Top Startups in Vancouver
From Clio's $500M round to Photonic's quantum leap, Vancouver startups are scaling fast. See the top 20 deals from the last 12 months here.
- 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.
