Amplify Capital is the evolution of the MaRS Catalyst Fund, investing in mission-driven, double-bottom-line disruptors in health, education and cleantech. Every dollar invested in these companies generates a financial return and a social return. That’s how we amplify capital. And we further amplify our impact by encouraging partners, investors and co-investors to invest in companies where purpose drives profit. As investors, what we invest in today shapes the world of tomorrow.
Location: Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2016
Investment Stage: Seed
Portfolio 11
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 22.02.2023 | Future Fie... | futurefields.io | $21.4M | Canada, Al... |
| 17.11.2022 | EarlyBird ... | earlybirdeducation.com | $3M | United Sta... |
| 12.08.2022 | LUCID | lucidtherapeutics.com | $2.46M | Canada, On... |
| - | Flosonics ... | flosonicsmedical.com | $44.21M | Canada, On... |
| - | Inkblot Th... | ink.inkblottherapy.com | - | Canada, On... |
| - | Classcraft | classcraft.com | $13.9M | Canada, Es... |
| - | Future Des... | futuredesignschool.com | - | Canada, On... |
| - | ChallengeU | challengeu.com | - | - |
| - | Valence Di... | valencediscovery.com | $17M | Canada, Mo... |
| - | Hydrostor | hydrostor.ca | $530M | Canada |
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News 42
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.04.2026 | - | 2024 was the biggest election year in human history. Half of the world’s population, nearly 3.7 billion people, had the opportunity to vote. Healthcare consistently ranked among the top three issues at the polls. That says something concret... |
| 24.05.2025 | - | Last week at the Sustainable Finance Summit, I had the opportunity to share insights on Amplify Capital’s work and discuss strategies for scaling private impact investing in Canada. This conversation was anchored in the 18 actionable recomm... |
| 04.05.2025 | - | Amplify Capital is a Canadian venture fund with over $85M in assets under management, investing in early-stage startups addressing the world’s most urgent challenges in climate, health, and the future of work. Since 2016, Amplify Capital ha... |
| 15.01.2025 | Lyteflo: Why We Invested | At Amplify Capital, we invest in relentless founders in pursuit of exceptional impact and superior returns. Our mission: to build a sustainable future, focusing on healthcare, future of work, and environmental technologies. Our impact centr... |
| 10.01.2025 | - | We are thrilled to welcome Louis Delorme to the Amplify Capital team. As an Associate working from our Montreal office, Louis brings experience working for a global investment group. He started his career as an accountant and participated i... |
| 24.10.2024 | Planetary Technologies: Why We Invested | At Amplify Capital, we invest in relentless founders in pursuit of exceptional impact and superior returns. Our mission: to build a sustainable future, focusing on healthcare, education, and environmental technologies. Our impact centric ap... |
| 23.05.2024 | ThinkLabs AI: Why We Invested | At Amplify Capital, we invest in relentless founders in pursuit of exceptional impact and superior returns. Our mission: to build a sustainable future, focusing on healthcare, education, and environmental technologies. Our impact centric ap... |
| 23.04.2024 | BioIntelligence Technologies: Why We Invested | At Amplify Capital, we actively support and invest in mission-driven founders and their startups across North America, focusing on healthcare, education, and environmental technologies. Our thesis is grounded in backing companies where purp... |
| 08.02.2024 | - | We are thrilled to welcome Louis Delorme to the Amplify Capital team. As an Associate working from our Montreal office, Louis brings experience working for a global investment group. He started his career as an accountant and participated i... |
| 02.02.2024 | Femtech Canada Officially Launches Network to Support Women’s Health Innovation | Network includes over 120 companies, industry partners, investors, accelerators. By Isabelle Kirkwood (BetaKit) A Canadian network focused on supporting technology companies addressing women’s health has officially launched. Femtech Canada ... |
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Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.04.2026 | ThinkLabs AI Secures $28 Million to Revolutionize Electric Grid Operations | ThinkLabs AI closed a $28 million Series A funding round. It accelerates electric grid planning. Physics-informed AI modernizes aging infrastructure. The technology processes complex simulations in minutes. This tackles unprecedented electr... |
| 01.04.2026 | Nvidia-backed ThinkLabs AI raises $28 million to tackle a growing power grid crunch | ThinkLabs AI, a startup building artificial intelligence models that simulate the behavior of the electric grid, announced today that it has closed a $28 million Series A financing round led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP), one of the large... |
| 22.10.2025 | Realize Capital Partners: Fund I Closed At $25 Million | Realize Fund I, managed by Realize Capital Partners, announced that it has secured a record-setting $25 million investment from the Concordia University Inter-Generational Fund, representing the most significant Canadian university investme... |
| 18.06.2025 | Future Fields raises $8m Series A to expand fruit fly biomanufacturing platform: ‘Clients come to us because they’ve struggled to make proteins in legacy platforms’ | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Future Fields.] Canadian startup Future Fields has raised an $8 million Series A round to expand its biomanufacturing platform harnessing genetically engineered fruit flie... |
| 16.11.2023 | Pathway Raises $5M for AI-Powered Medical Knowledge Platform | What You Should Know: – Pathway, an AI-powered medical knowledge platform, has secured $5 million in seed funding to expand its solutions and address information overload for healthcare professionals. The seed funding was led by Yamaha Moto... |
| 22.02.2023 | Brief: Future Fields raises $11.2m to scale up fruit flies for recombinant protein production | [Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Future Fields via the 2019 GROW impact accelerator and its 2022 Alt Protein Fund.] Canadian startup Future Fields has raised $11.2 million in a seed extension round to scale up ... |
| 21.04.2022 | Carbon Upcycling Technologies Secures $6 Million to Scale Carbon-Resilient Infrastructure | Calgary, AB – April 21, 2022 – Carbon Upcycling Technologies, a carbon utilization company that produces a CO2-embedded cement and concrete additive, today announced the closing of $6 million in financing led by Clean Energy Ventures, a ven... |
| 18.02.2022 | Amplify Capital Closes $30.7 Million for Second Fund, Eyes Québec Startups with Montréal Office | Toronto-based Amplify Capital has secured the final close for its second impact investment fund, raising a total $30.7 million CAD—exceeding its initial $30 million goal. |
| 04.02.2022 | Amplify Capital Closes Fund II, At $30.7M | Amplify Capital team Amplify Capital, a Toronto, Canada-based impact venture firm rebranded from the MaRS Catalyst Fund after spinning out of the MaRS Discovery District in 2019, closed its Fund II, at $30.7m. Fund II boasts a diverse inves... |
| - | Amplify Capital closes second impact VC fund at C$30.7m | - |