Northside Ventures
Venture capitalToronto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked
Investment thesis
Northside Ventures backs wildly ambitious Canadian founders at the earliest stages—often pre-product and pre-revenue, at the point of company inception. The fund aims to be a founder's first investor, operating like an institutional angel by combining the deeply connected network of a large fund with the agility and personal relationships of an angel. It invests in software, AI infrastructure, and frontier technology, focusing on categories where founder insights create durable technical advantages for legacy industries, SMBs, and enterprises. Beyond capital, it supports product iteration, acts as an early sounding board, and connects founders with first design-partner customers and global capital for future rounds.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 22 of 30 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×15Enterprise Software ×7SaaS ×6Developer Tools ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3Marketing Tech ×3Robotics ×3
HQs:United States×8Canada×2
Investments · 30 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBread builds tools to help businesses understand and prepare for AI-driven web commerce, including OpenLens, a free tool that shows what AI systems say about a brand, plus agent traffic detection and site-readiness services.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Cameron Witkowski(Co-founder)Aman Bhargava(Co-founder)
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Actual (previously Atlas) is a hospitality management platform that automates tip division, digital tip payouts, and compliant direct tip payments, along with payroll, reporting, and sales forecasting.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Cartage develops an AI logistics coordinator called Wilson that automates freight coordination across the shipping lifecycle, from quoting to exceptions handling.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Abdul Basharat(Founder)inJosh Lampen(Founder)in
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Datacurve develops research and data collection infrastructure for training AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Serena Ge(Founder)inCharley Lee(Founder)in
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
ImagineCreate is an AI platform that generates fashion and product photography and video for ecommerce, showing apparel, jewelry, bags, and accessories on AI-generated models from text prompts.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing Tech
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
North Vector Dynamics designs precision-guided interceptor missiles for neutralizing drones in air defense applications.
Defense TechHardware
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Opener provides AI-driven wholesale account management for brands selling into retail stores, unifying data from POS, inventory, and sales history to acquire new accounts, grow existing ones, and revive dormant accounts.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSales Tech
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Parameter provides AI agents that continuously test web apps, APIs, cloud, and infrastructure for vulnerabilities, delivering validated findings with a working proof-of-concept for each.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
PolarGrid runs open-weight AI models on GPU nodes distributed at the edge across North America, offering an OpenAI-compatible API for low-latency inference including sub-300ms voice pipelines (STT, LLM, TTS).
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Predictive Horizons builds an AI-driven intelligence layer for service and diagnostics operations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMobility & TransportationSaaSSan Ramon, US
Mohamad Yassine(Board Member, Chief Executive Officer)
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Reflex offers a low-latency GPU cloud for training, fine-tuning, and serving robot models, streaming observations in and returning actions in under 30 ms.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingRobotics
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Relling builds AI-powered robotic cells for high-mix assembly, inspection, cleaning, machine tending, and labeling tasks, engineered and safety-qualified before shipping.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Sellit9 lets people sell items by dropping them off at partner store locations, where the items are assessed on the spot and the customer receives payment immediately.
Circular EconomyConsumerMarketplaces
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Solcoa produces rare earth metals using proprietary chemistry for use in electric motors, generators, and speakers.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechNew Materials
Artem Iurkovskyi(Cofounder)Hooman Reza Nezhad(Cofounder)
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Subtrace is a tool that captures and displays HTTP traffic to and from running processes in real time without requiring code modifications or elevated permissions.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Adhityaa Chandrasekar(Founder)inSachin Sridhar(Founder)in
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Switch is a software platform that uses AI and machine learning to unify marketing, sales, and finance data across online and offline channels, providing predictive insights such as lead scoring, LTV prediction, and incrementality modeling to improve cross-channel marketing ROI.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Terminal provides telematics data infrastructure that connects commercial fleet products to 316 telematics providers, eliminating the need for individual integrations.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainToronto, CA
Raghav Midha(Founder)inConnor Giles(Founder)in
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Thinkwell is a go-to-market platform that monitors B2B companies and curates data to generate account-specific research and personalized outbound messaging for each stakeholder in a buying committee.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Traces is a platform for developers and software teams to publish, share, and browse AI coding agent sessions ("traces") from the CLI, with support for 10+ agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Unbound builds security infrastructure to govern AI coding agents in enterprise environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Rajaram Srinivasan(Founder)inVignesh Subbiah(Founder)inRajin
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Valstad develops AI-enabled manufacturing systems for distributed ship production and repair, including robotic fabrication cells, phased array laser welding, and precision structural steel kits.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsAustin, US
Dustin Walper(CEO, Founder)Ryan Cook(Chief Operating Officer)
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
veritree provides a platform for corporations to fund and track verified tree-planting and reforestation projects, offering measured data on restored land and forecasted carbon sequestration.
Climate TechImpact & Social GoodSaaS
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
PartnerAlex McIsaac· solo GP
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesUnbound · ascendants.in · Apr 16, 2026
Terminal · finsmes.com · Nov 6, 2025
Datacurve · theaiinsider.tech · Oct 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Northside Ventures invest at?
- Northside Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Northside Ventures's typical check size?
- Northside Ventures typically writes checks of $73K – $365K.
- What sectors does Northside Ventures focus on?
- Northside Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Fintech, New Materials, SaaS.
- Where is Northside Ventures located?
- Northside Ventures is headquartered in Toronto, CA.
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Co-investors · 21
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Liquid 2 is an early- and growth-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders across all sectors of technology, providing capital along with support from a network of operators.
Inovia Capital is a full-stack venture capital firm based in Canada with a presence in Europe, partnering with founders to build enduring global technology companies.
Weekend Fund is an early-stage venture fund started by Ryan Hoover (founder of Product Hunt) and Vedika Jain, writing checks into consumer and B2B startups globally.
BAM Ventures is an early-stage investment firm made up of experienced entrepreneurs based in Southern California, backing founders building consumer-focused technologies, products, and services that transform commerce.
Banana Capital is Turner Novak's early-stage venture capital firm, run as a one-person operation investing up to $250k as a first or lead investor.
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Firms observed investing alongside Northside Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Northside Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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