Ryerson Futures, established in 2012 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is a firm dedicated to supporting early-stage technology companies through its accelerator programs and corporate innovation initiatives. The organization provides strategic and tactical guidance to startups, assisting them in achieving market validation and customer acquisition while facilitating access to investors, corporate partners, and advisors. Additionally, Ryerson Futures offers a consulting practice that enables corporate clients to collaborate with innovative startups to explore new ideas and technologies. The firm primarily focuses on Series A investments in sectors such as consumer goods, healthcare, financial services, and technology, with an emphasis on markets in Asia-Pacific and North America.
Flyshot Inc. is a technology company based in Toronto, Ontario, that specializes in application monetization software and influencer marketing solutions. Founded in 2018, Flyshot offers a patent-pending coupon technology known as Magic QR Coupons, which streamlines the redemption process for customers. This innovation allows users to take screenshots of advertisements featuring coupons and upload them at checkout, eliminating the need to remember or manually enter alphanumeric codes. By enhancing convenience and boosting conversion rates, Flyshot's platform has been shown to increase impressions and improve brand recall. Additionally, Flyshot provides a comprehensive influencer campaign management system that includes a database of 3.2 million influencers, automated invitations, content approvals, and conversion analytics. The platform tracks key performance indicators such as attributed revenue, conversion rates, and returns, making it an effective tool for brands seeking to optimize their promotional campaigns.
BuyProperly
Pre Seed Round in 2019
BuyProperly is an online platform based in Toronto, Ontario, that facilitates the buying and selling of fractional shares in real estate and other alternative assets. It aims to democratize investments by providing retail consumers with easy access to private market opportunities, such as real estate deals and private credit, through its user-friendly interface and mobile app. The platform leverages proprietary technology, including artificial intelligence, to streamline transactions and enhance investment experiences. By allowing users to build diversified property portfolios, BuyProperly offers the potential for monthly rental income and capital appreciation, thereby improving access to alternative asset investments for the broader market.
Clik.ai
Seed Round in 2019
Clik.ai is an AI-powered automated underwriting platform tailored for commercial real estate brokers and lenders. The company offers a cloud-based software solution that streamlines deal valuations and transaction due diligence, significantly enhancing operational efficiency by allowing users to process transactions at five times the speed of traditional methods. Utilizing advanced machine learning technology, Clik.ai's platform automates the extraction and digitization of real estate documents, facilitating quicker mortgage valuation and loan origination. As a comprehensive tool for real estate professionals, Clik.ai aims to simplify the underwriting process and improve overall business productivity.
Zensurance
Venture Round in 2018
Zensurance Inc. is an online commercial insurance brokerage based in Toronto, Canada, that specializes in providing insurance solutions for startups and small businesses. Founded in 2016, the company offers a variety of insurance products, including business, contractors, technology, and tenants insurance. By utilizing data and analytics, Zensurance identifies common risks within various industries to create tailored insurance packages that meet the specific needs of its clients. This approach allows small business owners to navigate the insurance process more efficiently, enabling them to learn about their requirements and purchase insurance online within minutes, without the hassle of lengthy forms or phone calls. Zensurance collaborates with leading insurance companies and industry experts to deliver advanced insurance solutions, enhancing the user experience and making insurance more accessible to its clients.
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Angel Round in 2018
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VEERUM
Seed Round in 2018
VEERUM Inc. is an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company based in Calgary, Canada, specializing in digital asset management through its innovative Asset Visualization Platform. Founded in 2014, VEERUM leverages artificial intelligence and digital twin technology to create a digital replica of physical assets, enabling stakeholders to visualize and optimize projects throughout their entire lifecycle—from design and fabrication to construction. The platform provides a secure, cloud-based solution that offers data transparency and real-time insights within a 3D model, facilitating enhanced collaboration and decision-making. By allowing users to access aggregated asset data and maintain a comprehensive audit history, VEERUM aims to improve productivity and ensure business continuity in capital-intensive industries, thereby supporting clients in the transition to digital asset ownership.
Evichat
Seed Round in 2018
Evichat is a legal technology company based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2016. The company offers a platform that enables lawyers and organizations to efficiently collect and manage evidence from text messages, chats, and websites. By streamlining the process of gathering evidence from clients' mobile phones and social media accounts, Evichat eliminates the need for cumbersome screenshots. Its application allows users to search, redact, and export multichannel communications seamlessly, enhancing the ability of legal professionals to review instant messaging evidence. This innovative solution aims to save time for lawyers, allowing them to focus more on their practice and less on the complexities of evidence collection.
Flipd
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Flipd Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in developing a digital wellness application aimed at promoting healthier screen habits and enhancing productivity. The app encourages users to minimize phone usage during lectures and other important activities by providing features such as customizable timers, scheduled reminders, and progress tracking. For students, Flipd offers tools to join multiple classes and earn rewards, while educators benefit from personalized dashboards that track classroom metrics and data export capabilities. The app also includes a productivity feature that helps users create schedules, hide distractions, and lock their phones temporarily. Since its launch in 2016, Flipd has garnered over one million users and has been recognized in prominent publications, positioning itself as a significant player in the wellness market.
Chatter Research
Seed Round in 2017
Chatter Research Inc specializes in a real-time customer research and feedback application tailored for the retail and hospitality sectors. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with an additional office in Mountain View, California, the company enables customers to provide feedback through conversational surveys via text message as they exit stores or restaurants. By leveraging AI-driven conversations, Chatter aims to enhance customer experiences and drive sales for its clients. As of early 2020, Chatter Research operates as a subsidiary of Stingray Business.
Zensurance
Seed Round in 2016
Zensurance Inc. is an online commercial insurance brokerage based in Toronto, Canada, that specializes in providing insurance solutions for startups and small businesses. Founded in 2016, the company offers a variety of insurance products, including business, contractors, technology, and tenants insurance. By utilizing data and analytics, Zensurance identifies common risks within various industries to create tailored insurance packages that meet the specific needs of its clients. This approach allows small business owners to navigate the insurance process more efficiently, enabling them to learn about their requirements and purchase insurance online within minutes, without the hassle of lengthy forms or phone calls. Zensurance collaborates with leading insurance companies and industry experts to deliver advanced insurance solutions, enhancing the user experience and making insurance more accessible to its clients.
Litmus Automation
Seed Round in 2016
Litmus Automation Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform designed for industrial applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with additional offices in Toronto and Chiyoda, the company offers solutions through its software, Litmus Edge. This software collects, normalizes, and analyzes real-time data directly from various devices, machines, controllers, and sensors, providing operators with essential insights to mitigate potential downtimes and business risks. Additionally, Litmus Automation has developed Litmus Edge Manager, a centralized platform for managing devices, data, and applications. This tool enables secure mass deployment, over-the-air updates, and automated actions, facilitating better control over edge devices. The company's innovative approach aims to transform critical edge data into actionable intelligence, supporting maintenance, machine learning, and artificial intelligence initiatives for organizations implementing IoT solutions.
Repable
Convertible Note in 2016
Repable, Inc. is an analytics company based in Toronto, Canada, specializing in the gaming industry. Founded in 2015 by Sean Power and Heather Anne Carson, Repable offers a platform that provides insights and analytics for broadcasters, teams, and enterprises. The company's services focus on understanding the financial and social impact of interactions within the gaming and streaming sectors. Utilizing an independent data engine, Repable analyzes the entire esports and live game streaming ecosystem, enabling its users to gain a comprehensive understanding of their engagements with fans and the broader public.
Swift Medical
Convertible Note in 2016
Swift Medical Inc. is a Toronto-based company specializing in digital wound care technology aimed at enhancing the prevention, treatment, and management of wounds. Its flagship product, a mobile application called Swift, enables healthcare providers to accurately measure and document wound progression through advanced imaging and real-time image sharing. The application employs artificial intelligence to assess wound characteristics, including circumference and type, facilitating comprehensive analysis for wound specialists. By providing standardized and accessible wound care solutions, Swift Medical aims to improve patient outcomes and support healthcare providers in delivering effective wound management.
Shoelace
Convertible Note 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.
vPhrase
Seed Round in 2016
vPhrase is a developer of an augmented analytics platform that transforms data insights into easily understandable narratives. Its flagship product, Phrazor, summarizes complex data into concise bullet points and generates reports with accompanying narratives, making it simpler for enterprises to comprehend key insights needed for decision-making. The platform features intelligent insight generation capabilities, allowing users to explore hidden patterns within their data. It also offers pre-built and customizable reporting templates tailored for various industries and functions. Additionally, vPhrase facilitates real-time collaboration among team members, enabling users to comment, assign tasks, and tag colleagues directly within reports. With the ability to converse with data, users can ask queries and obtain real-time insights effortlessly.
ClientDesk
Seed Round in 2016
ClientDesk Inc. offers a digital platform designed for the insurance industry, focusing on enhancing interactions between brokers, insurers, and policyholders. Based in Toronto, Canada, the platform allows users to manage their insurance policies on-the-go, access electronic documents, submit change requests, and process claim submissions directly through a mobile application. It also facilitates the first notice of loss forms and provides an on-demand live chat feature for real-time communication with clients. By integrating with broker and policy management systems, ClientDesk enables seamless access to policyholder data, thereby improving engagement and self-service options for users. The company's solution aims to streamline internal operations and enhance the overall client experience for independent brokerage firms.
Domio
Seed Round in 2016
Designing and building innovating audio products for action and extreme sports.
Switchboard
Seed Round in 2016
Switchboard is a communication tool that enhances remote team collaboration. Teammates can see when others are available and drop in spontaneously. They blend music and voice together allowing users to listen to music.
Hubbli
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Hubbli Inc. is a Toronto-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in developing a communication and information management platform tailored for school administration. The platform streamlines various administrative tasks, enabling schools to efficiently plan field trips, manage admissions, and facilitate the hiring of substitute teachers. It enhances communication among parents, teachers, and administrators by providing a user-friendly, group-based social network where they can share newsletters, text messages, calendar events, and images. Additionally, Hubbli offers website management services for schools, helping them maintain an effective online presence. By centralizing communication and automating administrative processes, Hubbli aims to improve parent involvement and reduce the workload on school staff, thereby fostering a more collaborative educational environment.
Staffy Health +
Seed Round in 2015
Staffy is an innovative platform designed to address staffing challenges in the healthcare sector by connecting health organizations with skilled contractors for temporary staffing needs. The app facilitates an on-demand marketplace where healthcare facilities can quickly find qualified personnel to fill immediate, short-term, or long-term roles. For healthcare workers, Staffy offers the flexibility to select shifts that align with their skills, experience, and availability, allowing them to customize their working hours and rates. By streamlining the process of staff scheduling and providing real-time tracking, Staffy aims to enhance patient care through a more agile and responsive staffing solution.
Crowdbabble
Seed Round in 2015
Crowdbabble, Inc. is a Toronto-based company that offers a SaaS social media analytics platform aimed at helping marketers measure, benchmark, and optimize their social media performance. Founded in 2013, Crowdbabble's platform simplifies the process of analyzing social media activities, allowing users to connect these activities to tangible business outcomes. The tool includes features that enable marketers to optimize their content and assess their return on investment. With a user base spanning 450 cities globally, Crowdbabble serves notable clients such as Reebok, Covergirl, and The Guardian, as well as several prominent digital advertising agencies. The company operates from the Ryerson Futures Technology Accelerator within the DMZ.
Mosaic Manufacturing
Grant in 2015
Mosaic Manufacturing Ltd., established in 2014 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, specializes in 3D printing technology that enhances the capabilities of 3D printers. The company develops hardware and software solutions that enable the integration of multiple filaments into a single strand, allowing users to print complex, functional objects without the need for extensive modifications or additional equipment. Mosaic's patented multi-material 3D printing technology supports flexible manufacturing processes and mass customization, helping industries create high-quality products on-demand. By providing a comprehensive ecosystem of additive manufacturing solutions, Mosaic aims to make manufacturing more sustainable and resilient, transforming traditional polymer supply chains for leading companies.
Sensibill
Seed Round in 2015
Sensibill Inc., founded in 2012 and based in Toronto, Canada, operates a cloud-based application that simplifies receipt management for users. The company's platform allows consumers to track their spending and manage their finances effectively by capturing both paper and electronic receipts. This digital receipt management solution empowers financial institutions to provide personalized insights, helping customers develop healthier financial habits. By analyzing SKU-level data and purchase behavior, Sensibill unlocks valuable insights that support revenue growth for these institutions. The technology has reached over 60 million users across North America and the U.K., facilitating easier reconciliation of bank statements, returns, exchanges, expenses, taxes, and accounting.
Sampler
Seed Round in 2015
Sampler is a company that specializes in digital product sampling services for consumer-packaged goods brands across various categories. It offers a self-serve platform that allows brands to deliver physical samples to precisely targeted consumers. By providing a comprehensive solution, Sampler enables brands to obtain valuable consumer feedback and demographic insights, enhancing the effectiveness of product trials. The company's services facilitate the capture of both demographic and behavioral data on every sample distributed, allowing businesses to gain a deeper understanding of consumer preferences and analytics. This targeted approach helps increase trial success rates and improves conversion rates for brands.
SnapOdds
Pre Seed Round in 2015
SnapOdds is a digital platform that enhances the viewing experience of televised content by allowing users to capture and share high-definition clips directly from their screens. By using advanced image recognition technology, the application enables viewers to take a photo of what they are watching, instantly accessing the corresponding segment of the broadcast. This functionality not only facilitates seamless sharing of memorable moments but also addresses a significant challenge for media rights holders, who often lose control over content when viewers share screenshots. SnapOdds allows users to clip up to 30 seconds of video, adding customizable graphics and audio, thus ensuring that content remains engaging and monetizable. Launched in September 2020, the platform serves both consumers through a mobile app and businesses through an SDK that can be integrated into media apps and websites, making TV content more socially shareable and measurable.
Erplain
Seed Round in 2015
Erplain Inc. is a Toronto-based company that has developed an innovative inventory management platform tailored for small businesses. This user-friendly, web-based solution integrates customer management, sales, and inventory functions, providing small distributors and wholesalers with tools that rival those used by larger enterprises. The platform employs modern technologies to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and connectivity, allowing users to manage their operations from anywhere at any time. By streamlining processes and eliminating the need for cumbersome spreadsheets, Erplain empowers small businesses to operate more agilely and effectively.
Borrowell
Seed Round in 2014
Borrowell Inc. is a financial technology company based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2014. It specializes in offering a range of financial products and services, including personal loans, credit cards, and free credit scores. Borrowell operates an online marketplace-lending platform that provides Canadians with access to borrowing options and unsecured consumer loans. The company is dedicated to enhancing financial prosperity for its users by offering tools for credit education, personalized credit coaching, and AI-driven recommendations for financial products. By delivering resources such as credit monitoring and tailored options from marketplace partners, Borrowell aims to help customers secure low-interest loans and improve their overall financial well-being.
Flybits
Series A in 2014
Flybits Inc., based in Toronto, Canada, specializes in developing a platform that enhances customer experiences in the financial services sector through contextualization. The company's advanced solution allows banks to deliver personalized content, products, and offers tailored to individual customer needs in real-time. By leveraging extensive data and sensing capabilities, Flybits enables financial institutions to design, launch, and evaluate data-driven experiences that provide relevant information while maintaining customer privacy. This approach fosters a deeper relationship between customers and their financial institutions, ultimately driving product awareness and adding significant value to users' interactions.
JamCam
Convertible Note in 2014
JamCam, Inc. is a Toronto-based company that offers a unique mobile application enabling users to create personal video stories by seamlessly integrating music with video recording. Founded in 2014, the app allows users to record videos in real time while keeping the music playing, capturing the essence of special moments. It automatically pairs users' videos with the music they select, allowing for the easy creation and sharing of short looping videos that highlight significant experiences. This innovative approach to video storytelling distinguishes JamCam from other applications by providing a streamlined process for capturing and sharing life's memorable musical moments.
Ada
Pre Seed Round in 2014
Ada Support Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in developing a chatbot platform designed to enhance customer experience for enterprise businesses. Founded in 2016, the platform utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate customer support processes. By enabling non-technical support teams to manage inquiries effectively, Ada's technology reduces overall support volume and allows customers to find answers independently. The system continuously learns from interactions, improving its ability to serve customers over time.
Figure 1
Seed Round in 2013
Figure 1, Inc. is a Toronto-based company that develops a mobile application facilitating the sharing of medical images and case studies among healthcare professionals. Founded in 2012, the application allows physicians, medical students, nurses, and emergency medical technicians to connect globally, view, discuss, and share patient cases for educational and diagnostic purposes. The platform promotes collaboration and knowledge sharing across various medical specialties, enhancing real-time consultation and improving patient outcomes. With a growing global community of millions of users, Figure 1 serves as a vital resource for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their learning and practice.
SoapBox
Seed Round in 2013
SoapBox provides software solutions that help organizations adapt to the needs of a changing workforce by creating a real time feedback loop between employees and leaders. Employees can easily share their ideas on how to improve the organization, while leaders ensure that ideas are aligned to business priorities. The entire feedback loop is a transparent process - which improves engagement, performance, and culture.
SensorSuite
Convertible Note in 2013
SensorSuite Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in real-time building intelligence through the use of wireless sensors for property managers across various sectors, including multi-residential, commercial, and industrial markets. The company provides a range of mobile applications, such as BoilerLink for boiler monitoring and control, FridgeLink for fridge monitoring and predictive maintenance, and a hotel solution for managing hotel room conditions. SensorSuite's platform enables users to capture, process, and analyze data from multiple devices, offering insights that enhance operational performance and efficiency. By delivering real-time analytics through web and smartphone interfaces, SensorSuite empowers property managers to make informed decisions and optimize the management of their assets.
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