AI For GOOD Resource Guide

Pachamama Ventures

Pachamama Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm investing in climate technology companies.

Silvertip Management

Research and thought leadership on sustainable systems including agriculture and food, Foodtech, and Agtech.

Founder Park

Founder Park backs intelligence-driven companies improving planetary and human health. We are first check investors that support founders from the beginning of their journey. We bring our experience leading AI teams at Apple and driving early-stage investments at tier 1 firms in Silicon Valley.

Mighty Capital

Mighty Capital has established itself as a leading venture capital firm in Enterprise AI. Our most successful founders consider us the best value for the dollar invested, often crediting us for their Series A success. They invite us to lead their funding rounds because we bring exceptional C-level operators into their boardrooms and provide exclusive access to a global network of over 500,000 product managers. This unlocks faster execution, enabling them to increase sales rapidly and attract top-tier talent. Institutional investors praise our product-first strategy, which systematically spots trends before they become hypes. Our high-performing investment team consistently delivers high returns, with top quartile TVPI, as 1 in 5 portfolio companies are outliers like Amplitude, Groq, and Canela. We also minimize risk, as demonstrated by top quartile DPI, as 1 in 3 portfolio companies exited within 5 years, including 3 IPOs. Notably, we have sent distributions every year for the past 5 years.

Anexa Capital

Anexa Capital is an early-stage (pre-seed to A) fund, offering investment and advisory to founders across sectors, but with a heavier focus on AI/ML, IoT, clean tech, cyber, life science, and biotech. Based in Toronto and SF.

ventureLAB

ventureLAB is a deep tech incubator in Toronto offering advisory and investment readiness support to founders in hardware/semiconductors, AI/ML, med tech, automotive, and other sectors. Firehood is an angel group in Toronto designed for women funders supporting women founders. IgniteGTM is a fund-of-funds based in the Bay Area offering GTM and fundraising support to early-stage founders.

Alberta Innovates

As Alberta's innovation engine, Alberta Innovates solves some of the province's biggest challenges by seeing beyond what's possible. We support research and the growth of business. We help the start up community build new technology and drive new ideas. Find out what funding programs are available to support you.

Inovia Capital

Inovia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build impactful and enduring global companies. The team leverages an operator-led mindset to provide founders with multi-stage support, mentorship, and access to a worldwide network. Inovia manages over US$2.5B with operations in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, the Bay Area, and London. The firm's portfolio includes leading AI companies such as Cohere, Spellbook, Lakera, Reliant AI, Inverted AI, Bench IQ, and Coastal Carbon. 

GlobalGiving Technology Innovation Advisory Council

GlobalGiving has launched the Technology Innovation Advisory Council (TIAC), chaired by GlobalGiving CEO Victoria Vrana and Oktay Dogramaci, to propel the nonprofit sector into the future. In a world where AI, quantum computing, and virtual reality revolutionize industries, TIAC ensures nonprofits stay at the forefront of these advancements. Focused on building digital tools for the next generation of generosity, TIAC members serve two-year terms, offering invaluable expertise, experience, and dedication to GlobalGiving's mission of addressing the world's most pressing challenges through innovative technology.

Plug and Play Alberta Sector Agnostic (AI) Program

Our global network brings together players from all relevant industries to accelerate Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technology based startups across multiple sectors. The Sector Agnostic program attracts the best and brightest startups from around the world, providing the tools and an environment that Albertan startups need to fuel their growth on the world stage.

Alpaca VC

Alpaca is a thesis-driven alternative investment firm investing at the intersection of the digital and physical worlds across Venture Capital & Real Estate.

AI for Changemakers Accelerator

AI for Changemakers Accelerator is a 3-year global program for Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovators and leading nonprofit and social impact organizations, to collaborate and build pro-bono AI solutions that help to solve the world’s most pressing problems.

Serval Ventures

Serval focuses on data-intensive emerging technologies (AI, healthtech, climatetech, blockchain, xR, etc) and ambitious under-represented founders who are building transformative solutions to critical problems. We are strategic capital and business partners enabling startups to spend more time on accelerating velocity to and in-market, and to exit.

Snowpoint Ventures

At Snowpoint, we help next-generation companies navigate the unique challenges and associated risks of creating innovative technologies that improve national security and societal resilience.

Treeo VC

Treeo VC is a venture capital firm that supports international tech talent in solving global challenges. We specialize in pre-seed and seed investments and provide exceptional assistance and access to the US market. With extensive industry knowledge and a vast network of mentors and partners, we empower startups to flourish and innovate. Our portfolio includes dynamic companies such as Bluedot, Claros Farm, BeforeSunset AI, Paillor, Tamarind Bio, and ThreeV.

Amiral Ventures

Amiral Ventures is a new venture capital firm whose mission is to empower talented and passionate Canadian founders and arm them with dynamic capital and scaling expertise to create the next generation of technology flagships and enduring societal impact.

High Water Venture Partners

High Water is a venture capital firm leveraging both an exclusive inner-circle network and an extensive family office network, to invest in hard-to-access early-stage deals, alongside other successful and strategic top-tier VC firms, family offices, and individuals.

Smart Society Ventures

Smart Society Ventures invests in European scale-ups that advance decarbonization from offices in London, Geneva, and Luxembourg. SSV specifically invests in the intersection of the physical world (energy and grid tech, industrial tech, prop tech, and mobility/transport) and AI, data, software, and edge technologies, looking for innovations that both grow efficiencies and reduce emissions.

Tidal Venture Partners

Tidal Venture Partners is a pre-seed to seed + fund focused on the emerging ecosystem of Atlantic Canada. With conviction, we back small teams with high potential, who have detailed plans for achieving larger, later-stage milestones.

Q1 Velocity Venture Capital

Q1 Velocity is an early-stage AI investor where we focus on impact-driven companies that are apt to measurably improve people’s general welfare, improve the economy, and improve our environment demonstrably throughout a 15 – 20-year forecast. In support of its portfolio companies, Q1 Velocity operates as an Amazon Web Services activate provider.

Longley Capital

Longley Capital invests in meaningful companies at the forefront of emerging technologies. We champion management teams with visionary ideas and nurture our investments with the quantitative and qualitative disciplines necessary to accelerate enterprise value and mitigate portfolio risk.

Focal

Focal leads pre-seed rounds for technical founders who are reinventing their industries with code. We thrive where others see "too early," backing you from the start with up to $750K. As true 0 to 1 specialists, we're laser-focused on propelling you through Seed and on to Series A and beyond. From Day 1, we’re dedicated to supporting you and your business, helping you define your go-to-market strategy, and enabling you to learn alongside 175+ top startup revenue leaders in our GTM community.

True North Fund

True North was formed to highlight and support the top-performing tech firms in Canada, those on track to reach $1 billion in annual revenue with growth rates comparable to the top one percent globally. The initiative aims to showcase Canada as a premier destination for tech work, investment, and innovation. Through Team True North, Communitech is committed to providing these companies with the resources they need, including talent, customers, and capital, while also celebrating their global achievements. The underlying belief is that now is Canada's time to shine in the global tech landscape.

Jedar Capital

Jedar Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund with a focus on Africa, specifically targeting seed-stage startups across the continent. The fund is dedicated to building relationships with visionary founders who are challenging the status quo and have ambitious goals for creating a prosperous Africa. Jedar Capital's investment thesis centers around digital trade and financial inclusion, with a strong preference for B2B services. The fund is particularly interested in startups developing solutions in logistics, supply chain, fulfillment, B2B fintech, B2B SaaS, and AI-enabled platforms that facilitate trade between African countries.

Relentless Venture Fund

Relentless is dedicated to investing in disruptive technologies that enhance access to care and support lifelong health. We focus on innovations in clinical research and solutions that manage health risks and treat chronic conditions, ensuring individuals stay healthy and active for a lifetime.

Basis Set

Basis Set invests in early-stage startups leveraging artificial intelligence to transform productivity across various industries, from offices to factories and farms. Our focus is on companies driving innovation in four key areas: scaling infrastructure, intelligent collaboration, automated workflows, and autonomous machines.

AI Capital

AI Capital is an innovative capital source with thematic investment in enterprise artificial intelligence software companies. We focus on applied enterprise AI that impacts the greater societal good: Food Supply (AgTech, Supply Chain), Manufacturing (3D Printing, Supply Chain), Life Sciences, Healthcare, Natural Resources (Energy, Power Distribution), and Public Safety (Cybersecurity).

MFV Partners

Early stage Deep Tech VC fund focused on the transformation of industries Series A and Pre-Series A.

Congruent Ventures

Congruent Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies that drive positive change in energy and resource consumption. We focus on sectors like Mobility and Urbanization, Energy Transition, Food and Agriculture, and Sustainable Production and Consumption. We're eager to partner with teams committed to scaling impactful solutions across hardware, software, or services.

MGV VC

MGV invests in enterprise software startups at the earliest stages where the most lucrative opportunities exist. We identify exceptional talent and take an active role in their growth. We teach, train and mentor our founders on how to grow their sales operations into scalable go-to-market teams.

SHACK15 Ventures

SHACK15 Ventures provides funding and support for DeepTech and AI startups at the earliest stages: angel, pre-seed, and seed.

Fin Capital

Fin Capital is a global asset manager focused on full lifecycle investing in B2B Fintech Software. We are passionate about rolling up our sleeves and partnering with repeat entrepreneurs who have deep financial services experience, differentiated products, and a global mindset.

ShangBay Capital

ShangBay Capital is a venture capital company that brings both U.S. and global investors access to best-in-class investments in the U.S. medical devices, biotechnology, and digital health sectors through early-stage venture equity participation.

Mindful Venture Capital

Mindful Venture Capital focuses on investments in early-stage technology companies (Preseed-Series B; B2B and B2B2C) across intelligent automation (i.e., synthetic, augmented, and artificial intelligence), digital transformation (i.e., rpa, infrastructure, and digital health), and fintech (i.e., financial services, marketplaces, gaming, blockchain, lending, and cybersecurity).

Antler

Antler is an Early-stage global VC fund investing in the world’s most driven founders from day zero, believing that innovation is key to a better future. We partner with entrepreneurs across six continents to launch and scale startups that tackle significant opportunities and challenges.We are operational in 30+ countries and invested in 1200+ companies

Empire Angel Collective

Empire Angel Collective invests in companies shaping a better future for consumers. Our portfolio focuses on emerging business fields that enhance lives, benefit the planet, and drive global economies. We seek companies that blend purpose with business.

Auth0 for Startups by Okta

Auth0 for Startups provides early-stage companies with secure and seamless access to their applications. We power the login experiences for popular apps like Headspace and Kiva, among others. Our startup program offers free access to our platform for a year, helping startups focus on innovation rather than identity management.