Pre-Seed Deep Tech / Hardware Investors in Canada

Two venture funds run by ACET at the Universite de Sherbrooke, backed by Investissement Quebec and National Bank; more than 65 million dollars deploye

Quebec provincial technology-transfer investor (merger of Univalor, Sovar, and Aligo); holds equity in public-research spinouts including those from C

Evergreen family-office venture firm investing its own capital, with a biotech and computational-biology focus.

The largest network of early stage investors in Ottawa, Gatineau, and Kanata. A leading Canadian angel group focused on lifting the region's entrepren

Commercialization arm of University Health Network; takes an equity position in every spinout it creates and runs an Accelerator Fund.

Direct-equity seed fund of the University of British Columbia investing 50,000 to 250,000 dollars into UBC-connected startups.

A community of angels, super angels, family offices, and venture funds investing in Canadian tech startups from pre-seed to Series A since 2008. Canad

AI accelerator by NEXT Canada; the Toronto stream invests up to 25,000 dollars plus 100,000 dollar follow-on via post-money SAFE.

The only Quebec fund dedicated to quantum technology; portfolio includes Nord Quantique, Femtum, and Irreversible.

Quantum-focused venture studio (with Quantonation and Quantacet) providing a multi-year program plus pre-seed investment.

Canada's first deep tech fund. Focus on university spin-outs and pre-seed deep tech startups.

Corporate venture capital investing in the digital transformation of creative industries.

University of Toronto Early-Stage Technology program, run with TIAP; invests up to 150,000 dollars via SAFE into University of Toronto research startu

A 100 million US dollar fund co-launched by the Mila AI institute and Inovia Capital to spin foundational-AI research out of the lab at the pre-incorp