Toronto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 5 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Stand Up Ventures champions breakthrough technology companies led by women, investing at the seed stage in for-profit startups that have at least one woman in a C-level leadership role with meaningful ownership. The firm believes women-led companies think differently, attract strong talent, and address larger markets. It partners with ambitious founders across Canada and the US, supporting them from pre-seed to Series A, and emphasizes building a reciprocal community around its founders. The fund highlights strong follow-on funding and high seed-to-Series-A conversion among its portfolio, and works alongside leading institutional investors to fund promising women entrepreneurs.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 5 people
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through Stand Up Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 17 of 38 portfolio companiesSaaS ×12AI & Machine Learning ×11Enterprise Software ×6Marketing Tech ×4Creator Economy ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3Digital Health ×3Healthtech ×3
HQs:Canada×7United States×3
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with education data
University of Toronto ×3
What their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×4Computer Science ×4Engineering ×4
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 38 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 12023 · 22022 · 22021 · 12011 · 19 dated
Acerta provides an industrial AI analytics platform for discrete manufacturers to identify and resolve production defects early, reducing scrap, rework, and downtime.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnergyEnterprise SoftwareKitchener, CA
Greta Cutulenco(Founder)in
Co-investorsBDC Industrial Innovation Venture FundBDC Thrive Venture Fund for WomenBDC Venture CapitalCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Garage CapitalL-SPARK+4 more
AmacaThera is a biotech company developing a tunable injectable hydrogel drug-delivery platform, based on hyaluronic acid and methylcellulose, for localized and long-acting release of therapeutics such as small molecules, biologics, peptides, and cells.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesToronto, CA
Mike Cooke(Co-Founder & CEO)inMolly Shoichet(Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer)
Co-investorsLumira VenturesToronto Innovation Acceleration Partners
AssistIQ uses AI-powered computer vision to automatically capture and recognize implants, tissue, and surgical supplies as they are used in the operating room, updating inventory and charge data without manual entry.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical Devices
Lisa Israelovitch(Chief Executive Officer)inMundeep Minhas(Chief Product Officer)inThierry Wong(Chief Technology Officer)inDr. Moishe Liberman(Chief Medical Officer)
Co-investorsBattery VenturesN49PTamarind Hill
Fictionary offers a SaaS platform with AI-powered tools that helps fiction writers and editors revise manuscripts using a structured, scene-by-scene analysis of story elements.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsThe 51 VenturesStandUp Ventures
Glassbox provides a digital experience intelligence platform that automatically captures interactions from websites and mobile apps to analyze user behavior, performance, and session data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSGlen Head, US
Yaron Gueta(Founder)inRichard Levinson(Executive Officer)Christopher Hummel(Executive Officer)Dorothy Young(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMarianne Caponnetto(Director)Eric Wheeler(Director)
Co-investorsBrighton Park CapitalSusquehanna Growth EquityUpdata PartnersFinTech CollectiveGefen CapitalIbex Investors+3 more
GroundedAI offers a hardware-agnostic software platform for underground mining and tunnelling teams, with Lithos for offline field data capture on iPad and Strata for desktop data management, mapping, and reporting.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsSOSVThe 51 Ventures
Hardline is a jobsite documentation app for construction that captures phone calls, site walks, and field conversations and turns them into structured records such as daily logs, RFIs, punch lists, tasks, and change orders.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesMucker CapitalStandUp VenturesSuffolk Technologies
Indiegraf provides a network and platform for independent news publishers across the Americas to increase revenue and retain editorial independence.
Creator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSCanada, CA
Caitlin Havlak(Co-founder)inErin Millar(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsMucker CapitalStandUp VenturesMarigold Capital
Jombone is an operations platform for high-volume staffing agencies, offering automated candidate matching, shift scheduling, timesheet capture, and payroll workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Sumit Sahdev(Founder)in
Co-investorsThe 51 VenturesN49PStandUp Ventures
Max Retail is a retail technology platform that enables independent retailers to convert excess inventory into cash by connecting them directly with shoppers.
B2B MarketplacesE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesRetail TechSaaSNorth Palm Beach, US
Melodie van der Baan(Co-Founder & CEO)inMorgan Bodstrom(Co-Founder & CHRO)inDamon Ciarelli(Co-Founder & R&D Lead)in
Co-investorsOpenSky VenturesOverlineRethink ImpactTechstarsThe Artemis FundInterplay Ventures Early Stage Management Llc+3 more
MintList is a Vancouver-based startup offering an AI-powered online marketplace for buying, selling, and trading cars in Canada.
ODAIA offers Marketing Intelligence, a platform for pharmaceutical marketing and sales teams that ties channel-level actions to prescription (Rx) outcomes and coordinates healthcare provider (HCP) engagement across digital and field channels.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Philip Poulidis(Founder)in
Co-investorsGraphite VenturesMonograph Capital PartnersPanache VenturesThreshold VenturesToronto Innovation Acceleration PartnersWittington Ventures+5 more
Sprout is Canada's end-to-end family-building platform that connects users with fertility clinics, expert care, and support resources for fertility treatments, surrogacy, and adoption.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechCanada, CA
Not explicitly named on page(Co Founder & COO)
Co-investorsBlue CollectiveMaRSThe 51 Ventures
StoryTap is a video platform that helps brands collect and share authentic video stories to build trust and engagement with audiences.
Creator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSPort Coquitlam, CA
Bernadette ButlerinSean Braacxin
Co-investorsRefinery VentureTechstarsStandUp Ventures
Succession AI operates an AI-powered M&A platform that helps founders and owners of small and mid-sized businesses value and sell their companies to matched buyers.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesSaaS
Avril Sun(CEO)
Supportbench is a customer support platform designed for B2B teams managing complex, long-running customer relationships.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsBadhouse Ventures
Supplier.io (Tealbook) provides a supplier diversity and intelligence platform that helps procurement teams discover, vet, and source from new, local, small, and diverse suppliers using a database of over 20 million suppliers.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Stephany Lapierre(Founder)in
Co-investorsGood FriendsGrand VenturesReciprocal VenturesRTP GlobalBDC Capital CorporationRefinery Venture+1 more
A financial operations platform purpose-built for the logistics industry.
Co-investorsLuge CapitalAccelia Capital
Vivid Machines provides real-time crop intelligence and vision-based technology for fruit producers, offering insights on crop load management, yield forecasting, plant health, and disease detection.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareToronto, CA
Jonathan Binas(Co-founder)inJenny Lemieux(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstMaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF)Spatial CapitalTall Grass VenturesBDC Capital CorporationBoxOne Ventures+2 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsTealbookacq. by Supplier.io
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAssistIQ · fasken.com · Jun 23, 2026
Hardline · superbcrew.com · May 27, 2026
Indiegraf · knightfoundation.org · May 20, 2026
Velix · ncfacanada.org · Feb 3, 2026
Glassbox · financialit.net · Aug 7, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Stand Up Ventures made?
- Stand Up Ventures has 38 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Stand Up Ventures invest at?
- Stand Up Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Stand Up Ventures's typical check size?
- Stand Up Ventures typically writes checks of $365K – $1.1M.
- What sectors does Stand Up Ventures focus on?
- Stand Up Ventures focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Stand Up Ventures located?
- Stand Up Ventures is headquartered in Toronto, CA.
- Who does Stand Up Ventures co-invest with?
- Stand Up Ventures most often shares deals with The 51 Ventures, Techstars, Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners, among 36 tracked co-investors.
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