Investors in Ontario

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Ontario Centre of Innovation

Ontario Centre of Innovation is a provincial organization in Ontario funded by the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade that supports innovation and economic growth by transforming research into market-ready technologies. It facilitates collaboration between academia and industry to commercialize research and develop new technologies through programs such as Collaborate 2 Commercialize, Ready 4 Market, the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network, and the Life Sciences Innovation Fund. OCI supports a broad range of sectors including life sciences, automotive, digital technologies, energy, environment and more, with the aim of attracting private investment, creating jobs, and strengthening Ontario’s global competitiveness. By leveraging Ontario’s postsecondary ecosystem, OCI translates research outcomes into commercial applications and promotes Made-in-Ontario innovations across the province, including digital transformation for small and mid-sized enterprises through digital competence initiatives.
Made 169 investments in Ontario

BDC Capital

BDC Capital is the private equity and venture capital arm of the Business Development Bank of Canada. Based in Montreal with offices across Canada, it engages in direct investments and fund of funds strategies, supporting growth and expansion for mid-market and early-stage companies. The firm focuses on information technology, energy, cleantech, and healthcare, including infrastructure and lifecycle segments, and typically makes early to development-stage investments in Canadian firms, with a preference for minority stakes and syndication. It pursues a range of exit options such as initial public offerings, strategic sales, or leveraged management buyouts. By combining capital with advisory resources, BDC Capital aims to help Canadian businesses scale, innovate, and compete internationally, often partnering with entrepreneurs across provinces like Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
Made 127 investments in Ontario

OMERS

OMERS is one of Canada's largest defined benefit pension plans, established in 1962 to provide retirement income for Ontario municipal employees. It manages a diversified, global asset portfolio across public markets, real estate, infrastructure, and private equity, serving about 665,000 members and more than 1,000 employers. As of 2025, its net assets exceed 145 billion, reflecting long-term, governance-driven investment management and an emphasis on sustainability and responsible investing.
Made 40 investments in Ontario

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund is a venture capital firm based in Toronto, Canada, formed in 2008 to support early-stage companies in Ontario. The firm invests across sectors including enterprise software, information technology, cleantech, deep tech, and health tech, and has partnered with over 150 portfolio companies founded by ambitious entrepreneurs.
Made 92 investments in Ontario

Golden Ventures

Golden Ventures is a Toronto-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on North American investments, particularly pre-seed and seed rounds. Founded in 2011, the firm provides hands-on support drawing on founders and operators' experience to help portfolio companies scale. It has invested in more than 100 companies across sectors such as fintech, SaaS, storytelling, e-commerce, and restaurant technology, with notable investments including Wattpad, BenchSci, Neo Financial, Rebelstork, Float, and ResQ. Golden Ventures pursues an early, long-term partnership approach to back innovative teams building transformative businesses.
Made 50 investments in Ontario

Desjardins Group

Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial institution in North America, with a nationwide presence across Canada since 1900. It provides a broad suite of financial services to individuals and businesses, including accounts, cash management, financing and loans, mortgages, credit and prepaid cards, insurance, retirement and wealth management, investments and securities, and international banking. It also offers corporate and employer solutions, fiduciary services, and advisory capabilities, supported by integrated online and mobile platforms. Desjardins emphasizes social responsibility and local economic development, reflecting its cooperative model that gives members voting rights and potential rebates. The group serves diverse sectors through a network of member organizations and subsidiaries, delivering accessible financial products while focusing on sustainable, community-oriented growth.
Made 24 investments in Ontario

FJ Labs

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. It is stage-agnostic, backing seed and Series A rounds, with an investment range of fifty thousand to five million dollars. Founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda, the firm leverages its network and experience in the marketplace sector to support founders aiming for rapid growth. The firm maintains a broad portfolio across e-commerce, on-demand services, fintech, and related technologies, with notable investments in Alibaba, Coupang, Delivery Hero, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest. FJ Labs emphasizes partnerships with visionary founders and uses its sector expertise to help portfolio companies scale and achieve expansion.
Made 29 investments in Ontario

Extreme Venture Partners

Extreme Venture Partners is a Toronto-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology startups in Canada, with emphasis on the Toronto–Waterloo corridor. It invests primarily in pre-seed and seed rounds and supports companies that are pre-revenue or expanding, typically with equity investments in the CAD 0.25 million to CAD 1.5 million range. The firm targets sectors such as internet, mobile, cloud computing, big data, machine learning, analytics, and the Internet of Things, including robotics, drones, wearables, and connected devices. Beyond capital, it provides mentorship to Canadian founders, and has built a track record across multiple funds, backing a large number of startups and contributing to job creation and shareholder value.
Made 23 investments in Ontario

Inovia Capital

Inovia Capital is a Montreal-based venture capital firm that partners with tech founders to build globally ambitious companies. It provides capital, coaching, and access to a broad network across Canada, the United States, and Europe, and supports startups from early to growth stages with expertise across software, SaaS, AI, digital health, security, and related tech sectors.
Made 43 investments in Ontario

StandUp Ventures

StandUp Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2017, that focuses on backing female-founded companies in the B2B software and digital health sectors. The firm supports women-led startups across Canada, leveraging a strong network to generate deal flow and participate in seed rounds, often with Angels and U.S. venture partners. StandUp Ventures emphasizes hands-on support through advisory networks and concentrates on early-stage opportunities in B2B software, biotech, and health-tech, with a commitment to helping women founders scale their businesses.
Made 15 investments in Ontario

SOSV

SOSV is a global venture capital firm that provides early-stage and seed investments alongside structured accelerator programs and deeply resourced facilities to accelerate product development. Focused on deep tech, human and planetary health, and cross-border software, SOSV backs startups from pre-seed onward and runs programs that accelerate technical development, regulatory strategy, and fundraising. The firm maintains labs and engineering spaces with specialist staff in multiple regions, including the United States and Asia, to support portfolio companies in biosafety, chemistry, mechatronics, analytics, and electrical engineering. Programs such as HAX and other live events offer founders access to prototyping, testing, and investor networks. Annually, SOSV makes around sixty pre-seed investments (up to roughly $550k each) and participates in numerous follow-on rounds, leveraging a global portfolio and extensive co-investor network to help deeply technical startups scale and reach markets.
Made 33 investments in Ontario

CIBC Innovation Banking

CIBC Innovation Banking is the North American banking arm of CIBC focused on supporting the growth of the innovation economy. It offers venture banking, growth banking, sponsor finance, and fund finance to technology, software, AI, healthcare, and life sciences companies from seed to IPO. Backed by CIBC and with over 25 years of experience, it has deployed roughly $12 billion in growth capital to more than 800 entrepreneurs and investors and serves millions of clients globally through a global team that emphasizes relationship-building and market insights.
Made 11 investments in Ontario

Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners

Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners is an accelerator based in Toronto, founded in 2018, that seeks to invest in health science technology companies across Canada, providing support to growth-stage ventures in the Canadian health tech ecosystem.
Made 23 investments in Ontario

Relay Ventures

Relay Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 and headquartered in Toronto, with additional offices in San Francisco and Calgary, investing across North America from pre-seed to growth stages. It concentrates on mobile technology and related software and services, including mobile commerce, communications, and location-based applications, and targets Urbantech, Proptech, Fintech, and Sportstech sectors. The firm supports visionary founders with ongoing involvement throughout a company’s lifecycle and pursues opportunities in mobile ecosystem software for connected devices. Its portfolio includes notable exits such as ecobee, theScore, and Jelli, illustrating a track record of enabling growth and strategic outcomes.
Made 40 investments in Ontario

Celtic House Venture Partners

Celtic House Venture Partners is an independent Canadian venture capital firm focused on technology and innovation. Founded in 1994 and based in Ottawa and Toronto, the firm conducts investments across Canada and the United States, with activity in the United Kingdom. It targets software, digital media, communications, wireless, networking, application and information technology sectors, including connectivity products, automation and network management software. Celtic House backs early to growth-stage companies by partnering with management teams and repeat entrepreneurs to help build technology businesses, occasionally leveraging partnerships with Celtic House Asia Partners. The firm manages multiple venture funds to support portfolio companies and has historically raised capital to back its investments.
Made 39 investments in Ontario

Panache Ventures

Panache Ventures is a Canadian early-stage venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments. Founded in 2018 and based in Montreal, it operates across Canada with offices in multiple cities to back founders from the outset. The firm targets Canadian startups in AI, cybersecurity, blockchain, fintech, digital health and health tech, enterprise software, and data analytics, among other technology sectors. It combines capital with hands-on guidance from operators-turned-investors, helping portfolio companies advance from concept to early growth and move toward Series A. Panache Ventures emphasizes a founder-friendly approach and active support to build scalable businesses across the Canadian tech ecosystem.
Made 16 investments in Ontario

Capital Angel Network

Capital Angel Network (CAN) is a leading Canadian angel investment network serving the Ottawa-Gatineau region, including Ottawa, Gatineau, and Kanata. It connects accredited investors with early-stage startups, providing access to screened deal flow, due diligence, mentorship, and learning programs. The network hosts regular meetings—nine per year—where two or three portfolio companies present to members. CAN supports entrepreneurship and aims to strengthen the region's startup ecosystem through community-driven investments. Since 2021, CAN members have invested 41 million in Canadian startups, with 77 million since 2010, and average investments around 200,000 per deal, overseeing a portfolio of approximately 180 companies across diverse industries.
Made 30 investments in Ontario

InvestEco Capital

InvestEco Capital is a Canada-based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2002 and headquartered in Toronto. It targets investments in the North American food and agriculture sector, with a growing emphasis on sustainable brands and technologies that promote health, resource efficiency, and environmental outcomes. While its activities have spanned multiple sustainability themes, the firm has increasingly focused on food and agriculture, backing a range of North American brands and companies. InvestEco seeks to generate solid financial returns while helping portfolio companies scale and advance sustainability objectives within the food system.
Made 19 investments in Ontario

N49P

N49P is a venture capital firm based in Toronto, Canada, focused on seed-stage technology startups and investing in pre-seed and early-stage technology companies across Canada.
Made 18 investments in Ontario

Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Sustainable Development Technology Canada is an independent, government-funded organization that funds Canadian cleantech projects and coaches the companies that lead these projects to market. It supports cleantech initiatives by creating jobs, enabling growth and exports for Canadian firms, and delivering environmental, economic and health benefits to Canadians. The organization operates at arm's length and builds networks with private industry, academia and governments at home and abroad to advance clean technology deployment within Canada.
Made 36 investments in Ontario

Trellis Capital

Trellis Capital is a Toronto-based venture capital firm that provides equity-related growth capital to Canadian technology companies across sectors including IT infrastructure, industrial technologies, advanced materials, cleantech, semiconductors, robotics and energy applications. Founded in 2000, the firm typically targets small to mid-sized companies, investing roughly CAD 0.5–2 million per opportunity and occasionally larger amounts, with provisions for equity-related securities and board participation. Beyond capital, it offers strategic guidance, expertise, and a network to help portfolio companies expand domestically and internationally, including potential growth into India. The firm emphasizes proprietary technology and competitive differentiation as criteria, and focuses on Canadian firms, often around the Greater Toronto Area, seeking to accelerate growth, scale operations, and commercialize innovative solutions.
Made 1 investment in Ontario

Real Ventures

Real Ventures is a Canadian early-stage venture capital firm based in Montreal that backs technology startups from inception through growth. The firm emphasizes a people-first approach, providing stage-specific guidance, mentorship, and access to networks and resources to help founders accelerate product development, go-to-market plans, and fundraising. It focuses on Canadian technology companies and seeks to support disruptive innovations across sectors such as drug discovery, energy, transportation, and quantum computing, fostering entrepreneurial communities and helping portfolio companies scale.
Made 50 investments in Ontario

Garage Capital

Garage Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Waterloo, Canada. The firm concentrates on Canadian startups, with a focus on information technology and on companies that have gone through accelerator programs such as Y Combinator. Its approach combines hands-on strategic guidance with operator-level experience, leveraging a team with prior roles at Vidyard, Buffer and Netsuite to help portfolio companies grow and scale. Garage Capital backs ventures across software, artificial intelligence, fintech, healthcare and cleantech, seeking to support founders from early traction toward scale.
Made 10 investments in Ontario

Whitecap Venture Partners

Whitecap Venture Partners is a Toronto-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies in Canada and the Northeastern United States. Founded in 1989, it concentrates on information and communications technology, medical technology, software as a service, fintech, healthcare, and related sectors, and typically provides seed to early and growth-stage financing, with initial investments often in the CAD 2–5 million range and follow-on capital available up to larger rounds. The firm emphasizes hands-on support, offering domain expertise, strategic guidance, and resources to help founders scale, grow revenue, and bring innovative ideas to market. Whitecap operates as the investment arm of Whitecastle Investments, reflecting a long-standing focus on building trusted partnerships with entrepreneurs.
Made 16 investments in Ontario

Ripple Ventures

Ripple Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups in North America, focusing on pre-seed to seed investments in enterprise software, B2B SaaS, creator tools, and developer tools, with interests in AI and deep tech. It partners with founders building global-ready solutions and often takes a lead or co-lead role, providing cheque sizes typically in the range of a few hundred thousand to around one million USD. The firm emphasizes a hands-on approach, offering introductions to customers, talent, and downstream investors, and supporting founders through early challenges such as hiring, go-to-market strategies, fundraising, and strategic exits. Its portfolio spans AI, deep tech, AI infrastructure, and related technologies across the US and Canada.
Made 12 investments in Ontario

Freycinet Ventures

Freycinet Ventures is a Canadian venture capital firm based in Toronto that focuses on supporting high‑impact ventures in the Toronto–Waterloo tech corridor. It provides portfolio companies with financial investment, mentorship, and access to industry networks, along with resources such as incubator space and meeting facilities. The firm seeks established Canadian companies with proven business models, paying customers, and strong teams, prioritizing opportunities that improve efficiency, reduce waste, and deliver social or environmental benefits. By pairing capital with strategic guidance and connections, Freycinet Ventures aims to foster growth and innovation across the Canadian startup ecosystem in sectors including technology, food, water, and health‑tech.
Made 8 investments in Ontario

Round13 Capital

Round13 Capital is a Toronto-based venture capital firm focused on identifying and supporting high-growth Canadian technology companies. It invests across sectors such as vertical software, e-commerce, tech-enabled services, disruptive retail, and artificial intelligence, typically engaging in early to growth-stage opportunities and providing strategic guidance to help portfolio companies scale. The firm emphasizes the importance of strong teams and company values, drawing on a team of experienced investors and operators to support growth and execution. Round13 aims to build lasting value for its portfolio and its investors by taking a long-term, hands-on approach to development and expansion within Canada.
Made 9 investments in Ontario

Globalive

Globalive is a startup studio and global investment firm founded by Anthony Lacavera. It combines capital with hands-on product, operating, and strategic support for a focused set of ventures across technology and infrastructure. The firm emphasizes a partner-centric, hands-on approach rather than passive funding, providing strategic guidance, product development input, and ecosystem connections to help founders scale. Globalive has backed more than 150 companies, with multiple exits, and collaborates with a broad network of venture funds. Headquartered in Toronto with a global footprint, it engages across North America and beyond. Its portfolio includes telecommunications, media, fintech, healthtech, biotech, drone technology, HR tech, realtech, and related sectors where deep domain expertise and long-term commitment create value.
Made 16 investments in Ontario

Teachers’ Venture Growth

Teachers’ Venture Growth is the venture fund associated with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, focusing on late-stage venture and growth equity investments. The fund targets innovative technology companies driven by entrepreneurs who aim to create a positive impact on society and the environment. As part of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, which was established in 1917 and is based in Toronto, Teachers’ Venture Growth seeks to align its investment strategy with its mission of fostering sustainable development while generating financial returns for its stakeholders.
Made 1 investment in Ontario

White Star Capital

White Star Capital is a global multi-stage technology investment firm and venture capital platform that backs ambitious technology startups across North America, Europe and Asia. It provides capital and hands-on support to founders to help them scale internationally from early stages. With offices in New York, London, Montreal, Toronto, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong, the firm partners with entrepreneurs to build globally scalable businesses across sectors, including fintech, food tech, digital manufacturing and e-commerce. White Star Capital emphasizes leveraging technology to create practical, inclusive solutions and works closely with portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle to accelerate growth, international expansion and value creation.
Made 9 investments in Ontario

Precursor Ventures

Precursor Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in pre-seed and seed rounds across North America. It focuses on B2B and B2C software, AI and hardware, with activity in consumer, enterprise, fintech, education, digital health, marketplaces and related sectors. The firm prefers to invest in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Toronto, though it considers other geographies and has a broader U.S., Canadian, and Mexican footprint. Typical checks range from about $0.1 million to $0.25 million. Since its founding in 2015, Precursor Ventures has backed hundreds of teams and emphasizes investing in people over products, aiming to form long-term partnerships with founders. The firm highlights founder-first support and a team with deep operating and domain expertise to help portfolio companies scale.
Made 2 investments in Ontario

Innovation Grade Ventures

Innovation Grade Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Toronto that specializes in early-stage seed investments in SaaS-based B2B companies and select sectors including healthcare, education, environment, and media. Backed by experienced former founders and operators, it provides portfolio companies with strategic guidance and access to networks across sales, marketing, operations, and financing to support growth and navigate challenges. The firm aims to back founders pursuing innovative solutions that address real market needs and drive disruptive change.
Made 2 investments in Ontario

Difference Capital Financial

Difference Capital Financial Inc. is a Toronto-based publicly listed specialty finance company focused on creating shareholder value through strategic investments in growth companies and advisory services, with emphasis on technology and media sectors, as well as opportunistic investments in undervalued financial assets and real property.
Made 5 investments in Ontario

Espresso Capital

Espresso Capital is a Toronto-based provider of venture debt and growth financing founded in 2009. It supports high-growth technology and other sectors by offering flexible, non-dilutive funding such as lines of credit, term loans, unitranche structures, and operating and growth lines, frequently alongside senior lenders and equity sponsors. The company emphasizes founder control, delivering fast, founder-friendly capital without board seats or personal guarantees. Espresso Capital has facilitated over $200 million in funding commitments for hundreds of companies, tailoring structure to meet growth, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and working capital needs with a client-centric, asset-light approach.
Made 15 investments in Ontario

Right Side Capital Management

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that targets early-stage, capital-efficient technology startups in the United States and Canada. The firm employs a data-driven, quantitative approach to investment decisions and aims for rapid yes-or-no conclusions, often within two weeks. Typical rounds encompass small checks in the low hundreds of thousands, with the potential for larger commitments in exceptional cases, and a portfolio-wide strategy that emphasizes diversification. Beyond capital, it provides hands-on mentorship in areas such as sales, marketing, and fundraising, leveraging a network of investors and seasoned operators to support portfolio companies after investment. The firm focuses on teams still refining product-market fit, including those outside traditional tech hubs, and seeks to help founders scale efficiently through structured operational support and transparent decision processes.
Made 17 investments in Ontario

Gibraltar & Company

Gibraltar & Company is a Toronto-based private equity firm targeting early-stage investments in consumer-oriented companies and technology. It emphasizes a collaborative, team-oriented approach and seeks to support fast-growing, disruptive entrepreneurs through investment and strategic backing as they scale their businesses.
Made 7 investments in Ontario

McRock Capital

McRock Capital is a Toronto-based venture capital and growth equity firm founded in 2012 by Scott McDonald and Whitney Rockley. It specializes in industrial technology and digital industrial sectors, backing companies that develop IIoT software, sensors and integrated hardware-software solutions for grid automation, digital oilfield, advanced manufacturing and smart city applications. The firm seeks opportunities across the United States, Canada, Europe and Israel, supporting early-stage and growth-stage companies at the intersection of software, hardware and intelligent industrial systems that boost operational efficiency and decision-making. McRock emphasizes responsible investing and provides insights on the evolving digital industrial landscape as part of its broader investment approach.
Made 9 investments in Ontario

Bryker Capital

Bryker Capital is a Toronto-based venture capital firm that backs seed and early-stage fintech and software startups in the Greater Toronto Area. It provides capital, strategic guidance, and operational support to help fintech and software ventures secure initial financing and accelerate growth within the local tech ecosystem.

The Firehood

The Firehood is an organization and angel network founded in 2021 in Toronto, Canada, focused on empowering women in technology by fostering participation, leadership, and capital access. It serves women technologists, founders, angels, and investors through networking events, peer-to-peer groups, training, and resources to help women thrive in STEM and scale their ventures.

CMCC Global

CMCC Global is a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm that specializes in blockchain and digital asset investments. Founded in 2016, it operates from Asia with a North American presence, including an office in Toronto. As an early institutional investor in digital assets, the firm maintains a diversified platform of nine funds and has returned over USD 250 million to limited partners. It focuses on long-term, early-stage blockchain projects, pursuing patient capital, rigorous due diligence, and value creation beyond funding. CMCC Global adheres to high operational and risk standards and is regulated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to conduct asset management services. Its investment thesis centers on blockchain technology reshaping financial services, and it serves accredited investors.

BlackTech Capital

BlackTech Capital is a Toronto-based venture capital firm established in 2021 that invests in companies operating in carbon capture, sustainability, circular economy, health tech, climate tech, and cleantech sectors.

CoPower

CoPower is a Canadian online platform that simplifies clean energy investing by connecting investors with energy efficiency and renewable energy projects that offer solid returns and measurable environmental impact. Founded in 2013 and based in Toronto, the company has facilitated over $2.5 million in clean energy loans since 2014. It is a certified B Corporation. The firm was acquired by the Vancity Community Investment Bank, reflecting its focus on funding and financing clean energy initiatives.

Leva Capital

Leva Capital is a Canadian venture capital firm based in Toronto that invests in early-stage healthcare companies, from MedTech to digital health, with a focus on pre-seed and seed rounds and Series A follow-ons. The firm pursues a hands-on, founder-focused approach, providing regulatory guidance, intellectual property advice, and support for commercialization, and operates an accelerator program. ESG principles guide its investment process, and it maintains a strong network within the Canadian healthcare sector. Its portfolio includes companies developing personalized skincare, surgical technology, pelvic floor disorder solutions, hormone testing, emergency care platforms, pharmacy software, post-surgery monitoring, therapeutic music, virtual pain clinics, and XR platforms for surgery.

Northside Ventures

Northside Ventures is a Canadian venture capital firm based in Toronto, established in 2023, that pursues pre-seed and seed investments across the United States and Canada. It backs ambitious founders in artificial intelligence, B2B SaaS, fintech, and cleantech, with interests in software, AI infrastructure, and frontier technologies. Typical initial investments range from 100,000 to 500,000 dollars. The firm adopts a founder-centric, generalist approach and operates as an extension of a founder's network, helping with early customers and access to global capital, while providing ongoing support through a collaborative, community-driven model.

Wesley Clover

Wesley Clover is a private global investment management and holding company founded by Sir Terry Matthews. It backs early-stage technology companies, including cloud, SaaS, and AI firms, and also owns and operates real estate assets such as commercial spaces, hotels, and leisure properties. The group has backed more than 140 founders with over $1 billion in direct investments, delivering numerous exits and substantial returns. Wesley Clover provides strategic guidance, enterprise partnerships, and access to a global ecosystem through its Alacrity accelerator programs, and supports local communities via the Wesley Clover Foundation and related initiatives.
Made 15 investments in Ontario

GroundBreak Ventures

GroundBreak Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm focused on real estate, construction technology and property technology. It backs early-stage PropTech startups—from ideation to Series A—providing capital and domain expertise to support growth. The firm aims to invest five to ten companies annually, with a North American emphasis, and leverages experience in real estate and construction to help founders scale. GroundBreak seeks to advance housing affordability, energy efficiency, and improved community experiences by connecting venture capital with industry players and policy initiatives across the building value chain.
Made 7 investments in Ontario

FundersClub

FundersClub is an online venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, that provides accredited investors access to a curated, early-stage portfolio focused on seed and Series A technology startups. The platform offers direct participation in venture rounds and seeks to support founders through a community-driven model, featuring rigorous startup curation and ongoing portfolio analysis. Notable investments include Coinbase, Instacart, GitLab, Flexport, Le Tote, Teespring and Memebox, reflecting a focus on technology-enabled businesses. FundersClub is backed by leading venture capital firms such as Y Combinator, First Round Capital, Spark Capital, Intel Capital, Draper, Andreessen Horowitz and Felicis Ventures, highlighting its positioning as a bridge between individual investors and early-stage opportunities. Through its online platform, it aims to provide members with access to exclusive opportunities and insights into high-potential startups.
Made 27 investments in Ontario

Hedgewood

Hedgewood is a private investment firm based in Toronto, led by founder and managing director Jesse Rasch. It engages in venture capital, private equity, public markets, real estate, and specialty finance, pursuing value-oriented opportunities with a flexible, nimble, and opportunistic approach and investing with its own capital to support longer investment horizons. The firm pursues opportunities across consumer, enterprise, healthcare, and consumer packaged goods sectors, with activity in Canada, the United States, and international markets. It maintains a selective approach and does not accept unsolicited business plans or NDAs; submissions are requested in PDF deck form. Hedgewood avoids investments in cannabis, blockchain, and cryptocurrency. The leadership team includes senior executives such as Greg Leung and Vinay Vishwanath, reflecting a structured, professional investment operation.
Made 36 investments in Ontario

Maple Leaf Angels

Maple Leaf Angels is a Toronto-based not-for-profit angel investor network of experienced entrepreneurs, executives, and investors that provides seed and early-stage funding to technology startups. The group offers capital, strategic guidance, mentorship, and access to a broad network of resources across Canada, helping portfolio companies accelerate growth and achieve market leadership. It focuses on four main investment areas: information technology, clean technology, advanced manufacturing and materials, and special opportunities, and has backed a diverse set of companies, including fintech and medical technologies, with more than 100 investments to date. The organization operates on a member-led process where companies can apply for an initial 30-minute Office Hours meeting to pitch for funding and potentially advance to deeper due diligence with interested investors. Maple Leaf Angels emphasizes not only capital but also hands-on support and collaboration to help startups navigate early challenges and scale successfully.
Made 11 investments in Ontario

Radical Ventures

Radical Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Toronto, with offices in London and Palo Alto. It backs entrepreneurs who apply deep technology to transform large industries, with a primary focus on artificial intelligence. The firm pursues global ambitions and aims to build enduring companies across information technology, healthcare, financial services, fintech, real estate technology, health tech, infrastructure, and mobile sectors, primarily in North America. It engages with the AI community and supports thought leadership through events and insights, reflecting a commitment to advancing AI-driven innovation.
Made 17 investments in Ontario