The 51 Ventures
Venture capitalCalgary · Pre-Seed–Growth · 15 people tracked
Investment thesis
The51 seeks to reshape economies by directing women's capital into future-defining ventures, addressing the gap where women receive only a small fraction of venture funding despite driving entrepreneurship. Founded in Calgary in 2019, the firm backs women-led companies and activates women as investors and decision-makers, targeting the activation of $2.5 billion of women-led capital by 2030. It invests across technology, climate, financial services, and consumer sectors, citing women-led ventures' stronger returns, capital efficiency, and long-term value creation as central to its investment approach.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 15 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 18 of 35 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×11SaaS ×9Healthtech ×4Digital Health ×3Enterprise Software ×3Future of Work ×3HR Tech ×3AdTech ×2
HQs:Canada×8
Investments · 35 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAreto 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)
Skincare company; page references its founders.
Professional women's soccer team in Calgary backed by community-powered ownership.
Calgary, CA
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
KristinaMathew
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
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)
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)Kamyar Rounidej(Former Co-founder & first Chief Technical Officer)
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
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)
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)Amanda Julian(Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder)
Mercator.ai provides AI-driven lead generation solutions for contractors and construction professionals.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningConstruction Tech
Venture referenced via its founder.
NiaHealth offers precision longevity health assessments for Canadians, measuring biomarkers and providing personalized health plans delivered by licensed Nurse Practitioners.
Digital HealthHealthtechLongevityWellness & Fitness
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
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)James Stonehill(Co-Founder)
SomaDetect makes sensor hardware and AI-driven analytics that give dairy farmers real-time data on milk quality and herd health.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareIoT
David Blyth(CEO)Bharath Sudarsan(CTO & Founder)Nicholas Clermont(COO & Founder)
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
Dr. Tina Rinker(Co-founder)Tina Rinker(Co-founder)Ken Fuh(Co-founder)Randy Moore(Co-founder)Bob Shepherd(Co-founder)
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesBlume · indianstartupnews.com · Jul 18, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- 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, 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.
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