Startups in Vancouver: Top 20 Funded Companies (2026)
From Clio's $500M round to Photonic's quantum leap, Vancouver startups are scaling fast. See the top 20 startups in Vancouver from the last 12 months here.
Published May 5, 2026 by Jacob Klionsky
- 01Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•British Columbia$500MSeries G
Legal AI platform Clio raised a $500 M Series G round led by NEA with participation from TCV, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Sixth Street Growth and JMI Equity, alongside a $350 M debt facility and the completion of a $1 B acquisition of vLex.
- 02Hardware • Manufacturing•British Columbia$130.8MEquity
Distributed quantum computing startup Photonic raised a $130M USD funding round led by Planet First Partners with participation from RBC, TELUS, BCI, and Microsoft.
- 03Natural Resources • Sustainability•British Columbia$100MEquity
Rare-earth supplier Tactical Resources secured a $140 M funding package—$40 M in convertible debt and a $100 M standby equity purchase facility—from Yorkville Advisors Global.
- 04Other • Sustainability•British Columbia$100MEquity
Republic Technologies, a crypto-asset accumulator and staking operator, secured a $100 million zero-interest debt financing with 50 % warrant coverage from undisclosed investors.
- 05Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Biotechnology•British Columbia$79MEquity
Aspect Biosystems, a Vancouver-based bioprinted tissue therapeutics biotechnology company, received CA$79M from the Government of Canada and CA$23.8M from the Province of British Columbia, with the federal and provincial governments as contributors.
- 06Health Care•British Columbia$62MSeries B
WELLSTAR Technologies closed a $62 million Series B preferred equity round led by Mawer Investment Management with participation from Edgepoint Wealth Management, PICTON Investments and company management.
- 07Natural Resources•British Columbia$62MEquity
Copper-gold explorer ATEX Resources secured a US$62 million bought-deal private placement led by BMO Capital Markets and Desjardins Capital Markets.
- 08Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•British Columbia$50MSeries B
Gumloop, an AI agent-builder for knowledge workers, raised a $50 M Series B led by Benchmark with participation from Nexus VP, First Round Capital, Y Combinator, Box Group, The Cannon Project, and Shopify.
- 09Consumer Electronics • Hardware•British Columbia$50MSeries A
Home-electrification startup Jetson raised a $50M Series A led by Eclipse with participation from 8VC, Activate Capital, Garage Capital, and Active Impact.
- 10Natural Resources • Sustainability•British Columbia$41.8MEquity
Tiernan Gold Corp, a gold-focused subsidiary of Hochschild Mining, raised a CAD 58.4 million private placement of subscription receipts from undisclosed investors ahead of a planned reverse takeover.
- 11Commerce and Shopping • Consumer Goods•British Columbia$40MEquity
Sesh+, a premium tobacco-free nicotine pouch brand, raised over $40M in total funding including a recent financing led by 8VC and Troy Link; Electric Feel Ventures and strategic investors including Post Malone participated.
- 12Financial Services • Information Technology•British Columbia$30MSeries B
Embedded ERP banking platform FISPAN raised a $30M Series B led by Canapi Ventures
- 13Manufacturing • Professional Services•British Columbia$23MSeries B
Acclaro Medical, an aesthetic laser technology company, raised a $23M Series B led by Accelmed Partners with participation from 3E Bioventures Capital.
- 14Natural Resources•British Columbia$23MEquity
Outcrop Silver raised a US$23 million private placement of equity units led by Jupiter Asset Management with participation from Eric Sprott.
- 15Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•British Columbia$20MSeries A
Unblocked, an AI codebase assistant, raised a $20M Series A from B Capital and Radical Ventures; total funding $30M including Amplify Partners, First Round Capital and XYZ Capital
- 16Clothing and Apparel • Design•British Columbia$20MEquity
Huha, a mineral-infused underwear startup, raised a $20M investment round led by District Ventures Capital with co-investment from Export Development Canada.
- 17Hardware • Internet Services•British Columbia$14MSeries A
Ultra-early wildfire detection startup SenseNet raised a $14 million Series A led by Stormbreaker with Thin Line Capital, Fusion Fund, Plaza Ventures, FOLD36 Capital, and B Current Impact Investment participating.
- 18Natural Resources•British Columbia$13.8MEquity
GR Silver, a securities issuer, raised $13.8M in a bought‑deal offering with full exercise of its over‑allotment option.
- 19Content and Publishing • Information Technology•British Columbia$12MEquity
Juno Industries, a Canadian defence technology company, closed a $12.0M oversubscribed financing of subscription receipts from new Canadian institutional, VC, and individual investors.
- 20Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•British Columbia$12MEquity
Quandri, an AI servicing platform for brokerages, raised US$12M led by Framework Venture Partners, with participation from FUSE, Defined Capital, and Intact Ventures.
