Pre-Seed VCs in Toronto

Antler Canada

Toronto, ON

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

Avro Angels

Toronto, Ontario

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

BKR Capital

Toronto, Ontario

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

Commercialization at UHN

Toronto, ON

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

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

Founder Institute

Toronto, ON

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

Green Sky Ventures

Toronto, Ontario

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

GroundBreak Ventures

Toronto, ON

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

Highline Beta

Toronto, ON

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

Kanata Ventures

Toronto, ON

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

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF)

Toronto, ON

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

N49P Ventures

Toronto, ON

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

NextAI

Toronto, ON

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.

Relay Ventures

Toronto, ON

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

Ripple Ventures

Toronto, ON

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

RiSC Capital Corp

Toronto, Ontario

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

Simple Ventures

Toronto, ON

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

Sixty Degree Capital

Toronto, ON

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

StandUp Ventures

Toronto, ON

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

Storytime Capital

Toronto, Ontario

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

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

Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners (TIAP)

Toronto, ON

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

UTEST (University of Toronto Early-Stage Technology)

Toronto, ON

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