Sandpiper Ventures

INVESTED IN WOMEN-LEAD COMPANIES SV Fund I announced the successful close of the VC fund investing in women-led companies, surpassing an initial fundraising goal in excess of $20 million

Women-led companies that do receive VC funding receive less than half the amount of their male counterparts

35% HIGHER ROI THAN ALL-MALE TEAMS The Ewing Marian Kauffman Foundation Women-led teams generate a 35% higher ROI than all-male teams

Sandpiper Ventures invests in women building ground-breaking technology companies as a proactive and profitable business decision

Our target companies significantly outpace their peers when they receive the right investment and mentorship, delivering strong social and economic value and highly profitable investment returns

• FEBRUARY 1, 2023 Sandpiper Ventures Announces Investment in Gotcare, Healthcare Software that Matches Homecare Workers with Patients Company is working to rebuild and revolutionize the types of healthcare services that can be provided at home Read More

Sandpiper Ventures Announces Investment in Gotcare, Healthcare Software that Matches Homecare Workers with Patients

Company is working to rebuild and revolutionize the types of healthcare services that can be provided at home

• NOVEMBER 8, 2022 Sandpiper Ventures Announces Lead Investment in Shoelace Learning Company offers a reinvention of how teachers deliver learning to players through mobile games Read More

Sandpiper Ventures Announces Lead Investment in Shoelace Learning

Company offers a reinvention of how teachers deliver learning to players through mobile games

• JANUARY 31, 2022 Sandpiper Ventures Invests in Artificial Intelligence Startup, Begin AI Today, Sandpiper Ventures announced its investment in Begin AI, an Artificial Intelligence start-up based in Halifax that makes it possible to build proprietary human first technology without servers or data storage, using algorithms that learn users’ preferences in real time
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Sandpiper Ventures Invests in Artificial Intelligence Startup, Begin AI

Today, Sandpiper Ventures announced its investment in Begin AI, an Artificial Intelligence start-up based in Halifax that makes it possible to build proprietary human first technology without servers or data storage, using algorithms that learn users’ preferences in real time

• NOVEMBER 8, 2021 Cathy Bennett Named Atlantic Associate of the Year by Creative Destruction Lab Sandpiper Ventures General Partner Cathy Bennett has been named Associate of the Year for 2020-2021 by the Creative Destruction Lab, a non-profit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies
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Cathy Bennett Named Atlantic Associate of the Year by Creative Destruction Lab

Sandpiper Ventures General Partner Cathy Bennett has been named Associate of the Year for 2020-2021 by the Creative Destruction Lab, a non-profit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies

• OCTOBER 13, 2021 Sandpiper Ventures Invests in Callia, the Canadian Direct-to-Consumer Floral Delivery Company Fifth Investment in Female Founder by East Coast VC Fund Today, Sandpiper Ventures announced its investment in Callia, the leading direct-to-consumer floral delivery company based in Winnipeg, from its inaugural fund focused on women entrepreneurs
• Led by Brightspark, one of Canada’s top performing venture capital firms, the $6
• 4M Series A round included participation from Golden Ventures, Sandpiper Ventures, among others
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Sandpiper Ventures Invests in Callia, the Canadian Direct-to-Consumer Floral Delivery Company

Fifth Investment in Female Founder by East Coast VC Fund Today, Sandpiper Ventures announced its investment in Callia, the leading direct-to-consumer floral delivery company based in Winnipeg, from its inaugural fund focused on women entrepreneurs Led by Brightspark, one of Canada’s top performing venture capital firms, the $6 4M Series A round included participation from Golden Ventures, Sandpiper Ventures, among others

• OCTOBER 6, 2021 Sandpiper Ventures Invests in Direct-to-Consumer and 2021 Winner of Top 20 Early Innovative Canadian Technology Startup Today, Sandpiper Ventures announces their investment in Fable, the sustainably produced direct to consumer brand of tablewares
• Sandpiper joins lead investor True alongside Mavan Capital to complete a $2
• 7 million in seed round to fuel continued growth and increased development across several key business verticals
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Sandpiper Ventures Invests in Direct-to-Consumer and 2021 Winner of Top 20 Early Innovative Canadian Technology Startup

Today, Sandpiper Ventures announces their investment in Fable, the sustainably produced direct to consumer brand of tablewares Sandpiper joins lead investor True alongside Mavan Capital to complete a $2 7 million in seed round to fuel continued growth and increased development across several key business verticals

• CATHY BENNETT Founding and Managing Partner Founding and Managing Partner
• RHIANNON DAVIES Founding and Managing Partner