28 investors have funded 8 MarketingTech companies head-officed in Kitchener, across 49 rounds (Jun 2011 – Apr 2024). They are ranked by how many Kitchener companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Kitchener" 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 | Inovia Capital | Montreal, Canada | SeedSeries ASeries B | 3 | 6 | 1 | Sep 2020 | 208 |
| 2 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 3 | 4 | 4 | Jun 2016 | 5,648 |
| 3 | OMERS | Toronto, Canada | Series ASeries BSeries C | 2 | 4 | 1 | Jan 2016 | 92 |
| 4 | Export Development Canada | Ottawa, Canada | Series BSeries C | 2 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2024 | 129 |
| 5 | Uncork Capital | Palo Alto, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 4 | 1 | Jan 2016 | 200 |
| 6 | GreenSky | Toronto, Canada | SeedSeries A | 1 | 3 | 2 | Sep 2020 | 26 |
| 7 | Bessemer Venture Partners | Redwood City, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2016 | 781 |
| 8 | AngelPad | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 2 | Apr 2015 | 149 |
| 9 | MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund | Toronto, Canada | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 2 | Sep 2020 | 101 |
| 10 | Luge Capital | Montreal, Canada | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 2 | Sep 2022 | 25 |
| 11 | Andreessen Horowitz | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2011 | 1,117 |
| 12 | Plug and Play Tech Center | Sunnyvale, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2012 | 934 |
| 13 | SV Angel | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2011 | 734 |
| 14 | Battery Ventures | Boston, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2016 | 458 |
| 15 | BDC | Montreal, Canada | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2020 | 505 |
| 16 | Salesforce Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2015 | 364 |
| 17 | Accelerator Centre | Waterloo, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2019 | 380 |
| 18 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Toronto, Canada | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2022 | 53 |
| 19 | Bank of Montreal | Toronto, Canada | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2024 | 39 |
| 20 | Graphite Ventures | Toronto, Canada | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2022 | 26 |
| 21 | Golden Triangle Angel Network | Cambridge, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2015 | 21 |
| 22 | Hedgewood | Toronto, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2015 | 16 |
| 23 | Communitech | Kitchener, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2015 | 13 |
| 24 | Tactico | Montreal, Canada | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2022 | 6 |
| 25 | Innovation Grade Ventures | Toronto, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2019 | 5 |
| 26 | velocity.waterloo.ca | Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2013 | 1 |
| 27 | Garage76 | Doha, Qatar | Angel | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2014 | 1 |
| 28 | Rotmans | Worcester, United States | Angel | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2014 | 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.
MarketingTech companies head-officed in Kitchener that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidyard vidyard.com |
11 | 21 | $321.4M | Series C Apr 2024 |
| ProNavigator pronavigator.ai |
10 | 14 | $58.3M | Series B Sep 2022 |
| Blitzen blitzen.com |
4 | 5 | $1.6M | Seed Jun 2015 |
| PiinPoint piinpoint.com |
4 | 4 | $145K | Seed Sep 2015 |
| Smile.io smile.io |
2 | 2 | $2.3M | Seed Sep 2019 |
| PaveAI paveai.com |
1 | 1 | $120K | Seed Jun 2016 |
| Wriber wriber.com |
1 | 1 | $50K | Seed May 2013 |
| SecondFunnel secondfunnel.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2012 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2024 | Bank of Montreal | Vidyard | Series C | $15M |
| Apr 2024 | Export Development CanadaLED | Vidyard | Series C | $15M |
| Sep 2022 | Graphite VenturesLED | ProNavigator | Series B | $7.7M |
| Sep 2022 | Export Development Canada | ProNavigator | Series B | $7.7M |
| Sep 2022 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | ProNavigator | Series B | $7.7M |
| Sep 2022 | Tactico | ProNavigator | Series B | $7.7M |
| Sep 2022 | Luge CapitalLED | ProNavigator | Series B | $7.7M |
| Sep 2020 | Inovia Capital | ProNavigator | Series A | $2.8M |
| Sep 2020 | BDC | ProNavigator | Series A | $2.8M |
| Sep 2020 | MaRS Investment Accelerator FundLED | ProNavigator | Series A | $2.8M |
| Sep 2020 | Luge CapitalLED | ProNavigator | Series A | $2.8M |
| Sep 2020 | GreenSkyLED | ProNavigator | Series A | $2.8M |
| Sep 2019 | Accelerator CentreLED | Smile.io | Seed | — |
| Feb 2019 | Innovation Grade Ventures | ProNavigator | Seed | $1.7M |
| Feb 2019 | MaRS Investment Accelerator FundLED | ProNavigator | Seed | $1.7M |
| Feb 2019 | GreenSkyLED | ProNavigator | Seed | $1.7M |
| Mar 2018 | GreenSky | ProNavigator | Seed | $1.2M |
| Jun 2016 | Y CombinatorLED | PaveAI | Seed | $120K |
| Jan 2016 | Battery VenturesLED | Vidyard | Series C | $35M |
| Jan 2016 | Uncork Capital | Vidyard | Series C | $35M |
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