Contxtful
Seed Round in 2020
Contxtful Technologies Inc., established in 2018 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, specializes in designing and developing mobile digital solutions. Its patent-pending AI-driven technology leverages non-private, sensor-based data from mobile devices to identify user intent and context, ensuring GDPR compliance without requiring user permission or accessing sensitive data like GPS, camera, or microphone. Contxtful's platform provides real-time, privacy-respecting insights into audience engagement, enabling businesses across industries such as Adtech, Martech, and Fintech to optimize advertising placements, enhance marketing strategies, and improve customer targeting.
AlayaCare
Series C in 2020
AlayaCare is a start-up based in Montréal, Quebec, that offers a comprehensive home health care software platform and hardware ecosystem. Founded in 2014 by Adrian Schauer and Neil Grunberg, the company aims to modernize the home care industry, which often relies on outdated software and inefficient processes. AlayaCare's platform integrates various functions, including planning, clinical documentation, remote patient monitoring, and mobile care worker capabilities, enabling home care agencies to operate more effectively and efficiently. By providing mixed telehealth and in-person health solutions, AlayaCare empowers patients to improve their quality of life while simultaneously reducing care costs. The company promotes an open culture that encourages team members to voice dissent while maintaining a focus on overarching goals. Additionally, AlayaCare collaborates with NGOs in the developing world, offering its solution at no cost to enhance mobile technology's impact on underserved communities.
Botpress
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Botpress is an open-source chatbot platform that designs and develops tools for building, deploying, and managing conversational experiences. The platform supports scripted, AI-driven, and application-based chatbots and offers on-premises deployment. It provides a conversational flow management system, natural language understanding, and extensibility that can be managed by non-developers after deployment. Hundreds of thousands of developers and organizations use Botpress to power their conversational strategy.
Founded in 2016, C2RO is a Montreal-based company specializing in AI-powered video analytics for physical spaces. It offers ENTERA™, a GDPR-compliant platform that provides comprehensive insights into shopper journeys and behaviors using proprietary edge-cloud AI technology, enhancing customer experience and safety while preserving privacy.
AEPONYX designs and manufactures fabless micro optical switch semiconductor chips for tunable transceivers and optical circuit switches. It combines planar MEMS and silicon photonics to enable disaggregated switching systems and tunability in both transmission and reception in pluggable transceivers. Its photonic integrated circuits integrate MEMS and thermo-optic switches with silicon nitride, supporting high-speed data transmission and flexible optical switching for telecom, datacom, and cloud applications. Founded in 2011 and based in Montreal, the company focuses on fiber optic access to the cloud and next-generation optical networks by delivering compact, energy-efficient micro optical switches.
Studyo is a developer of a study management platform that focuses on fostering self-reliance in students. The company offers a mobile application tailored to align with school terms, allowing students to view their schedules, classes, and sections in an organized manner. This digital planning tool aims to enhance students' autonomy and organizational skills, supporting them in managing their academic responsibilities effectively.
LynX Inspection
Seed Round in 2018
LynX Inspection Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of innovative inspection equipment that specializes in three-dimensional analysis and X-ray imaging to evaluate the integrity of precision parts. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Québec, Canada, the company utilizes its proprietary technology, Predictive 3D Radiography, to provide advanced inspection solutions for the industrial market. LynX Inspection targets sectors requiring stringent quality control, such as aerospace, defense, and automotive, by offering non-destructive testing methods that enable the detection of defects in complex components. Their equipment features capabilities like X-ray simulation, auto image alignment, and multi-angle imaging, allowing for detailed inspections and precise identification of issues within a three-dimensional framework.
Laserax
Venture Round in 2018
Laserax designs and manufactures industrial laser systems for marking, cutting, welding, cleaning, and texturing across automotive, primary metals, and other manufacturing markets. It offers turnkey machines and OEM systems with high-speed marking in large workfields, safe operation, fume extraction, and performance optimization, plus laser process development and on-site support services. The company also provides custom laser solutions tailored to applications such as laser marking and traceability, materials-specific marking, and label-type marking. Its products serve aluminum, steel, die casting, extrusion, and general manufacturing industries. Founded in 2010 and based in Québec, Canada, Laserax supports customers with on-site support and safety assurances.
Aerial
Venture Round in 2018
Aerial Technologies Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in cloud-based motion analytics solutions utilizing artificial intelligence and existing wireless infrastructure. Founded in 2015, Aerial has developed the Motion Capture Plug, a WiFi Motion device that analyzes distortions in wireless signals to provide insights into motion activity in various environments such as homes, workplaces, hospitals, and hotels. This technology allows for monitoring without the use of cameras, wearables, or sensors, making it a cost-effective solution for detecting human presence and activities. Aerial serves a diverse clientele, including internet service providers, healthcare organizations, security systems integrators, and smart object manufacturers across the globe, with regional offices in the United States and Spain.
AlayaCare
Series B in 2018
AlayaCare is a start-up based in Montréal, Quebec, that offers a comprehensive home health care software platform and hardware ecosystem. Founded in 2014 by Adrian Schauer and Neil Grunberg, the company aims to modernize the home care industry, which often relies on outdated software and inefficient processes. AlayaCare's platform integrates various functions, including planning, clinical documentation, remote patient monitoring, and mobile care worker capabilities, enabling home care agencies to operate more effectively and efficiently. By providing mixed telehealth and in-person health solutions, AlayaCare empowers patients to improve their quality of life while simultaneously reducing care costs. The company promotes an open culture that encourages team members to voice dissent while maintaining a focus on overarching goals. Additionally, AlayaCare collaborates with NGOs in the developing world, offering its solution at no cost to enhance mobile technology's impact on underserved communities.
Founded in 2016, C2RO is a Montreal-based company specializing in AI-powered video analytics for physical spaces. It offers ENTERA™, a GDPR-compliant platform that provides comprehensive insights into shopper journeys and behaviors using proprietary edge-cloud AI technology, enhancing customer experience and safety while preserving privacy.
Aerial Technologies Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in cloud-based motion analytics solutions utilizing artificial intelligence and existing wireless infrastructure. Founded in 2015, Aerial has developed the Motion Capture Plug, a WiFi Motion device that analyzes distortions in wireless signals to provide insights into motion activity in various environments such as homes, workplaces, hospitals, and hotels. This technology allows for monitoring without the use of cameras, wearables, or sensors, making it a cost-effective solution for detecting human presence and activities. Aerial serves a diverse clientele, including internet service providers, healthcare organizations, security systems integrators, and smart object manufacturers across the globe, with regional offices in the United States and Spain.
Energie Solutions Air
Seed Round in 2018
Énergie Solutions Air (ESA) provides heat exchangers and energy efficiency for hog and fowl farming buildings.
Noze specializes in digital odor perception technology, aiming to replicate the human sense of smell digitally. Utilizing advanced machine learning and an innovative sensor based on NASA technology, Noze detects and identifies odors with precision. Their primary goal is to improve patient outcomes by enabling real-time disease detection through breath-based biomarkers at any point-of-care.
AEPONYX
Seed Round in 2017
AEPONYX designs and manufactures fabless micro optical switch semiconductor chips for tunable transceivers and optical circuit switches. It combines planar MEMS and silicon photonics to enable disaggregated switching systems and tunability in both transmission and reception in pluggable transceivers. Its photonic integrated circuits integrate MEMS and thermo-optic switches with silicon nitride, supporting high-speed data transmission and flexible optical switching for telecom, datacom, and cloud applications. Founded in 2011 and based in Montreal, the company focuses on fiber optic access to the cloud and next-generation optical networks by delivering compact, energy-efficient micro optical switches.
Imeka Solutions Inc., established in 2011 and based in Sherbrooke, Canada, specializes in medical image processing services. It provides advanced MRI-based techniques such as diffusion tensor imaging, tractography, and free water imaging to clients including neurologists, clinicians, and pharmaceutical researchers. Imeka's platform leverages deep learning algorithms and high-resolution MRI structures to quantify and understand brain connectivity, particularly white matter, aiding in neuroinflammation and demyelination research.
Netlift
Seed Round in 2017
Netlift is a prominent platform specializing in mixed-mode commuting, focusing on enhancing daily travel for commuters. The company offers a ride-sharing service that connects passengers with drivers willing to share available seats in their vehicles, facilitating cost-effective transportation. By leveraging advanced technology, Netlift proposes efficient route options tailored to users' travel requirements, thereby improving access to public transit networks. This service not only streamlines commuting but also fosters connections between drivers and passengers, promoting a more efficient and accessible transportation system within urban environments.
AlayaCare
Venture Round in 2017
AlayaCare is a start-up based in Montréal, Quebec, that offers a comprehensive home health care software platform and hardware ecosystem. Founded in 2014 by Adrian Schauer and Neil Grunberg, the company aims to modernize the home care industry, which often relies on outdated software and inefficient processes. AlayaCare's platform integrates various functions, including planning, clinical documentation, remote patient monitoring, and mobile care worker capabilities, enabling home care agencies to operate more effectively and efficiently. By providing mixed telehealth and in-person health solutions, AlayaCare empowers patients to improve their quality of life while simultaneously reducing care costs. The company promotes an open culture that encourages team members to voice dissent while maintaining a focus on overarching goals. Additionally, AlayaCare collaborates with NGOs in the developing world, offering its solution at no cost to enhance mobile technology's impact on underserved communities.
Aerial
Convertible Note in 2017
Aerial Technologies Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in cloud-based motion analytics solutions utilizing artificial intelligence and existing wireless infrastructure. Founded in 2015, Aerial has developed the Motion Capture Plug, a WiFi Motion device that analyzes distortions in wireless signals to provide insights into motion activity in various environments such as homes, workplaces, hospitals, and hotels. This technology allows for monitoring without the use of cameras, wearables, or sensors, making it a cost-effective solution for detecting human presence and activities. Aerial serves a diverse clientele, including internet service providers, healthcare organizations, security systems integrators, and smart object manufacturers across the globe, with regional offices in the United States and Spain.
Laserax
Seed Round in 2014
Laserax designs and manufactures industrial laser systems for marking, cutting, welding, cleaning, and texturing across automotive, primary metals, and other manufacturing markets. It offers turnkey machines and OEM systems with high-speed marking in large workfields, safe operation, fume extraction, and performance optimization, plus laser process development and on-site support services. The company also provides custom laser solutions tailored to applications such as laser marking and traceability, materials-specific marking, and label-type marking. Its products serve aluminum, steel, die casting, extrusion, and general manufacturing industries. Founded in 2010 and based in Québec, Canada, Laserax supports customers with on-site support and safety assurances.