Overview

Organizations in this hub have their headquarters located in Canada, North America; notable events and people located in Canada are also included.

This list of seed stage investors headquartered in Canada provides data on their investment activities, fund raising history, portfolio companies, and recent news. Insights about their portfolio, exits,

top trending and most active investors are also included.

Leaderboard

Number of Organizations 243
Average Rank 535,790.08

Popular startups, companies & organizations by highest 30-day trend score:

Organization Name  
Total Funding Amount  
CB Rank (Organization)  
Trend Score (30 Days)  
International Internet Security
176,8009.5
FounderFuel
$6M29,6708.7
Accelerator Centre
$21.6M5,0688.3
Sand Hill North
66,2448.2
Vanedge Capital
66,8907

Recent Activities

Number of Funding Rounds 68
Total Funding Amount $1.5B

Investments

Number of Investments 7,873
Number of Lead Investments 1,763
  • Median Number of Investments 11
  • Median Number of Lead Investments 5
What's the investment trend over time for this hub?
Announced Date  
Investor Name  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
May 22, 2023
Ray Muzyka
Seed Round - Leadoptik
$5M
May 22, 2023
MEDTEQ+
Seed Round - Swiftsure Innovations
$2.3M
May 18, 2023
BDC Venture Capital
Series A - Stathera
$15M
May 18, 2023
BDC Venture Capital
Venture Round - Peak Power
CA$47.2M
May 15, 2023
LOI Venture
Seed Round - Frenter
$1M

Acquisitions

Number of Acquisitions 44
What's the most common final funding type when companies get acquired?

Investor Exits

Number of Exits 1,161
  • Median Number of Exits 4
Which industries have seen the most exits in this hub?
  • Bird IPOBird designs a vehicle sharing platform that provides affordable transportation solutions to communities across the world.
  • Coinbase IPOCoinbase is an online platform that allows merchants, consumers, and traders to transact with digital currency.
  • Cyclica M&ACyclica is a company that creates patented cloud-based predictive analytics software to find safer and more effective medicines.
  • Sonder IPOSonder is a tech-driven hospitality company offering spaces built for travel and life in cities around the world.

Portfolio Companies

Number of Portfolio Companies 6,457
What's the current funding status of companies in the portfolios of investors in this hub?
Organization Name  
Number of Funding Rounds  
Total Funding Amount  
CB Rank (Organization)  
Super.com
7$225.2M55
Ada
7$190.6M96
Sense
6$174.6M103
SpaceX
29$9.8B136
EdgeQ
2$126M164

Funds

Number of Funds 136
Total Fund Raised $8.6B
What's the fundraising trend for this hub's investors?
Announced Date  
Fund Name  
Money Raised  
May 4, 2023
Diagram Ventures III
CA$100M
May 3, 2023
Brightspark Canadian Opportunities Fund (BCOF) II
CA$60M
Apr 5, 2023
Staircase Ventures Fund I
$22M
Mar 9, 2023
Innovation Growth Fund II
$200M
Feb 13, 2023
GreenSky Accelerator Fund V
CA$17M

Funding

Number of Funding Rounds 68
Total Funding Amount $1.5B
How much aggregate funding have these organizations raised over time?
Announced Date  
Transaction Name  
Number of Investors  
Money Raised  
May 16, 2023
Grant - Propel
1$1.1M
Feb 28, 2023
Post-IPO Debt - Intact Financial Corporation
$300M
Nov 22, 2022
Venture Round - Relay Ventures
1$10M
Oct 13, 2022
Venture Round - Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
1$1.6M
Sep 30, 2022
Grant - Accelerator Centre
1$144K

People

Number of People 477
Full Name  
Primary Organization  
Primary Job Title  
CB Rank (Person)  
Matt Cohen
Ripple Ventures
Founder & Managing Partner693
Danielle Graham
Archangel Network of Funds
General Partner5,587
Ryan Holmes
LOI Venture
Founder & GP6,260
Boris Wertz
Version One Ventures
Founder & General Partner8,194
Dennis Kavelman
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
Founding Partner and Associate8,262

Events

Subsidiaries & Owned Organizations

Number of Subsidiaries 18
Number of Parent Organizations 21
What's the most common types of sub-organization?
Which companies in this hub have the most subsidiaries?

Recent News & Activity

Funding RoundMay 22, 2023
Leadoptik raised $5,000,000 / Seed from Arash Ferdowsi and 6 other investors
Funding RoundMay 22, 2023
Swiftsure Innovations raised $2,300,000 / Seed from MEDTEQ+ and 2 other investors
Funding RoundMay 20, 2023
Funding RoundMay 18, 2023
Peak Power raised CA$47,200,000 / Series Unknown from BDC Venture Capital and 6 other investors
Funding RoundMay 18, 2023
Stathera raised $15,000,000 / Series A from BDC Venture Capital and 4 other investors
Funding RoundMay 16, 2023
Funding RoundMay 15, 2023
Frenter raised $1,000,000 / Seed from 1517 Fund and 8 other investors