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

Past deals in British Columbia

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.