Canadian Food / AgTech Investors

Provides capital to help owner-operators take their companies to the next level, with focus on agribusiness, food & beverage, and industrial sectors.

Strategic minority investing by AGT Food and Ingredients (Fairfax majority-owned); led Chickapea 2025 round.

BDC Capital's Climate Tech Practice — the team investing in Canadian climate technology since 2018, deploying through its Climate Tech Fund I and II (

BDC's debt financing arm providing loans to Canadian businesses across all stages. Over $9.7B in annual loan acceptances across 123+ business centres

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

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

Company creation studio that builds, buys and makes seed-stage investments in disruptive consumer products.

Early-stage venture capital firm focused on Atlantic Canada, investing from seed through Series C.

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

Strategic advice, cash management, and flexible capital solutions to innovation companies. Financing from $1M to $100M+.

Companies with proven, deployment-ready climate technologies with near-term profitability.

Founded in 1999, specializes in infrastructure private equity and private debt. Manages approximately $3.4B in assets.

Leading private ClimateTech VC platform investing across North America, Europe and Asia in companies enabling net-zero transition, reducing GHG emissi

Thesis-first VC backing founders shaping the AI frontier. Over a decade of AI investing with $20B+ in enterprise value created, 4 unicorn exits includ

Venture capital fund investing in innovative Canadian companies in the food & beverage and health & wellness sectors.

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

Technologies for Industrial Transformation and climate impact reduction in traditional sectors.

Upstream AgTech increasing productivity, profitability, and sustainability of food production.

Crown corporation with over B in investment capital. Invests in Canadian VC/PE funds and co-invests directly in export-oriented companies via the Inve

Venture and growth investing arm of Farm Credit Canada, a federal Crown corporation; direct minority stakes plus fund commitments across agriculture a

Family holding company of Pierre Karl Peladeau making direct minority investments such as Connect and GO and Moment Factory.

Quebec's largest labour-sponsored venture capital fund with $20B+ in net assets. Provides venture and development capital to thousands of Quebec busin

Calgary agri-food growth-equity firm (about 150 million dollars) taking direct minority and control stakes across the agriculture and food value chain

Provides flexible private equity and mezzanine financing to the Canadian middle market; spun out from HSBC Bank Canada.

Mission to digitize and decarbonize the built environment. Focus on real estate productivity and sustainability.

Private equity firm that blends the depth of large fund experience with the flexibility of a family office.

Toronto-based private equity fund manager focused on buyout opportunities in the Canadian and American mid-market.

A 500 million dollar strategic investment fund of the Government of British Columbia; invests directly in BC-tied companies and as a limited partner i

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

Global deeptech and greentech companies reshaping legacy industries. Bridge between Canada and Asia-Pacific.

Independent alternative asset management firm (joint venture between Instar Group and AGF Management Limited), with 2 funds and 41 deals.

Fast-growing expansion-stage companies promoting health and sustainability in food and agricultural sector.

Quebec provincial government's investment arm fostering economic development. Offers loans, loan guarantees, and equity investments, frequently co-inv

Private equity firm focused exclusively on the Canadian lower middle-market in traditional industries including manufacturing, distribution, consumer

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

Family office of Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte making direct and fund investments across technology and media.

Province of Manitoba fund-of-funds committing to venture funds active in Manitoba.

Single-family office of the Pathy family (Fednav, Mark Pathy) making direct co-investments plus fund commitments with a climate and impact tilt.

Canada's only early-stage fund dedicated to sustainable agricultural biotechnology.

Early-stage cleantech startups enhancing performance in natural gas value chain. Industry-backed model.

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

Wholly-owned investment fund of the City of Calgary deploying milestone-based quasi-equity capital into scaling companies.

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

Agri-food investing arm of Power Sustainable (Power Corporation) taking direct minority and control stakes in mid-market food and agriculture companie

Private equity firm specializing in the ownership transition of small to mid-size Canadian organizations, transforming profitable enterprises through

Climate technology startups improving sustainability and resilience of infrastructure, production and manufacturing.

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

Member of the Scotiabank Group; Canada's leading merchant bank specializing in innovative long-term capital and business solutions for mid-sized compa

Focuses on Canadian middle-market investment opportunities.

Family office of the Serruya family (Yogen Fruz founders) taking direct minority and control stakes in consumer, restaurant, and retail brands.

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

Ground-breaking startups revolutionizing agrifood through technology-enabled solutions for climate, food security, sustainability.

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

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

Advance Canadian Agriculture. 27 years and 120+ investments in Canadian food and agricultural sectors.

Venture capital and private equity manager of Golden Opportunities Fund Inc. and First Nations and Métis Fund (FNMF), with 7 funds and 179 deals.

Venture arm tied to the Weston family (Wittington Investments, Loblaw, George Weston, Shoppers); three pools including a 100 million dollar Canadian f

North America's Intelligent Industry through software, AI/ML, and IIoT. Digitalization, transformation, and sustainability.