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Koan Capital

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Koan Capital runs the Koan AgTech Fund, described as Canada's dedicated AgTech rolling fund. It makes first-round investments in early-stage agriculture startups and adds an investor with AgTech startup operator and founder experience to the team.

Invests inAI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture

In its own wordsagtechagriculturefoodimpactearly-stage

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Koan Capital lists 13 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (56%), Food & Agriculture (22%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (4%). 88% of its companies are based in Canada. It invests most often alongside Creative Destruction Lab, Tall Grass Ventures and WUTIF Capital (VCC) Inc..

Counts come from funding rounds that name Koan Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.

Round figures show recent activity, not Koan Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 13. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies

Creative Destruction Lab 5Tall Grass Ventures 2WUTIF Capital (VCC) Inc. 2AQC Capital 1Alpaca VC 1Astanor 1Automotive Ventures 1Boreal Ventures 1

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Co-investors

	Share
Creative Destruction Lab	5
Tall Grass Ventures	2
WUTIF Capital (VCC) Inc.	2
AQC Capital	1
Alpaca VC	1
Astanor	1
Automotive Ventures	1
Boreal Ventures	1

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Compare Koan Capital head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

vs Creative Destruction Lab5 shared companies→vs Tall Grass Ventures2 shared companies→vs WUTIF Capital (VCC) Inc.2 shared companies→vs AQC Capital1 shared company→vs Alpaca VC1 shared company→vs Astanor1 shared company→

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Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with Koan Capital

Date	Company	Stage
15 Jun 2026	Picketapicketa.com	Seed

Round details for Koan Capital

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Koan Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

13 companies checked against their own sites

Company	What it does	Themes	First round with it	Evidence
4AG Robotics4ag.ai · Canada	The company builds robots that pick, trim, and pack mushrooms to help growers automate their farming operations.	AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Brilliant Harvestbrilliantpowered.com · Canada	Brilliant Harvest is an AI-powered Helpdesk made to empower equipment dealer teams across the entire customer experience	AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
ChrysaLabschrysalabs.com	ChrysaLabs delivers soil carbon measurement and monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) solutions for carbon assets.	AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense		Portfolio page
Crush Dynamics Inccrushdynamics.com	Crush Dynamics Inc develops and produces food ingredients through fermentation of grape pomace	Food & Agriculture		Portfolio page
Emerging Trajectoriesemergingtrajectories.com	The company provides a platform to monitor and discover events that shape the world, creating customizable event-powered feeds, newsletters, and risk maps for businesses.	FintechCybersecurity		Portfolio page
Index Biosystemsindexbiosystems.com	Index Biosystems provides an AI platform for food safety and operations	Food & AgricultureAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Maia Farmsmaiafarms.ca · Canada	Maia Farms produces nutrient-rich mushroom ingredients for food manufacturers	Food & Agriculture		Portfolio page
Nectarnectar.buzz	Nectar Technologies provides digital tools for beekeeping operations to collect and manage data	AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Nutrimealsnutrimeals.ca · Canada	Nutrimeals provides fresh and healthy ready to eat meals in Alberta	Food & Agriculture		Portfolio page
Picketapicketa.com · Canada	Picketa Systems provides real-time crop tissue testing and nutrient analysis for farmers and agronomists	AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning	Jun 2026Seed	Page + round
samiagtech.comsamiagtech.com · France		AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Sawback Technologies Inc.sawbacktech.ca · Canada	The company specializes in enabling customers to find and assess buried infrastructure using drone-based solutions and sensors.	Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Truffletrufflesystems.io · Canada	Truffle provides omnichannel solutions for the food and beverage industry to automate operations and enhance customer experience	Food & AgricultureEnterprise Software		Portfolio page

About this data

site last read 5 Nov 2026

Site

koan.vc

Last read

5 Nov 2026

Watching since

6 Nov 2026

Rounds since

15 Jun 2026

Companies checked

13

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