STARTUPFUEL

Mapping & Connecting Startup Ecosystems

Capital. Customers. Connections.

One network connecting the people and institutions that help startups move from idea to scale.

NorthStar AI

Enterprise AI Pre-Seed

VICS ClassifiedApplication submitted
  1. StartupA founder begins the journey
  2. IncubatorEarly support and validation
  3. Angel FundingFirst outside capital
  4. AcceleratorGrowth and investor readiness
  5. VC FundingPowered by DiligenceGPT™Scale capital
  6. Corporate BuyersCustomers and partnerships
  7. GrowthExpansion and traction
  8. ExitA successful outcome

Connected by the StartupFuel Venture Network

From startup application to growth and exit, StartupFuel connects the venture journey. Illustrative path.

ONE NETWORK. SHARED INTELLIGENCE.

Every Participant Makes the Network Smarter.

  1. Founderscreate company intelligence.
  2. Programscreate evaluation and outcome intelligence.
  3. Investorscreate diligence and decision intelligence.
  4. Corporatescreate commercial signals.
  5. LPscreate allocation intelligence.

StartupFuel connects those signals through one structured venture network.

  • The networkStartupFuel NetworkConnects every participant and their activity.
  • The intelligence engineDiligenceGPT™Turns information into structured analysis and workflows.
  • The common languageVICS™Classifies every company, fund and program the same way.
  • The discovery layerRaiseboardsMakes startups raising capital discoverable across networks.

DILIGENCEGPT™

The Intelligence Engine Underneath the Network.

Diligence at the Speed of Dealflow.

DiligenceGPT turns fragmented company, fund and ecosystem information into structured venture intelligence and repeatable workflows.

  • Pipeline
  • Fit Score
  • Deal Radar
  • Company intelligence
  • Market intelligence
  • Investment memo
  • Portfolio intelligence

DiligenceGPT™ / Company intelligence

DiligenceGPT StartupFuel profile with enriched company data and an AI-generated diligence response

DIFFERENT USERS. DIFFERENT WORKFLOWS.

One Network. Different Venture Workflows.

Build

For Founders

  1. Assess
  2. Organize
  3. Prepare
  4. Raise
  5. Connect
  6. Scale
  • Company profile
  • Readiness
  • Scored data room
  • Investor tear sheet
  • Raiseboard
  • VICS™ classification
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TOP 10 THIS WEEK

Startups Moving Through the Network Now.

Community-sourced. Vetted. Identity-protected.

Discover selected companies sourced through StartupFuel’s expanding global startup ecosystem.

Your company could be next.

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THE DISCOVERY LAYER

One submission. Multiple relevant networks.

Approved, founder-controlled profiles can appear across relevant global, national, regional, industry, program, event, portfolio and partner Raiseboards.

FOUNDER-CONTROLLED PROFILENorthstar LabsEnterprise Software · Seed · Toronto
Global Raiseboard
Canada Raiseboard
Accelerator Cohort
Investor Portfolio
Industry Board
Conference Board
Global Raiseboard Search companies
Lumina HealthHealth Technology · Seed · Toronto
$2.5M soughtActively raisingRequest deck
Northstar LabsEnterprise SaaS · Seed · New York
$1.8M soughtActively raisingRequest deck
Fieldworks AIClimate Technology · Pre-Seed · Vancouver
$900K soughtActively raisingRequest deck

THE COMMON LANGUAGE

Before You Can Connect the Ecosystem, You Have to Standardize It.

Startups describe themselves differently. Funds define their theses differently. Programs classify companies differently.

VICS™ gives the venture ecosystem a shared classification language.

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RAW DATA

AI software for hospital workflows

Healthcare automation platform

B2B clinical operations SaaS

VICS™
STRUCTURED COMPANY

Primary industry—

Secondary industry—

Technology—

Business model—

Stage—

Geography—

IndustrySubindustryTechnologyBusiness ModelCustomer TypeCompany StageFunding StageGeographyInvestor TypeProgram TypeImpact Category

GLOBAL VENTURE NETWORK

Local Ecosystems. Global Venture Infrastructure.

STRONGEST CURRENT EXAMPLE · LIVE ECOSYSTEM MAPCanada
Organizations
599
Capital
126
Programs & hubs
186
Research & talent
43
Explore Canada’s Startup Ecosystem
  • Startup communities
  • Accelerators
  • Universities
  • Angel networks
  • VC funds
  • Corporate innovation
  • Research organizations
  • Government organizations

VENTURE DATA

Venture Intelligence Becomes More Valuable When the Data Connects.

Companies

10M+Startups / companies

Funds

100K+Capital organizations

35K+Institutional LPs

Programs

15K+Venture programs

Ecosystems

80+Years of venture history

1M+Venture rounds

Outcomes

50K+Venture-backed exits

$5T+Capital deployed

THE NETWORK EFFECT

Every Participant Makes the Network More Intelligent.

STARTUPFUELShared venture intelligence
1Founder data
2Program outcomes
3Investor review
4Investment decisions
5Portfolio outcomes
6VICS™ standardization
7DiligenceGPT™ analysis
8Better discovery
  1. Founder data
  2. Program outcomes
  3. Investor review
  4. Investment decisions
  5. Portfolio outcomes
  6. VICS™ standardization
  7. DiligenceGPT™ analysis
  8. Better discovery
  9. Back to founder data

CUSTOMERS

Built With Organizations Across the Venture Ecosystem.

Investors

  • Blue Vision Capital
  • Measured Capital

Programs

  • Techstars
  • Village Capital

Institutions

  • World Bank

Corporates

  • Sony
  • IBM

Sony Innovation Fund invests $250,000 to $3 million as lead or follow-on based on the company's stage and opportunity. Click here to view Sony's Innovation Fund portal and further information to apply.

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