StandUp Ventures is a Toronto-based, seed stage venture capital fund focused on investing in high growth ventures with at least one female founder in a key leadership role.
We believe that women led companies think outside the box, recruit great talent, and serve bigger markets. We invest in seed-stage, for-profit technology companies with at least one woman in a C-level leadership position within the company and an equitable amount of ownership.
We're dedicated to curious, confident, and fearless entrepreneurs building ground-breaking technology companies. We partner with ambitious founders across Canada to break through from Seed to Series A.
We believe that women led companies think outside the box, recruit great talent, and serve bigger markets. We invest in seed-stage, for-profit technology companies with at least one woman in a C-level leadership position within the company and an equitable amount of ownership.
We're dedicated to curious, confident, and fearless entrepreneurs building ground-breaking technology companies. We partner with ambitious founders across Canada to break through from Seed to Series A.
Location: Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2017
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed
Portfolio 16
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 19.07.2023 | Metafold 3... | metafold3d.com | $2.17M | Canada, On... |
| 24.11.2022 | Acerta | acerta.ai | $10.4M | - |
| 15.12.2021 | TealBook | tealbook.com | $69.37M | Canada, On... |
| 10.11.2021 | Bridgit | gobridgit.com | $44.1M | Canada, On... |
| - | Arteria AI | arteria.ai | $41M | Canada, On... |
| - | Emovi | emovi.ca | $11.23M | Canada, Mo... |
| - | MY INTELLI... | mims.ai | $7.6M | - |
| - | Odaia | odaia.ai | $65.45M | Canada, On... |
| - | StoryTap | storytap.com | $2.3M | Canada, Br... |
| - | AmacaThera | amacathera.ca | $17.15M | Canada, On... |
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Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 23.05.2026 | Hardline: $2 Million Pre-Seed Raised To Build VoiceOps For Construction | Hardline AI, a voice-first construction technology company, announced a $2 million pre-seed funding round led by Mucker Capital to build what it describes as “VoiceOps” infrastructure for the construction industry. The company said the fund... |
| 14.08.2023 | BMF secures $24M Series D funding to advance micro-scale additive manufacturing | Microscale 3D printer manufacturer Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has raised a $24 million Series D round led by Chinese finance service corporation Guotai Junan Securities. Utilizing the funding, BMF aims to enhance its R&D efforts, ex... |
| 05.01.2023 | ODAIA Secures $25M for AI-Driven Commercial Insights Platform for Pharma | What You Should Know: ODAIA, developers of MAPTUAL, an AI-powered commercial insights SaaS platform for pharmaceutical companies, announced it raised an oversubscribed $25 Million Series B financing round, led by Threshold Ventures and co-l... |
| 01.10.2021 | Sandpiper Ventures closes first $10 million of its $20 million CAD target fund | As of September, Sandpiper Ventures has closed the first $10 million of its planned $20 million CAD fund dedicated to investing in women-led companies and startups. The Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund (AWVF) launched Sandpiper in May 2020 to ... |
| 09.07.2021 | Michelle McBane on shrinking the gender investing gap in VC | A recent Crunchbase survey found that 11 percent of all venture capital dollars went to companies with at least one woman on the founding team. However, 16 percent of all seed-stage VC dollars went to companies with at least one woman on th... |
| 05.03.2021 | An incomplete list of Canadian tech events, programs, and organizations supporting women’s initiatives | Each International Women’s Day, BetaKit seeks to highlight and amplify conversations, resources, and individuals in the Canadian tech ecosystem supporting women’s initiatives. This year, BetaKit turned its focus towards the numerous events,... |
| 05.03.2020 | StandUp Ventures holds final close, secures $21 million for women-focused fund | StandUp Ventures, the Toronto-based seed-stage firm investing in women-led companies, has held the final close for its initial fund, bringing in around $3.5 million in new capital. The fund’s overall total now sits at just over $21 million ... |
| 06.09.2019 | AI startup My Intelligent Machines raises $2.6 million seed round | Montreal-based My Intelligent Machines (MIMS), which is developing a platform to help life sciences companies maximize their R&D and production activities, has closed a $2.6 million seed round. “MIMS will contribute to life sciences com... |
| 04.06.2019 | Northleaf closes $300 million VCCI-backed Venture Catalyst Fund II | Northleaf Capital Partners has announced the final close of its Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund II, meeting its cap target and bringing the fund to $300 million, “We are excited to continue to support the development and evolution of the Ca... |
| 21.05.2019 | StandUp Ventures’ debut fund raises fresh capital, ups target to C$25 mln | - |
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