A decade building an industrial innovation ecosystem.

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Our Story

Northreach Capital's model was built over a decade inside the natural gas industry, from a whiteboard vision into the NGIF brand. Its subsidiary, NGIF Accelerator, de-risked hundreds of technologies through funded pilots, while our first fund, $50M NGIF Cleantech Ventures LP, built startups into venture-grade companies, the foundation we now invest from as we move further into heavy industry.

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Built for What Comes Next

Heavy industry, including oil & natural gas, mining, critical minerals, steel, manufacturing, cement, petrochemicals, LNG, and now AI data centres, all run on decades-old capital that can't simply be rebuilt. That permanence is exactly what makes automation, digitalization, and industrial sovereignty such a compelling opportunity: investing in the intelligence layer that reduces operating costs, increases asset value, and solves bottlenecks.

Endorsements of Proven Performance

  • “Congratulations to John and the Northreach Capital team on this transition. Our robots and AI already inspect facilities across oil and gas, and the same approach applies directly to steel, mining, and manufacturing. This expansion reflects John's long-held belief that the best industrial technologies are never sector-bound.”

    Oleg Mikhailov - Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Xplorobot (Cleantech Ventures portfolio company)

  • “Congratulations to John and the Northreach Capital team on realizing a vision ten years in the making. Clean hydrogen is foundational to decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors, steel, cement, chemicals not just natural gas. This expansion puts proven technology exactly where it's needed next.”

    Chris Reid - Chief Executive Officer, Ekona (Cleantech Ventures portfolio company)

  • “Congratulations to the Northreach Capital team. We built EPOD to solve a very specific natural gas problem, but the underlying need — reliable, low-emission power in remote industrial locations — shows up across mining and other heavy-industry operations too. We're excited about where Northreach Capital's expanded mandate can take this.”

    Ben Klepacki - Chief Executive Officer, Westgen (Cleantech Ventures portfolio company)

  • “ARC has seen how industry-backed collaboration enables the evaluation of emerging technologies that can improve performance across the natural gas sector. Northreach Capital’s expanded investment mandate builds on that foundation – supporting the development of solutions with the potential to enhance efficiency, reduce emissions, and improve performance across Canada’s industrial sectors.”

    Tejay Haugen - Chief Operating Officer, ARC Resources Ltd.

  • “Northreach Capital has been a valuable partner in Carbonova’s growth. Their evolution reflects an opportunity across heavy industry to improve competitiveness while reducing emissions. At Carbonova, we transform industrial emissions into high-value carbon nanomaterials for stronger, lighter, more sustainable products. We’re excited to continue working together as Northreach supports the next generation of industrial innovation.”

    Mina Zarabian - Chief Executive Officer, Carbonova (Cleantech Ventures portfolio company)

  • “Congratulations to Northreach Capital. Every industrial facility running on legacy pneumatics suffers from the same performance and reliability problems we tackled at natural gas facilities. This mandate expansion opens the door to steel, mining, and manufacturing facilities looking for the same kind of practical, drop-in solutions.”

    Dean Pick - President and Chief Executive Officer, Kinitics (Cleantech Ventures portfolio company)

  • “Congratulations to John and the Northreach Capital team on this exciting transition. Our modular carbon capture systems were built for small and mid-sized emitters, a fit for steel, cement, and marine just as much as natural gas compression. John's conviction that proven technology should scale wherever industry needs it is exactly why this mandate makes sense.”

    Edoardo Panziera - Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ionada (Cleantech Ventures portfolio company)

  • “Congratulations to the Northreach Capital team on this next stage of growth. Low-cost, low-power gas sensing is a need shared across every corner of heavy industry, from industrial safety to environmental monitoring. Northreach Capital's expanded scope gives technologies like ours a much bigger runway to make an impact.”

    Jose Bahamonde - President and CEO, Lelantos (Cleantech Ventures portfolio company)

  • “Congratulations to John and the Northreach Capital team on this milestone. Our membrane technology already serves mining, chemicals, and heavy transport alongside natural gas — proof that decarbonization doesn't respect industry boundaries. We're proud to grow with Northreach Capital into this next chapter.”

    Bill Haberlin - Chief Executive Officer, Ionomr (Cleantech Ventures portfolio company)

  • “Congratulations to Northreach Capital. Continuous emissions monitoring scales beyond natural gas. Industries like mining, waste management, agriculture, and manufacturing all face similar challenges detecting emissions when they happen, and that is what we built Qube to address. Northreach Capital understands the full scope of this market, and its expanded mandate reflects that.”

    Alex MacGregor - Chief Executive Officer, Qube (Cleantech Ventures portfolio company)

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