Series A Deep Tech / Hardware Investors in Canada

adMare BioInnovations

Vancouver, BC

Canada's Global Life Sciences Venture, sourcing promising therapeutics research from academic and biotech partners to create new companies of scale an

AXA Venture Partners

Paris, France

AVP is AXA's venture capital arm. It runs multiple funds, including Early Stage funds (a $150M second fund was raised in 2019) and a Late Growth strat

BDC Deep Tech Venture Fund

Canada

Canada's largest dedicated deep tech fund at $200M. Targets 15-20 seed to Series A Canadian companies developing transformational technologies in quan

BDC Industrial Innovation Venture Fund

Canada

Fund I ($250M) + Fund II ($200M) backing early-stage companies in legacy industries where enabling technologies can reshape Canadian companies into gl

BDC Life Sciences Venture Fund

Canada

A $150M BDC fund (launched 2026) providing patient capital to early-stage Canadian life sciences companies — therapeutics and medical technologies — t

BDC StrongNorth Fund

Canada

A $300M BDC fund backing early-stage Canadian deep-tech startups with defence-focused or dual-use applications — aerospace, autonomous systems, sensor

BlackBerry IVY Innovation Fund

Waterloo, ON

BlackBerry venture fund (around 50 million dollars) investing in startups building on the BlackBerry IVY connected-vehicle data platform.

Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund

Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

BIVF is an evergreen corporate venture fund of Boehringer Ingelheim, set up in 2010 and reported at about EUR 350M. It takes minority equity stakes, o

Caterpillar Ventures

Irving, Texas, USA

Caterpillar Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Caterpillar, founded in 2015. It makes strategic equity investments in startups in energy, digita

Celtic House Venture Partners

Ottawa, ON

Venture capital investor in media communication technologies, with 4 funds raised and 69 deals recorded.

Cisco Investments

San Jose, California, USA

Cisco Investments is Cisco's corporate venture arm. It makes direct minority investments and fund-of-funds investments in startups that complement Cis

First Ascent Ventures

Toronto, Ontario

Early stage, emerging and growth-oriented enterprise software companies. Dedicated Enterprise software focus.

GM Ventures

Warren, Michigan, USA

GM Ventures is General Motors' venture capital arm, founded in 2010. It makes equity investments in startups working on technologies tied to GM's visi

James Richardson and Sons

Winnipeg, MB

Winnipeg family conglomerate making opportunistic direct co-investments in agri-food technology, robotics, and life sciences.

Leaps by Bayer

Leverkusen, Germany

Leaps by Bayer is Bayer's corporate venture and impact investment arm, founded in 2015. It invests in breakthrough life-science advances in health car

Martinrea Innovation

Vaughan, ON

Strategic minority investing by auto-parts maker Martinrea International, including stakes in NanoXplore and Equispheres.

McRock Capital

Toronto, ON

First dedicated Digital Industrial VC. Invests in Industrial AI and software at the intersection of data, automation, and large physical operations ac

Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.

Vancouver, BC

Wealth planning and investing firm (family office) with active venture and private equity investments across Canada.

OMERS Ventures Management Inc.

Toronto, ON

Venture capital arm of OMERS pension fund with nearly $61B in net assets; 5 funds raised and 130 deals recorded across North America.

Global venture capital company focused on equity financing of innovative biotechnology companies with breakthrough technology platforms.

Raiven Capital

Toronto, ON

Canada-Silicon Valley Series A venture fund concentrating on investments just before scaling begins, with 2 funds and 8 deals recorded.

Private venture capital and mutual fund management company with 1 fund and 51 deals recorded.

Round13 Capital Inc.

Toronto, ON

Founders Fund backed by successful entrepreneurs, with 7 funds raised and 91 deals recorded.

Strategic investment arm in AgTech, Digital HealthTech, Connected Consumer, and Enterprise Platforms & IoT.

ThresholdImpact

Edmonton, AB

Impact venture firm founded by BioWare co-founder Ray Muzyka; medtech is an explicit vertical (PulseMedica, FluidAI Medical).

Toyota Ventures

San Francisco, California, USA

Toyota Ventures is Toyota's early-stage venture arm. In April 2024 it announced two new $150M funds, bringing total new capital to $300M, to invest in