East Valley Ventures
Angel networkSaint John · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
East Valley Ventures is a group of independent angel investors that backs start-ups based in Atlantic Canada. Beyond providing capital, its members contribute their time and areas of expertise to mentor founders and help their companies succeed.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 43 of 46 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×19SaaS ×17Enterprise Software ×12Energy ×7Hardware ×7Cleantech ×6Fintech ×6Future of Work ×5
HQs:Canada×14United States×4Australia×1Bermuda×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×13 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders worked beforefrom 10 founders with career history
DeepMind ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 46 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12017 · 12 dated
Anessa builds software platforms for the biogas and renewable natural gas (RNG) industry, used to evaluate, optimize, and monitor projects using AI, digital twin technology, and predictive modelling.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergy
Amir Akbari(CEO)
Co-investorsConcrete VenturesGreenSky VenturesNew Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Aurea develops portable wind turbines that enable individuals to generate and store their own power in remote or emergency situations.
CleantechEnergyHardwareHalifax, CA
Cat Adalay(Chief Executive Officer & Founder)Rachel Carr(Chief Revenue Officer & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsIsland Capital
Beauceron Security provides anti-phishing and security awareness training software designed to reduce employee vulnerability to cyber threats.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsBankTech VenturesNew Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Byos develops a Zero Trust microsegmentation platform for edge networking that protects devices and networks across critical infrastructure, manufacturing, defense, government, healthcare, energy, and financial services by making assets invisible and preventing lateral movement without data leakage.
CybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareIoT
Co-investorsSecurity Leadership Capital
CapIntel provides a presentation and proposal platform for wealth management firms and financial advisors, turning complex financial data into personalized, compliant client-facing narratives and comparisons.
FintechSaaSSales Tech
James Rockwood, CPA, CA(Founder)in
Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)FinTech Collective
Clarity is an online marketplace that connects entrepreneurs and startups with vetted experts and advisors for paid, on-demand phone consultations charged by the minute.
ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareMarketplaces
Dan MartellMike Wu
Co-investors500 GlobalHinge Capital
ClinicGlide provides software automation and digital transformation solutions for clinic operations.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Scott MacIntosh(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)Dr. Hanif Chatur(Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer)
Co-investorsNew Brunswick Innovation FoundationTLT East Ventures
Eigen Innovations develops AI vision software and solutions for manufacturing enterprises to enable digital transformation and improve operational efficiency.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHardware
Paul Scherer(Founder)Erin Barrett(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCeltic House Asia PartnersMomenta VenturesAGI HOUSE VENTURESAramco VenturesBenchmarkBessemer Venture Partners+7 more
McCain is a producer of frozen potato products, including french fries, supplying consumers and food service markets worldwide.
AgTechConsumerFoodTech
Co-investorsBuild Ventures
Gia is an AI platform that turns a consulting or advisory firm's methodology into a client-facing product, answering post-project questions with sources in the client's Slack, providing on-screen guidance in the client's own web tools via a browser extension, and surfacing client status updates.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsPanache Ventures
Gray Wolf is a blockchain intelligence company that analyzes on- and off-chain data to trace asset flows, assess counterparty risk, and investigate illicit crypto activity across more than 30 blockchains.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Dhirendra Shukla(Co-Founder)in
Qapture is a proprietary trading firm that trades digital assets using its own capital, employing data-driven and discretionary strategies across market cycles.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Hygge Power develops energy products including plug-and-play energy storage, an energy forecasting app, and AI for comfort optimization, aimed at delivering cleaner energy to consumers.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyHardwareIoTBoulder, US
Caleb T. Scalf(Founder)David Delcourt(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsCity LightIdeaship
Jaza operates a decentralized solar-powered energy network across Sub-Saharan Africa, recharging batteries at local systems to power homes and businesses in off-grid communities.
CleantechEnergyImpact & Social Good
Sebastian Manchester(Founder)in
Co-investorsCeniarthShell FoundationValhalla VenturesNew Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Kognitiv Spark develops a mixed reality collaboration platform that connects frontline workers with remote experts and technical information in real-time.
Deep TechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSFredericton, CA
Yan Simard(CEO)Ryan Groom(Co-Founder, CTO)
Co-investorsForesight GroupNew Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Korrai develops an AI platform for infrastructure and mining risk assessment that aggregates multi-modal data and performs automated analysis to identify geotechnical hazards and reduce critical failures.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergyInsurTechToronto, CA
Rahul Anand(Founder)inRob McEwan(Founder)in
Co-investorsParticleY Combinator
Halifax-based B2B intent data platform that mines public web signals to identify in-market accounts and contacts; acquired by IDG in 2021.
Co-investorsOMERS Ventures
MESH builds AI and data analytics tools that measure and improve workplace inclusion, drawing on behavioural and social science expertise.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of WorkHR Tech
Dr. Leeno Karumanchery(Co-Founder and Head of Behavioural Sciences)Elaine McKinnon(Chief Financial Officer)Jason Aube(Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsConcrete Ventures
Cvent provides event management and hospitality software used by event planners and organizations to plan, market, and run in-person and virtual events.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMarketplacesSaaS
Reggie Aggarwal(CEO and Founder)inChuck Ghoorah(Co-founder, President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing)David Quattrone(Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer)inAmy Lucia(Chief Marketing Officer)Kathy Wagner(Chief Financial Officer)Jeannette Koonce(General Counsel & Corporate Secretary)
Co-investorsMaryland TEDCONew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Oregon Venture FundValence Ventures
Phaidra develops an AI control platform that uses reinforcement learning to optimize energy efficiency and operational performance in data centers and AI factories.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechEnergySeattle, US
Jim Gao(Chief Executive Officer)inVeda Panneershelvam(Chief Technology Officer)inKatie Hoffman(President and Chief Operating Officer)inVedavyas Panneershelvam(Founder)in
Co-investorsCollaborative FundCool Climate CollectiveFlying Fish VenturesIncubate USIndex VenturesRoot and Shoot Ventures+8 more
Picketa develops LENS, a system that analyzes fresh leaf tissue to give farmers and agronomists instant on-site nutrient results across 13 macro and micronutrients, replacing lab delays.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareFredericton
XAVIER HEBERT-COUTURIER(Executive Officer, Director)PETER GOGGIN(Director)DOMINIC LEVESQUE(Executive Officer)MAXIME DUMONT(Executive Officer, Director)ZACHARY ANDERSEN(Executive Officer)
BoardCHRIS EDWARDS(Director)
Co-investorsStartup TNTTall Grass Ventures
Dreamscape offers Shoelace, a game-based literacy platform that embeds reading and vocabulary practice into immersive video games to engage reluctant student readers.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechGamingSaaS
Co-investorsConcrete Ventures
Postilize offers an AI platform for law firms to grow client relationships and originate new matters, detecting client needs early ("Proactive Signals"), turning relationship data into partner follow-ups ("Proactive ERM"), and cleaning CRM contact data ("Proactive Cleanse").
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSales Tech
Co-investorsNorthside Ventures
Prosaris develops ultrasonic inspection equipment and software for industrial facility maintenance, including a handheld sensor and companion app used to detect compressed air leaks and electrical partial discharge faults.
CleantechHardwareIoT
Colin Sewell(Founder)in
Co-investorsConcrete VenturesIsland Capital
QuickFacts is a software platform that centralizes insurance carrier information and manuals for brokers, enabling faster underwriting comparisons and carrier research than traditional methods.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsInsurTechKillick CapitalSandpiper Ventures
SHIFT develops measurement and control software for central heating and cooling plants that uses model predictive control to improve operational stability, reduce energy consumption, and decrease water loss.
CleantechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaS
SiftMed offers an AI-powered medical record review platform that organizes, indexes, and analyzes unstructured medical files, sorting documents chronologically, detecting duplicates, and surfacing key details like diagnoses and treatment gaps.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechInsurTech
Co-investorsThe 51 Ventures
SmartSkin makes sensor-based "container twins" that travel through manufacturing lines to measure pressure, impact, vibration, and tilt, paired with software that turns the readings into actionable data.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareIoTFredericton, CA
Kumaran Thillainadarajh(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Evan Justason(Chief Executive Officer)Kumaran Thillainadarajah(Chief Technology Officer)Ryan Proudfoot(Chief Product Officer)John Tourlas(Chief Commercial Officer)Felipe Chibante(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsRho Ventures
SnapTrade provides a brokerage API that enables developers and founders to build investing tools and trading platforms.
Developer ToolsFintechSaaSFredericton, CA
Brendan Lee Young(Founder)inBrendan Wood(Founder)inTerry Ma(CTO and Co-Founder)
Co-investorsMistral Venture PartnersY CombinatorCiti Ventures
Spectrio provides digital signage and interactive kiosk solutions with a content management system for retail, banking, and equipment dealership locations.
AdTechMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS
Tamara Bebb(Chief Executive Officer)Elizabeth Purkiss(Chief Revenue Officer)Jonathan Ehrhart(Chief Financial Officer)Brandon Mullins(Chief Operating Officer)
Co-investorsAllos VenturesSWaN & Legend Venture Partners
Stemble (Stemble Learning Inc.) develops an online education technology platform focused on chemistry and science learning, creating problem-solving-based activities and courses for students and instructors.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Trevor P.(Founder)inDr. Jason Pearson(Co-Founder)Trevor Profitt(Co-Founder)Mitch George(COO)
Co-investorsConcrete VenturesIsland Capital
Swept provides operational software for commercial cleaning and janitorial businesses, supporting scheduling, payroll, supply management, and inspections.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Matt CooperMichael BrownMichelle Audas(CEO)
Co-investors500 GlobalAfore Capital
E-commerceTravel & Hospitality
The Upside Foundation of Canada is a registered charity that manages a legally binding equity pledge program, letting founders and VCs of high-growth Canadian tech companies commit a portion of their exit proceeds to charity.
Impact & Social Good
Robert Antoniades(Co-founder)Mark Skapinker(Co-founder)Janie Goldstein(Co-founder)
Verlo is an AI assistant for wealth management and financial advisory practices that reads client documents, joins and transcribes calls, drafts follow-ups, fills in forms, and runs financial analyses like Monte Carlo simulations.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsThe 51 Ventures
Versos connects to existing cloud storage (S3, Cloudflare, etc.) to analyze, structure, and make large video libraries searchable at the file and frame level, then builds and delivers AI-ready datasets against granular training specifications.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsIsland CapitalIsland Capital PartnersNew Brunswick Innovation FoundationRiSC Capital Corp
Wellable offers a personal wellness assessment tool that evaluates employee well-being across eight dimensions—physical, emotional, financial, social, intellectual, occupational, environmental, and spiritual.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechHR TechWellness & Fitness
Exits · 3
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioLeadSiftacq. by Foundry (IDG)Radian6acq. by SalesforceTrip Ninjaacq. by Webjet Group
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesEigen · globallegalpost.com · Aug 21, 2026
Aurea · za.investing.com · Aug 20, 2026
Verlo · shawlocal.com · Aug 5, 2026
KorrAI · korrai.com · Jun 10, 2026
Kognitiv Spark · trysignalbase.com · May 12, 2026
Versos · entrevestor.com · Dec 3, 2025
ClinicGlide · entrevestor.com · Oct 26, 2025
Beauceron Security · bitscale.ai · Oct 7, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has East Valley Ventures made?
- East Valley Ventures has 48 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does East Valley Ventures invest at?
- East Valley Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does East Valley Ventures focus on?
- East Valley Ventures focuses on Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is East Valley Ventures located?
- East Valley Ventures is headquartered in Saint John, CA.
- Who does East Valley Ventures co-invest with?
- East Valley Ventures most often shares deals with Concrete Ventures, Island Capital, 500 Global, among 73 tracked co-investors.
From the blog
visit blog ↗Recent posts memorialize the firm's late co-founder Gerry Pond and his work in Atlantic Canada, and report portfolio company Versos AI's acceptance into NVIDIA's Inception program. AI summary
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