# Top 50 ESports Startup Investors in Canada in May 2026

## VA Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

VA Angels, one of Canada’s leading angel investment groups, has member locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna and Winnipeg. Since 2003 they have done 57 deals worth $28.5 million and are one of the most active angel groups in Canada.

## Lance Priebe
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: eSports, SaaS, Content Delivery Network

Lance Priebe

## KB Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Highland Park, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sports, Software, Information Technology

We invest in passionate innovators at the intersection of sports and technology.

## BITKRAFT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain

We provide early- and mid-stage venture capital and expertise for extraordinary founders in gaming, esports, and interactive media.

## Union Square Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.

## Atrium Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: eSports, Software, Marketing

An Entrepreneur Led Investment Fund

## 3GP Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, eSports, Media and Entertainment

3GP Capital is an investment firm.

## Roger Ehrenberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Advertising, FinTech, Software

Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data.

## Antoine Martin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile Apps

Antoine Martin - Co-founder & CEO @ Zenly

## Bettor Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Sports, Media and Entertainment, Artificial Intelligence

Bettor Capital is a venture capital firm and invests in companies that provide a platform for sports gambling.

## Archer Gray
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Media and Entertainment, Crowdfunding, Artificial Intelligence

Archer Gray is a media production, finance and venture investment company driven by for a passion for innovation, integrity, and results.

## Even Odds Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, eSports, Media and Entertainment

Even Odds Investments is an investment firm.

## Meta
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

Meta is a social technology company that enables people to connect, find communities, and grow businesses. Previously known as Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg announced the company's rebrand to Meta on October 28, 2021, at the company's annual Connect Conference.Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park, California in 2004. Withmillions of more users, [Friendster] attempted to acquire the company for $10 million in mid-2004. Facebook turned down the offer and subsequently received $12.7 million in funding from [Accel Partners] at a valuation of around $100 million. Facebook continued to grow opening up to high school students in September 2005 and adding a photo-sharing feature the next month. The next spring, Facebook received $25 million in funding from [Greylock Partners] and [Meritech Capital] as well as previous investors [Accel Partners] and [Peter Thiel]. The pre-money valuation for this deal was about $525 million. Facebook subsequently opened up to work networks eventually amassing over 20,000 work networks. Finally, in September 2006, Facebook was opened to anyone with an email address.Facebook continued to receive funding most notably in January 2011 receiving $1.5 billion and valuing the company at $50 billion. A year later in February 2012, Facebook announced that it was filing for its long-anticipated initial public offering. The company went public on May 18, 2012 opening in [NASDAQ] with shares trading at $42.05.Facebook announced positive numbers in February 2012 upon filing for its IPO. As of July 2013, over 1.15 billion users have logged into Facebook every month and 669 million users daily. Mobile users now make up half of Facebook’s user base with 819 million monthly active. Facebook is one of the most trafficked sites in the United States. Additionally, Facebook is the top photo-sharing site with 250 million photos uploaded per day.The company has a strategic partnership with AXA Group to develop marketing and commercial collaboration in the digital, social, and mobile sphere.Meta is currently the owner of many applications and services such as Facebook App, Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus VR, Pagemodo Pagebuilder, [RSS Graffiti], Huddle, and more. Facebook is the world’s largest social network with over 2.9 billion monthly active users.

## Satish Kanwar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile Apps, FinTech, Art

Satish Kanwar is a VP of Product at Shopify, where he oversees strategic product initiatives for over 1 million merchants globally. Satish led Shopify’s formative expansion from online stores to multi-channel commerce, accelerating merchants' sales across eCommerce, brick-and-mortar, and new sales channels. Satish previously co-founded userexperience studio Jet Cooper, which was acquired by Shopify in order to establish its product development footprint in Toronto. Satish is an active angel investor, public speaker, and advisor.He attended the University of Toronto Scarborough.

## August Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

At August Capital we take Venture Capital personally

## Deep Space Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: eSports, Software, Gaming

Deep Space Ventures is an early stage investor in great ideas and amazing leaders. The team has demonstrated a track record of engaging with talented leaders using innovative solutions to create value across a wide array of industries.The investment focus is primarily on markets where incredible innovation is taking place, the cost to operate abusiness is relatively low, and there is a lack of seed capital available relative to the early stage opportunities that exist. Some people call these markets "flyover cities" or "tier 2 and tier 3" startup ecosystems. We consider them to be the capital efficient markets where our capital and strategic value can go a long way to help a founding team achieve their goals.Current primary focus areas are B2B Software and Esports.

## Cherry Tree Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Software, E-Commerce

Invest in top tier VC funds as well as direct co-investment

## AAF Management Ltd.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care

Leading early-stage venture capital firm focused on pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stage technology companies in North America.

## Business Development Bank of Canada
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

We are BDC, the bank for Canadian entrepreneurs. We support small and medium-sized businesses in all industries and at every stage of growth with money and advice. We are the Business Development Bank of Canada. 

## Government of Canada
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Debt Financing
- Focus: Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology

The Government of Canada is making it easier for Canadians to find and access government information and services online through its central website, Canada.ca. The website is the single entry point for all government information and services available online and is accessible using any device with an Internet connection, including tablets ormobile phones. Its portal shows how government works, its priorities, laws, finances, transparency, digital government, and policies.

## QueensBridge Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

QueensBridge Venture Partners invests in technology companies in highly competitive and visible markets.The company's collective experience has shaped our approach to investing by allowing us to quickly recognize and capitalize on key trends. Furthermore, by focusing on co-investment opportunities with leading venture capital funds and angelinvestors in Silicon Valley, we have unique access to very attractive companies.Successful venture capital investing is highly influenced by a network of reputable investors. QBVP aligns itself with firms that have proven their ability to source and invest in the next generation of leading technology companies in Silicon Valley and emerging markets. We bring capital along with our network of industry veterans and corporate relationships to accelerate the development of the companies in which we co-invest. We seek to partner with firms that generate the most value among VCs and back the companies that reach enterprise value of over $1 billion on a regular basis.The general partners of QBVP are industry veterans in consumer products & services, media & entertainment, and financial services. We have (i) advised tech, media, and entertainment companies in raising over $20 billion of capital at bulge bracket Wall Street firms (e.g. Goldman Sachs; Deutsche Bank) (ii) started over twenty businesses, (iii) produced and/or recorded six number 1 albums on the Billboard 200, (iv) sold over 25 million records worldwide, (v) have products in over 3,000 stores.

## NewBound Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Sports, E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment

NewBound VC is an early stage venture capital firm partnering with entrepreneurs who challenge what's "possible".

## Social Starts
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence

Social Starts is a $60M+ venture capital partnership with a uniquely data-driven approach to investing in moment-of-inception and Series A financing rounds.

## Maple VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Payments, FinTech

Maple VC is an angel fund that focuses on founders with Canadian roots.

## Innovacorp
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Grant
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Innovacorp is an early-stage venture capital firm that helps knowledge-based startups commercialize their technologies in the global marketplace. It invests in early stage Nova Scotia entrepreneurs, combining venture capital with business mentoring and incubation facilities.
Innovacorp was established in 1995 and based in Halifax, Canada.

## Position Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Software, SaaS

Your story is your strategy. At Position Ventures, we work alongside founders to help them position their business and tell their story.

## First Serve Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: eSports, Sales, E-Commerce

First Serve Partners is a venture capital firm investing in sports, media, entertainment, and consumer industries.The VC firm is an active, hands-on investor, using their unique perspective, strategic relationships, and experience in engaging emerging generations - millennials and Gen-Zers - to capitalize on what’s new and what’s next.FoundersWaylon Ian Chin and Joey Brander established the firm in Boca Raton, Florida.

## Dapper Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency

Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.

## Alumni Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own.

## 6th Man Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

6th Man Ventures is an early stage crypto VC firm investing in web3 applications & infrastructure6MV was born from a love of web3 in practice and principle, founded and run by a group who both see the potential and actively work to bring projects to life every day. That makes us incredible partners to have on your journey.6th Man Ventureswas established in March 2021 in New York, United States.

## JDS Sports
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sports, Advertising, Video

JDS Sports invests in early-stage, high-potential companies that are disrupting the status quo. They also help their portfolio brands realize synergy with each other.

## Angel One Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, SaaS

Angel One Network Inc. is a member-based, not-for-profit organization.

## WME
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Social Media

William Morris Endeavor (also known as WME) is one of the world's largest talent agencies, with offices in Beverly Hills, New York, Nashville, London, and Miami. The company was formed in 2009, following the merger of Endeavor and the William Morris Agency. WME also advises some of the world's most recognized consumer brands to createentertainment-based marketing solutions and invests in companies across the digital media landscape. WME is headquartered in Beverly Hills with offices in New York, London, Nashville and Miami.WME represents elite artists across every entertainment sector, specifically film, television, music, theatre, advertising, literature and digital media. It also advises top consumer brands and provides clients with unique marketing solutions across social media, mobile and gaming platforms.

## Secocha Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Internet, Software

Secocha Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early stage startups.

## Omi Velasco
- Type: Angel
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Grocery, eSports, Software

Omi Velasco is the Co-founder & Partner at Aventrock Ventures. Omi Velasco attended University of Calgary.

## Thirty Five Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Sports, FinTech

Thirty Five Ventures is a startup founded by basketball star Kevin Durant that invests in tech companies.

## Jarl Mohn
- Type: Angel
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Jarl Mohn is the President and Chief Executive Officer at NPR, one of the country's most iconic news and cultural content organizations. In this capacity, Jarl oversees NPR's strategy to continue NPR's mission to create a more informed public by working in partnership with Member stations across the country. Today NPR contentreaches: 32 million people who visit npr.org every month, 26 million people who listen to NPR programming every week, and listeners who download NPR podcasts 72 million times each month. Jarl's deep media experience has spanned all media platforms as well as rapid changes in audience trends. Jarl spent almost 20 years in radio, many as a disc jockey at stations including WNBC in New York. In addition to his on-air work in radio, Jarl served as a programmer, general manager, and owner of a group of radio stations. Jarl created E! Entertainment Television and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer for almost a decade. Jarl is the former Executive Vice President and General Manager of MTV and VH1 where he architected the strategy of long-form programming at the heart of the network today and diversified the networks' audiences by developing innovative programming around alternative music formats. Jarl was also founding President and Chief Executive Officer at Liberty Digital, a public company that invested in cable networks, the Internet and online businesses. Prior to joining NPR in July of 2014, Jarl served the as a Member of the Board of Trustees at Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) for more than a decade, including two years as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Jarl also spent over 12 years on the board of The Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, including six years as its Chairman of the Board of Directors. Jarl has also been a Corporate Director and Advisor to a number of media companies, making direct early stage angel and seed investments in digital media/technology ventures. Since 2008 he has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Scripps Networks Interactive. Jarl and his wife Pamela created The Mohn Family Foundation in 2000. Jarl attended Temple University, where he studied Mathematics and Philosophy.

## Origins Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Sports, Gaming, eSports

We back legendary consumer founders with an unfair advantage from seed to series A. Funding meets influence.

## Jez San
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: eSports, Ethereum, Blockchain

Jez San - CEO & founder @ FunFair Technologies

## Deepak Jain
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Art, Gaming, eSports

Value Creator - People Oriented - Turnaround Champion - Cultural Integration Expert

## Valhalla Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Valhalla Ventures backs visionary founders at the forefront of movements driven by Gen Z & Millennials.

## Sprout Fund LP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services

Sprout Fund invests in seed- and early-stage companies with Series-A funding potential.
The fund leverages the collective experience of its Managing and Limited Partners to mentor and fund high-potential technology companies.
It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

## Jeff Chang
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Developer Tools, Sports

Jeff Chang was the Head of Growth Engineering at Whatnot. Jeff previously worked at Pastel Labs as a Founder. Attended University of California, Berkeley.

## 305 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, Gaming

305 Ventures is an early stage VC fund run by active founders investing in other founders.

## Golden Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, based in Toronto and investing across North America. We back bold teams and their transformative ideas.

## CASSIUS Family
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Gaming, Health Care

Early stage VC focused on the consumer internet and brands that will shape tomorrow's culture.

## Deep Fork Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Deep Fork Capital (DFC) is a $30mm seed-focused venture capital fund in San Francisco focused on providing equity capital and convertible debt financing to companies in the consumer technology, digital media, and enterprise spaces. The firm's initial investment size typically ranges from $250k to $500k. Current DFC portfolio companies includeAlgorithmia, Dataminr, Educents, Transfix, StatMuse, Boxed, DealPath, and Canopy, among others.

## Nolan Bushnell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, eSports

Nolan Bushnell is a technology pioneer, entrepreneur and scientist. Often cited as the father of the video game industry, he is best known as the founder of Atari Corporation and Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theater. Nolan Bushnell is passionate about enhancing and improving the educational process by integrating the latest in brain science, andtruly enjoys motivating and inspiring others with his views on entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation and education.Over the past four decades, Bushnell has been a prolific entrepreneur, founding numerous companies, including: Catalyst Technologies, the first technology incubator; Etak, the first car navigation system whose mapping is still the basis for car navigation systems today; Androbot, a personal robotics company; and ByVideo, the first online ordering system, which allowed customers to order and pay for product from kiosks. Additionally, he has consulted for numerous corporations, including IBM, Cisco Systems and US Digital Communications.Currently, Nolan Bushnell is devoting his talents to fixing education with his new company, Brainrush. His beta software is teaching academic subjects at over 10 times the speed in classrooms with over 90% retention. He uses video game metrics to addict learners to academic subjects.His Anti Aging games project helps seniors to avoid many of the problems of mental aging through game exercises that maintain mental flexibility and problem solving. He was most recently featured in the New Yorker magazine for this effort. Over the years, Bushnell has garnered many accolades and distinctions. He was named ASI 1997 Man of the Year, inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame, inducted into the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame and named one of Newsweek’s “50 Men That Changed America.” He is also highlighted as one of Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial icons in “The Revolutionaries” display at the renowned Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California.In March of 2009, Bushnell was honored with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Fellowship Award (BAFTA) the highest accolade the Academy bestows, for his outstanding creative contribution to the Video Games Industry. He was similarly honored with a LARA award from the German Academy of Entertainment. Currently a biopic about Bushnell, tentatively titled Atari, is in pre-production. The story was acquired by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company and is set to star DiCaprio as Nolan Bushnell.Bushnell has created many business cultural innovations that have become the norm, including unique business planning sessions, flat egalitarian management organizations, casual work attire, play/work environments, creativity as a competitive weapon, and the innovator’s bonus. All can be traced to their first use at Atari and Chuck E. Cheese and later instilled at Apple and other Silicon Valley corporations.Bushnell received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah, where he is a Distinguished Fellow and also attended Stanford University Graduate School.

## Alliance of Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Mobile

Largest and most active angel group in the Pacific Northwest

## Everblue Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, eSports

Everblue Management is a family office for the hedge fund managers.

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