Investors
Carbon data infrastructure
for Ontario's largest emitters.
VantageHSG is building the headless data pipeline that automates carbon compliance for heavy industry. We're not a dashboard. We're the plumbing — the unglamorous, defensible infrastructure layer that sits between messy factory data and audit-ready Scope 1, 2, and 3 reports.
The opportunity
Three regulatory tailwinds at once.
The market didn't exist in 2020. It exists now because three independent forces created a compliance crisis for Ontario's largest emitters — and most of them aren't ready.
Bill C-59
The Competition Act makes greenwashing a violation: the Competition Bureau can investigate and seek fines for unsubstantiated environmental claims. Fines of up to $10M or 3% of worldwide revenueapply to corporations.
Investment thesis:Every environmental claim on a website, in an ESG report, or on a shipment now needs a defensible methodology. A snapshot from last year's consultant won't cut it.
EU CBAM
The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism now applies to steel, cement, aluminum, fertilizers, electricity, and hydrogen exported to Europe.
Investment thesis: Ontario steel and cement exporters need embedded-carbon numbers per shipment — or pay the border tax. Hamilton and Sault Ste. Marie steel mills export heavily to the EU.
CSDS 1 & 2
The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board's mandatory climate disclosure becomes effective for federally regulated financial institutions and large private companies.
Investment thesis: Banks will start asking their commercial borrowers for Scope 1, 2, and 3 data. The disclosure requirement cascades from banks → borrowers → suppliers. Every manufacturer in the chain needs a number.
Traction
What we've shipped — no vanity metrics.
Shipping in public. Here's the real state of the company.
Every facility ≥ 5,000 tCO₂e/yr, with NAICS code, parent company, and decision-maker contacts.
Full province-wide analysis: 9,663 NPRI rows, 77 columns per facility, all NAICS 31-33.
Stelco, ArcelorMittal, Algoma, Linamar, Martinrea. Every one had a Scope 3 gap. None mentioned Bill C-59.
OCR ingestion · mass balance engine · audit ledger — all live, all in TypeScript strict mode.
Why Ontario
The densest manufacturing carbon corridor in Canada.
Ontario has 1,439 manufacturing facilities reporting to the federal GHG Reporting Program — more than any other province. Hamilton alone has 13 major emitters. Sarnia has 8. These aren't small shops — ArcelorMittal Dofasco emits 4.16 Mt CO₂e per year. Algoma Steel: 4.23 Mt. Together, just these two facilities account for 5.3% of Ontario's total emissions.
The regulatory pressure is real. Bill C-59 is live. CBAM Phase 2 hits in January 2026. CSDS 1 & 2 follow in Q2. And the data infrastructure to comply doesn't exist — every manufacturer we've analyzed uses spreadsheets.
We're starting in Ontario because the density is highest, the regulation is clearest, and the pain is most acute. Once we own the Ontario corridor, we expand to Quebec, Alberta, and BC — then cross into the US Rust Belt.
Facility density
- Hamilton13 facilities
- Mississauga11 facilities
- Sarnia8 facilities
- Total Ontario1,439 facilities
Pre-seed round
Raising to go from 0 → 10 customers.
The infrastructure is built. Now we sell.
Use of funds: first sales hire, paid pilot deployments, and expanding the data pipeline to cover Quebec and Alberta manufacturers. Target: 10 paying customers within 12 months.