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Portage
Portage is a venture capital firm based in Canada. Portage has backed 7 Canadian AI companies in the Index, joining 6 tracked rounds and leading 3. The most recent was Tilt's US$7.1M seed round in September 2025. Portage most often invests alongside Golden Ventures, BDC Growth Venture Fund and BNY.
VC based in Canada. 7 Canadian AI companies in the Index, 6 tracked rounds, 3 as lead.
- Type
- VC
- HQ country
- Canada
- Companies
- 7
- Tracked rounds
- 6
- Led
- 3
- First tracked deal
- Boosted.ai, Nov 2024
- Latest tracked deal
- Tilt, Sep 2025
- Website
- sagard.com
Portfolio
| Company | Rounds joined (date, round size) | Company's total raised | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilt | Seed · Sep 2025 · US$7.1M round (lead) | US$7.1M | Lead |
| Conquest Planning | Series B · Jun 2025 · US$80M round | C$132.8M | — |
| Fiscal.ai | Series A · Jun 2025 · US$10M round (lead) | C$19.3M | Lead |
| Novisto | Series C · May 2025 · US$27M round | C$37.9M | — |
| Evolo | Seed · Dec 2024 · US$3M round (lead) | US$3M | Lead |
| Boosted.ai | Bridge/Extension · Nov 2024 · US$15M round | US$15M | — |
| Dialogue* | — | — | — |
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
Golden Ventures (2 shared rounds), BDC Growth Venture Fund (1 shared round), BNY (1 shared round), Canapi Ventures (1 shared round), Citi Ventures (1 shared round), Cumberland Investments (1 shared round), Diagram Ventures (1 shared round), Fidelity (1 shared round)
Data as of November 10, 2026.