
Garage Capital
Fund · Kitchener · garage.vc
A Kitchener-Waterloo pre-seed and seed fund, run by Waterloo Engineering founders, that backs Canadian and Y Combinator startups.
Garage Capital invests in founders at the earliest stages. It says it has invested in more than 250 companies, with a collective valuation of more than $30B.
Its general partners are Michael Litt and Devon Galloway, who co-founded Vidyard, and Mike McCauley, who co-founded BufferBox. Its portfolio includes Groq, ApplyBoard, Clearpath Robotics and BinSentry.
Its site has no pitch form or contact page. It lists each partner with a link to their LinkedIn profile.
What it invests in
Pre-seed and seed rounds
Canadian startups, and startups from Y Combinator
A range of industries, from AI inference to defence tech
Hard tech it calls Moonshots, such as nuclear energy, satellites, farm robots and drug delivery
Business software it calls Enterprise, such as AI voice agents, business banking and spend management
Later rounds in some companies: it invested in Groq six times
Location
8 Queen St N, Kitchener, ON
Links
News & coverage
In the news (2)

Waterloo Tech Week returns with new flagship events
The student-led conference features speakers from Inovia Capital, Citadel, and Garage Capital. The post Waterloo Tech Week returns with new flagship events first appeared on BetaKit.

Groq’s staggering Nvidia deal has strong Canadian connections
Garage Capital and Chamath Palihapitiya were early Groq backers. The post Groq’s staggering Nvidia deal has strong Canadian connections first appeared on BetaKit.
Waterloo Region startups backed by Garage Capital (24)

RouteThis
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Page
withpage.comThe new standard for government relations software, designed for the AI era. Page reads everything governments publish across over 80 jurisdictions and tells you what matters in minutes. Trusted by Burson, Manulife, GreenShield, and more.

BinSentry
binsentry.comPowering tens of thousands of bins worldwide, BinSentry transforms feed management with the visibility, consistency, and confidence today’s operations depend on.

Transformer Lab
lab.cloudPrimus is the world's first fully autonomous AI researcher available to everyone. It hypothesizes, reads the literature, codes, runs experiments on real compute, draws conclusions, and writes the paper.


Upside Robotics
upsiderobotics.comCut input costs and boost yields with AI-powered farming robots. Apply nutrients precisely to reduce soil compaction and grow healthier corn.

abr
appliedbrainresearch.comDiscover edge AI solutions built on efficient state space models. Real-time speech, DSP, and on-device intelligence for modern devices.

ApplyBoard
applyboard.comApplyBoard simplifies the study abroad process by connecting students, recruitment partners, and partner schools on a single platform.


Alert Labs
alertlabs.comEnterprise-grade water leak detection trusted by 15,000+ properties. $150M+ saved, 16B gallons conserved. Fortune 1000-backed. Get a quote to protect your buildings.


Astrus
astrus.aiJoin Astrus to improve global computation by building AI-powered tools for chip designers.

The Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation
strategicmissions.caCSMC is an infrastructure and technology company focused on filling key gaps in future space exploration in areas that address Earth's immediate challenges.

Convictional
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Sidian
sidian.aiSidian gives structural engineering firms secure AI to search past projects, build preliminary models, run design checks, and preserve engineering decisions.


ENVGO
envgo.comENVGO, a Canadian marine tech company, builds electric & hybrid hydrofoiling vessels: the unmanned XV2 micro-USVs for defence & the recreational NV1
Acerta
acerta.aiDetect defects early, cut scrap and rework, and boost throughput with LinePulse, Acerta's AI-driven manufacturing quality and process analytics platform.

Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.
nicoyalife.comFastHDX pushes protein dynamics research farther, helping scientists understand dynamic structural biology right as it happens. That means no more development blind spots, missed candidates, or undruggable proteins. FastHDX seamlessly integrates with your existing HDX-MS workflows to provide…

Trusscore
trusscore.comTrusscore is changing residential and commercial construction with products that combine sustainable materials with nanotechnology. Our PVC-based wall and ceiling panels are easy-to-install and high-performance replacements for traditional drywall and fiber-reinforced plastic panels.

faire.com
faire.comFaire is the platform connecting thousands of brands and retailers worldwide.


PiinPoint
piinpoint.comPiinPoint is a fast, intuitive, and affordable platform to help businesses find the best locations for expansion.
DOZR
dozr.comConstruction equipment rentals available near you. From compact track loader to aerial work platform rentals, research prices and reserve heavy equipment rentals online.


Clearpath Robotics
clearpathrobotics.comClearpath Robotics' fleet of mobile robotic platforms enable researchers and corporations to accelerate their robotics research and development.
Evolved.Bio
evolved.bioAt Evolved.Bio, we’ve taken a groundbreaking leap beyond traditional cell sheet technologies, which were first developed in Japan in the 1990s. Our unique approach, Anchored Cell Sheet Engineering, refines and extends this foundational technique to meet the needs of regenerative medicine.
sortable.com
sortable.comGovAI
govai.comGovAI is the AI work platform for local government. Every department gets a practical way to use AI in the work they already do, with IT in control from day one.

Avro Life Science
avrolifesci.comA clinical stage biotech redefining the skin’s potential as a target for novel first-in-class Therapies.
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