Top 15 Sporting Goods Startup Investors in Canada in January 2026
A list of 15 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Sporting goods startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sporting goods companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Sporting Goods Startup Investors in Canada in January 2026
| Investor | Sporting Goods Canada investments |
|---|---|
| Asimov Ventures | 3 |
| Eclipse Ventures | 2 |
| Real Ventures | 2 |
| VA Angels | 2 |
| MAS Holdings | 1 |
| La Caisse | 1 |
| Conconi Growth Partners | 1 |
| Elysian Park Ventures | 1 |
| Fondaction | 1 |
| The FSE Group | 1 |
| Firebird Impact | 1 |
| Evonik Venture Capital | 1 |
| Tipt Ventures | 1 |
| kynisca | 1 |
| Evonik Industries | 1 |
Venture Capital for 3D Printing and Robotics
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- 3D Printing, Manufacturing, Medical Device
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, Spain, Canada
Portfolio highlights
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- Particle3D — Particle3D (P3D) is a Danish biomedical engineering company founded in 2017. The company is based on more than 3 years of research and is currently developing patient-fitted bone replacement implants from natural materials through 3D printing. The mission is to revolutionize the treatment of craniofacial patients by providing state of the artsolutions that will optimize the value chain for health care professionals, the health care system and most importantly the patients. Benefits of the technology include better aesthetic and functional outcomes for the patients, faster recovery and fewer complications, less complicated surgery and higher hospital productivity. The company aims at setting new standards in craniofacial reconstruction and will play a major role in a market segment with a very interesting commercial potential.
- Addivation Medical — Addivation Medical develops surgical devices to treat degenerative, trauma, and deformity spinal conditions.
Palo Alto based Eclipse Ventures partners with entrepreneurs boldly transforming the essential industries that define and propel economies. Learn more.
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- Software, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, Canada, Israel
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- Chord — Chord is a commerce data platform purpose-built for modern brands. Chord enables brands to unify, synthesize, and orchestrate their data to drive radical decisions and revenue.
- Hosta a.i. — Hosta a.i. leverages Artificial Intelligence to detect 1,2, and 3-dimensional measurements.
- Cerebras Systems — Cerebras is the go-to platform for fast and effortless AI training. Learn more at cerebras.ai.
Real Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on serving daring entrepreneurs with the ambition to create successful, global companies. Since 2007, Real Ventures has dedicated itself to building the Canadian startup ecosystem on the belief that people, not money, build game-changing companies. Real Ventures provides stage-specific guidance,mentorship, and access to networks and resources to fast-track founders’ personal and company growth. Real Ventures manages $325 million across five funds and its active portfolio of 100+ companies is currently valued at $10 billion. www.realventures.com
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States, United Kingdom
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- Eli — Eli empowers women to understand their body and the transitions it goes through every day, and across life. We develop a device that uses saliva to capture hormone fluctuations at home, and an app that gives women the information they want to own their health decisions.
- Fletch — Fletch - the cybersecurity answer engine. Get ahead and stay ahead of cyber threats.
- BenchSci — BenchSci is the world leader in AI-Assisted Reagent Selection and Experiment Design. Our preclinical R&D SaaS platform uses machine learning to help pharmaceutical companies increase their research velocity.
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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- Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- Canada, United States, India
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- Tonit — Connect with local riders. Discover hundreds of rides & events. Track & share your ride. Share photos & videos with the community.
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MAS Holdings is a global apparel solutions provider that invests in disruptive businesses within the apparel ecosystem. Focusing on fashion and lifestyle, MAS Holdings is one of Asia’s largest manufacturers of intimate apparel, sportswear, performance wear and swimwear, and provides IT solutions to the apparel and footwear industry worldwide.Itis also an investment firm that invests in early-stage start-ups across lifestyle products and disruptive apparel.
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- Manufacturing, Textiles, Health Care
- Seed, Series C, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Austria
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- EBY — EBY is a membership-based company driving profits with purpose. EBY repositions underwear as a tool for empowerment rather than one of seduction. In fact, 10% of net sales go to the Seven Bar Foundation to empower women out of poverty and into business via microfinance with a small loan, what we call a first break, that can be as little as $80or as large as $7,000. This loan enables an underprivileged woman to start or grow her business. As she becomes self-sufficient the cycle of poverty is broken. Loans are repaid and passed to another woman, creating a multiplier effect. EBY consistently fuels this loop so that it never ends, creating more first breaks and more bionic women. We’re not about token donations, but rather long-term solutions.
- HeiQ AeoniQ — HeiQ AeoniQ is a cellulosic endless filament yarn, innovatively manufactured with a very low environmental footprint.
- HeiQ Materials — HeiQ is a leader in material innovation creating some of the most effective, durable and high-performance textile and material effects in the market today.
The Caisse is a global fund manager. Its clients, which it calls its depositors, are mostly Québec public and private pension funds and insurance plans. The funds entrusted to the Caisse are invested in financial markets in Québec, in Canada and around the world to generate a profit.
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- Software, Financial Services, Manufacturing
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Post-IPO Equity
- Canada, United States, United Kingdom
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- Sirios Resources — Sirios Resources is an exploration company that specializes in mining metals. The company is driven by its mission is to discover world-class gold deposits in the James Bay region of Quebec in eastern Canada. The company was founded in 1995 and headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
- Sizewell C — Doing the power of good for Britain
- Renewa — Renewa accelerates the transition to renewables by helping landowners achieve financial security and by providing capital solutions to developers.
Conconi Growth Partners is committed to helping exceptional entrepreneurs build great companies.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Canada, United States, Mexico
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- Requity Homes — Requity Homes Inc. is on a mission to create a fair and flexible alternative path to home ownership in Canada by offering a modernized rent-to-own program that enables aspiring home buyers to live in their dream home today with the option to buy it back later while saving for their down payment one month at a time.
- Loop — Bank on Loop to save time, save money and grow globally. Join thousands of entrepreneurs and businesses across Canada to spend, send and grow without fees.
- Unicone Art — Unicone Art is your go-to source for clear casting epoxy resin material for art projects. It is perfect for creating crystal clear pieces with a great finish.
We invest where sports intersect with life.
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- Sports, Software, Health Care
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, Canada
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- FCTRY LAb — LA-based sneaker studio by Omar Bailey, ex-Yeezy. Shop NLE Choppa Duck Boots, Stomper, Knight RNR, MOCC & RUFL boots. Artist collabs, limited drops from FCTRY LAb.
- Ida Sports — Women play sports, so we make shoes and cleats for women. Yes, we make soccer cleats and shoes that actually fit women's feet. Forget tape & straps, you will never look back. Flat Rate Shipping for the US and the UK. Find comfort in soccer cleats and shoes made for your feet. What are you waiting for?
- Guidesly — Find the best fishing charters & fishing guides. Search and book from THOUSANDS of top fishing charters across the United States. Explore trips today
Since its creation in 1996, Fondaction has been based on the belief that it is not only possible to do things differently in the financial and business world, it is a necessity.Fondaction helps Québecers prepare for retirement by offering affordable retirement savings to everyone. The savings collected are invested in companies across Québec.This way, Fondaction helps create and maintain quality jobs, contributing to a stronger, more equitable and greener economy.Created in 1996, Fondaction is a labour-sponsored fund with assets in excess of one billion dollars collected as retirement savings from more than 131,000 shareholders. Fondaction's direct investments and those made through investment funds support the development of more than 1 050 SMEs in different lines of business, in large part involved in various components of the social economy.Fondaction has always been resolutely committed to socially responsible finance, from the moment it was created. The principles of sustainable development are integrated in everything it does. Whether investing in businesses directly or in capital markets, Fondaction always applies the principles of responsible investment to the money entrusted by its savers.Fondaction was one of the first institutions in Québec to make accountability reports an obligation in an effort to improve its practices and contribute to moving sustainable development forward in Québec. It produced its first report on sustainable development in 2006 in accordance with the international standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the highest standards of precision and transparency in economic, social and environmental accountability.In 2010 and 2012, Fondaction remained at the forefront with its 3rd and 4th sustainable development reports, having them reviewed by an independent firm and achieving an application level of A+ from the GRI. Fondaction is the only financial institution in Québec to achieve this level.In 2014, Fondaction tabled its 5th sustainable development report, produced in accordance with the latest GRI guidelines, the G4. Fondaction also opted for Comprehensive compliance, becoming the 1st financial institution in North America and the 9th in the world to voluntarily adhere to these requirements.
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- Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- Canada, United States, France
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- DimOnOff — Smart Control Solutions to Manage Connected Assets Smart Street Lighting Increase the sustainability of your street or commercial lighting infrastructure,
- Mechasys — Project your construction plans on-site with the all-new FramR. Get unmatched accuracy and achieve laser speed layout.
- Strato Automation — Based in the heart of Montreal, Strato Automation’s mission is to develop and market the most simple, open and smart building control products on the market, to benefit building owners and their occupants.
FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Seed, Debt Financing, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Canada
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- Sendr — Sendr uses AI to enhance sales outreach with personalized messages and data-driven tools for higher buyer engagement.
- Quintex — We provide energy saving and grease management solutions for industrial kitchens, over 8,000 systems installed in the UK and Europe in a variety of sectors.
- Grace & Green — Grace & Green fight for access, inclusivity, and education, dismantling barriers to essential care. Because dignity shouldn't come with a price.
Firebird Impactn is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Sports, Fitness, Sporting Goods
- Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Ida Sports — Women play sports, so we make shoes and cleats for women. Yes, we make soccer cleats and shoes that actually fit women's feet. Forget tape & straps, you will never look back. Flat Rate Shipping for the US and the UK. Find comfort in soccer cleats and shoes made for your feet. What are you waiting for?
Evonik Venture Capital is the corporate venture arm of Evonik Industries AG, one of the providers of specialty chemicals. Evonik Venture Capital invests in young companies with innovative technology and high growth potential with solutions to problems within the areas of focus of resource efficiency, specialty additives, health & care,nutrition.
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- Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series C
- United States, China, The Netherlands
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- Velox — Velox develops and manufactures industrial-grade direct-to shape digital decoration solutions for the rigid container industry. Their proprietary DTS-Inkjet technology, based on uniquely formulated inks and dedicated deposition architecture, introduces an entirely new approach to digital printing that is poised to disrupt the packaging decorationmarket.Their debut product is the Velox IDS 250 – the first industrial-grade digital decorator for mass production of cylindrical containers available on the market. It delivers superior decoration quality and capabilities that outstrip analog printing solutions, while allowing a more efficient and flexible production process and a low total cost of ownership (TCO).Velox is powered by an expert team with uniquely extensive and wide-ranging experience in digital printing. It is led by veteran executives with proven success in driving company growth.
- Jiangsu Jland Biotech — Jiangsu Jland Biotech is dedicated to the development and production of Biollagen™ collagen and is determined to be the biggest non-animal-sourced collagen supplier worldwide.
- Abolis Biotechnologies — Abolis is a biotech innovator providing sustainable, tailor-made solutions for food, health, cosmetics, and chemicals industries. Embrace biotechnology for a better future.
A female-led venture fund investing at the intersection of women and sports.
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Investment focus
- Sports, Fitness, Sporting Goods
- Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Ida Sports — Women play sports, so we make shoes and cleats for women. Yes, we make soccer cleats and shoes that actually fit women's feet. Forget tape & straps, you will never look back. Flat Rate Shipping for the US and the UK. Find comfort in soccer cleats and shoes made for your feet. What are you waiting for?
kyniscais a pioneering global organization dedicated to women’s sports.
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- Sports, Fitness, Sporting Goods
- Seed
- Canada
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- Ida Sports — Women play sports, so we make shoes and cleats for women. Yes, we make soccer cleats and shoes that actually fit women's feet. Forget tape & straps, you will never look back. Flat Rate Shipping for the US and the UK. Find comfort in soccer cleats and shoes made for your feet. What are you waiting for?
Evonik, the creative industrial group from Germany, is in specialty chemicals. Its activities focus on the key megatrends health, nutrition, resource efficiency and globalization. In 2010 about 80 percent of the Groups chemical sales came from activities where it ranks among the market leaders. Evonik benefits specifically from its innovativeprowess and integrated technology platforms.
Evonik is active in over 100 countries around the world. In fiscal 2010 more than 34,000 employees generated sales of around €13.3 billion and an operating profit (EBITDA) of about €2.4 billion.
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- Manufacturing, Consumer, Printing
- Seed, Series B
- Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Velox — Velox develops and manufactures industrial-grade direct-to shape digital decoration solutions for the rigid container industry. Their proprietary DTS-Inkjet technology, based on uniquely formulated inks and dedicated deposition architecture, introduces an entirely new approach to digital printing that is poised to disrupt the packaging decorationmarket.Their debut product is the Velox IDS 250 – the first industrial-grade digital decorator for mass production of cylindrical containers available on the market. It delivers superior decoration quality and capabilities that outstrip analog printing solutions, while allowing a more efficient and flexible production process and a low total cost of ownership (TCO).Velox is powered by an expert team with uniquely extensive and wide-ranging experience in digital printing. It is led by veteran executives with proven success in driving company growth.
- Wiivv — FitMyFoot gives active people the comfort and relief they need in shoes they love with custom insoles for shoes and sandals proven to improve comfort.
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