About Maple Leaf Angels
Maple Leaf Angels, established in 2007, is an angel investment group based in Toronto, Canada. It primarily focuses on Seed investments in companies in Canada. Its portfolio includes 25 firms, spanning the Enterprise Applications, High Tech sectors. Its most notable investments include companies like Nicoya Life, Cybeats and OnCall. As of Jul 2026, Maple Leaf Angels has witnessed 7 portfolio exits. Its latest investment was a $1.75M Seed round in EmergConnect on 2025, which also saw participation from AQC Capital and Leva Capital.
To date, 49 investors have co-invested in Maple Leaf Angels's portfolio companies, including prominent names like York Angel Investors.
Maple Leaf Angels' List of Top Investments
Maple Leaf Angels has a portfolio of 25 companies. Their most notable investments are in Brew Ninja and TraceSecurity.Their portfolio spans across Canada and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 16 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Angel and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Maple Leaf Angels:1. Nicoya Life
Provider of hyperspectral optical microscopes for surface analysis. It offers a personalized device for the measurement and characterization of biomolecular interactions. Its surface plasmon resonance sensor enables interactions between proteins, antibodies, DNA, RNA, peptides, polymers, and more to be studied with nanoscale resolution.
Key facts about Nicoya Life
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Kitchener (Canada)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $35M
- Employee Count: 122 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: BDC Capital, Canadian Space Agency and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 16, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Cybeats
Provider of a cybersecurity platform for IoT devices. It provides solutions to identify security vulnerabilities in the development process of a device and protects it against abnormal device behaviour and allows immediate response without downtime. It also provides SOC integration and tools to manage the ongoing security of deployed devices, including secure firmware updates.
Key facts about Cybeats
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $3M
- Employee Count: 49 as on May 27, 2025
- Investors: MaRS Discovery District, Maple Leaf Angels and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Nov 13, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Public

3. OnCall
Cloud-based telehealth management solution for providers. The company has developed software products that provide virtual care programs for patient management. It has features for real-time patient data management, appointment booking, communication, and more.
Key facts about OnCall
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $18.6M
- Employee Count: 53 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Maple Leaf Angels, Ripple Ventures and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 12, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Well.ca
Online retailer of health, beauty, skincare, food, and home products. It provides an array of items, including baby and kids products, personal care items, fitness and protein supplements, and medicine and health-related goods. The retailer also offers home and lifestyle products, food and snacks, and green and natural options. Customers can purchase gift cards and explore sales on various items.
Key facts about Well.ca
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Guelph (Canada)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $8.33M
- Employee Count: 183 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Maple Leaf Angels, Inovia Capital and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Apr 05, 2013, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Realize Medical is a developer of a VR platform for creating 3D medical models. It provides a medical image viewing, modeling, and communication platform. It can be used for the benefit of health care professionals and patients.
Key facts about Realize Medical
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Ottawa (Canada)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.2M
- Employee Count: 49 as on May 27, 2025
- Investors: Maple Leaf Angels, York Angel Investors and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 03, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Maple Leaf Angels' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Maple Leaf Angels has invested in 25 companies over the last 19 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Gruvi and most recent follow-on round was in EmergConnect.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Maple Leaf Angels' Investments by Stage
Maple Leaf Angels has made 22 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.12M, 1 investment in Angel stage with an average round size of $500K, 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.6M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $8M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 22 |
Angel | 1 |
Series A | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Maple Leaf Angels' Investments by Sector
Maple Leaf Angels has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, HealthTech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 21 Tech companies, 17 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 12 Software companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 13 |
Consumer | 6 |
High Tech | 5 |
HealthTech | 4 |
Vertical SaaS | 4 |
Others | 24 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Maple Leaf Angels' Investments by Geography
Maple Leaf Angels has made most investments in Canada (22), followed by United States where it has made 3 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Canada | 22 |
United States | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Maple Leaf Angels' recent investments
Maple Leaf Angels has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Maple Leaf Angels:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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2025 | Canada | Seed | 4859 | [+4] | |
Sep 28, 2021 | United States | Seed | 8906 | [+4] | |
Sep 13, 2021 | Canada | Seed | 4619 | ||
Jul 22, 2021 | Canada | Seed | 5344 | [+1] | |
Apr 29, 2021 | Canada | Seed | 2888 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Maple Leaf Angels' Portfolio
2 of Maple Leaf Angels' portfolio companies have become public. Cybeats got listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), in Nov 2022 at marketcap of $764M.Here are Maple Leaf Angels' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 21, 2022 | Jan 15, 2018 | Seed | 6910 | |
- | Jun 10, 2015 | Angel | 4679 |
Acquired companies in Maple Leaf Angels' Portfolio
5 companies from Maple Leaf Angels' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Well.ca in Sep 2024 by Birch Hill Equity Partners for $*****.Here are Maple Leaf Angels' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 05, 2024 | Apr 01, 2008 | Seed | 3752 | |
Jul 18, 2024 | Apr 16, 2019 | Seed | 4644 | |
Nov 11, 2022 | Dec 14, 2015 | Series A | 1272 | |
Mar 01, 2021 | Jan 03, 2018 | Seed | 9710 | |
Nov 17, 2014 | Mar 23, 2011 | Seed | 1054 |
Team profile of Maple Leaf Angels
Maple Leaf Angels has a team of 2 members located in Canada. Maple Leaf Angels' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Maple Leaf Angels
Over the past 19 years, 95 investors have co-invested in Maple Leaf Angels's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Maple Leaf Angels: Accelerator Centre, Communitech and 6 others have invested in rounds before Maple Leaf Angels. There is 1 company where Accelerator Centre has invested before Maple Leaf Angels and 1 company where Communitech has invested before Maple Leaf Angels.
- Top Co-investors of Maple Leaf Angels: 49 investors entered a company along with Maple Leaf Angels. These include investors like York Angel Investors (3 companies).
- Invested after Maple Leaf Angels: A total of 38 investors have invested in Maple Leaf Angels's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Export Development Canada (2 companies) and MaRS Discovery District (2 companies).
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Wisely Secures USD$1.15M Seed FundingFinSMEs•Jul 25, 2019•Wisely, Ripple Ventures, Verstra Ventures, Maple Leaf Angels
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OnCall Health Raises $2M CAD Seed Round to Accelerate Adoption of Virtual Care in Healthcare SystemsBusiness Wire•Apr 16, 2019•OnCall Health, Ripple Ventures, Panache Ventures, Stout Street Capital and 1 other
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IoT Radar App from CYBEATS Now Available on the Palo Alto Networks Application FrameworkBusiness Wire•Jan 15, 2019•Cybeats, Ripple Ventures, GreenSoil Investments, MaRS IAF and 4 others
