Top 25 Social Impact VC Funds & Investors in Canada (July 2026)

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• Cereals Canada — Cereals Canada is a nonprofit organization providing support in market access, information, and sustainability for farmers and vendors.

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• 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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• 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.
• Rehabtronics — Rehabtronics devices are proven to help people recover movement after central or peripheral nervous system injury or disease.
• Able Innovations — Able Innovations is developing advanced medical devices to tackle the pressing problem of patient transfer in healthcare.

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• BIPOC Foundation — BIPOC Foundation is a non-profit organization creating entrepreneurs in the Black Canadian Community through entrepreneurship programs, mentorship, Philanthropy, Innovation, and Business.
• The Nod Foundation — The Nod Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports Black entrepreneurs in Canada through research, capacity-building programs, and economic infrastructure tools. The organization designs data-driven systems that help founders formalize, finance, and scale their businesses. Its Access Lab connects entrepreneurs with legal, financial,talent, marketing, and reinvestment support through structured Pathways. The foundation also runs signature initiatives such as the Black to the Future Summit, The Nod Nexus gatherings, a Community Economic Council, and Tech Access Passes that link startups to software and cloud credits. Through The Nod App and the Recirculation Board, it tracks and encourages intentional spending with Black-owned businesses. Its work focuses on research, access, and accountability to strengthen inclusive participation in the Canadian economy.
• 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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• Plasmaleap —
• 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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• Lyzr — Lyzr is an enterprise agent framework for building reliable and self-learning AI agents that can communicate and exchange intel with one another, forming a knowledge mesh that leads to OGI - Organizational General Intelligence. At Lyzr, we take enterprise data privacy seriously, and hence, we designed the entire agent framework, including the APIstudio and OGI studio, to run locally on the customer's own cloud (VPC) or on-prem servers.
• Workera — Workera is the precision upskilling platform helping 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 — Uncover marketing success with Alembic's AI-driven analytics. Predict revenue outcomes, optimize media spend, and gain actionable insights in real-time.

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• Liberté — In 1936, Liberté began manufacturing cream and cottage cheeses near downtown Montréal on the corner of Saint-Urbain and Duluth streets, which today is home to Café Santropol.As the company grew, production maintained a traditional and artisanal character. After relocating to Brossard in 1964, Liberté continued to manufacture cream cheese andbegan producing yogurt. With the success of this new endeavour, the company then developed an increasing number of products, all the while upholding its standards of quality and purity. In 2008, Liberté acquired a plant in Saint-Hyacinthe to support its expansion.
• Elysis — Elysis is a technology enterprise that provides an eco-friendly solution for the production and process of aluminium. It is a joint venture created by Rio Tinto and Alcoa.
• JEFAGRO TECHNOLOGIES INC. — Jefo designs and manufactures non-medicated animal nutrition solutions and feed additives for livestock and companion animals. The company focuses on alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters and uses its Jefo Matrix Technology microencapsulation process to deliver targeted release of active ingredients in the digestive tract. Its portfolioincludes enzyme supplements, vitamin and mineral premixes, acidifiers, fermentation products, liquid supplements, and complementary feeds for dairy and beef cattle, swine, poultry, aquaculture species, pets, and rabbits. Jefo also provides precision intestinal nutrition programs organized around health and prevention, production and performance, and reproduction. In addition, it offers technical support, customized ingredient sourcing, private labeling, and packaging services to feed manufacturers, premix companies, and producers. Jefo bases product development on applied research conducted in dedicated facilities and through collaborations with commercial farms and research partners.

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• Levr.ai — Levr.ai powers business loan brokers and lenders with application automation that increases conversion, saves time and provides an amazing experience.
• Minga — Change Gamers, Inc. dba Minga provides internet-based services. The company operates under the name Minga and offers digital solutions. Minga's services include a digital ID and hall pass system, which is used in educational institutions. The company also provides other solutions, which are not specified but are likely related to its digitalID and hall pass system. Minga Solutions Inc. is also mentioned, suggesting that the company may offer a range of solutions under this name. The company has a team of 26 employees.
• Trellis.org — Improve the world we live in by connecting the social sector to everyday people on a platform focused on impact. Trellis enables people to invest their money for social return in a modern, transparent and engaging way. Trellis empowers people to do good and will lead the social sector into a more sustainable and impact focused future by reframinghow our society thinks about charity, giving and measuring success.

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• 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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• FOCOL Holdings Limited — FOCOL Holdings Limited distributes petroleum products to service stations and other establishments in Freeport, Grand Bahama, from the Bahamas Oil Refining Company (BORCO) terminal.
• Triple Flag Precious Metals — Triple Flag is a pure play, gold-focused, emerging senior streaming and royalty company with a distinct culture and approach to investing. Triple Flag pride ourselves on adaptability and flexibility in structuring financing solutions that are customized to meet the needs of our mining partners. Triple Flag is to be a valued finance partner,facilitating development and expansion of mining projects that deliver value for our counterparties.As a result, a high proportion of our deal opportunities have been sourced from referrals from our existing counterparties as well as our network of contacts, leading to bilateral discussions with potential partners rather than auction processes.

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• Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.

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• Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.

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• Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.

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• 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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• Synakis — Synakis patented a biodegradable hydrogel vitreous substitute that is injectable, non-cytotoxic in vitro and in vivo, low-swelling, stable, and optically transparent with a refractive index and density similar to those of the native vitreous.
• Medtech Canada — Medtech Canada provides safe and innovative medical technologies solutions.
• 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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• 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 — FOCOL Holdings Limited distributes petroleum products to service stations and other establishments in Freeport, Grand Bahama, from the Bahamas Oil Refining Company (BORCO) terminal.
• 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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• Founderland — Founderland exists to level the playing field, supporting women of colour founders to grow sustainable businesses, empowering them through community, education, and investor-readiness support.
• Wikimedia Foundation — The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit company focused on empowering and engaging people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free content license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.The Wikimedia Foundation's most prestigious project is Wikipedia, however, they areinvolved in others such as Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikinews, Wikiversity.
• Student Veterans of America — A non profit influencing policy for college student veterans in America.

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• LeadFox — The all-in-one marketing automation software designed to help your small business grow quickly and easily online, starting today. Free trial Get a demo.
• eWebinar — eWebinar lets you make demos, onboarding and training available on demand at scale by offering them as interactive pre-recorded webinars with live chat.
• Hellohire — Hellohire helps recruiting teams and staffing agencies double recruiter productivity and make hires faster with virtual interviews.

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• Sheertex — Sheertex - #1 Bestselling tights in the USA. Ultra-strong sheers engineered for durability and comfort, up to 10x more durable than others.
• Xanadu — Xanadu is a Canadian quantum computing company with the mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere.
• LeddarTech — The leader in environmental sensing, fusion and perception for automotive and mobility, LeddarTech delivers actionable data for autonomous driving and ADAS.

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• Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.

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• Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.

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• Able Innovations — Able Innovations is developing advanced medical devices to tackle the pressing problem of patient transfer in healthcare.

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• Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.
• Coldblock — Coldblock Technologies Inc delivers short wave infrared sample digestion technology to prepare samples for analysis, accuracy and safety.
• fraction/al — Fan Ownership Platform that empower fans to own a piece of their favorite sports team.

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• 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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• Audette — Audette transforms your commercial portfolios into intelligent, carbon-free assets. Net-zero planning for commercial real estate portfolios
• Agrology — The Agrology Platform helps farmers reduce their carbon footprint, be more sustainable, and stay ahead of threats like drought, smoke taint, pest & disease outbreaks, frost, heat, extreme temperatures.
• RailVision Analytics — Customized data analysis, software solutions, and consulting for the rail industry. RailVision Analytics takes the data available from your fleet equipment, combined with our proven AI algorithms to provide insight on saving fuel, equipment deterioration and improving safety.