Weston family office closes third Wittington Ventures fund at C$180 million

Wittington Ventures, the venture capital and growth equity platform of the Weston family holding Wittington Investments, has closed its third fund at 180 million Canadian dollars, bringing the firm to roughly 820 million dollars under management. The fund will back Series A and Series B companies in commerce, consumer, healthcare, climate and food technology, the same five areas the firm has worked in since it was set up. Its pitch to founders rests on access rather than capital alone: the firm states proprietary relationships with Loblaw Companies, Shoppers Drug Mart, President’s Choice, Joe Fresh, PC Financial, Choice Properties, Holt Renfrew, PC Optimum and Lifemark, which between them reach a large share of Canadian households and give a portfolio company a route to distribution or a clinical pilot that a conventional fund cannot offer. The published portfolio runs across three stages, from company creation through venture to growth equity, and includes Abridge, Gatik, Arcaea, Contentful, Brave, Thirty Madison, Truvian, Odaia, Noetik, Form Health, Shakudo, Divert and TES Canada. The firm has said it intends to continue with the same approach rather than widen its remit.

About Wittington: The Weston family holding

Wittington Ventures describes itself as the venture capital and growth equity investment platform of Wittington Investments, Limited, and operates from St. Clair Avenue East in Toronto. Wittington Investments is the private holding company through which the Weston family controls its Canadian businesses. George Weston Limited’s own management proxy circular records that Galen G. Weston beneficially owned, directly and through entities he controls including Wittington Investments, some 224.4 million common shares, or about 59.4 per cent of the company. George Weston Limited was founded in 1882 and has two operating segments: Loblaw Companies, Canada’s largest food and drug retailer and a provider of financial services, and Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix sit within Loblaw. The family also runs the Weston Family Foundation. Wittington Investments itself keeps no public website, which is typical of Canadian family holdings of this size, and the venture arm is the part of the structure that engages publicly with founders.

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Article Source: BetaKit [September 10, 2026]