Skypoint Capital Corporation, established in 1998, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Nepean, Canada. It specializes in early-stage and growth investments, focusing on telecommunications and information technology sectors. Skypoint targets innovative startups and "disruptive" technologies, aiming to build global, profitable companies. The firm invests between $5 million and $10 million, typically in Eastern Canada, but may consider opportunities elsewhere with compelling technology and strategic partnerships. Skypoint's investment process involves thorough due diligence, assessing technical, business, financial, and management capabilities. The firm also provides mentoring and acceleration support to its portfolio companies.
Raven Indigenous Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in Vancouver, Canada, with additional offices in Ottawa and New York. Founded in 2017, the firm focuses on early-stage investments in Indigenous social enterprises across North America. Raven Indigenous Capital Partners aims to revitalize the Indigenous economy by facilitating impact investing in thematic areas such as information technology, environmental services, alternative energy, green technology, ecological tourism, and natural products. The firm primarily invests between $0.25 million and $3.5 million in companies that demonstrate commercial viability, scalability, and measurable benefits to Indigenous communities. In addition to funding, Raven also offers advisory services, operating under traditional Indigenous protocols and principles to ensure their investments align with the well-being of people and the planet.
Founded in 2013, Impression Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in the Fintech sector. It focuses on technology and software companies across various sectors such as consumer, SMB, enterprise, e-commerce, financial applications, SaaS, and online financial services. The firm typically invests in Ontario, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec-based companies, with a focus on series A and B rounds.
Founded in 1953, BDC Capital is a Canadian investment firm specializing in growth and expansion financing. It focuses on information technology, technology, energy, cleantech, and healthcare sectors across Canada.
Established in 2009, Capital Angel Network is a group of angel investors based in Ottawa, Canada. They actively support local entrepreneurship by connecting qualified investors with promising startup opportunities within the National Capital Region.
ArcTern Ventures is a Toronto-based Canadian venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in cleantech and sustainability-focused companies. Established in 2012, it targets technologies across clean energy, energy efficiency, storage, circular economy, advanced manufacturing and materials, mobility, agtech and sustainable food and agriculture. The firm funds early-stage ventures with geographic reach in North America and Europe and pursues ESG and impact outcomes aligned with climate, energy and industrial decarbonization goals. Its portfolio spans energy equipment, software and hardware, energy technology and related IT innovations developed to reduce environmental impact.
Founded in New York, MUUS Climate Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments at the intersection of decarbonization and technological innovation, with a focus on the climate tech sector.
LG Technology Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of LG Group, established in 2018 and based in Santa Clara, California. It makes early-stage investments across information technology, automotive, manufacturing, life sciences, energy, and advanced materials, with emphasis on autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and drones, as well as mobility, next-generation display, mobile, and 5G. The firm creates value by connecting portfolio companies with LG’s ecosystem and facilitating strategic partnerships across LG’s businesses to accelerate technology development and integration.
SOSV is a global venture capital firm that supports early-stage startups through active, founder-first development programs. Its flagship initiatives HAX and IndieBio provide facilities, engineering resources, services, and laboratory equipment to accelerate product development and prepare companies for subsequent funding rounds. SOSV focuses on deep technology across health, environmental, and cross-border software sectors, aiming to solve human and planetary health challenges. In addition to providing capital, the firm emphasizes intensive programmatic support to help portfolio companies move quickly from seed toward growth, including customer acquisition and scale. The firm operates globally with a bias toward startups targeting rapid international expansion, especially in Asia, and tends to back a small cohort of high-potential companies to accelerate their progress and attract leading investors.
Service Provider Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2014 and based in Colorado. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, notably seed-stage opportunities, and participates as a co-investor in Series A rounds led by institutional venture funds. Its portfolio interests span a broad range of technology sectors, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, cybersecurity, e-commerce, education technology, fintech, hardware, information technology, robotics, health, and cannabis.
Signal Lake Management is a private equity and venture capital firm headquartered in Westport, Connecticut, with an additional office in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm specializes in making investments across various stages, including incubation, seed, early, mid, and late venture funding. Signal Lake typically invests between $100,000 and $100 million in its portfolio companies, focusing primarily on sectors such as broadband telecom, network infrastructure, green energy, information technology, software, cloud computing, and semiconductors. While it emphasizes opportunities in the Northeast region of the United States, Signal Lake also pursues investments on a global scale.
Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2006, it focuses on seed-to-series C investments in early-stage technology companies that reinvent core markets and pursue frontier technologies. The firm backs founders across sectors such as artificial intelligence, health, security, and consumer internet, providing capital together with active mentoring and strategic advisory to help portfolio companies scale globally. Its approach combines hands-on support with resources aimed at accelerating growth, while maintaining a diverse international portfolio anchored in the Bay Area. Led by founder and president Aydin Senkut, Felicis seeks opportunities where innovative ideas can become enduring, widely adopted products and companies.
Panache Ventures is a Canadian early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in technology startups. Founded in 2018, it maintains an office network across Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, and San Francisco. The firm backs companies in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, blockchain, virtual reality, enterprise software and data analytics, fintech, digital health, B2B software, consumer tech, property technology, and supply chain, among other technology-driven sectors. Panache seeks to support ambitious startups with potential for scale, emphasizing opportunities in Canada while enabling cross-border activity into the United States.
Horizons Ventures, established in 2002, is a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm specializing in seed, early-stage, and late-stage investments. It focuses on disruptive and technology-driven startups, particularly in the areas of artificial intelligence and machine learning, fintech, healthcare technology, and SaaS. The firm has a track record of successful exits, including notable companies like Skype, Siri, Facebook, Summly, and Waze.
OMERS Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in early to growth-stage technology companies, with a focus on North America. It typically invests between CAD$0.5 million and CAD$30 million per round, preferring common stock or simple preferred shares. The firm aims to lead investments and maintain Board seats in portfolio companies.
L-SPARK Corporation is an accelerator and incubator based in Ontario, Canada, focused on investing in B2B startups, particularly in the cloud computing software and SaaS sectors. Established in 2014, L-SPARK selects up to eight startups every six months for its incubator program, providing funding, mentoring, and various support services valued at approximately $40,000 at no cost. Startups can receive initial investments and additional funding upon graduation, with a focus on helping them secure further investments. The firm also operates an accelerator program for post-incubator companies, where selected startups receive equity funding and further financial support based on performance. L-SPARK aims to foster significant revenue growth and facilitate access to venture capital and investment opportunities. Additionally, it collaborates with corporate partners to drive innovation in areas such as autonomous vehicles and secure IoT solutions. With a successful track record, over 50% of the companies accelerated by L-SPARK have raised follow-on funding, totaling more than $45 million.
GarageCapital is a venture capital investment firm established in 2013 and headquartered in Waterloo, Canada, with an additional office in Kitchener. The firm focuses on investing in the software as a service and technology sectors, targeting innovative companies that demonstrate strong growth potential. By leveraging its expertise and regional presence, GarageCapital aims to support the development of promising startups in these dynamic industries.
Inovia Capital is a venture capital firm based in Montreal with offices in Toronto, Calgary, San Francisco, and London. It backs technology founders to build influential and enduring software companies, applying an operator mindset to provide mentorship, strategic guidance, and access to a global network. The firm focuses on software-as-a-service opportunities in both business-to-business and business-to-consumer sectors, spanning commerce, digital health, enterprise platforms, future of work, security, travel, and hospitality, as well as applied services and infrastructure platforms that transform legacy industries such as financial services, healthcare, and transportation. By combining capital, coaching, and talent access, Inovia aims to support founders from early to growth stages across North America and Europe and help them scale internationally.
Versant Ventures is a healthcare-focused venture capital firm founded in 1999 and based in San Francisco, with offices in Canada, the United States, and Europe. The firm invests across the healthcare sector at all stages of company development, with emphasis on discovery and development of novel therapeutics. It leverages deep investment, operating, and scientific expertise to take a hands-on approach to building companies. Since its inception, more than 65 portfolio companies have achieved successful acquisitions or IPOs, reflecting its track record of helping startups advance therapies, devices, and life sciences ventures. The firm focuses on medical devices, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences, including oncology. It aims to support early-stage and growth-stage companies across the United States, Canada, and Europe, enabling development across the healthcare continuum.
Founded in 2013, Keiretsu Capital is a Seattle-based private equity firm that invests in high-quality emerging companies. It focuses on life science, healthcare, technology, and real estate sectors, aiming to provide significant capital appreciation through strategic investments.
Established in 2014, FACIT is a Toronto-based venture capital firm specializing in healthcare, oncology, life science, and health tech investments. It partners with entrepreneurs to build companies that drive innovation, leveraging its industry experience and strategic partnership with the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
Anges Québec is a network of more than 230 angel investors focused on accelerating innovation in Québec by providing capital and time to early-stage companies across sectors. The collective has invested more than 80 million in the Québec economy, making more than 210 investments in over 115 innovative companies. Through its professional development center, Anges Québec supports its members with ongoing knowledge and skills development in investment practice.
UCeed, established in 2020 and headquartered in Calgary, Canada, is a venture capital firm managed by Innovate Calgary. It focuses on investing in early-stage, pre-seed and seed-stage companies, primarily in the technology, healthcare, and software sectors. UCeed's mission is to support promising startups, bridging the gap between innovation and commercialization by providing critical early-stage funding.
ScaleUP Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies, with an emphasis on business-to-business opportunities. Founded in 2016, the firm supports entrepreneurs with capital and guidance to help Canadian startups scale and reach market traction.
Takeda Ventures is a strategic investment arm of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, focusing on direct and fund-of-fund investments in healthcare and life sciences sectors. It specializes in seed to mid-stage investments, with a primary focus on therapeutics, regenerative medicines, RNA/DNA modulation, and innovative protein/peptide biologics. The firm invests globally but has a strong presence in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Established in Toronto, Canada, in 2008, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments. It primarily supports companies operating in enterprise software, information technology, cleantech, deep tech, and health tech sectors within Ontario.
Founded in 2014, Builders VC is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments. It specializes in sectors where technology intersects with new business models to modernize industries such as healthcare, agriculture, industrials, and real estate.
Ontario Centres of Excellence, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization based in Toronto, Canada, dedicated to enhancing the Ontario economy through the commercialization of innovative research. Established in 1987, it focuses on accelerating industry research and development by investing in collaborative projects between academia and industry. The organization provides early-stage seed financing to startups, supports the commercialization of academic research through licensing and spin-off companies, and promotes skills development for a skilled workforce. Its investment arm specializes in seed, startup, and early-stage investments primarily in sectors such as energy and environment, advanced manufacturing, advanced health technologies, and information and communications technologies. Ontario Centres of Excellence aims to drive economic growth by fostering innovation and supporting the success of emerging companies in Ontario.
BMW i Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Bayerische Motoren Werke, investing in technology companies that support BMW's current and future mobility, transportation, and services businesses. Based in Mountain View with offices in San Francisco and Germany, the firm pursues global investments, including North America, Europe, and Israel. It focuses on early to growth-stage opportunities in automotive technology, software, SaaS, AI and machine learning, hardware, energy, digital platforms, and related sectors such as supply chain, fintech, e-commerce, and oil and gas. BMW i Ventures seeks to accelerate portfolio companies by combining capital with strategic guidance, helping them scale quickly and deliver real-world impact across manufacturing, transportation, and services within BMW's ecosystem and beyond.
Warner Media is a global media and entertainment company that creates, distributes, and showcases premium content from diverse talent to worldwide audiences through its renowned brands such as HBO, Warner Bros., CNN, DC Entertainment, Cartoon Network, and others.
First Ascent Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm, founded in 2015, with additional offices in Montreal and San Francisco. It concentrates on early-stage technology investments, primarily Series A and B rounds in enterprise B2B software and related domains such as cloud, big data, analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, mobility, IoT, and 5G-enabled solutions. The firm typically commits CAD 5 million to CAD 10 million per company and often takes a board seat to guide growth and strategic execution. While its origins center on Canadian technology companies, it pursues cross-border opportunities in the United States as well, leveraging its experience to help management teams achieve scale and pursue exits.
iGan Partners is a Canadian private equity and venture capital firm that targets early-stage investments in healthcare and technology. The firm focuses on AI-enabled MedTech, digital health, and B2B software, backing dynamic management teams with smart capital and an active management approach. iGan Partners emphasizes strategic value creation through access to a broad network of industry partners and sector-specific co-investors, helping portfolio companies navigate growth challenges and accelerate commercial success. Alongside its sister fund Rowanwood Ventures, it supports emerging technology companies and draws on experience building successful businesses to assist growing companies. The firm positions itself as a partner for early-stage companies seeking to scale in healthcare and technology domains.
Founded in 1989, OrbiMed is a New York-based healthcare-dedicated investment firm managing approximately $5 billion in assets. It invests across the spectrum of healthcare companies, from private start-ups to large multinational corporations, focusing on biopharmaceuticals, life sciences, digital health, medical devices, and diagnostics sectors globally.
Established in 2001, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is a Canadian organization that funds and supports innovative cleantech projects. It focuses on moving groundbreaking technologies to market, creating jobs, driving economic growth, and promoting environmental benefits. SDTC operates independently but collaborates with various stakeholders from private industry, academia, and governments.
Founded in 2020, Nascent is a venture capital firm based in Montreal, Canada. It focuses on investing in early-stage teams led by missionary founders who aim to build category-defining companies and protocols within the cryptocurrency sector.
Delphi Ventures is a California-based venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1988 and based in San Mateo. It focuses on life sciences, biotechnology, and healthcare, investing across seed, early-stage, mid-venture, late-venture, and growth opportunities as well as PIPE investments. The firm backs companies in the United States and Canada, with emphasis on medical devices and equipment as well as biotechnology. Its medical devices coverage includes cardiovascular medicine, orthopedics, gynecology, minimally invasive surgery, urology, neurovascular medicine, and next-generation diagnostics. In biotechnology, Delphi typically backs companies after early human clinical data or preclinical efficacy and toxicity studies. Typical investment sizes range from approximately $0.5 million to $12 million, supporting companies through multiple development stages. Delphi Ventures aims to help portfolio companies advance clinical milestones, accelerate commercialization, and grow within the healthcare and life sciences sectors.
Ethereal Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Joseph Lubin and based in Road Town, British Virgin Islands. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in the cryptocurrency sector, supporting emerging companies as they develop and scale.
Established in 1994, Celtic House is a Canadian investment firm specializing in technology and innovation. With offices in Toronto and Ottawa, the firm manages over $425 million across three funds. Celtic House collaborates with management teams to develop technology companies from inception to exit, having facilitated 25 IPOs and successful acquisitions.
Relentless Venture Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Vancouver, Canada, established in 2008. The fund focuses on investing in preventative and proactive technology solutions that enhance health, activity, and longevity. It targets a diverse range of sectors, including healthcare, digital health, health technology, manufacturing, and wellness. By investing primarily in the United States and Canada, Relentless Venture Fund aims to support innovative companies that optimize health outcomes through advanced technology.
BoxOne Ventures is a Montreal, Canada-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that concentrates on early-stage investments across a broad spectrum of sectors including biotechnology, bioengineering, computational biology, life sciences, deep tech, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, healthcare, engineering, fintech, agtech, agriculture technology, food technology, and e-commerce. The firm invests its own capital and brings hands-on operational experience to support founders from the earliest stages through growth, often acting as the first cheque and providing capital, expertise, and a network to help entrepreneurs navigate their journey while avoiding unnecessary interference.
Founded in 2018, K5 Global is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. It supports founders across the business lifecycle by investing across multiple stages, with a focus on Enterprise SaaS, Vertical SaaS, and FinTech sectors.
Mistral Venture Partners is a seed and early-stage technology-focused venture capital firm based in Ottawa, Canada, with an additional office in San Jose, California. Founded in 2013, the firm backs startups across the United States and Canada, concentrating on enterprise software, artificial intelligence, marketplaces, and other B2B technology sectors. It typically makes pre-seed and seed investments ranging from 0.1 million to 5 million dollars, with a lifetime portfolio cap of about 20 million for each company, and it often pursues syndicate investments and meaningful equity stakes. The firm supports ventures that solve critical business problems and prioritizes founder experience, commitment and integrity, aiming to back teams capable of scaling across North American markets.
Founded in 2010, BOLDstart Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Miami, Florida. It focuses on investing in early-stage technology companies, particularly those working on enterprise infrastructure and SaaS. The firm often partners with technical founders from the inception stage, providing lead investment and support to help them achieve product-market fit.
Hedgewood is an investment management firm based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2000 by entrepreneur Jesse Rasch. The firm operates as a personal investment vehicle, utilizing proprietary capital to pursue a diverse range of investment opportunities across various asset classes, including venture capital, private equity, real estate, and specialty finance. With a focus on value-oriented investments, Hedgewood adopts a long-term investment horizon and actively engages in opportunities both in Canada and internationally.
Founded in 2017, Craft Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on supporting and scaling innovative early-stage and growth companies. They invest across sectors such as consumer, enterprise, financial services, SaaS, e-commerce, blockchain, and cryptocurrency, backing companies with strong founding teams, clear visions, and scalable business models.
Founded in 2001, Chrysalix is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Vancouver. It invests in and supports innovative technologies addressing global industrial demands, with a focus on clean-tech, renewable energy, agriculture, AI, data analytics, and advanced materials.
RockPort Capital Partners is a Boston-based venture capital firm focused on energy, mobility, and sustainability. Founded in 1998, it targets investments across the United States with a global outlook and has offices in Boston and Menlo Park. The firm backs a broad range of industrial and consumer-facing companies whose technologies address significant energy and cleantech markets. It emphasizes a collaborative approach to investing and leverages deep domain expertise in energy, cleantech, and sustainability to help portfolio companies grow. RockPort is recognized as one of the largest and most established energy-focused venture capital firms, supporting companies through multiple stages of growth with hands-on guidance and strategic insight.
Cycle Capital Management is a Montreal-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 that specializes in clean technology, ag-tech, and renewable energy investments across North America and China. It targets companies in development and commercialization stages and backs technology-enabled solutions spanning energy storage, energy efficiency, smart grids, green chemistry, sustainable mobility and smart city applications, as well as IoT for resource management and water technologies. The firm typically makes leading or minority investments in relatively small, growth-oriented companies with revenues up to CAD 1 million, with ticket sizes ranging from CAD 0.1 million to CAD 8 million. Investments are usually held for five to seven years, and Cycle Capital provides advisory support to portfolio companies. The firm operates primarily in Canada—with a focus on Québec—and maintains offices in Montreal, Toronto, and Qingdao to connect North American and Chinese opportunities.
Teralys Capital, established in 2009 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, is a fund of funds management firm specializing in venture capital investments. The company primarily invests in Canadian venture capital and growth-oriented funds, with a focus on information technology, life sciences, and cleantech sectors. Teralys Capital allocates a significant portion of its capital to early-stage companies and also invests in growth, expansion, and technology buyout funds. The firm's investment strategy includes a mix of direct fund investments and secondary market transactions, with a preference for Canadian-based funds, particularly those from Quebec.
Point72 Ventures is a global venture capital firm and the independent investment arm of Point72, the asset management firm led by Steven A. Cohen. It invests primarily in fintech, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and enterprise technologies, while also backing companies in deep tech, healthcare, mortgage tech, and adtech across all growth stages. The firm operates from offices in New York City, Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Stamford, Connecticut, reflecting its cross-border reach and emphasis on data-driven software and scalable technology solutions. Founded in 2016, Point72 Ventures supports innovative startups through strategic capital and domain expertise.