Announcements

August 10, 2022

First Fund Backs Discover My Franchise

DMF operates within the Franchise Lead market and is focused on leading organization and filtering for franchises globally.

July 20, 2022

Mattoboard Joins The First Fund Portfolio

Mattoboard is rethinking 3D mood boards, helping interior designers design virtual sample boards online easily.

June 29, 2022

First Fund Invests in Stonks

Stonks is a nextgen crowdfunding platform for startups and small businesses whose services help in the discovery of new startups, watching live pitches, asking questions and attending Demo Days, all using mobile devices.

June 16, 2022

SHARE Joins The First Fund Portfolio

SHARE is a completely digital way to build a portfolio of fully managed, cash flowing US rental properties.

June 1, 2022

First Fund Invests in Willow

Canada's first real estate investing platform, making it possible to buy and sell fractions of property, just like stocks.

May 17, 2022

First Fund Backs Format Factory

Format Factory Inc, in alliance with First Fund, creates, collects and collates premium scripted intellectual properties for the global market.

May 3, 2022

Houski Joins The First Fund Portfolio

Houski is a fully automated mortgage broker who can help with everything from purchasing your first home to renewals and refinances.

April 7, 2022

First Fund Backs Qase Inc

Qase grows legal organization & law firm revenues by modernizing referrals & automating fee collection.

March 21, 2022

Ekidna Sensing Joins The First Fund Portfolio

Ekidna has developed a rapid, simple to operate, decentralized and low capital cost test for the Cannabis industry.

March 8, 2022

WEEDGANG 6k Genesis NFT Collection Sells Out in Two Hours!

WEEDGANG is a multi-player on-chain Defi strategy game that combines utility-based NFTs with a tokenomics model and PvP gameplay.

March 3, 2022

First Fund Invests in Divisin

Divisin is a revenue management application for real estate with a strategic focus on the purpose built rental (PBR) housing market.

February 17, 2022

First Fund Backs Snappi

Snappi is a no-code platform that helps you save time and take the guesswork out of making playable ads.

February 1, 2022

Klasha Joins The First Fund Portfolio

Klasha is a technology company founded to make online consumer goods more accessible to customers across Africa.

January 17, 2022

First Fund Partners with BuildMapper

BuildMapper is a platform providing a central network for the construction industry by tracking current project and company information.

January 5, 2022

First Fund Backs Code Blue Games

Code Blue Games is developing 6 Degrees, a third person action-adventure game where players transfer their mind into a variety of Robots…

December 9, 2021

First Fund Invests in Hubly

Hubly is a workflow tool for Financial Advisory firms to ensure that nothing falls through the cracks.

November 23, 2021

First Fund Backs Andira Pharmaceuticals

Andira is a biopharmaceutical firm leading the delivery of cannabinoid therapeutics and consumer healthcare products globally.

November 10, 2021

Steam Data Suite Joins the First Fund Portfolio

Steam Data Suite is a SaaS B2B analytics and marketing company in the PC games industry. It provides performance metrics, competitor analysis, marketing attribution, and benchmarking to game developers, publishers and marketers.

November 3, 2021

First Fund Welcomes Vetsie to its Portfolio

Vetsie is a web based veterinary telemedicine platform built to connect pet owners with their preferred veterinarian from the comfort of their homes.

September 20, 2021

First Fund Closes Second Tranche of $10 Million Pre-seed Fund

First Fund, Canada’s most active pre-seed fund, is pleased to announce the closing of the second tranche of its $10 million pre-seed Fund, furthering its commitment to support early-stage Canadian entrepreneurs when they are first starting out.

July 28, 2021

First Fund, Mitacs and Centre for Digital Media Announce Joint Funding Collaboration for Canadian Startups

First Fund, and Centre for Digital Media (CDM), are pleased to announce that they are partnering with Mitacs..

May 21, 2021

First Fund Partners with Hubly Surgical

Hubly Surgical is a cranial and orthopaedic platform drilling solution. They’re focused on modernizing three verticals: bedside intracranial access, elective neurosurgeries, and elective orthopaedic surgeries.

May 7, 2021

First Fund Partners with Sif Homes

Sif Homes aims to do away with “dead zones'' at homes with their smart plugs by extending Wi-Fi coverage and improving signal strength in emerging markets. The miniature, wireless plugs use a home’s existing wiring…

April 7, 2021

First Fund Invests in DineEasy

DineEasy is on a mission to empower restaurants and local entrepreneurs in small communities by allowing them to operate their own regional food delivery operations…

Meet the Founders

We sat down for a chat with Arya Rashtchian, Nader Samadyan and Kai Sackville-Hii, the founders of Omnicart.