ShiftRide operates a car subscription marketplace that allows car owners to list their vehicles and subscribers to access them for a flexible period. The platform enables individuals, fleets, and dealerships to monetize idle cars by offering listings that can be booked through an online application, with maintenance and insurance options available. Subscriptions provide access to a rotating selection of cars across Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area, and nearby communities. The company is based in Kitchener, Canada, and was founded in 2016.
StonePaper
Pre Seed Round in 2020
StonePaper is a Toronto-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in data governance solutions. Its primary offering is a platform called Koncordant, which facilitates the secure verification of identity and documents. The platform utilizes blockchain technology to track data flow and regulatory compliance across various systems, allowing businesses to manage legal processes efficiently without the need for legal counsel. By integrating digital contracts and ensuring real-time updates on regulatory changes, StonePaper provides organizations with enhanced control over their supply chains and facilitates secure sharing of private documents with governments and other entities.
Flyshot
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Flyshot Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in application monetization software aimed at enhancing mobile app purchases through traceable online content. Founded in 2018, Flyshot offers a unique platform that integrates patent-pending Magic QR Coupons, which streamline the coupon redemption process for customers. This technology allows users to take screenshots of advertisements or influencer content and redeem coupons at their convenience, significantly improving brand recall and boosting conversion rates. Flyshot's comprehensive dashboard provides marketers with key performance indicators, including sales metrics, in-app revenue, and influencer conversion rates. Additionally, the platform supports full-suite influencer campaign management, featuring a database of millions of influencers, automated communication tools, content approvals, and conversion analytics. By simplifying promotional campaigns and enhancing customer experience, Flyshot aims to increase sales while reducing product returns for brands.
Halp
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Halp is a Toronto-based platform that supports high school students through the college admissions process. It provides a web app and text-based coach that acts as a 1:1 trainer, guiding students through international and domestic admissions. The service offers peer-driven chat support to help with program research, application writing, offer evaluation, and first-year preparation. Through ongoing digital activities and coaching, Halp assists students in managing their admissions journey and aiming to arrive on campus job-ready.
Pungle
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Pungle, established in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, specializes in digital payment solutions. The company offers a unified platform enabling businesses to streamline transfers, reduce costs, accelerate delivery times, and enhance customer experiences by providing multiple funding options. Pungle caters to both small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, facilitating real-time B2C and B2B transactions while optimizing payment routing across various networks and services.
Boozer
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Boozer is an app-based alcohol delivery service founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company offers a multi-retailer eCommerce platform that modernizes alcohol access for Canadians by allowing compliant, on-demand ordering of over 20,000 products. Boozer's platform facilitates remote ordering and integrates point-of-sale systems, real-time inventory management, payment processing, and direct-to-consumer fulfillment, effectively connecting retailers and brands with customers.
Funnelytics
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Funnelytics is a marketing analytics company that develops a funnel mapping and analytics tool used to design, track, and analyze marketing funnels. The product enables marketers and enterprises to build custom funnels or use templates, measure performance across channels, estimate campaign conversion rates, expenses and traffic, and calculate profit and ROI. The tool supports visual mapping and tracking of sales and marketing campaigns, providing insights into customer journeys and campaign effectiveness. Founded in 2017 and based in Toronto, Funnelytics serves marketers seeking to map and optimize their marketing efforts through a centralized analytics platform.
Mero Technologies
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Mero Technologies offers AI-driven labor allocation and supply utilization services for commercial property managers. Its platform optimizes cleaning routes, tracks consumable usage, and monitors restroom traffic, enabling data-driven workforce management and inventory control.
Ratio.City
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Ratio.City is a Toronto-based developer of an online mapping and analysis platform for real estate development. The platform enables users to identify potential development locations and to model 3D building massing for low-, mid-, and high-rise scenarios while incorporating city planning regulations to inform land valuations. By generating a three-dimensional building simulation, it helps real estate professionals strategically identify sites that fit target markets and quickly assess land value. The company focuses on providing tools and data to evaluate development opportunities efficiently. Founded in 2017, Ratio.City serves the real estate industry.
The GIST
Pre Seed Round in 2018
The GIST is a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, that focuses on providing sports content, experiences, and community specifically for women. Founded in 2017, The GIST curates and contextualizes sports news to empower and engage underserved sports fans who often feel excluded from mainstream conversations. The company offers a variety of platforms, including e-newsletters, social media content, a dedicated website, and GIST Viewing Parties, fostering a sense of community among its audience. By addressing the lack of diversity in the sports industry, The GIST aims to create a more inclusive environment where all fans can connect and engage with sports culture.
Evichat
Seed Round in 2018
Evichat is a Toronto-based provider of a legal technology platform that helps lawyers and organizations collect, search, redact, and export evidence from clients' mobile phones, social media accounts, text messages, and other chat channels from a single interface. The platform consolidates multichannel communications to streamline review and reduce the need for screenshots, enabling efficient handling of chat evidence across clients and employees. Founded in 2016, Evichat focuses on simplifying the collection and management of digital evidence for legal teams.
Cinchy
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Cinchy Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in developing a data collaboration platform utilizing data fabric technology. Founded in 2014, Cinchy's platform connects multiple data sources within a networked architecture, allowing organizations to manage and protect their data more effectively. By liberating data from application silos, Cinchy transforms it into a network of federated data products, facilitating real-time collaboration among systems and users. This approach eliminates the inefficiencies and errors associated with traditional data integration methods, such as APIs and spreadsheets, resulting in significant time and cost savings. Cinchy serves a diverse clientele, including major banks, retailers, and educational institutions, helping them accelerate transformation projects, improve data governance, and modernize legacy systems. The company's solutions also enhance compliance and streamline data workflows, ultimately fostering a more efficient and collaborative data environment.
NorthOne
Pre Seed Round in 2018
NorthOne Inc., established in 2016 with headquarters in Toronto, Canada, specializes in digital banking solutions. The company offers a mobile-first API-based bank account, accessible via iOS, Android, and desktop platforms, catering primarily to startups, freelancers, and small businesses across America. NorthOne's platform enables users to manage finances and transactions efficiently, with features such as automated envelope creation for expenses like taxes, payroll, and rent, along with seamless integration of payment processing tools via Stripe. The company aims to simplify financial management, allowing businesses to focus more on their core operations.
Ulula
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Ulula LLC is a human rights technology and analytics company based in Toronto, Canada, with an additional office in New York. Founded in 2013, the company develops a software and analytics platform that provides organizations with tools to monitor human rights risks and improve working conditions across various sectors, including agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and electronics. Ulula's platform employs mobile technologies such as SMS, USSD, and IVR, facilitating direct engagement with workers and communities in real time. This multi-channel stakeholder engagement approach allows organizations to gather accurate and timely insights, ensuring that stakeholders can provide feedback safely and securely, regardless of their network connectivity or digital literacy. By creating sustainable feedback loops, Ulula aims to help companies address social, environmental, and governance challenges effectively.
EnergyX Solutions
Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Founded in 2016, EnergyX Solutions specializes in energy management software. Its platform, MyEnergyXpert, enables utilities and retailers to engage customers in energy efficiency programs through automated personalized conversations and AI-based recommendations. The company aims to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by digitizing energy efficiency solutions.
Daylight
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Daylight Automation is a technology company that specializes in providing a low-code platform designed to enhance digital experiences for enterprise organizations. The platform allows teams to streamline legacy processes and automate data-intensive workflows without the need for coding expertise. By enabling the creation of personalized digital interactions, Daylight Automation aims to improve operational efficiency and maximize customer lifetime value. The company serves a diverse array of industries, including banking, insurance, wealth management, government, and corporate sectors, positioning itself as a valuable partner in transforming internal and customer-facing processes. Based in Toronto, Canada, Daylight Automation focuses on empowering organizations to leverage technology for better workflow management and customer engagement.
LiveGauge
Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2012, LiveGauge is headquartered in Toronto with offices in New York City. The company specializes in developing portable sensors and analytics applications for experiential marketing. Their products measure engagements, impressions, visit durations, and other metrics to provide tangible ROI on marketing initiatives across various segments such as tradeshows, retail sampling, sponsorships, and out-of-home advertising.
Swift Medical
Seed Round in 2017
Swift Medical develops a digital platform for wound care management. Its core product, Swift, enables healthcare providers to capture, share, and track patient wound images in real-time, facilitating accurate documentation and remote care.
AdeptMind
Pre Seed Round in 2017
AdeptMind is a Toronto-based SaaS company that develops an AI-powered e-commerce product discovery and search platform. Founded in 2016, it uses deep learning and natural language processing to deliver personalized search results and smart filtering, helping online retailers reduce no-result searches. The platform collects data across all products to power recommendations without requiring third-party search tools, and it targets shopping center marketplaces and e-commerce product discovery.
Dot Health
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Dot Health Inc., founded in 2016 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, specializes in a personal health information platform that empowers users to collect, track, and securely share their health data. The company’s services enable individuals to access their medical records online and through mobile devices, allowing them to consolidate and manage their health information effectively. By facilitating the tracking of health trends and providing a means to share this information with loved ones, Dot Health aims to enhance patient engagement in personal health management. This approach allows users to focus more on living healthily rather than on the administrative tasks associated with organizing their medical records.
Peekapak
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Peekapak Inc. is a Toronto-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in a digital language arts-based character education program aimed at children. The platform focuses on enhancing social-emotional learning by providing educators and parents with engaging tools to teach essential skills such as empathy, teamwork, and self-regulation. Peekapak's award-winning resources include digital stories and lessons that align with educational standards, making it easier for teachers to integrate character education into their classrooms. The program is designed to foster compassionate and empathetic behavior in children, helping them develop into successful individuals. By combining educational expertise with innovative technology, Peekapak offers a unique and effective approach to character education for both in-class and at-home learning environments.
EnergyX Solutions
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2016, EnergyX Solutions specializes in energy management software. Its platform, MyEnergyXpert, enables utilities and retailers to engage customers in energy efficiency programs through automated personalized conversations and AI-based recommendations. The company aims to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by digitizing energy efficiency solutions.
Raw Office
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Raw Office is a Toronto-based Canadian procurement platform that helps businesses reduce spending on office supplies by about 20 percent. It analyzes historical supply invoices, identifies improvement opportunities, and automates reordering and fulfillment. The company is a certified B Corp and emphasizes environmentally friendly products, with claims of reducing clients' eco-footprints by up to 200 percent.
Zensurance
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Zensurance Inc. is a Toronto-based online commercial insurance brokerage firm that specializes in providing tailored insurance solutions for startups and small businesses. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on simplifying the insurance process by utilizing data and analytics to identify common risks within various industries. This approach allows Zensurance to create customized insurance packages, including business, contractors, tech, and tenants insurance, specifically designed to meet the unique needs of its clients. By offering an online platform, Zensurance enables small business owners to learn about their insurance requirements and make purchases conveniently within minutes, eliminating the need for cumbersome paperwork and lengthy phone calls. As a subsidiary of The Travelers Companies, Inc., Zensurance collaborates with leading insurance providers and industry experts to deliver innovative and user-friendly insurance solutions.
Flipd
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Flipd Inc. is a Canadian company founded in 2016 that develops a digital wellness application aimed at fostering healthy screen habits among users. The application provides various services tailored for students, educators, and productivity enthusiasts. For students, it enables class management by allowing users to join multiple classes, set reminders, track progress, and earn rewards. Educators benefit from a personalized dashboard that offers insights into student performance and classroom metrics. The productivity features include tools for creating schedules, locking phones to minimize distractions, and hiding distracting applications. With over one million users and more than a billion minutes of productive time logged, Flipd is dedicated to helping individuals engage in wellness activities, focus, and achieve a more balanced use of technology. The company has garnered attention from numerous prestigious publications, positioning itself as a significant player in the wellness market.
Repable
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Repable, Inc. is an analytics company based in Toronto, Canada, established in September 2015 by Sean Power and Heather Anne Carson. The company specializes in providing player analytics specifically for the gaming and streaming industries. Repable's platform offers insights that enable broadcasters, teams, and enterprises to assess the financial and social impact of their daily interactions with fans and the public. Using an independent data engine, the platform analyzes the comprehensive esports and live game streaming ecosystem, helping users to gain a deeper understanding of their engagement and performance within the gaming space.
Shoelace
Seed Round in 2016
Shoelace offers a software solution that enables online merchants to easily conduct retargeting campaigns. The company helps fast growing Shopify brands boost sales by showing the right customers, the right ads at the right time with customer journey retargeting.
Shoelace was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.
GoFish Cam
Pre Seed Round in 2016
GoFish Cam, Inc. is a Toronto-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in the development and manufacturing of a wireless underwater action camera specifically designed for anglers. This innovative camera is designed to sit on a fishing line, allowing users to capture high-quality underwater footage of their fishing experiences. Its stabilized and waterproof design ensures that the camera records without wobbling, providing a clear view of the action. Integrated with a mobile application, the GoFish Cam enables anglers to gain insights into their fishing activities, review and edit their videos, and share content on social media, enhancing the overall fishing experience.
Kepler Communications
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Kepler Communications designs, develops, and operates satellite networks for global connectivity. It specializes in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, PolarConnect for extreme environments, Global Data Service for large data transfers, and everywhereIOT for IoT devices. Serving industries such as maritime, natural resources, research, defense, and logistics.
Hubbli
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Hubbli streamlines communication and information management for K-12 schools. Its platform enables automated admissions processes, substitute teacher searches, field trip planning, and secure group communications via newsletters, texts, calendar events, and pictures. Additionally, Hubbli offers school website management services. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Neutun Labs
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Neutun Labs Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in developing tracking software specifically designed for individuals with epilepsy. Established in 2014, Neutun Labs offers a non-invasive seizure tracking tool that operates on existing smartwatches and wearable devices, such as Pebble and Apple Watch. The software provides continuous passive tracking, medication reminders, and progress recording services, enabling users to monitor their condition more effectively. While the company does not diagnose epilepsy, it focuses on delivering accessible technology that enhances the quality of life for people living with the condition.
Think Dirty
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Think Dirty Inc. is a Toronto-based company that has developed a mobile application aimed at educating consumers about the ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products. By allowing users to scan barcodes or search for products, the app provides information on potentially toxic ingredients and generates a score based on data drawn from various authoritative sources, including government lists, peer-reviewed journals, and health organization reports. This service simplifies the process of understanding product labels, enabling customers to make informed decisions regarding their health and environmental impact when shopping for beauty and household items.
Crowdbabble
Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2013, Crowdbabble operates a SaaS-based platform that enables global marketers to measure, benchmark, and optimize social media performance. Its platform helps tie social media activities to business outcomes by managing social accounts and providing analytics.
Datenight Babysitting
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Datenight Babysitting is a mobile- and web- app that connects parents with experienced, local babysitters. With hundreds of pre-interviewed babysitters in both Toronto and Ottawa, Datenight allows parents to register, see a list of great babysitters and schedule interviews with them quickly and easily. Datenight Babysitting's sky-high parent-approval rate makes makes it simple to connect with great babysitters that your family will love and makes booking and paying for babysitting a breeze.
Sensibill
Seed Round in 2015
Sensibill Inc., established in Toronto, Canada in 2012, operates a cloud-based application that helps users manage and track their spending via receipts. The company's AI-powered platform enables end-users to easily monitor their financial habits while providing financial institutions with personalized insights to assist customers in building healthier finances. Sensibill has reached over 60 million users across North America and the U.K., transforming SKU-level data into actionable insights for both consumers and institutions.
erplain
Seed Round in 2015
erplain is an online inventory management platform designed for small businesses. Based in Toronto, Canada, the platform provides a web-based, integrated solution to manage customers, sales, and inventory, enabling centralization of stock tracking, automation of sales processes, and real-time purchase optimization. It also offers tools for inventory management, sales tracking, purchase optimization, and B2B e-commerce integration, helping businesses streamline order processing, reduce data entry errors, and improve sales operations.
ClientDesk
Pre Seed Round in 2015
ClientDesk Inc. is a Toronto-based company that offers a digital platform designed specifically for the insurance industry. Its innovative solutions enable policyholders to manage their insurance policies via mobile applications, allowing for tasks such as accessing electronic documents, submitting change requests, and filing claims directly through the app. The platform also facilitates direct communication between insurers and clients through an on-demand live chat feature, enabling insurers to send personalized updates and promotions. By integrating with broker and policy management systems, ClientDesk enhances the client experience and streamlines internal operations for independent brokerage firms, ultimately transforming the way insurance brokers and insurers interact with their policyholders.
Sesame HQ
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Sesame HQ Inc., operating as Sesame, is a Toronto-based company that provides a web-based software application designed for educators and students. This platform enables teachers to document observations, conversations, and various student work products, facilitating a transparent learning process from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Through its Sesame Snap mobile app, educators can capture student progress using photos, videos, and audio recordings, while also recording evaluations through rubrics and checklists. The application allows for collaborative lesson planning and creates personalized learning portfolios for each student, showcasing evidence of their achievements across all subject areas. Additionally, parents can access their child's portfolio, promoting engagement in their educational journey. Sesame's focus on project-based learning and performance arts supports a holistic approach to education, making notable moments in student learning visible and accessible.
Borrowell
Seed Round in 2014
Borrowell is a Toronto-based fintech that provides personal loans, unsecured consumer credit and an online lending marketplace. It offers free credit scores, credit education, and weekly monitoring, along with tools such as personalized credit coaching and AI-powered product recommendations to help customers access low-interest loans, manage debt, and improve financial well-being.
GridCure
Pre Seed Round in 2014
GridCure Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in advanced metering infrastructure solutions for the power utility sector. The company provides tools that enable users to monitor both bulk and individual power usage with high granularity. This capability facilitates in-depth analysis of various aspects of power data, including grid health, energy balancing, load distribution, and peak load detection. GridCure's expertise extends to grid health analysis, consumption signal processing, fraud detection, and automated communication and alert systems, which can also be utilized for automated billing. By leveraging big data concepts, GridCure addresses the challenges of smart-grid analytics, enhancing the operational efficiency and reliability of power utilities.
Crowdlinker
Pre Seed Round in 2014
Crowdlinker is an end-to-end digital product studio based in Toronto with a relentless focus on our customers. We connect people through technology by being the strongest link between companies, their ideas, and their clients. We do so by excelling at digital strategy, creative design, full-stack development of websites & web/mobile apps, and digital marketing - we offer differentiated value through our end-to-end services. Our clients include large startups like Freshbooks, League, Top Hat and Mercatus, as well as enterprises like Nestlé, Unilever, and DHX Media.
“We are Crowdlinkers. We believe in connecting people and communities through technology. We strive to be the strongest links between companies, their ideas, and their clients.”
Sojo
Pre Seed Round in 2014
Sojo is a Toronto-based company, founded in 2014, that provides an online platform designed to facilitate entrepreneurship training and monitor the progress of businesses. The platform enables users to share content through a library of social entrepreneurship training modules, manage projects, and track activities effectively. In addition to its core platform, Sojo offers workshops, program and content development, and advisory services to support entrepreneurs. The company's focus is on empowering social entrepreneurship as a sustainable model for the future of business.
Roadmunk
Seed Round in 2013
Roadmunk is a web-based tool designed for product managers and stakeholders to create and share visual roadmaps. It supports various formats and integrates with Jira, enabling users to manage multiple products across teams.
PUSH Design Solutions Inc. is a Toronto-based technology company founded in 2013 that specializes in workout performance monitoring and analysis. The company develops the PUSH Band 2.0, a wristband designed to track workouts involving both the body and equipment, along with an online portal for organizing training programs and storing performance data. PUSH aims to enhance human performance through its innovative technology, which serves both enterprise clients and consumers. Under the PUSH Pro brand, the company offers solutions for professional sports, wellness, and military applications, enabling coaches and trainers to remotely schedule and deliver training programs while analyzing user data. The PUSH Athlete brand targets consumers by providing a connected fitness experience that integrates professional coaching, data analytics, community engagement, and traditional fitness equipment, thereby transforming standard equipment into smart devices.
SensorSuite
Pre Seed Round in 2013
SensorSuite Inc. provides real-time building intelligence solutions using wireless sensors for property managers across multi-residential, commercial, industrial, and consumer markets. Its offerings include mobile applications like BoilerLink and FridgeLink for monitoring and predictive maintenance, along with sensors that capture, process, analyze, and deliver real-time data to users via web or smartphone.
Sametrica
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Sametrica provides a cloud‑based platform that enables governments, enterprises and nonprofits to quantify, manage and report the social impact of their investments. The service aggregates data, benchmarks outcomes against built‑in indicator databases, and offers monetization tools to translate social outcomes into measurable value. By streamlining data collection, analysis and reporting, the platform allows users to compare programs across multiple impact metrics and focus on the most meaningful results. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Toronto, Sametrica supports impact and ESG reporting for investment firms, helping them map, measure and showcase environmental and social performance.
Wondereur
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Wondereur Inc. is a digital art platform based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2012. The company offers the Wondereur application for iPad and iPhone, which allows contemporary artists to share personal narratives and insights about their creative processes. Additionally, the platform features photojournalists who document artists' daily lives with visually striking imagery from studios and urban environments. Wondereur also aids curators in identifying emerging talent and acquiring art at favorable prices. The platform provides real-time intelligence on the art market, analyzing various factors that influence an artist's long-term market value, including endorsements from galleries, publications, and prevailing art movements. This analysis results in intelligent indices that suggest price ranges and projected growth rates for contemporary artworks, serving customers across Europe, Asia, the United States, and Canada.
Crowdmark
Seed Round in 2012
Founded in Toronto, Canada in 2012, Crowdmark is an education technology company that offers a Web-based application for streamlined document assessment. It uses AI to administer and grade online assessments, serving students, teachers, and educational institutions worldwide.
Tiny Hearts
Pre Seed Round in 2012
Founded in Toronto in 2010 by Robleh Jama, Tiny Hearts is an app studio focused on developing innovative mobile applications. It is known for its products such as Pocket Zoo, Instamatch, and Next Keyboard.
Fiix Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in cloud-based maintenance and asset management software designed for businesses of various sizes. Founded in 2008, Fiix offers a user-friendly platform that organizes, tracks, and schedules maintenance activities through its Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). The software includes features for managing work orders, scheduling tasks, tracking asset history, and optimizing inventory levels. Additionally, it provides tools for preventive maintenance, custom reporting, ERP integration, and compliance auditing. Fiix serves a diverse clientele, including industries such as fleet management, food processing, textile manufacturing, and educational institutions. Known for its commitment to affordability and simplicity, Fiix aims to disrupt the maintenance management software market by providing effective solutions that cater to the needs of its users. The company was originally established as Maintenance Assistant Inc. before rebranding to Fiix Inc. in November 2016.
500px
Pre Seed Round in 2011
500px Inc. is a global online photography community that serves both professional and amateur photographers, allowing them to upload, share, and sell their work. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, 500px connects over 15 million creatives from 195 countries, providing a platform for users to discover and share high-quality photography while gaining global exposure. The community facilitates recognition and financial rewards for photographers, enabling them to showcase their portfolios and participate in themed photo quests. In early 2018, 500px became a subsidiary of Visual China Group, further expanding its reach and resources in the photography marketplace.