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Top 25 Life sciences private equity firms based in Canada

Name: Life sciences private equity firms based in Canada
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 59 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 59 life sciences private equity firms headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 537 professional contacts across them, including 237 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers life sciences private equity 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 28, 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 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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537Contacts tracked

237Verified emails

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The 25 largest life sciences private equity firms based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 59 life sciences private equity firms based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to life sciences private equity 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	Admare Bioinnovations	Strong evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	88 contacts →
	Strong evidence “With offices in Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto, adMare is building Canada’s life science industry from sea to sea.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Imperial Capital Limited	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	75 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Imperial Capital has been successfully building better businesses since 1989.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	VRG Capital	Strong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1982, VRG Capital is a private equity firm backed by a select group of Canadian family offices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Sixty Degree Capital	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Built on strength and balance, Sixty Degree Capital invests in the evolving areas of biopharmaceuticals, healthcare platforms and technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	OBIO	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2009, OBIO® is a not-for-profit, membership-based organization engaged in strategy, programming, policy development and advocacy to address the needs of the next…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	TIAP	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 2008, TIAP has been building relationships with innovators and entrepreneurs at Toronto’s top universities, hospitals and research institutes to identify the most exciting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	FACIT	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FACIT is an award-winning commercialization venture firm that builds companies with entrepreneurs to accelerate oncology innovations, with a portfolio that has attracted more than…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	Persistence Capital Partners	Strong evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Strong evidence “PCP is a Canadian-based private equity fund exclusively focused on high-growth opportunities in the healthcare field.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Igan Partners	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Based in Toronto, we partner with exceptional founders focused on commercializing and scaling technological advancements in healthcare.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Rosalind Advisors, INC	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Amplitude Ventures	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Amplitude Ventures is a capital catalyst for highly innovative companies at the point of value acceleration.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	ONE SIX 8 Ventures	Indirect evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At One Six 8 Ventures, we are more than just investors; we are partners in the pursuit of innovation and growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Avivagen INC	Indirect evidence	Ottawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	CTI Life Sciences Fund	Strong evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CTI Life Sciences Fund makes venture capital investments in high-quality emerging life science companies at the pre-clinical and clinical development stages.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Amorchem	Strong evidence	Westmount, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Strong evidence “AmorChem is an early stage life science venture capital fund, which is a major supporter of Quebec’s academic innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Pre-Amp	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pre-Amp is Amplitude’s biotech business initiation studio where innovation takes flight.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Suske Capital	Indirect evidence	Oakville, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Suske Capital Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Strive Equity Partners	Strong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Strive Equity Partners (“Strive”) is a Toronto-based private equity firm focused on investing in high-quality North American businesses with strong foundations, clear…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Genesys Capital	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Genesys Capital is focused on building companies in the high-growth sectors of healthcare and biotechnology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Leva Capital	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Leva Capital is a Canadian based venture capital firm that focuses on supporting healthcare companies in the pre-seed and seed stages.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Linearis	Indirect evidence	Quebec City, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Linearis with its tandem Ventures Fund and Laboratory, is pioneering and supporting discoveries to prevent, detect, and cure diseases through direct investments in innovative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Relentless Venture Fund	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Relentless has an unwavering commitment to invest in the commercialization of disruptive technology, products, and services that optimize access to care and facilitate a robust…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Lobe Sciences LTD	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Shadow Lake Group INC	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Shadow Lake Group is a globally focused advisory firm with a highly experienced team of multidisciplinary specialists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	J17 Capital INC	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “J17 Capital has its sights focused squarely on North America with the aim of investing in and bringing needed capital to technology, pharmaceutical, and therapeutic industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 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: life sciences private equity 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 life sciences private equity firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of life sciences private equity firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name life sciences private equity 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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Life sciences private equity firms based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

44.1%Verified-email coverage

9.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

35.6%Largest-city concentration · Toronto

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

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 59 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 life sciences private equity 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 “life sciences private equity 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 life sciences private equity 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 life sciences private equity 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, 237 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 28, 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.

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 life sciences private equity 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 life sciences private equity firms are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 59 life sciences private equity 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?

Admare Bioinnovations, headquartered in Vancouver, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most life sciences private equity firms?

Toronto leads with 21 headquartered companies, followed by Montreal (8) and Vancouver (8).

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 237 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 59 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 28, 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.