The $15m Cliff: Keeping Canadian Agri-Food Startups Scaling at Home

Canada is exporting too much of its agri-food upside—IP, talent, and value-add—because growth-stage financing doesn’t fit the sector. From Ottawa, John Stackhouse speaks with RBC’s Lisa Ashton to unpack Seeding Scale—RBC’s new report on Canada’s agri-food growth-capital gap . Joined by Vive Crop CEO Darren Anderson and Emmertech Managing Partner Kyle Scott, they break down why agri-food is “different money,” why companies hit a wall around the $15M mark , and the first moves to keep more Canadian innovation scaling at home. Seeding Scale Report RBC Thought Leadership Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The $15m Cliff: Keeping Canadian Agri-Food Startups Scaling at Home is an episode from Disruptors by Royal Bank of Canada.

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This episode was published on Feb 11, 2026.

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