Genesys Capital

Genesys Capital, established in 2000, is a Toronto-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies within the life sciences, biotechnology, and healthcare sectors. The firm focuses on North America, with a particular emphasis on Canada and the United States. Genesys Capital provides seed, startup, and early-stage funding, as well as later-stage investments for market-ready companies. Its investment focus includes biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, and healthcare services. Through its expertise and network, Genesys Capital aims to accelerate the development of promising biotechnology companies.

Sarah Farr

Senior Associate

Kelly Holman

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Damian Lamb

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Lisa Low

Senior Vice President, Finance

Paras Sharma

Senior Associate

Past deals in Canada

Flosonics Medical

Series C in 2024
Flosonics Medical is a Canadian medical device company founded in 2017, specializing in the development of non-invasive sensors aimed at enhancing the management of critically ill patients. Its flagship product, the FloPatch, is a wearable ultrasound sensor designed to monitor blood flow in patients post-clinical intervention, thereby addressing critical clinical needs. The FloPatch is particularly beneficial for healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, and paramedics, operating in various high-pressure environments such as ambulances, emergency departments, operating rooms, and intensive care units. The device is notable for its portability, wireless connectivity with tablets and other medical equipment, and user-friendly functionality, all of which contribute to improved patient care in urgent medical situations. Flosonics Medical, previously known as Ke2 Technologies, rebranded in September 2017.

Inversago Pharma

Series C in 2022
Inversago Pharma Inc. is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company based in Montreal, Canada, specializing in the development of peripherally-restricted CB1 receptor inverse agonists aimed at treating various metabolic and fibrotic disorders. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on creating innovative therapies for conditions such as Prader-Willi syndrome, diabetes, and complications related to obesity. Its pipeline includes treatments for diabetic kidney disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, and progressive fibrosis, including interstitial lung disease. Inversago Pharma aims to improve patient outcomes by offering new therapeutic options that target the underlying mechanisms of these diseases.

Flosonics Medical

Venture Round in 2021
Flosonics Medical is a Canadian medical device company founded in 2017, specializing in the development of non-invasive sensors aimed at enhancing the management of critically ill patients. Its flagship product, the FloPatch, is a wearable ultrasound sensor designed to monitor blood flow in patients post-clinical intervention, thereby addressing critical clinical needs. The FloPatch is particularly beneficial for healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, and paramedics, operating in various high-pressure environments such as ambulances, emergency departments, operating rooms, and intensive care units. The device is notable for its portability, wireless connectivity with tablets and other medical equipment, and user-friendly functionality, all of which contribute to improved patient care in urgent medical situations. Flosonics Medical, previously known as Ke2 Technologies, rebranded in September 2017.

Inversago Pharma

Series B in 2020
Inversago Pharma Inc. is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company based in Montreal, Canada, specializing in the development of peripherally-restricted CB1 receptor inverse agonists aimed at treating various metabolic and fibrotic disorders. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on creating innovative therapies for conditions such as Prader-Willi syndrome, diabetes, and complications related to obesity. Its pipeline includes treatments for diabetic kidney disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, and progressive fibrosis, including interstitial lung disease. Inversago Pharma aims to improve patient outcomes by offering new therapeutic options that target the underlying mechanisms of these diseases.

EBT Medical

Series A in 2019
EBT Medical, Inc. is a clinical-stage company based in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 2014, the company specializes in developing innovative, non-invasive neuromodulation therapies aimed at treating pelvic health disorders, particularly focusing on patients with overactive bladder. EBT Medical's technology is centered on the Saphenous nerve and is designed to provide discreet treatment options that enable patients to restore pelvic health function without the side effects typically associated with conventional therapies. The company emerged from scientific discoveries made at the University of Toronto and has benefited from a startup incubation program that has fostered numerous successful ventures in the past decade.

Fusion Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2019
Fusion Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in developing radiopharmaceuticals as precision medicines. It focuses on creating targeted alpha therapeutics using its proprietary linker technology to enhance the safety and efficacy of these drugs, ultimately improving cancer patient outcomes.

Inversago Pharma

Series A in 2018
Inversago Pharma Inc. is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company based in Montreal, Canada, specializing in the development of peripherally-restricted CB1 receptor inverse agonists aimed at treating various metabolic and fibrotic disorders. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on creating innovative therapies for conditions such as Prader-Willi syndrome, diabetes, and complications related to obesity. Its pipeline includes treatments for diabetic kidney disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, and progressive fibrosis, including interstitial lung disease. Inversago Pharma aims to improve patient outcomes by offering new therapeutic options that target the underlying mechanisms of these diseases.

Flosonics Medical

Seed Round in 2018
Flosonics Medical is a Canadian medical device company founded in 2017, specializing in the development of non-invasive sensors aimed at enhancing the management of critically ill patients. Its flagship product, the FloPatch, is a wearable ultrasound sensor designed to monitor blood flow in patients post-clinical intervention, thereby addressing critical clinical needs. The FloPatch is particularly beneficial for healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, and paramedics, operating in various high-pressure environments such as ambulances, emergency departments, operating rooms, and intensive care units. The device is notable for its portability, wireless connectivity with tablets and other medical equipment, and user-friendly functionality, all of which contribute to improved patient care in urgent medical situations. Flosonics Medical, previously known as Ke2 Technologies, rebranded in September 2017.

Adapsyn Bioscience

Venture Round in 2018
Adapsyn Bioscience, founded in 2016 and based in Hamilton, Canada, is a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel medicines derived from organic biomolecules. The company's primary product is the Adapsyn platform, which utilizes proprietary algorithms and artificial intelligence to analyze genomic and metabolomic data from microbes. This platform includes several key components: PRISM for identifying natural product biosynthetic gene clusters in microbial genomes; GARLIC for defining gene clusters that encode natural product drug variants and novel candidates; GRAPE for revealing evolved drug fragments from known products; and CLAMS for matching gene clusters to mass spectrometry peaks/compounds from complex mixtures. Adapsyn Bioscience leverages these advanced bioinformatic tools and state-of-the-art laboratory facilities to support researchers in identifying a diverse range of drugs, ultimately accelerating the discovery of medicines to combat various diseases.

Fusion Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2017
Fusion Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in developing radiopharmaceuticals as precision medicines. It focuses on creating targeted alpha therapeutics using its proprietary linker technology to enhance the safety and efficacy of these drugs, ultimately improving cancer patient outcomes.

Therapeutic Monitoring Systems

Venture Round in 2017
Therapeutic Monitoring Systems develops bedside point-of-care clinical decision support software for the hospital ICU and emergency department. Its CIMVA software platform analyzes patient vital signs by integrating with critical care monitors to provide insights not available with standard monitoring. CIMVA Universal is a web-based application that displays changes in physiological waveform variability across multiple-organ systems or parameters in a single view. The software enables real-time time-series analysis to assist physicians and nurses in making care decisions. The company emphasizes big data analytics to complement clinician judgment and is deployed in hospitals across North America. Founded in 2007, the company is based in Ottawa, Canada.

Fusion Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2017
Fusion Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in developing radiopharmaceuticals as precision medicines. It focuses on creating targeted alpha therapeutics using its proprietary linker technology to enhance the safety and efficacy of these drugs, ultimately improving cancer patient outcomes.

Profound Medical

Venture Round in 2015
Profound Medical Corp. is a medical technology company based in Mississauga, Canada, specializing in the development of innovative, incision-free therapeutic systems for the image-guided ablation of diseased tissue. The company’s flagship product, the TULSA-PRO system, integrates real-time magnetic resonance imaging with robotically driven thermal ultrasound to precisely ablate prostate tissue. Additionally, Profound Medical offers the Sonalleve platform, which is designed for treating uterine fibroids and managing palliative pain associated with bone metastases. By leveraging existing MRI infrastructure, the company aims to provide customizable and non-invasive treatment options that address the unmet needs of patients and clinicians. Profound Medical is committed to enhancing the standard of care through its advanced technologies and has established a co-development agreement with GE Healthcare to broaden access to its TULSA-PRO system.

Functional Neuromodulation

Series A in 2011
Functional Neuromodulation, Ltd. is a medical technology company focused on developing neuromodulation therapies for cognitive and memory disorders, particularly Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with an additional office in Toronto, Canada. Its primary offering is deep brain stimulation (DBS) technology, which utilizes a surgically implanted medical device to deliver mild electrical pulses to specific areas of the brain. This approach aims to enhance neural activity and modulate the brain's memory circuits, helping patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and other cognitive disorders to maintain a healthier quality of life.

gIcare Pharma

Series A in 2011
gIcare Pharma Inc. is a biopharmaceutical start-up based in Montreal, Canada, established in 2011. The company focuses on developing innovative gastrointestinal drugs aimed at addressing unmet medical needs in the field of gastroenterology. Led by a management team with extensive experience in this specialty, gIcare Pharma prioritizes the creation of medicines that offer significant clinical benefits to both patients and physicians, while also delivering economic advantages to third-party payers. The company’s flagship drug candidate, GIC-1001, exemplifies its commitment to innovation by integrating these multifaceted benefits into its therapeutic approach.

NeurAxon

Series B in 2007
NeurAxon, Inc. is a Canadian company focused on discovering and developing therapeutics for pain management by targeting neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Toronto, NeurAxon is advancing a pipeline of oral products aimed at treating various pain conditions, including acute migraine, neuropathic pain, chronic daily headache, inflammatory pain, migraine prophylaxis, and severe pain. By utilizing selective inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase, the company seeks to provide effective solutions for individuals suffering from these conditions.

StemPath

Venture Round in 2006
StemPath develops therapeutic solutions for modulating body's natural regenerative capacity and endogenously replacing damaged tissues with new tissues by intervention with small molecule and biological drugs. It focuses on cardiac and skeletal muscle myopathies. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.

NeurAxon

Series A in 2004
NeurAxon, Inc. is a Canadian company focused on discovering and developing therapeutics for pain management by targeting neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Toronto, NeurAxon is advancing a pipeline of oral products aimed at treating various pain conditions, including acute migraine, neuropathic pain, chronic daily headache, inflammatory pain, migraine prophylaxis, and severe pain. By utilizing selective inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase, the company seeks to provide effective solutions for individuals suffering from these conditions.
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