Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

OutreachGenius builds a revenue-capture intelligence platform aimed at franchise brands and multi-location home services businesses to reduce lost opportunities after leads arrive. The company was founded out of the founder’s experience running a College Pro Painting franchise and identifying weaknesses in follow-up and revenue capture. OutreachGenius recently raised CAD $1.4M in a pre-seed round, bringing total pre-seed funding to CAD $1.7M. The startup plans to allocate the new capital toward accelerating product development, expanding its team, and further investing in its technology. The announcement positions the company as an early-stage Canadian technology business; no revenue, user metrics, or valuation were disclosed in the report.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

Serenity Power is developing solid oxide fuel cell technology aimed at remote power applications. The company operates between Calgary and Toronto. It recently completed a C$1.16M pre-seed financing led by Avatar Ventures that was reportedly oversubscribed. Investors named in the round include Antimo, RPV, Front Row Ventures, The Firehood, Rep Matters and an undisclosed Toronto-based climate tech VC. The funds are intended to advance Serenity Power’s technology development and to scale the team. The article did not disclose revenue, user metrics, founding year, or valuation.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

Tydra Labs develops a biology-driven process to transform crustacean shell waste into high-performance chitin-based biomaterials. The company emphasizes local, biodegradable, and cost-competitive materials as alternatives to conventional, carbon-intensive supply chains. Tydra is commercially active and plans to use the $1.2M pre-seed raise to scale its proprietary process. Founders include Jaiya Varshney, Thanos Kritharis, and Vikramaditya G. Yadav, Ph.D., P.Eng., and the company operates out of Vancouver. Coverage frames Tydra’s approach as a potential model for industrial materials manufacturing, though no revenue, user, or valuation metrics were disclosed in the articles.

Participated · Seed · Mar 2026

Founded in 2019, Canada-based Dispersa has developed BioEterna®, a synthetic-biology and precision-fermentation platform that feeds waste oils and sugars to microbes, producing PuraSurf®, the world’s first 100% waste-derived biosurfactant. The ingredient can slot into cleaners, detergents, shampoos, cosmetics and other formulations traditionally reliant on fossil or palm inputs. With facilities in Laval, Québec and biomanufacturing partners in Nova Scotia, the company is nearing 100-tonnes-per-year production capacity and is preparing to fulfill commercial orders across North America. Dispersa’s circular model simultaneously diverts food waste from landfills and lowers the carbon and biodiversity impacts tied to conventional surfactants. The startup has raised more than $13 million CAD to date, enabling its transition from lab proof-of-concept to commercial-scale manufacturing. Seed funding is being deployed to expand production, accelerate customer integrations and advance additional waste-to-chemical product lines.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2025

Swish Solar is a cleantech startup incubated at the University of Waterloo’s Velocity program that tackles solar panel soiling with a two-part solution. Its self-cleaning nanotech film passively removes sand and snow without water or moving parts, while the companion SwishOS platform uses AI to monitor soiling and predict optimal cleaning schedules. The company says panels can lose up to 60 % efficiency due to debris, and its technology can deliver up to a 20× return on investment by recovering lost output and reducing maintenance spend. Swish Solar has already secured customers across North America and the Middle East, including pilot deployments with major operators such as Renko Energy, which plans to apply the system at 12 sites. The fresh capital will fund product manufacturing, further AI model development, and expansion of engineering and business-development teams as the startup scales toward full commercialization. Ultimately, the team seeks to make solar assets truly self-sustaining, increasing energy yield and enabling smarter, data-driven operations.