We’re at the HIN Venture Summit today with ventureLAB! Excited for a full day of discussing the world of HardTech in Canada. 💪🤖
About us
Established in 2007, Maple Leaf Angels (MLA) is a not-for-profit membership organization. Our mandate is to connect accredited investors and the brightest, most passionate entrepreneurs in a stream-lined process within the larger entrepreneurial eco-system. Maple Leaf Angels’ members are a group of high net worth private individuals who invest in seed and early stage technology companies. While investments are made individually, MLA members enjoy the benefit of best practices and the collective knowledge and networks of the group. Collectively, our members look to invest between $250,000 AND $1,000,000 in each opportunity. Maple Leaf Angels Capital Corporation (MLACC), a subsidiary of MLA, is the general partner for Maple Leaf Angels 48 Fund Limited Partnership (MLA48), a limited partnership comprised of several MLA members who wanted to invest collectively in seed and early stage companies. After successfully investing MLA48 Fund I, the partnership once again turned to it’s members and closed a second fund, MLA48 Fund II. MLA48 Fund II will consider investing up to $150,000 per company into great early stage startups that have yet to receive seed funding. Investment decisions will be made in 48 hours. MLA48 Fund I has successfully invested all of its funds into 4 startups. It made investments up to $60,000 per company into great early stage startups. Investment decisions were made in 48 hours. By bringing together investment, experience and a network of partners, MLA enables high potential companies to grow and realize their potential. Our members enjoy: - Community of like-minded individuals - Networking and professional development - Engagement in the entrepreneurial eco-system To date, our members have: - Invested over $30 million in 50+ companies - Participated in 12 succesful exits
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http://www.mapleleafangels.com
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- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Toronto, ON
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2007
- Specialties
- Angel Investing, Start-Ups, Mentorship, technology, and venture funding
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The next AI due-diligence question may be more important than the model itself: where did the data come from? Investors and acquirers are increasing their scrutiny of the datasets used by AI startups—whether data was properly licensed, whether users consented to its use, and whether a company can document that chain clearly. For Canadian founders and angels, this is not a theoretical concern. Canada’s privacy regulators have already emphasized that existing privacy law applies to generative AI, including requirements involving consent, transparency, accountability and lawful data collection. A technically impressive product can still carry material risk if its training or fine-tuning data cannot withstand customer, investor or acquirer diligence. Founders should be ready to explain: • what data the system uses; • who owns or licenses it; • what consent was obtained; • how personal information is protected; and • whether vendors provide equivalent assurances. For angels, these questions should move earlier in the investment process—before a data issue becomes expensive to correct or limits a company’s strategic options. Strong governance should not be viewed only as compliance. Done early, it can become a competitive advantage. #CanadianStartups #AngelInvesting #ArtificialIntelligence #DueDiligence #DataGovernance https://lnkd.in/g9M8T89S.
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Last night at Innovation Factory ’s 16th Annual LiONS LAIR Pitch Competition and Gala. Congratulations to all the finalists who took the stage, and thank you to Innovation Factory for bringing the region’s entrepreneurship community together. #LiONsLAIR2026 #InnovationFactory #Entrepreneurship
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Our final day at Nrth (previously Elevate) today, and what a whirlwind! So many excellent pitches, talks, roundtables, and chance encounters, we leave today with a full inbox of follow ups and smiles all round! Thank you to our amazing members Angelo Pierro Angelo Del Duca Pedro Serrador Ferhan Bulca Sarah Rea Sally Morris Leo Grosso Probal Lala and more for representing us and continuing to support Canadian innovation!
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MLA investee company Iris Dynamics Ltd. now presenting at the MaRS Discovery District Capital Showcase, they’re raising right now with great revenue and growth: irisdynamics.com
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Starting the day off at Maple Leaf Angels ecosystem partner MaRS Discovery District for their Capital Showcase! Many thanks to Liam Gill and the whole MaRS team for kicking off a big week at Elevate with such an exciting start!
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Applications are officially open for DMZ's Women Innovation Summit, returning to Toronto in March 2027. Here is what’s in store: ➡️ Up to 40 founders will be chosen for an Investor Readiness Bootcamp, hosted by our friends at FemTech Breakfast Club to sharpen their pitch and prepare for fundraising. ➡️ 10 founders will advance to pitch live at the Summit in 2027, competing for up to $150K in investments from DMZ Ventures. ➡️ Submit your application by September 25 at 11:59 p.m. Ready to take your women-led startup to the Summit stage? Apply now via the link below.
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Our Board Chair Angelo Pierro on the most critical part of the innovation pipeline:
Canada’s latest business-investment incentive is welcome—but it also raises a bigger question: Are we doing enough to support the earliest stage of the innovation pipeline? Allowing businesses to immediately write off many new investments in areas such as technology, software and R&D can help established companies invest, expand and become more productive. That matters. Stronger Canadian businesses create customers, partners and potential acquirers for our startups. But....before companies can scale and use these incentives, they need investors willing to back them when the risks are highest, the evidence is still emerging and institutional capital may not yet be available. This is where angel investors and organized angel groups play an essential role—providing not only capital, but experience, governance and access to networks. Government policy should support the full innovation continuum: research, company formation, angel investment, commercialization and scale. If Canada wants more globally competitive companies, we must make it easier for private capital to participate at the beginning—not only after businesses are ready to make major investments. How should government and the private sector work together to strengthen Canada’s early-stage funding pipeline? #AngelInvesting #CanadianStartups #Innovation #VentureCapital #EconomicGrowth
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Capital is in the house. We’re bringing Emily Porta from Maple Leaf Angels (MLA) to the HIN Venture Summit stage! 🚀 Maple Leaf Angels is Toronto’s largest angel investor network, connecting accredited investors with high-growth early-stage startups across Canada for nearly 20 years. Emily will share how MLA’s member network supports founders at Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A, backing ventures across Physical #AI, #Cleantech, #Medtech, #DualUse, and AI/ML, while providing strategic mentorship alongside capital from an active investor portfolio that includes companies like Iris Dynamics, Wyvern, Forcen, and Swap Robotics. 💡 Why Attend: Hear live fund theses, skip the guessing games, and get profiled in our official Startup Deal Book for direct 1:1 investor matchmaking! 📍 HIN Venture Summit | The Quay, Toronto | September 28, 2026 🎟️ Get your tickets & get listed in the Deal Book: https://lnkd.in/gVbdMwQs
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