Vanedge Capital

VC Vancouver, Canada · Founded 2010

Vanedge Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in extraordinary entrepreneurs building complex, leading-edge technologies with transformational potential. They focus on hard tech, artificial intelligence, analytics, and computational biology, leveraging their deep operating experience to help founders scale globally.

About Vanedge Capital

Vanedge Capital is a Vancouver-based venture firm at vanedgecapital.com with a Canadian LinkedIn presence, historically focused on early-growth-stage technology investments across data infrastructure, applied AI, security, and selective vertical software including healthcare. While the input record lacks explicit stage and check size data, Vanedge is publicly known as a Series A and B investor writing meaningful tickets, often leading rounds with a thesis-driven, technically rigorous approach. For healthcare AI founders, Vanedge is a credible lead candidate if you are building applied AI products with strong technical defensibility, have meaningful enterprise revenue or design partner traction, and are open to a Canadian-anchored cap table with cross-border syndicate construction. Pre-seed or seed-stage companies without product-market fit signals are too early for this firm; pure consumer health DTC brands and capital-intensive biotech are similarly off-thesis. Check sizes for Vanedge typically span USD 5M to USD 15M for initial positions, with reserves for follow-on. Geographic preference covers Canada and the US Pacific Northwest, with selective deals elsewhere in North America. Best entry path is a warm introduction through a Canadian venture ecosystem connector or a portfolio founder; the firm’s diligence rewards founders who can engage substantively on technical architecture, customer evidence, and category economics rather than narrative momentum alone. Bring technical depth, customer references willing to take diligence calls, and a clear capital plan to the first meeting. Confirm Series A versus B fit early to avoid stage mismatch.

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V. Paul Lee
Managing Partner
Moe Kermani, PhD
Managing Partner
Amy Rae
Partner
Jonathan Saari, PhD
Partner
Micah Siegel, PhD
Venture Partner
Darren Thomson
Principal

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Last updated 2026-05-06. Sourced from this fund's published materials.
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