Startup TNT
Angel networkEdmonton · Pre-Seed–Seed · 8 people tracked
Investment thesis
Startup TNT operates angel syndicates across Western Canada, aiming to make capital access easier for local startups while giving investors a team-based, community-driven way to participate. Investors pre-commit $5,000 and pay a flat participation fee to join syndicated deals selected through recurring Investment Summits. Companies apply, undergo team-based due diligence with 20-40 investors, and progress through pitch nights to a finale where deal terms are negotiated and additional angel investments are committed live. The model treats company building and angel investing as social, collaborative activities, reinforced by weekly happy hours held across five cities. The thesis holds that local investors can achieve benchmark-beating returns by backing homegrown talent.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 82 of 136 portfolio companiesSaaS ×24Healthtech ×21AI & Machine Learning ×20Hardware ×16Cleantech ×15Biotech ×12Deep Tech ×11Digital Health ×10
HQs:Canada×40
Investments · 136 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathSplice N Connect builds a clamp-on, non-invasive smart sensor and cloud analytics platform for continuous monitoring and predictive analytics of cable splices and terminations, the most failure-prone points in power cable systems.
EnergyHardwareIoTCalgary, CA
10Adventures offers personalized hiking, cycling, and adventure tours worldwide, with over 1,000 locally operated trips that travelers can customize into tailored itineraries.
MarketplacesSports TechTravel & Hospitality
48Hour Discovery is a drug discovery company using chemically modified phage display technology to identify peptide leads with high affinity and specificity.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechEdmonton, CA
Ratmir Derda(CSO & Founder)
Aqua-Cell Energy develops a saltwater flow battery that stores energy by pumping salt-water electrolyte through a battery stack, targeting affordable long-duration (12h+) grid energy storage.
CleantechEnergyHardware
Areto Labs offers a responsible AI platform that combines human judgment with AI to detect and filter harmful online content such as hate speech and technology-facilitated gender-based violence, helping global brands and public figures build safer digital communities.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Lana(Co-founder)Kasey(Co-founder)Jacqueline Comer(Co-founder)
BetterCart Analytics provides price, promotion, and assortment analytics for retailers and CPG companies, drawing on what it describes as Canada's largest grocery price database.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRetail Tech
Board Checkup provides Software as a Service for online board performance self-assessment, helping boards of directors of non-profit organizations evaluate and improve their leadership and governance effectiveness.
Enterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaS
Brightspark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies and manages investment opportunities for accredited investors through limited partnership offerings.
Sector Agnostic
Builders VC is a venture capital firm run by operators and investors that backs founders solving complex, mission-critical problems in sectors dominated by legacy systems.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningB2B Marketplaces
Building Bloc builds deployable microfactories that manufacture medical devices, consumables, and replacement parts on-site at the point of care.
Advanced ManufacturingHealthtechMedical Devices
Connect X builds an OEM-agnostic operating platform for Virtual Power Plants (VPPs), combining a cloud system (ConnTrol-OS) and an edge gateway (ConnTrol-ED) that aggregate and optimize distributed energy resources such as rooftop solar, EV chargers, thermostats, heat pumps, and batteries in real time.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergy
ConstructionClock is a mobile time-tracking app for construction teams that uses geo-location to automatically clock crews in and out at job sites and track labor hours in real time.
Construction TechFuture of WorkSaaS
Crush Dynamics develops AI technology for the food and fermentation sectors, aimed at reducing energy use and improving ingredient production.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechFoodTechSummerland, CA
Drawbridge is a platform for building mobile-first "bridge" landing pages that combine lead capture, giveaways, in-page checkout, audience insights, and automated email/text follow-ups.
Creator EconomyMarketing TechSaaS
Elements Athletics builds AI tools for sports officials, including Mic'd Up, which records, transcribes, and analyzes referees' in-game communication for self-reflection and mentor-guided development, and Evaluator, which digitizes officiating evaluation forms across seven sports and links them to an official's development record.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSports Tech
Elle, MD is a female-founded biotechnology company developing Livv, a once-monthly, non-hormonal contraceptive ring that works locally in the reproductive tract to prevent fertilization.
BiotechFemTechMedical Devices
Jennifer Johnston(Founder)
LiORA develops science-based technology and instrumentation for continuous soil-site monitoring and remediation, turning field data into actionable decisions for clients.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechHardwareIoTAlberta, CA
Steven Siciliano(CEO & Co-Founder)
Ethnomet is a digital healthcare platform offering telemedicine, remote patient monitoring devices (such as the EthnoRing and Ethno Homecare), virtual care centers, and a practice management system.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
FarmSimple makes HerdHand, a weatherproof remote water-monitoring device and dashboard that alerts ranchers by text when livestock water tanks run low.
AgTechHardwareIoT
FeedFlo provides real-time feed monitoring hardware and software for pig farms, tracking feed delivery and consumption to detect shortages, health issues, and equipment failures, and to automate feed ordering.
AgTechHardwareIoT
Fidu is a firm-branded client experience platform that helps law firms sell, deliver, and scale subscription and flat-fee legal services, combining a client portal, workflow automation, payments, scope tracking, and AI tools like a service builder and issue spotter.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Fusion Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A startups with technical or data advantages, focusing on healthcare, enterprise AI, and industrial technology.
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
Goodlawyer provides fractional and embedded in-house legal support to high-growth businesses, drawing on a vetted network of in-house lawyers across North America.
Future of WorkLegalTechMarketplaces
HazTrack makes a rugged IoT sensor for remote monitoring of tank levels in the used cooking oil (UCO) collection industry, providing +/-1% accuracy, theft detection, fill-threshold alerts, and API integration with CRM or routing platforms.
HardwareIoTLogistics & Supply Chain
Illumia Labs builds human-in-the-loop multi-agent AI for high-stakes environments, capturing expert knowledge to accelerate training and provide real-time decision support.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechEnterprise Software
Innervision (Wellbore Technologies) develops 3D wellbore imaging technology that maps the subsurface through solid steel casing in real time, detecting cracks in steel and cement, corrosion, perforations, and flow paths.
CleantechDeep TechEnergy
Klinrisk develops AI-enabled lab services that analyze routinely collected lab data to interpret results and generate decision support for healthcare providers.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Light Leaf Solar makes ultralight, rigid carbon fiber composite solar panels designed to integrate with moving objects such as trailers, sailboats, and vehicles.
CleantechEnergyHardware
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesFrequently asked questions
- What stage does Startup TNT invest at?
- Startup TNT invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Startup TNT's typical check size?
- Startup TNT typically writes checks of $5K – $100K.
- What sectors does Startup TNT focus on?
- Startup TNT focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Startup TNT located?
- Startup TNT is headquartered in Edmonton, CA.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamZack Storms & Tim Lynn from Startup TNT
Dryrun · Zack Storms
Finale Night at the Calgary Investment Summit Spring 2026 - May 28, 2026 - OG
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Finale Night at the Calgary Investment Summit Spring 2026 - May 28, 2026
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Finale Night at the Edmonton Investment Summit Spring 2026 - May 28, 2026
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Pitch Night at the Edmonton Summit Spring 2026 - April 16, 2026
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Agri-Food Summit Powered by FCC Finale Pitch Night (Spring 2026) - Apr 9, 2026
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