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Concrete Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($50K–$250K Checks)

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Halifax, NSWebsite

Concrete Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Halifax, NS investing in Enterprise, SaaS, Security. The firm typically writes $50K–$250K checks and has 25 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$50K–$250K
Portfolio
25 companies on record
Partners
7 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Enterprise, SaaS, Security, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Healthcare, AI / ML
HQ
Halifax, NS
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-06

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$50K – $250K

Portfolio

25+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Concrete Ventures aims to be the first investor in startup companies building foundational technology with a focus on B2B SaaS and enterprise software.

How Concrete Ventures invests

Concrete Ventures is a vc firm based in Halifax, NS. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Enterprise, SaaS, Security, Food / AgTech, Consumer.

Concrete Ventures typically writes checks of $50K–$250K per investment.

Concrete Ventures has backed 25 companies in our records, including Shoelace Learning, Troj.ai, Proof.

Partners & Team

PH

Patrick Hankinson

Partner

JR

Julia Rivard-Dexter

CEO & Co-Founder

JS

James Stewart

Co-founder

SG

Stephen Goddard

Co-founder

SW

Shawn Wilkie

CEO & Co-Founder

AA

Amir Akbari

CEO & Co-Founder

P

Patrick

Advice, insights and encouragement

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
SaaS
Security
Food / AgTech
Consumer
Healthcare
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (25)

Other

SH

Shoelace Learning

An innovative learning company which has developed a platform to deliver research-based and adaptive learning to players anywhere in the world through popular mobile games.

TR

Troj.ai

A cybersecurity firm that provides robustness and security for AI with the use of several different technologies.

PR

Proof

A digital platform designed to modernize government processes.

IN

Innerlogic

Empowers enterprise organizations to leverage people data and convert it into actionable insights for front-line leaders.

ST

Stemble Learning

Builds powerful AI tools for higher education.

NO

NovaResp

Uses AI to help patients with sleep apnea by preventing apnea and improving adherence.

BR

Bright

A workplace well-being platform that offers live classes designed to help employees disconnect and recharge.

WO

Woveo

Helps New Canadians build credit and better lives through community savings.

PR

Prosaris

Challenges the status quo of leak detection with ultrasonic technology.

AU

Aurea Technologies

Creator of Shine, a wind turbine that fits in your backpack.

How to pitch Concrete Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Enterprise, SaaS, Security — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $50K – $250K check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Patrick Hankinson, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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