Amplify Capital is the evolution of the MaRS Catalyst Fund, investing in mission-driven, double-bottom-line disruptors in health, education and cleantech. Every dollar invested in these companies generates a financial return and a social return. That’s how we amplify capital. And we further amplify our impact by encouraging partners, investors and co-investors to invest in companies where purpose drives profit. As investors, what we invest in today shapes the world of tomorrow.
Location: Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2016
Investment Stage: Seed
Portfolio 11
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 22.02.2023 | Future Fie... | futurefields.io | $13.4M | Canada, Al... |
| 17.11.2022 | EarlyBird ... | earlybirdeducation.com | $3M | United Sta... |
| 12.08.2022 | LUCID | lucidtherapeutics.com | $2.46M | Canada, On... |
| - | Flosonics ... | flosonicsmedical.com | $44.21M | Canada, On... |
| - | Inkblot Th... | ink.inkblottherapy.com | - | Canada, On... |
| - | Classcraft | classcraft.com | $13.9M | Canada, Es... |
| - | Future Des... | futuredesignschool.com | - | Canada, On... |
| - | ChallengeU | challengeu.com | - | - |
| - | Valence Di... | valencediscovery.com | $17M | Canada, Mo... |
| - | Hydrostor | hydrostor.ca | $530M | Canada |
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News 41
| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.05.2025 | - | Last week at the Sustainable Finance Summit, I had the opportunity to share insights on Amplify Capital’s work and discuss strategies for scaling private impact investing in Canada. This conversation was anchored in the 18 actionable recomm... |
| 04.05.2025 | - | Amplify Capital is a Canadian venture fund with over $85M in assets under management, investing in early-stage startups addressing the world’s most urgent challenges in climate, health, and the future of work. Since 2016, Amplify Capital ha... |
| 15.01.2025 | Lyteflo: Why We Invested | At Amplify Capital, we invest in relentless founders in pursuit of exceptional impact and superior returns. Our mission: to build a sustainable future, focusing on healthcare, future of work, and environmental technologies. Our impact centr... |
| 10.01.2025 | - | We are thrilled to welcome Louis Delorme to the Amplify Capital team. As an Associate working from our Montreal office, Louis brings experience working for a global investment group. He started his career as an accountant and participated i... |
| 24.10.2024 | Planetary Technologies: Why We Invested | At Amplify Capital, we invest in relentless founders in pursuit of exceptional impact and superior returns. Our mission: to build a sustainable future, focusing on healthcare, education, and environmental technologies. Our impact centric ap... |
| 23.05.2024 | ThinkLabs AI: Why We Invested | At Amplify Capital, we invest in relentless founders in pursuit of exceptional impact and superior returns. Our mission: to build a sustainable future, focusing on healthcare, education, and environmental technologies. Our impact centric ap... |
| 23.04.2024 | BioIntelligence Technologies: Why We Invested | At Amplify Capital, we actively support and invest in mission-driven founders and their startups across North America, focusing on healthcare, education, and environmental technologies. Our thesis is grounded in backing companies where purp... |
| 08.02.2024 | - | We are thrilled to welcome Louis Delorme to the Amplify Capital team. As an Associate working from our Montreal office, Louis brings experience working for a global investment group. He started his career as an accountant and participated i... |
| 02.02.2024 | Femtech Canada Officially Launches Network to Support Women’s Health Innovation | Network includes over 120 companies, industry partners, investors, accelerators. By Isabelle Kirkwood (BetaKit) A Canadian network focused on supporting technology companies addressing women’s health has officially launched. Femtech Canada ... |
| 04.11.2023 | - | We are thrilled to welcome Louis Delorme to the Amplify Capital team. As an Associate working from our Montreal office, Louis brings experience working for a global investment group. He started his career as an accountant and participated i... |
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Mentions in press and media 9
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| 01.04.2026 | ThinkLabs AI Secures $28 Million to Revolutionize Electric Grid Operations | ThinkLabs AI closed a $28 million Series A funding round. It accelerates electric grid planning. Physics-informed AI modernizes aging infrastructure. The technology processes complex simulations in minutes. This tackles unprecedented electr... |
| 01.04.2026 | Nvidia-backed ThinkLabs AI raises $28 million to tackle a growing power grid crunch | ThinkLabs AI, a startup building artificial intelligence models that simulate the behavior of the electric grid, announced today that it has closed a $28 million Series A financing round led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP), one of the large... |
| 22.10.2025 | Realize Capital Partners: Fund I Closed At $25 Million | Realize Fund I, managed by Realize Capital Partners, announced that it has secured a record-setting $25 million investment from the Concordia University Inter-Generational Fund, representing the most significant Canadian university investme... |
| 16.11.2023 | Pathway Raises $5M for AI-Powered Medical Knowledge Platform | What You Should Know: – Pathway, an AI-powered medical knowledge platform, has secured $5 million in seed funding to expand its solutions and address information overload for healthcare professionals. The seed funding was led by Yamaha Moto... |
| 22.02.2023 | Brief: Future Fields raises $11.2m to scale up fruit flies for recombinant protein production | [Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Future Fields via the 2019 GROW impact accelerator and its 2022 Alt Protein Fund.] Canadian startup Future Fields has raised $11.2 million in a seed extension round to scale up ... |
| 21.04.2022 | Carbon Upcycling Technologies Secures $6 Million to Scale Carbon-Resilient Infrastructure | Calgary, AB – April 21, 2022 – Carbon Upcycling Technologies, a carbon utilization company that produces a CO2-embedded cement and concrete additive, today announced the closing of $6 million in financing led by Clean Energy Ventures, a ven... |
| 18.02.2022 | Amplify Capital Closes $30.7 Million for Second Fund, Eyes Québec Startups with Montréal Office | Toronto-based Amplify Capital has secured the final close for its second impact investment fund, raising a total $30.7 million CAD—exceeding its initial $30 million goal. |
| 04.02.2022 | Amplify Capital Closes Fund II, At $30.7M | Amplify Capital team Amplify Capital, a Toronto, Canada-based impact venture firm rebranded from the MaRS Catalyst Fund after spinning out of the MaRS Discovery District in 2019, closed its Fund II, at $30.7m. Fund II boasts a diverse inves... |
| - | Amplify Capital closes second impact VC fund at C$30.7m | - |