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Top 25 Early-stage venture firms based in Canada

Name: Early-stage venture firms based in Canada
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 501 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 501 early-stage venture firms headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 4,152 professional contacts across them, including 1,222 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers early-stage venture firms headquartered in Canada, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest early-stage venture firms based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 501 early-stage venture firms based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to early-stage venture firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Creative Destruction LAB	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	515 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Loyal VC	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	351 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Loyal is a venture fund designed to reduce the risk and illiquidity of the asset class.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	DMZ	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	157 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DMZ is a tech incubator and global startup ecosystem that helps founders build high-impact ventures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	B.E.S.T Funds	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	106 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1996, BEST Funds is a leading Canadian venture capital firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Inovia Capital	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Inovia Capital partners with founders to build impactful and enduring global companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Portage	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Portage is a global investment platform focused on fintech and financial services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	AWZ	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Awz is a Canadian-Israeli VC firm focused on commercial multi-use applications of innovative Israeli, AI-based, deep-tech, fintech, cybersecurity, & intelligence technologies” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Tandemlaunch Ventures Studio & Funds	Partial evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	46 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TandemLaunch is a venture capital fund and a venture studio that partners with driven entrepreneurs to create successful and disruptive deep tech companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Elevation Capital	Strong evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Elevation Capital is an early-stage venture fund that invests in globally impactful companies united by a common vision of humanity as the highest purpose.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	ACET	Indirect evidence	Sherbrooke, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “L’Accélérateur de création d'entreprises technologiques (ACET) est un incubateur-accélérateur d’entreprises spécialisées en haute technologie.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Genesis	Indirect evidence	St John’s, NL, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help ambitious founders build world-class companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Globalive	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Globalive partners with, invests in and builds companies with driven founders who are committed to innovating and developing technology to improve and change industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Diagram Ventures	Partial evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Diagram is a venture builder that conceives and launches technology companies in the financial services, insurance, and health industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Wesley Clover International	Indirect evidence	Kanata, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Wesley Clover is a private, global investment management firm and holding company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Innovobot	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are an investment platform that creates value through innovation, founded on the premise that there is a better way to foster innovation that tackles critical social…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	NBIF	Indirect evidence	Fredericton, NB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “INNOVATION.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	RUMOR	Partial evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Leading product and venture agency that accelerates companies’ ROI via product development, design, and technology - from startup to enterprise level.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Brightspark Ventures	Partial evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Brightspark Capital is the venture capital firm behind every single investment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Northern Labs	Indirect evidence	Toronto, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Northern Labs is on a mission to make entrepreneurship in Canada more accessible and to help high potential companies scale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Plaza Ventures	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PV is a Canadian investment firm that scales technology companies through primary and secondary investments” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Yaletown Partners	Partial evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Yaletown Partners is dedicated to closing the emerging-growth stage investment gap faced by technology companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	The51	Partial evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The51 is a financial platform and venture firm investing in innovative and ambitious founders, shaping the future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Intergen	Indirect evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “InterGen is a private ScaleUp fund and talent matching program whose founding funders are some of Calgary’s prominent families and engaged corporations and institutions wanting to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Lalotte Ventures	Strong evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	26 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Lalotte Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund, part of the "Mitch Garber & Anne-Marie Boucher" Family Office, investing and empowering entrepreneurs in emerging…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	UHSF	Strong evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The UCeed Haskayne Student Fund (UHSF) is an early-stage venture capital fund operated entirely by a team of top-performing undergraduate and MBA students at the University of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: early-stage venture firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names early-stage venture firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of early-stage venture firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name early-stage venture firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Early-stage venture firms based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

29.4%Verified-email coverage

8.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

36.1%Largest-city concentration · Toronto

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

384

11-50

102

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 501 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among early-stage venture firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Canada whose own description of what they do matches “early-stage venture firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names early-stage venture firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among early-stage venture firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Canada are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,222 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names early-stage venture firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many early-stage venture firms are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 501 early-stage venture firms headquartered in Canada as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Creative Destruction LAB, headquartered in Toronto, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most early-stage venture firms?

Toronto leads with 181 headquartered companies, followed by Vancouver (88) and Montreal (54).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,222 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 501 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.