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Top 50 Travel Startup Investors in Canada in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Travel startups based in Canada. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Travel companies from Canada. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Travel Startup Investors in Canada in January 2025

Investor	Travel Canada investments
Real Ventures	10
Inovia Capital	5
Lightbank	4
Peter M. Kern	4
Hedgewood	4
N49P	3
Accel	3
Golden Ventures	3
Bee Partners	3
Montreal Start Up	3
Relay Ventures	3
Innovacorp	3
BDC Venture Capital	3
Accomplice	3
Narrative Fund	2
TripLabs Limited	2
Titanium Ventures	2
Visionnaire Ventures	2
Business Development Bank of Canada	2
Open Circle Capital	2
Jesse Kaplan	2
Tamarisc Ventures	2
Mikko Nurminen	2
Stuart MacDonald	2
TSVC	2
Globalive	2
Brightspark Ventures	2
Rasool Rayani	2
Stephen Curry	2
Practica Capital	2
Lasse Järvinen	2
CAE Montmagny-L'Islet	1
Export Development Canada	1
LP Maurice	1
Jimmy G.	1
Framework Venture Partners	1
Lauri Sommarberg	1
Rajiv Khaneja	1
Jackson Square Ventures	1
Goodwater Capital	1
Andrew Wilkinson	1
Tritium Partners	1
Jeffery H. Boyd	1
Desjardins Venture Capital	1
WIND Ventures	1
Canada Media Fund	1
OMERS Ventures	1
Government of Canada	1
Startup TNT	1
7 Gate Ventures	1

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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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

dcbel — dcbel's mission is to deliver energy that lets people live a life without compromise.dcbel™ (formerly known as Ossiaco) sits at the nexus of residential solar power, electric vehicle charging, the smart home, and customer-centric utilities. The dcbel team has a proven history of rethinking energy distribution for everything from largeutility customers to distributed energy resource providers.dcbel's AI-driven sustainable technologies enable people to leverage solar energy to power their cars, their homes, and their lifestyles.dcbel has numerous worldwide patents in power electronics and power conversion and is backed by a number of globally respected investors.
Nomic — Nomic develops a proteomic technology platform designed to understand, detect, and treat diseases with DNA nanotechnology. NPlex's platform and research provides cost-effective measurement of protein data with sample, fits seamlessly within industry cytometers for high-throughput analysis, and development of custom protein panels.It allowsnanotechnology developers and businesses to bring improvement in existing instrument, workflow, and bring automation in the system.
BioIntelligence Technologies — Industrie 4.0 - Enabling intelligent biomanufacturing: from R&D to production. Real-time optimization of cell cultures and fermentations.

We support entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey and build technology companies that generate a positive impact on society.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

runQL — Write queries faster in a smart IDE and say goodbye to hard-to-find queries, missing documentation, and version chaos. Built for data work with support for SQL, Python, and Neo4j Cypher.
Medeloop — Medeloop is an end-to-end AI-driven platform for early stage clinical research and trials.
Scribenote — Effortless documentation for veterinary professionals.

Lightbank VC is a $700M AUM venture fund that invests in early-stage vertically focused AI, consumer, enterprise, healthcare, crypto, fintech and climate companies. It focuses on pre-seed, seed and Series A opportunities where they write initial checks between $250k - $5m. They have invested in over 150 companies such as Tempus, Udemy, Fiverr(NYSE: FVRR), Sprout Social (NYSE: SPRT), Boom Supersonic, Tastytrade (acq. $1B+), Extend, Attain, Paytient and Expel.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Claim — Claim is a social application that allows users to earn and trade rewards with friends. It also connects friends through their favorite brands and for brands to reward their customers. Its application enables friends to earn cash back, exchange rewards, and redeem together by shopping at their favorite brands.
Pathos — Pathos is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on re-engineering drug development with the power of advanced AI technologies.
Allegro Energy — Our mission is to radically accelerate the transition to a world powered by plentiful, cheap, clean energy. Talk to us today about your project to find out how our technology can help you reach your energy goals.

Peter M. Kern has been a director of Expedia since completion of the IAC/Expedia Spin-Off.Peter Kern is a Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners, LP, a private equity firm.Prior to joining InterMedia, Mr. Kern was Senior Managing Director and Principal of Alpine Capital LLC.Prior to Alpine Capital, Mr. Kern founded Gemini Associates in1996 and served as President from its inception through its merger with Alpine Capital in 2001.Prior to founding Gemini Associates,Peter Kern was at the Home Shopping Network and Whittle Communications.Since April 2013,Peter Kern has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., a publicly-traded Spanish-language media company.Mr. Kern also serves on the boards of a number of private companies, including Televicentro of Puerto Rico, LLC, Luxury Retreats International Holdings, Inc. and Cine Latino, Inc.Mr. Kern holds a B.S. degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Investment focus

Travel, Mobile, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Busbud — Travel the world by bus. Compare and easily book bus tickets from thousands of bus companies for your next destination with Busbud.
Snapcommerce — A new way to shop that maximizes savings, benefits and rewards on mobile.
Super.com — Through rich rewards and everyday savings, Super helps you access more of what you want at better prices, escape overspending, and level up life.

Hedgewood is an investment firm active in venture capital, internet businesses, real estate, specialty finance, asset management, and private equity.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Canada, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Unito — Unito keeps your data in sync between multiple tools so everyone is always up-to-date in real-time.
Vetster — Pet health starts with Vetster. Find and book veterinarians from across North America to provide excellent health care for your pet through video consults. Cats, dogs, reptiles, horses - all pets are welcome.
Ready, Set, Food! — Ready, Set, Food! makes it easy for parents reduce their baby's risk of developing peanut, egg, and milk allergies by up to 80% with our gentle, daily system.

N49P is a venture capital firm focused on ideas to seed-stage Canadian technology startups.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Mave — Mave is the AI assistant for real estate, streamlining marketing, market data, and content creation. Built on exclusive insights, Mave helps agents and brokerages scale efficiently. Join the beta to simplify your workflow.
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.

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nuitée — Nuitée provides infrastructure APIs tailored for the travel sector, offering a user-friendly solution to transform hotel connectivity and distribution. Its technology platform serves as a vital link between accommodation providers and demand partners. The business started with a simple API and white-label solution that enables businesses and brandsto offer a comprehensive hotel booking system. Today Nuitée is a multi-product ecosystem that allows businesses to create their own booking apps, monetize their audience, and establish ongoing revenue streams while retaining full control over their brand and pricing. Founded in 2017, Nuitée is headquartered in Ireland.
FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
RapidCanvas — Delivering industry benchmarked out-of-the-box AI solutions that can be easily customized by business users using conversational interface.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Deck — Open Data API accessing Energy, Water, Government and many more data verticals to power sustainability, credit check, accounting, bill payments and many more use-cases. Start building now with Deck's self-serve platform.
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.
CYRISMA — The strength of Data Spotlite's SaaS solutions CYRISMA is not simply discovering and reporting Cyber Risk but RESOLVING those risks. This solution offers a single interface to identify, report, summarize and manage risks. Traditional methods of cyber risk management rely on a collection of separate and costly solutions that generate a mountainof disconnected reports that must be manually addressed. Many organizations simply don’t have the resources or manpower to reach their compliance goals as a result.

Bee Partners, a preSeed venture capital fund, partners with Founders with the smarts, grit, and humanity to create tomorrow's machines. We invest in three vectors: Human Machine Interaction, Machine-to-Machine Learning, and Biological Machines.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Circe — Circe grows their food through fermentation. Using the right fats they make food people want to eat and use CO2 as a feedstock to scale production in an economically viable and climate-friendly way.
Infactory — AI Search You Can Trust
Reshape Automation — AI-powered industrial automation marketplace and platform that simplifies the discovery, design, deployment, and support of automation

Montreal Start Up provides seed-level financing to entrepreneurs aspiring to establish companies in Montreal, with the focus being on software based services in the internet, wireless and media space. The Fund invests in entrepreneurs with very early stage concepts and ideas that need a bit a financing and some strategic and operational inputin order to help them progress their idea towards being a successful company or at least a company that is fundable by other VCâ€™s.

Investment focus

SaaS, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

StatusNet — Anyone can download StatusNet and run their own microblogging service, much like they can with traditional blogging platforms suchas Wordpress or MoveableType. The company is pursuing a WordPress-like strategy by offering a cloud service for public and private microblogging sites.
GuestDriven — GuestDriven is a hospitality-focused guest engagement solution. We help hotels directly interact with guests, learn their preferences, build relationships and upsell inventory through personalized, moment-based targeted offers and communications.Guests are empowered with the ability to personalize and take full control of their stay, resultingin higher satisfaction, better reviews and more brand advocates.Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, GuestDriven has implementations in over 60 cities worldwide. Our team is dedicated to revolutionizing the most universal industry in the world.
Beyond the Rack — Montreal-based Beyond the Rack is the largest free Canadian private shopping club specializing in exclusive deals for women, men and kids seeking the latest in apparel, accessories, fragrances, furniture, wall art, home goods, electronics and more.Some 15 million active members in Canada, the United States, and beyond use Beyond the Rack toaccess limited-quantity flash deals. Beyond the Rack partners with some of the biggest fashion brands to deliver discounts of up to 80% on designer and fast fashion merchandise with no retail middleman required. More than 3,000 brands have worked with Beyond the Rack, and the site is constantly seeking new partnership opportunities.Beyond the Rack runs 15-25 sales per day, depending on demand and availability. Members receive notification emails in advance of each sale, based on their stated (customizable) preferences. Each Beyond the Rack flash sale typically starts at 10am EST and lasts no more than 48 to 72 hours—or whenever featured merchandise sells out, whichever comes first. Once each event ends, the featured products are no longer available. Beyond the Rack merchandise reviews help buyers evaluate items and decide whether and how much to buy. There are three easy ways to join Beyond the Rack. First, prospective members can simply request membership on the website. The process takes only a few minutes and requires minimal personal information. Second, prospects can take advantage of special promotions offered by Beyond the Rack’s marketing partners.Third, prospects can sign up with referral links provided by current Beyond the Rack members. All three sign-up options are free, with no ongoing membership fees. Even better, all confer the same benefits and opportunities to save on Beyond the Rack’s exclusive flash sales. At times, Beyond the Rack delays new member admissions when application volumes swell. This is to ensure that all members have equal access to flash sale merchandise. Application holds are temporary and all membership requests are addressed as promptly as possible.Beyond the Rack is renowned for its responsive customer service, speedy shipping times, and deep discounts. Members count on the latest fashions delivered to their doors as quickly as possible. It’s no wonder Beyond the Rack was named the fastest-growing internet retailer by trade publication Industry Retailer in 2011 and has notched more than $150 million in sales as of 2013.

We view founders as partners. We bring capital, networks, and experience, and our founders bring expertise, teams, and dreams.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mave — Mave is the AI assistant for real estate, streamlining marketing, market data, and content creation. Built on exclusive insights, Mave helps agents and brokerages scale efficiently. Join the beta to simplify your workflow.
Woveo — Woveo has created a digital community wallet to assist groups of individuals in improving their financial well-being through communal rotating savings.
The Curling Group — The Curling Group is a sports business venture that aims to revolutionize curling through strategic investments, innovation, and content development.

Innovacorp is an early-stage venture capital firm that helps knowledge-based startups commercialize their technologies in the global marketplace. It invests in early stage Nova Scotia entrepreneurs, combining venture capital with business mentoring and incubation facilities. Innovacorp was established in 1995 and based in Halifax, Canada.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Grant, Funding Round
Canada, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bright Breaks — Bright offer on-site and virtual amenities for companies and employees. whether your team is on-site, working from home, or in between.
OVERGantt — With over 25 years in project management, OVERGantt provides cutting-edge software designed to keep you ahead of the game. Enquire today!
Planetary — Planetary develops ocean-based carbon removal technology to accelerate the natural carbon cycle. Planetary’s system purifies the mountains of alkaline rock waste left behind by large-scale mining operations, extracting the alkalinity from the rubble and putting it in the ocean, thus accelerating the carbon transition and rebalancing oceanchemistry.Planetary Technologies is on a mission to remove 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by 2035.

BDC Venture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on technology-based businesses that have high growth potential and that are positioned to become dominant players in their markets. The company helps create and develop strongCanadian businesses through financing, consulting services and securitization, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.BDC Venture Capital has been involved in venture capital since 1975 and has to date invested in more than 400 companies involved in the areas of Life Sciences, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Advanced Technologies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Canada, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

KOHO Financial — Open an everyday spending account online with instant cash back & premium rewards. Join over 1.5M Canadians using KOHO's prepaid Mastercard to spend, save, build and borrow. Sign up in minutes!
Healthkind — Enabling healthcare teams to deliver personalized care at scale.
Planetary Technologies — info@planetarytech.com

Accomplice is a venture firm and contemporary family office. We have been part of the origin story of AngelList, Carbon Black, Coinlist, Currencycloud, DraftKings, FalconX, FLOW, Freshbooks, Integral Ad Science, Hopper, HQO, Luna, Near, Orchard, Patreon, PillPack, Plastiq, Recorded Future, SecurityScorecard, Skillz, Veracode, Work Human, WHOOP, Zoopla, and more. We are also founders behind Accomplice Blockchain and the Spearhead operator-angel movement.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Monkey Tilt — Join your new crypto casino at Monkey Tilt. Play with crypto, earn points & win prizes. Tilt Club VIP program includes bonuses, merch drops & more.
Synex Medical — Synex Medical develops non-invasive blood testing technology. This portable device will allow users to monitor metabolite concentrations without having to penetrate skin. They use a miniaturized magnetic resonance system to detect blood metabolites. The system only consists of magnets and radio waves, meaning there are no negative health effects.
Realm.Security — Realm.Security transforms sprawling security data into a unified intelligent entity. Leveraging AI and cutting edge data processing technology, we deliver the right information to the right destination at the right time.

We invest in high-impact, early-stage founders using technology to leave the world a better place. We lead and follow.

Investment focus

Solar, Smart Home, Air Transportation
Seed, Funding Round
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

dcbel — dcbel's mission is to deliver energy that lets people live a life without compromise.dcbel™ (formerly known as Ossiaco) sits at the nexus of residential solar power, electric vehicle charging, the smart home, and customer-centric utilities. The dcbel team has a proven history of rethinking energy distribution for everything from largeutility customers to distributed energy resource providers.dcbel's AI-driven sustainable technologies enable people to leverage solar energy to power their cars, their homes, and their lifestyles.dcbel has numerous worldwide patents in power electronics and power conversion and is backed by a number of globally respected investors.
Sherpa° — eVisas and travel requirements information for every step of your customer journey.
Future Fields — Future Fields Cellular Agriculture: Serum-Free Growth Media Supplements and Recombinant Proteins - Optimized for the Future of Food.

Triplabs Limited is a Hong Kong based venture capital firm, investing and scaling tech startups specifically related to the travel and hospitality industry. It was created and spunoff in 2018 from two publicly listed corporations WWPKG Holdings (8069HK) and CTEH Holdings (1620HK).

Investment focus

Travel, Hotel, Mobile
Pre-Seed, Series C, Funding Round
Canada, Taiwan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Vpon — Vpon AI Big Data group helps companies discover opportunities with the power of data. Reliable Data, Smarter Analysis, Precise Planning for Measurable Results
Elevate Rooms — Elevate Rooms enables small hotels, motels, and B&Bs to automate operations and drive revenue growth through technology, managed distribution, and OTA management.
Angle — The easiest way to book a professional photographer! Angle connects customers with professional photographers in 500+ cities worldwide. Hire professional local photographers anywhere, anytime, for every photography need. #FindYourPhotographer #HireAPhotographer

Titanium Ventures provides data science based venture capital investment in lighthouse technology companies that are commencing scale, as well as climate tech startups.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Series B, Series C, Series A
United States, China, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Alvys — Alvys is a cloud-based transportation management system with high-tech automation. Specializing in workflow efficiency for small to mid-size carriers. Alvys stands out by saving carriers and freight brokers more time per load than any other TMS! Save up to 30 minutes per load, organize your operations in one place, scale with ease and integrateall your favorite tools. The proof is in the workflows and here's a sneak peek of our popular features:• Driver App • Tracking & Tracing • Source for Truck Capacity • End-to-End Visibility • One Click Accounting • Analytics & Reporting • Safety & Maintenance • Integrations • Benefits for BrokersTRY US FOR FREE! www.alvys.com
BforeAI — Starting from patented technology developed in years of research, BforeAi is the prediction service that looks for newly registered or morphed domains, and score their maliciousness looking at metadata and links to other bad guys.
Document Crunch — Identify risks, standardize your process, & get a project playbook with our AI-assisted solutions. Learn how we can save you 8 hours a week with a free demo.

Visionnaire Ventures is a global technology investment firm focused on visionary people and ideas that can become world-class, market-leading companies. Based in San Francisco, California, with unparalleled global access, the team seeks out and funds innovative businesses anywhere in the world that are leveraging technology to evolve and create newInternet and mobile experiences. With the ability to fund companies across all stages from seed to growth, Visionnaire Ventures is focused on key market segments where novel ideas have the ability to become sea changes for people everywhere.The Visionnaire Ventures team consists of seasoned entrepreneurs and executives who have founded and operated global internet, game and online media companies, and thus are able to support entrepreneurs companies as they build globally successful companies.The team is currently seeking and funding companies active in diverse technology market segments including Commerce, Advertising, Mobile, Big Data, IoT.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Japan, Canada

Portfolio highlights

LeapMind — LeapMind makes deep learning “small and compact” and accessible across a broad spectrum of applications, evolving the Internet of Things into the “Deep Learning of Things (DoT).” While improving the accuracy of neural network models, we are researching and developing our own innovative algorithms that can reduce the computational complexity of deeplearning to use within a small computing environment. We also conduct research on original chip architectures that can efficiently implement deep neural networks on a circuit with low power and limited memory.
Genies — Discover AI-powered avatars and UGC tools for personalized gaming experiences. Engage with customization, digital goods, and more!
Bigfoot Biomedical — Bigfoot is changing diabetes care for people with insulin-requiring diabetes through development of a fully comprehensive digital drug delivery platform experienced as a service.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Canada, United States, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

Mysa — Control your electric heating and cooling with Mysa Smart Thermostats. Use the mobile app to control remotely - Save energy and money with smart home features.
Laserax — Laserax manufactures industrial laser machines and systems for specific applications in the automotive, primary metals, as well as other manufacturing markets.
Tracktile — Tracktile lets you configure your manufacturing operation through inventory and production software. Gain full visibility into your operation. Talk To Us!

Our Investment FocusWe are interested in technology companies in the fields of ICT, robotics and high-tech. We favor teams of professionals comprised or led by serial entrepreneurs with past growth, fundraising and/or exiting experience. We are looking for product building companies that would be high-potential, fast-growth, and ready toconquer foreign markets. Best time to talk us is just after first revenues in the company.Our investment approach1. It all starts with a conversation where we learn about you and your ambition. 2. In the space of few meetings we are targeting to decide whether to look further. 3. We'll discuss particular terms, ask for more information, and analyse further. 4. The legal part - we know everyone loves it, and, finally, we join your venture.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Lithuania, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

PIXEVIA — PIXEVIA - AI for retail. Our flagship product - fully autonomous stores, powered by AI, cameras, and sensors. You simply walk in, take what you want, and go.
Monimoto — Wire-free, Anti-theft GPS tracker for motorcycles that calls your phone and sends GPS location coordinates if your motorcycle is being stolen.
Perfection42 — Perfection42 empowers creators to reach Unlimited Quality with custom Artificial intelligence tools without a single line of code.

Jesse Kaplan

Investment focus

SaaS, Mobile, Travel
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Buyosphere —
GuestDriven — GuestDriven is a hospitality-focused guest engagement solution. We help hotels directly interact with guests, learn their preferences, build relationships and upsell inventory through personalized, moment-based targeted offers and communications.Guests are empowered with the ability to personalize and take full control of their stay, resultingin higher satisfaction, better reviews and more brand advocates.Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, GuestDriven has implementations in over 60 cities worldwide. Our team is dedicated to revolutionizing the most universal industry in the world.

Tamarisc invests in and helps build companies that improve the human habitat through innovating at the intersection of real estate, health, and technology.

Investment focus

Software, Hospitality, Real Estate
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Bite — Bite is the leading intelligent kiosk ordering software trusted by restaurants and C-stores.
Northspyre — Proactive intelligence platform that empowers real estate development via Northspyre's commercial real estate software
Tiny Health — Tiny Health is the first at-home gut health test for moms and babies 0-3 years. Detect any gut imbalances early on and prevent chronic conditions.

Mikko has 10+ years of experience from managing high-growth online businesses, including that of website platform Kotisivukone.fi, sold to Fonecta in January 2013.

Investment focus

SaaS, Travel, Software
Seed, Angel
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Hostaway — Hostaway Vacation Rental Software and Airbnb Management System Helps You Grow Your Vacation Rental Property Management Business By Automating And Streamlining Every Aspect Of Your Business across Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, and many more.

Stuart MacDonald is a Venture Advisor of Narrative.Fund.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Travel
Seed, Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Sherpa° — eVisas and travel requirements information for every step of your customer journey.
Swept — Swept is a tech company that develop software solutions for the janitorial industry. Swept was founded by Matt Cooper and Michael Brown in August 2014 and is based in Nova Scotia.

Founded in 2010, TSVC (formerly TEEC Angel Fund) is proud to be a leading early-stage venture capital fund in Silicon Valley.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, China, Canada

Portfolio highlights

MyShell — The first AI consumer layer - build, share, and own AI Apps.
eBots — EBots is a collaborative robotics startup devoted to the development and manufacturing of intelligent robotics for industrial applications. They develop autonomous robotics designed for use in industrial applications and their platform combines machine learning with physical models, enabling users to realize intuitive human-machine interface,dexterous manipulation, and precise assembly. The company's platform combines machine learning with physical models, enabling users to realize an intuitive-human machine interface, dexterous manipulation, and precise assembly.EBots was founded in 2016 and is based in Fremont, CA, USA.
Ridge Security — Ridge Security helps improve efficiency of security operations by risk-based vulnerability management with AI-powered automated security validation.

Globalive fuels innovation by partnering with visionary entrepreneurs. Join our venture studio or explore funding opportunities.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Canada, United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Pibox — Pibox is an all-in-one platform, where music production professionals manage, share, and refine audio. Perfect for project management, audio collaboration, collecting feedback, and seamless communication.
3D BioFibR — 3D BioFibR is a biomaterial manufacturing company that produces naturally sourced, high-value bio fibers such as spider silk, collagen, chitosan, and others. Preliminary fiber performance data shows the potential applications of these fibers in several global markets, including biomedical engineering, green textiles, defense, and aerospaceengineering. Formed in July 2020, 3D BioFibR was founded on the pioneering research of Dr. John Frampton. 3D BioFibR is focused on novel and proprietary methods of biofiber production that have a quality and scale that is currently not achievable with current methods. 3D BioFibR scientists have demonstrated the ability to make collagen fibers, termed CollaFibR™, that are stronger than natural tendons, and spider silk that is tougher than steel and 2000% more flexible. 3D BioFibR’s vision is to become the global leader in the manmade production of nature’s strongest, lightest and toughest materials at a scale and cost that makes them a competitive solution to the engineering challenges of our day.
Appello — Streamline workforce management, health & safety compliance, and resource allocation for construction businesses with Appello.

Brightspark Ventures invests in early stage Canadian software companies.Brightspark has been investing in the Canadian VC industry since 1999. Over the last 20 years, the company has refined its focus to the point where it choose what it believes to be the best early-stage opportunities in the market. The company's goal is to findexceptional startups, and work closely with these companies as they grow to achieve stellar returns.We have structured our investments to allow individual accredited investors to invest with us. We have found that individual investors share the same goals as us when investing: they too want to invest in startups with CEOs that are focused on creating massive returns.This model also benefits our portfolio companies, who appreciate having a network of investors they don’t necessarily have to "manage". By leading the investment and actively working as the gatekeeper for the company, Brightspark ensures that the company can grow to its full potential without being distracted or becoming unfocused. This model attracts some of the best companies in Canada.

Investment focus

Software, Machine Learning, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Elevate Farms — Elevate Farms’ solution uses hydroponics, automation, and photobiology to grow leafy greens in a climate-controlled environment. The solution aims to deliver a product that is larger, tastes better, and is more nutritional, at a lower cost than other methods.
Forcen — Forcen improves surgical safety through force-sensing technology.
Potential Motors — Enabling electric off-road adventure through the Adventure 1 ORV and Off-Road OS.

Rasool is a serial entrepreneur with experience in the software, healthcare, and CPG industries. He continues to maintain his passion for technology as an active angel investor with a focus on b2b, consumer saas and health tech. Rasool maintains an active role with CEO’s as a board member, mentor and advisor. He currently serves on the boards ofthe Victoria Foundation, VIATEC, and Checkfront Software.

Investment focus

SaaS, Content, Cloud Computing
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Outway — Inspiring personal bests.
Defined — Real-time token prices, charts, wallet tracking, and trading terminal for every popular network including Ethereum, Solana, Base, Arbitrum, and Optimism.
Cognito Health — Canada's only integrated online mental health solution. Accessible and affordable treatment for your mental health. Book a free initial assessment today.

Stephen Curry currently works as the Founder and Partner at Unanimous Media. He previously worked at Slyce.io as co-founder. Stephen Curry attended Davidson College in 2006.

Investment focus

Mobile, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
Series A, Series C, Series B
United States, Canada, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Step — Step offers a free FDIC insured bank account and Visa card designed for the next generation. Start building your financial future today!
Super.com — Through rich rewards and everyday savings, Super helps you access more of what you want at better prices, escape overspending, and level up life.
TMRW Sports — TMRW Sports is harnessing technology to build modern approaches to sports, media, and entertainment.

Practica Capital

Investment focus

B2B, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Lithuania, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

AMLYZE — AMLYZE Risk Assessment Module is an automated customer AML/CFT Risk Assessment and Management feature for financial companies.
Qminder — Set up Qminder queue management software in minutes. Real-time reports on customer service & employee performance. Cloud-based. Wireless. Free Support.
Biomatter — Biomatter Designs is pioneering the technologies for generative protein design at the intersection of synthetic biology and AI.

Serial Entrepreneur and Investor in Internet Businesses and Marketplaces | Board Professional | Co-Founder at DealGuru and Bonusway

Investment focus

Marketplace, Restaurants, Software
Angel, Funding Round, Seed
Finland, Canada, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

DealGuru — DealGuru is a stealth startup in a ecommerce space.
Serviceform — Welcome to future of communication - the truly all-in-one conversion and management software built for established businesses. Start now!
Fiksuvuokraus.fi — Fiksuvuokraus.fi is an apartment renting platform for long-term contracts. In our service, the rental process is simplified and accelerated with the latest technologies that are primarily used only for apartment selling. We think that also rental apartments deserve to be found with modern tools.

CAE Montmagny-L'Islet is a non profit organization that offers businesses, financial assistance and consulting services

Investment focus

Rental, Travel, Tourism
Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Camping coop des Érables de Montmagny — Camping coop des Érables de Montmagny offers 270 camping sites for rent to individuals, 60% of which are occupied by seasonal workers. A variety of activities are available to campers. Founded in 1983, the campsite employs about fifteen people.

Export Development Canada (EDC) is a Crown corporation dedicated to assisting Canadian businesses of all sizes in achieving global success. It provides them with the tools they need to grow their business with confidence, including trade knowledge, financial solutions, equity, insurance, and connections.

Investment focus

Software, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Canada, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Niricson — Niricson Software has developed a proprietary damage assessment software platform paired with a patent-pending drone-based data collection technology that helps infrastructure owners inspect their structures (e.g. hydro dams) in a way that is more accurate, five times faster, and 50% more cost-effective. Niricson is differentiated by its ability toautomatically detect and quantify not only surface damage, but also subsurface damage.
Koios Intelligence — MISSIONKoïos Intelligence is on a mission to Improve the insurance value chain using conversational AI.Our platform Olivo is built for insurance customers with the goal of eliminating waiting time, reducing operational costs and offering an unprecedented customer experience. Based on Natural Language Processing and state-of-the-art ArtificialIntelligence, Olivo is made to answer new customer needs and expectations in today’s digital world.
Vive Crop Protection — Vive makes effective and sustainable pesticides for organic and non-organic production. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

LP Maurice is the CEO & Co-founder of Busbud, an e-commerce startup focused on intercity bus travel that makes it easy to book bus tickets in 80+ countries. Busbud was named one of the 3 most innovative companies in Canada in 2014 according to PwC. LP holds an MBA from Harvard University, a Master’s degree in Corporate Law from theUniversity of Montreal and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from HEC Montreal.

Investment focus

Travel, Tourism, Software
Series A
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Sherpa° — eVisas and travel requirements information for every step of your customer journey.

Jimmy G.

Investment focus

Travel, Information Technology
Pre-Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

instaHop — Taking care of everything from start to end: Experience + Host + Transportation. We match you with the best available local Host for your desired Experience. No booking in advance is needed! A "Hop" is a Personalized Experience that includes Host and Private Transportation

Framework is a top-performing venture fund that discovers, develops and scales the next generation of world-class technologies, through a unique founder-centric approach to active capital.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Canada, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

FlipGive — Free tools to simplify team money management and lower team fees. Earn cashback, balance the budget, accept fee payments, get a team spend card, and more.
Resilia — Our mission is to strengthen the capacity of nonprofits and help grantors scale impact through data-driven technology solutions. Our clients are champions for public good. They are big-picture entrepreneurs solving global problems. They are local organizations creating positive dialogue within their community. They found schools and fund the arts.They fight for progress where they work. We are honored and humbled to be a part of their story.Resilia powers the people changing the world. After spending nearly a decade advising nonprofits and grantmakers of all sizes, Founder and CEO Sevetri Wilson set her sights on transforming the nonprofit sector through technology.Resilia was launched in 2016 as a software solution to expedite the incorporation and exemption process of nonprofit organizations across all 50 states. Today, Resilia has evolved to serve nonprofits, foundations, corporations, governments, and other grantmakers. Our methodology is centered on trust-based philanthropy principles. Resilia, a name that represents a commitment to positive impact, is the only SaaS platform solution that enables nonprofits to increase capacity and funders to go beyond the grant with technical assistance, coaching, and capacity-building support. We meet changemakers where they are.Resilia’s mission has always been to strengthen and uplift nonprofit organizations by elevating their stories, driving advocacy efforts, and prioritizing those that are underserved through long-term capacity building. From our team to the organizations we serve, DEI is in everything we do.As of May 2021, Resilia has raised over $11M in venture capital. We are based in New Orleans with an office in New York City.
ScaleHub — ScaleHub solutions take traditional data extraction to the cloud, enable 99 % automation or greater and get guaranteed ROI while enabling true agility.

Lauri Sommarbergis the Co-Founder and Board Member of LVS Brokers.

Investment focus

SaaS, Travel, Software
Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Hostaway — Hostaway Vacation Rental Software and Airbnb Management System Helps You Grow Your Vacation Rental Property Management Business By Automating And Streamlining Every Aspect Of Your Business across Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, and many more.

Rajiv Khaneja is the Founder at AdButler

Investment focus

SaaS, Mobile, Travel
Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Outway — Inspiring personal bests.
Checkfront — With over 4000 customers in 120 countries, Checkfront is an Built on the _Saas_ model, Checkfront is a fully managed solution. It includes automated updates, backups, and industry-leading security on a high speed, highavailability network.

Jackson Square Ventures is an an early stage venture capital firm that invests in software businesses.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, SaaS
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Canada, Chile

Portfolio highlights

Clearstory.build — Construction's leading Change Order Communication Platform. We help Subs, GCs, and Owners communicate T&M Tags and Change Order Requests in real-time.
OneNotary — Looking for a reliable and convenient online notary service? OneNotary platform offers fully legal and secure notarization services in all 50 states.
Harness Wealth — Discover and work with advisors who have experience in your specific situation, including knowledge about company equity, small business, and crypto.

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.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Buddy.ai — Buddy lets children practice spoken English by talking with a virtual AI-powered cartoon character in a mobile app. With its engaging virtual character, speech technology, and adaptive learning, Buddy is making speaking practice affordable for 500 million children around the globe by automating the mundane part of tutoring work at a fraction ofthe cost. This enables teachers and parents to give kids unlimited speaking practice, essential for mastering English.
Teachy — Teachy is a platform that doubles teachers time through artificial intelligence.
Tembo Money — Need help boosting your budget or accessing lower rates? Voted Best Mortgage Broker 2023 & 2022, our award-winning service is available 7 days a week.

Andrew Wilkinson is the Co-Founder of Tiny. He attended Ryerson University.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Canada, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Practice — Sell your expertise online, and manage your business, all in one place.
Cognito Health — Canada's only integrated online mental health solution. Accessible and affordable treatment for your mental health. Book a free initial assessment today.
Windsor.io — Windsor lets sales and marketing teams improve conversion with personal videos. Record a single video, hook up your CRM and hit send. Our AI will create and send a personal video to every recipient

They believe that focus is important to being a good investor. Over the past decade, they have produced a strong investment track record by remaining focused on a handful of industry sectors that they know well and backing founders and management teams in companies with exciting growth potential. When they stick to the sectors, business models andinvestment situations which they know best, they are able to make better investment decisions, be better partners to their management teams, and produce better outcomes for portfolio company employees and investors alike.The founders of Tritium have been successfully investing together for over a decade. During that time, the Tritium team has deployed over $625 million of capital and produced several, notable “wins” for investors, founders and employees alike.The careers of Tritium’s founders began at a global management consulting firm and continued at a well-established venture capital firm, where they shared responsibility for managing several billion dollars of capital. There, the team successfully launched a national, growth practice that grew from a “skunk works” effort to a large component of the firm’s investment strategy. In 2013, Tritium Partners was launched as an independent firm that could focus exclusively on lower middle market growth buyouts.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Travel, Financial Services
Private Equity, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Qwick — Qwick is a Phoenix-based on-demand staffing company that connects service industry professionals with food and beverage shifts in real-time. Founded in 2017 by Jamie Baxter, Blaine Light and Chris Loeffler, Qwick provides a platform for food and beverage professionals to connect directly with hotels, caterers, event venues and restaurants with thefreedom and flexibility to work on their own schedules. Qwick provides hospitality businesses with a 98 percent average fill-rate and immediate access to a pre-vetted and certified gig economy workforce. Qwick was incubated by Coplex, is backed by national investors including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Peak Ventures, and partners with top hospitality brand leaders including Hilton, Aramark, and Marriott International.
CharterUP — The first and only marketplace that provides real-time quotes and availability. Now you can book your bus under one centralized platform, in as little as 60 seconds.
Inbenta — Automatically answer questions, reduce operation costs, and get an average ROI of 1,200% with Inbenta's Enterprise AI Platform.

Jeffery Boyd currently works as the founder and managing director for Brothers Brook, LLC. He previously worked at Booking Holdings Inc., formerly The Priceline Group Inc as the Chairman. Jeffery attended Cornell Law School.

Investment focus

Travel, Health Care, E-Commerce
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Plannin — Plannin is a travel booking platform that offers travelers tools and resources.
@hotel — Tripscout is the center of the world for passionate travelers. We bring you the best articles and videos to satisfy your wanderlust and help you plan amazing trips.
Cruisebound — Cruising made simple. Cruisebound makes it easy to book your cruise online. Compare cruises from major cruise lines and find the best fit for your vacation needs.

Desjardins Capital makes it easy to grow your business with financial and strategic support. Investment capital and venture capital can help you meet your business goals.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cegerco — Cegerco specializes in the construction of industrial and institutional sectors. They also restore and renovate historic buildings, while maintaining the original materials. They provide services in the mining sector like silos, conveyors, crushers, etc.
Local Logic — Local Logic provides precise location insights that drive decisions for real estate professionals, developers, investors, and governments.
Groupe Canva — Canva Group is a dynamic holding company in the identification and visual communications field with 9 complementary companies acquired over the last 15 years. Operating with 3 different autonomous business units under the names of Idenco Canada (Boucherville), Decalcomanie Artistic (Montreal) and Mirazed in (St-Hubert), the 200-employee companyserves more than 4,000 customers with its complementary serigraphy and digital printing services. Their goal is to create the best customer experience.

WIND Ventures is a corporate venture capital arm specializing in the new mobility, energy, and retail sectors for startups and scaleups. The firm leverages COPEC's significant resources to accelerate startups and scaleups in realizing new growth. It also invests in entrepreneurs working to build tomorrow’s energy, mobility, and retailcompanies. WIND Ventures aims to build a sizeable investment portfolio of strategic startups and scale-ups where COPEC's significant resources accelerate the exploration or realization of new growth. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

Investment focus

Energy, Software, Energy Efficiency
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Spain, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Galgo — Immigrant fintech for latam
Enterpret — All customer feedback categorized automatically, combined with advanced analytics capabilities that ensure no customer pain goes unnoticed.
ClearFlame Engines — ClearFlame's clean engine technology equips diesel engines to quickly and cost-effectively reduce CO2 emissions, lower costs & break free from fossil fuels.

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) fosters, develops, finances and promotes the production of Canadian content and applications for all audiovisual media platforms.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Virtual Reality
Seed, Grant, Funding Round
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Incrowd — Incrowd is a livestreaming app that encourages collaboration and makes events more interactive.
Squido Studio — No More Rainbows is a first person VR platformer with unique locomotion inspired by classic titles such as Super Meat Boy and Super Mario. The studio behind No More Rainbows is Montreal based Squido Studio, a studio that focuses on core mechanics and gameplay before all else.
Strawberry Fields Interactive — Strawberry Fields Interactive, developer of Aeksia, a new style of Multiplayer RPG for VR

OMERS Ventures Home Page.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Solink — Find what you're looking for in seconds Take a self-guided tour and see how effortlessly you can pinpoint what you're searching for in seconds using
OneVest — OneVest empowers enterprises and consumers to access private wealth management through our Wealth-as-a-Service platform.
Redwood Materials — Redwood creates a closed-loop, domestic supply chain by recycling and refining lithium-ion batteries and remanufacturing anode and cathode components.

The Government of Canada is making it easier for Canadians to find and access government information and services online through its central website, Canada.ca. The website is the single entry point for all government information and services available online and is accessible using any device with an Internet connection, including tablets ormobile phones. Its portal shows how government works, its priorities, laws, finances, transparency, digital government, and policies.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology
Grant, Debt Financing, Funding Round
Canada, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

PowerCo — PowerCo expansion is the next step in expanding the worldwide battery industry while also localizing cell production and establishing a new value chain.
FluidAI Medical — Real-Time Monitoring for Anastomotic Leaks with Origin, by FluidAI. Early data shows FluidAI's Origin can detect leaks an average of 1.6 days earlier.
London Children's Museum — Offering family-friendly entertainment and activities, the London Children's Museum, located in Southwestern Ontario, encourages children to explore history, heritage, and science through art, play, and creativity.

Startup TNT is a non-profit organization that emphasizes community building of investors, entrepreneurs and cheerleaders, who gather every week and build friendships before companies. Previously generated more than $3 Million capital for local startups, TNT aims to transform Alberta into Canada's be

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Medical Device
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Scription — Scription offers maintenance companies the only end-to-end solution for pricing, selling, and managing personalized maintenance contracts.
Picketa Systems — Picketa Systems equips agribusinesses with Analysis Stations to perform plant tissue analysis in seconds
Rivercity Innovations — Automated cold chain temperature monitoring to prevent food loss and digitize compliance data. No Wifi, No Bluetooth, and no cheap sensors. We do it right.

7 Gate Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups from Seed to pre-Series A in the technology industry, with a sector focus on software, SaaS, cloud services, marketplaces, mobile apps and solutions, Big Data/Analytics, Blockchain, FinTech, and HealthTech. Assembled by a group of serial entrepreneursspecializing in tech, operational expertise, and venture capital. 7 Gate Ventures brings key industry connections, decades of international venture-building experience and foresight to effectively strategize, mentor, and scale new businesses. 7 Gate Ventures was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Hengam — Hengam is a one-stop Shopify solution that develops apps for Shopify stores and helps them reduce their churn, increase revenue and save time and money.
Roomvu — Helping Real Estate Agents, Loan Officers, Realtors, and Mortgage Brokerages to establish trust through tailored real estate websites, personalized videos, and advanced lead capturing tools. Convert real estate audience to leads with roomvu profile.
Ulab Systems — Take back control of your treatment plan with uLab - the treatment planning software and aligner system designed for orthodontists. Learn more now.

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