BDC Venture Capital is a major Canadian venture capital investor that supports technology-based startups from seed through expansion. It provides financing, consulting services and securitization to help build strong Canadian businesses, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises and high growth potential. Established in 1975, it has invested in more than 400 companies spanning life sciences, telecommunications, information technology and advanced technologies, aiming to help Canadian companies become dominant players in their markets.

AVAC is a Canada-based venture capital firm established in 1997 and based in Calgary, Alberta, that targets early-stage opportunities in agricultural technology, clean tech, and life sciences. The firm pursues direct investments as well as fund-of-funds strategies, focusing on pre-commercial to seed-stage and growth ventures, with a preference for agrivalue companies, medical devices, agriculture research, and life science products. In information and communications technology it covers areas such as animal health, crop genetics, biomass, big data, precision farming, and smart farming applications, while in life sciences it backs new or enhanced foods, nutraceuticals, therapeutics, devices, and health-related products. AVAC typically invests modest amounts and seeks active board participation, sometimes pursuing royalties in pre-commercial deals, and it has historically operated with emphasis on opportunities in Alberta and the western Canada ecosystem. The firm may also provide grants to public research and not-for-profit entities supporting agrivalue innovation.

Desjardins Group is a cooperative financial group based in Montreal, Canada. It provides a broad range of financial services to individuals and businesses, including consumer banking, mortgages, lending, deposit products, insurance, and wealth management. For business clients, it offers financing, cash management, trade finance, payroll and HR support, and advisory services. The group also operates through affiliated investment and capital markets entities, delivering asset management, venture capital, securities brokerage, and corporate financing services. Desjardins supports regional development and cooperative networks across Quebec and beyond, with a focus on sustainable growth and social responsibility. Its ecosystem includes Desjardins Capital, Desjardins Securities, and Desjardins Asset Management among others, enabling capital formation, investment management, and financial services across multiple sectors, from small- and medium-sized enterprises to large institutions. The company combines cooperative principles with diversified financial offerings to serve individuals, businesses, and communities.

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.

CIBC is a Canadian multinational bank offering a full range of financial services to individuals, small businesses, corporations, and institutions. Its activities span commercial banking, wealth management, asset management, and investment banking, including corporate and investment banking, equity and debt financing, advisory services, and cross-border banking. The organization operates through divisions such as CIBC Bank (providing retail and commercial banking), CIBC Bank USA (Americas-based commercial banking), CIBC World Markets and CIBC Capital Markets (investment banking and capital markets), and asset management units including CIBC Asset Management and CIBC Global Asset Management. CIBC serves clients across North America with offices in Toronto, Chicago and other international locations, and focuses on serving mid-market companies, high net worth individuals, pension plans, and financial institutions. The bank emphasizes long-standing client relationships, community investment, and a broad geographic footprint in Canada and the United States.

Real Ventures is a Montreal-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 that concentrates on early-stage technology startups in Canada. It supports ambitious entrepreneurs by offering stage-specific guidance, mentorship, and access to networks and resources to accelerate growth, helping founders navigate product development, market entry, and fundraising. Through its ecosystem focus, Real Ventures aims to strengthen the Canadian startup environment by backing promising companies with global growth potential.

Inovia Capital is a Montreal-based venture capital firm established in 2007 that backs technology founders with global ambitions. It operates as a full-stack investor, providing capital, mentorship, and access to a worldwide network to support early- and growth-stage software startups. The firm targets software-driven companies across North America and Europe, including business-to-business and business-to-consumer SaaS, as well as sectors such as commerce, digital health, enterprise platforms, the future of work, security, travel, and hospitality, along with applied services and infrastructure. It emphasizes forming long-term partnerships and helping portfolio companies scale internationally.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. It is stage-agnostic and focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups, making seed and Series A investments. Typical checks range from 50,000 to 5,000,000 dollars. The firm supports early-stage companies across sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, ad tech, mobile, and software-as-a-service, seeking opportunities with high growth potential in the United States and internationally. Its portfolio includes a mix of consumer brands and marketplace platforms, reflecting an emphasis on business models that connect buyers and sellers or enable direct consumer experiences. FJ Labs aims to back entrepreneurs building scalable, disruptively positioned products and services, often partnering with founders early in their development to help accelerate growth.

Anges Québec is a Montreal-based network of angel investors that supports early-stage Québec and Canadian companies by providing capital and mentorship. Founded in 2008, it coordinates a community of more than 230 individual investors who join forces to back innovative businesses across sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, renewables, technology, forestry, energy, fintech, software, and related industries. The network helps startups access financing and strategic guidance while fostering knowledge sharing among members through a professional development center. By connecting investors with entrepreneurs in need of funding, Anges Québec aims to accelerate growth and scale for innovative companies and strengthen the Canadian startup ecosystem.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

Golden Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Toronto, Canada, investing across North America. The firm backs founders building the future, taking early bets on talented, driven teams across sectors such as software, fintech, marketplaces, consumer products and services, education, energy, media, ecommerce, gaming, and related technology-enabled businesses. Founded in 2011, Golden Ventures focuses on seed investments in the United States and Canada and pursues opportunities across a broad range of industries, with emphasis on technology-driven platforms and early-stage companies.

Cycle Capital is a Montreal-based venture capital and asset management firm focused on clean technology, agtech and renewable energy. Founded in 2009, it targets development and commercialization-stage companies in North America and China, and supports portfolio growth through its network of strategic partners and advisors. The firm invests across sectors including energy storage and efficiency, green chemistry, clean transportation, smart grids, IoT for resource management, water technologies, big data and smart city solutions, with a preference for minority stakes and hands-on value creation. It maintains offices in Montreal and Toronto, with activity across Canada, the United States and China, and emphasizes helping portfolio companies scale by leveraging its sector expertise, industrial partnerships and advisory resources. Cycle Capital aims to back technology-enabled solutions that address climate change and improve process efficiency throughout a product's life cycle.

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.

Panache Ventures is a Canadian venture capital firm founded in 2018 that specializes in early-stage investments, primarily at pre-seed and seed rounds. Based in Montreal and active across Canada, the firm backs technology‑driven startups in areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, blockchain, virtual reality, enterprise software, data analytics, fintech, digital health, consumer tech, proptech, and supply chain. It maintains offices in Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, and San Francisco, reflecting cross-border activity and a broad geographic footprint. Panache Ventures focuses on supporting software and other technology products with strong growth potential from initial funding toward market traction.

New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is an independent, non-profit venture capital and research funding organization based in Fredericton, Canada. It invests in growth-oriented companies and in research and development with commercialization potential, providing equity capital, professional support, and networking to attract further capital and industrial partnerships. NBIF differentiates itself by making equity investments and attaching rights to intellectual property to help commercialize projects, rather than offering loans or grants alone. Returns are reinvested to fund more projects, with an aim to build New Brunswick's capacity to innovate across five strategic industries. The foundation manages about $40 million and has helped leverage more than $160 million in additional capital.

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund is a Toronto-based early-stage venture capital firm established in 2008. It concentrates investments in Ontario across enterprise software, information technology, cleantech, deep tech, and health tech, and has partnered with more than 150 companies.

Innovacorp is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It supports knowledge-based startups by providing venture capital alongside mentoring and incubation facilities to help commercialize technologies for global markets. Established in 1995, the organization focuses on helping Nova Scotia entrepreneurs access capital, guidance, and resources to bring innovations to market.

Celtic House Venture Partners is an independent Canadian investment firm based in Ottawa and Toronto. Founded in 1994, the firm focuses on technology and innovation, investing in software, digital media, communications, wireless, networking, and information technology sectors in Canada and the United States. It partners with management teams and repeat entrepreneurs to build technology companies from inception through to exit, with a track record that includes multiple IPOs and acquisitions. The firm manages several venture funds and supports growth across early and growth stages, often backing developers and entrepreneurs at the intersection of connectivity, automation, and network management. Celtic House emphasizes hands-on collaboration and sector expertise to identify and nurture promising technology companies.

Yaletown Partners is a venture capital firm based in Vancouver, Canada, investing in seed to growth-stage software, data, and device technologies across Canada. It backs companies applying data and technology to digitally transform traditional industries, enhance operational efficiency, and support sustainability and climate-change resilience. The firm targets opportunities that modernize services, real estate, infrastructure, and other sectors, helping drive growth while improving productivity. With offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montréal, and Toronto, Yaletown leverages a national team with deep technology sector experience and a broad industry network to support portfolio companies.

Gibraltar Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that funds early- to mid-stage technology-driven companies serving consumers and small- to medium-sized businesses in Canada and the United States. It focuses on technology-enabled sectors such as consumer services, information technology, SaaS, e-commerce, and mobile, and provides capital alongside strategic support to accelerate growth, including go-to-market guidance and access to senior decision-makers to open new channels. The firm participates in growth equity and debt financing, including venture debt and expansion capital, with a typical multi-year holding period and emphasis on Series A and B rounds to scale portfolio companies.

Uncork Capital is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 as SoftTech VC. It concentrates on seed- and early-stage investments in software, consumer products and services, marketplaces, hardware, and other technology sectors, with a geographic focus on the United States and Canada. The firm backs startups across areas such as SaaS, fintech, e-commerce, health tech, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and provides strategic support including product development, go-to-market planning and business development to its portfolio companies.

WELL Health Technologies is a Vancouver-based healthcare technology company that owns and operates a portfolio of primary healthcare facilities and provides digital health software and services to clinicians across Canada and the United States. Through its Practitioner Enablement Platform, it offers virtual care, digital patient engagement, electronic medical records, revenue cycle management, and cybersecurity and data protection services, aiming to reduce administrative tasks and allow providers to spend more time with patients. The company focuses on expanding its digital health offerings and services, including telehealth and SaaS solutions, and pursues growth through acquisitions in the health and wellness space, leveraging emerging trends in digital health to support providers and improve care delivery.

Round13 Capital is a Toronto-based venture capital and growth equity firm founded in 2013. It invests in high-potential Canadian companies across sectors including vertical software, e-commerce, tech-enabled services, disruptive retail, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on supporting long-term growth. The firm leverages a team of experienced investors and operators to provide strategic and operational guidance, aiming to help portfolio companies reach their full potential and to create durable value for investors.

Hedgewood is an investment management firm based in Toronto, founded in 2000. It pursues value-oriented investments across multiple asset classes, including venture capital, private equity, real estate, mezzanine, specialty finance, hedge funds, and broader asset management. The firm adopts a globally minded approach, pursuing opportunities in Canada, the United States, and internationally.

Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners is a non-profit venture capital investment firm established in 2018 and located in Toronto, Ontario. The organization focuses on accelerating the commercialization of health science technology companies across Canada. It acts as a bridge between research institutions and market opportunities, leveraging intellectual property and discovery assets to foster innovation. By conducting thorough due diligence and project management, Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners identifies and develops high-potential opportunities, facilitating their transformation into viable companies. This approach aims to enhance the commercialization landscape in Toronto and support the growth of the health technology sector in Canada.

Extreme Venture Partners is a Toronto-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 that concentrates on early-stage technology investments in Canada, with a focus on the Toronto-Waterloo corridor. It backs pre-seed to seed-stage companies operating in sectors such as internet, mobile, cloud computing, big data, machine learning, analytics, and the Internet of Things, including robotics, drones, wearable tech, and connected devices, often targeting pre-revenue or expanding businesses. The firm typically makes equity investments ranging from CAD 0.25 million to CAD 1.5 million.

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that invests in early-stage technology startups. It specializes in pre-seed and seed rounds for capital-efficient companies, with a focus on the United States and Canada and occasional activity in Western Europe, Israel, Australia, and New Zealand. The firm typically makes 75 to 100 investments per year, with round sizes from 50,000 to 500,000 and pre-money valuations ranging from 1,000,000 to 3,500,000. Portfolio companies are typically located outside the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, and the firm aims to provide a clear yes or no on opportunities within about two weeks.

Globalive is a startup studio and global investment firm led by Anthony Lacavera, with partners Brice Scheschuk and Simon Lockie and a team with over a century of startup, operating, and investing experience. It collaborates with founders to build and fund new ventures, providing hands-on support across early-stage opportunities. Globalive focuses on technology and infrastructure sectors, including HR tech, realtech, fintech, healthtech, biotech and drone technology, and pursues investments from seed to Series A worldwide. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the firm has pursued opportunities in the United States, Canada and beyond, with activity spanning telecommunications, media, real estate and financial services.

Radical Ventures is a Toronto-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs applying deep tech to transform large industries, with a primary focus on artificial intelligence. The firm operates from offices in Toronto, London, and Palo Alto and pursues investments across the United States and Canada in sectors such as information technology, healthcare, financial services, fintech, real estate technology, health tech, infrastructure, and AI-enabled platforms.

Calgary, Alberta-based venture capital firm focused on growth capital for Canadian startups, The 51 Ventures pursues a financial feminism approach by mobilizing female wealth and backing women-led ventures to advance social and environmental impact alongside returns. By combining investment activities with a platform that supports women investors and entrepreneurs, the firm aims to expand access to venture capital in Canada and foster female-led innovation across sectors, while maintaining a global outlook.

Ripple Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm that backs early-stage technology companies in North America. The firm concentrates on pre-seed and seed investments in software-enabled businesses, with emphasis on enterprise software, B2B SaaS, creator tools, and developer tools for Web 2.0 and Web3. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Ripple Ventures pursues opportunities across the United States and Canada, supporting entrepreneurs to scale their solutions and address complex industry problems with scalable software.

Whitecap Venture Partners is a Toronto-based venture capital firm that funds early-stage technology companies in Canada and the Northeastern United States. The firm targets information and communication technology, medical technology, and food technology, and commonly provides seed and early-stage financing, with initial investments typically CAD 2-5 million and follow-on commitments up to CAD 15 million. It backs a broad range of sectors, including software, healthcare, fintech, manufacturing, and consumer technology.

N49P is a Toronto-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that invests in pre-seed and early-stage Canadian technology startups.

Lumira Ventures is a North American healthcare and life sciences venture capital firm with offices in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Boston. It collaborates with entrepreneurial management teams to build innovative biotherapeutic, medical device, digital health and consumer health companies addressing significant unmet needs and delivering transformation in communities. Since its early years, Lumira Ventures has invested in more than 100 healthcare companies and currently maintains a portfolio of over 30 active investees in Canada and the United States. The firm focuses on biotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, digital health and related sectors, providing capital and strategic support, access to networks, and guidance through financings and board participation to maximize technology value.

ScaleUP Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that invests in early-stage technology companies. The firm focuses on business-to-business opportunities and aims to support creative entrepreneurs with capital and guidance to accelerate growth in the Canadian market.

Impression Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that focuses on fintech and related technology companies in North America. It backs seed and early-stage startups, often participating in Series A and B rounds and serving as a lead investor where appropriate. The firm targets opportunities in financial technologies and software solutions across sectors such as consumer, SMB, enterprise, e-commerce, and online financial services, and it provides follow-on financing to portfolio companies. While its primary emphasis is fintech, it also supports broader technology initiatives in financial applications, SaaS, and related services. The company aims to invest in Canadian startups in Ontario, including Toronto and Ottawa, as well as broader North American fintech ventures.

GroundBreak Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm focused on real estate, construction technology, and property technology. It backs early-stage startups from ideation through growth, providing both capital and domain expertise to support entrepreneurs and the businesses they build. The firm treats investments as pre-seed to Series A and aims to back 5–10 emerging companies annually from around the world, with an emphasis on North America. Its portfolio spans real estate, construction tech, building management systems, data analytics, AI and machine learning, space sharing and co-working, virtual reality and augmented reality tools, modular construction, and related innovations that reimagine where people live and work.

Good News Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Markham, Canada. It focuses on early-stage technology investments across North America, backing companies in fields such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things, big data, cloud and SaaS, mobile, fintech, healthcare, infrastructure, networking and security, space technology, storage, blockchain, and other software and technology enabled sectors. The firm targets pre-seed to early-stage opportunities and provides strategic guidance and access to a broad advisory network to help founders scale from concept to viable businesses, while aiming to deliver attractive returns to investors.

Relay Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2010. It concentrates on early-stage to growth investments in North America, with a primary focus on mobile technology and software for mobile devices and the connected Internet, including applications and services in mobile commerce, payments, advertising, enterprise software, communications, social networking, location-based services, and related mobile ecosystems. The firm seeks opportunities across the mobile computing spectrum and related software and services, supporting startups from seed to expansion. Relay operates with additional offices in San Francisco and Calgary to support its North American portfolio.

First Ascent Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Montreal and San Francisco. It focuses on early-stage technology companies, primarily in Canada and the United States, that build enterprise B2B software leveraging cloud, AI, machine learning, big data, analytics, IoT, mobile and related technologies. The firm typically targets Series A and B rounds, investing roughly CAD 5 to 10 million per company, and often takes a board seat to guide growth. It seeks entrepreneurs and management teams capable of combining capital with strategic expertise to drive rapid growth and a successful exit. The portfolio emphasis includes software-as-a-service, data analytics, and other cloud-enabled business applications, with a preference for companies that can scale across markets.

Information Venture Partners is a Toronto-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage B2B fintech and enterprise software companies in Canada and the United States. With two decades of experience in the software and financial services sectors, the firm specializes in SaaS, analytics platforms, and fintech, and leverages deep insight from banking and capital markets to identify disruptive opportunities. It was founded in 2001 as RBC Venture Partners and established its independence in 2014. The firm aims to help ambitious entrepreneurs grow their businesses by providing practical support, extensive networks, and hands-on guidance, rather than directing day-to-day operations. It frequently serves as a first institutional investor and also seeks like-minded co-investors; when the opportunity is right, it will back growth-stage ventures. Information Venture Partners focuses on software, SaaS, and fintech across North America and emphasizes partnering with founders to achieve mutual long-term success.

Portage Ventures is a Toronto-based global fintech-focused venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage investments in promising Canadian financial technology companies with potential for global impact. Founded in 2016, the firm backs fintech and financial services startups pursuing innovations such as digital wealth management, insurance technology, and AI-enabled financial services, with a portfolio that spans Canada, the United States, and Europe.

OMERS Ventures is the venture capital arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. Based in Toronto, with offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Menlo Park and London, it invests in technology companies across North America and Europe, spanning seed to growth stages. The firm's focus includes software, fintech, consumer technology, deep tech, infrastructure software, and telecommunications, and it often leads or co-leads investments and seeks board participation to support portfolio companies. Established in 2011, OMERS Ventures operates as an institutional investor in technology ventures, backing founders with ambitious visions and providing long-term strategic support aligned with its pension fund sponsor.

Founded in 2018, Active Impact Investments is a Vancouver-based venture capital firm dedicated to supporting environmental sustainability through profitable investment. It manages three funds with over $140M in assets, focusing on early-stage climate tech companies with significant growth potential and revenues between $200K to $3M.

Mistral Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Ottawa, Canada, focused on early-stage technology investments. Founded in 2013, it backs pre-seed and seed companies operating in enterprise software, artificial intelligence, and marketplaces, with additional interest in B2B software, internet, mobile, cloud, and IoT sectors across the United States and Canada. The firm pursues startups solving meaningful business problems and partners with founders who value integrity and commitment. Typical investments range from 0.1 million to 5 million, and the firm seeks meaningful ownership stake to support early growth and cross-border expansion.

Avrio Capital is a Calgary-based venture capital and private equity firm that supports commercialization to growth-stage companies, with a focus on food technology, advanced agriculture, industrial bioproducts, and nutraceutical ingredients. It targets Canada and North America, investing roughly CAD 1 million to CAD 10 million and reserving significant capital for follow-on rounds as portfolio companies scale. The firm seeks companies with sales of CAD 1 million to CAD 20 million and prefers to take an active role in its investments. Avrio Capital operates from Alberta, with additional offices in Ontario and Quebec, and has a track record of funding companies across the food and agriculture sectors that address health, wellness, and sustainability challenges.

Capital Angel Network is an angel investor network based in the Ottawa-Gatineau region that connects local startups with accredited investors and supports the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem. It organizes regular meetings—nine per year—where two or three presenting companies receive investor attention, and it collaborates with local incubators and accelerators to promote entrepreneurship in the National Capital Region.

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, it funds software and technology companies across seed to growth stages, with emphasis on web and mobile applications, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, fintech, consumer Internet, artificial intelligence, and biotech-adjacent ventures. The firm focuses on technology-enabled businesses and provides strategic support and networks to portfolio companies.

Garage Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Waterloo, Canada, founded in 2013 and focused on investing in Canadian companies.

GreenSky Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm that funds early-stage Canadian technology companies. It focuses on B2B technology ventures with protectable IP and experienced management, backing high-growth startups through affiliated accelerator funds. The firm pursues opportunities in information technology, cleantech, and medtech, providing not only capital but strategic guidance drawn from its technology, finance, and legal expertise. With a local footprint and experienced team, GreenSky Ventures supports entrepreneurs aiming to scale in the Canadian market.