Evok Innovations

Evok Innovations is a cleantech fund established in 2015, based in Vancouver, Canada. The firm focuses on accelerating the development of early-stage technologies that facilitate energy transition across North America. It invests in a range of decarbonization technologies, including carbon management, clean fuels, electrification, and critical minerals. By combining the innovative spirit of a startup with the insights of industry veterans, Evok Innovations addresses significant economic and environmental challenges within the oil and gas sector. The firm collaborates with partners such as Cenovus, Suncor, and the BC Cleantech CEO Alliance to support a global portfolio of innovative companies, providing investment, mentorship, and market access to foster the deployment of transformative solutions.

Robert Allen

Director

Michael Biddle

Partner

Naynika Chaubey

Partner

Val Chiykowski

Associate

Jane Kearns

Partner

Darren Love

Associate

Martin Reed

Co-Founder & Partner

33 past transactions

Sanctuary AI

Series A in 2022
Sanctuary AI is an artificial general intelligence company founded in January 2018, and is based in Vancouver, B.C. Sanctuary's mission is to build synthetic humans – “synths” – that are indistinguishable from us physically, cognitively and emotionally. The company is structured to explore both cutting edge technology and the ethical issues that arise from creating human-like machines.

Twelve

Series A in 2021
Opus 12 captures carbon emissions where pollution is generated and turns the CO2 into chemicals like methane, ethylene, and ethanol. Their technology bolts onto any source of CO₂ emissions, and with only water and electricity as inputs, transforms that CO₂ into some of the world's most critical chemical products. The company plans to recycle CO2 emissions into liquid fuels and chemical precursors cost-competitively with petroleum-sourced products. It also develops a profitable solution to carbon emissions by recycling CO₂ into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels. It is based in Berkeley, California.

Syzygy Plasmonics

Series B in 2021
Syzygy Plasmonics is a developer of a photocatalytic reactor designed for fuel cell vehicles and small-scale industrial applications.The company's reactor is powered by light and operates at over 1,000°F lower temperature than conventional chemical reactor technology that helps in reducing maintenance costs and is able to start or stop production near instantaneously, enabling fuel cell vehicle companies to produce ultra-low-cost hydrogen gas on-site at customer locations.

Allonnia

Series A in 2021
Allonnia LLC offers waste remediation services. The company engages in the development of enzymes, proteins, and microbes that degrade or metabolize contaminants and enables them to recover and upcycle valuable materials from waste and existing biological treatment processes. Allonnia LLC was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

VEERUM

Series A in 2021
VEERUM Inc. is an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company based in Calgary, Canada, that specializes in digital technology for asset ownership. Founded in 2014, the company has developed an artificial intelligence-based platform designed to predict and resolve project issues, thereby optimizing asset management throughout the lifecycle of design, fabrication, and construction. VEERUM's Asset Visualization Platform allows stakeholders to access real-time data and insights through a secure cloud-based solution, presenting aggregated asset information within a 3D model for enhanced transparency and audit history. By leveraging sensor technology to create digital replicas of physical projects, VEERUM aids clients in accelerating their transition to digital asset ownership, ultimately supporting the development and maintenance of critical infrastructure.

Expeto

Series A in 2021
Expeto Wireless Inc. is a technology company that provides a Platform-as-a-Service solution designed for enterprises to manage and control their LTE networks. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a private and secure deployment for mission-critical applications, facilitating the adoption of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT). Expeto's platform allows enterprises to create LTE subnets, deploy hybrid private and public cloud solutions, and implement global networks with centralized command and control. By enabling organizations to manage their LTE core networks, Expeto empowers them to efficiently control cellular data and connected devices without relying on third-party services. The company's solutions have been adopted by global operators in the mining and energy sectors, as well as IoT providers and mobile virtual network operators.

Rotoliptic

Series A in 2020
Rotoliptic Technologies Inc. develops displacement pumps. The company offers electric submersible and truck transfer pumps that focus on pumping crude oil in mindstream oil and gas applications, and bitumen in the Canadian oil sands. Rotoliptic Technologies Inc. is headquartered in Canada.

Sanctuary AI

Seed Round in 2020
Sanctuary AI is an artificial general intelligence company founded in January 2018, and is based in Vancouver, B.C. Sanctuary's mission is to build synthetic humans – “synths” – that are indistinguishable from us physically, cognitively and emotionally. The company is structured to explore both cutting edge technology and the ethical issues that arise from creating human-like machines.

ARIX Technologies

Series A in 2020
ARIX Technologies is a robotics and data analytics company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Jackson, Louisiana, with an engineering office in Houston, Texas. The company specializes in designing and developing crawling robots specifically for the inspection of pipelines in the oil and gas industry. By integrating advanced data analytics with robotic technology, ARIX Technologies enhances the detection and analysis of corrosion within manufacturing plants. This innovation not only improves safety and sustainability but also enables significant cost savings for manufacturing companies by optimizing the monitoring and maintenance of pipeline assets.

SensorUp

Series A in 2020
SensorUp Inc. is a Calgary-based company established in 2011 that specializes in developing and operating an Internet of Things (IoT) platform. The company provides solutions for sensor data, analytics, and mapping through a unified API, enabling the interconnection of IoT devices, data, and applications over the web. The SensorUp IoT Software Platform facilitates integration with the SensorUp Cloud, allowing devices to communicate with one another and with third-party web applications. Among its offerings is the Smart Cities Starter Kit, designed for air quality monitoring. SensorUp aims to empower users by enabling intelligent automation and enhancing safety and productivity in various sectors.

Quidnet Energy

Series B in 2020
Quidnet Energy Inc. is a Houston-based company that specializes in developing grid-scale energy storage systems. Founded in 2013, the company utilizes a unique hydroelectric energy storage technology that involves pumping water under pressure into subsurface geological reservoirs. This stored water can then be released to drive turbines and generate electricity when renewable energy sources are unavailable. By leveraging established well-drilling and construction techniques, Quidnet Energy aims to enhance the reliability of the carbon-free electric grid. In addition to its headquarters in Houston, the company has offices in San Francisco and Saratoga Springs, New York.

Expeto

Series A in 2020
Expeto Wireless Inc. is a technology company that provides a Platform-as-a-Service solution designed for enterprises to manage and control their LTE networks. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a private and secure deployment for mission-critical applications, facilitating the adoption of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT). Expeto's platform allows enterprises to create LTE subnets, deploy hybrid private and public cloud solutions, and implement global networks with centralized command and control. By enabling organizations to manage their LTE core networks, Expeto empowers them to efficiently control cellular data and connected devices without relying on third-party services. The company's solutions have been adopted by global operators in the mining and energy sectors, as well as IoT providers and mobile virtual network operators.

Osperity Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
Osprey Informatics provides intelligent visual monitoring for industrial operations and transforms images and video into actionable enterprise intelligence. The company’s cloud-based platform, Osprey Reach, detects important operational events, analyzes related images and video along with data from other sensors and systems, and delivers visual reports and alerts to stakeholders across the enterprise. Industrial companies rely on Osprey Reach for enhanced operational efficiency, security, and safety and to remotely inspect facilities and equipment, monitor site activity, optimize labor productivity, and manage more assets without more people. Osprey Informatics was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

VEERUM

Seed Round in 2019
VEERUM Inc. is an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company based in Calgary, Canada, that specializes in digital technology for asset ownership. Founded in 2014, the company has developed an artificial intelligence-based platform designed to predict and resolve project issues, thereby optimizing asset management throughout the lifecycle of design, fabrication, and construction. VEERUM's Asset Visualization Platform allows stakeholders to access real-time data and insights through a secure cloud-based solution, presenting aggregated asset information within a 3D model for enhanced transparency and audit history. By leveraging sensor technology to create digital replicas of physical projects, VEERUM aids clients in accelerating their transition to digital asset ownership, ultimately supporting the development and maintenance of critical infrastructure.

Syzygy Plasmonics

Series A in 2019
Syzygy Plasmonics is a developer of a photocatalytic reactor designed for fuel cell vehicles and small-scale industrial applications.The company's reactor is powered by light and operates at over 1,000°F lower temperature than conventional chemical reactor technology that helps in reducing maintenance costs and is able to start or stop production near instantaneously, enabling fuel cell vehicle companies to produce ultra-low-cost hydrogen gas on-site at customer locations.

Twelve

Seed Round in 2019
Opus 12 captures carbon emissions where pollution is generated and turns the CO2 into chemicals like methane, ethylene, and ethanol. Their technology bolts onto any source of CO₂ emissions, and with only water and electricity as inputs, transforms that CO₂ into some of the world's most critical chemical products. The company plans to recycle CO2 emissions into liquid fuels and chemical precursors cost-competitively with petroleum-sourced products. It also develops a profitable solution to carbon emissions by recycling CO₂ into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels. It is based in Berkeley, California.

Rotoliptic

Series A in 2019
Rotoliptic Technologies Inc. develops displacement pumps. The company offers electric submersible and truck transfer pumps that focus on pumping crude oil in mindstream oil and gas applications, and bitumen in the Canadian oil sands. Rotoliptic Technologies Inc. is headquartered in Canada.

Metabolik Technologies

Seed Round in 2019
Metabolik Technologies, Inc. develops a bioremediation platform that enables microbes to reduce the concentration of naphthenic acids and other contaminants found in oil sands tailings ponds. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Canada.

Osperity Inc.

Series B in 2018
Osprey Informatics provides intelligent visual monitoring for industrial operations and transforms images and video into actionable enterprise intelligence. The company’s cloud-based platform, Osprey Reach, detects important operational events, analyzes related images and video along with data from other sensors and systems, and delivers visual reports and alerts to stakeholders across the enterprise. Industrial companies rely on Osprey Reach for enhanced operational efficiency, security, and safety and to remotely inspect facilities and equipment, monitor site activity, optimize labor productivity, and manage more assets without more people. Osprey Informatics was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Osperity Inc.

Series B in 2018
Osprey Informatics provides intelligent visual monitoring for industrial operations and transforms images and video into actionable enterprise intelligence. The company’s cloud-based platform, Osprey Reach, detects important operational events, analyzes related images and video along with data from other sensors and systems, and delivers visual reports and alerts to stakeholders across the enterprise. Industrial companies rely on Osprey Reach for enhanced operational efficiency, security, and safety and to remotely inspect facilities and equipment, monitor site activity, optimize labor productivity, and manage more assets without more people. Osprey Informatics was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Expeto

Series A in 2018
Expeto Wireless Inc. is a technology company that provides a Platform-as-a-Service solution designed for enterprises to manage and control their LTE networks. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a private and secure deployment for mission-critical applications, facilitating the adoption of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT). Expeto's platform allows enterprises to create LTE subnets, deploy hybrid private and public cloud solutions, and implement global networks with centralized command and control. By enabling organizations to manage their LTE core networks, Expeto empowers them to efficiently control cellular data and connected devices without relying on third-party services. The company's solutions have been adopted by global operators in the mining and energy sectors, as well as IoT providers and mobile virtual network operators.

Quidnet Energy

Series A in 2018
Quidnet Energy Inc. is a Houston-based company that specializes in developing grid-scale energy storage systems. Founded in 2013, the company utilizes a unique hydroelectric energy storage technology that involves pumping water under pressure into subsurface geological reservoirs. This stored water can then be released to drive turbines and generate electricity when renewable energy sources are unavailable. By leveraging established well-drilling and construction techniques, Quidnet Energy aims to enhance the reliability of the carbon-free electric grid. In addition to its headquarters in Houston, the company has offices in San Francisco and Saratoga Springs, New York.

Syzygy Plasmonics

Seed Round in 2018
Syzygy Plasmonics is a developer of a photocatalytic reactor designed for fuel cell vehicles and small-scale industrial applications.The company's reactor is powered by light and operates at over 1,000°F lower temperature than conventional chemical reactor technology that helps in reducing maintenance costs and is able to start or stop production near instantaneously, enabling fuel cell vehicle companies to produce ultra-low-cost hydrogen gas on-site at customer locations.

Kelvin

Seed Round in 2018
Kelvin Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2013. It specializes in the design and development of the Kelvin Oil App, a software solution that leverages artificial intelligence to automate the optimization and operation of physical systems, specifically catering to the oil field markets. By utilizing advanced A.I. techniques, Kelvin aims to simplify the management of complex systems, enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness for its clients in the industry.

Ekona Power

Seed Round in 2017
Ekona Power Inc. creates a solution for producing industrial scale hydrogen. It serves industrial H2 consumers, and natural gas transmission and distribution companies. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada.

Harbo Technologies

Series A in 2017
HARBO Technologies offers the fastest and most effective oil spill first response system in the world. Instead of relying on massive, bulky equipment and a large team of skilled professionals, HARBO’s T-FENCE system can be ready for immediate deployment by as few as two people at the spill source – whether on a vessel, at a port or an oil terminal. As the world’s lightest effective solution, it immediately blocks the spreading of oil spills and can be used even in the most remote locations as it requires minimal logistics.

Kelvin

Series A in 2016
Kelvin Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2013. It specializes in the design and development of the Kelvin Oil App, a software solution that leverages artificial intelligence to automate the optimization and operation of physical systems, specifically catering to the oil field markets. By utilizing advanced A.I. techniques, Kelvin aims to simplify the management of complex systems, enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness for its clients in the industry.

Twelve

Seed Round in 2016
Opus 12 captures carbon emissions where pollution is generated and turns the CO2 into chemicals like methane, ethylene, and ethanol. Their technology bolts onto any source of CO₂ emissions, and with only water and electricity as inputs, transforms that CO₂ into some of the world's most critical chemical products. The company plans to recycle CO2 emissions into liquid fuels and chemical precursors cost-competitively with petroleum-sourced products. It also develops a profitable solution to carbon emissions by recycling CO₂ into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels. It is based in Berkeley, California.

Twelve

Seed Round in 2016
Opus 12 captures carbon emissions where pollution is generated and turns the CO2 into chemicals like methane, ethylene, and ethanol. Their technology bolts onto any source of CO₂ emissions, and with only water and electricity as inputs, transforms that CO₂ into some of the world's most critical chemical products. The company plans to recycle CO2 emissions into liquid fuels and chemical precursors cost-competitively with petroleum-sourced products. It also develops a profitable solution to carbon emissions by recycling CO₂ into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels. It is based in Berkeley, California.

Rotoliptic

Funding Round in 2016
Rotoliptic Technologies Inc. develops displacement pumps. The company offers electric submersible and truck transfer pumps that focus on pumping crude oil in mindstream oil and gas applications, and bitumen in the Canadian oil sands. Rotoliptic Technologies Inc. is headquartered in Canada.

Mosaic Materials

Venture Round in 2016
Mosaic Materials, Inc. develops metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) materials for low-energy gas separations. Its MOFs are a class of crystalline solids that separate CO2 from various gas mixtures ranging from raw natural gas to recirculated breathing air. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Diego, California.

Metabolik Technologies

Seed Round in 2016
Metabolik Technologies, Inc. develops a bioremediation platform that enables microbes to reduce the concentration of naphthenic acids and other contaminants found in oil sands tailings ponds. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Canada.

DarkVision Technologies

Series A in 2016
DarkVision Technologies Inc. develops and commercializes ultrasound-based imaging technology that delivers 3D models of oil and gas wells. It offers an imaging technology for detecting and identifying downhole problems across various applications, including production tubing defects, casing corrosion/erosion, sand screen damage and plugging, perforations and sliding sleeves, connection cracks and failures, sand and scale, and obstructions and fishing. The company serves oil and gas operators. DarkVision Technologies Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in North Vancouver, Canada. As of May 19, 2020, DarkVision Technologies Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Koch Engineered Solutions.