Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping investment industry in Vancouver. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.
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12 of 301 tracked companies have open roles.
29 of 301 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 56 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 75.8% of disclosed capital, while 90.4% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $11.06M | 16 | 2 |
| 2017 | $4.93M | 18 | 2 |
| 2018 | $120.5M | 25 | 4 |
| 2019 | $483.72K | 16 | 1 |
| 2020 | $15.82M | 24 | 2 |
| 2021 | $4.53M | 36 | 3 |
| 2022 | $2.22M | 12 | 3 |
| 2023 | $8.38M | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | $5.15M | 3 | 10 |
| 2025 | $20.29M | 0 | 8 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
68 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in investment industry company rounds since 2016.
Backed by .
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
The measured Canada identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: world_filings_distributed exposes no reviewed Canadian national-ID key; none of the designated Canadian identities carried a CIK.; The measured Canada identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: world_filings_distributed exposes no reviewed Canadian national-ID key; none of the designated Canadian identities carried a CIK.
How the Vancouver companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
2 of these companies (0.7%) publish at least one Android app — 26 apps in all, carrying 18.2M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| My TELUSTELUS Ventures | 12.5M | 3.5 | Tools |
| TELUS Health MyCareTELUS Ventures | 1.6M | 3.9 | Medical |
| TELUS Connect (My Wi-Fi)TELUS Ventures | 1M | 3.4 | Productivity |
| SmartHomeTELUS Ventures | 909.4K | 4.2 | Tools |
| TELUS Health OneTELUS Ventures | 847.5K | 4.4 | Business |
| TELUS TV+TELUS Ventures | 738.6K | 2.5 | Entertainment |
| TELUS Business Connect™TELUS Ventures | 117.6K | 4.4 | Business |
| TELUS Health MyPetTELUS Ventures | 101.4K | — | Health & Fitness |
| TELUS TV+ - Android TVTELUS Ventures | 77.3K | — | Entertainment |
| Retail Execution EnterpriseTELUS Ventures | 54.9K | 3.3 | Business |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
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Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
Explore in RadarCommon revenue models; a company can use more than one.
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Cypher Metaverse Inc. (CSE:CODE) ("Cypher" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced private placement ("Private Placement").
through a treasury issuance by the Company upon completion of its acquisition of 1509467 BC Ltd. ("1509") and Veroom, Inc. (the "Transaction").
Railway components maker Pioneer Fil-Med Ltd has filed draft papers with the markets regulator Sebi to raise Rs 500 crore through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).
The deal, officially announced moments ago on Tuesday afternoon
Sixty Six Capital Inc. (CSE: SIX) (" Sixty Six " or the " Company ") announces that K33 AB (" K33 ") has entered into a share purchase agreement with significant shareholders of the Company (the " Sellers "), pursuant to which K33 has agreed to acquire an aggregate of 107,447,331 common shares (each, a " Common Share ") in the capital of the Company from the Sellers for a purchase price of CAD$4,738,296 (the " Transaction ").
Oracle Commodity Holding Corp. is pleased to announce the closing of the non-brokered private placement of 2,000,000 units (each, a "Unit") at a price of $0.05 per Unit for gross proceeds of $100,000.
Bullion Gold Resources Corp. (TSXV: BGD) announces that it has closed a private placement (the "Offering"), pursuant to which it has issued 2,727,273 units of flow-through shares (the "Flow-Through Units") at a price of $0.11, for gross proceeds of $300,000.
Cosa Resources Corp. (TSXV: COSA) (OTCQB: COSAF) (FSE: SSKU) ('Cosa' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that it has closed the brokered private placement previously announced by the Company on November 13, 2025, as upsized on November 14, 2025, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of C$7,500,000.74 (the 'Offering').
Mundoro Capital Inc. (TSXV: MUN) (www.mundoro.com) ("Mundoro" or the "Company") announces its intention to conduct a non-brokered private placement through the issuance of up to 5,769,231 common shares of the Company ("Common Shares") at a price of C$0.26 per Common Share for aggregate gross proceeds of up to C$1,500,000 (the "Offering").
Kinross acquiring Great Bear Resources Ltd., Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. buying Detour Gold Corp. and Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. then snapping up Kirkland Lake.
Top 10 categories among 375 recorded events in the 24-month window.
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · NSE Limited, BSE Limited3 reports
13 tracked people moves
Resignation Previously Auditor
Appointment Auditor
Appointment President and Chief Executive Officer
Resignation Previously President and Chief Executive Officer
Appointment auditor
Appointment President and Chief Executive Officer
Retirement Previously President and Chief Executive Officer
Promotion vice president of corporate development
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
AI accelerator program
Advertising Platform
Public directory of fundraising ventures
Platform
9 recorded customer wins
Customer: noninvasixTechnology
Customer:
Customer: bhp groupExploration, Resources
Customer: U.S. Fluorspar LLCMining
Customer: Quebec’s CaisseTelecommunications
Customer: InSoilCarbon removal
2 companies with reported reductions
2,800 rolescost reduction
10,000 roleseconomic crisis
10 recorded events
approved for exploration work permitMinistère des Ressources Naturelles et des Forêts
permit grantedQuébec’s Ministère des Ressources Naturelles et des Forêts
approved consolidation of sharesTSX Venture Exchange
approved for exploration
1 tracked suits
Securities fraudClass Action · Filed
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 33 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOAT Industries→1509467 BC Ltd. | Announced | 2026-04-15 | Not stated in snapshot |
| GOAT Industries→Veroom, Inc. | Announced | 2026-04-15 | Not stated in snapshot |
| K33 AB→66 Capital ↗ | Completed | 2026-03-18 | Not stated in snapshot |
| TELUS Ventures→ast spacemobile | Announced | 2026-03-03 | Not stated in snapshot |
| accenture→TELUS Ventures ↗ | Announced | 2026-02-12 | $539.0M |
| Gstaad Capital→claranova | Announced | 2026-02-02 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
94 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 228-posting snapshot covers 16 employers.
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
71 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 228 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
193 founders and chief executives across 189 companies.
CEO Amersey Investments. Miami University BS 1972, University of Rochester MBA 1973
Pilot Point Partners, ex-Founder Due Diligence Tours, Merrill Lynch, Kidder Peabody, Paine Webber.
Archer Exploration. University of Saskatchewan BS 2009, UBC Sauder School of Business MBA 2019
Co-Founder PlayWize, Victory Square Technologies, , WTIA, TractionConf.io, FireTonic Entertainment, ex-Razor Technology, LX Ventures…
Youcount, ex-Marathon Gold, ex-Northwest Copper, Canadian Securities institute
Electric Garage, ex-Mkango Resources, Harvest One Capital, Friday Capital, Alloy Capital, Potash One, Loblaws. Red River College Polytechnic 1979
Ex-Trevali, CIBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank, UBS Warburg. University of Toronto MASc, McMaster University MBA
Ex-CAE, Pelesys Learning Systems. Simon Fraser University MS 1987
CEO Pegasus Mercantile, ex-Xtacy Therapeutics, Global Wellness Strategies & Redfund Capital. McGill University
CEO, President & Director - Sceptre Ventures
University of Copenhagen BSc 2006, MSc 2008 · McMaster University PhD 2011
CEO Infinity Stone Ventures, Nexco Resources, Abeeo. ex- BlackIce Enterprise Risk Management. Simon Fraser University BA 2014
26 profiles with education records.
1 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
41,380 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Investment Industry coverage tagged Vancouver · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 7,790 |
| 2021Q3 | 8,322 |
| 2021Q4 | 5,894 |
| 2022Q1 | 7,684 |
| 2022Q2 | 7,010 |
| 2022Q3 | 5,973 |
| 2022Q4 | 8,179 |
| 2023Q1 | 7,124 |
| 2023Q2 | 7,816 |
| 2023Q3 | 8,172 |
| 2023Q4 | 8,563 |
| 2024Q1 | 10,024 |
| 2024Q2 | 11,567 |
| 2024Q3 | 9,153 |
| 2024Q4 | 11,146 |
| 2025Q1 | 13,289 |
| 2025Q2 | 9,387 |
| 2025Q3 | 9,423 |
| 2025Q4 | 10,980 |
| 2026Q1 | 12,637 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
423 recorded company events across 27 companies; percentages use that event total.
Investment Industry coverage tagged Vancouver · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Canada comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| startup news | 1,975 | 561 | 252% |
| stock price | 1,308 | 906 | 44% |
| multilateral diplomacy | 1,069 | 731 | 46% |
| angel investors | 1,036 | 405 | 156% |
| investment deal | 1,007 | 533 | 89% |
| ice sports | 883 | 231 | 282% |
| international cups | 817 | 573 | 43% |
| market snapshot | 801 | 215 | 273% |
| wto rulings | 756 | 393 | 92% |
| share price | 711 | 466 | 53% |
| tariff negotiations | 6,302 | 15,345 | -59% |
| free trade deals | 3,132 | 6,385 | -51% |
| trade dispute mechanisms | 2,931 | 4,670 | -37% |
| bilateral trade | 1,919 | 3,515 | -45% |
| preferential tariff | 1,286 | 3,326 | -61% |
Canada comparison coverage
tariff negotiations, free trade deals, trade dispute mechanisms
35.3% critical · 35.8% positiveangel investors, investment deal, initial public offering
27.9% critical · 43.5% positiveearnings report, league expansion news, quarterly financials
26.3% critical · 46.9% positiveInvestment Industry coverage tagged Vancouver. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 4 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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