Our Why

Our Mission

Doing good and delivering results.

Meet the Team

Stellar Results + Massive Social Impact

We believe that a Venture Capital (VC) fund can invest in incredible companies that can scale massively and yield great returns as well as deliver a measurable, scalable, and meaningful social impact.

Pairing on Mission and Values

Capital is plentiful and amazing entrepreneurs are everywhere. Our goal is to find mission and value oriented limited partners and pair them with entrepreneurs who share similar values and goals. When these are aligned, expect a magical impact!

Our Thesis

In Summary, we will invest between $25,000 and $200,000 CAD in companies that are at the pre-seed or seed level and can demonstrate both a financial and social impact return to its shareholders. We have the ability to make follow on investments and can act fast!

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a focus on industry or sector

No limitations on which industry/sector your venture addresses, however, there must be a social impact in addition to the obvious financial return.

How important is artificial intelligence and machine learning

We give a stronger preference to ventures who already leverage AI/ML or have concrete near terms plans in doing so.

What are the key areas of focus

Ventures that focus on mental health, security, safety, wellness, anti-racism, environmental stewardship, clean energy, education and having a clear motive to deliver a positive social impact will be provided a higher priority in our assessment.

Does the venture have to be in Canada

No, the venture can be located anywhere in the world, however, must be able to offer their product/service to Canadians or have concrete plans in doing so soon.

Will the fund lead an investment round

Typically, not – we love to participate in syndicate deals and work with other investors/funds who share common values and objectives.

What is your affiliation with the TELUS Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator

This fund is 100% independent from that accelerator; however, we participate actively in the accelerator and watch closely the companies in the various cohorts. We will give higher priority to graduates of that accelerator program.

What are the timelines and process in requesting an investment

A pitch deck and any other supporting materials can be emailed to us and if there’s interest, we would reach out and schedule a call. From there it will depend on the terms of the round, who’s leading it, and other factors. Our goal would be to make a decision (on those we deem to be a fit) within 3 weeks from the point where the key criteria for our investment has been met.

Meet Our Team

Ashif Mawji

Ashif Mawji

Managing Partner

  • Serial tech entrepreneur with successful exits
  • Over 100 direct investments
  • Top 40 under 40 Canada
  • Henry Crown Fellow
  • JA Business Hall of Fame
  • Former HCol Canadian Army
  • Award winning YPO member
  • Mentor, Philanthropist, Community Builder, Board Member
Blaine Labonte

Blaine Labonte

Venture Partner

  • Serial entrepreneur with successful exits
  • Numerous direct investments
  • Global business experience
  • JA Business Hall of Fame
  • HCol Canadian Army
  • Award winning YPO member
  • Mentor, Philanthropist, Community Builder, Board Member
Dr. Jehangir Appoo

Dr. Jehangir Appoo

Venture Partner

  • Former surgeon
  • Managing partner AiOT Health fund
  • Numerous direct investments
  • Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
  • Mentor, Community Builder
Sameer Dhar

Sameer Dhar

Venture Partner

  • Entrepreneur with successful exit Numerous direct investments Schwarzman Scholar
  • Canada’s Next 36
  • Canada’s Top 20 Under 20 Mentor, Community Builder

Our Portfolio

Continuously sanitize air and surfaces, throughout the day, with people in the room.
At Healthkind, we’re starting from scratch, working on ways to bring data science and machine learning to patient-clinic communications in the wider healthcare system, starting with primary, specialist, and allied health care.
CalmWave™ uses Transparent AI to improve nurse retention and patient care, starting with alarms.
Leading innovation in ear care and health for the millions of Americans with ear-related issues
Zamplo empowers you to manage your and your loved one's health journey - digitally.
Harness the wisdom of previous projects to develop the projects of tomorrow. Powered by industry-leading LLM technology. Trained on our rich and comprehensive regulatory data sets.
Connect the dots on food rescue. We provide food recovery organizations with a technology platform that connects waste with food reuse.
90% of caregivers feel more appreciated by employers who use Caribou Rewards.
Your partner in diabetes - Making diabetes more convenient and more affordable
Littlebird - Kids GPS wearable
Foster a love of reading through choice, support, and motivation
Arbutus Medical
Unveil Your Fertility Potential with Stylish Intelligence!
Advancing Pelvic Health with Personalized Devices for Precision Care
Cutting Edge Court Reporting Services - Digital Solutions for an Analog Legal World
Nanostics is a commercial-stage precision health company developing novel tools to help bring clarity to healthcare decisions.
Lease today, Own tomorrow.
Mitigate Falls. Prevent Injuries. Improve Lives.
G2V Optics - The Most Advanced Sunlight Replication For Your Most Advanced Research Higher precision. More accurate results. Better research outcomes.
DrugBank is a vital resource for your pharmaceutical research, offering comprehensive & reliable drug data, structured for immediate use or easy software integration.
HelpSeeker Technologies - Data-Driven Solutions for Better Communities
AI powered, live in field robots deliver fertilizer, herbicide, fungicide in an ultra-precise way cutting waste and saving money for growers.
VR-powered eye exams. Comparable with Gold Standard.
Proactive medicine, personalized to you
We produce and sell high fiber nutritional bars made with upcycled produce trimmings.
Effortless Health Monitoring With Every Flush.
DON'T LET WASTE GO TO WASTE WITH AFTERLIFE
Lowering the human and financial cost of chronic pain with our clinically-validated digital solution, Manage My Pain.
Next Gen Cell Engineering
Nucleos
A Novel Precision Therapeutic Platform Delivering Coordinated Personalized Therapies at Scale
Genairx is focused on leveraging artificial intelligence to optimize generic drug reformulation.
Founded in 2018 and based in Toronto, Canada, Cohesys is a medical device company that has developed a new solution for fracture repair.
PemPem
Hibiscus Health
Smart Seed Selector
Bode - The evolution of real estate
We give you the elite team athletes trust for resiliency and performance, AI agents personalized to your body, backed by the elite experts
  1. Areto Labs (May 2022) – Category: Cyber Bullying
  2. Out of the Box Education (June 2022) – Category: Education
  3. BriBooks (June 2022) – Category: Education
  4. Sympatic (July 2022) – Category: Ethical Data Sharing (ceased operations)
  5. Clinify (July 2022) – Category: Healthcare
  6. Peat / Afterlife (Aug 2022) – Category: Food Waste / Agtech
  7. Nucleos (Oct 2022) Category: Education / Rehabilitation
  8. PemPem (Oct 2022) Category: Financial Empowerment
  9. Fly and Fetch (Oct 2022) Category: Financial Empowerment (ceased operations)
  10. Arbutus (Nov 2022) Category: Medical Device
  11. Difinity (Dec 2022) Category: Medical Device
  12. Gotcare (Dec 2022) Category: Healthcare
  13. PulseMedica (Jan 2023) Category: Healthcare
  14. Joe and Bella (May 2023) Category: Adaptive Apparel
  15. Littlebird (Jul 2023) Category: Safety / Healthcare
  16. Zamplo (Jul 2023) Category: Healthcare
  17. Earthware (Jul 2023) Category: Recycling / Environment (ceased operations)
  18. Bode (Jul 2023) Category: Housing Affordability
  19. Toilabs (Jul 2023) Category: Healthcare
  20. G2V Optics (Oct 2023) Category: Environmental/Energy
  21. HelpSeeker Technologies (Oct 2023) Category: Data / Social
  22. Nia Health (Nov 2023) Category Healthcare (proactive)
  23. Hibiscus Health (Dec 2023) Category Healthcare (diagnostic)
  24. Requity Homes (Mar 2024) Category: Affordable Housing
  25. HealthKind (Mar 2024) Category: Health and Wellness
  26. OK2StandUp (Mar 2024) Category: Health and Wellness
  27. RallyReader (Mar 2024) Category: Literacy
  28. CalmWave (Apr 2024) Category: Medical devices/Health
  29. Ultimarii (May 2024) Category: Construction/Data
  30. Fibra (Jul 2024) Category: Healthcare / Wellness
  31. Cohesys (Aug 2024) Category: Healthcare / Wellness
  32. Managing Life (Aug 2024) Category: Healthcare / Wellness
  33. Upside Robotics (Sep 2024) Category: Ag Tech / Environment
  34. Knead Tech (Oct 2024) Category: Food Security
  35. UVX (Oct 2024) Category: Environment
  36. Portal Biotechnologies (Nov 2024) Category: Healthcare
  37. Retina Logik (Nov 2024) Category: Medical Devices
  38. Drugbank (Dec 2024) Category: Healthcare/Data
  39. CourtScribes (Dec 2024) Category: Legal Tech
  40. NanoStics (Jan 2025) Category: Medical Devices
  41. Floura (Feb 2025) Category: Health Foods
  42. COSM (Apr 2025) Category: Medical Devices
  43. Caribou (May 2025) Category: Health Tech
  44. Smart Agri Labs (Jun 2025) Category: AgTech
  45. Predictably Human (Jun 2025) Category: Health/Addictions
  46. Endor Health (Jun 2025) Category: Healthcare
  47. Genarix.AI (Jun 2025) Category: Biotech
  48. Rya Health (Jul 2025) Category: Healthcare
  49. OtoSet (Safkan Health) (Jul 2025) Category: Medical Devices

Seeking Investment?

We use the ScaleupMap platform to assess all inbound investments. It’s free to use for you and you can setup a profile, fill in all the details and then from the investor platform, you can invite us to review (as well as invite other investors on the platform).

What’s in it for you?

  • Powerful Agentic AI based coaching and scoring, showing you how you fair vs your competitors and how to improve.
  • You will get a VC grade investment memo (from the lens of a VC) that demonstrates your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
  • Get actionable guidance, like your own personal co-founder in a pocket, on everything from GTM, Pricing, Moats, and much more

What’s in it for Us?

  • By you filling out the details we need to look at, this platform automatically creates the first version of a memo, and a fit analysis for us (saving us days of time) and you get the same details, so it can help you as well with better targeting investors.
  • The memo will allow us to run the investment through our modeling to see if it fits, risk level, likelihood of success and much more

Please do not email us and do use the platform, as that’s the only way we will entertain investment opportunities.