30 investors have funded 11 Brands Tech companies head-officed in Toronto, across 45 rounds (Aug 2014 – Oct 2023). They are ranked by how many Toronto companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Toronto" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 500 Global | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries A | 2 | 4 | 2 | Jan 2021 | 1,988 |
| 2 | Accelerator Centre | Waterloo, Canada | Seed | 2 | 2 | 2 | Sep 2022 | 380 |
| 3 | BDC | Montreal, Canada | Series ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 2 | Jul 2020 | 505 |
| 4 | Export Development Canada | Ottawa, Canada | SeedSeries BSeries A | 1 | 3 | — | Jul 2020 | 129 |
| 5 | StandUp Ventures | Toronto, Canada | Series ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jul 2020 | 29 |
| 6 | Factory | Bethlehem, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 3 | — | Jul 2020 | 5 |
| 7 | Struck Capital | Santa Monica, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2021 | 45 |
| 8 | MaRS Discovery District | Toronto, Canada | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2019 | 43 |
| 9 | The51 | Calgary, Canada | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Jul 2020 | 25 |
| 10 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 3,580 |
| 11 | Wellfound | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2020 | 397 |
| 12 | Real Ventures | Montreal, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2014 | 151 |
| 13 | Founders Factory | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2017 | 164 |
| 14 | Hyde Park Venture Partners | Chicago, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2021 | 93 |
| 15 | Boomtown Accelerators | Boulder | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2015 | 131 |
| 16 | Origin Ventures | Chicago, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2021 | 80 |
| 17 | Citi | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2021 | 94 |
| 18 | 2048 Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2023 | 55 |
| 19 | Revel Partners | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2020 | 31 |
| 20 | Ripple Ventures | Toronto, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2023 | 32 |
| 21 | 4impact | The Hague, Netherlands | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2022 | 20 |
| 22 | Comma Capital | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2023 | 22 |
| 23 | Valia | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2023 | 17 |
| 24 | L'Oréal | Paris, France | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2017 | 14 |
| 25 | Next 10 Ventures | Culver City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2019 | 7 |
| 26 | Freycinet Ventures | Toronto, Canada | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2019 | 7 |
| 27 | Tercera | Boston, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 28 | Colcap | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2021 | 1 | |
| 29 | PBX Innovations | Bad Kreuznach, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2014 | 1 |
| 30 | Shipfusion | Toronto, Canada | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2019 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Brands Tech companies head-officed in Toronto that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sampler sampler.io |
10 | 20 | $53.6M | Series B Jul 2020 |
| BlackCart blackcart.com |
7 | 10 | $52.4M | Series A Jan 2021 |
| Centro centrocommerce.com |
4 | 4 | $8M | Seed Oct 2023 |
| Vantage Analytics gotvantage.com |
2 | 2 | $2.2M | Seed Aug 2014 |
| Shoelace shoelace.com |
2 | 2 | $35K | Seed Feb 2017 |
| Paperstack paperstack.ai |
2 | 2 | $20K | Seed Sep 2022 |
| Orium orium.com |
1 | 1 | $11M | |
| loopt looptplatform.com |
1 | 1 | $1.7M | Seed May 2021 |
| Green Story greenstory.io |
1 | 1 | $1.2M | Seed Mar 2022 |
| Stage TEN stageten.tv |
1 | 1 | $1M | Seed Feb 2019 |
| The Fitting Room thefittingroom.tech |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Sep 2022 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2023 | Ripple VenturesLED | Centro | Seed | $2M |
| Oct 2023 | Valia | Centro | Seed | $2M |
| Oct 2023 | 2048 VenturesLED | Centro | Seed | $2M |
| Oct 2023 | Comma Capital | Centro | Seed | $2M |
| Sep 2022 | Accelerator CentreLED | Paperstack | Seed | — |
| Sep 2022 | Accelerator CentreLED | The Fitting Room | Seed | — |
| Mar 2022 | 4impactLED | Green Story | Seed | $1.2M |
| Jun 2021 | TechstarsLED | Paperstack | Seed | $20K |
| May 2021 | ColcapLED | loopt | Seed | $1.7M |
| Jan 2021 | 500 Global | BlackCart | Series A | $8.8M |
| Jan 2021 | Citi | BlackCart | Series A | $8.8M |
| Jan 2021 | Origin VenturesLED | BlackCart | Series A | $8.8M |
| Jan 2021 | Hyde Park Venture PartnersLED | BlackCart | Series A | $8.8M |
| Jan 2021 | Struck Capital | BlackCart | Series A | $8.8M |
| Jul 2020 | Factory | Sampler | Series B | $4M |
| Jul 2020 | BDCLED | Sampler | Series B | $4M |
| Jul 2020 | Export Development Canada | Sampler | Series B | $4M |
| Jul 2020 | The51 | Sampler | Series B | $4M |
| Jul 2020 | StandUp VenturesLED | Sampler | Series B | $4M |
| Jul 2020 | Factory | Sampler | Series A | $4M |
Brands Tech investors in other cities
Other markets in Toronto