Calgary, Alberta

Investment management for families, from Calgary.

Axion Investment Management runs venture capital, wealth and asset management, and family office mandates. Each portfolio is built to a written statement of what the family’s capital is for.

Mandates
Venture capital, wealth and asset management, family office
Horizon
Open-ended
Products
No in-house funds to place
Office
Calgary, by appointment
Downtown Calgary in silhouette against an orange sky at dusk, with the Calgary Tower at the centre.
Downtown Calgary at dusk.Photograph: Ryunosuke Kikuno / Unsplash
Selection

Few holdings, each tested before capital is committed.

Most opportunities fail at least one of our five tests. What remains is a portfolio small enough to follow closely.

The investment process
Three mandates

Separate work, run to different horizons.

01

Venture capital

Early- and growth-stage stakes in founder-led companies, with follow-on reserves set aside at the first investment.

02

Wealth & asset management

Public and private investments held to each family’s investment policy, with objectives stated in the family’s own terms.

03

Family office

A single record of everything a family owns. Estate and succession work is coordinated with the family’s own legal and tax advisers.

Mandate details
Perspectives

Spring 2026

Acting slowly on purpose

A sound idea acted on too quickly, or in the wrong size, is a common source of loss.

Read the essay
All perspectives

To discuss a mandate, write to inquiries@axionim.com or use the enquiry form.

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