Toronto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 5 people tracked
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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What they invest in
from 14 of 38 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×9SaaS ×9Enterprise Software ×6Data & Infrastructure ×3Digital Health ×3Healthtech ×3Marketing Tech ×3Creator Economy ×2
HQs:Canada×5United States×2
Investments · 38 tracked
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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 LearningEnterprise Software
Greta Cutulenco(Founder)in
Co-investorsBDC Industrial Innovation Venture FundBDC Thrive Venture Fund for WomenBDC Venture CapitalCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Garage CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)+1 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)Molly 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
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 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)Eric Wheeler(Director)Marianne Caponnetto(Director)Christopher Hummel(Executive Officer)Dorothy Young(Executive Officer, 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
Indiegraf provides an operating system for local media outlets to build audience trust, generate multiple revenue streams, and enable collaboration with other newsrooms.
Media & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investorsMarigold 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
Co-investorsThe 51 Ventures
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
Sprout is a digital health and benefits platform focused on fertility and family building, offering navigation support and expert guidance for egg/sperm freezing, IUI/IVF, adoption, and surrogacy.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtech
Co-investorsBlue CollectiveMaRSThe 51 Ventures
Supportbench is a B2B customer support platform for SaaS support teams, offering account-aware tickets, dynamic SLAs, escalation workflows, health scoring, reporting, and AI assistance (summaries, suggested replies, QA scoring, sentiment) in one tool.
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
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
Jennifer Lemieux(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan Binas(Co-founder)inJenny Lemieux(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstMaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF)Spatial CapitalTall Grass VenturesBDC Capital CorporationBoxOne Ventures+1 more
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioTealbookacq. by Supplier.io
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesGlassbox · financialit.net · Aug 7, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Stand Up Ventures made?
- Stand Up Ventures has 39 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- 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, Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners, Battery Ventures, among 71 tracked co-investors.
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