FendX
February
Investment Date: February
2022
FendX Technologies Inc. is an innovative platform technology company that develops powerful pathogen-repelling surface coatings to prevent the spread of pathogens.
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Shop this City
February
Investment Date: February
2022
Shop This City is a digital tool that connects users to real experiences and captures unique data about their shopping behaviour and the local stores they interact with. Shop This City is a female founded company in Vancouver, BC
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Altrincham Football Club
November
Investment Date: November
2021
Altrincham Football is based at the J.Davidson Stadium, Moss Lane, Altrincham, which is the football home of Altrincham FC senior men’s team. Formed in 1891, Altrincham Football Club have been the heart of football in South Manchester for 125 years. Currently, Altrincham FC are competing in the National League North division.
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Spark Technologies
September
Investment Date: September
2021
Spark Technologies is committed to empowering customers with the best support possible and bridging the gap other companies often fail to deliver in the IT solutions provide industry. The company provides world class service and innovative solutions in Middleware Technologies, Big Data, UI/UX design, Cloud Infrastructures, DevOps, Continuous Integration, Continuous development, Continuous Monitoring. They are equipped and devoted to support IT projects from concept to production and beyond.
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Traffic Driven Technologies
September
Investment Date: September
2021
Traffic Driven Technologies is building an AI-powered auction platform that enables the buying, selling, and trading of cars. Their dealer-fueled online marketplace ensures trust for consumers and allows brick and mortar dealers to compete with digital disruptors. Consumers can now skip the discomfort of a vehicle purchase and trade when traders bid for their business, while Dealers can upgrade their sales model and qualify in-market buyers.
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Open Ocean Robotics
August
Investment Date: August
2021
Open Ocean Robotics is a marine robotics and software company providing autonomous data collection and analytics as a subscription and service. Using uncrewed solar-powered boats, they deliver real-time data analytics necessary to monitor, protect and operate on our ocean. These autonomous boats stay on the ocean for months at a time continuously monitoring the environment for risks to marine life and maritime security. This provides a critical solution for safeguarding marine protected areas (MPAs), protecting marine mammals and securing waters from crime including illegal fishing, smuggling, human trafficking and threats to critical infrastructure. As a leader in marine robotics and data analytics with proprietary technology in autonomous vessel design, machine learning, and software development, as well as proprietary datasets of ocean conditions, sounds and images, Open Ocean Robotics is able to provide an unparalleled level of ocean insights.
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Pocketed
July
Investment Date: July
2021
Pocketed is a user-focused platform built to make grant funding more accessible to every business owner. Pocketed brings grant funding to you quickly and easily and makes finding your grant a smotth, intuitive jorney. It is built using their intelligent grant matching tool and can easily uncover grants that can be easily overlooked. Pocketed offers fast, founder-friendly grant-based financing integrated directly into Pocketed’s platform. It’s your funding needs, all under one roof.
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Carmodity
July
Investment Date: July
2021
Carmodity offers token leasing to customers. Token leasing is where a customer leases an asset through Carmodity. This can be a car, boat, house, coffee machine or anything else. The asset is then split up into individual LeaseTokens, then sold on econommi.io. Every month when lessees make their lease payments, it is split up between all the LeaseToken owners. Carmodity’s goal is to help transition the world from a debt-based economy to an asset-backed one, one car at a time. They are creating new ways to diversify wealth. Customer experience is at the core of everything they do. The experience of the end-user is as important as the products and the services they offer. They create new opportunities for their customers by allowing them to have flexibility with their lease. Carmodity Leasing creates new possibilities of mobility for people who otherwise would not have the opportunity. Their leasing rates are very competitive, along with very flexible application requirements. Their flexible payment plans, allows users to pay your car payment when it works best for you.
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Future Capital
May
Investment Date: May
2021
Future Capital was born out of a need for more, fairer inroads to venture capital and angel investing. Their mission is to create a new, more diverse cohort of investors at the angel, LP and syndicate level. Their network is made for everyone who is underrepresented within the current social & economic decision-making structures in North America. The Future Capital community is intentionally designed to propel new, different voices and perspectives into positions of power and influence. They are developing a network to accelerate the next generation of investors through education, community & access.
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Adaviv
May
Investment Date: May
2021
The founders of Adaviv believe precision tools and more knowledge of our crop plants are the keys to a truly sustainable future. Adaviv’s AI-driven tools open the gates for this future. They give digital eyes on each plant to growers and data it into actionable insights for growers to prevent losses and continually improve the growth of each plant.
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BioForm Solutions Inc.
April
Investment Date: April
2021
BioForm’s mission is to help shape a more sustainable future for everyone. Using only kelp, water and cellulose fibre, Bioform’s technology creates truly compostable bioplastics that are ideally-suited for a variety of industries. Their patented technology drives their customers to replace plastic from their operations with home compostable and recyclable products across some of the most common and useful shapes. They have thought about costs, availability and commercial scale so you can focus on the important things: Removing plastics from your operations, and helping expedite society’s transition towards sustainable materials.
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Ava Grows
March
Investment Date: March
2021
Ava Grows believes in bringing the love of gardening to every home, no matter the size. The founders developed AVA Byte together to use technology to help their plants thrive. Ava Grows strives to let anyone, grow anything, anywhere. By getting a Byte in every home, they aim to shift society’s preference away from cheap, mass agriculture to more local, nutritious and sustainable options.
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Global Predictions
March
Investment Date: March
2021
Global Predictions is a deep-tech company that has built a digital twin of the economy to make unbiased forecasts into the future using hyperconnected simulations, economic modeling, diverse data streams, and machine learning.
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MintGreen Blockchain Innovation Corp.
February
Investment Date: February
2021
MintGreen is a Vancouver based blockchain technology company with a focus on heat recovery and sustainable digital currency mining. They offer turn-key, integrated mining products and mining solutions powered by green and clean energy sources.
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movr
January
Investment Date: January
2021
The mission of movr is to make functional personal training and measurable improvement accessible for everyone by offering a new kind of physical training experience. This is delivered through two main approaches: personal goals and group challenges. The movr app helps users move to their true potential and feel better in their body, every single day for a more fulfilled life.
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Keela
January
Investment Date: January
2021
Keela is smart software for Nonprofits. They provide powerful, intelligent tools to manage donors, mobilize volunteers, raise funds and market donors. Keela is officially certified as a B-Corp, solidifying their legal commitment to impact, always prioritizing people over profit and never forget their commitment to the communities in which they operate.
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Zennea
December
Investment Date: December
2020
Zennea’s vision is to end sleepless nights by preventing chronic snoring and treating sleep related breathing conditions. They are developing the first medical device that will reduce snoring by externally reducing airway restriction through neuro-stimulation. ZENS is a wearable device that adheres under the chin and uses transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to reduce airflow restrictions. The device sends a bi-phasic waveform to each side of the midline that stimulations targeted nerves and subsequent muscle groups that control the upper airway. Zennea will seek market authorization from the FDA, so people who snore won’t have to ever worry about ineffective solutions.
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Portable Electric
September
Investment Date: September
2020
Portable Electric provides clean, mobile electricity from lithium ion battery banks. Portable Electric’s VOLTstack® power stations deliver reliable, instant power whenever and wherever you need it with no noise or no pollution. These quiet, easy to use, plug and play modular energy systems can be used for festivals, job sites, emergencies and more.
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Fable
May
Investment Date: May
2020
Fable is a direct-to-consumer dinnerware lifestyle brand for millennials. They partner with artisans from around the world who commit to exceptional craftsmanship with the best materials, sustainable practices and ethical employment. Fable creates their products in small batches to ensure their excellence because they believe firmly in quality over quality.
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Tzoa
February
Investment Date: February
2020
Tzoa started with a mission to improve planetary health and deliver clean air to all. Their product, Haven, has evolved from an indoor air quality monitor into an ecosystem that not only tracks the air, but provides actionable insights and uses your HVAC system to improve the homes air quality. Tzoa aims to develop solutions that can be retrofitted into existing homes, and to maximize the health potential of every home. To date, they achieved improvements upwards of 90% for indoor air quality in many homes and they believe they can do better.
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ehsAI
December
Investment Date: December
2019
ehsAI is a next wave compliance technology company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to help organizations reduce the costs and risks of permitting and compliance. ehsAI is committed to integrity, diversity and innovation in all its transactions and developing disruptive solutions that transform environmental, health and safety and compliance management for business. ehsAI services the technology, manufacturing, energy, chemical, construction and retail industries.
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OneComply
December
Investment Date: December
2019
OneComply is a leading innovator of compliance and governance management for state-regulated sectors. They support fast growth by providing intelligent solutions that reduce cost, resources and time to market. OneComply utilizes decades of experience in state-regulated industries, developing the most efficient and secure ways to help business scale by allowing for a more efficient way to create jurisdictional license applications. Customers vary from high growth start-ups to established enterprises.
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Novarc Technologies
December
Investment Date: December
2019
Novarc Technologies developed the world’s first collaborative welding robot called a Pipe Spool Welding Robot (SWR). The SWR dramatically boosts productivity and shop capacity for fabricators and welders. The use of automation delivers superb quality and improves welder ergonomics.
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Honeycomb.ai
September
Investment Date: September
2019
Honeycomb is an ingredient, allergen, and dietary prediction for restaurant menu items. Their app helps people with dietary needs find suitable food to eat in restaurants. For restaurants, Honeycomb helps automate dietary requests by digitizing ingredient, allergen and diet information and showcasing it to customers who need it most. Honeycomb uses its AI to predict key ingredients, allowing restaurants to simply verify outputs rather than classify menu items from scratch.
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Shelter Point
August
Investment Date: August
2019
The company produces exceptional handcrafted artisanal spirits. Shelter Point was established in 2011 and is located on 380 acres near Campbell River, BC, about halfway up the eastern coast of Vancouver Island. Shelter Point has skilled craftspeople that use traditional Scottish distilling methods and a state-of-the-art facility. The result is a world-class distillery that produces whiskey, vodka, gin and sunshine liqueur.
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stable.work
June
Investment Date: June
2019
Nelson Investments Inc. became involved in the early stages of the formation of Stable. It is a Vancouver based company that connects small businesses with experienced local sales support to automate their outbound sales prospecting and customer campaigns. Stable enables businesses to save time, eliminate sales cycle friction and grow more efficiently.
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Tractor Foods
March
Investment Date: March
2019
Tractor Everyday Healthy Foods is a family-owned business passionate about creating fresh, healthy and delicious food that is convenient. Tractor opened its first restaurant in 2013 and currently operates seven stores (six in Vancouver and one in Toronto). Nelson Investments Inc. is excited about the growth opportunity as Tractor continues to build on its momentum opening new stores and investing in digital initiatives.
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Unbounce
December
Investment Date: December
2018
Unbounce is a drag-and-drop builder that lets users create and publish their own landing pages, without needing a developer to code them. It’s an easier and faster solution to get more conversions from your traffic. The Nelsons’ were early investors in Unbounce when they started out of a dark, 500-square foot room in Gastown Vancouver in 2009. Today, Unbounce is the world’s leading landing page platform with a workplace of over 170 people and are one of Canada’s fastest-growing tech companies with offices in both Vancouver and Berlin.
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netskrt.io
December
Investment Date: December
2017
Netskrt technology enables a business to maximize the value of its broadband service by allowing customers to stream their favourite over-the-top media through an existing wifi system without increasing its broadband data charges. Instead of a business incurring the costs of VOD licensing, content can be accessed through customers’ direct subscriptions.
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dooly.ai
October
Investment Date: October
2017
Dooly is a real-time, cloud-based playbook for closers. It seamlessly syncs notes to Salesforce automatically updating opportunities. The software can feed sales relevant talking points during a call based on the flow of the conversation. It aligns sales and marketing by allowing sales to access the content they need in real-time from marketing and provide live feedback to help marketing understand what is and isn’t delivering results.
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Iris Automation, Ltd.
March
Investment Date: March
2016
Iris Automation has developed collision-avoidance software (Casia) which allows drones to see the world as a pilot does. By unlocking safe beyond visual line of site flights, Iris Automation technology will enable thousands of companies to increase safety and efficiency in their day-day-work.
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Fatigue Science
February
Investment Date: February
2015
Fatigue Science combines wearable tech with biomathematical science from the US Army Research Lab to offer insight into fatigue measurement, prediction and analysis solutions. The company is at the forefront of providing accurate and reliable fatigue scoring and predictions to industrial workforce, professional sports teams and military personnel. It empowers individuals and organizations around the world to be healthier, safer and perform at higher levels.
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