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Adrenaline Fund

@adrenalinefund.bsky.social

Adrenaline Fund (part of Archangel Network) provides unique acces to a highly diversified portfolio of Canadian startups. We are helping to jump start the future of Canada's innovation economy and building a highly diversified, high performance portfolio.

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 4d ago

So many Canadian companies are 'leaning in' to the current need to globalize. Yet another portfolio company, CarbonHound and founder/CEO Sanders Lazier, sharing how to meet regulatory requirements for global supply chains www.linkedin.com/posts/sander...

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - Carbonhound | Sanders Lazier

As Canadian companies look to markets outside the US, the EU is the natural next step. Huge opportunities to export at an advantage compared to Asian and American producers due to the green attributes...

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 4d ago

Another portfolio company taking on the world during these challenging times in US. This will propel Canada to even more global markets. Best of luck Andrea & Jenn at Interchange Network Conference at the iconic, art deco former airport Tempelhof, in Berlin. www.linkedin.com/posts/clockw...

#icnc26 #techvillage #evcharging #chargesuccess | Clockwork (EV Reliability)

Your customers should not be your monitoring system. But when a charger appears online while hidden problems affect authorization, charging power or session completion, the driver may be the first p...

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · last wk.

We invest ONLY in Canadian startups - a smart move because CDN talent is among the best in the world. In tech companies in North America: o Toronto is 3rd largest, just behind San Francisco & Seattle o Waterloo is 10th largest, just behind Boston & Dallas Fort Worth nowtoronto.com/news/toronto...

Toronto, Waterloo rank among top North American tech hubs| NOW Toronto

Surpassing most of its U.S. neighbours, the Toronto and Waterloo sectors have climbed the ranks in North America’s top tech spots.

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 4mo ago

At(NACO) Summit 2026, @randallh.bsky.social Randall Howard joined Emilie Boutros & Kyle Briggs chaired by Erin O'Keefe Graham to discuss deep tech investing. It is clear that Canadian tech investing is moving toward deeper and deeper tech over time. Thanks Josh Scott of @betakit.com for covering.

BetaKit@betakit.com · 4mo ago

“When deep tech companies fail, it’s often nothing to do with the technology.” Kyle Briggs, SAIL Initiative joined Adrenaline Fund's Randall Howard and TandemLaunch's Émilie Boutros at NACO Summit to talk what people get wrong about deep tech in Canada.

Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Now that Rocket Doctor AI (@rocketdoctor.bsky.social ) is publicly listed, we can share quarterly financial updates. It'sreally great to see the recent high growth progress,with signficant sequential 30% growth rate in Q4, compared to Q3 2025. www.globenewswire.com/news-release...

We’re proud to announce our financial results for the fiscal year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025, highlighting continued momentum driven by U.S. expansion, key new payer contracts, and AI…...

We’re proud to announce our financial results for the fiscal year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025, highlighting continued momentum driven by U.S. expansion, key new payer contracts, and AI ...

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 4mo ago

General Partner @randallh.bsky.social will be moderating this ultra important discussion on Wednesday afternoon at NACO Summit in Ottawa.

Randall Howard@randallh.bsky.social · 4mo ago

An important topic we'll be surfacing at NACO Summit in Ottawa this Wed. "Safeguarding Angel Capital for the Long Term" explores a rapidly emerging trend where even basic investor rights are generating push back. As angels shoulder more risk and increasing investment size, a new balance is needed.

Randall Howard, General Partner, Adrenaline Fund
Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Having invested in Q4 2025, we are pleased to see this key seed round come together just as the next generation platform is launching. It enables women to manage their healthcare, with a key focus on reproductive health. www.linkedin.com/posts/mystor...

📣 We've got big news to share! 📣 myStoria has raised $1.625M in seed funding led by Graphite Ventures with Conexus Venture Capital, Adrenaline Fund, Phoenix Fire Fund, and a brilliant group of… | ...

📣 We've got big news to share! 📣 myStoria has raised $1.625M in seed funding led by Graphite Ventures with Conexus Venture Capital, Adrenaline Fund, Phoenix Fire Fund, and a brilliant group of angels ...

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A shout out to our Venture Partner, Melissa Durrell @melissadurrell.bsky.social who launched a program on Women's Day to support women entrepreneurs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Entrepreneurs collective, speakers bureau launched to support women leaders in Waterloo and area | CBC News

Two new initiatives have been launched to help women entrepreneurs in the region. The Uptown Waterloo Business Improvement Area (BIA) has launched a women’s entrepreneurs collective to help with netwo...

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Breaking News! Portfolio company Vena Medical has been awarded US @fda.gov approval for their Vena MicroAngioscope System™, a maor milestone. To take advantage and drive commercialization, they have opened a Kitchener-based Manufacturing Centre of Excellence. www.linkedin.com/posts/vename...

#venamicroangioscope #venamedical #innovation #strokeresearch | Vena Medical | 28 comments

Vena Medical has received regulatory clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of our flagship technology, the Vena MicroAngioscope System™, in the peripheral vasculature....

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 6mo ago

As highlighted in the recent NACO Roundtable on early stage investing, unlocking more capital is critical to our success. This report, will make everyone pause, as it puts a massive price on our failure to properly fund our new startups. thelogic.co/news/canada-...

Canada’s sluggish startup growth has cost its tech scene more than US$66B - The Logic

New research shows Canada is trailing global peers, with early-stage funding gaps limiting job growth and future public companies

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The recent NACO National Roundtable from Thursday February 19th is now available as a podcast, with the audio from that session. podcast.nacocanada.com/791204/episo...

Reinforcing Canada’s Early-Stage Capital Infrastructure: A National Roundtable - NACO Podcast

Canada’s innovation economy is at an inflection point.In this National Roundtable hosted by Claudio Rojas, CEO of the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), leaders from across the capital pipeli...

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Our General Partner, Randall Howard who has worked to build VERDEXUS, GTAN angel network, Archangel Network of Funds will engage with other leaders on this generational opportunity to close this gap. Registration in the link to the NACO site and is now approaching 1000 attendees.

Randall Howard@randallh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join me & other leaders from across Canada for the NACO national roundtable on early stage investing. At a key inflection point for Canada, we will be exploring to how close the persistently huge "Seed Gap" and activate economic transformation by backing innovation startups nacocanada.com/news-2025

Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Excited to join the ABR seed round, directly advancing our mission to enable our investors to directly help accelerat Canadian IP-based startups into global markets. ABR transforms edge AI applications. Kudos to Kevin Conley, Chris Eliasmith and the entire team. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

Applied Brain Research Closes Seed Funding Round to Accelerate Edge AI Voice Processing

/PRNewswire/ - Applied Brain Research (ABR), the leader in low latency real-time on-device voice AI solutions, announced today the successful closure of its...

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Adrenaline is one of the 4 funds comprising Archangel Network of Funds. Here are some thoughts as we enter 2026. Collectively, Archangel funds have completed over 120 investments into 80 unique companies helping fill Canada's pressing 'seed gap' in funding our future www.linkedin.com/posts/archan...

Archangel Turns Five: Reflecting on 2025 and the Road Ahead | Archangel Network of Funds

🎉 Happy New Year! As Archangel enters 2026, we’re taking a moment to reflect on five years of investing in early-stage Canadian innovation. Since 2020, Archangel has grown to $25M in committed capita...

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This is a complex issue, involving many components. For investment, the gap (yawning chasm) is in the early stage (pre Series A). At Adrenaline, unlike many Canadian funds, we invest ONLY in Canadian startups at the rate of 10 a year. We are doing our part thelogic.co/news/venture...

Canadian startups aren’t all feeling the Buy Canadian love - The Logic

Entrepreneurs say government messaging hasn’t matched support, as VC-backed funding for local tech slides

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Totally agree that a few AI companies are in a bubble many times the Dot Com meltdown. Unlike that time, also strongly believe this has undervalued many other tech theses (incl. AI-driven SaaS) fuelling our conviction that now is perfect for early stage investment www.saastr.com/the-1-5-tril...

The $1.5 Trillion Software Tailwind: Why Thoma Bravo’s Orlando Bravo Says AI Valuations Are in a Bubble — But Enterprise Software Isn’t

“I’ve been working the hardest I’ve ever worked in 30 years of being in private equity. It’s extremely exciting, but it’s changing very rapidly… I feel that our …

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · last yr.

Looking forward to an important discu0ssion at #NACOSummit moderated by @randallh.bsky.social our General Partner www.linkedin.com/posts/randal...

#nacosummit #angelinvesting #innovation #deeptech #impactinvesting… | Randall Howard

This year's #NACOSummit finds Canada at a crossroads: the day after our Federal election during a time when Canada seems under siege by the US president. This unprecedented onslaught might also cr...

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · last yr.

CSE public company Treatment.com AI Inc (CSE:TRUE, Frankfurt: TREIF) has signed an agreement to acquire our portfolio company @rocketdoctor.bsky.social The combination means that two clinician-led digital health solution providers are joining forces. www.globenewswire.com/news-release...

REPEAT: Treatment.com AI Enters into a Definitive Agreement to Acquire Rocket Doctor Inc. a Rapidly Growing Digital Health Company Empowering MDs to Provide Comprehensive Care to Patients Across the U...

THIS NEWS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES...

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 2y ago

BREAKING. Our portfolio company VoxCell BioInnovation won LEAP Landing Award at the major global event in Saudi Arabia. Congratulations to founder, CEO Karolina Valente and the entire team. And for sure the US$150,000 non-dilutive prize will further help you deliver on this huge opportunity.

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 2y ago

We were pleased that our general partners, @randallh.bsky.social and Benton Leong were able to share wisdom about best practices in angel investment at a recent Brampton Angels panel. The summary provides should help others learn and grow angel capacity. www.linkedin.com/posts/brampt...

Brampton Angels on LinkedIn: #bramptonangels #maximizingroi #paneldiscussion #angelinvesting

Leveraging Networks and Resources to Add Value 🌟 Angel investors often bring more than capital to the table; they provide valuable connections and insights…

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Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 2y ago

Great article in Waterloo Region Record covering GTAN with a shout out to how we work with the Angel ecosystem

Randall Howard@randallh.bsky.social · 2y ago

Great coverage of GTAN, the Waterloo-centred angel group among the most active in Canada. Although my photo is there, there is a hugely talented team making it all happen. And also a shout out to @adrenalinefund.bsky.social with 37 co-investments with angels www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 2y ago

HDAX Therapeutics is a company on the move recently added to our portfolio. Amazing to support co-founders Nabanita Nawar, Pimyupa Manaswiyoungkul and their team as they pioneer next gen precision therapeutics targeting cardiovascular disease and neuropathies. www.linkedin.com/posts/hdaxtx...

HDAX Therapeutics on LinkedIn: HDAX Therapeutics is honored to be recognized as one of the companies…

HDAX Therapeutics is honored to be recognized as one of the companies shaping the future of Ontario’s life sciences sector! Read our story in Life Sciences…

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