Investors / Golden Ventures
Golden Ventures
Golden Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Canada. Golden Ventures has backed 29 Canadian AI companies in the Index, joining 16 tracked rounds and leading 2. The most recent was Biossil's US$153M venture round in September 2026. Golden Ventures most often invests alongside Afore Capital, FJ Labs and Garage Capital.
VC based in Canada. 29 Canadian AI companies in the Index, 16 tracked rounds, 2 as lead.
- Type
- VC
- HQ country
- Canada
- Companies
- 29
- Tracked rounds
- 16
- Led
- 2
- First tracked deal
- BenchSci, May 2023
- Latest tracked deal
- Biossil, Sep 2026
- Website
- golden.ventures
Portfolio
| Company | Rounds joined (date, round size) | Company's total raised | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biossil | Seed · 2023 · C$3.7M roundVenture round · Sep 2026 · US$153M round | C$309.3M | — |
| One | Seed · Jul 2026 · C$4M round | C$4M | — |
| Dominion Dynamics | Pre-seed · Oct 2025 · C$4M roundSeries A · Jun 2026 · C$139M round | C$164M | — |
| Tilt | Seed · Sep 2025 · US$7.1M round | US$7.1M | — |
| Tracel AI | Seed · Aug 2025 · US$3M round (lead) | US$3M | Lead |
| Vessel | Seed · Jun 2025 · US$7.5M round | US$7.5M | — |
| ProteinQure | Series A · May 2025 · C$11M round | C$12.8M | — |
| Deck | Seed · Oct 2024 · US$4.5M round (lead)Series A · Apr 2025 · US$12M round | US$16.5M | Led Seed |
| Evolo | Seed · Dec 2024 · US$3M round | US$3M | — |
| Boardy | Pre-seed · Oct 2024 · US$3M round | US$11M | — |
| CruxOCM | Series A · Aug 2024 · US$17M round | US$17M | — |
| Ideogram | Seed · Aug 2023 · US$16.5M round | US$96.5M | — |
| BenchSci | Series D · May 2023 · C$95M round | C$95M | — |
| Ada* | — | C$245.1M | — |
| Adhoc* | — | — | — |
| Arteria AI* | — | US$30M | — |
| Avidbots* | — | — | — |
| Beacon* | — | US$525M | — |
| BlueDot* | — | C$3M | — |
| Forma.ai* | — | — | — |
| HyperComply* | — | — | — |
| LocalEngine* | — | — | — |
| MinervaAI* | — | C$12M | — |
| Pink Bot* | — | — | — |
| Secoda* | — | US$14M | — |
| Shakudo* | — | US$14.2M | — |
| Tempo* | — | — | — |
| Viggle AI* | — | US$19M | — |
| Waabi* | — | US$1B | — |
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
Afore Capital (3 shared rounds), FJ Labs (3 shared rounds), Garage Capital (3 shared rounds), Better Tomorrow Ventures (2 shared rounds), Inovia Capital (2 shared rounds), Luge Capital (2 shared rounds), Panache Ventures (2 shared rounds), Portage (2 shared rounds)
Data as of November 10, 2026.
