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Top 25 Venture capital firms for underrepresented founders based in Canada

RevenueBase identified 103 company matches for venture capital firms for underrepresented founders associated with Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 555 professional contacts across them, including 198 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for venture capital firms for underrepresented founders associated with Canada, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 29, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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.

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103Companies
555Contacts tracked
198Verified emails
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The 25 largest venture capital firms for underrepresented founders based in Canada

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 103 company matches for venture capital firms for underrepresented founders based in Canada, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 29, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 202651-20089 contacts →

Exact match

“Inovia Capital partners with founders to build impactful and enduring global companies.”

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2Exact matchCalgary, AB, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5026 contacts →

Exact match

“The51 is a financial platform and venture firm investing in innovative and ambitious founders, shaping the future.”

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3Exact matchMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5024 contacts →

Exact match

“Real Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on serving daring entrepreneurs with the ambition to create successful, global companies.”

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4Exact matchVancouver, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5020 contacts →

Exact match

“One of the world's most active corporate venture firms.”

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5Exact matchToronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5020 contacts →

Exact match

“FRAMEWORK was founded in 2018 and has set the benchmark for active capital investing for early-stage companies.”

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6Exact matchMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5018 contacts →

Exact match

“Panache Ventures is Canada's most active seed stage venture capital fund.”

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7Exact matchToronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-1017 contacts →

Exact match

“Ripple Ventures partners with inception-stage founders building advanced technologies.”

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8Exact matchVancouver, BC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-1014 contacts →

Exact match

“Launch Academy is a tech accelerator that provides the mentorship, resources, network and environment entrepreneurs need to launch, fund and grow their startups.”

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9Exact matchToronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-1013 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 2021, BKR Capital (formerly Black Innovation Capital) was built with the objective of investing in promising black founders in the technology space.”

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10Exact matchToronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-1011 contacts →

Exact match

“Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, based in Toronto and investing across North America.”

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11Exact matchHalifax, NS, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5011 contacts →

Exact match

“Numus Financial is a Halifax, Nova Scotia based venture capital firm focused on early-stage, high-growth companies.”

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12Exact matchVancouver, BC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-109 contacts →

Exact match

“Conconi Growth Partners is committed to helping exceptional entrepreneurs build great companies.”

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13Exact matchToronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-109 contacts →

Exact match

“We back bold entrepreneurs, champion their innovations, and work with them to build the future.”

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14Exact matchLondon, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-109 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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15Exact matchVancouver, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-108 contacts →

Exact match

“We back deeply technical founders from Seed to Series A building in AI, data, cloud, infra, devtools, open source in North America and Europe.”

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16Exact matchToronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-107 contacts →

Exact match

“StandUp Ventures is a Toronto-based, seed stage venture capital fund focused on investing in high growth ventures with at least one female founder in a key leadership role.”

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17Exact matchCalgary, AB, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-507 contacts →

Exact match

“To us, the future is where innovation can unite us, not isolate us.”

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18Exact matchToronto, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-106 contacts →

Exact match

“We believe that technology has the power to make the world a better place, and we want to invest in the extraordinary people and remarkable startups that make that happen.”

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19Exact matchToronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-106 contacts →

Exact match

“Disruption Ventures invests in high-growth, North American based companies at the Seed and Seed + stage.”

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20Exact matchToronto, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-105 contacts →

Exact match

“DMZ Ventures is a fund dedicated to driving the next wave of innovation by investing in high-potential startups.”

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21Exact matchVancouver, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-104 contacts →

Exact match

“Our mission is investing in LGBT+ led companies with proven traction and untapped potential.”

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22Exact matchToronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-104 contacts →

Exact match

“Greyhill Ventures backs entrepreneurs building a better world.”

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23Exact matchWinnipeg, MB, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-104 contacts →

Exact match

“Red Leaf Capital was founded in 2009 with a simple mission of helping businesses succeed.”

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24Exact matchToronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-104 contacts →

Exact match

“Marigold focuses on resilient and growing North American companies that drive positive financial, operational and social prosperity outcomes for employees, actors in their value…”

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25Exact matchCalgary, AB, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-104 contacts →

Exact match

“Startupcourt empowers Black and immigrant founders to build ventures that create lasting social and economic impact.”

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Venture capital firms for underrepresented founders based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
35.7%Verified-email coverage
5.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
47.6%Largest-city concentration · Toronto
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
85
11-50
17
51-200
1

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 103 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with Canada whose business descriptions match “venture capital firms for underrepresented founders” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 198 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Venture capital firms for underrepresented founders by metro

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “venture capital firms for underrepresented founders”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many venture capital firms for underrepresented founders are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 103 company matches for venture capital firms for underrepresented founders associated with Canada as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Inovia Capital tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most venture capital firms for underrepresented founders?

Toronto leads with 49 company records, followed by Vancouver (14) and Montreal (9).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 198 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 103 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 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 SmartSearch, 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.