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District Ventures Capital
Venture capital · Calgary, Canada · North America
District Ventures Capital is a Canadian venture capital fund led by Arlene Dickinson. It invests in early-stage Canadian companies that develop, manufacture, market, distribute or sell consumer packaged goods, with a focus on food, beverage, beauty and health and wellness.
In its own wordsconsumer packaged goodsfoodbeveragebeautyhealth and wellnessnatural and organic
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Or find every investor that fitsDistrict Ventures Capital lists 4 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Enterprise Software (14%), AI & Machine Learning (14%) and Fintech (14%). 67% of its companies are based in Canada. It invests most often alongside Afore Capital, Breyer Capital and Evolution-VC.
Counts come from funding rounds that name District Ventures Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 100% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 1 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 14% | 18% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| Consumer | 14% | 3% |
| Food & Agriculture | 14% | 3% |
| Media & Entertainment | 14% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 14% | 6% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Afore Capital | 1 |
| Breyer Capital | 1 |
| Evolution-VC | 1 |
| Golden Ventures | 1 |
| Harvest Venture Partners | 1 |
| Maple VC | 1 |
| Peak XV Partners | 1 |
| Plaza Ventures | 1 |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare District Ventures Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its sitePortfolio
4 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OutCast Company provides direct marketing services for story-driven brands | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Balzac's Coffee Roasters sells coffee and operates cafes. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Neo Financial provides credit and cash services, including credit cards, mortgages, and savings accounts, to help individuals build their credit history and manage their finances. | FintechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Walter reads documents, captures and validates data, and integrates it directly into a company's ERP system. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- districtventurescapital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 21 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 4
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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