Thin Air Labs
Impact investorCalgary · Pre-Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Thin Air Labs takes a founder-first approach, driven by deep empathy for the challenges of entrepreneurship. The firm backs early-stage founders building companies that create meaningful human impact, while also seeking a return on investment. It values diverse perspectives and collaboration, believing that varied thinking leads to more effective and unique solutions. Beyond capital, Thin Air Labs provides hands-on venture-building support including funding strategy and roadmapping, matchmaking to grant opportunities, a technical team of grant writing experts, and grant reporting. The firm has invested in 30 early-stage companies and has fully deployed its Fund I.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 4 people
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What they invest in
from 19 of 30 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×8AI & Machine Learning ×7SaaS ×7Fintech ×5Medical Devices ×5Digital Health ×4Enterprise Software ×4Biotech ×2
HQs:Canada×7South Africa×1
Investments · 30 tracked
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Dot Health provides a platform for patients to access, track, and share their health records and medical data with their healthcare providers.
Digital HealthHealthtechToronto, CA
Fillip provides a fuel savings and rebate network for vehicle fleets, offering fuel discounts and rebates without minimum spend requirements.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
Fluid Biomed develops the ReSolv stent, a hybrid polymer-metal, self-expanding flow-diverting stent designed to treat brain aneurysms and reduce the risk of rupture and stroke.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
Working with The Brenda Strafford Foundation and Alberta Innovates to test smart homes, passive monitoring, and integrated health data enabling older adults to live safely and independently at home.
Mikata Health offers an AI assistant ("Mika") that automates clinical and administrative tasks for medical clinics, including AI scribe documentation, referrals and forms, coding and billing, patient triage, booking, reminders, and secure messaging.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechCalgary, CA
PayShepherd is a platform that connects procurement, project, finance, preconstruction, and contractor teams to track labor, equipment, and material costs, verify contractor invoices against agreements, and capture project insights for future planning.
Construction TechFintechSaaS
Biotech company developing approaches to enhance immune responses in cancer treatments.
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)
Tactile Orthopaedics makes anatomically detailed knee and shoulder training models that simulate skin, soft tissues, bones, and pathologies for surgical practice with standard instruments and implants.
HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesCalgary, CA
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesUltimarii · calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com · Sep 17, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Thin Air Labs invest at?
- Thin Air Labs invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Thin Air Labs focus on?
- Thin Air Labs focuses on Biotech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Thin Air Labs located?
- Thin Air Labs is headquartered in Calgary, CA.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamAndrew Browne, Co-Founder at Thin Air Labs. The Venture Builder
Between Meetings · Andrew Browne
Andrew Browne - Thin Air Labs - Telling It Like It Is - Peer Guidance
Peer Guidance / Telling It like It Is · Andrew Browne
James Lochrie - Thin Air Labs - Telling It Like It Is - Peer Guidance
Peer Guidance / Telling It like It Is · James Lochrie
Introducing The Thin Air Labs Fund with James Lochrie
Thin Air Labs - Building What's Next · James Lochrie
James Lochrie - Thin Air Labs - Telling It Like It Is - Peer Guidance | James Lochrie, Partner at Thin Air Labs, is my Telling It Like It Is guest on Nov.17, 9.30am MST. Thin Air Labs is an ecosystem studio that supports many... | By Peer Guidance - Purpose Before Profit
James Lochrie · facebook.com
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