# Biotech investors in Canada (2026 list)

> 116 biotech investors in Canada, 91% active in the last 12 months. Led by Y Combinator, Plug and Play, Founders Fund. Ranked by what they funded.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/biotech-investors-in-canada (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Biotech investors in Canada

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms observed backing a biotech company in Canada in the last two years, wherever the firm is based.

[See all 116 *→*](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=%2Fapp%2Finvestor-lists%2Fbiotech-investors-in-canada)The top 25

**116** investors on the list *+11* this week

**2,919** cheques in 12 months *-6%* against the market

**$14M** median round they joined *+69%* against the market median

**91%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**49%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (25)

- 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **6,412** **$3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 2 [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **1,561** **$5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 3 [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,122** **$15M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 4 [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **704** **$1.2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 5 [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Canada **685** **$6M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 6 [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **640** **$20M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 7 [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **564** **$20M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 8 [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **497** **$23M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 9 [OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) *Deploying now* Private equity · United States **447** **$71M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 10 [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Canada **427** **$3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 11 [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management) *Deploying now* Private equity · United States **395** **$93M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 12 [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Canada **328** **$11M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 13 [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **283** **$17M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 14 [Versant Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/versant-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **256** **$63M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 15 [CDP Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cdp-venture-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Italy **227** **$3.9M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 16 [Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads) *Deploying now* VC firm · Bermuda **219** **$25M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 17 [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) *Deploying now* Family office · Brazil **210** **$5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 18 [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) *Deploying now* Asset manager · United States **206** **$100M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 19 [Novo Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Denmark **203** **$60M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 20 [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Hong Kong SAR China **186** **$19M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 21 [Keiretsu Forum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keiretsu-forum) *Deploying now* Angel network · United States **185** **$1.4M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 22 [Innovation Endeavors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-endeavors) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **178** **$18M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 23 [Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) *Deploying now* Private equity · United Kingdom **178** **$115M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 24 [Paradigm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paradigm) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **177** **$14M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 25 [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) *Deploying now* Government · Canada **163** **$15M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen

**91 more on this list**

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **6** Nov **[Physicl](https://millionrounds.com/company/physicl)** Seed · $10M *Led by* [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital)
- **5** Nov **[T-Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/t-therapeutics)** Series B · $133M *With* [Eli Lilly](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eli-lilly)
- **5** Nov **[Alethio Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/alethio-therapeutics)** Series A · $90M *Led by* [RA Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ra-capital-management)
- **5** Nov **[Zipline](https://millionrounds.com/company/zipline)** Growth · $1.5B *Led by* [Paradigm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paradigm)
- **4** Nov **[Lazarus AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/lazarus-ai)** $43M *With* [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)
- **3** Nov **[Thryv Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/thryv-therapeutics)** Series B · $30M *Led by* [InClin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inclin)

## Stages This Year

2,434 rounds

- Venture **22%**
- Seed **16%**
- Series A **13%**
- Pre-seed **13%**
- Other **8%**
- Other **27%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **929**
- Biotech **314**
- Healthcare **153**
- Big Data & Analytics **123**
- Fintech **115**
- Pharma **92**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

818 Q1 25

777 Q2 25

870 Q3 25

903 Q4 25

914 Q1 26

911 Q2 26

591 Q3 26

139 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

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## Reading for founders in health and biotech

- The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care Clayton M. Christensen · 2008 4.21 from 1,158 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Innovation Moats and competition About the book A groundbreaking prescription for health care reform--from a legendary leader in innovation... Our health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care Jonathan Bush · 2014 3.78 from 598 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building Innovation About the book A bold new remedy for the sprawling and wasteful health care industry Where else but the doctor’s office do you have to fill out a form on a clipboard? Have you noticed that hospital bills are almost unintelligible, except for the absurdly high dollar amount? Why is it that… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris Richard Kluger · 1997 3.94 from 306 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building About the book Ashes to Ashes is a monumental history of the American tobacco industry’s ironic success in developing the cigarette, modern society’s most widespread instrument of self-destruction, into the nation’s most profitable consumer product. Starting with its energized, work-obsessed… On AmazonListen on Audible
- The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek Howard Markel · 2017 3.87 from 969 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building About the book "What's more American than Corn Flakes?" --Bing Crosby From the much admired medical historian ("Markel shows just how compelling the medical history can be"--Andrea Barrett) and author of An Anatomy of Addiction ("Absorbing, vivid"--Sherwin Nuland, The New York Times Book… On AmazonListen on Audible

More books for founders and investors on the [Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list?role=founder&industry=health).

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## Quick answers about biotech investors in Canada

### Who are the most active biotech investors in Canada?

By cheques observed, the most active are Y Combinator, Plug and Play, Founders Fund, Innovate UK and BDC Capital.

### How many biotech investors in Canada are there?

116 are on record. 91% made an investment in the last 12 months and 49% have led a round.

### Which stages do biotech investors in Canada back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Seed (24%) and Series A (19%).

### How big are the rounds biotech investors in Canada join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $17M.

### Which sectors do biotech investors in Canada back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Biotech and Healthcare.

### Which biotech investors in Canada lead the most rounds?

Founders Fund (42 led), 8VC (26 led) and Felicis (17 led).

### Where are biotech investors in Canada based?

Among the most active, most are based in the United States (14), Canada (4) and the United Kingdom (2).

### What have biotech investors in Canada invested in recently?

Recent rounds include Physicl (Seed, Nov 2026, with Inovia Capital), T-Therapeutics (Series B, Nov 2026, with Eli Lilly) and Alethio Therapeutics (Series A, Nov 2026, with RA Capital Management).

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