Scale-Up Ventures

Scale-Up Ventures is a Toronto-based early-stage venture firm investing in Canadian technology companies across enterprise software, consumer technology, and selectively in healthcare and life-sciences-adjacent businesses. Stage focus is seed and Series A, with checks typically in the CAD 500k to 2M range and the capacity to lead seed rounds in Canadian-led companies. Healthcare exposure is opportunistic and concentrated in digital health, clinical workflow software, and selective devices rather than therapeutics or capital-intensive biotech. Physician founders building Canadian-anchored digital health, clinical software, or B2B health technology with credible commercial momentum are the right profile. Founders building therapeutics, consumer wellness brands, or scaled growth-stage rounds should pitch a more specialized fund. Geographic posture is Canada-anchored with selective US deal capacity. The realistic entry path is a warm introduction from a Canadian ecosystem operator, an existing portfolio founder, or a co-investing Canadian seed fund; the firm is well known to the Toronto-Waterloo corridor and prefers referred deals. Founders should arrive with traction signal, defended unit economics, and a credible US expansion narrative. Treat Scale-Up Ventures as a thesis-aligned Canadian seed partner that brings regional network value, government program awareness, and a credible Series A bridge for Canadian-anchored healthcare technology founders.