Top 35 Wine and Spirits Startup Investors in Canada (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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E-Fund
VC Fund
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2 | Canada, China, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Medical, Medical Device | $279k–$4.2M |
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Mantella Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Mobile, E-Commerce | $1M–$39M |
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AgCapital Canada
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Analytics, AgTech, Internet of Things | $2.4M–$6M |
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Genome British Columbia
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Seed, Grant, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $370k–$4.7M |
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UBC Seed Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $850k–$2.5M |
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CEED - Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Non-Equity Assistance, Seed, Pre-Seed | Consulting, Health Care, Service Industry | |
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Lassonde
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing | Wine and Spirits | $731k–$959k |
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Carleton University
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Seed | Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage | |
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BDC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Japan | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $600k–$20M |
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startGBC
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Seed | Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage | |
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Jeff Steinberg
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States | Series A, Private Equity | Sports, Winery, Distillery | |
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Ken Miyoshi
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | FinTech, Finance, Internet | $725k–$3.1M |
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Conexus Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, Australia | Seed, Series A | Software, AgTech, Farming | $557k–$3.2M |
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James Pardieck
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing | |
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VA Angels
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, India | Seed, Debt Financing | Health Care, Software, Information Technology | $108k–$1.5M |
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IFR Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Debt Financing | Craft Beer, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage | |
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InvestBev
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Food and Beverage, Wine and Spirits, Winery | $1M–$14M |
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Tomas Lestrup
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing | |
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ClimateDoor
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Seed | Craft Beer, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage | |
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Monroe Asami
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing | |
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Accelerate Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Medical | $961k–$13M |
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Emmertech
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, Australia | Seed, Series A, Series B | AgTech, Agriculture, Farming | $236k–$29M |
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Desjardins Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $620k–$228M |
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WUTIF
VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $100k–$3.8M |
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Rogers Healy
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce | $250k–$5.5M |
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Business Development Bank of Canada
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States, Argentina | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $275k–$18M |
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Jonathan Clay Redick
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Series B | Winery, Software, Health Care | |
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Aman Chatha
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing | |
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Kathia Cambron
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing | |
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Josh Hart
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series C | Software, Collectibles, Apps | $1.5M–$10M |
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Lanny Lipson
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing | |
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Anges Quebec
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, Spain, United States | Seed, Angel | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $376k–$3.4M |
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Penfund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada | Debt Financing, Private Equity | Manufacturing, Automotive, Health Care | $10M–$160M |
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John Nemanic
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing | |
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District Ventures Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Retail | |
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The E-Fund (VANTEC Entrepreneurs Fund VCC Inc.) was established in 2011 to invest in promising new ventures in British Columbia in a wide range of industry sectors. They are focused on co-investing with other angel investors and early-stage venture capital firms in seed-stage companies with high growth opportunities.The E-Fund involvesspecific investors in the investment due diligence process depending on their industry experience and knowledge and their particular technical expertise. It is their goal to become the ‘Go-to Braintrust’ for active and in-depth angel investing.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, China, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $474k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $279k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qase — Qase helps law firms and legal referral organizations streamline referrals, automate intake and booking, and collect forwarding fees online.
- ViewsML — Explore cutting-edge AI solutions for cancer treatment, diagnosis, and research. Discover how clinical labs leverage artificial intelligence for precise cancer detection and diagnosis.
- CereCura Nanotherapeutics — CereCura Nanotherapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering the therapeutic use of RNA nanomedicine to treat disorders of the central nervous system.
Mantella Venture Partners is a $20M early stage fund with a hands-on approach to building technology companies. We invest in exceptional entrepreneurs building market-altering mobile and Internet software businesses. At MVP we invest early.We invest alone, or alongside other value-added venture and angel investors that share the belief thatfounder/investor alignment is key to building successful companies and profitable exits. After investment, our portfolio companies benefit from active, hands-on involvement in all phases of growth, including product development, business development, marketing, financing, and team development. If you're looking for partners for your whole journey, not just money, get us involved early.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4M; Series A $1.4M–$12M; Series B $13M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $20M in 2010
Portfolio highlights
- SkyX — SkyX is an AI-powered Web3 venture platform designed to help projects build, launch, and scale through structured automation and community-driven growth systems.The platform combines AI-driven workflows with a gamified engagement model, enabling users to participate through tasks, referrals, and incentive-based mechanisms. This creates a scalableecosystem where user activity contributes to platform growth and development.SkyX supports project validation, structured launches, and ecosystem expansion by reducing operational complexity and improving onboarding efficiency. The platform enables founders to deploy projects, users to engage through participation models, and operators to manage scalable growth within a unified system.Operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain infrastructure, SkyX addresses inefficiencies in traditional incubation and launch processes by introducing automated workflows, community-driven participation, and streamlined execution models.
- Felix Health — Felix offers on-demand treatment for common health issues such as erectile dysfunction, hair loss, HIV prevention, acne, birth control, and more.
- Harry Howard — An AI-powered incubation platform that transforms Web3 innovation from concept to launch through intelligent automation and community governance. Visit our X Visit our Launchpad
AgCapital Canada provides capital to help owner-operators take their companies to the next, higher level.
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- Industry: Analytics, AgTech, Internet of Things
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$4M; Series A $3.9M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ukko Agro — Ukko Agro develops an agriculture ecosystem that helps optimize pesticide usage to minimize crop losses. It offers technology tools that facilitate on-farm decision making with minimal time investment from the growers.The company is driven to optimize pesticide use for better crop yield, by integrating technologies to track, analyze, andquantify sustainability gained. Its product features realtime on-farm monitoring, predicts disease or pest attacks, prescribe pesticide spray, integrates with external on-farm equipment and technologies, reduces crop losses, and optimizes crop inputs.Ukko Agro was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.
- eQcell — Canadian Regenerative Medicine Company addressing condition and diseases affecting sporting and domestic animals
- BarrelWise Technologies — Delivering labor savings, precision, and control to commercial wine producers.
Genome BC, a non-profit research organization, leads genomics innovation on Canada’s West Coast and facilitates the integration of genomics into society. Their major investors are the Province of British Columbia and the Government of Canada through Genome Canada and Western Economic Diversification Canada. This funding is complemented bypartnerships with many national and international public and private funding organizations to drive BC’s bioeconomy.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $370k–$586k
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Verdi — Next generation of variable rate irrigation technology to climate-proof farms
- BugSeq Bioinformatics — We're empowering microbiology labs to prevent and treat infections with nucleic acid sequencing.
- CereCura Nanotherapeutics — CereCura Nanotherapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering the therapeutic use of RNA nanomedicine to treat disorders of the central nervous system.
UBC Seed Fund
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- Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $850k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ideon Technologies — Ideon reduces geologic uncertainty, enabling mining companies to confidently identify, map, monitor, and target mineral deposits and other subsurface anomalies.
- Sonic Incytes — Velacur ONE is a fatty liver disease NIT quantifying real-time measurements of stiffness and attenuation in a point of care setting.
- BarrelWise Technologies — Delivering labor savings, precision, and control to commercial wine producers.
The Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED) has been fostering the spirit of innovation in Nova Scotia for more than 20 years.A team of entrepreneurs dedicated to helping other entrepreneurs, CEED supports clients at every stage of business growth and development. Perhaps most commonly known for their small business loansand other financing programs, they do a lot more than that – they’re a living lab, experimenting with new technologies, new ways of doing things, and sharing what they learn with their clients and partners.CEED has a vested interest in the business of good, supporting people of all ages who use entrepreneurship to resolve some of their communities’ problems.They’re dedicated to encouraging a culture that values and celebrates entrepreneurship, working with schools and youth at risk to help their region’s young people realize their full potential.Whether you require funding, mentorship, education, or other resources, their flexible, comprehensive services are designed to help you succeed.
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- Industry: Consulting, Health Care, Service Industry
- Stage:Non-Equity Assistance, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 145
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Burning Flame Candle Company — The best-smelling, true-to-scent candles with a long, clean burn. Proudly Canadian, hand-poured in Nova Scotia using sustainable ingredients.
- Right Start Newcomer Services — Right Start Newcomer Services provides training in the English language and guidance.
- Root & Branch Workplace Conflict Resolutions — Creating more functional, and healthy workplace communities through external assessments and investigations.
Lassonde is a food and beverages company that develops, manufactures, and markets a range of private-label and national-brand products, such as ready-to-drink fruit and vegetable juices and drinks.
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- Industry: Wine and Spirits
- Stage:Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $731k–$959k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits — Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. produces, sells, and exports wines and spirits in Canada, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Sales of Manufactured Wines; and Agency Sales. It produces vintner quality alliance and blended wines under the 20 Bees, EastDell Estates, Lakeview Cellars, Dois Amigos, Dan Aykroyd,Benchmark, and Seasons brand names. The company also acts as a sales agent for approximately 120 beverage alcohol brands.
Carleton University is a dynamic research and teaching institution with exciting programs and a strong community of staff, faculty and students.
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- Industry: Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Twelve Barrels — Twelve Barrels is a food and drink company. They provide products that include whisky and drinks. They offer products that are available for shopping online. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 527
- Round size: Seed $600k–$4.9M; Series A $2.7M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Spark — Spark provides the platform required to sell, market, close and report on your entire portfolio of new development projects.
- WhatsNexx — Sujintoto adalah situs slot online yang memberikan pelayanan deposit yang sat set dan withdraw cepet selama 24 jam
- Neurio Technology — Neurio makes ordinary appliances smart and homes more efficient by letting you know what’s going on, when you need to know it - like if you forgot to turn off your stove, when your kids are home from school, and if they’re watching TV when they should be doing homework. With a Neurio sensor, our smartphone apps let you know what’s happening inyour home, which appliances are in use and the amount of energy they use without having to install sensors at every device.
startGBC, your gateway to entrepreneurship at George Brown College, is a virtual hub connecting students, alumni and the community with resources, programs and support to foster a culture of entrepreneurship on campus and beyond. We offer all students, no matter their course of study, access to innovation literacy (the ability to think creatively,evaluate and apply problem-solving to diverse and intangible issues) and a fundamental toolkit of entrepreneurial skills.startGBC is partnered with Ryerson University, MaRS and Accelerator U and has received an investment from the Government of Ontario’s On-Campus Entrepreneurship Activities (OCEA) program, under the Youth Jobs Strategy (managed by Ontario Centres of Excellence).startGBC operates from the Office of Research and Innovation. The program is “virtual yet personal”, and is accessible on every campus. startGBC is itself a start-up, and will collaborate and partner with all schools and programs across all George Brown College campuses to deliver:- On-line resources, directing students to the wealth of learning and funding options available.- Office hours, offering aspiring entrepreneurs guidance from mentors and advice from professional service providers.- Programming and events, including the Why Not Me speaker series, featuring alumni entrepreneurs and The Practical Entrepreneur workshop program.
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- Industry: Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- My wine canada — Shop top Canadian wines online at My Wine Canada. Discover award-winning reds, whites, and more, delivered to your door across Canada.
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- Industry: Sports, Winery, Distillery
- Stage:Series A, Private Equity
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LiveBarn — Watch your favorite amateur sports athletes and teams live and on-demand anywhere, anytime, and on any device with LiveBarn.
- Siempre Spirits — Handmade in a small Mexican town named Tequila, this platinum and consumer's choice award winning 100% Agave spirit is unmatched in taste and quality.
Ken Miyoshi
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $725k–$3.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Province Brands of Canada — We are your sustainable and plant-based sweetener solution. We upcycle plant-waste biomass and transform it into food-grade sugars.
- Hodl Hodl — Hodl Hodl is a P2P cryptocurrency exchange that allows users to trade directly with each other and it doesn't hold user's funds — locking it in multisig escrow instead — which minimizes the possibilities of crypto assets theft and reduces trading time. Because Hodl Hodl does not hold any money (neither cryptocurrencies, nor fiat) it isnot subject to complex compliance procedures. In result, trades happen directly between users' wallets and you do not open your identity to the exchange.
- Metagenomi — Metagenomi is using the power of metagenomics and machine learning to discover novel genome editing systems.
Conexus Venture Capital (Conexus VC) invests time, knowledge and capital in Saskatchewan and Canadian high-growth startups, helping to fuel growth in the local innovation economy.
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- Industry: Software, AgTech, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $557k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow
Portfolio highlights
- JUDI.AI — JUDI.AI offers small business lending software, with an AI-driven platform that helps lenders achieve profitable growth in SMB banking.
- myStoria — Backed by fertility doctors. Built by patients, for patients. Track symptoms, manage diagnoses, get advice, and start moving forward.
- Alto — Alto makes finding home care safer, more affordable and more convenient. We host a diverse offering of caregivers that provide senior care, child care, housekeeping, and special needs care. Discover local care professionals today.
James Pardieck
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- Industry: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Province Brands of Canada — We are your sustainable and plant-based sweetener solution. We upcycle plant-waste biomass and transform it into food-grade sugars.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
- Geography: Canada, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $108k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
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
IFR Holdings is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Craft Beer, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Debt Financing
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Polar Beer Taps — Polar Beer Taps Permafrost V3 system is leading the way in the future of portable beverage serving. They can provide reliable, high-quality commercial draft systems to any location, which elevates any event.
Investing strategic capital across all facets of the adult beverage industry.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Wine and Spirits, Winery
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $6.2M–$8M; Series A $8M–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$1M
- Lead/follow: 87% lead, 13% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.4M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Lucky Energy — LUCKY F*CK is a better-for-you energy drink company.
- Renais Spirits — A bold and vibrant gin inspired by the people, produce and provenance of Burgundy, France.
- Shake Up Cocktails — Shake Up Cocktails
Tomas Lestrup
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- Industry: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Province Brands of Canada — We are your sustainable and plant-based sweetener solution. We upcycle plant-waste biomass and transform it into food-grade sugars.
ClimateDoor provides Growth-as-a-Service (GaaS) solutions aimed at fostering the next stage of growth for companies within the clean economy. The company focuses on merging industry expertise with tailored strategies to empower ventures, particularly those in the climate and sustainability sectors. ClimateDoor connects investors, companies, andgovernments to strengthen the climate ecosystem and promote sustainable economic growth.
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- Industry: Craft Beer, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Polar Beer Taps — Polar Beer Taps Permafrost V3 system is leading the way in the future of portable beverage serving. They can provide reliable, high-quality commercial draft systems to any location, which elevates any event.
Monroe Asami
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- Industry: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Province Brands of Canada — We are your sustainable and plant-based sweetener solution. We upcycle plant-waste biomass and transform it into food-grade sugars.
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Browse database — It's Free!Accelerate Fund supports the growth of early-stage Alberta technology companies with a multi million dollar fund that combines co-investment from angel investors.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.1M; Series A $961k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Helcim — Helcim is the easy and affordable solution for small and medium businesses accepting payments in-person or online.
- Cellar Insights — Maximize the value of your potato crop with smart remote monitoring. Monitor storage conditions and prevent crop loss with Cellar Insights.
- Fairly Staffing — The modern dental staffing platform. Connect your clinic with vetted dental hygienists and assistants, or find flexible temp dental jobs near you with Fairly.
The Emmertech Venture Capital Fund (Emmertech), managed and operated by Conexus Venture Capital Inc. addresses this challenge. Launched in April 2021, this $40 million venture capital fund focuses on harnessing the momentum in Canadian agtech, food-tech,
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- Industry: AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Canada, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $236k–$4.2M; Series A $8.4M–$13M; Series B $20M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- 4AG Robotics — Revolutionizing mushroom farming with robots that pick, trim, and pack. Our automation solutions boost quality, yield, and value for farmers worldwide.
- SwarmFarm Robotics — Global crop protection specialists ADAMA and Australian ag-tech company.
- Vive Crop Protection — Vive Crop Protection makes effective and sustainable pesticides for organic and non-organic production. The company creates new ways to use proven crop protection products using their targeted Allosperse Delivery System, which improves the targeting and performance of pesticide active ingredients. This helps farmers do more with less, all whileincreasing crop quality and yields.Vive Crop Protection was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.2M; Venture - Series Unknown $620k–$228M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $120M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Vention — Design and order custom industrial equipment in days. Fast and easy-to-use cloud CAD, loaded with modular parts, that ship next day.
- Inscora — Inscora is the cyber-insurability platform for MSPs and MSSPs. Assess risk, accurately measure client insurability, and unlock new revenue - without adding operational burden.
- Vosker — Vosker provides remote area monitoring tech enabling you to take things further
WUTIF Capital (VCC) Inc. is a novel angel fund that co-invests with angel investors in promising new technology ventures in British Columbia. WUTIF was formed in mid-2003 and made its first investments in late 2004.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $100k–$3.8M; Pre-Seed $279k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ViewsML — Explore cutting-edge AI solutions for cancer treatment, diagnosis, and research. Discover how clinical labs leverage artificial intelligence for precise cancer detection and diagnosis.
- Carbonyx — Carbonyx transforms waste into carbon-negative advanced materials for industry.
- CereCura Nanotherapeutics — CereCura Nanotherapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering the therapeutic use of RNA nanomedicine to treat disorders of the central nervous system.
A Texas based entrepreneur, investor, leader, and music guru, Rogers embodies the spirit of a business owner. Rogers jumped into business at an early age, and started what is now Texas' largest independently owned real estate company, Rogers Healy and Associates Real Estate, in 2005. Since inception , Rogers went on to be the founder of RogersHealy and Associates Land and Lake, Rogers Healy and Associates Commercial Real Estate, Healy Global Real Estate and Relocation and Healy Property Management. As fate would have it, Rogers made his first investment in the world of Venture Capital in 2012, in Mizzen + Main. He fell in love with the idea of connecting the dots in the world of VC, and has since become one of Texas' most active investors. After over a decade investing in deals ranging from CPG to SaaS, Rogers founded Morrison Seger Venture Capital Partners. "MoSe" quickly made a name for themselves, with early stage investments in companies ranging from tequila to trading cards, and have been able to add a new layer of experience to venture capitalism. Most importantly, Rogers lives a life of faith, alongside his wife Abby, their daughter Henley (named after Eagles' frontman, Don Henley), their dogs, and all their music memorabilia (Rogers has one of the largest collections in the world).
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $250k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $345k–$2.3M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tin Can — Far Homes makes to find, buy and manage homes abroad.
- Mosh — MOSH is a mission-focused, family-run company to get you thinking more about your brain health! Try our MOSH bars formulated with superfoods & vital brain nutrients.
- Little Saints — Little Saints creates non-alcoholic beverages that have enjoyable flavors and fragrances in their cocktails.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States, Argentina
Investor stats
- Total investments: 349
- Round size: Seed $275k–$5M; Series A $4M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- TickTrade Systems — smartTrade Technologies is a leading global provider with multi-asset electronic trading platforms, helping buy-side & sell-side institutions
- Nanoprecise Sci Corp — Predictive Maintenance, Automated Ai Based Predictive Maintenance, Machine Doctor, Wireless Industrial Iot Sensors, Artificial Intelligence in Maintenance, Scaling Iot Solutions
- Spring Loaded Technology — Breakthrough spring technology has delivered the world's first and only knee brace that can reduce pressure across the entire joint and power the legs.
Jonathan Clay Redickis an angel investor and a Former Pro-Basketball Player. He invested in many companies, which include Ranch Hand, InVintory, FreshCut, and Olipop.
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- Industry: Winery, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Olipop — 2-5g sugar. 9g fiber. 8 classic flavors. Discover the delicious new soda made with plant fiber and prebiotics for a happy, healthy you. Try it in Vintage Cola, Classic Root Beer, Strawberry Vanilla, Ginger Lemon and more. Non-GMO, gluten free, paleo, vegan, and just plain delicious.
- InVintory — Helping wine collectors track & find their bottles. Download on the App Store or use our Web App.
Aman Chatha
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- Industry: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Province Brands of Canada — We are your sustainable and plant-based sweetener solution. We upcycle plant-waste biomass and transform it into food-grade sugars.
Kathia Cambron
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- Industry: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Province Brands of Canada — We are your sustainable and plant-based sweetener solution. We upcycle plant-waste biomass and transform it into food-grade sugars.
Josh Hart is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association.
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- Industry: Software, Collectibles, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WAX — Trusted experience for collectors. WAX Insurance for your luxury assets and high demand collectibles: watches, jewelry, handbags, sports cards, comic books, stamps and more.
- InVintory — Helping wine collectors track & find their bottles. Download on the App Store or use our Web App.
- Dapper Labs — 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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- Industry: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Province Brands of Canada — We are your sustainable and plant-based sweetener solution. We upcycle plant-waste biomass and transform it into food-grade sugars.
Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Canada, Spain, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 174
- Round size: Seed $803k–$3.4M; Angel $376k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SELL IT9 — Get top cash for your tech with SELLIT9, Canada's trusted trade-in service. Free same-day pickups, convenient drop-off locations, and pre-paid shipping labels nationwide. Fast, secure, and hassle-free!
- Solving.AI — Solving.AI is an AI training platform that helps in solving business software adoption issues.
- Elisa Interactive — Elisa Interactive operates an asset-light, prompt-to-environment software model designed to lower technical entry barriers in user-generated gaming ecosystems. Its core application platform, Me-Z-Scene, utilizes artificial intelligence to automatically arrange existing asset kits into complex 3D worlds based on natural language inputs. Thecompany's value proposition centers on empowering casual gamers and amateur builders to deploy custom virtual spaces without requiring coding or digital design expertise.
Penfund is a leading Canadian private equity firm specializing in providing junior capital to middle market companies throughout North America. Penfund provides second lien, high yield and mezzanine debt, control and minority equity, as well as bridge facilities, standby lines, underwritten facilities and financial guarantees. The firm is owned byits management team and is currently investing its most recently established fund, Penfund Capital Fund IV which has $460 million of committed capital. Penfund manages institutional funds sourced from Canadian pension funds, insurance companies, family offices and banks and has invested more than $2.5 billion in over 220 companies since its establishment in 1979.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Automotive, Health Care
- Stage:Debt Financing, Private Equity
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Debt Financing $15M–$160M; Private Equity $10M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 82% lead, 18% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.2B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Recochem — With plants or distribution centers in North America, Europe, India, Asia and Australia, Recochem is delivering the highest quality products everywhere around the world 24/7/365.
- CBI Health Group — Canada's leading community healthcare provider, offering rehabilitation services services to clients across Canada. Supporting and helping to improve the physical health and mental health and well being of Canadians. Services include physiotherapy, kinesiology, exercise therapy, mental health, occupational therapy.
- Dermatologists of Central States — Headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, Dermatologists of Central States, LLC is a dermatology practice management company serving dermatology clinics throughout Ohio and its neighboring states. DOCS provides its partner practices with centralized non-clinical resources and services that enable clinicians to focus exclusively on providing best-in-classdermatological care to patients. For over 40 years, DOCS’ partner practices have established a reputation for providing excellent clinical care and an elevated patient experience within the communities they serve.
John Nemanic
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- Industry: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Province Brands of Canada — We are your sustainable and plant-based sweetener solution. We upcycle plant-waste biomass and transform it into food-grade sugars.
Venture capital funding for Canadian entrepreneurs. District Ventures Capital is led by Arlene Dickinson and invests in innovative food & health sector companies.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Retail
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Gainful — Personalized Protein Powder, Delivered to your Doorstep
- Fody Food — Fody Foods Co. offers healthy, low FODMAP food products and recipes that are big on taste, and low in FODMAPs. Live and eat free of IBS symptoms!
- Three Farmers — Three Farmers believes everyone should have wholesome food to eat, an understanding of where it comes from and how it's made. We are a family business with Three Farmers and Two Sisters at the heart, committed to preserving he land through sustainable farming practices, providing nourishing food grown on family farms.
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