Canada’s Top Public
Venture Capitalist
Can you identify Canada’s top performing public venture company?
You will select which companies have what it takes to capture growth and get noticed.

TMX presents Canada’s Top Public Venture Capitalist competition. Individuals are invited to participate in a stock trading simulation featuring companies from this year’s Venture 50, a ranking of the top 50 performing public venture companies on the TSX Venture Exchange. The contest uses real-time stock data and participants will simulate trades in hopes of generating the highest returns possible.
Participants have the opportunity to take home a number of cash prizes and the honour of being named Canada’s Top Venture Capitalist. Prizes will be given to the individuals with the highest portfolio return for each prize category being offered, subject to the contest rules.
Trading begins at 9:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 3, 2022 and ends at 4:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 28, 2022.
Each registrant will be provided an initial cash balance of CDN $50,000 of virtual cash (or pretend money) in their contest portfolio account (no actual money will be involved).
What’s up for grabs?
6 Weekly Prizes of CDN $500 cash
1 Runner Up Prize of CDN $2,000 cash
1 Top Investor Prize of CDN $5,000 Cash
Contest Rules
Winners must provide proof of Canadian residency and be the age of majority in their province. TSX Venture Exchange is the sole adjudicator on eligibility and may disqualify participants for not observing the contest rules.
Venture 50 Winners
Clean Technology and Life Sciences
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1SVASernova Corp.BC
Sernova Corp. is a clinical-stage company developing products for the treatment of chronic debilitating diseases. The company is engaged in the research and development of its proprietary Cell Pouch and associated technologies including immune-protected therapeutic cells. It develops a commercially-viable treatment for insulin-dependent human diabetes and other metabolic, blood, and neurological diseases with therapeutic cells placed into its implanted, prevascularized and scalable medical device.
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2EGTEguana Technologies Inc.AB
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3NSCINanalysis Scientific Corp.AB
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3THRMTherma Bright Inc.ON
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5ARCHArch Biopartners Inc.ON
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6PINKPerimeter Medical Imaging AI Inc.TX
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7FHYDFirst Hydrogen Corp.BC
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8YESCHAR Technologies Ltd.ON
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9BLMBluMetric Environmental Inc.ON
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10HEOH2O Innovation Inc.QC
Diversified Industries
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1PKTParkit Enterprise Inc.BC
Parkit Enterprise Inc. is a real estate investment company engaged in the acquisition, asset management and disposition of niche real estate assets. The company's investment portfolio includes Nashville Fly-Away Airport Parking, Z-Parking, Chapel Square Lot, Riccio Lot Hospital Parking, and Canopy Airport Parking Facility.
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2HITIHigh Tide Inc.AB
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3GFPGreenFirst Forest Products Inc.BC
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4SVIStorageVault Canada Inc.ON
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5CYMCymat Technologies Ltd.ON
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6PTFPender Growth Fund Inc.BC
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7YAKMongolia Growth Group Ltd.ON
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8WOWWow Unlimited Media Inc.BC
Mining
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1EMOEmerita Resources Corp.Spain
Emerita Resources Corp. is a Canadian based mineral exploration company. It is engaged in the acquisition and development of mineral properties in Spain and Brazil focusing mainly on zinc, lithium, and gold. The company's properties are Plaza Norte, Aznalcollar and Paymogo.
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2AMCArizona Metals Corp.ON
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3GRATGratomic Inc.ON
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4SLIStandard Lithium Ltd.BC
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5LIAmerican Lithium Corp.BC
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6FOMForan Mining CorporationSK
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7NOTNoront Resources Ltd.ON
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8FLFrontier Lithium Inc.ON
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9SALTAtlas Salt Inc.NL
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10RCKRock Tech Lithium Inc.BC
Energy
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1RECOReconnaisance Energy Africa Ltd.UK
Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. is an oil and gas company engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas in NE Namibia and NW Botswana. It holds 90% interest in a petroleum exploration license in northeast Namibia and 100% interest in a petroleum exploration license in northwest Botswana which covers the entire Kavango sedimentary basin.
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2AVNAvanti Energy Inc.BC
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3OYLCGX Energy Inc.ON
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4GIIIReGen III Corp.BC
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5HMEHemisphere Energy CorporationBC
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6GASXNG Energy International Corp.BC
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7SOILSaturn Oil & Gas Inc.BC
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8PSHPetroShale Inc.AB
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9VRYPetro-Victory Energy Corp.British Virgin Islands
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10TALPetroTal Corp.TX
Technology
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1BITFBitfarms Ltd.QC
Bitfarms Ltd. owns and operates blockchain farms that power the global decentralized financial economy. It provides computing power to cryptocurrency networks such as Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin and Dash, earning fees from each network for securing and processing transactions.
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2PBXPowerband Solutions Inc.ON
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3VXTRVoxtur Analytics Corp.ON
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4AZA2Z Smart Technologies Corp.Israel
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5DGHIDigihost Technology Inc.BC
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6NBVANubeva Technologies Ltd.CA
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7RHTReliq Health Technologies Inc.BC
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8SPOTGoldspot Discoveries Corp.ON
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9NDANeptune Digital Assets Corp.BC
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10DMGIDMG Blockchain Solutions Inc.BC