Coralus

Coralus is a Canadian organization founded by Vicki Saunders in 2013 that focuses on investing in women-led and majority women-owned ventures aimed at generating social impact. The organization operates a unique crowdfunding platform that connects microfinance with community support, allowing it to back a select number of female-led startups each year. Its activator community encompasses a diverse group of women, including young women of color, LGBTQ individuals, grandmothers, corporate executives, public leaders, and early-stage entrepreneurs. By fostering a radically redesigned ecosystem, Coralus aims to support, finance, and celebrate female innovators, encouraging new models and solutions for a better world.

Vicki Saunders

Founder

12 past transactions

Indiegraf

Seed Round in 2024
Indiegraf is a Vancouver-based company that supports independent news outlets by providing tools, resources, and services to help them launch and sustain digital news operations. It offers news‑pooling tools, digital playbooks, research, sales and growth services, and capital templates, enabling media outlets to grow audiences and revenues while filling local news gaps.

Dispersa

Seed Round in 2023
Dispersa develops eco-friendly biosurfactants, made from food waste rather than food-grade sources. These palm- and petroleum-free surfactants aim to improve the sustainability and affordability of the biosurfactant market.

Gotcare

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Gotcare is a Canadian self-directed home care provider and the largest in its category, offering personalized in-home services to support individuals managing chronic health conditions and rehabilitation. The company couples licensed care workers with a digital platform that enables clients or their care teams to submit care requests, select a preferred caregiver, communicate securely, and obtain budget guidance to tailor services. By connecting clients with professional caregivers and serving the needs of professionals such as occupational therapists, nurses, case managers, and other care coordinators, Gotcare aims to deliver a sustainable, at-home care pathway that improves access to personalized support.

Kai XR

Seed Round in 2021
Kai XR is a company focused on developing inclusive mixed reality spaces that allow children to explore, dream, and create. By leveraging virtual reality technology, it provides educational resources for educators, parents, and lifelong learners, facilitating early adoption of mixed reality in education. The company's platform offers culturally relevant learning opportunities, enabling the creation of accessible virtual reality classrooms and field trips for children. With offerings like virtual field trips to museums, Kai XR aims to enrich educational experiences without the associated costs or logistical challenges of traditional outings. The company is set to launch its new kid-friendly virtual reality platform, expanding its commitment to fostering creativity and learning in an immersive environment.

Courtroom5

Debt Financing in 2021
Courtroom5 is a tech-driven service empowering non-lawyers to navigate civil justice systems. It offers bite-sized legal information, document templates, case law search, training resources, and an online community for peer support.

Gotcare

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Gotcare is a Canadian self-directed home care provider and the largest in its category, offering personalized in-home services to support individuals managing chronic health conditions and rehabilitation. The company couples licensed care workers with a digital platform that enables clients or their care teams to submit care requests, select a preferred caregiver, communicate securely, and obtain budget guidance to tailor services. By connecting clients with professional caregivers and serving the needs of professionals such as occupational therapists, nurses, case managers, and other care coordinators, Gotcare aims to deliver a sustainable, at-home care pathway that improves access to personalized support.

beany.biz

Venture Round in 2019
Beany is a New Zealand-based accounting firm that offers online, fixed-price services tailored for small businesses. As a partner of Xero, Beany provides an accessible platform that connects clients with accountants, ensuring comprehensive support across various accounting needs. Their services encompass the complete spectrum of accounting, including taxation and financial planning, allowing business owners to evaluate their financial and tax situations based on data imported into the platform. This approach enables clients to have a single point of contact for achieving their accounting and financial objectives.

Routine

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Routine is a manufacturer of natural deodorants, based at the base of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The company specializes in creating effective, aluminum-free deodorant products designed to provide odor protection and hydration for the underarms. Routine's offerings include life-changing deodorants that aim to neutralize odor while ensuring comfort and confidence for users throughout the day. By focusing on natural ingredients, Routine addresses consumer demand for safer and healthier personal care products.

Think Dirty

Seed Round in 2019
Think Dirty Inc. is a Toronto-based company that has developed a mobile application aimed at educating consumers about the ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products. By allowing users to scan barcodes or search for products, the app provides information on potentially toxic ingredients and generates a score based on data drawn from various authoritative sources, including government lists, peer-reviewed journals, and health organization reports. This service simplifies the process of understanding product labels, enabling customers to make informed decisions regarding their health and environmental impact when shopping for beauty and household items.

Eve Medical

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Eve Medical, established in 2010 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is a medical device company focused on addressing the healthcare needs of women. The company specializes in designing and manufacturing innovative medical products, with a notable offering being HerSwab. This product empowers women to take control of their sexual health by facilitating self-sampling for sexually transmitted infections screening. These screenings are crucial for monitoring reproductive well-being conditions such as cervical cancer, pelvic inflammatory disease, and infertility.

Novoloop

Debt Financing in 2019
Novoloop is an upcycling company focused on transforming plastic waste into high-performance materials through a circular approach. The company advances Lifecycling, a process that converts hard-to-recycle plastics into materials molecularly identical to conventional products, unlocking value from plastics that have little use today. By chemically modifying post-consumer polyethylene, Novoloop creates building blocks for thermoplastic polyurethane and other performance materials, enabling brands to meet sustainability goals while preserving material quality. The approach supports a circular economy by turning waste into market-ready materials with broad applicability across industries, reducing landfill waste and providing scalable, durable alternatives for manufacturers.

The Town Kitchen

Seed Round in 2017
The Town Kitchen is a meal delivery service based in Oakland, California, established in 2015. It specializes in corporate lunch delivery by partnering with local chefs and food artisans. The company operates a platform that facilitates the preparation and delivery of chef-crafted meal boxes, employing low-income youth aged 16 to 24 from the Oakland community. These young individuals are engaged in planning, cooking, packaging, and delivering lunches, providing them with valuable job training and experience while offering customers access to homemade, quality meals. Through its innovative approach, The Town Kitchen not only addresses the demand for convenient food solutions but also promotes community growth and empowerment.
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