Monthly roundup · Canada · August 2026
Monthly roundup · Canada · August 2026Startup funding in Canada, August 2026: Helcim's $39M Series C leads 9 rounds
We read 9 equity rounds raised in Canada and announced in August 2026, raising $57M between them: 4% of the rounds we read worldwide that month and 0% of the money. The largest was Helcim's $39M Series C, led by BDC's Growth Venture Fund and Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)'s Growth Venture Fund. The median seed round was $6.8M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months worldwide.
Equity rounds9raised in Canada, 7 with an amount
Raised$57Macross those rounds
Lead named56%of rounds say who led
Share of the world4%of rounds; 0% of the money
The biggest rounds
- 1
HelcimSeries C · led by BDC's Growth Venture Fund, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)'s Growth Venture Fund$39M - 2
Peripheral LabsSeed · led by Inovia Capital, Deloitte Ventures$8.7M - 3LLegioSeed · led by Klass Capital$5.0M
- 4SSpacePre-seed · led by A16z Speedrun$2.4M
- 5
BlueprintPre-seed$1.0M - 6ÉÉlisa InteractivePre-seed$637K
- 7
BrdgPre-seed$613K
Day by day
Equity rounds raised in Canada and announced each day of August. The busiest day was 17 August, with 3.
1 August31 August
By stage, against the year
Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: Canada's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the worldwide one.
In what
AI was the busiest sector in Canada.
Against the world
- Rounds, Canada9
- Rounds, worldwide220
- Raised, Canada$57M
- Raised, worldwide$25B
93 roundsUnited States→
24 roundsUnited Kingdom→
12 roundsAustralia→
8 roundsIndia→
8 roundsBrazil→
5 roundsChina→