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Sandpiper Ventures
Venture capital
Sandpiper Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that backs tech-enabled companies it says the market overlooks. It invests in early-stage, women-led companies across Canada and supports founders with its global network.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordswomen-ledtech-enabledhealth techclimate resilienceearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsSandpiper Ventures lists 15 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (33%), AI & Machine Learning (17%) and Education (13%). 90% of its companies are based in Canada. It invests most often alongside Creative Destruction Lab, BKR Capital and Pelorus VC.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Sandpiper Ventures, 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 Sandpiper Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 15. 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.
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 39th | 15 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 69th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 62th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 33% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 18% |
| Education | 13% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 8% | 3% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
| Climate & Energy | 4% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Creative Destruction Lab | 6 |
| BKR Capital | 2 |
| Pelorus VC | 2 |
| Amplify | 1 |
| Brass Ring Ventures | 1 |
| Brightspark Ventures | 1 |
| Build Ventures | 1 |
| Climate Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers15100%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Creative Destruction Lab
Compare Sandpiper Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Sandpiper Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Sandpiper Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Sandpiper Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
15 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides strategic training for executives and leaders | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Callia delivers flowers and gifts in Canada. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Coloursmith creates precision light filtering ingredients for contact lenses. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| CURA Climate develops and implements technology to reduce carbon emissions from cement production | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Sept 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| DeNova develops scalable aquafeed ingredients designed to meet the needs of feed producers and help nourish a sustainable future. | AI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Future Fertility develops and provides AI-powered tools to assess oocyte quality for fertility clinics, egg banks, and patients. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Gotcare provides home care services to individuals with various needs, including accident and injury recovery, disabilities, and older adults | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI knowledge infrastructure for guided execution and knowledge management | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Protexxa is a B2B SaaS cybersecurity platform that leverages Artificial Intelligence to rapidly identify, evaluate, predict, and resolve cyber issues for employees. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| QuickFacts provides a platform for insurance brokers to manage carrier information and workflows | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides reusable container programs for various institutions, including universities and hospitals. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Shoelace Learning provides a game-based reading intervention platform for students in grades 3-8. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| SiftMed is a medical record review platform built for insurance claims teams. | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Simmunome provides a SaaS platform for AI-driven disease simulations to guide clinical trials and drug development | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Swiftsure develops and provides a tool to rinse and suction the oral cavity in mechanically ventilated patients. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- sandpiper.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 17 Sept 2026
- Companies checked
- 15
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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