Toronto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 11 people tracked
Investment thesis
Amplify Capital invests in pre-seed to Series A companies using technology to address urgent challenges aligned with its impact goals across climate, health, and education. The firm actively supports its portfolio to deliver financial, environmental, and social outcomes, targeting measurable impact contributions by 2034. It positions itself as a recognized, certified impact investor, holding a place in the IA 50 database of impact investment fund managers and B Corp certification, aligning with the global movement toward an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 28 of 34 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×8Cleantech ×8Digital Health ×8Healthtech ×8Climate Tech ×5EdTech ×5Energy ×5SaaS ×5
HQs:Canada×10United States×4
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×33 founders×1
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 34 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22024 · 12023 · 14 dated
Calgary
Board seatKathryn Wortsman· per SEC Form D · $26.1M raise · filed Jul 2023
Co-investorsClean Energy Venture
Airloom engineers next-generation utility-scale wind turbines designed for mass production and deployment in diverse locations, offering low-cost, reliable energy generation with reduced infrastructure requirements.
CleantechEnergyHardwareLaramie, US
Robert Lumley(Executive Officer, Director)James Singer(Executive Officer, Director)Neal Rickner(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPhil Larochelle(Director)inJohn Singer(Director)Sarah Lewensohn(Director)
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesCapital FactoryCrosscut VenturesKeiki CapitalLowercarbon CapitalWYVC
Develops alternative textile materials to replace polyester and reduce the fashion industry's plastic consumption and carbon emissions.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechCircular EconomyClimate TechNew MaterialsToronto, CA
Myra Arshad(Founder)inAvneet Ghotra(Founder)in
Co-investorsBeresford VenturesGarage CapitalPanache VenturesRebel FundSpacecadet VenturesY Combinator
BioIntelligence Technologies builds an analytics platform that performs in-situ, simultaneous measurement of products, nutrients and metabolic intermediates with real-time analysis to optimize bioprocess profitability.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Joel Sirois(Founder-President & CEO)in
Co-investorsInnospark Ventures
Carbon Upcycling captures CO2 and converts industrial byproducts — such as iron and steel slag, coal ash, and mine tailings — into low-carbon cement and materials for cement, steel, energy, and mining manufacturers.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
Co-investorsClean Energy VentureClean Energy VenturesClimate InvestmentBDC Capital Corporation
HealthtechWest Hartford, US
Supriya Laknidhi(Executive Officer, Director)Kyle Lavin(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardElla Seitz(Director)
Co-investorsDigiTx Partners LLCFlare Capital PartnersEsplanade VenturesSpringTime Ventures
ChallengeU provides flexible, online diploma programs with personalized coaching and support for students who have fallen behind or dropped out of traditional school.
EdTech
Co-investorsAngels of ManyBrightspark VenturesWhitecap Venture Partners
CURA develops electrochemical technology to reduce the process CO2 emissions released during limestone calcination in cement production.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
Co-investorsInnovation UBCUCeed FundsZacua Ventures
Ditch Labs develops a prescription medical inhaler combining nicotine replacement therapy with a digital app for personalized smoking and vaping cessation programs.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsBoreal Ventures
Endor Health is building a modern, automated platform to help people living with diabetes access care and supplies.
Digital HealthHealthtechSurrey, CA
Eli Moore(Co-founder & CEO)Reza(Co-founder)Rezaul Hoque(Founder)
Co-investorsScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS)
FeX Energy develops iron-based thermochemical energy storage systems that convert electricity into sustained high-temperature heat up to 900°C for industrial applications.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyMontreal, CA
Jeffrey Bergthorson(Professor)
Co-investorsMaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF)
Flosonics Medical makes FloPatch, a wireless wearable Doppler ultrasound device that assesses a patient's carotid arterial pulse in real time to give clinicians hemodynamic data for fluid resuscitation decisions.
Digital HealthHardwareMedical Devices
Joe Eibl(Founder)in
Co-investorsArboretum VenturesGenesys CapitaliGan PartnersNew Leaf Venture PartnersRBCx
Future Fields uses fruit flies as bioreactors to produce difficult-to-express proteins at scale for pharmaceutical, agricultural, and food applications.
AgTechBiotechCircular EconomyClimate TechDeep TechFoodTechHealthtechEdmonton, CA
Matt Anderson-Baron(Founder)inJalene Anderson-Baron(Founder)in
Co-investorsBee PartnersEdmonton UnlimitedGreen Circle Foodtech VenturesKeiki CapitalSiddhi CapitalStartup TNT+7 more
Future Design School equips educational leaders and teachers with strategy, professional development, and tools to transform schools into innovation hubs across North America.
EdTech
Hydrostor develops long-duration energy storage using Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES), a closed-loop system combining air, water, and purpose-built underground hard-rock caverns to store off-peak electricity for the electric grid.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyToronto, CA
CURTIS VANWALLEGHEM(Executive Officer, Director)inTom Duckett(Executive Officer)Sarah Skinner(Executive Officer)inJon Norman(Executive Officer)inChris Phebus(Executive Officer)inPatrick Moyer(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBild Alternative Investments CorporationPlaza VenturesArcTern VenturesCanada Growth Fund
Inkblot is a digital mental health platform offering secure online video counselling for corporate mental health programs and individual counselling services in Canada.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthWellness & FitnessBurlington, CA
Luke Vigeant(Founder)inArash Zohoor(Co-founder)
Co-investorsRising Tide Africa (RTA)Techstars
Kento provides a continuous cardiovascular monitoring and management platform that combines AI-powered risk scoring with clinical expertise to enable proactive heart care for hospitals, insurers, and patients.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsBoreal VenturesBroom VenturesGraphite Ventures
Knockri builds AI-powered, skills-based assessment tools that measure candidates' skills to reduce bias and improve fairness in hiring for organizations.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSToronto
Jahanzaib Ansari(CEO)Faisal Ahmed(Executive Officer, Director)Murtaza Rana(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsDifferential VenturesGrand VenturesGreen Egg VenturesBDMI
LUCID develops patented AI technology that transforms music into measurable health outcomes for focus, recovery, sleep, and clinical applications, serving both consumer wellness users and healthcare providers.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsRelentless Pursuit Partners
Co-investorsShadow VenturesStarship VenturesVirta Ventures
Pathway offered an AI-powered clinical reference tool used by clinicians to learn, make decisions, and care for patients.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsPanache VenturesVerge HealthTech FundYamaha Motor VenturesBoxOne Ventures
Planetary removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using ocean alkalinity enhancement, introducing purified alkaline minerals into coastal outfalls at existing infrastructure sites like power plants and wastewater treatment facilities.
CleantechClimate Tech
Co-investorsMaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF)Nucleation Capital
Rally Reader is a digital reading platform with a built-in reading coach that provides real-time feedback, personalized literacy coaching, performance-based rewards, and a library of books to help young students improve reading fluency, vocabulary, and accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechSaaS
Andrea(Founder)
Co-investorsScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS)
SchoolBeat provides short video lessons for K-12 students that teach self-regulation and social skills in under 15 minutes.
EdTech
Reusables provides enterprise reuse programs for containers and packaging, using patented tap-based technology that eliminates the need for apps, signups, or deposits.
Circular EconomyEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Jason Hawkins(Founder)in
Co-investorsEmend Vision FundForesightLOI Venture
Sprout Labs makes Sprout's Reading World, a daily, gamified reading instruction app for neurodiverse children in 3rd-4th grade (ages 8-10) with learning differences like dyslexia and ADHD.
ConsumerDigital HealthEdTech
Co-investorsFlare Capital PartnersLobby Capital
Sylvatex develops battery materials manufacturing technology (SVX) aimed at making lithium-ion battery production more efficient and lower-cost for western supply chains.
CleantechEnergyNew MaterialsSan Francisco Bay Area, US
Co-investorsHow Women InvestVoLo Earth VenturesGolden Seeds
ThinkLabs AI builds physics-informed AI digital twins and agents that simulate the electric grid and automate grid planning and operations for utilities and grid operators.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergy
Josh Wong(Founder & CEO)inNeal Vali(CTO)inGang Zheng(Director, R&D)inChaitanya Baone(Head of Product)inSuren Vallabhajosyula(Head of ML/Data Engineering)inVimali Pathmanathan(Head of Finance)in
Co-investorsEnergy Impact PartnersNVIDIABlackhorn Ventures
Using few-shot learning to design better drug candidates, faster
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureDeep TechHealthtechMontréal, CA
Co-investorsAir Street CapitalBrightspark VenturesFounderFuelFront Row VenturesPanache VenturesTechstars+1 more
Co-investorsGraphite Ventures
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioValence Discoveryacq. by Recursion
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesHydrostor · mercomcapital.com · Aug 19, 2026
Airloom Energy · autonocion.com · Jul 10, 2026
Carbon Upcycling · cemnet.com · Apr 23, 2026
Knockri · knockri.com · Dec 16, 2025
Cerula Care · tipranks.com · Mar 12, 2025
Flosonics Medical · massdevice.com · Mar 3, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Amplify Capital made?
- Amplify Capital has 33 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Amplify Capital invest at?
- Amplify Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Amplify Capital's typical check size?
- Amplify Capital typically writes checks of $365K – $730K.
- What sectors does Amplify Capital focus on?
- Amplify Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, EdTech, Future of Work, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Amplify Capital located?
- Amplify Capital is headquartered in Toronto, CA.
- Who does Amplify Capital co-invest with?
- Amplify Capital most often shares deals with Panache Ventures, Brightspark Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, among 61 tracked co-investors.
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