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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.

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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

CompanyRounds joined (date, round size)Company's total raisedRole
BiossilSeed · 2023 · C$3.7M roundVenture round · Sep 2026 · US$153M roundC$309.3M—
OneSeed · Jul 2026 · C$4M roundC$4M—
Dominion DynamicsPre-seed · Oct 2025 · C$4M roundSeries A · Jun 2026 · C$139M roundC$164M—
TiltSeed · Sep 2025 · US$7.1M roundUS$7.1M—
Tracel AISeed · Aug 2025 · US$3M round (lead)US$3MLead
VesselSeed · Jun 2025 · US$7.5M roundUS$7.5M—
ProteinQureSeries A · May 2025 · C$11M roundC$12.8M—
DeckSeed · Oct 2024 · US$4.5M round (lead)Series A · Apr 2025 · US$12M roundUS$16.5MLed Seed
EvoloSeed · Dec 2024 · US$3M roundUS$3M—
BoardyPre-seed · Oct 2024 · US$3M roundUS$11M—
CruxOCMSeries A · Aug 2024 · US$17M roundUS$17M—
IdeogramSeed · Aug 2023 · US$16.5M roundUS$96.5M—
BenchSciSeries D · May 2023 · C$95M roundC$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.

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