# Top 25 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in Canada in May 2026

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

The E-Fund (VANTEC Entrepreneurs Fund VCC Inc.) was established in 2011 to invest in promising new ventures in British Columbia in a wide range of industry sectors. They are focused on co-investing with other angel investors and early-stage venture capital firms in seed-stage companies with high growth opportunities.The E-Fund involvesspecific investors in the investment due diligence process depending on their industry experience and knowledge and their particular technical expertise. It is their goal to become the ‘Go-to Braintrust’ for active and in-depth angel investing.

## John Nemanic
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

John Nemanic

## Real Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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

## James Pardieck
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

James Pardieck

## District Ventures Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Retail

Venture capital funding for Canadian entrepreneurs. District Ventures Capital is led by Arlene Dickinson and invests in innovative food & health sector companies.

## Tomas Lestrup
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Tomas Lestrup

## Desjardins Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lévis, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

Desjardins Capital makes it easy to grow your business with financial and strategic support. Investment capital and venture capital can help you meet your business goals.

## JJ Redick
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Winery, Software, Health Care

JJ Redick Former Pro-Basketball Player.

## Jeff Steinberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Winery, Distillery, Wine And Spirits

Jeff Steinberg

## Josh Hart
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Retail

Josh Hart is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association.

## InvestBev
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Winnetka, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Winery, Food and Beverage

Investing strategic capital across all facets of the adult beverage industry.

## Monroe Asami
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Monroe Asami

## Philip Sane
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Philip Sane

## Lanny Lipson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Lanny Lipson

## Aman Chatha
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Aman Chatha

## Mantella Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce

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.

## Robin Knox
- Type: Angel
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Social Network

Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary.

## Ken Miyoshi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: FinTech, Video, Enterprise Software

Ken Miyoshi

## VA Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## 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. 

## Accelerate Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Accelerate Fund supports the growth of early-stage Alberta technology companies with a multi million dollar fund that combines co-investment from angel investors.

## 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.

## Kathia Cambron
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Kathia Cambron

## 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.

## Rogers Healy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Retail, Software

A Texas based entrepreneur, investor, leader, and music guru, Rogers embodies the spirit of a business owner. Rogers jumped into business at an early age, and started what is now Texas' largest independently owned real estate company, Rogers Healy and Associates Real Estate, in 2005. Since inception , Rogers went on to be the founder of RogersHealy and Associates Land and Lake, Rogers Healy and Associates Commercial Real Estate, Healy Global Real Estate and Relocation and Healy Property Management.
As fate would have it, Rogers made his first investment in the world of Venture Capital in 2012, in Mizzen + Main. He fell in love with the idea of connecting the dots in the world of VC, and has since become one of Texas' most active investors. After over a decade investing in deals ranging from CPG to SaaS, Rogers founded Morrison Seger Venture Capital Partners. "MoSe" quickly made a name for themselves, with early stage investments in companies ranging from tequila to trading cards, and have been able to add a new layer of experience to venture capitalism. Most importantly, Rogers lives a life of faith, alongside his wife Abby, their daughter Henley (named after Eagles' frontman, Don Henley), their dogs, and all their music memorabilia (Rogers has one of the largest collections in the world).

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