Island Capital Partners is an early-stage investment firm and angel group based in Charlottetown, Canada. It focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in Atlantic Canada, supporting startups in their earliest development stages. The company is an active investor that provides strategic guidance and resources to emerging ventures, with typical initial investments ranging from 50,000 to 500,000.

Desjardins Group is a cooperative financial group headquartered in Montreal, Canada, founded in 1900. It offers a broad range of financial services to individuals and businesses, including personal banking products such as credit and prepaid cards, loans, fixed-rate investments, and insurance, as well as business financing, cash management, trade finance, payroll and HR solutions, and group retirement plans. The group also operates asset management, wealth management, venture capital, and securities businesses, providing institutional and corporate investment management, debt and equity capital markets, and research. Through its cooperative model and regional network, Desjardins supports development and growth across sectors in Quebec and across Canada while focusing on member and community prosperity.

East Valley Ventures is a venture capital firm and angel investor network based in New Brunswick, Canada, that funds and mentors early-stage technology companies in Atlantic Canada, with a focus on information and communications technology. It supports Atlantic Canadian founders in turning early-stage ideas into meaningful and enduring technology businesses.

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.

Build Ventures is a Halifax-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage technology companies in Atlantic Canada. The firm prefers to invest after seed rounds, providing initial commitments typically in the CAD 0.5 to 2 million range, with total investments up to about CAD 5 million, and focuses on information technology, clean technology, and life sciences sectors. It backs startups that have begun to assemble a strong team, developed a product addressing a meaningful problem, and operate in or target large markets. With deep operational and investment experience, Build Ventures supports founders as they build and scale technology companies across Atlantic Canada.

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.

OMERS is a large Canadian defined-benefit pension plan for Ontario municipal employees, founded in 1962 and based in Toronto. It manages a diversified portfolio that includes public equities, fixed income, real estate, infrastructure, and private equity, and operates through investment arms such as OMERS Private Equity, OMERS Infrastructure, and OMERS Ventures to pursue global investments in sectors including healthcare, software and technology, energy, and transportation, aiming to deliver long-term value for its members within a governance framework and ESG-focused approach.