Pre-Seed VCs 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

Altitude Angels brings together high-net-worth individuals who support high-potential technology founders by providing capital, mentorship, and networ

Early-stage life science venture capital fund and major supporter of Quebec's academic innovation, focusing on pre-seed and seed investments to create

Toronto residency of the global accelerator Antler; invests about 150,000 to 250,000 dollars for roughly 9 to 10 percent at the pre-idea and pre-seed

Invest in entrepreneurs building pre-seed/seed stage technology companies looking to disrupt global markets. Quebec focus.

Corporate venture fund tied to the Avatar Innovations studio and anchored by Cenovus, Suncor, TC Energy, and Enbridge, investing in oil and gas decarb

An Angel Investment firm built by founders, technologists and pioneers between Canada and the San Francisco Bay Area. Investing in founders who are re

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

A $100M BDC fund helping Canadian entrepreneurs get ideas off the ground. Sector-agnostic software focus with cheque sizes of $100K-$1M. Pan-Canadian

A $100M innovative equity investment lab providing capital, training and support for 100+ ambitious women-led businesses committed to delivering measu

An active angel investor platform focused on cross-border investments in British Columbia's startup ecosystem. Bizfield became a member of Canada's Na

Black Innovation Funds investing in startups led by founders from the Black Community.

Private investment management company (family office) with a broad portfolio spanning venture capital and private equity, focused primarily in Alberta

Pre-seed/seed-stage venture fund launched in close partnership with Centech, entirely dedicated to investing in Centech and Quebec's most promising de

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

Invests pre-seed and seed-stage capital for technology commercialization.

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

Atlantic Canadian pre-seed fund with a 'by founders, for founders' culture. Focuses on software and internet businesses with an Atlantic Canada lens.

Invest in high-growth tech startups across Prairies and Western Canada. Only local lead investor in SK.

For-profit fund arm of Toronto Metropolitan University DMZ; writes 100,000 to 250,000 dollar cheques into DMZ-vetted startups as first institutional i

Government-anchored (Investissement Quebec, BDC, FTQ, Fondaction) cleantech seed fund investing directly in early-stage climate companies.

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

Idea-stage pre-seed accelerator with Canadian chapters; uses a 2.5 percent warrant rather than a cash-for-equity model.

Accelerator relaunched by Real Ventures with Panache and Inovia; invests about 120,000 dollars for equity.

Student-run pre-seed fund backed by Investissement Quebec and Real Ventures, investing 50,000 dollars into student-founded startups across Canadian ca

Early-stage venture capital firm with 6 funds raised and 79 deals recorded, focused primarily in Ontario.

Quebec healthtech-only early-stage fund (250,000 to 1 million dollar cheques) with McGill and MUHC ties.

Invest in post-product companies with users or pilots. Focus on AI and Blockchain. North America and Global.

Early-stage Canadian technology companies making significant impact in existing B2B value chains.

Venture capital firm specializing in real estate and property technology, investing as early as the pre-seed stage with capital and domain expertise.

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

Calgary fintech venture studio and fund from the SkipTheDishes founders; its first venture was Neo Financial.

Venture studio and VC firm that builds ventures with corporate partners and family offices. Combines venture building with venture investing through V

Grows an innovation ecosystem transforming markets and propelling technology companies toward market leadership.

Focus on software companies and AI driving positive impact on global scale. Three strategies: Discovery, Venture, Growth.

Nova Scotia's early-stage venture capital organization (Innovacorp), targeting information technology, clean technology and life sciences.

Early-stage venture capital fund based in PEI, with 1 fund raised and 26 deals recorded.

Invests in high-growth enterprise tech companies globally and connects them to corporate partners in North America.

Bridges a critical gap in early-stage funding, catalyzing later-stage funding for promising technology companies across enterprise software, health te

Investment fund of the MEDTEQ+ health-technology consortium; takes dilutive equity co-investments in Canadian health-technology companies.

Leading seed-stage venture capital firm in Canada, established in 2013. Focuses on early bets in enterprise software, AI, and marketplace companies.

Early-stage VC empowering Canadian tech startups transitioning from concept to seed stage. Invests $250K-$1.5M per deal.

Evergreen pre-seed and seed VC backed by $100M fund. Invests in 1 of every 6 tech companies in New Brunswick.

Opportunities fund focusing on investing in unique ventures that create large catalysts and viable pathway to profitability.

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

Pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm backing exceptional founders in the US and Canada.

Canadian AgTech venture fund (The51 Food and AgTech Fund) investing in founders shaping a sustainable future through science and technology innovation

Led by experienced operators with strong angel and institutional VC track records; founders-first philosophy with commitment to diversity, co-investin

Hands-on pre-seed investor backing Newfoundland and Labrador's most ambitious innovation companies.

Venture capital investment company focused on growth financing in the chemical industry, transportation industry, industrial real estate, and northern

Invest at intersection of health care and innovation to accelerate technologies improving patient outcomes and health system sustainability.

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.

Early-stage venture firm investing in founder-led startups. Most active in AI, deep tech, energy transition, marketplaces.

Combines a research-driven investment decision process with a high-touch collaborative engagement model to help entrepreneurs in high-growth global ma

Early-stage VC investing in connected internet and mobile technology software across North America. Portfolio of 42+ companies including 3 unicorns.

Invests in early-stage innovative companies and founders; provides a core group of founders and an extensive network of mentors and investors.

Early-stage VC focused on companies developing creator and developer tools and enterprise software across software, cloud, health tech, crypto, and fi

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

Early-stage venture investments at the intersection of innovation and integrity.

Building global healthcare leaders from locally disruptive technologies. MedTech, Biotech, AI in Health.

Venture studio that builds and funds companies from the ground up; 15 million dollars raised, with limited partners including TD, Sun Life, and Sobeys

Global investment firm with $620M+ USD in AUM. Partners with visionary founders across technology and healthcare. Fund III closed at $338M CAD.

Founders of Canadian startups leading to a more sustainable, healthy, and equitable world.

Toronto-based early-stage VC fund investing in high-growth technology startups led or co-led by women founders, backing globally competitive companies

Companies revolutionizing Future of Work including HRtech, Productivity Tools, and New Work.

Western Canadian focused agtech seed fund with 1 fund and 27 deals recorded.

Toronto program of the global accelerator Techstars; standard terms of 220,000 US dollars (SAFE plus common equity).

A 35 million dollar fund backing enterprise-AI startups in Quebec, with limited partners including Investissement Quebec, Teralys, and Inovia.

Early-stage VC serving women and underrepresented founders. 45,000+ community network. Health, Wealth, Work focus.

Igniting venture growth for greater human impact; 2 funds raised and 49 deals recorded, primarily in Alberta.

Venture builder (formerly MaRS Innovation) co-owned by the University of Toronto and Toronto teaching hospitals; pre-seed and seed equity of 50,000 to

High-growth technology startups led by underrepresented founders across Canada.

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

University of Calgary and Innovate Calgary evergreen fund; dedicated health sub-fund investing 50,000 to 300,000 dollars in early-stage companies.

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 full-service corporate finance firm focused on early-stage entrepreneurs with the largest angel network in Western Canada. Valhalla provides investm

VANTEC Angel Network connects BC-based technology founders with active angel investors and early-stage funds for capital raising. Operating since 1999

A 10 million US dollar equity venture fund anchored by the University of Waterloo endowment, distinct from the grants-only Velocity incubator.

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

Pre-seed investment fund of Western University (Morrissette Institute, Ivey), about 150,000 dollars per company.