audio models through Flows FH™, an automation engine that connects multiple AI models into one-click pipelines. Teams can generate localized campaigns from a single brief, including translation, dubbing, video variations, and final asset delivery.What FOTOhub AI delivers Model Stack A curated set of proprietary and third-party models optimized for creative production, covering image enhancement, generative video, dubbing, and design. All models operate within one platform, eliminating the need to manage separate tools or vendors. Flows FH™ Automation A no-code and low-code workflow builder for combining AI models into reusable pipelines such as translation, dubbing, rendering, and delivery. Non-technical teams use visual controls, while developers get full API access.Multimodal Studio A browser-based workspace that integrates: video editing and AI video generation, neural audio (voice cloning, dubbing, music), advanced design tools for social content, ads, and branding. All powered directly by the FOTOhub AI engine. Developer-First Platform A native API and CLI (npm install fotohub) enable programmatic media generation and workflow orchestration. Engineers can run the same pipelines used in the Studio from code, CI/CD systems, or internal tools.GPU Cloud and Storage Infrastructure A serverless, edge-based architecture running on Google Cloud with enterprise GPUs (RTX, A100, H100). Provides fast rendering at scale with integrated cloud storage directly connected to generation workflows.Traction A unified AI platform adopted by creators, agencies, and teams to manage the full content lifecycle from ideation to delivery. Early growth metrics indicate strong demand for consolidated AI infrastructure over isolated point solutions.Mission To establish FOTOhub AI as the operating system for modern agencies, providing a central AI layer for creation, automation, and secure content delivery across every channel.
  • Ednition — Our product, RosterStream, makes rostering awesome. Edtech rostering as a service platform.
  • Forlex — Forlex (formerly Intelijus) is pioneering a revolution in legal technology by transforming our platform into a powerful legal agentic ecosystem. At the core of our innovation is LIVIA—a dynamic legal agent that seamlessly integrates advanced AI workflows with robust agentic flows to redefine legal operations.LIVIA goes beyond traditionalautomation. It is engineered to serve as a strategic legal agent, optimizing complex operational processes while delivering precise, data-driven insights. Our cutting-edge generative AI and natural language processing capabilities empower legal professionals to shift their focus from administrative tasks to what truly matters: championing justice.We envision a future where legal services are not only efficient but universally accessible. By establishing our technology as the cornerstone of global legal decision-making, Forlex is setting new industry standards for accuracy, efficiency, and transformative impact. Join us as we lead the charge toward a new era in legal innovation.
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Dr. Gaurav Puri
Angel · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Dr. Gaurav Puri graduated from Himachal Dental College in 2002. Following the same career path as Dr. Dhir, they have worked together their entire careers. As the Chief Dental Officer, Dr. Puri spends the vast majority of this time working in the practices. He routinely works with associate providers to increase their skills and ability. He alsotakes on the most challenging cases.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Health Care, Social Impact
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Able Innovations — Able Innovations is developing advanced medical devices to tackle the pressing problem of patient transfer in healthcare.
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Dr. Andrew Vellathottam
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Dr. Andrew Vellathottam is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Health Care, Social Impact
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Able Innovations — Able Innovations is developing advanced medical devices to tackle the pressing problem of patient transfer in healthcare.
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Thrive Impact Fund
VC Fund · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Thrive Impact Fund is an impact investment fund which invests in and supports impact organizations and social enterprises across BC.

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Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.
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Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen
VC Fund · Penticton, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

The Community Foundation is a registered charity that helps donors make legacy gifts to support causes they care about. Donations are permanently invested with the income from those investments being granted to more than 80 charities throughout our region each year.In the late 80’s a group of people who supported the Penticton & DistrictCommunity Arts Council began investigating the idea of setting up an arts foundation. After a great deal of research, they decided it was best to pursue the more general idea of a community foundation. Vancouver Foundation was incentivizing the creation of new community foundations by offering to match any donations to a new foundation. With initial donations from the Rotary Club of Penticton, Hong Kong Bank of Canada, and the City of Penticton, the Penticton & District Foundation was created in 1991.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Communities, Leisure, Training
  • Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Grant $10k–$40k
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IndigenEYEZ — IndigenEYEZ offers important tools for creating a brighter future for Indigenous youth and those who work with Indigenous youth. Project of @makewaytogether
  • Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.
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SVG Ventures
VC Fund · Los Gatos, California, United States · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

We are a Venture & Innovation Platform Advancing the Food & Agriculture Industries We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the food and agriculture industries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
  • Stage:Non-Equity Assistance, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 308
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$4.7M; Pre-Seed $50k–$100k; Non-Equity Assistance $16k–$40k
  • Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Plasmaleap — Plasmaleap is a plasma technology company that manufactures and sells zero-emissions chemical reactors designed for industrial and energy applications. The company develops reactor systems that use plasma processes to enable chemical production and transformation without relying on conventional combustion methods. Its technology supports sectorssuch as clean fuels, chemical manufacturing, and materials processing by offering electrified reactor solutions that can be integrated into existing industrial workflows. Plasmaleap designs modular systems that allow operators to deploy plasma reactors for on-site production and conversion of feedstocks using electricity as the primary energy input. The company also provides engineering support and technical integration services to help customers incorporate its reactor technology into commercial operations. Through its plasma-based approach, Plasmaleap focuses on enabling chemical processes that align with decarbonization and emissions reduction objectives across multiple industries.
  • Cellar Insights — Maximize the value of your potato crop with smart remote monitoring. Monitor storage conditions and prevent crop loss with Cellar Insights.
  • Brilliant Harvest — Brilliant Harvest is the Most Powerful AI Helpdesk For Equipment Dealers.
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Magna International
VC Fund · Aurora, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Magna is a leading global automotive supplier with 317 manufacturing operations and 83 product development, engineering and sales centres in 29 countries. Magna has over 130,000 employees focused on delivering superior value to our customers through innovative products and processes, and World Class Manufacturing. Magna's product capabilitiesinclude producing body, chassis, interior, exterior, seating, powertrain, electronic, vision, closure and roof systems and modules, as well as complete vehicle engineering and contract manufacturing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Software, Transportation
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Series A $16M–$2.3B; Series B $19M–$2.5B; Venture - Series Unknown $3.9M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Yulu — Yulu is a micro-mobility platform that is solving for traffic congestion and air pollution in India by providing human and battery powered micro-light 2 wheelers. Yulu uses IoT, Cloud, and AI to create a vast network of shared dockless vehicles that can be rented easily by an app in pay per use business model.
  • Cartken — Launch your robot fleet with us. The AI powering our robots makes them the safest and most reliable in the market today.
  • Niron Magnetics — Niron Magnetics delivers rare-earth-free permanent magnets built with high-performance iron nitride using abundant materials and domestic supply.
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BC Interior Community Foundation
VC Fund · Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Community makes you and you make the community

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Commercial, Non Profit
  • Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Grant $9.2k–$41k
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kamloop Foods — We believe in a hunger free Community. Sharing Food. Feeding Hope.
  • KAMLOOPS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — The #Kamloops Symphony engages, enriches and educates through the power of music.
  • Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.
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Vancity
VC Fund · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Vancity is a credit union committed to a clean and fair world. Accounts, credit cards, mortgages, business banking and more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Non Profit, Environmental Consulting, Software
  • Stage:Grant, Seed
  • Geography: Canada, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Grant $11k–$75k
  • Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Revolve Renewable Power — We are an owner-operator and developer of utility-scale renewable energy generation projects in North America that focus on wind, hydro, solar & battery storage
  • Ridge Meadows Recycling Society — Ridge Meadows Recycling Society is a non-profit community group that advocates for zero waste, operates responsible trash reduction services, and provides environmental education.
  • Victoria Community Food Hub Society — VCFHS is a registered charity that supports the needs of our local community by promoting a healthy, sustainable, and equitable food system.
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New Media Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Investing in media, creators, and Responsible AI to solve the world's biggest challenges.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Non Profit, Software, Government
  • Stage:Seed, Grant
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 80
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$2.3M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • co:census — co:census is a collaborative workspace for urban planners and their team to Learn, Plan, Create, Analyze, and Work as they conduct research projects for stakeholder engagement.
  • Indiegraf — Indiegraf provides support, assistance, and resources to independent news outlets. It offers various services to help companies or organizations start their own digital news system. Indiegraf is based in Vancouver, Canada.
  • The Juggernaut — We're The Juggernaut. We tell in-depth, nuanced stories on South Asians around the world. Join thousands and subscribe today.
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Angel One Network
VC Fund · Burlington, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Join Angel One Investor Network: Your Path to Profitable Investments. Curated ventures, expert angel investors, and more. Take action now!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$2.3M; Angel $68k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Torum — Convert your crypto to Ringgit and spend it at any DuitNow QR-enabled merchant with ease.
  • Coldblock — Coldblock delivers short-wave infrared sample digestion technology to prepare samples for analysis, accuracy, and safety. They offer services that include mining assays, environmental testing, food testing, metal assays, laboratory technology, and sample digestion.
  • fraction/al — Fan Ownership Platform that empower fans to own a piece of their favorite sports team.
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Rhiza Capital
VC Fund · Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Localizing and financing the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Rhiza Capital is a Certified B Corp connecting capital to impact ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Non Profit
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trellis.org — An all-in-one online platform for virtual, in-person and every fundraiser in-between! Raise more with Trellis!
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ClearAngel
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Clearco funds direct-to-consumer ecommerce brands. Clearco is the best funding alternative to ecommerce loans to fund inventory, marketing bills, and logistics for your ecommerce business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $10k–$400k; Angel $10k–$10k
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mobobaby — The Mobobaby Nursing Cover + Hat is the only breastfeeding cover up worn by baby. The innovative, breathable nursing cover is a great hooter hider so you can enjoy covered goods. Recommended by lactation consultants, baby sleep consultants, and sleep trainers, it is one of the best, unique baby gifts.
  • Better Rhodes — Curated Collection of Alcohol-Free Beer, Wine, and Spirits. We host the best in non-alcoholic beers, wines, spirits, mocktail kits, gift boxes, and more.
  • Everlasting Adult Pleasure — Everlasting Adult Pleasure focuses on top-tier, personalized customer service.
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TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good
VC Fund · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

We leverage deep insights from our global business, offering investment partners a pathway to real-world traction and growth, while shaping a friendlier future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Agriculture, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3.9M; Series A $4.8M–$22M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$8.9M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $77M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Plentify — Plentify connects home appliances with cheaper cleaner energy. It does this with an intelligent residential load management platform which matches demand with clean energy supply for 75% cheaper than batteries. Plentify combines advanced hardware, AI, and user-centric design to create smart home products that delight customers while alsostrengthening electricity systems.
  • Mycocycle — Mycocycle transforms waste-to-value in partnership with nature. Bioinspired by fungi, waste materials are efficiently transformed into valuable low-carbon
  • Applied Carbon — Applied Carbon is scaling ground-breaking technology to regenerate soils and trap atmospheric carbon for the benefit of people and the world.
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William Anderson
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Will Anderson is an experienced operating executive with 10+ years of experience in the technology space. After starting his career as a strategy Consultant with Monitor Group, Will joined Constellation Software’s Jonas Operating group in 2003. While with Constellation, Will led divisions in both North America and Europe, and completed three highROI acquisitions in the club, construction and logistics software spaces. In 2010 will joined Iron Data Solutions as an Executive Vice President, becoming the General Manager of the 430 person Public Sector Division in early 2012.Will’s role at Klass Capital is as the CEO of Klass Software where he is searching for mid-sized mission critical solution providers to acquire. Will holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree from Queen’s University. He lives in Toronto, with his wife of 7 years and their two children.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, GovTech, Podcast
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, Estonia, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$3.8M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • New/Mode — New/Mode is the multi-channel advocacy & civic engagement platform that organizations, campaigns & causes use to win. Join the New/Mode Community.
  • LumiQ — LumiQ makes earning CPD hours fun and accessible for individual accounting professionals and teams on-the-go. Get started now!
  • Workwize — Provide and maintain any kind of remote equipment for your workforce, no matter where they are
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Gate
VC Fund · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Gate is an important investment in expanding our markets and lowering trade risk, offering global purchasers with trustworthy technical knowledge and skills.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consulting, Non Profit, Agriculture
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cereals Canada — The national, not-for-profit industry association representing the Canadian cereal grains value chain.
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BDC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

BDC Venture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on technology-based businesses that have high growth potential and that are positioned to become dominant players in their markets. The company helps create and develop strongCanadian businesses through financing, consulting services and securitization, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.BDC Venture Capital has been involved in venture capital since 1975 and has to date invested in more than 400 companies involved in the areas of Life Sciences, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Advanced Technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 531
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$4.9M; Series A $2.7M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Hortau — Hortau provide to growers real time field and soil data to help them make decisions around irrigation and fertilizer applications.
  • RapidMind — RapidMind, Inc. provides a software development platform that allows software vendors to deliver performance on multi-core and stream processors. It offers RapidMind Multi-core Development Platform, which enables software organizations to deliver products with less risk and lower development costs, as well as enables single-threaded manageableapplications that fully leverage multi-core processors. The company was founded in 2004 as Serious Hack, Inc. and changed its name to RapidMind, Inc. in 2006. RapidMind, Inc. is based in Waterloo, Canada. As of August 19, 2009, the RapidMind team and products have joined Intel Corporation and continue to work on similar products and technology there under the "Ct Technology" project.
  • Spark — Spark provides the platform required to sell, market, close and report on your entire portfolio of new development projects.
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JMI Equity
VC Fund · Baltimore, Maryland, United States · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Our focus is on backing outstanding software companies via capital investments, strategic advice, team-building, and proven value creation strategies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Private Equity, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 175
  • Round size: Series B $5M–$60M; Series C $5.5M–$60M; Private Equity $31M–$300M
  • Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $3.1B in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Aptela — Vonage offers flexible and scalable voice, messaging, video and data capabilities across Unified Communications, Contact Centers and Communications APIs.
  • CouponCabin — CouponCabin is a leading provider of online, printable and grocery coupons for more than 3,000 merchants.The team at CouponCabin rigorously tests its coupons up to three times a week to ensure they work every time and recently launched the CouponCabin Guarantee. If a guaranteed offer doesn't work, CouponCabin will buy you dinner in theform of a $25 gift certificate to Restaurant.com.CouponCabin.com does not require registration, but users can opt in to a daily newsletter of featured offers, or sign up for alerts to receive an email notification when new coupons are added for selected merchants. CouponCabin also offers a toolbar for download to automatically notify you of available offers while you shop online.
  • First Due — First Due is Re-Imagining Fire & EMS Records Management through cutting-edge software designed to drive your entire operation through a single platform. See why agencies nationwide choose First Due's end-to-end solution for Pre-Incident Planning, Fire Prevention, NFIRS Reporting, ePCR, Scheduling & Personnel, Assets & inventory, Community Engagement, and more. Your entire operation. One platform. First Due Fire RMS.
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Prairies Economic Development Canada
VC Fund · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) is the department that diversifies the economy across the Canadian Prairies. PrairiesCan leads in building a strong, competitive Canadian economy by supporting business, innovation and community economic development unique to Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Non Profit, Software
  • Stage:Grant, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 200
  • Round size: Grant $176k–$3.1M; Debt Financing $220k–$3.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $384k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 95% lead, 5% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • City of Cold Lake — City of Cold Lake administers local government services, bylaws, and programs for the community. It manages utilities such as water, wastewater, waste and recycling, and stormwater billing. The municipality oversees roads, transit, protective services, municipal enforcement, taxes, and property assessments. City of Cold Lake provides recreation andcultural facilities, events, and community programs through venues like the Energy Centre and local parks. It issues permits and licences for building, development, businesses, taxis, and special events. The organization supports economic development through incentive programs, business licensing, and investment initiatives. City of Cold Lake also coordinates public information, elections, grants, and access to information requests.
  • Mercer Peace River Pulp — Mercer Peace River Pulp is a wholly owned subsidiary of the global forest products company Mercer International.
  • Energy Transition Centre foundation — The ETC Foundation is a vibrant center that brings together players from academia, industry, government, and the larger innovation ecosystem to create vital answers to climate concerns and spur innovation.
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Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
VC Fund · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups, 54 in the past 12 months

Canada Economic Development for Quebec funding and support for SMEs and economic non-profit organizations (NPOs) in all regions of Quebec.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Industrial, Construction
  • Stage:Grant, Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
  • Geography: Canada, France, Luxembourg

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 123
  • Round size: Grant $100k–$3.7M; Debt Financing $100k–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 97% lead, 3% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • La Ruche — La Ruche is a non-profit organization that offers a crowdfunding platform that contributes in economic development of projects.
  • Hydrep Hydraulic Repair Center — Hydrep Hydraulic Repair Center designs and manufactures prototypes and series products for electro-hydraulic applications.
  • Moteurs électriques Laval ltée — Moteurs électriques Laval ltée offers expertise in sale and repair of electric motors and in the integration of variable speed controllers.
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Google.org
VC Fund · Mountain View, California, United States · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Google.org is a platform that pulls together Google's philanthropic efforts. Google.org funds teams with big ideas that have a long-term global impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Non Profit, Education, Information Technology
  • Stage:Grant, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 126
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6.8M; Grant $250k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $20M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Earth Fire Alliance — The Earth Fire Alliance thinks that a coordinated worldwide response to the wildfire catastrophe is feasible and that a data-driven approach will shift our financial and attentional priorities from reactive suppression to proactive stewardship, which includes beneficial fire practices and adaptability.
  • Student Veterans of America — Through a network of over 1,600 chapters, SVA has been inspiring tomorrow's leaders since 2008 to ensure they achieve their greatest potential.
  • Open Health Stack Software Foundation — Open Health Stack Software Foundation is a neutral, community-owned home for open-source building blocks accelerating next-gen. OHS-SF aims to accelerate "next-gen" digital health aligned with the "Full-STAC remedy" approach by lowering the cost of innovation and promoting open standards for health.
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Central Okanagan Foundation
VC Fund · Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

The Central Okanagan Foundation empowers generations to give by building endowments, grant making, and community leadership. Get involved!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Commercial, Non Profit, Communities
  • Stage:Debt Financing
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.
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Market Readiness
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Market Readiness Co-Investment Fund provides direct investment to Ontario companies and passionate entrepreneurs with competitive/transformational IP building disruptive/next generation technologies to support their growth into scalable businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Health Care, Social Impact
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Able Innovations — Able Innovations is developing advanced medical devices to tackle the pressing problem of patient transfer in healthcare.
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Scotiabank
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups, 17 in the past 12 months

Scotiabankers are committed to helping individuals, companies, and communities to thrive in a changing world. From personal and business banking, brokerage, and insurance, to private wealth, and the most sophisticated commercial, corporate and institutional services, they serve the diverse needs of some 21 million customers in more than 55countries.Founded in 1832 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, their growth has always been fuelled by the success of their customers and their longevity secured by an unshakable commitment to carefully and expertly managing risk and capital.That focus on doing what's right for customers—short- andlong-term—has made us a global financial services leader.Headquartered in Canada, they are over 86, 000 Scotiabankers strong. Each of us are committed to being the best at understanding their customers' needs and all of us working together to deliver practical advice and relevant solutions that help their customers become financially better off.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mining, Precious Metals, Energy
  • Stage:Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing, Post-IPO Equity
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $57M–$1.2B; Debt Financing $8M–$700M; Post-IPO Equity $11M–$920M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 1VALET — 1VALET creates smart building ecosystems using hardware & software to make multi-family buildings better places to live & work. Book a demo.
  • FOCOL Holdings Limited — Fueling growth for people!
  • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners — Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is a multinational team with extensive experience and knowledge within the fields of regulated infrastructure and renewable energy. The team has a broad range of competencies within corporate finance, merger & acquisitions, engineering, project development and project management.BACKGROUND OF THE PARTNERSThe CIP partners have extensive experience within the infrastructure and energy space and have significant knowledge of mergers & acquisitions, project development, corporate finance, financial structuring, construction management, and operational management.All partners have a corporate background and have held top management positions at inter alia DONG Energy. The partners have managed, been directly involved in and responsible for the construction and operation of some of Europe’s largest energy projects.
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Rhiza Capital / Sunshine Coast Venture Partners
VC Fund · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Rhiza is a social impact fund whos focus is on building communities- connecting community to opportunity

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, GovTech, Politics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • New/Mode — New/Mode is the multi-channel advocacy & civic engagement platform that organizations, campaigns & causes use to win. Join the New/Mode Community.
  • SHM Control — The SHM Controller is a patented low-cost smart wireless HVAC controller for buildings and offices that reduces average energy consumption by up to 30%. It also offers full remote access, control and...
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Luminate Group
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Luminate is a global foundation working to ensure that technology serves our needs and wellbeing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, GovTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Brazil, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$3.3M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stears — Stears Business has a simple mission: deliver original, analytical, well-written stories that make sense of the Nigerian economy
  • Uptrust — FieldWare provides criminal justice, community supervision and public safety workforce SaaS solutions for increased administrative and operational efficiencies.
  • Nexo Jornal — Nexo is an independent digital news outlet for those who seek precise explanations and balanced interpretations on the main facts of Brazil and the world. It provide readers with contextualized information with an original approach. It was launched in November 2015 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Shuswap Community Foundation
VC Fund · Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

The Shuswap Community Foundation is Uniting Those Who Care With the Needs of our Community.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Commercial, Non Profit, Communities
  • Stage:Debt Financing
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.
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Ontario Centres of Excellence
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

The Ontario Centres of Excellence invests in projects and people to accelerate industry R&D to impact the Ontario economy through the commercialization of leading edge research.OCE invests in- Industry-Academic collaborative research- Commercialization of academic research through licensing and spin off companies- Early stage seedfinancing of start-ups- Skills development for high quality personnelThe Ontario Centres of Excellence is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1987. Core funding is provided by the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 145
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Uride — Welcome to Uride - your reliable and affordable ridesharing service with a community-focus. Enjoy the ease of quick pickups, lower fares, and a user-friendly app designed to make your travels smoother. Start riding today!
  • ventureLAB — At ventureLAB, we grow globally competitive tech titans that build-to-scale in Canada, for global markets.
  • Novel Biotechnology — Novel Biotechnology operates as a biotechnology company and develops innovative solutions for plasmid DNA production.
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WUTIF
VC Fund · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

WUTIF Capital (VCC) Inc. is a novel angel fund that co-invests with angel investors in promising new technology ventures in British Columbia. WUTIF was formed in mid-2003 and made its first investments in late 2004.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 77
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$3.8M; Pre-Seed $279k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ViewsML — Explore cutting-edge AI solutions for cancer treatment, diagnosis, and research. Discover how clinical labs leverage artificial intelligence for precise cancer detection and diagnosis.
  • Carbonyx — Carbonyx transforms waste into carbon-negative advanced materials for industry.
  • CereCura Nanotherapeutics — CereCura Nanotherapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering the therapeutic use of RNA nanomedicine to treat disorders of the central nervous system.
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New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
VC Fund · Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Director of Investments Every half-year, the Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA) reports on the status of venture capital investment in Canada, and the 2021-H1 edition is impressive.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 150
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$2M; Pre-Seed $35k–$779k; Venture - Series Unknown $250k–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Picketa Systems — Picketa Systems equips agribusinesses with Analysis Stations to perform plant tissue analysis in seconds
  • East Coast Innovation — Precision engineered, patent pending SmoothMove Smart Funnel - exciting new fish loading technology. Simple & low cost.
  • Elle, MD Biotechnologies — Your terms. Your body. Just Livv.
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Georgian Angel Network
VC Fund · Detroit, Michigan, United States · 1 investments in Canada Social Impact startups

Connecting angel investors with entrepreneurs to commercialize their innovations. We are the catalysts for your investments or business. Learn more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Health Care, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $470k–$2.6M; Angel $256k–$677k
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $300k in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Neurovine — Connecting concussion patients with their own brain data so they can take control of their recovery. Click to learn more!
  • CarbonGraph — CarbonGraph helps product manufacturers prove their sustainability advantage with easy-to-use life cycle assessment (LCA) and EPD workflows. Model environmental impacts and create defensible sustainability claims buyers and investors trust.
  • LearnExperts — You've invested in your product. We're invested in getting it adopted. Learnexperts is the first Education as a Service provider that takes the full burden off you. We have experts who know how to do it right the first time so you don't have to.
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Social Impact Investor funding in Canada at a glance

Stats across 63 deals from 55 investors.

55
investors
in Canada Social Impact startups
63
deals
in Canada Social Impact startups
$265k
median round
in Canada Social Impact startups
53%
lead investors
lead at least one round
54%
Grant
most common funding stage
96/4
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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