About East Valley Ventures
East Valley Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. It is primarily based out of Saint John, Canada. As of Jun 2026, East Valley Ventures has invested in 62 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Canada based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Picketa Systems Overall, East Valley Ventures portfolio has seen 16 acquisitions including key companies like Trip Ninja, Resson Aerospace and Clarity. A lot of funds co-invest with East Valley Ventures, with names like New Brunswick Innovation Foundation sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. East Valley Ventures has team of 8 people including 4 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
East Valley Ventures' List of Top Investments
East Valley Ventures has a portfolio of 62 companies. Their most notable investments are in Beauceron Security and InNetwork.Their portfolio spans across Canada, United States and Argentina. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 25 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by East Valley Ventures:1. Phaidra
AI-powered control systems for industrial facilities. It is focusing on mission-critical operations like data centers, AI factories, pharmaceuticals, and energy plants.
Key facts about Phaidra
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Seattle (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $92.5M
- Employee Count: 95 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Collab Fund, NJF Capital and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Oct 01, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick

2. Eigen
Developer of AI-powered thermal imaging systems for industrial quality control. The company provides solutions that use thermal imaging to detect defects and process variations. Its AI platform offers anomaly detection, no-code AI model training, and prediction heatmaps. The platform also features data consolidation, image ingestion, and automated quality reports.
Key facts about Eigen
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Fredericton (Canada)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $11.9M
- Employee Count: 18 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Globalive Capital, Canadian Space Agency and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 08, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. CapIntel
Online financial advisory platform for investments. It offers services for investment comparisons, preparing compelling proposals, tracking compliance checkpoints, and more.
Key facts about CapIntel
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $11M
- Employee Count: 88 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: FinTech Collective, Aquiline Capital Partners and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 14, 2022, $*****

4. Smart Skin
Provider of line monitoring system. The company is currently using its technology to develop solutions for the packaging industry. Its sensor system is placed on the packaging line to understand the forces that containers experience. Sensor systems are placed on the packaging line where it relays data about the force that it is feeling along with the location gathered by locator tags. Thus giving insights into packaging line condition.
Key facts about Smart Skin
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Fredericton (Canada)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $19.3M
- Employee Count: 2 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: National Research Council Canada, Rho Canada Partners and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Aug 06, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. BYOS
BYOS is a patent pending portable network security system that provides protected connectivity and air-gapping services to an electronic device. It enables the user to access secure internet on their device regardless of the network they are connected. It uses AI to protect the session and is capable of disconnecting all the connection in case of any fraudulent activity is detected to ensure the isolated integrity of the network. It keeps on monitoring the network traffic to and from the user device for the detection of threats. The solution is offered as a standalone device, which can be used by the individual end user, software/firmware solution is also offered which can be integrated electronic devices, network interface, operating system, networking devices, and cell phones. It can also be embedded with servers, SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems, IoT devices, E-voting machines, ATM machines, smart TV and satellites to increase their level of security. Features include a centralized management console for handling multiple devices simultaneously, hardware isolation based additional layer of security and AI-based real-time analysis of network protocol for threat detecion.
Key facts about BYOS
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $6.89M
- Employee Count: 34 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: BDC, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 27, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
East Valley Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
East Valley Ventures has invested in 62 companies over the last 16 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. As of Jun 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Retellio and most recent follow-on round was in Picketa Systems.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
East Valley Ventures' Investments by Stage
East Valley Ventures has made 13 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $993K, 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.9M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $11M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 13 |
Series A | 1 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
East Valley Ventures' Investments by Sector
East Valley Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, Environment Tech, FinTech and Food and Agriculture Tech. Notably, it has invested in 50 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 49 Tech companies, 40 Software companies and at least 26 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 11 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
Environment Tech | 2 |
FinTech | 2 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 2 |
Others | 10 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
East Valley Ventures' Investments by Geography
East Valley Ventures has made most investments in Canada (15).East Valley Ventures' recent investments
East Valley Ventures has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Picketa Systems.Here are the most recent investments by East Valley Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 15, 2026 | Canada | Seed | 1558 | [+4] | |
Dec 18, 2024 | Canada | Seed | 4782 | ||
Aug 15, 2024 | Canada | Seed | 4982 | [+6] | |
May 29, 2023 | Canada | Seed | 2773 | ||
Oct 17, 2022 | Canada | Seed | 3365 | [+3] |
Acquired companies in East Valley Ventures' Portfolio
16 companies from East Valley Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Resson Aerospace in Jun 2022 by McCain for $*****.Here are East Valley Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 29, 2022 | Jun 22, 2016 | Series B | 9743 | |
Dec 14, 2021 | Oct 29, 2012 | Seed | 8504 | |
Nov 23, 2021 | - | - | 7280 | |
Jul 19, 2021 | - | - | 9123 | |
Jan 13, 2021 | - | - | 3929 |
Team profile of East Valley Ventures
East Valley Ventures has a team of 8 members including 4 Partners and 2 Venture Partners located in Canada. East Valley Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in East Valley Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Saint John | - | ||
Partner | Saint John | - | ||
Partner | Fredericton | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Venture Partner | Toronto | - | ||
Venture Partner | Halifax | - |
Co-investors of East Valley Ventures
Over the past 16 years, 55 investors have co-invested in East Valley Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before East Valley Ventures: THRIVE, Rho Canada Partners and 9 others have invested in rounds before East Valley Ventures. There is 1 company where THRIVE has invested before East Valley Ventures and 1 company where Rho Canada Partners has invested before East Valley Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of East Valley Ventures: 28 investors entered a company along with East Valley Ventures. These include investors like New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (6 companies).
- Invested after East Valley Ventures: A total of 16 investors have invested in East Valley Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include BDC (2 companies), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (2 companies) and Schott AG (1 company).
Recent News related to East Valley Ventures
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Retellio Raises $1.3M in FundingFinSMEs•Dec 18, 2024•Retellio, Pelorus Venture Capital, East Valley Ventures, The51 and 3 others
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Insurtech QuickFacts sequred $2 mn funding round led by Sandpiper VenturesBeinsure•Aug 20, 2024•QuickFacts, Sandpiper Ventures, Killick Capital, East Valley Ventures
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Passiv Closes $2.2 Million USD Seed Round to Build SnapTrade: A Unified API for Aggregating Trading AccountsGlobeNewswire•Oct 17, 2022•Passiv, Y Combinator, Mistral, Uncorrelated Ventures and 2 others
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Smart Skin Technologies Raises $10.7M in FundingFinSMEs•Jun 04, 2021•Smart Skin, BDC, Schott AG, East Valley Ventures and 1 other
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Fredericton-based Resson receiving up to $370,000 from NB government to create jobsBetaKit•Aug 09, 2018•Resson Aerospace, McCain, Monsanto, Build Ventures and 4 others
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Plant Breeding Startup Rootility Raises $10 MillionCTech•May 08, 2018•Rootility, Cibus Fund, GreenSoil Investments, Middleland Capital and 9 others
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Resson Announces A $14 Million Series C Up Round Of FinancingReuters•May 08, 2018•Resson Aerospace, McCain Foods, Monsanto, McCain and 6 others
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Mahindra and Mahindra to acquire up to 10 per cent stake in Canada's Resson Aerospace CorpNew Indian Express•May 01, 2018•Mahindra, Resson Aerospace, McCain, Monsanto and 5 others
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Beauceron Security raises $500,000 to expand cyber risk management platform across North America | BetaKitBetaKit•Jun 27, 2017•Beauceron Security, East Valley Ventures, Mariner Partners, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
