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Startup TNT

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Edmonton · Pre-Seed–Seed · 8 people tracked

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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.

Invests inSector AgnosticCanadaEdmontonNorth America

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Check
$5K – $100K
HQ
Edmonton, AB, CA
Instruments
Equity
Tracked investments
138

Team · 8 people

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What they invest in

from 109 of 138 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×31SaaS ×31Healthtech ×27Hardware ×23Cleantech ×21Medical Devices ×16AgTech ×15Biotech ×15

HQs:Canada×62United States×3United Kingdom×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 55 portfolio companies
49%
solo founders
27 of 55 mapped founding teams
38%
repeat founders
of 21 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×272 founders×213 founders×64+ founders×1

Where their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with education data

University of Alberta ×6University of Calgary ×3

Where their founders worked beforefrom 21 founders with career history

University of Alberta ×4AlbertaSat ×3A100 ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Techstars ×3Y Combinator ×2

Investments · 138 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2023 · 32021 · 14 dated

Splice N Connectsplicenconnect.comin✓ verified

Splice N Connect develops sensor hardware and analytics software for power infrastructure monitoring and management, serving the oil & gas and energy sectors.

EnergyHardwareIoTCalgary, CA

Taban Sabih(Founder & CEO)Osama Rizvi(Head of Software & IT)

Co-investorsArchangel Network of Funds

10Adventures10adventures.comin𝕏

10 Adventures organizes outdoor adventure travel experiences for adventure enthusiasts.

ConsumerMarketplacesSports TechTravel & Hospitality

Richard Campbell(Founder)Lynn Campbell(Co-Founder & Creative Director)

2S Water2swater.comin𝕏

2S Water manufactures AquaValid, a real-time water analyzer that continuously measures dissolved metals in process water using optical-emission spectroscopy technology.

CleantechClimate TechHardwareIoT

Co-investorsBURNT ISLAND VENTURESForesight

48Hour Discovery48hourdiscovery.comin

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)in

9Bio Therapeutics9biotx.comin

9Bio develops cancer therapies by combining structural biology, artificial intelligence, and protein engineering to create novel oncology treatments.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMontreal, CA

Philipe GobeilinHenrique C.inJonathan Besnain

Acuspireacuspire.aiin𝕏

Acuspire is an AI-powered SaaS platform designed for re-employment services organizations that automates job matching and application processes for candidates while providing real-time operational reporting.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR TechSaaSCanada, CA

Aggeneaggene.ca

AgGene develops plant traits using genome editing for agricultural improvement.

AgTechBiotechAlberta, CA

Logan Skori(CEO)Sarah(Founder)

Co-investorsTall Grass VenturesUCeed FundsBoxOne Ventures

Agntagnt.comin𝕏

AGNT is a marketplace that matches event organizers with vetted live entertainers such as DJs and performers, handling booking, contracting, invoicing, and payments.

ConsumerMarketplacesSaaS

Co-investorsEdmonton Unlimited

All Skinallskinhealth.com
Aqua-Cell Energy Websiteaqua-cellenergy.comin

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

Keith Cleland(Founder)in

Co-investorsWaterloo Accelerator Centre

Arborarbor.ecoin𝕏

Arbor provides a platform for measuring carbon emissions across supply chains using supply-chain-specific data points rather than global averages, enabling calculations in minutes instead of months or years.

CleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareImpact & Social GoodSaaS

Co-investorsThin Air Labs

Areto Labsaretolabs.comin

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)

Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Edmonton UnlimitedScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS)The 51 VenturesUCeed FundsUCeed+1 more

Arolyticsarolytics.comin𝕏Oct 2023 · $3.5M

Arolytics appears to work on emissions detection and monitoring, with a focus case study on methane emissions at oil and gas facilities.

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergySaaS

Co-investorsAccelerate FundBDC Sustainability Venture FundCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)BDC Capital CorporationMetiquity VenturesYaletown Partners

Atome Bakeryatomebakery.com

Atome Bakery is a French-inspired artisan online bakery delivery company operating in Canada, offering fresh sourdough bread and baked goods for home delivery.

Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechVancouver, CA

AliceLucas

BankBrainbank-brain.com
BDC Capitalbdc.ca𝕏

BDC is a Canadian financial institution that provides financing and business advisory services to small and medium-sized enterprises across all sectors.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechCanada, CA

Co-investorsBDC Climate Tech Fund IIBDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)BDC Growth Venture FundBDC Industrial Innovation Venture FundBDC Life Sciences Venture FundBDC Seed Venture Fund+8 more

BetterCart Analyticsbettercartanalytics.comin𝕏

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

Co-investorsBDC Thrive Lab for WomenCo.Labs

BioMimirbiomimir.cain

Co-investorsFront Row Ventures

Board Checkupboardcheckup.com𝕏

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

Boxoneboxone.xyz
Brickeyebrickeye.comin𝕏

Brickeye provides an end-to-end construction risk management platform that combines ruggedized IoT-enabled hardware, network connectivity, and software analytics to monitor job site conditions including water damage, concrete quality, and environmental risks.

Construction TechInsurTechIoT

Co-investorsBrightspark VenturesGraphite VenturesGreenSky VenturesMaRS Investment Accelerator Fund

Brightspark Capital Inc. (Exited)brightspark.comin𝕏

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

Co-investorsAngels of ManyKensington Capital Partners Limited

Builders VC ↗︎builders.vcin𝕏

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

Co-investorsAtas VC

Building Blocbuilding-bloc.comin

A healthcare technology company combining clinical leadership with logistics expertise to improve healthcare access globally, with particular focus on remote and underserved regions.

Advanced ManufacturingDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices

Cherry Healthcherry.health

Co-investorsWELL Ventures

CONNECT Xconnectex.ioin

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

ConstructionClockconstructionclock.comin

ConstructionClock provides time tracking software designed specifically for construction crews and job site teams.

Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Creditguruscreditgurus.ca
Crush Dynamics Inccrushdynamics.comin

Crush Dynamics develops AI technology for the food and fermentation sectors, aimed at reducing energy use and improving ingredient production.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechFoodTechSummerland, CA

Bill Broddy m-edp(Founder)inAlexandra Broddy(Founder)in

Co-investorsForesightWUTIF Capital

Difinitydifinity.cain𝕏

Difinity develops medical devices and technologies focused on emergency medication delivery and needle safety.

HealthtechMedical DevicesVancouver, CA

David Kim(CEO)inDamien Tak(CTO)Larry Murphy(Chief Regulatory Officer)in

Co-investorsScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS)UCeed Funds

DiveThrudivethru.comin𝕏

DiveThru provides mental health support through in-person studios and an online platform, offering therapy and psychological assessments.

Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthWellness & FitnessEdmonton, CA

Sophie Gray(Founder)in

Co-investorsEdmonton UnlimitedSproutxTechstars

Drawbridgetrydrawbridge.comin𝕏

Drawbridge is a platform for creating branded mobile-first campaign experiences that capture customer data, enable in-experience purchases, and automate follow-up workflows.

Creator EconomyDirect to ConsumerMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsCo.Labs

Drift Golfdriftgolf.cain

Drift Golf develops software that provides golfers with personalized insights and connects golf courses to their players during rounds.

SaaSSports TechEdmonton, CA

Dave Tougas(CEO, Co-Founder)Tina Moreau(COO, Co-Founder)

Co-investorsEdmonton Unlimited

DrugBankdrugbank.ca

Co-investorsEdmonton Unlimited

Dryrundryrun.comin

Dryrun makes cash flow forecasting and financial modeling software that helps CFOs and finance teams at mid-market companies build scenarios and manage cash flow volatility.

FintechSaaS

Blaine Bertsch(Co-Founder & CEO)inTariq Bacchus(Co-Founder & CTO)in

Co-investorsEdmonton UnlimitedSproutx

Elements Athleticselementsathletics.comin

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

Co-investorsUCeed Funds

Elle, MDellemd.ca

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)

Environmental Material Scienceems-inc.cain

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)in

Co-investorsGolden Opportunities Fund

Ethnomet Inc.ethnomet.com𝕏

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

Co-investorsCo.Labs

Fanoramasfanoramas.com
FarmSimple Solutionsfarmsimple.cain

FarmSimple makes remote monitoring devices and wireless systems for agricultural water management on farms, ranches, and feedlots across North America.

AgTechData & InfrastructureHardwareIoT

FeedFlofeedflo.comJul 2021

FeedFlo makes an on-pipe sensor and real-time data platform that tracks feed consumption and animal health for pig producers.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTWinnipeg

CaseyEthanWilliam (Scott) Russell(Executive Officer, Director)David Kuik(Executive Officer)Maciek Hunek(Executive Officer, Director)

Fidufidulegal.comin

Fidu builds technology and subscription services for law firms to transition away from hourly billing models toward scalable, sustainable legal service delivery.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS

Kimberly Bennett(Co-Founder & CEO)Blaine Korte(Co-Founder & CTO)

Co-investorsCo.Labs

Fly and Fetchflyandfetch.com

Co-investorsEdmonton UnlimitedScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS)

Fusionfundfusionfund.comin𝕏

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 Fieldsfuturefields.ioin𝕏

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

Co-investorsAmplify CapitalBee PartnersEdmonton UnlimitedGreen Circle Foodtech VenturesKeiki CapitalSiddhi Capital+7 more

Gecogeco-ag.com
Goal Zerogoalze.ro
Goodlawyergoodlawyer.cain

Goodlawyer operates an online platform that connects businesses with lawyers for legal services across Canada.

Future of WorkLegalTechMarketplacesCalgary, CA

Parker Smith(Founder)in

HazTrackhaztrack.ca

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

Honest Doorhonestdoor.comin𝕏

HonestDoor provides real estate property data and estimated values for homes and properties in Canada, drawing on listing and market data.

Data & InfrastructurePropTech

Dan Belostotsky(Founder)in

Co-investorsEdmonton UnlimitedPanache Ventures

Hustle Fundhustlefund.vc

Hustle Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm run by former founders and operators that invests in and advises pre-seed startups.

FintechSector AgnosticSan Francisco, US

Eric Bahn(Founder)inElizabeth Yin(Co-founder)

Co-investorsAtento CapitalFoundryInvariantes Fund

Illumia (Delphi)illumialabs.aiin𝕏

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

Michael Bogaars(Founder)in

Immigrateimmigrate.bizin𝕏

Immigrate operates a managed services platform that helps Canadian employers address labour shortages by recruiting local and international workers, while assisting international workers in finding legitimate jobs in Canada.

B2B MarketplacesHR TechMarketplacesSaaSToronto, CA

Co-investorsCo.Labs

Innervision Boreholewellboretech.comin𝕏

Wellbore Tech develops imaging technology for the oil and gas sector, drawing on expertise in both energy and medical device development.

CleantechDeep TechEnergyHardwareMedical Devices

Braydon Lane(VP)Eamonn Waters(VP Operations)

Co-investorsForesight

K-Godrivekgo.ca
Klinriskklinrisk.com

Klinrisk develops prognostic AI-driven tests for cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic conditions using routine lab data to identify high-risk patients earlier in their disease progression.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices

Navdeep Tangri(Co-Founder & CEO)John David McCullough(Chief Operating Officer)Thomas Ferguson(Head of Analytics)

KnowHowtryknowhow.comin

KnowHow converts a company's operating standards into structured, role-based training paths and tracks which workers are competent and job-site ready.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsColopl NextUCeed Funds

LightLeaf Solarlightleafsolar.comin

Light Leaf Solar makes ultralight, rigid carbon fiber composite solar panels designed to integrate with moving objects such as trailers, sailboats, and vehicles.

CleantechEnergyHardware

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Startup TNT made?
Startup TNT has 136 tracked investments.
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.
Who does Startup TNT co-invest with?
Startup TNT most often shares deals with Edmonton Unlimited, Co.Labs, UCeed Funds, among 87 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

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Finale Night at the Calgary Investment Summit Spring 2026 - May 28, 2026 - OG

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Finale Night at the Edmonton Investment Summit Spring 2026 - May 28, 2026

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Finale Night at the Calgary 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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