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Tall Grass Ventures

Tall Grass Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Canada. Tall Grass Ventures has backed 3 Canadian AI companies in the Index, joining 3 tracked rounds and leading 2. The most recent was Picketa Systems's C$2.1M seed round in June 2026. Tall Grass Ventures most often invests alongside Accelerate Fund IV, BDC Thrive Venture Fund and BoxOne Ventures.

VC based in Canada. 3 Canadian AI companies in the Index, 3 tracked rounds, 2 as lead.

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Type
VC
HQ country
Canada
Companies
3
Tracked rounds
3
Led
2
First tracked deal
Vivid Machines, Apr 2023
Latest tracked deal
Picketa Systems, Jun 2026

Portfolio

CompanyRounds joined (date, round size)Company's total raisedRole
Picketa SystemsSeed · Jun 2026 · C$2.1M round (lead)C$2.1MLead
Cellar InsightsSeed · Sep 2025 (lead)C$500KLead
Vivid MachinesSeed · Apr 2023 · US$4.3M roundC$7.5M—

A round's size is the whole round as announced, not this investor's cheque.

Frequent co-investors

Accelerate Fund IV (1 shared round), BDC Thrive Venture Fund (1 shared round), BoxOne Ventures (1 shared round), Carrot Ventures (1 shared round), Conexus Venture Capital (1 shared round), Cornell Capital (1 shared round), East Valley Ventures (1 shared round), Entrepreneurs First (1 shared round)

Data as of November 10, 2026.

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