Top 5 Social Startup Investors in Canada (May 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Jean-Sebastian Cournoyer
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security | $1M–$25M |
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David Chamandy
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States | Angel, Series A | Gaming, Mobile, Social | |
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MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $363k–$15M |
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VC Fund
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1 | Canada | Seed | Mobile, Social, E-Commerce | |
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Mantella Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Mobile, E-Commerce | $250k–$12M |
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- Industry: Gaming, Mobile, Social
- Stage:Angel, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Akoha — Akoha is a Montreal based developer of a new type of online / offline social multiplayer game. Their website explains the concept using a series of comics. (A screenshot is below.)Akoha Inc. is a Montreal-based social media company that leverages the Web and mobile technologies to encourage people to embrace and share special moments thatmake life a little more awesome. Akoha offers an abundance of real-world activities designed to invite people to discover life's special moments, to capture them, and to share them with friends.
- Playerize — Playerize is a rapidly growing company that specializes in monetization and high quality user acquisition for the social and mobile gaming industry.Our acquisition of [SuperRewards][http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/super-rewards] expands our reach globally and offers customers a complete alternative payments solutionthat any developer of any size can integrate in under ten minutes.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 139
- Round size: Seed $363k–$3M; Pre-Seed $367k–$1M; Series A $6.8M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- ODAIA — Empowering Pharma's Next Generation of Engagement with HCPs
- Vivid Machines — Digitizing permanent crop production | Vivid Machines | Ontario
- 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.
A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
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- Industry: Mobile, Social, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shopcaster — Shopcastr Inc ., a Canadian company providing an online and mobile social service for independent local retailers and shoppers.
Mantella Venture Partners is a $20M early stage fund with a hands-on approach to building technology companies. We invest in exceptional entrepreneurs building market-altering mobile and Internet software businesses. At MVP we invest early.We invest alone, or alongside other value-added venture and angel investors that share the belief thatfounder/investor alignment is key to building successful companies and profitable exits. After investment, our portfolio companies benefit from active, hands-on involvement in all phases of growth, including product development, business development, marketing, financing, and team development. If you're looking for partners for your whole journey, not just money, get us involved early.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $250k–$4M; Series A $1.4M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2010
Portfolio highlights
- Altrio — Altrio is bringing real estate capital markets online
- Shopistry — Shopistry is a flexible, headless e-commerce platform that gives brands the tools to build any type of buying experience at scale. Custom storefronts. Mobile-first. Endless integrations.
- Enso Connect — Seamless digital guest experience from booking through the entire stay and long-lasting relationships after check-out. Vacation rentals & Hotels remarketing tool.
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JS is a husband and father of five wonderful children. He co-founded Montreal Start Up and Real Ventures, two seed funds based in Montreal. JS loves working with entrepreneurs and startups. He is an entrepreneur as well, having co-founded and operated a few startups along the way. He tries to live life by giving more than he takes and looksfor people who share this principle. JS' life is a constant (good) struggle to find balance between spending time with his wife and kids, with the entrepreneurs he works with, his friends and taking care of himself, which usually means playing hockey, swimming, running or biking. As such, he tends to work with people he enjoys spending time with.
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Portfolio highlights
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Akoha
— Akoha is a Montreal based developer of a new type of online / offline social multiplayer game. Their website explains the concept using a series of comics. (A screenshot is below.)Akoha Inc. is a Montreal-based social media company that leverages the Web and mobile technologies to encourage people to embrace and share special moments thatmake life a little more awesome. Akoha offers an abundance of real-world activities designed to invite people to discover life's special moments, to capture them, and to share them with friends.
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League
— Payers, providers, employers and consumer health organizations use League's CX platform to deliver high-engagement, personalized health experiences.
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Tenstorrent
— At Tenstorrent, we build AI processors for machine learning workloads of today and tomorrow.
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