Seed funds in Toronto

10 listings in Seed funds.

Golden Ventures Toronto, ON

Leading Toronto seed-stage VC, 100+ investments, sector-agnostic, writing US$0.5M-$3M initial cheques and leading/co-leading rounds. Closed ~C$139M Fund V. Portfolio includes ApplyBoard, BenchSci, Neo Financial, Faire, Ritual, Avidbots a...

Toronto early-stage VC (rebranded from ScaleUP Ventures) focused on enterprise software, healthtech, fintech, e-commerce and AI/ML, typically C$0.5-2M cheques. Portfolio includes Ritual, Flashfood and Fiix. Active seed/Series A lead in t...

StandUp Ventures Toronto, ON

Toronto seed VC (founded 2017) investing in high-growth companies with at least one woman founder in a key leadership role. 70+ investments across health, climate and enterprise, including Hardline AI, Wygo and GridBank. Managed alongsid...

Ripple Ventures Toronto, ON

Founder-led Toronto early-stage VC (est. 2017) writing pre-seed/seed cheques into B2B software, with a hands-on operating model and a co-working community for portfolio founders. Also runs Ripple X for pre-seed bets.

N49P Toronto, ON

Toronto pre-seed/seed fund (founded 2018) hunting 'diamonds in the rough' among Canadian tech startups, typically US$500K-$750K first cheques. Closed a US$25M first close on Fund IV (US$70M target). Frequent co-investor with Garage Capital.

Garage Capital Kitchener-Waterloo / GTA, ON

Waterloo-region-rooted pre-seed/seed fund investing across the Toronto-Waterloo corridor in technical founders. Prolific early-stage co-investor (notably alongside N49P) and one of the corridor's most active micro-VCs.

Antler Canada Toronto, ON

Toronto arm of the global day-zero venture platform that co-founds and pre-seed-funds startups out of cohort programs. Strong draw for immigrant and diaspora founders building their first companies in the GTA; sector-agnostic with AI and...

Real Ventures Montreal, QC (national reach)

Long-running Canadian early-stage VC, ~C$325M across five funds and a 100+ company portfolio valued near C$10B, making pre-seed/seed cheques of C$0.5-3M with strong AI/ML and marketplace focus (Sonder, Element AI, Breather). Ecosystem-bu...

Brightspark Ventures Toronto & Montreal, ON/QC

Seed-stage Canadian VC with a distinctive co-investment model that lets accredited individuals invest alongside the fund deal-by-deal. Sector-agnostic seed cheques across the Toronto-Montreal axis; a bridge between institutional and ange...

MaRS IAF (Investment Accelerator Fund) Toronto, ON (MaRS Discovery District)

Toronto seed-stage fund tied to the MaRS Discovery District, backing Ontario founders from day zero through seed across ICT, life sciences, cleantech, fintech and AI. Cheques ~C$200K-$1.5M (sweet spot C$500K); often the first institution...

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