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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Seed investors for Finance startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Version One Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America | ||
Yaletown Partners | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America | ||
WUTIF | Seed | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America | ||
Discovery Capital | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America | ||
PenderFund Capital Management | Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America |
At SeedRound we track over 200,000 investors and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these firms. We use this directory of investors to highlight top employees, LP’s and funding organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top Finance Seed investors in Vancouver. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Finance Investors & Funds (Vancouver)
Version One Ventures
Version One Ventures backs mission-driven founders at the earliest stages. Full thesis here: https://versionone.vc/updated-thesis/
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Yaletown Partners
Yaletown Partners specializes in investing in software, data, and device technologies. It invests in technology companies that improve industry and enterprise productivity and sustainability, to help accelerate their growth, shorten exit timeframes, and accomplish strong exit premiums. With offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montréal, and a growing presence in Toronto, Yaletown is led by a national team that contributes almost 100 years of technology-industry experience and a network of extensive industry relationships.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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WUTIF
WUTIF Capital (VCC) Inc. is a novel angel fund that co-invests with angel investors in promising new technology ventures in British Columbia. WUTIF was formed in mid-2003 and made its first investments in late 2004.
Stages: Seed
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America
Industries: Finance
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Discovery Capital
Discovery Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in early and growth stage investments. It seeks to invest in information technology with a focus on hardware and software companies, communications sector that includes mobile technology that includes wireless and networking solutions, new media, health and life sciences focused on biotechnology, environmental and energy technology, water purification, electric power by wind energy and solar energy, and other advanced technologies focused on hardware and software, industrial, alternative energy, energy-saving technology solutions, and clean technology solutions investments. Discovery Capital seeks to invest in companies based in British Columbia. It also provides capital for follow-on investments. It will invest in eligible small businesses that qualify under the Small Business Venture Capital Act. Discover Capital invests in those firm in which their business, together with affiliates, must have less than 100 employees at the time of their initial investment. It may make additional investments if the employment level grows beyond 100. Also, their business must pay at least 75% of its wages and salaries to B.C. employees. This may be reduced to 50% if their business is engaged in the export of goods or services outside B. C. It prefers to have successful exits by way of initial public offerings and sales of portfolio companies. John McEwen and Harry Jaako founded Discovery Capital in 1986. It has its headquarters in British Columbia in Canada.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America
Industries: Angel Investment, Finance, Impact Investing, Mobile, Venture Capital
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PenderFund Capital Management
PenderFund Capital Management is an independent, value-based investment firm located in Vancouver, Canada that aims to create value for investors by generating superior risk-adjusted returns.
Stages: Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Rockshield Capital
Rockshield Capital makes early stage seed investments of dollars and human capital with the expectation of superior rates of return.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Post Ipo, Seed
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good
The $100-million TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good is one of Canada’s largest corporate impact funds, powering the boldest, bravest ideas by for-profit startups that are dedicated to driving social innovation and building tech for good. In support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Fund invests in the next generation of entrepreneurs who are addressing the biggest challenges in health, education, agriculture and the environment – connecting them with the resources and capital they need to grow and thrive. The TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good showcases TELUS’ long-standing commitment to leverage its world leading technology to create meaningful change and make the world a better place.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Health Care, Software
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InitioGroup
InitioGroup is a Vancouver-based early stage investment fund led by Managing Director Mike Edwards. Initio’s focus is consumer internet, mobile, and solving real problems. Initio helps startups realize their potential by funding, connecting, listening and, hopefully, just the right amount of advice. Initio invests in people first, then teams, then vision, and then market. InitioGroup is actively involved in fostering the startup community at home in Vancouver, and building bridges to major hubs of innovation including Silicon Valley, New York, and Europe.
Stages: Seed
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America
Industries: Finance, Internet, Mobile, Venture Capital
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