Companies / Victoria
AI companies in Victoria
The Canadian AI Index tracks 5 AI companies headquartered in Victoria or nearby (North Saanich). They have raised C$16M across 5 rounds, including C$2.5M in 2026.
Largest rounds
| Company | Round | Date | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niricson | Series A | Aug 2023 | C$10M | MUUS Climate Partners (lead) and 4 more |
| Open Ocean Robotics | Venture round | Oct 2024 | C$2.8M | Antares Ventures, Spring Impact Capital (leads) and 3 more |
| atreides | Grant | Mar 2026 | C$2.5M | PacifiCan (lead) |
| Open Ocean Robotics | Grant | Sep 2024 | C$800K | PacifiCan (lead) |
| Ceedar | Pre-seed | Jul 2025 | US$200K | Metalab Ventures (lead) |
US$ rounds converted to C$ at the Bank of Canada rate on each round's date to rank them.
All 5 companies
| Company | Category | HQ | Founded | Date raised | Disclosed raised | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atreidesML behavioural intelligence platform fusing multi-domain telemetry for defence | Defence/Security AI | Victoria, BC | 2020 | Mar 2026 | C$2.5M | Active |
| CeedarAI bookkeeping platform for Canadian small businesses | Fintech AI | Victoria, BC | 2023 | Jul 2025 | US$200K | Active |
| Open Ocean RoboticsSolar-powered uncrewed surface vessels with onboard AI vision and acoustic detection for ocean data and maritime security | Robotics/Physical AI | Victoria, BC | 2018 | Oct 2024 | C$3.6M | Active |
| NiricsonAI acoustic and visual inspection of concrete infrastructure | Industrial/Manufacturing AI | Victoria, BC | 2020 | Aug 2023 | C$10M | Active |
| SynsiraKind, privacy-first desktop AI that indexes, summarizes and tags a user's own documents, notes, audio, video and images and answers questions only from that material; Kind Pro uses the cloud for part of the work, while Kind Local Pro runs entirely on the user's computer | Consumer AI | North Saanich, BC | 2025 | — | — | Active |
Data as of October 20, 2026.