Garage Capital

GarageCapital is a venture capital investment firm established in 2013 and headquartered in Waterloo, Canada, with an additional office in Kitchener. The firm focuses on investing in the software as a service and technology sectors, targeting innovative companies that demonstrate strong growth potential. By leveraging its expertise and regional presence, GarageCapital aims to support the development of promising startups in these dynamic industries.

Mike McCauley

Co-Founder and General Partner

97 past transactions

Page

Seed Round in 2025
Page, an AI-powered external relations platform that provides real-time insights to help enterprises navigate government policies, media, and regulations.

Faro

Seed Round in 2025
Faro provides inexpensive apparel through re-commerce, collaborating with fashion companies to reduce textile waste and dumping at the manufacturing and consumption levels.

Float Financial

Series B in 2025
Float provides comprehensive financial services tailored for businesses at all stages. Their offerings include corporate cards, bill payment, expense management, and high-yield accounts, empowering finance teams to efficiently manage spending and cash flow.

Cartage

Seed Round in 2024
Cartage is an AI operating system for shippers & 3PLs that automates routine tasks and connects users to carriers.

Brightband

Series A in 2024
Brightband is a software company specializing in advanced, end-to-end Earth System AI for enhanced weather and climate decision-making. Its platform, powered by AI technology, offers personalized predictions and access to observational data and forecasts, empowering individuals to adapt to and manage weather changes effectively.

DryMerge

Seed Round in 2024
DryMerge develops an event-driven workflow automation engine. Its platform enables developers to automate tasks swiftly via a natural language interface and pre-built triggers for common events, connecting apps and eliminating the need for custom coding.

Optimotive

Seed Round in 2024
Optimotive develops robotic solutions designed for deployment in harsh industrial environments such as construction, oil and gas, and mining. Their products automate data collection on-site, enabling these industries to adopt autonomy and robotics.

Aalo Atomics

Series A in 2024
Aalo Atomics manufactures compact nuclear reactors designed for various applications, from powering data centers to entire cities. Their reactors are factory-built, liquid metal-cooled, and feature built-in safety measures.

Astranis

Series D in 2024
Astranis develops innovative satellite technology to provide targeted internet access to underserved regions. The company manufactures small satellites for high-orbit deployment, serving diverse sectors such as defense, commercial communications, oil and gas, and telecommunications.

Quil

Seed Round in 2024
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Plenty

Seed Round in 2024
Plenty is a financial planning application that aims to help customers achieve financial independence more quickly. The company's software offers individualized insights at reasonable prices, allowing consumers to have a financial planning platform that helps them manage their wealth.

Forcen

Series A in 2024
Forcen develops and manufactures force-sensing film for various industries, including surgical robotics, industrial robotics, and aerospace. Its film can be integrated into parts or assemblies of devices in these sectors, providing real-time force feedback. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Quilt

Series A in 2024
Quilt is a company focused on smart home climate solutions, specializing in advanced home temperature control technology designed to enhance energy efficiency. Its AI-driven systems seamlessly integrate into various home environments, providing users with room-by-room control and occupancy awareness features. This technology not only optimizes energy use but also incorporates predictive capabilities to ensure comfort. Additionally, Quilt's ductless heat pump system operates with zero carbon emissions, utilizing clean energy sources to promote sustainability and help users transition away from traditional combustion methods. Overall, Quilt aims to deliver a sleek and intelligent solution for modern heating and cooling needs, contributing to a more sustainable future.

Page

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Page, an AI-powered external relations platform that provides real-time insights to help enterprises navigate government policies, media, and regulations.

tofu

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Tofu is an online platform facilitating connections between job seekers and hiring managers. It operates as a talent referral network and hiring platform, leveraging employee referrals to ensure candidates are vetted and recommended by trusted sources. This approach helps companies streamline their recruitment process, saving time and resources while making informed hiring decisions.

Cognito Health

Seed Round in 2024
Cognito Health operates an online mental health treatment platform designed to assist psychiatric patients. The platform combines cognitive behavioral therapy and medication, offering a comprehensive range of services under a single pricing plan. These services include digital assessments, nursing visits, physician consultations, counseling, coaching, self-directed courses, medication delivery, and daily affirmations. By integrating various treatment modalities, Cognito Health aims to provide accessible and affordable mental health care, catering to the needs of both patients and healthcare providers.

Relay

Series B in 2024
Relay is an-all-in-one, collaborative business banking and money management platform that helps small businesses and their teams take control of their cash flow and get crystal clear on what they’re earning, spending and saving. With Relay, business owners can: -Bank with no monthly account fees, no overdraft fees, and no minimum balance required -Organize income, expenses and cash reserves using up to 20 individual accounts -2 savings accounts offering between 1-3% APY -Issue up to 50 virtual or physical Visa® debit cards to meticulously organize spending by team or project -Send payments and deposits via ACH, wires or checks -Cashflow automations, like maximum balance transfer rules and recurring payments -Give team members and financial advisors secure, role-based banking access -Integrate banking with accounting softwares like QuickBooks Online and Xero -Get personalized customer support by email and phone Relay is also the official banking partner of Profit First, the cash flow management methodology and book created by serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz.

Friendlier

Seed Round in 2023
Friendlier facilitates the shift from single-use to reusable packaging in the food service industry. It offers technology that enables brands to track, analyze supply chain data, and monitor sustainability impact of reusable packaging.

Secoda

Series A in 2023
Secoda is the self-serve data discovery tool that saves teams thousands of hours every year by making data discovery, trust, and understanding faster and easier. Today, data teams are collecting tons of data, but most employees don't know what data exists, how to use it, and what data to trust. This confusion happens because different components of company data get collected in fragmented tools. Teams use dbt and Snowflake for data cataloging, Google Sheets for events, Confluence for general knowledge, Slack to manage data requests, Mode for reports, Github, Looker, the list goes on and on. Secoda lets teams manage their queries, charts, data catalog, data dictionary, and documentation in one place. After teams switch to Secoda, data knowledge is centralized in one place. Instead of having to switch between Snowflake, dbt, Confluence Google Sheets, BI tool, and your query editor, Secoda keeps all your data knowledge in one place for everyone who needs it.

Friendlier

Seed Round in 2023
Friendlier facilitates the shift from single-use to reusable packaging in the food service industry. It offers technology that enables brands to track, analyze supply chain data, and monitor sustainability impact of reusable packaging.

Quilt

Seed Round in 2023
Quilt is a company focused on smart home climate solutions, specializing in advanced home temperature control technology designed to enhance energy efficiency. Its AI-driven systems seamlessly integrate into various home environments, providing users with room-by-room control and occupancy awareness features. This technology not only optimizes energy use but also incorporates predictive capabilities to ensure comfort. Additionally, Quilt's ductless heat pump system operates with zero carbon emissions, utilizing clean energy sources to promote sustainability and help users transition away from traditional combustion methods. Overall, Quilt aims to deliver a sleek and intelligent solution for modern heating and cooling needs, contributing to a more sustainable future.

Eli

Seed Round in 2023
Eli is a company focused on empowering women to manage their health by providing insights into their hormone profiles. It has developed an at-home device that monitors hormones using saliva samples, allowing for daily tracking of hormonal changes. Alongside the device, Eli offers an app that delivers personalized insights based on the collected data. The primary aim of Eli is to offer women a reliable and effective means to take charge of their fertility and contraception choices, thereby enhancing their overall health and well-being.

Finta

Seed Round in 2023
Finta is an accounting platform designed for startups to streamline the management of taxes, bookkeeping, and financial metrics. By consolidating these functions into a single platform, Finta replaces traditional expense bookkeepers and tools like QuickBooks and Google Sheets. The platform ensures accurate financial records, timely tax filings, and provides users with a comprehensive dashboard to monitor key financial indicators such as burn rate, cash flow, and runway. Additionally, Finta offers seamless integration with various modern financial tools, enhancing its functionality and allowing businesses to save time and make informed financial decisions. As a reliable source of financial data, Finta supports startups in their growth and scaling efforts.

Quil

Pre Seed Round in 2023
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Peggy

Seed Round in 2023
Peggy is a secure marketplace that makes investing in high-quality art accessible. It partners with galleries and artists to offer affordable prices, enabling buyers to enjoy and potentially profit from their purchases. Peggy also ensures artists earn royalties from secondary sales and benefits galleries through its platform.

ChefHero

Series A in 2023
ChefHero Inc. is a technology company based in Toronto, Canada, that provides a mobile and web application designed for businesses in the food service industry to order wholesale restaurant supplies from regional suppliers. Founded in 2015, ChefHero serves a diverse clientele, including restaurants, bars, coffee shops, food trucks, and catering services. The platform streamlines the procurement process, allowing users to efficiently source necessary supplies while enabling chefs and food service professionals to focus more on their culinary creations. By connecting businesses with a network of dedicated suppliers, ChefHero enhances operational efficiency in the food industry.

Headroom

Seed Round in 2023
Headroom is a San Francisco-based developer of an artificial intelligence powered virtual meeting platform designed to reduce distraction and automate routine meeting tasks. The platform provides transcripts, automatically generated summaries with highlights, gesture recognition, and optimized video quality to support remote collaboration. It also includes features such as alert observers and built-in gesture-based approvals that let participants indicate responses without unmuting, helping teams notice questions or excitement in real time. Headroom aims to enable users to focus on relationships, creative thinking, and problem solving while AI handles the routine aspects of meetings.

CommerceBear

Seed Round in 2022
CommerceBear is a vertical SaaS platform focused on the furniture and home goods sectors, providing e-commerce technology tools that automate the listing process on various online marketplaces. The company specializes in multichannel publishing and offers an automated inventory platform that enables furniture wholesalers to synchronize their product catalogs across major marketplaces. By optimizing and enriching product listings, CommerceBear assists brands in enhancing their visibility and driving revenue. Its comprehensive solution allows users to manage their entire e-commerce operations efficiently from a single point, streamlining workflows and improving operational effectiveness in the competitive online retail landscape.

SilkChart

Seed Round in 2022
SilkChart is an innovative company that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance sales performance. Its primary focus is on providing sales coaching through advanced analytics of sales calls, enabling representatives to gain a deeper understanding of their clients and improve deal closure rates. By analyzing conversations, SilkChart equips sales teams with actionable feedback to improve communication, identify customer pain points, and tailor solutions to specific needs. Additionally, the company offers a no-code analytics platform that transforms product data into insights for revenue growth. This platform allows growth teams to integrate marketing and product usage data seamlessly, empowering them to optimize campaigns and target audiences more effectively without the need for costly data analytics expertise. SilkChart’s dual approach enhances sales strategies and drives business success by fostering better client relationships and informed decision-making.

Lancey

Seed Round in 2022
Lancey is a company that specializes in a product demo platform aimed at enhancing marketing and sales efforts. It provides tools that enable teams to capture, record, edit, share, monitor, and follow up on product demonstrations. This platform facilitates self-driving demonstrations, allowing customers to engage with products at any stage of the sales process. By creating interactive experiences, Lancey's solutions aim to increase sign-ups, drive engagement, prompt responses, and ultimately book meetings, thereby supporting revenue growth for sales and marketing teams.

Aide

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Aide is a developer of an advanced customer support platform that aims to enhance efficiency and minimize response times in support workflows. The platform integrates artificial intelligence to automatically identify and resolve issues, generate responses for customer inquiries, and suggest optimizations for support and business operations. By consolidating various support tools into a unified system, Aide enables organizations to streamline their processes, effectively eliminate backlogs of support requests, and reduce operational costs, allowing support teams to respond promptly and manage their workload efficiently.

Ownly

Seed Round in 2022
Ownly is a real estate buyer verification platform that provides homebuyers with a secure method to confirm their identities and purchasing power quickly. It operates an e-commerce platform designed to connect homebuyers with builders, facilitating a streamlined home-buying process. The company's technology integrates various management tools, including enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management systems, to offer valuable insights into customer shopping behaviors and preferences. This enables agents, brokers, and builders to sell homes directly through their websites, enhancing the overall efficiency and effectiveness of real estate transactions.

Devyce

Venture Round in 2022
Devyce is a London-based company established in 2020 that specializes in developing a cloud-based virtual phone system utilizing voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology. The company’s operating system is designed to offer businesses a flexible, scalable, and reliable communication solution that enhances enterprise collaboration. By transforming voice into digital signals transmitted over the internet, Devyce enables users to make and receive calls on various devices, including desktops and smartphones. The system also incorporates essential features such as voicemail, call forwarding, and conference calling, allowing businesses to efficiently maintain communication with employees, customers, and clients while meeting their communication needs.

HyperComply

Seed Round in 2022
HyperComply Inc. is a Canadian company founded in 2019 that operates an online platform designed to streamline the process of completing client security questionnaires. The platform enables procurement teams to send and track security questionnaires efficiently at no cost, while sales teams can respond to these inquiries within a guaranteed timeframe of one day. HyperComply's software provides tools for spreadsheet management, file sharing, web forms, and access to reference security documentation, facilitating a straightforward experience for both vendors and purchasers. By simplifying third-party risk evaluation and management, HyperComply enhances the efficiency and accuracy of the security questionnaire process.

myCaribou

Seed Round in 2022
myCaribou is a technology company that specializes in optimizing sales channels for manufacturers and distributors of medical devices, equipment, and supplies. It provides a platform that facilitates global market expansion by offering curated data, partner matching based on compatibility, shared workspaces for collaboration, and tools for business planning, communication tracking, and performance analysis. This enables clients to fine-tune their channel strategies, accelerating growth in international markets.

Parallelz

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Parallelz is a technology company that develops a platform allowing users to create and share innovative versions of popular mobile games. The platform enhances creative output by providing a computing architecture that facilitates the delivery, distribution, and discovery of mobile applications. This technology enables developers to effortlessly transform their existing native mobile apps into fully native web applications without the need for modifications or additional software development tools. By focusing on amplifying creativity and improving the digital experience, Parallelz aims to contribute to a better internet for all users.

Zenbase

Seed Round in 2022
Zenbase specializes in flexible rent payment solutions, aiming to enhance financial well-being for tenants while improving operational efficiency for property managers. Its platform enables bi-weekly payments aligned with pay cycles, reducing late fees and potentially boosting credit scores.

CaroMeats

Seed Round in 2022
CaroMeats grows healthy, delicious meat directly from animal cells. No environmental damage is caused. No animals are harmed.

Wavy

Seed Round in 2022
Wavy is a company focused on enhancing employee experience and fostering positive company culture in diverse workplace environments. It offers a Culture Management Platform that simplifies the planning, execution, and evaluation of cultural events and team-building initiatives. By automating event logistics and integrating various workplace tools, Wavy streamlines communication among team members and provides valuable insights through feedback analysis. This enables organizations to build stronger connections among employees and improve engagement with minimal manual effort, ultimately supporting leaders in cultivating a vibrant organizational culture.

Quo Finance

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2018, Quo Finance develops a financial planning platform that uses advanced AI to create personalized backup plans. This helps users modify loans and reduce default risks automatically, enabling them to reach their lifestyle goals faster.

Manifest Climate

Series A in 2022
Manifest Climate operates as a climate intelligence platform that helps businesses address climate change, meet regulatory requirements, and identify opportunities to implement environmentally responsible practices. The company develops a climate risk management solution that transforms risks into actionable opportunities, supporting organizations in building resilience amidst evolving regulations and market expectations. Its platform delivers regularly curated industry-specific climate news, trends, and peer benchmarking, complemented by monthly reporting, to enhance corporate climate governance and reporting capabilities. Through these offerings, Manifest Climate aims to accelerate business alignment and action toward a climate-adjusted future.

Cognito Health

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Cognito Health operates an online mental health treatment platform designed to assist psychiatric patients. The platform combines cognitive behavioral therapy and medication, offering a comprehensive range of services under a single pricing plan. These services include digital assessments, nursing visits, physician consultations, counseling, coaching, self-directed courses, medication delivery, and daily affirmations. By integrating various treatment modalities, Cognito Health aims to provide accessible and affordable mental health care, catering to the needs of both patients and healthcare providers.

RouteThis

Series A in 2022
RouteThis operates a platform that enhances in-home network diagnostics, ensuring flawless WiFi connectivity. It transforms mobile devices into network probes, offering real-time visibility for internet service providers to diagnose and resolve internet issues remotely.

Caribou

Seed Round in 2022
Caribou is healthcare planning software for the financial service industry. Caribou acts as an intersection of two arguably and complex industries: healthcare and finance.

Draft

Venture Round in 2021
Draft operates as a marketing agency specializing in content creation and distribution. It offers services such as content marketing, social media management, search engine optimization (SEO), and professional writing for businesses seeking to enhance their online presence and engagement with customers. The company uniquely employs blockchain technology to facilitate its job marketplace platform, connecting freelance writers and clients efficiently.

Nicoya Lifesciences

Series A in 2021
Nicoya Lifesciences Inc. is a Canadian company based in Kitchener that specializes in developing advanced sensor products for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Founded in 2012, Nicoya creates instruments designed to analyze biomolecular interactions, including proteins, antibodies, DNA, RNA, and small molecules. Their product lineup includes surface plasmon resonance (SPR) instruments, spectrophotometers, sensor chips, reagents, and accessories, as well as the OpenSPR, a personal label-free biomolecular analysis instrument. In addition to hardware, Nicoya offers software solutions for real-time kinetic analysis, instrument control, and optical peak tracking, enhancing the capabilities of their analytical tools.

Secoda

Seed Round in 2021
Secoda is the self-serve data discovery tool that saves teams thousands of hours every year by making data discovery, trust, and understanding faster and easier. Today, data teams are collecting tons of data, but most employees don't know what data exists, how to use it, and what data to trust. This confusion happens because different components of company data get collected in fragmented tools. Teams use dbt and Snowflake for data cataloging, Google Sheets for events, Confluence for general knowledge, Slack to manage data requests, Mode for reports, Github, Looker, the list goes on and on. Secoda lets teams manage their queries, charts, data catalog, data dictionary, and documentation in one place. After teams switch to Secoda, data knowledge is centralized in one place. Instead of having to switch between Snowflake, dbt, Confluence Google Sheets, BI tool, and your query editor, Secoda keeps all your data knowledge in one place for everyone who needs it.

Moment Energy

Seed Round in 2021
Moment Energy specializes in battery energy storage systems that utilize repurposed electric vehicle batteries. Its solutions aim to provide clean, reliable, and cost-effective energy storage for both on-grid and off-grid applications.

Float Financial

Series A in 2021
Float provides comprehensive financial services tailored for businesses at all stages. Their offerings include corporate cards, bill payment, expense management, and high-yield accounts, empowering finance teams to efficiently manage spending and cash flow.

Uvaro

Series A in 2021
Uvaro is a career success platform offering training programs, paid internships, coaching, and mentorship services. It focuses on empowering individuals for long-term success in tech sales roles by combining on-demand classes, live sessions, virtual internships, and industry-specific experiences.

Fellow.app

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2017, Fellow.app is a leading meeting productivity platform that enhances collaboration among teams. It connects calendars with meeting notes, allowing attendees to contribute to agendas, reference past discussions, record action items, and more. The platform also offers dedicated spaces for one-on-one notes, feedback, objectives, and action items, fostering productive meetings regardless of location.

Trusscore

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2007, Trusscore Inc. is a Canadian material science company specializing in manufacturing durable, sustainable building materials. Its primary products include wall and ceiling boards for various applications such as commercial projects, agriculture settings, and residential garages, along with RibCore corrugated panels and Norlck PVC panels.

Koble

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Koble is a digital platform supporting growing families with expert-led courses and resources throughout pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond. Their team of licensed professionals offers personalized, accessible care at an affordable price.

MiResource

Seed Round in 2021
MiResource aims to improve global mental health by connecting individuals with appropriate mental healthcare services. Its platform facilitates connections between patients and licensed therapy providers, offering information on various treatment options such as one-on-one talk therapy, medication management, and intensive outpatient programs.

Softdrive

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Softdrive develops cloud computing technology that transforms personal computers into powerful workstations. It enables businesses to run demanding software on any device, enhancing productivity and efficiency.

Shopistry

Seed Round in 2021
Shopistry empowers fast-growing brands with a comprehensive toolkit for headless commerce. It offers tailored customer shopping experiences across channels without the typical development costs or need for replatforming.

Shakudo

Seed Round in 2021
Shakudo develops an end-to-end machine learning platform that moves AI work from ideation to production, enabling data science and ML teams to deliver products rather than experiments. The platform accelerates development by scaling up and customizing clusters with a single line of code and by ensuring compatibility across data tools, producing a reliable, performant, and cost-effective data stack. By reducing reliance on engineers, it helps teams operationalize research faster and bring AI solutions to market.

ChefHero

Series A in 2021
ChefHero Inc. is a technology company based in Toronto, Canada, that provides a mobile and web application designed for businesses in the food service industry to order wholesale restaurant supplies from regional suppliers. Founded in 2015, ChefHero serves a diverse clientele, including restaurants, bars, coffee shops, food trucks, and catering services. The platform streamlines the procurement process, allowing users to efficiently source necessary supplies while enabling chefs and food service professionals to focus more on their culinary creations. By connecting businesses with a network of dedicated suppliers, ChefHero enhances operational efficiency in the food industry.

Float Financial

Seed Round in 2021
Float provides comprehensive financial services tailored for businesses at all stages. Their offerings include corporate cards, bill payment, expense management, and high-yield accounts, empowering finance teams to efficiently manage spending and cash flow.

ApplyBoard

Series D in 2021
ApplyBoard is a technology company that simplifies the study abroad search, application, and acceptance process by connecting international students, recruitment partners, and educational institutions on a single platform, streamlining the journey from discovery to enrollment. The company operates globally, with headquarters in Kitchener, Ontario, and a dedicated office in Gurugram, India, reflecting its international reach.

Moonshot Brands

Series A in 2021
Moonshot Brands is a company that specializes in acquiring, operating, and growing profitable e-commerce businesses. Based in Toronto, it focuses on the online and mail order retail industry, leveraging its expertise to enhance the performance and scale of its portfolio companies. By implementing strategic growth initiatives, Moonshot Brands aims to maximize the potential of the businesses it acquires, positioning itself as a key player in the e-commerce landscape.

Commit

Seed Round in 2021
Commit is a professional networking platform designed to connect mission-driven and entrepreneurial engineers worldwide. It offers real-time peer support, career development resources such as mentorship and coaching, and full-stack career transition services, helping engineers explore new opportunities and assisting companies in finding talented engineers.

OpenUnit

Seed Round in 2021
OpenUnit develops self-storage management solutions for storage operators, offering tools such as online presence, reservation systems, merchant solutions, and back-office management software. The integrated platform supports operations, frontline staff, and tenant data, providing detailed financial reporting and operational insights to help operators optimize customer relations and online presence. Founded in 2019 and based in Toronto, Canada.

Relay

Series A in 2021
Relay is an-all-in-one, collaborative business banking and money management platform that helps small businesses and their teams take control of their cash flow and get crystal clear on what they’re earning, spending and saving. With Relay, business owners can: -Bank with no monthly account fees, no overdraft fees, and no minimum balance required -Organize income, expenses and cash reserves using up to 20 individual accounts -2 savings accounts offering between 1-3% APY -Issue up to 50 virtual or physical Visa® debit cards to meticulously organize spending by team or project -Send payments and deposits via ACH, wires or checks -Cashflow automations, like maximum balance transfer rules and recurring payments -Give team members and financial advisors secure, role-based banking access -Integrate banking with accounting softwares like QuickBooks Online and Xero -Get personalized customer support by email and phone Relay is also the official banking partner of Profit First, the cash flow management methodology and book created by serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz.

Agora

Seed Round in 2021
Agora is a compensation platform that helps companies figure out how to pay their employees by making data-driven decisions. It helps companies centralize their data, set their pay structure, benchmark themselves against similar companies in real-time, and communicate total rewards to their candidates and employees. Figure streamlines complicated manual compensation processes into simple, secure, and collaborative workflows. Agora's mission is to bring equity and transparency to compensation for companies, employees, and candidates.

ALT TEX

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ALT TEX is a biotechnology company that produces carbon-neutral fabric derived from post-industrial waste. It converts landfill-destined food waste into biodegradable bioplastic fibers, offering an eco-friendly alternative to synthetic fabrics for the fashion industry.

Bansho

Seed Round in 2021
Bansho is a New York City-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in live learning solutions aimed at enhancing children's educational experiences while supporting busy parents. The company offers a learning application that connects families with a vetted network of educators, learning coaches, and content creators. Bansho empowers parents to customize their children's learning preferences by providing access to a variety of educational resources, including text, video, and audio messaging with dedicated learning partners. This approach not only facilitates enjoyable learning experiences for children but also equips parents with valuable insights to monitor their kids' progress, fostering confidence and engagement in their educational journeys.

Buf Technologies

Series A in 2021
Buf Technologies develops tools to simplify the lifecycle of Protocol Buffers APIs. Its product suite includes a linter that enforces API design best practices, a breaking-change detector that checks compatibility at the source or wire level, and a configurable file builder that generates images. The company helps teams create, lint, and distribute consistent APIs, protect against incompatible schema changes during evolution, and manage protocols across an organization so development remains focused on core work. Based in Buffalo, New York, Buf supports teams in standardizing API design and ensuring cross-team compatibility throughout the API lifecycle.

Multiply Labs

Series A in 2021
Multiply Labs develops robotic-enabled manufacturing for personalized pharmaceutical capsules, combining pharmaceutical science with robotics to produce tailor-made capsules that align with individual patient metabolic needs. The company operates a robotic manufacturing facility and has introduced 3D-printed capsules, aiming to address scaling challenges in biotech and improve the efficiency and cost of producing patient-specific medicines.

Vendr

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2019, Vendr is a SaaS-based platform that streamlines software procurement for businesses. It offers services such as commercial negotiations, renewal management, and contract logistics to help companies efficiently manage their software purchases.

CodeGem

Pre Seed Round in 2021
CodeGem integrates with popular tools used by software engineering teams (GitHub, Slack, Jira) to extract and aggregate data. It provides unbiased analytics and actionable recommendations about developer performance, focusing on impact, productivity, communication, and mentorship.

Snack App

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Snack is a video-first dating application that enables users to connect with potential matches through engaging video content. The platform allows individuals to create and post videos on a feed, facilitating real-time interactions and a more dynamic approach to online dating. By combining traditional matching algorithms with the ability to flirt-stream, Snack provides a unique environment for users to express themselves and connect creatively with others. This innovative approach to dating aims to enhance user engagement and foster meaningful connections in a modern digital landscape.

Manifest Climate

Seed Round in 2021
Manifest Climate operates as a climate intelligence platform that helps businesses address climate change, meet regulatory requirements, and identify opportunities to implement environmentally responsible practices. The company develops a climate risk management solution that transforms risks into actionable opportunities, supporting organizations in building resilience amidst evolving regulations and market expectations. Its platform delivers regularly curated industry-specific climate news, trends, and peer benchmarking, complemented by monthly reporting, to enhance corporate climate governance and reporting capabilities. Through these offerings, Manifest Climate aims to accelerate business alignment and action toward a climate-adjusted future.

Preemadonna

Seed Round in 2021
Preemadonna specializes in AI-powered beauty technology for Generation Z and Alpha creators. Its flagship product, Nailbot, is an automated device that prints art and photos on nails in five seconds. The company also offers proprietary software, fast-drying consumables, and devices for personalized beauty experiences across retail platforms.

Quo Finance

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2018, Quo Finance develops a financial planning platform that uses advanced AI to create personalized backup plans. This helps users modify loans and reduce default risks automatically, enabling them to reach their lifestyle goals faster.

Relay

Venture Round in 2020
Relay is an-all-in-one, collaborative business banking and money management platform that helps small businesses and their teams take control of their cash flow and get crystal clear on what they’re earning, spending and saving. With Relay, business owners can: -Bank with no monthly account fees, no overdraft fees, and no minimum balance required -Organize income, expenses and cash reserves using up to 20 individual accounts -2 savings accounts offering between 1-3% APY -Issue up to 50 virtual or physical Visa® debit cards to meticulously organize spending by team or project -Send payments and deposits via ACH, wires or checks -Cashflow automations, like maximum balance transfer rules and recurring payments -Give team members and financial advisors secure, role-based banking access -Integrate banking with accounting softwares like QuickBooks Online and Xero -Get personalized customer support by email and phone Relay is also the official banking partner of Profit First, the cash flow management methodology and book created by serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz.

Phenomic AI

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2017, Phenomic AI is a Toronto-based company that develops artificial intelligence-driven drug discovery platforms. Its technology analyzes phenotypes in complex disease models like high-content co-culture and 3D assays, enabling pharmaceutical companies to discover drugs more efficiently.

Buf Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
Buf Technologies develops tools to simplify the lifecycle of Protocol Buffers APIs. Its product suite includes a linter that enforces API design best practices, a breaking-change detector that checks compatibility at the source or wire level, and a configurable file builder that generates images. The company helps teams create, lint, and distribute consistent APIs, protect against incompatible schema changes during evolution, and manage protocols across an organization so development remains focused on core work. Based in Buffalo, New York, Buf supports teams in standardizing API design and ensuring cross-team compatibility throughout the API lifecycle.

BinSentry

Series A in 2020
BinSentry Inc is an agricultural technology company based in Kitchener, Canada, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing innovative Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for feed mills and livestock producers. BinSentry offers solar-powered sensors that monitor feed-bin inventory, enabling efficient tracking of on-farm supplies. The company's platform integrates predictive technology and artificial intelligence, facilitating automated inventory management and logistics tracking. This technology allows users to optimize their operations, improve efficiency, and reduce supply disruptions by enabling effective scheduling of trucking routes. Through its solutions, BinSentry aims to enhance the overall profitability and operational effectiveness of livestock and grain management.

Buf Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Buf Technologies develops tools to simplify the lifecycle of Protocol Buffers APIs. Its product suite includes a linter that enforces API design best practices, a breaking-change detector that checks compatibility at the source or wire level, and a configurable file builder that generates images. The company helps teams create, lint, and distribute consistent APIs, protect against incompatible schema changes during evolution, and manage protocols across an organization so development remains focused on core work. Based in Buffalo, New York, Buf supports teams in standardizing API design and ensuring cross-team compatibility throughout the API lifecycle.

ApplyBoard

Series C in 2020
ApplyBoard is a technology company that simplifies the study abroad search, application, and acceptance process by connecting international students, recruitment partners, and educational institutions on a single platform, streamlining the journey from discovery to enrollment. The company operates globally, with headquarters in Kitchener, Ontario, and a dedicated office in Gurugram, India, reflecting its international reach.

Lilia

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2019, Lilia is a fertility support company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. It offers a home diagnostic test for fertility hormone assessment and connects users with specialists through its resource hub, providing guidance on reproductive health.

Quo Finance

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Quo Finance develops a financial planning platform that uses advanced AI to create personalized backup plans. This helps users modify loans and reduce default risks automatically, enabling them to reach their lifestyle goals faster.

Nicoya Lifesciences

Series A in 2020
Nicoya Lifesciences Inc. is a Canadian company based in Kitchener that specializes in developing advanced sensor products for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Founded in 2012, Nicoya creates instruments designed to analyze biomolecular interactions, including proteins, antibodies, DNA, RNA, and small molecules. Their product lineup includes surface plasmon resonance (SPR) instruments, spectrophotometers, sensor chips, reagents, and accessories, as well as the OpenSPR, a personal label-free biomolecular analysis instrument. In addition to hardware, Nicoya offers software solutions for real-time kinetic analysis, instrument control, and optical peak tracking, enhancing the capabilities of their analytical tools.

Uvaro

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Uvaro is a career success platform offering training programs, paid internships, coaching, and mentorship services. It focuses on empowering individuals for long-term success in tech sales roles by combining on-demand classes, live sessions, virtual internships, and industry-specific experiences.

Vendr

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2019, Vendr is a SaaS-based platform that streamlines software procurement for businesses. It offers services such as commercial negotiations, renewal management, and contract logistics to help companies efficiently manage their software purchases.

Convictional

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2017, Convictional operates a multi-channel B2B e-commerce platform for high-growth suppliers. It offers services such as electronic data interchange, wholesale integrations, quick order, dropship automation, and order financing.

Fellow.app

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2017, Fellow.app is a leading meeting productivity platform that enhances collaboration among teams. It connects calendars with meeting notes, allowing attendees to contribute to agendas, reference past discussions, record action items, and more. The platform also offers dedicated spaces for one-on-one notes, feedback, objectives, and action items, fostering productive meetings regardless of location.

Careerlist

Seed Round in 2019
Careerlist is a New York-based online marketplace founded in 2017 that connects recruiters and employees. The platform emphasizes a person-centered approach, moving beyond resumes by enabling vetted connections where a single profile can unlock opportunities, including roles not yet posted. The talent experience focuses on storytelling and resume enhancement to help candidates present themselves effectively, while employers gain access to vetted, high-caliber candidates through meaningful connections and a tailored hiring process that aligns with company culture and vision. The network aims to reduce noise from traditional job boards and external recruiters by fostering direct interactions between actively hiring employers and top talent.

HyperComply

Pre Seed Round in 2019
HyperComply Inc. is a Canadian company founded in 2019 that operates an online platform designed to streamline the process of completing client security questionnaires. The platform enables procurement teams to send and track security questionnaires efficiently at no cost, while sales teams can respond to these inquiries within a guaranteed timeframe of one day. HyperComply's software provides tools for spreadsheet management, file sharing, web forms, and access to reference security documentation, facilitating a straightforward experience for both vendors and purchasers. By simplifying third-party risk evaluation and management, HyperComply enhances the efficiency and accuracy of the security questionnaire process.

Substack

Seed Round in 2018
Substack operates a subscription-based publishing platform that enables writers to create, publish, and monetize newsletters. The platform supports both free and paid subscriptions and allows content to be published to a reader email list and a website. It includes editing tools and templates to design newsletters and handles subscriber payments, aiming to simplify monetization and direct engagement between writers and readers. Substack focuses on selling subscriptions without advertisements, helping independent writers build audience relationships and revenue streams. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

RouteThis

Pre Seed Round in 2018
RouteThis operates a platform that enhances in-home network diagnostics, ensuring flawless WiFi connectivity. It transforms mobile devices into network probes, offering real-time visibility for internet service providers to diagnose and resolve internet issues remotely.

Nicoya Lifesciences

Seed Round in 2018
Nicoya Lifesciences Inc. is a Canadian company based in Kitchener that specializes in developing advanced sensor products for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Founded in 2012, Nicoya creates instruments designed to analyze biomolecular interactions, including proteins, antibodies, DNA, RNA, and small molecules. Their product lineup includes surface plasmon resonance (SPR) instruments, spectrophotometers, sensor chips, reagents, and accessories, as well as the OpenSPR, a personal label-free biomolecular analysis instrument. In addition to hardware, Nicoya offers software solutions for real-time kinetic analysis, instrument control, and optical peak tracking, enhancing the capabilities of their analytical tools.

Avro

Seed Round in 2018
Avro Life Science is a Canadian company focused on developing transdermal drug delivery systems, specifically medicated skin patches designed for the pediatric and elderly populations. Utilizing a novel biopolymer as a platform, Avro's technology enables passive delivery of small molecules and drugs directly into the bloodstream, allowing for a slow-release mechanism. This innovative approach aims to enhance medication accessibility while minimizing the impact on the liver, ultimately improving health outcomes and quality of life for its patients.

Alert Labs

Funding Round in 2017
Alert Labs Inc. is a Kitchener, Canada-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in manufacturing water and flood monitoring sensors. As a subsidiary of Watsco, Inc., Alert Labs develops cellular-connected home protection technology designed for smart home monitoring services. The company's products include reliable and easy-to-install hardware and software that gather and analyze real-time data on water leaks, floods, and power issues. By providing homeowners with the ability to receive immediate alerts and insights through their smartphones, Alert Labs aims to help prevent property damage and reduce costs associated with water-related incidents.

Astranis

Seed Round in 2015
Astranis develops innovative satellite technology to provide targeted internet access to underserved regions. The company manufactures small satellites for high-orbit deployment, serving diverse sectors such as defense, commercial communications, oil and gas, and telecommunications.

Veritree

Veritree develops an integrated planting management platform for global restoration projects. It provides ground-level transparency, real-time monitoring, and measurable impact data, enabling businesses focused on environmental responsibility to track and share their restoration efforts with confidence.
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