Top 10 Sporting Goods VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Canada in October 2023

Venture Capital for 3D Printing and Robotics

Investment focus

3D Printing, Manufacturing, Medical Device
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Spain, Canada

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Particle3D — Particle3D (P3D) is a Danish biomedical engineering company founded in 2017. The company is based on more than 3 years of research and is currently developing patient-fitted bone replacement implants from natural materials through 3D printing. The mission is to revolutionize the treatment of craniofacial patients by providing state of the artsolutions that will optimize the value chain for health care professionals, the health care system and most importantly the patients. Benefits of the technology include better aesthetic and functional outcomes for the patients, faster recovery and fewer complications, less complicated surgery and higher hospital productivity. The company aims at setting new standards in craniofacial reconstruction and will play a major role in a market segment with a very interesting commercial potential.
King Children — Made for you. Made to fit. Made for every face.

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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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
Canada, United States, India

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Tonit — Connect with local riders. Discover hundreds of rides & events. Track & share your ride. Share photos & videos with the community.
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Palo Alto based Eclipse Ventures partners with entrepreneurs boldly transforming the essential industries that define and propel economies. Learn more.

Investment focus

Software, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Canada, Israel

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Voxel — Eliminate near-misses and stop injuries before they happen. Teach your security cameras to detect safety hazards and inefficiencies in real-time.
Peak Energy — Sodium-ion Energy Storage at Gigascale
Peak Energy — Peak Energy is a manufacturing firm that specializes in producing Energy Storage Systems and Na-ion Batteries.

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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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, United States

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dcbel — dcbel's mission is to deliver energy that lets people live a life without compromise.dcbel™ (formerly known as Ossiaco) sits at the nexus of residential solar power, electric vehicle charging, the smart home, and customer-centric utilities. The dcbel team has a proven history of rethinking energy distribution for everything from largeutility customers to distributed energy resource providers.dcbel's AI-driven sustainable technologies enable people to leverage solar energy to power their cars, their homes, and their lifestyles.dcbel has numerous worldwide patents in power electronics and power conversion and is backed by a number of globally respected investors.
HumanFirst — The complete productivity suite to transform natural language into business insights and AI training data
BIOS — BIOS Health is unlocking the potential of the nervous system in treating chronic disease by using AI-powered neural interfaces that can automatically read and write neural signals.

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Evonik, the creative industrial group from Germany, is in specialty chemicals. Its activities focus on the key megatrends health, nutrition, resource efficiency and globalization. In 2010 about 80 percent of the Groups chemical sales came from activities where it ranks among the market leaders. Evonik benefits specifically from its innovativeprowess and integrated technology platforms. Evonik is active in over 100 countries around the world. In fiscal 2010 more than 34,000 employees generated sales of around â‚¬13.3 billion and an operating profit (EBITDA) of about â‚¬2.4 billion.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Consumer, Printing
Seed, Series B
Canada, Israel

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Velox — Velox develops and manufactures industrial-grade direct-to shape digital decoration solutions for the rigid container industry. Their proprietary DTS-Inkjet technology, based on uniquely formulated inks and dedicated deposition architecture, introduces an entirely new approach to digital printing that is poised to disrupt the packaging decorationmarket.Their debut product is the Velox IDS 250 – the first industrial-grade digital decorator for mass production of cylindrical containers available on the market. It delivers superior decoration quality and capabilities that outstrip analog printing solutions, while allowing a more efficient and flexible production process and a low total cost of ownership (TCO).Velox is powered by an expert team with uniquely extensive and wide-ranging experience in digital printing. It is led by veteran executives with proven success in driving company growth.
Wiivv — FitMyFoot gives active people the comfort and relief they need in shoes they love with custom insoles for shoes and sandals proven to improve comfort.

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Since its creation in 1996, Fondaction has been based on the belief that it is not only possible to do things differently in the financial and business world, it is a necessity.Fondaction helps Québecers prepare for retirement by offering affordable retirement savings to everyone. The savings collected are invested in companies across Québec.This way, Fondaction helps create and maintain quality jobs, contributing to a stronger, more equitable and greener economy.Created in 1996, Fondaction is a labour-sponsored fund with assets in excess of one billion dollars collected as retirement savings from more than 131,000 shareholders. Fondaction's direct investments and those made through investment funds support the development of more than 1 050 SMEs in different lines of business, in large part involved in various components of the social economy.Fondaction has always been resolutely committed to socially responsible finance, from the moment it was created. The principles of sustainable development are integrated in everything it does. Whether investing in businesses directly or in capital markets, Fondaction always applies the principles of responsible investment to the money entrusted by its savers.Fondaction was one of the first institutions in Québec to make accountability reports an obligation in an effort to improve its practices and contribute to moving sustainable development forward in Québec. It produced its first report on sustainable development in 2006 in accordance with the international standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the highest standards of precision and transparency in economic, social and environmental accountability.In 2010 and 2012, Fondaction remained at the forefront with its 3rd and 4th sustainable development reports, having them reviewed by an independent firm and achieving an application level of A+ from the GRI. Fondaction is the only financial institution in Québec to achieve this level.In 2014, Fondaction tabled its 5th sustainable development report, produced in accordance with the latest GRI guidelines, the G4. Fondaction also opted for Comprehensive compliance, becoming the 1st financial institution in North America and the 9th in the world to voluntarily adhere to these requirements.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software
Private Equity, Funding Round, Debt Financing
Canada, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

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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The Caisse is a global fund manager. Its clients, which it calls its depositors, are mostly Québec public and private pension funds and insurance plans. The funds entrusted to the Caisse are invested in financial markets in Québec, in Canada and around the world to generate a profit.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
Private Equity, Funding Round, Post-IPO Equity
Canada, United States, India

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Vooban — WE BRING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO LIFE!
AMB Modulaire — AMB Modulaire is a family-owned space supplier that provides quality modular solutions for classrooms, offices, institutional, and residential spaces.
Gunn Agri Partners — Gunn Agri Partners is an agricultural investment company that offers advice and services for acquisitions, asset, farm, and fund management.

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FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Finance East Limited delivers funding for businesses based in the East of England region.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

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Seriously Low Carb — Award Winning. Consumer brand of choice. Real food that's Keto and Low Carb friendly. The home of the Seriously Low Carb Loaf, the Seriously Low Carb Pizza and now lots of other products too.
Laserthrust — Laserthrust is developing and producing a 3D-printed, super-cavitating electric craft capable of traveling from Norwich, UK, to Amsterdam. The company's marine goods are made completely of recycled and recyclable FDM 3D-printed materials, with a particular emphasis on TPU-based materials.
Luxury Cottages — Find a luxury holiday cottage to rent in the UK. Our handpicked holiday homes at Luxury Cottages are carefully selected by our luxury travel experts.

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Evonik Venture Capital is the corporate venture arm of Evonik Industries AG, one of the providers of specialty chemicals. Evonik Venture Capital invests in young companies with innovative technology and high growth potential with solutions to problems within the areas of focus of resource efficiency, specialty additives, health & care,nutrition.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Series A, Series C
United States, The Netherlands, China

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Strohm — Strohm is a private supply chain company, focused on the offshore wind-to-hydrogen sector.
SuperC — SuperC is an enterprise that specializes in the research and production of innovative nanomaterials. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Dongguan City, Guangdong, China.
Jiangsu Jland Biotech — Jiangsu Jland Biotech is dedicated to the development and production of Biollagen™ collagen and is determined to be the biggest non-animal-sourced collagen supplier worldwide.

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