Brightspark

Brightspark Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm founded in 1999, specializing in early-stage investments in Canadian software companies. With over two decades of experience, Brightspark has honed its focus on identifying exceptional startups and collaborating closely with them to foster growth and achieve strong returns. The firm allows individual accredited investors to participate in its investment opportunities, aligning their interests with those of the startups and their leadership teams. This investment model benefits both the investors and the portfolio companies, as the firms can leverage a network of supportive investors without the burden of extensive management. By leading investments and acting as a gatekeeper, Brightspark helps ensure that its portfolio companies can concentrate on their growth without distractions, making it an attractive partner for some of Canada's best technology startups.

Alexandre Cabrejo-Jones

Investor Relations Manager

Tony Davis

Managing Partner and Co-Founder

Sophie Forest

Partner

Jaafer Haidar

Operating Partner

Éléonore Jarry

Investment Professional

Eleonore Jarry-Ferron

Partner

Émilie Jones

Marketing Director

Mark Lahn

Vice President

Jacques Perreault

Partner

Mark Skapinker

Partner

Gord Wade

Senior Vice President of Business Development

Ann E. Watson

Fund Manager

Past deals in Ontario

Vetster

Series B in 2022
Vetster is an innovative pet wellness platform that connects pet parents to a marketplace of licensed veterinary professionals for video, chat and voice enabled appointments. For everyone, anytime, day or night.

Data Sentinel

Seed Round in 2021
Data Sentinel is an enterprise sensitive data management platform that leverages our deep learning technology to identify, inventory, classify and tag sensitive data; rate the level of sensitivity in financial terms; uncover duplicate data; audit data quality; measure data risk; automate DSAR; enable active data governance. All at the speed of your data.

Vetster

Series A in 2020
Vetster is an innovative pet wellness platform that connects pet parents to a marketplace of licensed veterinary professionals for video, chat and voice enabled appointments. For everyone, anytime, day or night.

Elevate Farms

Seed Round in 2020
Elevate Farms Inc. is a technology-driven vertically stacked indoor farming company based in Toronto, Canada, that specializes in the mass cultivation of leafy green vegetables. Incorporated in 2017, the company employs hydroponics, automation, and photobiology to create a climate-controlled growing environment. This innovative approach allows Elevate Farms to produce vegetables that are larger, more flavorful, and nutritionally superior, all while reducing costs compared to traditional farming methods.

Nudge

Series B in 2019
Nudge Rewards is a Toronto-based company that offers a team performance management platform designed for retailers, foodservice, and hospitality sectors. The platform includes a mobile solution that facilitates employee engagement, knowledge assessment, and performance monitoring for frontline workers, enabling brands to effectively motivate and reward their teams. Nudge's clientele features notable global brands such as Mercedes Benz, Rogers Communications, and Samsung, among others. The company, which was established in 2011 and rebranded from Greengage Mobile in 2014, has formed strategic partnerships with organizations like ReThink and BrandXP Ltd to enhance its offerings. Through its innovative app and content management system, Nudge Rewards aims to measurably improve frontline team performance and drive overall company success.

AdHawk Microsystems

Series B in 2019
AdHawk Microsystems Inc. specializes in developing eye and gesture tracking software technology alongside micro-electromechanical systems for mobile and wearable devices. Founded in 2015 and located in Kitchener, Canada, the company offers a camera-free eye tracking system that facilitates mobile data capture and supports advancements in augmented and virtual reality solutions. AdHawk aims to create a seamless layer of technology that intuitively responds to the needs, intents, and emotional states of users, ultimately enhancing their everyday experiences.

Brickeye

Series A in 2018
AOMS Technologies provides integrated Industrial IoT platforms for generating actionable insights from assets and processes to enhance efficiency and productivity, reduce operation costs, increase safety, and improve environmental sustainability. AOMS IoT platforms are integrated sensors and analytics tools developed for harsh environments and heavy industrial applications where conventional technologies fail, lose performance, or cannot be deployed efficiently.

Wysdom

Series A in 2018
Wysdom is a Canadian company established in 2012 that specializes in cognitive care solutions and artificial intelligence to enhance customer experiences. With offices in Richmond Hill, Toronto, Atlanta, Kansas City, and London, Wysdom offers a range of AI-powered products designed to improve customer satisfaction, manage costs, and drive revenue. Its offerings include AI management, customer journey management, insight-gathering tools, and optimization services, all supported by advanced natural language processing infrastructure. Wysdom's solutions enable customer interactions across various platforms, such as chat, search, phone, and smart devices. Additionally, Wysdom licenses its Mobyle Application Platform, which provides mobile operators with a comprehensive solution to leverage wireless technologies, internet access, and e-commerce capabilities for developing innovative applications that generate new revenue streams.

Nano Magnetics Ltd.

Venture Round in 2017
Nano Magnetics is a product innovation company specializing in applied magnetics. Founded on the success of Nanodots® magnetic constructors, Nano's innovative products have been showcased in Hollywood, seen on sets of hit TV shows and sold around the world. Seeking future builders. For more information visit http://nanomagnetics.com/careers/

Jewlr

Venture Round in 2017
Jewlr designs, manufactures, and markets jewelry. The company offers fine jewelry, rings, necklaces, diamond rings, gemstones, pendants, birthstone rings, bracelets, and earrings. It also sells its products online. The company is based in Thornhill, Canada.

Nudge

Series A in 2017
Nudge Rewards is a Toronto-based company that offers a team performance management platform designed for retailers, foodservice, and hospitality sectors. The platform includes a mobile solution that facilitates employee engagement, knowledge assessment, and performance monitoring for frontline workers, enabling brands to effectively motivate and reward their teams. Nudge's clientele features notable global brands such as Mercedes Benz, Rogers Communications, and Samsung, among others. The company, which was established in 2011 and rebranded from Greengage Mobile in 2014, has formed strategic partnerships with organizations like ReThink and BrandXP Ltd to enhance its offerings. Through its innovative app and content management system, Nudge Rewards aims to measurably improve frontline team performance and drive overall company success.

AdHawk Microsystems

Series A in 2017
AdHawk Microsystems Inc. specializes in developing eye and gesture tracking software technology alongside micro-electromechanical systems for mobile and wearable devices. Founded in 2015 and located in Kitchener, Canada, the company offers a camera-free eye tracking system that facilitates mobile data capture and supports advancements in augmented and virtual reality solutions. AdHawk aims to create a seamless layer of technology that intuitively responds to the needs, intents, and emotional states of users, ultimately enhancing their everyday experiences.

Wysdom

Series A in 2017
Wysdom is a Canadian company established in 2012 that specializes in cognitive care solutions and artificial intelligence to enhance customer experiences. With offices in Richmond Hill, Toronto, Atlanta, Kansas City, and London, Wysdom offers a range of AI-powered products designed to improve customer satisfaction, manage costs, and drive revenue. Its offerings include AI management, customer journey management, insight-gathering tools, and optimization services, all supported by advanced natural language processing infrastructure. Wysdom's solutions enable customer interactions across various platforms, such as chat, search, phone, and smart devices. Additionally, Wysdom licenses its Mobyle Application Platform, which provides mobile operators with a comprehensive solution to leverage wireless technologies, internet access, and e-commerce capabilities for developing innovative applications that generate new revenue streams.

Hubba

Series B in 2016
Hubba is a software company that uses a combination of machine learning and personal curation to match brands with buyers. It also serves as a commerce network designed to empower independent companies to connect on business opportunities to grow their business. Hubba allows buyers to discover new products to meet their customer demands. Through this, brands get increased distribution for their products. Currently, Hubba powers over 75,000 small-medium businesses. It was founded in January 2011 and is based in Toronto, ON.

Nudge

Seed Round in 2016
Nudge Rewards is a Toronto-based company that offers a team performance management platform designed for retailers, foodservice, and hospitality sectors. The platform includes a mobile solution that facilitates employee engagement, knowledge assessment, and performance monitoring for frontline workers, enabling brands to effectively motivate and reward their teams. Nudge's clientele features notable global brands such as Mercedes Benz, Rogers Communications, and Samsung, among others. The company, which was established in 2011 and rebranded from Greengage Mobile in 2014, has formed strategic partnerships with organizations like ReThink and BrandXP Ltd to enhance its offerings. Through its innovative app and content management system, Nudge Rewards aims to measurably improve frontline team performance and drive overall company success.

Hubba

Seed Round in 2014
Hubba is a software company that uses a combination of machine learning and personal curation to match brands with buyers. It also serves as a commerce network designed to empower independent companies to connect on business opportunities to grow their business. Hubba allows buyers to discover new products to meet their customer demands. Through this, brands get increased distribution for their products. Currently, Hubba powers over 75,000 small-medium businesses. It was founded in January 2011 and is based in Toronto, ON.

gShift

Venture Round in 2014
gShift is an enterprise SEO, Web presence analytics and content performance platform designed to help agency and brand marketers optimize, monitor and report on the performance of their multi-channel owned, earned and paid campaigns from search through to conversion. gShift’s software infrastructure has been collecting and storing web presence data since 2009. More than 10,000 brands in 24 countries benefit from gShift’s insight data and software, as they optimize their time to improve the discoverability and the sharing of their content. gShift placed 29th on the PROFIT HOT 50.

Hubba

Seed Round in 2014
Hubba is a software company that uses a combination of machine learning and personal curation to match brands with buyers. It also serves as a commerce network designed to empower independent companies to connect on business opportunities to grow their business. Hubba allows buyers to discover new products to meet their customer demands. Through this, brands get increased distribution for their products. Currently, Hubba powers over 75,000 small-medium businesses. It was founded in January 2011 and is based in Toronto, ON.

VoIPshield Systems

Series B in 2008
VoIPshield Systems develops products to protect Voice-over-IP (VoIP) networks from security threats and exploits. The company's key products include VoIPaudit, a VoIP Vulnerability Assessment (VVA) System, and VoIPguard, a VoIP Intrusion Prevention System (VIPS). VoIPshield Labs, the internal research group, performs vulnerability testing and analysis specialized in zero-day vulnerabilities.

Protecode

Series A in 2008
Protecode Incorporated is a software company specializing in open source licensing and vulnerability management solutions. Protecode offers its products and services throughout the world through a network of partners in the Americas, Europe, the Middle-East and Asia. Protecode solutions help with managed adoption of open source software, accelerating development, reducing development costs, improving software quality, identifying security vulnerabilities, and removing Intellectual Property uncertainties. Protecode products can detect and manage open source and other third party content in a software portfolio at any stage of the software development life cycle. Protecode products and services help organizations implement a structured open source software adoption and management process and have been adopted by hundreds of software organizations worldwide in industries as diverse as gaming, mobile apps, financial, embedded software, semiconductors, communications, avionics, military, software services and eHealth. Thanks to the highly scalable architecture and business model, Protecode products have been adopted by global tier one companies with over 100,000 employees, and by organizations with as few as ten people. Protecode delivers solutions that are fast, accurate, complete, affordable, and usable by stakeholders in an organization. Protecode products are easy to adopt, install, use and support.

Tira Wireless

Series D in 2007
As of 2008, Tira Wireless, Inc. went out of business. Tira Wireless, Inc. provides a portfolio of tools, processes, and practices for application developers and publishers to create and deliver mobile content. Its products include Tira Mobile Content Lifecycle Management solution that enables mobile deployment by facilitating the marketing planning, design, development, adaptation, testing, channel packaging, and distribution of mobile content; and Tira Jump, which provides device parameters to plan the development and porting strategy for various applications. The company's products also include Jump Developer Desktop, an adaptation system that transforms application source code to generate application versions for the mobile devices; and Jump Deployment Manager, which manages tasks, resource assignments, and assets for mobile content projects. Its solutions enable application developers and publishers to market mobile content for various handsets, operator networks, and geographies. In addition, the company offers testing-only services on Java ME, BREW, and Windows mobile devices; and engineering services, such as application development, porting and submission, and testing and certification services, as well as consulting services. It serves social networking companies, mobile application providers and developers, content providers, and mobile operators. Tira Wireless, Inc. has operations in Europe, Asia, and North America. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in Chicago, London, and Ukraine.

b5media

Series A in 2006
B5Media is a leading global lifestyle publisher that facilitates authentic dialogue between our editors and dedicated users. B5Media is a leading lifestyle media network and publisher of engaging, innovative women's sites covering fashion, beauty, wellness, career, relationships, parenting and entertainment. In a digital space filled with overlapping voices and opinions, B5Media is set apart by our honesty, intelligence and focus on relatable content for real women. B5Media topples the traditional ideals of lady magazines and women's lifestyle content. Each B5Media site has an editorial team that reports and writes compelling, original content every day. But it's not a one way street in the old media tradition; our readers inspire us, inform us, make us laugh and challenge our opinions in real time. As a company, B5Media is young, nimble and hard-working. Our sites reach millions of women every month who represent a strong demographic of smart, engaged, loyal female consumers.

Tira Wireless

Series C in 2006
As of 2008, Tira Wireless, Inc. went out of business. Tira Wireless, Inc. provides a portfolio of tools, processes, and practices for application developers and publishers to create and deliver mobile content. Its products include Tira Mobile Content Lifecycle Management solution that enables mobile deployment by facilitating the marketing planning, design, development, adaptation, testing, channel packaging, and distribution of mobile content; and Tira Jump, which provides device parameters to plan the development and porting strategy for various applications. The company's products also include Jump Developer Desktop, an adaptation system that transforms application source code to generate application versions for the mobile devices; and Jump Deployment Manager, which manages tasks, resource assignments, and assets for mobile content projects. Its solutions enable application developers and publishers to market mobile content for various handsets, operator networks, and geographies. In addition, the company offers testing-only services on Java ME, BREW, and Windows mobile devices; and engineering services, such as application development, porting and submission, and testing and certification services, as well as consulting services. It serves social networking companies, mobile application providers and developers, content providers, and mobile operators. Tira Wireless, Inc. has operations in Europe, Asia, and North America. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in Chicago, London, and Ukraine.

Cascada Mobile

Venture Round in 2006
Cascada Mobile provides free software to create and distribute mobile applications. Breeze is its primary product. Write your app in HTML, JavaScript and CSS, and turn it into a mobile application that works with over 100 operators worldwide.

VoIPshield Systems

Seed Round in 2005
VoIPshield Systems develops products to protect Voice-over-IP (VoIP) networks from security threats and exploits. The company's key products include VoIPaudit, a VoIP Vulnerability Assessment (VVA) System, and VoIPguard, a VoIP Intrusion Prevention System (VIPS). VoIPshield Labs, the internal research group, performs vulnerability testing and analysis specialized in zero-day vulnerabilities.

Tira Wireless

Series B in 2005
As of 2008, Tira Wireless, Inc. went out of business. Tira Wireless, Inc. provides a portfolio of tools, processes, and practices for application developers and publishers to create and deliver mobile content. Its products include Tira Mobile Content Lifecycle Management solution that enables mobile deployment by facilitating the marketing planning, design, development, adaptation, testing, channel packaging, and distribution of mobile content; and Tira Jump, which provides device parameters to plan the development and porting strategy for various applications. The company's products also include Jump Developer Desktop, an adaptation system that transforms application source code to generate application versions for the mobile devices; and Jump Deployment Manager, which manages tasks, resource assignments, and assets for mobile content projects. Its solutions enable application developers and publishers to market mobile content for various handsets, operator networks, and geographies. In addition, the company offers testing-only services on Java ME, BREW, and Windows mobile devices; and engineering services, such as application development, porting and submission, and testing and certification services, as well as consulting services. It serves social networking companies, mobile application providers and developers, content providers, and mobile operators. Tira Wireless, Inc. has operations in Europe, Asia, and North America. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in Chicago, London, and Ukraine.

Tira Wireless

Series A in 2002
As of 2008, Tira Wireless, Inc. went out of business. Tira Wireless, Inc. provides a portfolio of tools, processes, and practices for application developers and publishers to create and deliver mobile content. Its products include Tira Mobile Content Lifecycle Management solution that enables mobile deployment by facilitating the marketing planning, design, development, adaptation, testing, channel packaging, and distribution of mobile content; and Tira Jump, which provides device parameters to plan the development and porting strategy for various applications. The company's products also include Jump Developer Desktop, an adaptation system that transforms application source code to generate application versions for the mobile devices; and Jump Deployment Manager, which manages tasks, resource assignments, and assets for mobile content projects. Its solutions enable application developers and publishers to market mobile content for various handsets, operator networks, and geographies. In addition, the company offers testing-only services on Java ME, BREW, and Windows mobile devices; and engineering services, such as application development, porting and submission, and testing and certification services, as well as consulting services. It serves social networking companies, mobile application providers and developers, content providers, and mobile operators. Tira Wireless, Inc. has operations in Europe, Asia, and North America. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in Chicago, London, and Ukraine.

Think Dynamics

Series A in 2001
Think Dynamics builds software that introduces true Utility Computing into environments that support multiple e-Business Internet infrastructures. Think Dynamics' flagship product, ThinkControl, allows a customer to manage Internet infrastructure by deploying secure technology assets where needed. The ThinkControl Dynamic Resource Management (DRM) system also allows allocation of computing resources to the applications that need them the most to exceed real-time customer needs.