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Yaletown Partners

Venture capitaloperating company · company profile

Vancouver · Seed–Growth · 26 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Yaletown targets technology companies whose products can transform and modernize traditional industries while contributing to a more sustainable future. The firm seeks to drive transformative growth by backing innovative, disruptive technology businesses. Its team draws on decades of combined venture capital and operating experience, including having served as CEOs of private and public technology companies, worked in technology-focused investment banking, and advised companies on capital markets and M&A. Yaletown emphasizes long-term, supportive relationships with founders, backing them through the highs and lows of company building while operating with integrity, teamwork, and straightforwardness.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Growth
Check
$1.5M – $3.6M
HQ
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2001
AUM
$408.8M
Tracked investments
69

Team · 26 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Aleili Bustamante· Director of Financein
Amit Monga· Advisor
Brenda To· Human Resources and Office Managerin
Celine Lin· Accountant
Colin Harris· Advisor
Duong Trinh· Office Administrator
Hugh O'Reilly· Strategic Director
Jack Chan· Accountant
Joan Kuang· Accountant
John Thompson· Strategic Director
Qi Li· Accountant
Stephen Harper· Strategic Director

Listed as a Yaletown Impact Director; described as The Right Honourable Stephen Harper.

Wendy Lee· Vice President of Fund Operations
Yumi Maihara· Marketing and Events Manager

What they invest in

from 24 of 69 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×12SaaS ×11Enterprise Software ×8Deep Tech ×6Hardware ×5Cybersecurity ×4Cleantech ×3Energy ×3

HQs:Canada×8United States×8

Investments · 69 tracked

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By year:2025 · 12023 · 22021 · 12018 · 12015 · 32014 · 19 dated

Nanoprecisenanoprecise.ioinMar 2025 · $38M✓ verified

Nanoprecise is a Canadian company that combines IoT sensors with AI-driven analytics to detect equipment faults early, reduce unplanned downtime, and cut energy waste for asset-intensive industries.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningIoT

Manpreet Singh(CEO & CTO)Prashant Verma(Co-Founder & Head, India Ops & Product)

Co-investorsCIBCBMO Capital PartnersExport Development Canada (EDC)Honeywell Ventures

BIT Stew SystemsMay 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

Burnaby

BRENDA COLLINS(Executive Officer)KAI HUI(Executive Officer)MICHAEL ALLMAN(Executive Officer)JAMES TEMPLE(Executive Officer)GARY YURKOVICH(Director)KEVIN COLLINS(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatSalil Munjal· per SEC Form D · $8.6M raise · filed May 2015

Solegear Bioplastic TechnologiesSep 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

Vancouver

Gary Clifford(Executive Officer)Paul John Antoniadis(Executive Officer, Director)Jim Albino Zadra(Director)Michael Gary Thomson(Director)

Board seatSalil Munjal· per SEC Form D · $1.5M raise · filed Oct 2015

AI-powered decision intelligence
AI-Powered Project Management
Ambyintambyint.comin

Ambyint offers an AI-powered platform for optimizing oil and gas production, using physics-informed models and analytics to monitor wells, detect anomalies, and manage controller setpoints.

AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaSCalgary, CA

Co-investorsGE VenturesAccelerate FundFlyover CapitalFrontera Technology VenturesMercury Fund

API-based ecommerce
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)Startup TNTThe 51 VenturesUCeed Funds+1 more

Arolyticsarolytics.comin𝕏Sep 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)Startup TNTBDC Capital CorporationMetiquity Ventures

Bitstew
Chaordix
Charlicharli.aiin

CharliAI provides a forensic control layer that profiles, traces, controls, and preserves evidence of AI agent actions across enterprise workflows.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Circle Cardiovascular ImagingMay 2018

Calgary

Mike Little(Executive Officer)Qiao Wei(Executive Officer)Greg Ogrodnick(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Day(Director)Matthias Freidrich(Executive Officer, Director)Nishita Cummings(Director)

Climate Ai
Cloud cyber-security solutions
Community intelligence platform
Ctocto.aiin𝕏

CTO.ai builds a developer operations platform that measures and improves developer productivity through workflow intelligence and KPI tracking.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsPallasite VenturesN49P

Data catalog platform
DevOps workflow automation
Drilling fluids additives
Edgeqedgeq.ioin𝕏

EdgeQ develops software-defined 5G technology that lets customers access, customize, and deploy 5G networks through software, with a focus on moving cloud data processing and connectivity to the network edge.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSpace TechSanta Clara, US

Vinay Ravuri(CEO & Founder)in

Co-investorsClearSkyFusionThreshold VenturesLockheed Martin Ventures

Elevated Signalselevatedsignals.comin𝕏

Elevated Signals offers a cloud-based manufacturing management platform with electronic batch records, real-time inventory, quality/compliance (GMP) tracking, traceability, planning, and costing.

Advanced ManufacturingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsWGD Capital, L.P.

Energ2
ePACTepactnetwork.comin𝕏

ePACT is a digital platform for collecting, managing, and sharing participant health and emergency information, replacing paper forms with online records, check-in/out apps, and communication tools.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Co-investorsDisruption VenturesRelentless Pursuit Partners

Field AIfieldai.com

FieldAI builds foundation models and AI systems for robots operating in unstructured field environments.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRoboticsAustin, US

Ali Agha(CEO)inShayegan Omidshafiei(AI and Science Lead)inDavid Fan(Chief Technology Officer)inSebastian Scherer(Director of Fieldable Embodied AI)

Co-investorsCanaan PartnersFikaGraph VenturesIntel CapitalKhosla VenturesNearingpoint Venture Partners Inc.+9 more

Finn Ai
Foodee
Genologics
GHG Satghgsat.comin𝕏

GHGSat monitors greenhouse gas emissions at the facility level using a dedicated satellite constellation and aircraft sensors, providing independent emissions data and analytics.

CleantechClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareSpace TechMontreal, CA

Stéphane Germain(Founder, President & CEO)in

Co-investorsClimate InvestmentNGIF CapitalSpace Capital

GoBoltgobolt.comin𝕏

GoBolt operates a supply chain network for merchants, providing warehousing, pick and pack, shipping, and last-mile delivery through a network of warehouses across North America and custom-built apps.

CleantechE-commerceLogistics & Supply Chain

Heindrik Bernabe(Founder)

Co-investorsFounderFuelIngka InvestmentsKensington Capital Partners LimitedPlaza VenturesWhitecap Venture PartnersBDC Capital Corporation+4 more

Good Natured
GoSecuregosecure.ai

GoSecure is a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) cybersecurity provider based in Montreal and San Diego.

San Diego, US

Co-investorsEastward Capital PartnersMitsui Global InvestmentRazor's Edge VenturesEdge

Green roof systems
Group
Group14 Technologiesgroup14.technologyin𝕏

Group14 develops silicon battery materials, specifically SCC55®, for automotive and consumer electronics manufacturers.

CleantechEnergyHardwareNew MaterialsWoodinville, US

Rick LuebbeDr. Rick Costantino

Co-investorsBASF Venture Capital GmbHOVP Venture PartnersEarth Venture CapitalMetaplanetSalviaVsquared Ventures

Highline
Identity management
Indicee
Intelligent edge video streaming
Invertedinverted.aiin

Inverted AI develops AI-driven non-playable characters (NPCs) that simulate reactive, realistic, and behaviorally diverse human road users for simulation environments.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMobility & Transportation

Co-investorsWUTIF Capital

Loginradiusloginradius.comin𝕏

LoginRadius provides a fully-managed customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform that handles authentication, social login, and identity management for enterprises, governments, and organizations.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSVancouver, CA

Rakesh Soni(Founder)in

Co-investorsForgePoint CapitalBDC Capital CorporationEdmonton UnlimitedFounderFuelM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Verdex Capital

memQ

Raised a $10M Series A financing.

Monexa
Motion intelligence technology
Mover
Netskrt Systems Inc.netskrt.ioin𝕏

Netskrt operates a content delivery network (CDN) purpose-built for streaming on-demand and live video, with a focus on live tier-one sports events.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsWUTIF Capital

Oloidoloid.aiin𝕏Nov 2021

OLOID provides passwordless authentication and identity access management for frontline and deskless workers using biometrics, badges, NFC, and device-based verification on shared devices, kiosks, and time clocks.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSunnyvale, US

Mohit Garg(Executive Officer, Director)Madhu Madhusudhanan(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardGregg Adkin(Director)inAnupam Rastogi(Director)in

Co-investorsEMERGENT VENTURESSeraph GroupUnusual VenturesDell Technologies CapitalHoneywell VenturesOkta Ventures

One Navonenav.aiin𝕏Mar 2023

oneNav develops small, low-power L5-band GNSS positioning technology for military, government, commercial, and consumer applications such as drones, trackers, aviation, and consumer devices.

Deep TechDefense TechSemiconductorsSunnyvale, US

Paul McBurney(Co-Founder & CTO)inSteve Poizner(Co-Founder & CEO)inEllen Kirk(Executive Officer)Vivian Pham(CFO)Kamil Grajski(Executive Officer)Stephen L. Poizner(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsDcode CapitalGV (Google Ventures)In-Q-TelMVP VenturesNorwest Venture Partners

Partnerpedia
Photonicphotonic.comin

Photonic is building a commercial-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer using a unique T-centre qubit technology and Entanglement First distributed architecture designed for unlimited scalability.

Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing

Stephanie Simmons(Founder)in

Co-investorsAmadeus Capital PartnersBCIInovia Capital

Pretio Interactive
Redlen Technologiesredlen.cominJan 2014Acquired

Redlen develops semiconductor-based radiation detection and imaging technology, including vertically integrated imaging modules built on in-house Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) sensor manufacturing.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSaanichton

Glenn Bindley(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Erikson(Executive Officer)Jim Balcom(Executive Officer)

BoardRalph Turfus(Director)Dr. Edmund F. Becker, Jr.(Director)Colin C. Harris(Director)

Co-investorsPender Growth FundWUTIF CapitalIn-Q-TelPangaea Ventures

Shadow NetworksJul 2015

Santa Clara, US

Eric Winsborrow(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardBrad Johns(Director)inMike Lyons(Director)John Stewart(Director)Paul Conley(Director)

Co-investorsPaladin Capital Group

Showbieshowbie.comin𝕏

Showbie is an education platform that consolidates instruction, feedback, assessment, communication, and reporting into a single app for teachers, schools, and multi-school organizations such as trusts, municipalities, and districts.

EdTechSaaSEdmonton, CA

Colin Bramm(CEO and Co-Founder)Roy Pombeiro(CTO and Co-Founder)

Co-investorsPoint NineRhino VenturesEdmonton UnlimitedFresco CapitalImagine K12

Sokanu
Solid state lighting solutions
Spatial intelligence platform
Sustainable 3rd-party logistic provider
Tasktop

Co-investorsElsewhere Partners

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Yaletown Partners made?
Yaletown Partners has 51 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Yaletown Partners invest at?
Yaletown Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
What is Yaletown Partners's typical check size?
Yaletown Partners typically writes checks of $1.5M – $3.6M.
What sectors does Yaletown Partners focus on?
Yaletown Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Yaletown Partners located?
Yaletown Partners is headquartered in Vancouver, CA.
Does Yaletown Partners lead rounds?
Yes, Yaletown Partners leads investment rounds.
Who does Yaletown Partners co-invest with?
Yaletown Partners most often shares deals with WUTIF Capital, Canaan Partners, Graph Ventures, among 27 tracked co-investors.

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