About Thin Air Labs
Thin Air Labs, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 2018, is based in Calgary, Canada. With a presence in 2 countries, it has supported around 9 startups in sectors like Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications. Most notable companies in
its portfolio include Fluid Biomed, Arbor and Orpyx. The program is backed by a team of 4 people who primarily support Seed startups based in Canada. Its latest investment was a $5.16M Seed round in PayShepherd on Mar 06, 2024, which also saw participation from Inovia Capital and Nashville Capital Network.
Thin Air Labs' List of Top Investments
Thin Air Labs has a portfolio of 9 companies. Their most notable investments are in PayShepherd and Quickly.Their portfolio spans across Canada and United Kingdom. They have invested in Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, HealthTech and 4 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Conventional Debt and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Thin Air Labs:
1. Fluid Biomed
Developer of medical device to treat brain aneurysms. The company has developed a hybrid polymer-metal flow-diverting stent to cure brain aneurysms. Also, its proprietary stent delivery system is used to navigate to bypass the aneurysm under angiographic guidance.
Key facts about Fluid Biomed
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Calgary (Canada)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $32.5M
- Employee Count: 49 as on May 27, 2025
- Investors: Amplitude, IAG Capital Partners and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 16, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Arbor
Provider of cloud-based management information system software for educational institutions. The software suite streamlines tasks and joins up data across an entire school. It offers tools to improve trust management and sustainable growth. The system helps bring people, processes, and data together.
Key facts about Arbor
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $536K
- Employee Count: 381 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: ViewPoint Capital Partners, Ananda Impact Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 09, 2023, $*****
3. Orpyx
Wearable devices for neuropathy patients and athletes. It develops a sensor-based product, Orpyx SI, the sensory insoles with remote patient monitoring allows users to manage and prevent diabetic foot ulcers and limb loss through advanced foot sensor technology and real-time analytics. The insoles can fit above the shoe and capture pressure data from the user's feet. The pressure data is then wirelessly transmitted from the shoe inserts to a smartwatch. The smartwatch alerts the user at extreme pressure levels to modify their behaviour and avoid damage. The device can be used to track neuropathy and is FDA cleared. Other product lines include SurroSense Rx system, Orpyx LogR solution and SurroGai Rx system.
Key facts about Orpyx
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Calgary (Canada)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $38.5M
- Employee Count: 73 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Perceptive Advisors, Anges Quebec and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 24, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. Quickly
Invoicing and payment software to automate payments. Services include sending invoices to receive funds and approving invoices to make payments. Enables automating the cash flow and gets paid without any card involvement in payments.
Key facts about Quickly
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Calgary (Canada)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $7.33M
- Employee Count: 20 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: ATB Financial, Plug and Play Tech Center and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 10, 2023, $*****
5. PhenoTips
Cloud-based health record management platform for hospitals & industries. The company offers its tool Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) for clinical symptoms and physical findings for genomic data analysis and helps in storing patient records. It also offers a pedigree solution for family history trees and phenotypic data for investigative precision and efficiency and collaborative research.
Key facts about PhenoTips
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.95M
- Employee Count: 27 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Ontario Centre of Innovation, GreenSky and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 21, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Thin Air Labs' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Thin Air Labs has invested in 9 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Quickly and most recent follow-on round was in PayShepherd.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Thin Air Labs' Investments by Stage
Thin Air Labs has made 7 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.79M, 1 investment in Conventional Debt stage and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.6M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 7 |
Conventional Debt | 1 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Thin Air Labs' Investments by Sector
Thin Air Labs has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences, FinTech, HealthTech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 8 Tech companies, 7 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 5 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
Life Sciences | 4 |
FinTech | 2 |
HealthTech | 2 |
Vertical SaaS | 2 |
Others | 4 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Thin Air Labs' Investments by Geography
Thin Air Labs has made most investments in Canada (8), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Canada | 8 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Thin Air Labs' recent investments
Thin Air Labs has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Thin Air Labs:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 06, 2024 | Canada | Seed | 5238 | [+2] | |
Oct 10, 2023 | Canada | Seed | 3209 | ||
Oct 10, 2023 | Canada | Conventional Debt | 2459 | ||
Feb 15, 2023 | Canada | Seed | 5608 | ||
Jun 07, 2022 | Canada | Seed | 8604 |
Team profile of Thin Air Labs
Thin Air Labs has a team of 4 members including 3 Partners and 1 Principal located in Canada. Thin Air Labs' team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of all team members in Thin Air Labs:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Canada | |||
Partner | Calgary | - | ||
Partner | Calgary | - | - | |
Principal | Calgary | - | - |
Co-investors of Thin Air Labs
Over the past 6 years, 42 investors have co-invested in Thin Air Labs's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of Thin Air Labs: 35 investors entered a company along with Thin Air Labs. These include investors like Bluesky Equities (2 companies).
- Invested after Thin Air Labs: A total of 7 investors have invested in Thin Air Labs's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Amplitude (1 company) and IAG Capital Partners (1 company).
Recent News related to Thin Air Labs
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PayShepherd Secures $7M to Solve Heavy Industry’s Biggest Challenge with Contractor ManagementBusiness Wire•Mar 06, 2024•PayShepherd, Inovia Capital, Nashville Capital Network, Thin Air Labs and 2 others
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Quickly Raises $10 Million to Solve Working Capital for SMBs Across North AmericaQuickly•Oct 10, 2023•Quickly, Thin Air Labs, Plug and Play Tech Center, ATB Financial
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Thin Air Labs Secures $20 Million In Initial Close Of Prairie-focused Venture FundBetaKit•Jun 08, 2022•Thin Air Labs, Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund, Sandstone Asset Management, LinkedIn and 2 others
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PayShepherd Secures $3M to Tackle Contractor Billing Errors for Manufacturing Facilities and Help Hedge Against InflationGlobeNewswire•Jun 07, 2022•PayShepherd, Nashville Capital Network, Thin Air Labs, Accelerate Fund and 3 others
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PhenoTips Closes CAD $2.5M Seed Funding RoundFinSMEs•Sep 23, 2021•PhenoTips, GreenSky, TIAP, Thin Air Labs and 2 others
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Athennian Raises $10M in Seed and Series A FundingFinSMEs•Sep 08, 2020•Athennian, Arthur Ventures, Round13, Intergenconnect and 8 others
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Calgary’s Orpyx Raises $7.6 Million Series A To Commercialize, Develop Shoe-based Diabetes TechBetaKit•Jul 16, 2020•Orpyx, Aphelion Capital, Thin Air Labs, Intergenconnect and 4 others
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Orpyx Medical picks up Series A financing led by PaddockVCJ•Jul 08, 2020•Orpyx, Aphelion Capital, Thin Air Labs, InterGen and 7 others
