Calgary · Pre-Seed–Growth · 15 people tracked
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Investment thesis
The51 seeks to reshape economies by directing women-led capital into ventures of the future, addressing the gap where women receive a small fraction of venture funding despite building companies and generating wealth. Anticipating a major wealth transfer that will place trillions in assets under women's control in Canada, the firm aims to activate billions in women-led capital by 2030. It invests based on the thesis that women-led ventures deliver stronger returns and capital efficiency, backing founders across technology, climate, financial services, and consumer sectors while activating a broad community of women investors and co-investors.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 20, 2026.
Team · 15 people
from the firm's website
Founder mafia
3 people who came through The 51 Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 34 of 37 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×18SaaS ×14Healthtech ×8Fintech ×6Digital Health ×5Consumer ×4Direct to Consumer ×4Enterprise Software ×4
HQs:Canada×15United States×2
Who they back
founder profiles across 18 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×63 founders×24+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 19 founders with education data
Simon Fraser University ×2University of Alberta ×2University of Calgary ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 20 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×4Finance & Accounting ×4Business & Management ×3Law ×3Computer Science ×2Humanities ×2Social Sciences ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 19 founders with career history
Viewpoint Group (Calgary) ×2
1 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 20 with degree data) · backed the same founder in 2+ companies: 2 founders
Investments · 37 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAquaEye develops portable sonar technology for water rescue operations, enabling first responders like firefighters, lifeguards, and police to locate and rescue people in aquatic emergencies.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechGovTechHardwareImpact & Social GoodVancouver, CA
Carlyn Loncaric(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsInBC Investment Corp.ScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS)WUTIF Capital
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)in
Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Edmonton UnlimitedScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS)Startup TNTUCeed FundsUCeed+1 more
Ayrton Energy develops a hydrogen storage and transport solution based on a proprietary liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) and electrochemistry, storing hydrogen as a liquid at ambient conditions so it can be moved using existing fuel infrastructure.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyCalgary, CA
Co-investorsBDC Climate Tech Fund IIClean Energy VenturesCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)ForesightThin Air LabsUCeed Funds+3 more
BelliWelli makes flavored daily fiber supplements, including fiber powder and gummies, designed to be palatable and easy to add to a daily routine.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & FitnessWest Hollywood, US
Katie Wilson(Co-founder)inNicholas Wilson(Founder)inNick(Co-founder)Tyson Woeste(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsMiroma VenturesWellness VenturesWinklevoss Capital
Blume is a skincare brand offering all-natural, anti-inflammatory products formulated for sensitive, acne-prone skin, such as its Meltdown oil.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Bunny Ghatrora(Founder)inTaran Ghatrora(Co-founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalBackbone AngelsFelicis VenturesUpHonest CapitalBlume VenturesLOI Venture+1 more
Blume creates functional superfood wellness products designed to celebrate all bodies and support individual wellness journeys.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Karen(CEO & Founder)
Co-investorsBackbone AngelsScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS)
Calgary Wild FC is a professional women's soccer club and inaugural member of Canada's Northern Super League.
Sports TechCalgary, CA
Deanna Zumwalt(Founder & Board Chair)in
Clerq is a semantic patent search platform that retrieves prior art from a corpus of 500 million documents using natural language understanding rather than keyword matching.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Stephanie Curcio(Co-founder)inJames Stonehill(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsDraper Associates
FemTherapeutics develops treatment solutions for pelvic organ prolapse (POP), a condition affecting women who have had a vaginal delivery.
FemTechHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investors2048 VenturesSheBootInvestissement Quebec
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-investorsStand Up VenturesStandUp Ventures
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-investorsSOSVStand Up Ventures
Haloo builds technology for trademark and intellectual property protection, applying a tech-driven approach to legal services in the trademark industry.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Julie MacDonell(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investors2 Punks CapitalAngels of ManyRecall CapitalWaterloo Accelerator CentreBackbone AngelsBDC Capital Corporation+3 more
Pocketed is a funding discovery platform that matches businesses and startups with grant and funding programs using intelligent matching technology.
FintechSaaS
Heylist is an influencer marketing platform that connects brands and marketers with creators, covering discovery, collaboration, and results tracking.
AdTechCreator EconomyMarketing Tech
Nico LeBlanc(Founder)in
Co-investorsAnges QuebecAccelia Capital
Hyivy Health develops a holistic pelvic health device that treats, monitors, tracks, and helps prevent pelvic floor symptoms, along with connecting patients to clinicians and pelvic floor therapists.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechMedical Devices
Rachel Bartholomew(CEO & Founder)inKamyar Rounidej(Former Co-founder & first Chief Technical Officer)
Co-investorsBeresford VenturesFACIT (Fight Against Cancer Innovation Trust)Equation AngelsThreshold ImpactVelocity
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-investorsStand Up VenturesN49PStandUp Ventures
Kibbi operates a multilingual job platform that connects internationally-trained newcomers and other vetted talent to employers by tying together Canada's credentialing networks, associations, schools, and settlement agencies into hiring infrastructure.
B2B MarketplacesFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplacesSaaSCanada, CA
Hong Phuc Nguyen(Founder)in
Monark offers a leadership development platform ("Leadership Relationship Management") that combines 360 assessments, behavioral nudging, evidence-based micro-learning, and generative AI role play to develop new and middle managers into effective leaders.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechCalgary, CA
Kelsey Hahn(CEO & Co-Founder)inAmanda Julian(Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsStorytime CapitalLOI Venture
Mercator.ai provides AI-driven lead generation solutions for contractors and construction professionals.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningConstruction Tech
Co-investorsZacua Ventures
MINDD is a company that designs wireless bras using a patented knit-zone technology that replaces underwires with engineered zones for support, breathability, and compression.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFemTech
MyFO is a family office platform for consolidating and reporting on assets, offering multi-level portfolio reporting with breakdowns by asset class, currency, and geography, plus secure document management organized by entity with role-based access.
FintechSaaS
Simran Kang(Founder)in
Co-investorsBackbone Angels
NiaHealth offers precision longevity health assessments for Canadians, measuring biomarkers and providing personalized health plans delivered by licensed Nurse Practitioners.
Digital HealthHealthtechLongevityWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsEdmonton UnlimitedRoar VenturesScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS)
NLPatent provides an AI-powered platform for intellectual property professionals to manage the full IP lifecycle, from patentability assessment and freedom-to-operate analysis through licensing and competitive intelligence.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Stephanie Curcio(Co-Founder & CEO)inJames Stonehill(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsLegalTechMighty CapitalStorytime Capital
OpStream provides an AI-powered RFP template for enterprise procurement, containing 173 evaluation questions across 14 weighted categories designed for vendor selection and comparison.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsMu VenturesStorytime CapitalRed Bike CapitalTenOneTen Ventures
Pngme provides alternative data analytics and creditworthiness assessment solutions for financial institutions in Africa and Asia.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Lorraine(CEO)Rob(VP of Growth)Philip(CTO)
Co-investorsBeresford VenturesCapria VenturesConsenSys MeshLateral CapitalOctopus VenturesRaptor Group+3 more
SIX is an AI-powered recommendation platform that enables frontline employees in retail, hospitality, and service industries to deliver personalized product and experience recommendations to customers at scale.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsPanache Ventures
SiftMed is an AI-powered platform that automates the organization and analysis of medical records for legal professionals, medical experts, and life care planners.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechInsurTechLegalTechMedical Devices
Jeremie Larouche(Co-founder)Holly
Co-investorsEast Valley Ventures
SomaDetect makes sensor hardware and AI-driven analytics that give dairy farmers real-time data on milk quality and herd health.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareIoT
Bharath Sudarsan(CTO & Founder)inNicholas Clermont(COO & Founder)inDavid Blyth(CEO)in
Co-investorsCavallo VenturesiGan PartnersThin Air LabsBuilders VC
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 CollectiveMaRSStand Up Ventures
Syantra develops the patent-pending Onco-ID platform for early cancer detection, using a biomarker and drug target discovery technology to support oncologists and pharmaceutical scientists in creating personalized, precision cancer treatments.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesCalgary, CA
Tina Rinker(Co-founder)Ken Fuh(Co-founder)Randy Moore(Co-founder)inBob Shepherd(Co-founder)
Co-investorsThin Air LabsUCeed Funds
The Virtual Gurus connects businesses with US- and Canada-based virtual assistants to handle tasks ranging from administrative work to marketing.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkMarketplaces
Co-investorsRaven Capital
Verlo is an AI assistant for wealth management and financial advisory practices that reads client documents, joins and transcribes calls, drafts follow-ups, fills in forms, and runs financial analyses like Monte Carlo simulations.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsEast Valley Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Blume SkincareCadenceco
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMercator · citybiz.co · Aug 27, 2026
Verlo · shawlocal.com · Aug 5, 2026
Blume · indianstartupnews.com · Jul 18, 2026
Nia Health · trysignalbase.com · Jun 30, 2026
Ayrton Energy · marsdd.com · Jul 18, 2025
Calgary Wild FC · livewirecalgary.com · Apr 11, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has The 51 Ventures made?
- The 51 Ventures has 37 tracked investments.
- What stage does The 51 Ventures invest at?
- The 51 Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does The 51 Ventures focus on?
- The 51 Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Consumer, Fintech, Impact & Social Good, PropTech, Sector Agnostic, Sports Tech.
- Where is The 51 Ventures located?
- The 51 Ventures is headquartered in Calgary, CA.
- Does The 51 Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, The 51 Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does The 51 Ventures co-invest with?
- The 51 Ventures most often shares deals with ScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS), Stand Up Ventures, Backbone Angels, among 49 tracked co-investors.
From the blog
visit blog ↗Recent posts cover The51's fundraising and community activities: the first close of its $30 million Fund III anchored by BMO for women founders, a reflection on its art and investment retreat, and recognition of its Chief Growth Officer on a Top 40 Under 40 list. AI summary
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