Top 20 Beauty VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Canada in October 2023

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• NadaMoo — Grab a spoon, you're going to want to try this deliciously dairy-free coconut milk ice cream. Dairy-free, Gluten-Free, Plant-Based, Vegan, Non-GMO, Faire Trade, B-Corp. Our pints are filled with 100% goodness.
• PocketPills — Pocketpills is Canada's best online pharmacy that allows you to conveniently order online, refill, or consult with an online pharmacist and offers free shipping and low prices.
• Just Vertical — Discover the best indoor hydroponic growing system. With Just Vertical, you can easily grow your own vegetables indoors. Shop our beautifully-designed modern hydroponic system!

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• Grüvi — Gruvi is a line of craft brewed alcohol-free beers & wines.
• Wyvern — Wyvern was created to unlock the secrets of the elec-tromagnetic spectrum by providing groundbreak-ing access to high-resolution and quality imagery.This will enable a sustainable future for humanity.
• EmergConnect — Emergconnect is creating the first ever digital 'front door' for patients seeking same day care.

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• Unito — Connect the tools you're already using with deep 2-way integrations and optimize workflows for Asana, Jira, Trello, Google Sheets and more.
• Vetster — Pet health starts with Vetster. Find and book veterinarians from across North America to provide excellent health care for your pet through video consults. Cats, dogs, reptiles, horses - all pets are welcome.
• Ready, Set, Food! — Ready, Set, Food! makes it easy for parents reduce their baby's risk of developing peanut, egg, and milk allergies by up to 80% with our gentle, daily system.

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• Novisto — Novisto's sustainability management software enables companies to create value from their ESG initiatives. Request a demo today!
• Cohere — Cohere provides access to advanced Large Language Models and NLP tools through one easy-to-use API. Get started for free.
• Plenty — Plenty makes it easy for modern partners to invest and plan for their future together. Effortlessly invest like the 1% and turn your goals and dreams into reality.

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• Cognota — Synapse helps companies around the world improve the productivity of their corporate learning and development teams. Our award-winning software streamlines training intake, project and capacity planning, and content design processes to make training teams more digital, agile, and efficient.This first-of-its-kind software allows our customers toget better visibility into the training needs of their businesses and consolidate the disparate tools they are using so they can access capacity data for better decision making and author course content with unprecedented speed.Collaboration with subject matter experts takes place directly within the platform ensuring knowledge is effectively captured and easy to update as required.The Synapse mission is to enable more people to learn and grow. Founded in 2015, Synapse has clients in multiple sectors and is based out of Toronto Canada with offices in San Diego and Merida, Mexico. For more information about Synapse software, visit www.getsynapse.com.
• InnerSpace — InnerSpace is the fastest way to transform your business and power the hybrid workplace strategy. Transforming workplace experience with insights into how people use a space and create innovative solutions that drive revenue and improve operations to hybrid offices.
• Carbon Upcycling — Carbon Upcycling Technologies (“CUT”) was formed to use the pollution of today to build the materials of tomorrow by converting CO2 gas into solid products. CUT sells advanced solid products derived from greenhouse emissions and cheaply available solids. Since 2014, CUT has scaled its ability to convert CO2 emissions into value-add end materials byover a million times. Through its portfolio of CO2-derived solid nanoparticles, CUT has technically validated its solutions for use in plastics, coatings, epoxy, adhesives, concrete, lithium-ion battery, and pharmaceutical industries. CUT recently launched a consumer brand called Expedition Air.CUT commercialized a corrosion-resistant coating, utilizing its nanoparticles, in 2017, becoming the youngest CO2 utilization company to generate commercial revenue (<2.5 years since inception) and has since been confirmed as one of the top CO2 utilization companies in the world as a winner of the X-Factor Award in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE. CUT has been named as a Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label recipient, a funding recipient of Fundación Repsol Entrepreneurs Fund, and a winner of the 2019 76West Clean Technology Competition.CUT’s most advanced product is its CO2-embedded concrete additive. In 2018, CUT graduated from the LafargeHolcim Accelerator in France and has continued conversations and testing with the company since then. CUT is also partnered with Burnco and Cemex. CUT’s commercial demonstration at the Alberta Carbon Conversion Technology Centre produces over 20 tonnes of concrete additives in a day. The product reduces the carbon footprint of concrete manufacturing by up to 25% while increasing the compressive strength of concrete by up to 40%.

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• Blanka — Create your own branded cosmetics line with Blanka in under 5 minutes. 100s of high quality vegan cruelty-free cosmetic, skincare and beauty products.
• Monark — Monark is an on-demand leadership development platform that offers self-led and expert-facilitated programs to help you transform your career.
• Monark — At the Monark Ventures, we help great ideas live up to their fullest potential. We create, lead, and succeed.

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• Omy Laboratoires — Omy Laboratoires develops and manufactures personalized cosmetic skin-care products using its AI based skin analysis system.

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• Immugenia — Immugenia is an early-stage immuno-oncology company developing a novel approach to CAR therapy by engineering hematopoietic stem cells to treat cancer and prevent relapses.
• Calogy Solutions — Calogy Solutions is focused on solving complex industrial thermal management challenges. We leverage our expertise to solve thermal issues and provide novel solutions in diverse industries, notably battery thermal management in electric transport applications.
• TATUM bioscience — TATUM bioscience is a synthetic biology startup developing synthetic advanced biologics capable of multi-tasking therapeutic activities, packing all the advantages of combination therapy in a single agent to provide safer and more efficient treatments.

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• Hooray Foods — Hooray makes delicious plant-based meats that are designed to look, cook, and taste just like the real thing. Plants that remind us of our favorite meats while being made of ingredients we can feel good about? Now that's something to celebrate and say Hooray!
• Atolla — We're on a mission to change the mass skincare model. Using a patented process developed at MIT, we design a custom routine with complementary ingredients tailored to your skin needs. Then we give you the tools and guidance to support your skin health over time — so you can make the best decisions for your skin.
• Schoolyard Snacks — Old School Snacks Made the New Way: Low Carb, Keto Approved, High Protein

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• CG Oncology — CG Oncology is an oncolytic immunotherapy company that is intensely focused on developing bladder saving therapeutics for patients with bladder cancer.
• Cortica — Cortica is a leading provider of therapies for kids with autism and other conditions. Our doctors and therapists work together to care for children and their families.
• Quanta Therapeutics — Quanta is a biotechnology company uncovering novel cancer therapeutic candidates using allosteric modulation to target driver oncogenes. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, CA.

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• Kuai Commerce — Kuai Commerce is a next-generation solution for ambitious brands looking to sell directly to Chinese Gen Z consumers through the power of social commerce. Our tech-enabled services provide market entry and brand acceleration options for emerging category-leaders who otherwise would find the complexity of China prohibitively challenging
• ManholeMetrics — We are a multi-award winning sensor and analytics start-up on a mission to stop flooding and bring wastewater into the 21st Century.
• AeroCloud — AeroCloud is revolutionizing airport management delivering modular, scalable airport operations solutions based on leading-edge technology.

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• Telelogos — Telelogos is a software publisher for the distribution of information on screens. This digital visual communication tool allows information to be disseminated in factories, warehouses, offices, airport halls, stations, and shops, among other places. The solution also enables the enhancement of workspaces (room reservations and flex office).Telelogos is based in Angers (Maine-et-Loire), has offices in the United States and Mexico, reports 2,000 customers and 500,000 active licenses worldwide.
• MAKILA — MAKILA is specializing in simulation and predictive analytics solutions. Using all artificial intelligence levers, it offers business solutions based on multisource data related to financial, human, and operational functions. Data analysis and modeling allow Makila to generate concrete and relevant information to aid better decision-making.Makila’s solution covers all aspects of simulations and predictive analysis related to the financial health of the company, business performance, commissions, headcount, compensation, professional equality, and payroll.Established in Canada and France by Alain Latry in 2018, Makila offers simulation and predictive data analysis solutions, integrating all the levers of artificial intelligence. The founders are supported by a team of experts specializing in artificial intelligence, user experience, data security, and governance, as well as cloud technologies.
• Omy Laboratoires — Omy Laboratoires develops and manufactures personalized cosmetic skin-care products using its AI based skin analysis system.

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• Libro — Elevate Your Guest Experience Our guest experience platform does more than fill tables. Start building a highly personalized and profitable dining experience with Libro. Pricing Features How we help your restaurant thrive Reservations Accept online reservation requests in real-time 24/7/365. Access reservations from anywhere so your entire team is prepared to serve guests. Reputation Management
• Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.
• Omy Laboratoires — Omy Laboratoires develops and manufactures personalized cosmetic skin-care products using its AI based skin analysis system.

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• Vitruvi — Premium essential oils and diffuser products that look as beautiful as they smell. Free shipping on all orders over $45.00.
• Nona Lim — Delicious fresh Asian bone broths, soups, rice and ramen noodles made with clean, non GMO ingredients. No MSG or preservatives. Order online for home delivery or find it in the refrigerated or frozen case at your favorite store. Proudly made in Oakland, California.
• 4th & Heart — We make premium, small-batch original and flavored ghee in our Los Angeles kitchen. Use pure spreadable butter in your own kitchen or give as a gift.

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• Fyyne — Fyyne is a hair platform, connecting artists and customers to empower hair artists and promote black hair love.

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• Concentric Agriculture — Concentric produces high-performance specialty biological products that naturally improve crop yields and replenish soils.
• LeddarTech — The leader in environmental sensing, fusion and perception for automotive and mobility, LeddarTech delivers actionable data for autonomous driving and ADAS.
• A3 Surfaces inc — A3 Surfaces Inc. offers a surface treatment service incorporating various antimicrobial agents directly into the anodized aluminum layer. The antimicrobial effect of these surfaces prevents the transmission of hospital-acquired infections. The technology used by A3 Surfaces offers antibacterial products that eradicate pathogens and can be used onall commercial, industrial or institutional surfaces. Founded in 2015, this Chicoutimi company employs 5 people.

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• Bridgr — For industrial companies looking for significant digital transformation, BRIDGR is the algorithmic advisory practice that improves your odds of success by showing you what to do next and who would help
• ChrysaLabs — Soil testing technology. ChrysaLabs provides real-time data for better decisions.
• Ditch Labs — Ditch Labs is a digital health company pioneering nicotine addiction treatment with artificial intelligence and a revolutionary device.

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• Well.ca — Well.ca is Canada's online destination for health, beauty and baby products and offers over 40,000 products with free shipping on all orders over $29. They also boast Canada's largest online assortment of Green & Natural products. With offices and a warehouse located in Guelph, Ontario, and an office in downtown Toronto, Well.ca is aproudly Canadian company that focuses on giving customers a simple and hassle-free shopping experience.
• Polar — Trusted publishers from around the world license our Format Management Platform to power a variety of digital advertising products.
• Nova — With Nova, easily convert high-performing social posts into the best ads for every digital channel with just one click.

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• Blanka — Create your own branded cosmetics line with Blanka in under 5 minutes. 100s of high quality vegan cruelty-free cosmetic, skincare and beauty products.
• Autobound — Autobound generates highly personalized sales emails and email openers in a single click, based on news events, job changes, shared experiences, and more. We've trained our machine learning model on millions of high quality sales emails to pinpoint what works best. Sign up for free and see for yourself!
• Echo Labs — Echo Labs is developing the first artificial intelligence capable of human-level transcribing.

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• Renibus Therapeutics — Renibus Therapeutics operates in the healthcare industry focusing on the pharmaceutical business. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Lantana, Texas.
• ALX Oncology — ALX Oncology is a preclinical stage biotechnology company developing innovative immuno-oncology therapies for cancer. It is an independent, private biotechnology company.The founding of Alexo Therapeutics was based upon technology invented by Aaron Ring, K. Christopher Garcia, Kipp Weiskopf, Aron Levin, and Irving Weissman at Stanford University.This discovery involves soluble versions of signal regulatory protein-α (SIRPα) that have been engineered to bind CD47 with significantly greater affinity than natural SIRPα.1.
• Pearl Street Dental Management — Pearl Street Dental Management supports non-clinical operations. They provide centralized services such as human resources, payroll, accounting, bookkeeping, finance, lending, facilities management, and information technology services. They address inquiries through online applications, phone calls, and emails.