44 investors have funded 16 FinTech companies head-officed in Ottawa, across 56 rounds (Dec 2002 – Feb 2026). They are ranked by how many Ottawa companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Ottawa" 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 | BDC | Montreal, Canada | SeedSeries A | 2 | 2 | — | Dec 2016 | 505 |
| 2 | MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund | Toronto, Canada | Seed | 2 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2017 | 101 |
| 3 | Real Ventures | Montreal, Canada | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 2 | Jun 2019 | 151 |
| 4 | 8VC | Austin, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2018 | 324 |
| 5 | OMERS | Toronto, Canada | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sep 2016 | 92 |
| 6 | Pfizer | New York City, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jan 2023 | 110 |
| 7 | Downing | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 2 | — | Dec 2017 | 68 |
| 8 | Celtic House Venture Partners | Ottawa, Canada | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jul 2022 | 45 |
| 9 | Reciprocal Ventures | New York City, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2019 | 39 |
| 10 | National Bank of Canada | Montreal, Canada | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2019 | 40 |
| 11 | The Group Ventures | Toronto, Canada | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2019 | 7 |
| 12 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2016 | 3,580 |
| 13 | Andreessen Horowitz | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2026 | 1,117 |
| 14 | Scottish Enterprise | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2017 | 273 |
| 15 | Start-Up Chile | Santiago, Chile | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2018 | 365 |
| 16 | Liquid 2 Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | May 2025 | 309 |
| 17 | Maven Capital Partners | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2017 | 219 |
| 18 | Tribe Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2025 | 155 |
| 19 | Riverside | Cleveland, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2024 | 177 |
| 20 | Export Development Canada | Ottawa, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2016 | 129 |
| 21 | RevTech Labs | Charlotte, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2024 | 147 |
| 22 | Altair Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2026 | 121 |
| 23 | PSG | Boston, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2023 | 104 |
| 24 | Rebel Fund | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | May 2025 | 69 |
| 25 | PeakSpan Capital | San Mateo, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2019 | 53 |
| 26 | Shine Capital | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2023 | 37 |
| 27 | StandUp Ventures | Toronto, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2026 | 29 |
| 28 | Graphite Ventures | Toronto, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2022 | 26 |
| 29 | Assurant | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | May 2025 | 22 |
| 30 | Capital Angels Network | Ottawa, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2021 | 20 |
| 31 | L-Spark | Ottawa, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2015 | 15 |
| 32 | Level39 | London, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2018 | 12 |
| 33 | L1 Digital | Zurich, Switzerland | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2023 | 11 |
| 34 | Scale Up Venture Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2016 | 7 |
| 35 | Covington Capital | Toronto, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2013 | 6 |
| 36 | Cambrian Fintech | Canada | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | May 2025 | 6 |
| 37 | TechnoCap | Montreal, Canada | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2002 | 4 |
| 38 | Purpose Investments | Toronto, Canada | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2018 | 5 |
| 39 | Deel | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2026 | 4 |
| 40 | DMG | Vancouver, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 3 |
| 41 | Langdell Investments | Sunnyvale, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2016 | 2 |
| 42 | Beaker | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2023 | 1 | |
| 43 | Retro | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2023 | 1 |
| 44 | Stax | Orlando, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 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.
FinTech companies head-officed in Ottawa that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MindBridge mindbridge.ai |
8 | 14 | $159.4M | Series C Jul 2023 |
| Stax Bill staxbill.com |
6 | 7 | $28M | Series A Mar 2021 |
| Keep trykeep.com |
5 | 5 | $115M | Series A May 2025 |
| VitaDAO vitadao.com |
5 | 6 | $21M | Series A Jan 2023 |
| Pluvo pluvo.io |
4 | 4 | $20M | Seed Feb 2026 |
| Zighra zighra.com |
4 | 4 | $4.8M | Seed Dec 2016 |
| CURO curocomp.com |
3 | 4 | $8.7M | Seed Dec 2017 |
| Salt Edge saltedge.com |
2 | 2 | $6M | Series A Oct 2018 |
| Raven Connected ravenconnected.com |
2 | 3 | — | Seed Jul 2022 |
| Ario arioplatform.com |
1 | 1 | $10M | Series A Nov 2018 |
| FreeBalance freebalance.com |
1 | 1 | $3M | Series B Dec 2002 |
| Dunia Payment duniapay.net |
1 | 1 | $313.5K | Seed Feb 2021 |
| Punchtime punchtimeapp.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Apr 2015 |
| Brane brane.ca |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2021 |
| Autocorp autocorp.ai |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Dec 2024 |
| Capita capita.io |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2024 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz | Pluvo | Seed | $5M |
| Feb 2026 | Altair Capital | Pluvo | Seed | $5M |
| Feb 2026 | Deel | Pluvo | Seed | $5M |
| Feb 2026 | StandUp Ventures | Pluvo | Seed | $5M |
| May 2025 | Liquid 2 Ventures | Keep | Series A | $23M |
| May 2025 | Assurant | Keep | Series A | $23M |
| May 2025 | Tribe CapitalLED | Keep | Series A | $23M |
| May 2025 | Rebel Fund | Keep | Series A | $23M |
| May 2025 | Cambrian Fintech | Keep | Series A | $23M |
| Dec 2024 | Riverside | Autocorp | Seed | — |
| Jun 2024 | RevTech LabsLED | Capita | Seed | — |
| Jul 2023 | PSGLED | MindBridge | Series C | $60M |
| Jan 2023 | PfizerLED | VitaDAO | Series A | $4.1M |
| Jan 2023 | Shine CapitalLED | VitaDAO | Series A | $4.1M |
| Jan 2023 | Retro | VitaDAO | Series A | $4.1M |
| Jan 2023 | L1 DigitalLED | VitaDAO | Series A | $4.1M |
| Jan 2023 | Beaker | VitaDAO | Series A | $4.1M |
| Aug 2022 | PfizerLED | VitaDAO | Seed | $500K |
| Jul 2022 | Graphite Ventures | Raven Connected | Seed | — |
| Jul 2022 | Celtic House Venture PartnersLED | Raven Connected | Seed | — |
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