The51
Venture capital · Calgary, Canada · North America
The51 is a financial platform and venture firm that invests in women-led ventures and offers alternative investment opportunities to its member network. It also runs membership and educational programs through its nonprofit partner, Movement51, to build capital confidence among investors and founders.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordswomen-ledgender lensdiversityventure capitalfinancial platformcanada
Your fit with The51
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Or find every investor that fitsThe51 lists 30 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (22%), AI & Machine Learning (20%) and Fintech (12%). 63% of its companies are based in Canada. It invests most often alongside Creative Destruction Lab, StandUp Ventures and Accelia Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name The51, 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 The51's whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 30. 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 roundThe51 does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 68th | 30 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 77th | 10% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 25th | 22% 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 | 22% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| Education | 8% | 7% |
| Legal & Compliance | 6% | 2% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Human Resources | 6% | 1% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Creative Destruction Lab | 6 |
| StandUp Ventures | 5 |
| Accelia Capital | 3 |
| LOI Venture | 3 |
| Storytime Capital | 3 |
| Accelerate Fund | 2 |
| Draper Associates | 2 |
| IndieBio | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers30100%
- 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 The51 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 siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with The51| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Seed | |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Round |
Round details for The51
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in The51's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
30 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company produces a handheld sonar device for water rescue teams to locate people in the water. | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Areto Labs provides an AI-powered social media moderation platform to protect brands from online harm | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| BelliWelli sells fiber supplements in the form of gummies and powder | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cadence provides support and guidance to families after a loss, helping them navigate tasks and paperwork | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Clerq provides artificial intelligence-powered tools for patent professionals to conduct prior art research and analyze patent data. | AI & Machine LearningLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Clockwork provides EV charging operations and maintenance software for charge point operators | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Coral provides virtual clinic services for women in perimenopause and menopause | Healthcare & Biotech | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| FemTherapeutics provides products and support for women with pelvic organ prolapse | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fictionary provides book writing and editing software and services for writers and editors. | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for underground data capture, management, and decision-making for teams in industries such as mining, tunnelling, and engineering. | Industrial & ManufacturingEnterprise Software | Jul 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Haloo provides trademark tools and solutions using deep AI technology for law firms, naming agencies, and enterprises. | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Pocketed simplifies the funding journey for North American businesses with its intelligent matching platform and expert grant writing service. | FintechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Heylist connects every step of creator marketing and helps teams with AI-powered tools | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hyivy Health connects an at-home therapeutic device, a patient app, and clinician-grade data to strengthen care delivery for pelvic health | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Blume sells various wellness and nutrition products, such as superfood blends and lattes, online and possibly in stores. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Jombone provides a platform for high-volume staffing operations | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Monark provides a leadership training platform that uses AI, data, and organizational psychology to improve leadership skills and track their impact on business outcomes. | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Mercator provides construction business intelligence for general contractors to find private construction projects before their competitors | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs and sells bras, particularly for women with D+ cup sizes. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| MYFO uses human-centric AI to automate the work behind complex financial management for family offices and institutions. | Fintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- the51.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 11 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 30
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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