# Top 25 Art VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Canada in May 2026

## Real Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Real Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on serving daring entrepreneurs with the ambition to create successful, global companies. Since 2007, Real Ventures has dedicated itself to building the Canadian startup ecosystem on the belief that people, not money, build game-changing companies. Real Ventures provides stage-specific guidance,mentorship, and access to networks and resources to fast-track founders’ personal and company growth. Real Ventures manages $325 million across five funds and its active portfolio of 100+ companies is currently valued at $10 billion. www.realventures.com

## Front Row Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Nanotechnology

Front Row Ventures believe , students are in a unique position to challenge the status quo. Their university years are an entrepreneurial sweet spot, and they want their peers to capitalize on their potential. Their want to help them to launch unthinkable ventures, and start companies that change the world.Their bigger mission is to spread startupand venture capital culture across Montreal campuses. They engage and empower students to learn, get involved, and create from Montreal’s vibrant technology sector.

## Nomad Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Art, Marketplace

Nomad Capital is a seed stage fund that invests in emerging companies that are developing marketplaces and B2B software.

## Harlo Equity Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Harlo Capital is a Toronto-based private equity company identifying and investing in real estate developments across Canada.

## Anges Quebec
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Quebec, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Value-added investors for innovative entrepreneurs.

## Google
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Google is a multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. Their products address a wide range of use cases, including email, navigation, cloud computing, web browsing, video sharing,productivity, operating systems, cloud storage, language translation, photo storage, video calling, smart home, smartphones, wearable technology, music streaming, and more.

## Portugal Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm that is part of the Banco Português de Fomento group, currently manages 170 million euros and has more than 130 portfolio companies. It invests in startups in the pre-seed, seed and series A stages that offer innovative solutions for the international market in the digital, engineering&industry, lifesciences, and tourism sectors. Since 2012, Portugal ventures has invested 164 million euros in 147 new businesses.

## National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program

## Bedrock c
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Bedrock: In Search of Narrative Violations

## Shaw Media
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Art, Apps, E-Commerce

Corus is a driving force in the media industry with a diverse portfolio of strong brands that entertain and inform audiences through great storytelling and compelling content, reaching millions of people around the world every day.

## Density Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Early stage investor, co-investments in North America & Europe. We write small cheques and help with making companies investable for others.
Focus: Machine Learning in Health, Industrial. Focus going forward: climate positive startups with real impact (Energy generation, distribution, conservation, mobility, zero waste)

## Accomplice
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS

Accomplice is a venture firm and contemporary family office. We have been part of the origin story of AngelList, Carbon Black, Coinlist, Currencycloud, DraftKings, FalconX, FLOW, Freshbooks, Integral Ad Science, Hopper, HQO, Luna, Near, Orchard, Patreon, PillPack, Plastiq, Recorded Future, SecurityScorecard, Skillz, Veracode, Work Human, WHOOP, Zoopla, and more. We are also founders behind Accomplice Blockchain and the Spearhead operator-angel movement.

## Veritas Investment GmbH
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Convertible Note
- Focus: Art, Auctions, Software

Veritas was founded in 1991 as a capital management company under German law and is now nearly 25 years successfully in the German market operates. As group-independent investment boutique we exclusively concentrate on our core competence: asset management.They specialize in the systematic, non-predictive investment strategies. They want tospecifically take advantage of opportunities in the markets and reduce risks consistently.With their 20-strong team, we manage asset management and equity funds. Awards and indices show that the quality of our investment strategies and funds.

## Innovate Calgary
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device

Innovate Calgary is a central innovation hub at the University of Calgary. See our programs and fundings and learn more about our innovation hubs here.

## Schroders
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Medical, Biotechnology, Financial Services

As a global investment manager, we help institutions, intermediaries and individuals across the planet meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future. 

## Mistral Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Mistral Venture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. The firm invests in startups that solve critical business problems, regardless of the business model– enterprise software, B2B SaaS, marketplaces, etc. It also partners with founders who value experience, commitment, and the higheststandards of integrity and respect.

## Telegraph Hill Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software

Telegraph Hill Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on start-up companies primarily in North America.

## LDV Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

LDV Capital invests in deep technical teams building visual technology businesses that leverage computer vision, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

## Dispatch Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Quebec, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet, Machine Learning

Dispatch Ventures invests in founders building early-stage technology companies. Over the years, Dispatch has nurtured dozens of startups- helping them find corporate clients, skilled employees, gain media coverage, and raise millions in venture capital.

## Round13 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Round13 Capital are different than a typical Venture Capital fund. Round13 are more than just capital, and are a thought partner for management with deep experience in building businesses.

## boldstart ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Day one partner for developer first, crypto infra & SaaS founders.

## BDC Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

BDC Venture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on technology-based businesses that have high growth potential and that are positioned to become dominant players in their markets. The company helps create and develop strongCanadian businesses through financing, consulting services and securitization, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.BDC Venture Capital has been involved in venture capital since 1975 and has to date invested in more than 400 companies involved in the areas of Life Sciences, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Advanced Technologies.

## Capital Angel Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Our goal is to build the region's entrepreneurial community, to make the region the best place to start a business and to facilitate access to investment opportunities for qualified investors.

## Rhino Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, Education

There is more to choosing an investor than selecting the term sheet with the highest valuation. Strategic capital, in its true form, extends the founding team’s capacity. That’s what we do at Rhino. We invest in companies where we can add tangible value. We’ve been on the other side of the table and appreciate the importance of funder and founderalignment. From startup, growth to exit; it is entrepreneurial ambition that drives value, not venture capitalists. We invest in individuals; trust and values fit are a centerpiece in every investment.

## Panache Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Canada's leading nationwide pre-seed venture fund.

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