# Top 20 Social Impact Startup Investors in Canada in June 2026

## Active Impact Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, CleanTech

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.

## Ontario Centre of Innovation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Software

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

## Magna International
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Aurora, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Automotive, Software, Transportation

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.

## BC Interior Community Foundation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing
- Focus: Commercial, Non Profit, Communities

BCICF helps fund local charities, community projects & programs, and scholarships/bursaries.

## Central Okanagan Foundation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing
- Focus: Commercial, Non Profit, Communities

The Central Okanagan Foundation believes that anyone can leave a legacy. It is the catalyst, fostering excellence in charity to guarantee that the communities thrive.

## Community Foundation of North Okanagan
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing
- Focus: Commercial, Non Profit, Communities

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!

## Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing
- Focus: Commercial, Non Profit, Communities

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.

## Shuswap Community Foundation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing
- Focus: Commercial, Non Profit, Communities

The Shuswap Community Foundation's objective is to encourage community giving through permanent endowment funds, foster donor confidence and community trust through responsible administration and investment, honour memories, and provide grants to community projects.

## TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Agriculture, Health Care

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

## Sand Hill North
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

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.

## Gate
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Consulting, Non Profit, Agriculture

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

## Thin Air Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical

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.

## Google.org
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed
- Focus: Non Profit, Education, Information Technology

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.

## RBC Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series D
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

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.

## BDC Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## NorthSpring Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Software

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.

## Scotiabank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Mining, Precious Metals, Energy

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.

## Ontario Centres of Excellence
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

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

## Market Readiness
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Robotics, Health Care, Social Impact

Ontario's leading pre-seed investment fund.

## Angel One Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, SaaS

Angel One Network Inc. is a member-based, not-for-profit organization.

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