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Startup TNT

Angel network

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
136

Team · 8 people

from the firm's website & public directories

What they invest in

from 82 of 136 portfolio companies

SaaS ×24Healthtech ×21AI & Machine Learning ×20Hardware ×16Cleantech ×15Biotech ×12Deep Tech ×11Digital Health ×10

HQs:Canada×40

Investments · 136 tracked

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Splice N Connectsplicenconnect.comin✓ verified

Splice 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

10Adventures10adventures.comin𝕏

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

2S Water2swater.comin𝕏
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)

500 LATAM500.co
Acuspireacuspire.ai
Aggeneaggene.ca
Agntagnt.com𝕏

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

ConsumerMarketplacesSaaS

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

Arborarbor.ecoin𝕏

Arbor is a carbon accounting and sustainability reporting platform that automates product-level and Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions calculations.

CleantechClimate TechSaaS

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)

Arolyticsarolytics.com
Atome Bakeryatomebakery.com
BankBrainbank-brain.com
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

BioMimirbiomimir.ca
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
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

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

Building Blocbuilding-bloc.comin

Building Bloc builds deployable microfactories that manufacture medical devices, consumables, and replacement parts on-site at the point of care.

Advanced ManufacturingHealthtechMedical Devices

Cherry Healthcherry.health
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 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

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

Difinitydifinity.ca𝕏

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

HealthtechMedical DevicesVancouver, CA

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

DiveThrudivethru.comin

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

HealthtechMental HealthWellness & FitnessEdmonton, CA

Drawbridgetrydrawbridge.comin𝕏

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

Drift Golfdriftgolf.ca
DrugBankdrugbank.ca
Dryrundryrun.comin

Dryrun provides cash flow forecasting software that integrates transactional data and multiple scenarios into visualizations for finance teams.

FintechSaaS

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

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)

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

Fanoramasfanoramas.com
FarmSimple Solutionsfarmsimple.cain

FarmSimple makes HerdHand, a weatherproof remote water-monitoring device and dashboard that alerts ranchers by text when livestock water tanks run low.

AgTechHardwareIoT

FeedFlofeedflo.com

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

Fidufidulegal.comin

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

Fly and Fetchflyandfetch.com
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

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

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

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
Hustle Fundhustlefund.vc
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

Immigrateimmigrate.bizin𝕏

Immigrate is a talent services platform that connects Canadian employers with pools of qualified workers in Canada and abroad, handling talent sourcing, a job board, and immigration applications for hiring foreign workers.

HR TechMarketplacesSaaS

Innervision Boreholewellboretech.comin𝕏

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

K-Godrivekgo.ca
Klinriskklinrisk.com

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

KnowHowtryknowhow.comin

KnowHow provides a knowledge platform for trade service companies that consolidates SOPs, training, and staff expertise into a single company standard, connecting it to on-the-job workflows and training.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

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

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 team

Zack Storms & Tim Lynn from Startup TNT

Dryrun · Zack Storms

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

Startup TNT

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

Startup TNT

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

Startup TNT

Pitch Night at the Edmonton Summit Spring 2026 - April 16, 2026

Startup TNT

Agri-Food Summit Powered by FCC Finale Pitch Night (Spring 2026) - Apr 9, 2026

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