About Fiddlehead Ventures
Fiddlehead Ventures is a venture capital firm located in Toronto, Canada. It primarily invests in Canada based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Life Sciences.Key Metrics
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Fiddlehead Ventures' List of Top Investments
Fiddlehead Ventures has a portfolio of 18 companies. Their most notable investments include Ignota Labs and Micron Agritech.Their portfolio spans across Canada, United States, United Kingdom and 4 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences and 9 other sectors. Here is the list of top investments by Fiddlehead Ventures:
1. Ignota Labs
Ignota Labs is a technology startup in the pharmaceutical sector that provides AI-driven toxicity prediction tools for early-stage drug discovery scientists. Their suite of tools, TOXSCAPE, helps scientists identify and understand safety issues during the drug discovery process, reducing expensive setbacks and delays.
Key facts about Ignota Labs
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $6.9M
- Employee Count: 6 as on Oct 31, 2024
- Investors: Gaingels, AIX Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 26, 2025, $*****
Provider of pen-side testing kit for farmers or vets for detecting parasitic infections in cattle. The samples are analyzed via the Micron app through the machine learning process.
Key facts about Micron Agritech
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Dublin (Ireland)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $5.33M
- Employee Count: 17 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Atlantic Bridge, Gov Wales and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 18, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Startup providing underground mapping solutions for the mining sector. It offers tools for capturing data in 2D using HD images and in 3D using colored point clouds interfaced with LiDAR technology. The collected data can be visualized through an online dashboard. It has applications in taking strike and dip measurements in open pit mining, underground mining, geological exploration, and civil engineering. It also offers an AI-powered mapping platform that assists engineers assess tunnel stability in mines and construction sites.
Key facts about RockMass Technologies
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Kingston (Canada)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.74M
- Employee Count: 26 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: MaRS Discovery District, Maple Leaf Angels and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Manufacturer of a smart trash bin robot for sorting recyclables from landfill waste. It uses advanced robotics and artificial intelligence during the sorting process. The product monitors the waste processed and analyzes the data about recycling. It also provides an online dashboard to view instant waste-related data and enables data to drive waste management decisions. It comes with a monitor which can be integrated for advertisement and corporate communication.
Key facts about Clean Robotics
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Pittsburgh (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $4.5M
- Employee Count: 22 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Innovation Works, AlphaLab Gear and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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5. Paragon Pure
Key facts about Paragon Pure
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Princeton (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $7.81M
- Employee Count: 4 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Unovis Asset Management, Gozde Tech Ventures and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 15, 2023, $*****


