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Brightspark Ventures
Brightspark Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Canada. Brightspark Ventures has backed 13 Canadian AI companies in the Index, joining 9 tracked rounds and leading 4. The most recent was Coral's C$4M bridge round in 2026. Brightspark Ventures most often invests alongside AQC Capital, Deloitte Ventures and Desjardins Capital.
VC based in Canada. 13 Canadian AI companies in the Index, 9 tracked rounds, 4 as lead.
- Type
- VC
- HQ country
- Canada
- Companies
- 13
- Tracked rounds
- 9
- Led
- 4
- First tracked deal
- Optable, Apr 2023
- Latest tracked deal
- Coral, 2026
- Website
- brightspark.com
Portfolio
| Company | Rounds joined (date, round size) | Company's total raised | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral | Seed · Feb 2025 · C$4.1M round (lead)Bridge/Extension · 2026 · C$4M round (lead) | C$8.1M | Lead |
| Pricepoint | Seed · Jun 2026 · C$6.6M round | C$6.6M | — |
| Mycroft | Seed · Sep 2025 · US$3.5M round | US$3.5M | — |
| ShopVision | Seed · Sep 2025 · US$4.1M round (lead) | US$4.1M | Lead |
| Optable | Series A · Apr 2023 · US$20M roundVenture round · Jan 2025 · US$20M round | US$40M | — |
| Potential Motors | Bridge/Extension · May 2024 · C$2M round | C$2M | — |
| Forcen | Venture round · Apr 2024 · C$8.4M round (lead) | C$9.9M | Lead |
| AdHawk Microsystems* | — | — | — |
| Data Sentinel* | — | — | — |
| Hopper* | — | — | — |
| Ruby* | — | — | — |
| Valence Discovery* | — | — | — |
| Wysdom.ai* | — | — | — |
A round's size is the whole round as announced, not this investor's cheque.
* Held per the firm's portfolio page or reported coverage, without a round tracked in the Index.
Frequent co-investors
AQC Capital (2 shared rounds), Deloitte Ventures (2 shared rounds), Desjardins Capital (2 shared rounds), Diagram Ventures (2 shared rounds), Hearst Ventures (2 shared rounds), The51 (2 shared rounds), Anges Québec (1 shared round), Antler Canada (1 shared round)
Data as of November 10, 2026.