Krane Ventures

Krane Ventures is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based venture capital firm investing at Technology Readiness Level 6 and above in deep tech, sustainability, and the AI-industrialized future. The firm backs founders building transformative companies across multiple technology frontiers, with an emphasis on companies that have moved past early research stages and demonstrated functional prototypes or commercial proof points. The portfolio of 12 companies spans AI, energy, fintech, SaaS, and biotech, investing primarily across Canada and the United States. Krane covers pre-seed and seed stage investments with check sizes in the $100,000 to $500,000 range. Despite a lean public footprint, the firm's portfolio includes several high-profile names that speak to strong deal-flow access within the Canadian deep-tech ecosystem. Cohere, the Canadian AI and natural language processing platform, is among the most prominent portfolio companies. Helion Energy, the nuclear fusion energy company, represents the firm's cleantech conviction. Other portfolio companies include Zafin (banking software platform) and Genomii (genomics). Additional investment activity spans fintech, marketing tech, machine learning, mining tech, and construction tech sectors. Krane provides portfolio companies with mentorship sessions and startup perks, and the firm's focus on TRL6-plus signals a preference for companies where the technical risk is largely resolved and the primary challenge is commercial execution. Limited public disclosure on fund size and team composition reflects a lean operation, but the quality of the portfolio — particularly Cohere and Helion — demonstrates access to top-tier founders at formative stages.