Top 35 Social Impact VC Funds & Investors in Canada (August 2026)
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Higher Ground Labs
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Politics, SaaS | $50k–$10M |
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Thin Air Labs
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Health Care, Medical | $1M–$5.2M |
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Amazon Web Services
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Brazil | Grant, Non-Equity Assistance | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $7k–$1M |
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Thrive Impact Fund
VC Fund
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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Grant, Debt Financing | Non Profit, Communities, Health Care | $1M–$21M |
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City of Edmonton
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Grant, Debt Financing | Social, Non Profit, Charity | $2.7M–$7.6M |
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RBC Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Bahamas | Debt Financing, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $20M–$600M |
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BC Interior Community Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Debt Financing | Commercial, Non Profit, Communities | |
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Central Okanagan Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Debt Financing | Commercial, Non Profit, Communities | |
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Angel One Network
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Malaysia | Angel, Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, SaaS | |
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Ontario Centres of Excellence
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | |
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Active Impact Investments
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, CleanTech | |
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ClearAngel
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail | $10k–$400k |
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Canada Economic Development
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Debt Financing, Grant | Manufacturing, SaaS, Events | $100k–$5M |
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Rhiza Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Seed | Non Profit | |
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JMI Equity
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Private Equity, Series B, Series C | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $5M–$300M |
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Vancity
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, Ireland | Grant, Seed | Non Profit, Environmental Consulting, Software | $17k–$85k |
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Rhiza Capital / Sunshine Coast Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Seed | SaaS, GovTech, Politics | |
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New Media Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Grant | Non Profit, Software, Government | $1.5M–$2M |
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Luminate Group
VC Fund
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1 | Brazil, Canada, Nigeria | Seed, Convertible Note | Information Technology, Software, Digital Media | $600k–$3.3M |
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Community Foundation of North Okanagan
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Debt Financing | Commercial, Non Profit, Communities | |
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Shuswap Community Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Debt Financing | Commercial, Non Profit, Communities | |
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TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Agriculture, Health Care | $1.5M–$22M |
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Sand Hill North
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $794k–$5.3M |
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NorthSpring Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Health Care, Medical Device, Software | $675k–$5M |
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Prairies Economic Development Canada
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Spain | Grant, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, Non Profit, Software | $176k–$3.1M |
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SVG Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Australia | Non-Equity Assistance, Seed, Pre-Seed | AgTech, Agriculture, Farming | $50k–$4.7M |
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Accenture
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Philippines | Series B, Grant | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics | $11k–$55M |
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Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, France, Luxembourg | Grant, Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Manufacturing, Industrial, Construction | $100k–$3.7M |
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MAVAN Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, South Korea | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, B2B, SaaS | $128k–$7M |
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Magna International
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, Canada | Series B, Series A | Automotive, Software, Transportation | $16M–$2.5B |
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Scotiabank
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Brazil | Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing, Post-IPO Equity | Mining, Precious Metals, Energy | $8M–$2.8B |
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Community Foundation Of South Okanagan Similkameen
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Grant, Debt Financing | Communities, Leisure, Training | $10k–$40k |
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Ontario Centre of Innovation
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant | Health Care, Medical, Software | $7.3k–$3.2M |
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Google.org
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Grant, Seed | Non Profit, Education, Information Technology | $250k–$6.8M |
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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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- 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.
Amazon Web Services offers reliable, scalable, and inexpensive cloud computing services. Free to join, pay only for what you use.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Grant, Non-Equity Assistance
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 232
- Round size: Grant $7k–$1M; Non-Equity Assistance $16k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FOTOhub — Complete AI platform for creators. Generate images & video AI, unlimited storage, Cloud GPU & API.
- 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.
Thrive Impact Fund is an impact investment fund which invests in and supports impact organizations and social enterprises across BC.
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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- Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.
Investment focus
- Industry: Non Profit, Communities, Health Care
- Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Grant $1M–$21M
- 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.
- Rocky View Foundation — We offer a range of programs designed to meet diverse needs, including Independent Living apartments for those seeking affordable, self-sufficient living, Senior Lodges that provide a comfortable, community-oriented environment with essential services, and the Rental Assistance Benefit (RAB) program.
- Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society — Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society supports those impacted by domestic violence by providing safe shelter.
Edmonton is one of Canada's youngest and fastest growing cities.
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- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Bahamas
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Series B $20M–$65M; Debt Financing $100M–$600M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% 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.
Community makes you and you make the community
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- 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.
The Central Okanagan Foundation empowers generations to give by building endowments, grant making, and community leadership. Get involved!
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- 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.
Angel One Network Inc. is a member-based, not-for-profit organization.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, SaaS
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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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- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, CleanTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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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- 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.
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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- Industry: Manufacturing, SaaS, Events
- Stage:Debt Financing, Grant
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Grant $100k–$4.5M; Debt Financing $101k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 92% lead, 8% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Arseno — Arseno specializes in producing practical customised apparel.
- 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.
- Maison Russet — Russet House recognized the unique needs of its foodservice and retail customers by offering innovative specialty and custom sweet potato products.
Localizing and financing the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Rhiza Capital is a Certified B Corp connecting capital to impact ventures.
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- Industry: Non Profit
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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- Trellis.org — An all-in-one online platform for virtual, in-person and every fundraiser in-between! Raise more with Trellis!
Our focus is on backing outstanding software companies via capital investments, strategic advice, team-building, and proven value creation strategies.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Private Equity, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 169
- Round size: Series B $5M–$60M; Series C $5.5M–$60M; Private Equity $31M–$300M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Granicus — Digital Civic Engagement for Government with the latest in cloud technology that connects 250 million people with 5,500+ government organizations.
- Swiftly — Harness your public transit data with Swiftly's urban mobility solutions to make your city's mass transportation move more efficiently.
- Classy — Classy is a social enterprise that helps nonprofits maximize their impact through a suite of world-class online fundraising tools. The company also hosts the Collaborative and Classy Awards to recognize excellence in social innovation.Since 2011, they've powered tens of millions of donations from over 190 countries and raised over $2 billionfor social good.
Vancity is a credit union committed to a clean and fair world. Accounts, credit cards, mortgages, business banking and more.
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- Industry: Non Profit, Environmental Consulting, Software
- Stage:Grant, Seed
- Geography: Canada, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Grant $17k–$85k
- Lead/follow: 92% lead, 8% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SUPPLY Victoria — SUPPLY Victoria is a nonprofit that sells donated school, office, & art supplies at their storefront at 750 Fairfield Rd and offers creative reuse workshops for youth & adults. Craft a more sustainable & creative Victoria!
- 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
- 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.
Rhiza is a social impact fund whos focus is on building communities- connecting community to opportunity
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- 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...
Investing in media, creators, and Responsible AI to solve the world's biggest challenges.
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- Industry: Non Profit, Software, Government
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$2M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% 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.
Luminate is a global foundation working to ensure that technology serves our needs and wellbeing.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Digital Media
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Brazil, Canada, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $600k–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% 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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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Commercial, Non Profit, Communities
- Stage:Debt Financing
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.
The Shuswap Community Foundation is Uniting Those Who Care With the Needs of our Community.
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- Industry: Commercial, Non Profit, Communities
- Stage:Debt Financing
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Propolis housing cooperative — Propolis housing cooperative offers a network of housing opportunities in Kamloops.
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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- 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 $3.5M–$8.9M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $73M 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.
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $794k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% 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.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $675k–$5M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% 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.
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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Non Profit, Software
- Stage:Grant, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Canada, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 196
- Round size: Grant $176k–$3.1M; Debt Financing $183k–$2.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $384k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 94% lead, 6% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PAMI — Innovative Engineering Solutions - PAMI is a trusted third-party collaborator who researches, designs, builds & tests machines, components and processes.
- Energy Transition Centre foundation — ETC bridges the gap between startups, investors, industry leaders, and researchers. Collaborating to power the solutions needed for the future of energy.
- Global Agri-Food Advancement Partnership — GAAP is a privately run and operated agri-food investment incubator seeking cutting-edge solutions from early and rapid-growth firms intending to increase efficiency, sustainability, and profitability in the global agriculture and food sector.
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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- Industry: AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
- Stage:Non-Equity Assistance, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 287
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4.7M; Pre-Seed $50k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
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.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics
- Stage:Series B, Grant
- Geography: United States, Canada, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Grant $11k–$6M; Series B $14M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% 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 decision-making platform that reveals what truly drives growth and business outcomes. Combining applied science, private supercomputing infrastructure, and the scale required by Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises.
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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Industrial, Construction
- Stage:Grant, Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: Canada, France, Luxembourg
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- Total investments: 114
- Round size: Grant $100k–$3.7M; Debt Financing $100k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 96% lead, 4% follow
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- Adf Group — ADF Group designs and engineers connections for the manufacture and installation of complex steel structures. They also specialize in the assembly of heavy steel components.
- JEFAGRO TECHNOLOGIES INC. — Explore Jefo's precision nutrition solutions for dairy, poultry, swine, beef & aquaculture. Backed by science, focused on sustainability & service.
- Habitations Mont-Carleton — Habitations Mont-Carleton specializes in manufacturing prefabricated homes and chalets for residential, commercial, and industrial purposes. The company offers a streamlined process with all services centralized in one facility. Customers can choose from various building options tailored to their lifestyle needs. The homes are manufactured at theplant and feature superior quality insulation.
Access exclusive venture capital opportunities with MAVAN Capital Partners. Founder-focused investment strategies connecting Canadian investors to innovative technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, B2B, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Canada, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $128k–$2.7M; Pre-Seed $441k–$1.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $4M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.7M in 2017
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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.
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Automotive, Software, Transportation
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Israel, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Series A $16M–$2.3B; Series B $19M–$2.5B
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
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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.
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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- Industry: Mining, Precious Metals, Energy
- Stage:Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing, Post-IPO Equity
- Geography: Canada, United States, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $55M–$1.2B; Debt Financing $8M–$1B; Post-IPO Equity $10M–$2.8B
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
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- FOCOL Holdings Limited — Fueling growth for people!
- University of British Columbia — The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the 40 best universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC’s West Coast spirit has embraced innovation and challenged the status quo. Its entrepreneurial perspective encourages students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discoveryand explore new ways of learning. At UBC, bold thinking is given a place to develop into ideas that can change the world.As one of the world’s top research universities, for more than a century the University of British Columbia has created positive change here and abroad. Today, centered on our two major campuses — the Vancouver campus and the Okanagan campus — we attract, nurture and proactively transform more than 58,000 students from Canada and 140 countries.
- 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.
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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- 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.
Ontario Centre of Innovation provides a preeminent research-to-commercialization vehicle in Ontario
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- 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 $146k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
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- 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.
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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- Industry: Non Profit, Education, Information Technology
- Stage:Grant, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 124
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6.8M; Grant $250k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 81% lead, 19% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2019
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- Wikimedia Endowment — Wikimedia Endowment is a fund supporting Wikipedia.
- Wikimedia Foundation — The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects, supporting the people and technology that make them possible.
- 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.
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