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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.

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.

Today, Sandpiper Ventures announced its investment in Swiftsure Innovations from its inaugural fund focused on women entrepreneurs with an emphasis in Atlantic Canada. Swiftsure Innovations, based in Pasadena, Newfoundland, supports patients by developing products that will help prevent hospital-acquired infections.

Inaugural Fund based in Atlantic Canada investing in Women-Led Companies

Halifax - September 29, 2021 – Sandpiper Venture’s flagship SV Fund I (SVF I) announced the successful first fundraising close of the venture capital (VC) fund investing in women-led companies, reaching an initial fundraising goal in excess of $10M. Created and launched to invest in women and women’s innovation as a proactive and profitable business decision.

July 20, 2021 - Halifax, Canada – Today, lead investor Sandpiper Ventures announced its investment in Coloursmith Labs Inc., based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This is the second investment from Sandpiper’s inaugural fund focused on women entrepreneurs, with an emphasis in Atlantic Canada. Coloursmith, a tech-enabled optical materials company, is disrupting the potential of modern eyewear with breakthrough optical filtering technology. The company can create endless varieties of novel optical filters in eyeglass and contact lenses. Specifically valuable are the firms’ products targeting colour enhancement and hazardous light protection.

Halifax, Nova Scotia - May 27, 2021 - Sandpiper Ventures today announced the first investment of their inaugural fund in the clean technology company DeNova, led by Founder and President Brianna Stratton. This investment represents the fund’s commitment to identifying high-growth opportunities led by women. DeNova, based in Nova Scotia, addresses two global challenges: climate change and the pending protein shortage.