Top 50 Social Network Startup Investors in Canada in October 2024
A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Social network startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social network companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Social Network Startup Investors in Canada in October 2024
Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, based in Toronto and investing across North America. We back bold teams and their transformative ideas.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Nmbr — Nmbr focuses on streamlining organizations' payroll processes by providing customizable software solutions. Nmbr approach not only simplifies payroll management but also allows businesses to tailor the system to their specific needs, ensuring compliance and efficiency.
- Rebelstork — Rebelstork was born to make Parenting Lighter. We are the largest tech-driven marketplace for baby gear in North America - diverting overstock and retailer returned baby gear away from landfills and into the homes of customers at a fraction of the retail price.
- CruxOCM — Crux OCM: Automate your oil and gas control room operations
We support entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey and build technology companies that generate a positive impact on society.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Scribenote — Effortless documentation for veterinary professionals.
- Motion — Motion is a visual analysis hub that helps marketers and creative teams identify what works to make high-performing creatives that convert.
- Landbase — Landbase combines leading agentic AI with human expertise to intelligently automate your Go-To-Market
We invest in passionate innovators at the intersection of sports and technology.
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Investment focus
- Sports, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, France
Portfolio highlights
- Rypplzz — Through Interlife™, our mission is to advance humanity by spatially engineering the flow of the environment to create optimal efficiency. Interlife™ enables unique location-based experiences and transforms physical spaces into smart environments with precise geolocation and enhanced connectivity. The evolving use and omnipresence of connecteddevices and the increasing demand for experiential content, including mixed reality, are resulting in an exponentially increasing need for Interlife™ and its applications.Rypplzz partners with investors who like to back companies creating breakthrough proprietary tech and are on a mission to build a more sustainable world.
- Symitri — Symitri is the integrated privacy firewall and real-time data cleanroom for the open web.
- Tixologi — Tixologi’s blockchain-based ticketing software is putting event organizers in control of their own ticketing experience.
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Avian Labs — We're building software so that you can pay people, not numbers. Anywhere in the world.
- Consensus — Consensus uses AI to extract and summarize scientific insights from peer-reviewed sources. For any question, what's the Consensus?
- Molten Industries — Decarbonizing the world's chemical and heavy industries
N49P is a venture capital firm focused on ideas to seed-stage Canadian technology startups.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Spellbook — Rally is the perfect software for lawyers who want to automate legal documents, offer legal subscription services, streamline client intake, and offer a client portal. Law firms choose Rally as an end-to-end workflow for a better client experience.
- Baseline — Baseline is a full-featured software platform for private lenders to originate and service loans. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.
- Power Life Science — Discover cutting-edge therapies by enrolling in clinical trials. Power helps patients everywhere take control of their care.
Path Ventures is a pre-seed Venture Capital firm investing in technology companies at the earliest stages of their journeys.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Corca — Corca is a collaborative math editor for manipulating equations and exporting to LaTeX or Python.
- Birdwatch — Birdwatch helps busy homeowners save time, money and energy by taking care of the issues that arise in and around your home. From repairs and installations, to preventative maintenance and renovation advising, we bring the convenience of renting to owning. Our team of mission-driven entrepreneurs are passionate about helping you feel safe, cozyand cared for. Birdwatch is a public benefit corporation that promotes equal access to safe, dignified homeownership and the benefits of building intergenerational wealth.
- Consensus — Consensus uses AI to extract and summarize scientific insights from peer-reviewed sources. For any question, what's the Consensus?
We partner with audacious entrepreneurs building enduring businesses.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Israel, India
Portfolio highlights
- Apron — Sort, pay and reconcile your invoices in seconds.
- Pallet — Pallet is a all-in-one logistics solution that integrates a Transportation Management System (TMS) and Warehouse Management System (WMS), to billing and reporting. Schedule a demo to see the future of modern freight businesses.
- W Services Group — Leading national facility services company, offering commercial cleaning, construction, and emergency response. Solutions to fit your unique needs.
CRV is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage enterprise and consumer startups. Since 1970, the firm has invested in more than 400 startups at their most crucial stages, including DoorDash, Airtable, Patreon, Drift and Iterable. Founders need more than capital to build a great company. It takes a partner who understands the entrepreneurial journey and knows what it takes to win. From founding to IPO and beyond, CRV is there every step of the way. Founders rely on CRV to be trusted, long-term, committed partners, which has helped make CRV into one of the longest-running venture capital firms in the world. Learn more about CRV and the companies shaping the future at https://www.crv.com.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Voyage AI — Voyage AI provides cutting-edge embedding models and rerankers for search and retrieval
- CodeRabbit — AI-first pull request reviewer with context-aware feedback, line-by-line code suggestions, and real-time chat.
- Protege — Protege is the platform for AI Training Data. Protege works with data holders and model builders to empower them to share training data for AI model development.
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Investment focus
- Consumer, Nightlife, Enterprise
- Seed, Convertible Note
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- bottlebeez — bottlebeez is a multipurpose suite of mobile and web applications aimed for consumers and businesses within the hospitality and nightlife space.
Your story is your strategy. At Position Ventures, we work alongside founders to help them position their business and tell their story.
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Investment focus
- Mobile Apps, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Peru, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Patlytics — Patent discovery, analytics, comparison, and workflow. Simplified via Artificial Intelligence.
- Stadium Live Studios — Stadium Live is a unique digital world for sports & esports fans - create, connect and play with fans around the world to shape your own stadium.
- Oyster Technologies — Get peace of mind for things you own instantly. With no fine print or complicated forms, Oyster gets you tailored personal insurance products designed for your lifestyle.
Troy Carter is the Founder and CEO of Venice Music. He previously worked at Atom Factory as a Founder and CEO. Troy Carter attended Fairfield University.
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Investment focus
- Social Media, Software, Music
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- NOVA — Connecting creatives with opportunity. Hire top creatives, grow your network, and find your dream jobs all on Nova.
- Audioshake — AudioShake makes audio interactive, customizable, and accessible by using AI to separate sound recordings into their component parts and stems.
- MobileCoin — Download the Sentz App to send and receive payments globally from anyone you can text in under five seconds for (basically) free!
Breakout Capital is a fintech company that provides simple and straightforward working capital solutions to small businesses.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Insurance, Mobile Apps
- Series A, Seed, Series E
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Beam — Smarter employee benefits including dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental health. Our plans are easy to understand, implement, and use.
- Koffie Financial — At Koffie, we believe trucking insurance should be a smooth ride for everyone. Our priority is delivering trusted insurance backed by cutting-edge tools, so that businesses can grow safely and profitably for generations.
- Stadium Live Studios — Stadium Live is a unique digital world for sports & esports fans - create, connect and play with fans around the world to shape your own stadium.
VA Angels, one of Canada’s leading angel investment groups, has member locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna and Winnipeg. Since 2003 they have done 57 deals worth $28.5 million and are one of the most active angel groups in Canada.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- Canada, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Tonit — Connect with local riders. Discover hundreds of rides & events. Track & share your ride. Share photos & videos with the community.
- PLAYR.gg — Surf Giveaways is the #1 platform to run giveaways, sweepstakes, and contests for gamers. Grow your audience and build your community with giveaways now!
- eThor — Trusted By National Brands Trusted By National Brands Contactless In the age of COVID-19, it's more important than ever to provide your customers a safe way to pay. eThor offers a number of contactless payment options, from Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or other forms of
6th Man Ventures is an early stage crypto VC firm investing in web3 applications & infrastructure6MV was born from a love of web3 in practice and principle, founded and run by a group who both see the potential and actively work to bring projects to life every day. That makes us incredible partners to have on your journey.6th Man Ventureswas established in March 2021 in New York, United States.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, India, Armenia
Portfolio highlights
- 375ai — 375ai is an edge data intelligence network on Solana that provides advanced real-time data collection and analysis to power a smarter, more connected world.
- Andrena — Andrena is a developer of an internet distribution platform designed to offer high-speed internet at reduced costs.The company works directly with internet providers who provide internet for universities, hospitals, financial services and other users with heavy data needs and leverage their existing fiber networks to deploy a series of antennas toblanket a geography with internet access, allowing customers and businesses to tap into a faster network wirelessly.
- Helius — Solana RPCs, APIs, webhooks and infrastructure to build and ship crypto apps, fast. Get started for free in 1 click.
Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Singapore, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Yoz Labs — Save time, streamline your development, and reach users on their preferred channels
- Spexi — An intuitive and collaborative platform for drone-based data
- Halfbrick Studios — Creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride and more mobile mega hits!
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Investment focus
- Apps, Ride Sharing, Social Media
- Seed, Angel
- Canada, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- Picap — Picap is a Colombian ride-hailing service provider that connects people who require a means of transportation and people with motorcycles or cars who want to share their vehicle and earn additional income in the process. Founded in 2016, Picap operates in 13 cities including Bogotá, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Neiva, Villavicencio, Cartagena, Popayán,and Ibagué.
- Madlipz — MadLipz is the ultimate short-form voice over app that lets you unleash your creativity with hilarious voiceovers, AI characters, parodies, and more! Dive into a world of laughter and storytelling, and join millions of users in creating and sharing your unique voice-over masterpieces.
Mike has a wealth of experience in building and scaling consumer technology companies in private and public markets
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Art, Apps
- Seed, Angel
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Wantering — Wantering is a fashion discovery tool that allows you to discover and buy clothing from across a curated list of boutiques, flash sales sites, and major retailers all in one place.
- Skyscraper — Skyscraper is an all-in-one ad management platform for bloggers. A magical way of running ads on your site that both simple and effective.
- Hack Capital Ventures — Hack Capital is a software company that helps digital companies hire, train, retain, and motivate employees to do the best work of their lives. The company is building vertically integrated systems of intelligence that will help startup companies, as they grow, to manage their scale intelligently.
Secocha Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early stage startups.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- United States, India, France
Portfolio highlights
- 10club — 10club acquires small brands that sell their products on e-commerce platforms and scales those businesses.Great businesses are growing on the backs of e-commerce giants like Amazon, Flipkart, Nykaa, and more. They get their foundational years right but find it difficult to scale, and understand that competition is hard to curb. That's where10club steps in, allowing entrepreneurs to enjoy an exit and benefit from years of hard work
- Ply — Ply is helping mechanical contracting businesses grow by reinventing the way they source, buy, and manage finished materials for jobs.
- Allocate — Allocate is platform that enables investors to discover and invest in high-quality venture funds.
Steve Olechowski is Founder and CEO of Blinkfire Analytics.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United States, Spain, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- AMPY — AMPY is a wearable motion charger that captures its users’ energy from daily activities to charge their smartphones. The wearable device has won numerous awards, and the team was named to Forbes 30 under 30 in Energy. Its team is already scaling down the technology inside of AMPY to power wearable devicesAMPY was founded in 2013 by Tejas Shastry,Mike Geier, and Alex Smith. It is based in Chicago, I.L.
- Selltag — Selltag offers a simple online platform for people to sell and buy items. It brings together buyers and sellers using the power of social networks. That means people can sell goods that is no longer needed or not used anymore, maybe something people have made or even digital contents to friends and followers on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Pluspeople can get help from those same contacts, if the link is shared to an ad users will get more potential buyers to see it.Selltag was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in Valencia, Spain.
- Avail — Avail is a provider of tools and guidance that makes it easy to be a landlord. It offers a platform that helps independent landlords and property managers to navigate the rental cycle, as well as provides rental listings, tenant screening, customized leases, online payments, and maintenance requests services. Until now, landlords with less than10 units haven’t had access to online tools designed specifically for them. Avail is an intuitive app that helps advertise vacant units, request rental applications and credit reports, sign leases, and collect rent — all online. Today, 70,000 landlords use Avail because it’s the only end-to-end platform that helps in scaling from beginner to professional with tools, support, and education.
CBGF helps privately-owned Canadian businesses with the capital, talent, and expertise they need to drive growth and realize their potential.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Canada, Argentina
Portfolio highlights
- ProcedureFlow — With ProcedureFlow, following company processes has never been easier. Our cloud-based knowledge management software will help you make your employees experts faster.
- Believeco Partners — Believeco Partners is an owner, operator and builder of the foremost marketing, communications and engagement agencies.
- Specialty Medical Partners — Specialty Medical Partners is a grouping company for independent cardiac, respiratory, and internal medicine hospitals.
Satish Kanwar is a VP of Product at Shopify, where he oversees strategic product initiatives for over 1 million merchants globally. Satish led Shopify’s formative expansion from online stores to multi-channel commerce, accelerating merchants' sales across eCommerce, brick-and-mortar, and new sales channels. Satish previously co-founded userexperience studio Jet Cooper, which was acquired by Shopify in order to establish its product development footprint in Toronto. Satish is an active angel investor, public speaker, and advisor.He attended the University of Toronto Scarborough.
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Investment focus
- Mobile Apps, FinTech, Art
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Peggy — Peggy is a social marketplace that allows you to discover, buy, and sell investment-worthy art. A place for the art-curious and the art-expert, for the art gallery and artist. A new way forward for the art world.
- Disco — One platform to build, market, and sell live courses, workshops, and learning communities.
- Stadium Live Studios — Stadium Live is a unique digital world for sports & esports fans - create, connect and play with fans around the world to shape your own stadium.
Right Side Capital Management is a venture capital firm that helps startups build their company. It invests exclusively in the pre-seed round of technology startups and makes 75-100 investment per year. The firms prefers to invest in diversified technology sectors such as the internet and cloud companies.RSCM was established in 2010 and is basedin San Francisco, California.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- ASETS — ASETS develops software for engineers and created the first cloud-based Integrated Design Suite.
- HLRBO — HLRBO is an online hunting network that connects landowners and hunters. List your property on HLRBO. No fees. No commissions. Hunters contact you directly with questions or to lease.
- UBILD — A.I powered construction workforce and vendor procurement platform
ID Capital is a venture capital management firm which invests in innovative start-up businesses located in Quebec. The companies targeted by ID Capital must have developed an innovative technology or product that has strong intellectual property content and meets a specific need with a large potential market.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Social Media, Social Network
- Series A
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Woozworld — Woozworld, Inc. develops and operates gaming website. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Montreal, Canada.Welcome to Woozworld, a fun, unique and free virtual world for kids, tweens and teens! Our massive multiplayer virtual world is free to join. And it's easy! Create an avatar (Woozen), play online and join a communityof millions of players. Our virtual world is the coolest place to hang-out and make new friends. You can create your own world, design your virtual space (Unitz), dress-up your avatar with the coolest and most stylish clothes and accessories ever, become a top-model, throw parties and events, chat, invite friends, make new friends, join exciting contests, express your creativity and become rich and famous ! Do you have what it takes to become an icon in the coolest virtual world ever? Come play online and find out! If you want to play online, have fun, exploit your creativity to the max and show the world what you are made of, Woozworld is the right virtual world for you! So what are you waiting for?
Goodwater empowers exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for the better. They believe consumer technology is a force on earth, shaping culture and transforming the global economy at unprecedented speed and scale. They invest in promising entrepreneurs to solve pressing problems. As a combined force, Goodwater companies are aglobal force for change, poised to measurably improve billions of lives.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Farmako — Install Farmako app, get a free health ID and get all your medical records safe and secure in one place!
- Payhere — Payhere is a fintech company that provides card terminals and online payment gateway services for multiple industries.
- Reforged Labs — Make every creative a hero creative.
Menlo Ventures is a Bay Area venture capital firm that pursues companies with the potential to disrupt huge markets. We invest in all stages, across consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technologies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Canada, France
Portfolio highlights
- Orb — Drive business model innovation with Orb. We power billing for the world's leading software companies.
- HomeLight — We use data to help homebuyers and sellers find the best real estate agents nationwide
- All Hands AI — All Hands AI operates as an open source agent for developers.
INB is the most influential investment group in the Chinese blockchain space. their partners are among the single largest holders of Bitcoin in the world, with holdings that have increased over nine thousand fold to date.In order to produce outsized returns for theirselves and their limited partners, they run an incubator and product studio.Among the many successful projects to come out of their studio was yunbi.com, which became a top-10 cryptocurrency exchange.Their vertically integrated model is unique in the space and gives us an “unfair advantage” when investing in early-stage projects.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, China, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Sia — Cryptography has unleashed the latent power of the Internet by enabling interactions between mutually-distrusting parties. Sia [sigh-uh] harnesses this power to create a trustless cloud storage marketplace, allowing buyers and sellers to transact directly. No intermediaries, no borders, no vendor lock-in, no spying, no throttling, no walled gardens; it's a return to the Internet we once knew. The future is making a comeback.
- Skynet Labs — Skynet Labs builds uncompromising software infrastructure for the decentralized internet. It is a leader in the burgeoning blockchain and decentralized web ecosystems, and the core contributor and maintainer of the open-source Skynet project. Skynet is a revolutionary technology that will be the foundation for a free internet and builds on theteam’s successful creation of Sia, the leading blockchain storage platform.
- Tagomi — Tagomi is now part of Coinbase. Find out more.
Boris Wertz is the Founder & General Partner of Version One Ventures. He previously worked at Ether Capital as a Lead Independent director. Boris Wertz attended the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Software, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Helcim Inc. — Helcim is a payments company that lets businesses accept credit cards with ease. Helcim focuses on delivering a better payment service by making it easier to sign up, providing smarter payment tools, and making it more affordable to get paid.
- Agora — Agora operates as a cross-chain governance platform.
- Syndicate — Infrastructure for powerful web3 products at scale
Jeff Chang was the Head of Growth Engineering at Whatnot. Jeff previously worked at Pastel Labs as a Founder. Attended University of California, Berkeley.
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Investment focus
- Software, Developer Tools, Sports
- Seed
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- PopSQL — PopSQL is a developer of collaborative SQL query editing software designed to share queries and visualize data. The company's software stores SQL queries and runs regularly, grouping them into folders that can be kept private or shared among the team, track changes so it can be reverted if or when something breaks, enabling users to workcollaboratively on queries and then distribute among the team.
- Skio — Skio helps brands on Shopify sell subscriptions without ripping their hair out. Easily migrate from ReCharge. Increase conversions by 72% with 1-click checkout (Shop Pay). Reduce customer tickets by 25% with passwordless login.
- Offsight — Factory ready project management software for the modular and offsite construction industry. We solve the delivery, quality, traceability and communication challenges of modular, offsite and project based manufacturing.
Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, France, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- SLUSHY — SLUSHY is a secure mobile web based platform for content creators to find, grow, & monetize their audiences. A creator first, tech-driven tool, designed with key discoverability features and audience insights. In a market where existing solutions (OnlyFans, Patreon) fall short of their creators' demands, SLUSHY provides an alternativesolution for professional content creators that prioritizes their monetization, support and management needs. SLUSHY incorporates a powerful legal framework, with robust compliance tools including simplified consent, ID verification, and content moderation. The new home of unrestricted content, SLUSHY is here.
- Skedway — The optimization hub for the Modern Enterprise - Visualize, integrate and manage every shared company asset in one place.
- Unsloth AI — Easy finetuning for AI and LLMs. Open-source and for beginners. Get faster with Unsloth.
Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Advertising, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- FL Newsletter — Fantasy Life keeps you up to date on all of the latest NFL news, fantasy analysis, sports betting tips, and hot topics around the fantasy watercooler.
- Gemini Sports Analytics — The first AI cloud for sports
Get a Digital Marketing Agency for your Growing Business. We offer a range of digital marketing services in Silicon Valley, Bay Area and San Francisco.
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Investment focus
- Medical, Content, Blockchain
- Series A
- China, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- ONO Social — ONO is a new type of social network based on blockchain technology that aims to create an ecosystem based on the value of attention with the main principles of freedom, equality and social public governance for users. ONO users can freely share and obtain valuable content, chat for study, communicate, and participate in building the ONO ecosystem.While creating network activity, it will provide users with incentives to earn ONOT as the reward as laid forth by the referendum.
- Stork Healthcare — Stork Healthcare is a company that specializes in the field of ultrasound and provides portable, non-invasive diagnostic ultrasound medical equipment and services. The company has its own original imaging platform, as well as a number of key technologies such as original elastic imaging technology and 3D Doppler spectrum imaging. There are nowhandheld ultrasound products for liver disease diagnosis, cervical vascular screening, and thyroid screening.
- Digital Precision Medical (DPM) — Digital Precision Medical is a provider of high-end medical equipment and innovative medical technology
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
- Software, Information Technology, Analytics
- Seed, Funding Round, Grant
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Tracktile — Tracktile lets you configure your manufacturing operation through inventory and production software. Gain full visibility into your operation. Talk To Us!
- Triple Hair — Triple Hair is a clinical-stage Canadian biotechnology company specialized in the development of innovative treatments for alopecia. Prevent hair loss and boost hair growth.
- Potential Motors — Enabling electric off-road adventure through the Adventure 1 ORV and Off-Road OS.
Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Xpanner — Xpanner(Builtworlds Top 50), digital contech site solution, not only can bring productivity improvement(by 15% average), management efficency, safety and ESG improvement through our smart integration of conTech disparate products.
- Bitmagic — All you need is your imagination and Bitmagic helps you create the game you want to make.
- Two Slash For — Two Slash For is a beauty brand.
Futurpreneur supports diverse young entrepreneurs ages 18-39 across Canada, offering accessible start-up loan financing, mentorship, experiences and resources.
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Investment focus
- Education, Mobile Apps, Child Care
- Debt Financing, Seed, Grant
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Periculum — An Alternate Credit Assessment Solution for Underserved Markets
- NONA Vegan — Italian plant-based sauces that bring everyone to the table!
- HopKidz Technologies Inc. — B2B2C marketplace, real-time search & booking engine: parents locate a short notice childcare, book it, pay online and can either drop-off their child in as little as within 15 min or get a sitter over to their place within an hour. All caregivers are 100% screened. B2B application on EAP as back-up care, business-subsidized. First-to-market inCanada, competitors in US and Australia. World market = $200b+. Growth plan to dominate the market.
Thirty Five Ventures is a startup founded by basketball star Kevin Durant that invests in tech companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Sports, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Priori — Priori is a legal talent platform for corporate counsel to find, hire and manage top lawyers without the costly infrastructure of a firm. Fast-growing enterprises and F500 companies leverage Priori's data-driven RFP process, national and international curated network of boutique firms and temp attorneys, and seamless end-to-end technology platform to manage a full-suite of outside counsel needs and reduce spending.
- Stadium Live Studios — Stadium Live is a unique digital world for sports & esports fans - create, connect and play with fans around the world to shape your own stadium.
- Premier Lacrosse League — Premier Lacrosse League is the biggest stars in the fastest growing sport pioneering a new future for lacrosse designed for the fans.
Digital Future is a leading Ukraine-born VC firm. We provide late seed and early stage funding to revenue-enabled companies with initial traction, scalable business model, indefatigable team and global ambition. Our portfolio includes companies from Ukraine, Europe, Israel, and United States.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Advertising
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Moodmate — I will help you learn more about mental health and self-care, fight stress and stay optimistic no matter what
- OneNotary — Looking for a reliable and convenient online notary service? OneNotary platform offers fully legal and secure notarization services in all 50 states.
- Narrative BI — Narrative BI is an augmented analytics platform for growth teams that automatically generates data insights in natural language.
East Valley is a startup accelerator and angel investor group in Atlantic Canada.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Passiv — Passiv makes it easy for you to manage your portfolio so that you can save more for retirement and spend more of your time enjoying life.
- CIRCLES — You spend 1 hour a month with us on Zoom. We guide your content creation, build your LinkedIn funnel and bring in leads with 10x performing daily video campaigns.
- Picketa Systems — Picketa Systems equips agribusinesses with Analysis Stations to perform plant tissue analysis in seconds
Investing in early-stage tech companies with founding teams inclusive of diverse entrepreneurs such as #Women and #PersonsofColour.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Fashion
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Canada, United States
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- Trust & Will — Estate planning with Trust & Will is the easiest way to create, edit, store, and share your Trust or Will legal documents. Create an estate plan today!
- GoBolt — Elevate your logistics game while reducing your carbon footprint with GoBolt, your trusted 3PL provider focused on sustainability.
- NextGen Blockchain Technologies — Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Finance
Rob Glaser, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of RealNetworks, has long been intrigued with the nexus of media, computing, and communications. Since founding Real in 1994, Mr. Glaser has played an integral role in the transformation of the internet into the next great mass medium. In 1995, under Mr. Glaser’s direction, Real introduced the groundbreakingRealAudio, the first commercial audio streaming solution for the internet. This was followed in 1997 with RealVideo. RealNetworks’ RealPlayer is downloaded millions of times each month and is one of the most popular pieces of software ever created. In July 2012, after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus, Mr. Glaser returned as CEO, initially in an interim role, to help revitalize RealNetworks and return the company to sustainable growth. In line with this goal, the company has since launched several new products. By creating innovative technology and services that make it easy for people to connect with and enjoy digital media, RealNetworks and Mr. Glaser are at the forefront of the digital media revolution.Rob is also a Venture Partner at Accel.Prior to founding RealNetworks, Inc., Mr. Glaser worked for Microsoft for 10 years in a number of executive positions, including Vice President of Multimedia and Consumer Systems. Mr. Glaser currently serves as Trustee and Managing Board Member of the Glaser Progress Foundation, which he established in 1993. Mr. Glaser is a graduate of Yale University, with a B.A. and an M.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Computer Science.
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- Internet, SaaS, Mobile
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- Scener — Watch shows and movies synced together and hang out over video chat
- BLOK London — BLOK is an award-winning fitness studio for all levels. We offer over 20 different classes, designed to create an exciting and sustainable way to work out.
- Looped — Looped is the ultimate virtual venue for interactive live streaming and virtual video call meet & greet experiences. Our platform connects creators and fans on a global level.
Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
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- Stelia — Stelia stands at the forefront of the AI infrastructure revolution and is driving the transition from Internet 2.0, designed for data movement, to Internet 3.0, designed for data mobility, enabling the seamless flow and processing of data across diverse environments. With its ground-breaking HyperBand platform, Stelia enables businesses toharness the full potential of AI. The company's mission is to become the backbone of the next generation of data mobility, empowering organizations across industries to accelerate innovation, optimize operations, and drive transformative growth. Stelia will be at the gravitational centre of the AI infrastructure ecosystem – a trusted partner and catalyst for change that brings together forward-thinking businesses, technology leaders, and industry experts to shape the future of AI. It was founded in 2021 and is located in London, United Kingdom.
- StackOne — Accelerate your SaaS growth with our unified API solution for HRIS, ATS, and CRM. Say "yes" to customers, build advanced integrations quickly, and experienced the best data privacy controls in the market.
- Lodestar — Lodestar is a next-gen robotics company building a fully-integrated solutions to construct, restore and protect high-value assets in space.
Short term financing makes it possible to acquire highly sought-after domains without the strain of upfront costs. Find your domain name today.
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- Social Media, Music, Software
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- United States, Canada, Israel
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- Washio — We personally pick up, professionally clean, and hand deliver your clothes to your door. Rinse gives you superior quality and personal service. Guaranteed.
- StyleSeat — StyleSeat is the online destination for beauty & wellness professionals and clients. Professionals can showcase their work, connect with new and existing clients, and build their business. Clients can discover new services and providers, book appointments online, and get inspired
- Misfit Wearables — Misfit is focused on developing great wearable products: things that people would want to wear all the time for a long time. A pioneer in the emerging world of wearable sensor technology, the company is making products and services in the consumer health and fitness space to inspire people to be more active and develop healthy habits. Misfit’sfirst product is the Shine, an elegant personal activity tracker that can instantly sync with a smartphone just by placing the device on the screen. Misfit was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Burlingame, California.
We are BDC, the bank for Canadian entrepreneurs. We support small and medium-sized businesses in all industries and at every stage of growth with money and advice. We are the Business Development Bank of Canada.
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- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Canada, United States, Argentina
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- Tracktile — Tracktile lets you configure your manufacturing operation through inventory and production software. Gain full visibility into your operation. Talk To Us!
- FLO — FLO is a leader in electric vehicle charging, offering a selection of reliable EV charging stations and a coast-to-coast network with 98% uptime.
- Cardinal Energy — Cardinal Energy is an oil production company that offers low decline light, medium, and heavy quality oil in Western Canada.
Stewart Butterfield serves as the CEO and Co-Founder at Slack Technologies, Inc. Stewart Butterfield serves as the President of LudiCorp Research and Development Ltd. Stewart Butterfield directed the 11-member design group (creative/visual/UI, production & QA) at Communicate.com, where he acted as design lead or managed teams onmillions of dollars worth of projects for companies like HSBC and Sears Travel. He co-founded Flickr at Yahoo! Inc. Stewart Butterfield has served in the W3C's XForms working group and has been active in many other professional organizations. He has also a long consulting interaction design career, most recently with Telus, the CBC and The Economist. Stewart Butterfield founded the 5K competition, a lo-fi, high-profile design award, which has been featured everywhere from Playboy to Le Monde to USA Today. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Wantoo Networks Incorporated. Stewart Butterfield is a frequent speaker on design and technology topics at professional and academic events across Europe and North America. He was recently named to the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences and is a nominating judge in the Webby Awards (for Best Practice). In 2001, he was nominated for a Chrysler Design Award. In 2006, Time magazine’s put him on their list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Stewart Butterfield received a BA (Hons. with Distinction) in philosophy from the University of Victoria, and an MPhil in philosophy from Cambridge University, graduating with a First.
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- Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, Brazil
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- Noded Ai — Noded Ai is preparing yourself for that customer meeting is tough. Noded brings them all together using your notes history and gives you exactly what you needed , when you need it. So you’re always prepared and one step ahead.
- ModernLoop — ModernLoop creates software that organizes and manages business interviews. The company offers a software that schedules interviews, sends day-off reminders, and resolves meeting conflicts. ModernLoop was founded in 2020 by Christopher Triolo and Lydia Han.
- Venue — Venue is a video conferencing platform that increases engagement and strengthens culture at large team-wide events.
BoxOne Ventures is a privately held investment firm that focuses on early-stage companies across the most impactful, interesting and fast-changing sectors.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States, Spain
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- BioLoomics — BioLoomics is a preclinical stage biotechnology company that uses evolution in a microscope to develop drug discovery tools and protein drugs. Our VariVolve platform tests millions of protein designs for a targeted activity in hours, enabling efficient mining of the vast chemical space of protein designs. A strong advantage of our approach is theuse of whole intact cells as test vessels that capture complex drug behavior not attainable in conventional assays.
- HumanFirst — The complete productivity suite to transform natural language into business insights and AI training data
- Pathway Medical — Pathway is an accurate and efficient point-of-care reference tool that gives you rapid access to evidence-based guideline summaries, interactive algorithms, key findings from landmark trials, clinical calculators, and more. Available anytime, anywhere.
305 Ventures is an early stage VC fund run by active founders investing in other founders.
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- Financial Services, Software, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada
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- Betr — At betr, It provides tools to support responsible play and give you control over your gambling. It encourage you to use these tools to keep the experience fun and within your personal limits.
- Betty — Betty is a mobile gaming entertainment company that develops the intersection of casual mobile gaming and real money online casinos.
- Teleport — Teleport is ridesharing reimagined as a protocol. By distributing ownership and governance of the network, riders get cars cheaper and faster, drivers earn more, and entrepreneurs can innovate on top.
Valhalla Ventures backs visionary founders at the forefront of movements driven by Gen Z & Millennials.
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- Cryptocurrency, Gaming, Software
- Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada
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- Lockchain.ai — AI-powered risk management for digital assets.
- Proxima — At Proxima, we aim to push the boundaries of interactive entertainment by blending innovative technology with deep artistry. We believe in the magic of exploration, the power of creativity, and the strength of human connection that form the very foundation of our gaming experiences.
- Starpath Robotics — Starpath designs and manufactures robotic propellant production factories for the Moon and Mars, reducing the cost of deep space transport, and enabling humans to be a multi planet species.
Jim is a 30-year veteran of the Canadian venture capital industry. He has participated actively across all funding stages from being part of founding management through personal angel investment, institutional venture capital, corporate venture investment and a variety of public and private exits. He has also been actively involved in numerouspublic policy initiatives designed to foster a healthy Canadian environment for early-stage companies and venture capital investors.Jim has been a Managing Director with Ventures West and Chrysalix Energy Management, overseen corporate venture investing as Treasurer of MacMillan Bloedel, and was founder and CEO of China Capital, CFO of the Angus Reid Group, and a Director of many technology companies. He currently chairs the Boards of Vision Critical Communications Inc., Recombo Inc. and Tyze Personal Networks Inc., and is a member of the Advisory Board of OMERS Ventures.Jim is also actively involved in the non-profit and social enterprise sector. He was a founding partner of BC Technology Social Venture Partners, has served on many other non-profit Boards and is engaged in public policy initiatives to enhance social innovation and finance.
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- Mobile, Apps, News
- Seed, Angel
- Canada
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- Shelfie — Shelfie is an app that connects readers and books. Shelfie lets readers digitize their paper book collections, get free or discounted ebooks of the books they own and discover their next reads.Shelfie has signed deals with over 600 publishers allowing users to download an eBook if they own a print edition for nearly 150,000 titles. Readers justtake a picture of their bookshelf (a "shelfie") and the app will identify and catalog all of their books and let them know which ones are eligible for bundling.
- Summify — I found a great domain name for sale on Dan.com. Check it out!
- ePACT Network — ePACT's emergency forms automation helps you keep recreation programs running safely. Secure EHR, waivers, COVID-19 screening, contactless check-in and emergency communications ensure compliance while reducing the chaos and cost. Exclusive NRPA partner.
Freestyle is an early-stage venture capital firm with investments in over 130 technology companies including Airtable, Intercom, Patreon, and BetterUp.
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- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Italy
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- Deduce — Deduce protects businesses and their customers from unauthorized account access, data leakage, and identity fraud. We eliminate fraud in real-time using risk algorithms and behavioral analytics across the most comprehensive network of consumer identity data. This empowers any organization to harness the value of collective identity-based threatintelligence and cybersecurity.
- Weights — Weights is a social AI Creation Platform. Create audio, images, chat, and more for free, and share with your friends!
- Arrive Recommerce — Arrive offers a premium service powering circular commerce for major brands and retailers. The technology and reverse logistics capabilities of The Arrive Platform enables brands and retailers in any industry to integrate circular commerce - including rental and resale - directly into an existing ecommerce experience. With this unique offering,Arrive makes it possible for any company to seamlessly launch a circular channel - ultimately reaching more consumers, driving more revenue, and promoting a sustainable solution. Arrive, first launched as Arrive Outdoors, is an award-winning company and has been named the 4th Most Innovative Travel Company by Fast Company in 2020 and awarded the 2019 Outdoor Retailer of the Year by the Outdoor Retailer Association.
Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Partner @ Pareto Holdings
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- Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Tihomir Bajic is the CEO of LTSE Software.
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- Software, CRM, Sales
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Serbia, Canada
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- Tenderly — Ethereum developer platform that enables you to build innovative blockchain products.
- LeadDelta — Take your business network to the next level with LeadDelta's professional relationships CRM.
- Orgnostic — Fast track to the insights behind your people data with Orgnostic, the people analytics platform for strategic HRs.
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