Brightspark Ventures

Brightspark Ventures is a Montreal-based venture capital firm established in 1999, specializing in investments in early-stage Canadian software companies. With over two decades of experience, the firm has honed its focus to identify exceptional startups across various sectors, including information technology, fintech, artificial intelligence, materials, and resources. Brightspark aims to collaborate closely with portfolio companies, guiding them toward substantial growth and returns. Its investment model allows accredited individual investors to participate alongside the firm, aligning interests with those of the startups and fostering a supportive network for entrepreneurs. This approach enables Brightspark to serve as a dedicated partner, facilitating the growth of its portfolio companies while minimizing distractions that could hinder their potential.

Matthew He

Associate

Jarry-Ferron, Éléonore

Venture

Jacques Perreault

Senior Partner

Past deals in Toronto

POTLOC

Series B in 2022
Potloc Inc. operates an online consumer insights platform that provides businesses with valuable data regarding consumer preferences and purchasing habits. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with additional offices in Toronto, Paris, and Geneva, Potloc utilizes innovative surveying methods, including web panels, phone surveys, and geo-targeted surveys through social media, to gather authentic feedback from a diverse audience. This platform enables clients to connect effectively with their target markets and enhance their local business strategies. Trusted by numerous leading brands, consulting firms, and investment funds, Potloc has established itself as a standard in market research by delivering high-quality insights with precision. The company's approach ensures that businesses receive relevant and accurate data tailored to their unique needs, facilitating better decision-making and consumer engagement.

Vetster

Series B in 2022
Vetster is a pet wellness platform that facilitates connections between pet owners and licensed veterinary professionals through video, chat, and voice-enabled appointments. The platform allows pet parents to access quality veterinary care conveniently, regardless of time or location. By offering a marketplace of veterinary services, Vetster aims to provide affordable pet health care, ensuring that pet owners can receive timely support for their pets' needs.

Vetster

Series A in 2020
Vetster is a pet wellness platform that facilitates connections between pet owners and licensed veterinary professionals through video, chat, and voice-enabled appointments. The platform allows pet parents to access quality veterinary care conveniently, regardless of time or location. By offering a marketplace of veterinary services, Vetster aims to provide affordable pet health care, ensuring that pet owners can receive timely support for their pets' needs.

Elevate Farms

Seed Round in 2020
Elevate Farms Inc. is a technology-driven indoor farming company based in Toronto, Canada, specializing in vertically stacked cultivation of leafy green vegetables. Established in 2017, the company employs proprietary technology to optimize plant growth and maximize space utilization, utilizing state-of-the-art LED lighting, automated nutrient delivery systems, and climate-controlled environments. This innovative approach not only enhances crop yields and nutritional quality but also significantly reduces water usage and land requirements compared to traditional farming methods. Committed to sustainability, Elevate Farms aims to minimize its environmental impact by conserving resources and integrating energy-efficient designs. The company operates facilities in three countries and is focused on expanding its global presence, addressing the rising demand for sustainable produce. By prioritizing high-volume, efficient production, Elevate Farms successfully demonstrates that vertical farming can be profitable while enhancing supply chain efficiencies. As it continues to advance its technology and practices, Elevate Farms positions itself as a leader in transforming agriculture to meet 21st-century food security challenges.

Nudge

Series B in 2019
Nudge is a communications platform that empowers deskless employees and drives better outcomes for your business. Backed by the power of behavioral science and the highest user ratings in its category, Nudge mobilizes non-desk teams by providing the information, inspiration, and insights employees need to exceed expectations and stay connected at work. Leading brands such as Compass Group, Staples, and Margaritaville rely on Nudge to boost employee engagement, exceed sales goals, and transform the customer experience. For more information, please visit www.nudgerewards.com.

POTLOC

Series A in 2019
Potloc Inc. operates an online consumer insights platform that provides businesses with valuable data regarding consumer preferences and purchasing habits. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with additional offices in Toronto, Paris, and Geneva, Potloc utilizes innovative surveying methods, including web panels, phone surveys, and geo-targeted surveys through social media, to gather authentic feedback from a diverse audience. This platform enables clients to connect effectively with their target markets and enhance their local business strategies. Trusted by numerous leading brands, consulting firms, and investment funds, Potloc has established itself as a standard in market research by delivering high-quality insights with precision. The company's approach ensures that businesses receive relevant and accurate data tailored to their unique needs, facilitating better decision-making and consumer engagement.

Brickeye

Series A in 2018
Brickeye is a leading construction technology company dedicated to revolutionizing the construction and infrastructure industries through IoT-enabled job site monitoring, smart automations, and data analytics solutions. Trusted by leading owners, developers, general contractors, and insurance providers, Brickeye helps mitigate risk, boost productivity, and protect margins on building and infrastructure construction projects globally. The company’s end-to-end job site platform delivers actionable alerts and intelligent loss-reducing automations to help customers build safer, smarter, and better. Brickeye’s solutions cover several key areas of construction, including water mitigation, concrete monitoring, and environmental risk.

Wysdom.AI

Series A in 2018
Wysdom.AI, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Richmond Hill, Canada, specializes in providing cognitive care solutions through its Virtual Agent Operations. The company assists clients in launching and managing virtual agents, which serve as effective tools for addressing high volumes of customer service, sales, and employee support challenges. Recognizing that many virtual agents are poorly implemented and managed, Wysdom.AI offers a dedicated operations team, along with the necessary tools and data, to enhance the performance of its clients' chatbots. Additionally, Wysdom.AI has offices in Atlanta, Kansas City, and London, allowing it to support a diverse range of clients globally.

Jewlr

Venture Round in 2017
Jewlr is a jewellery company. They designed to help people create and purchase custom-made personalised jewellery online. They are challenges of buying jewellery . Their products inlucded rings, necklaces, bracelet, and watches.

Nudge

Series A in 2017
Nudge is a communications platform that empowers deskless employees and drives better outcomes for your business. Backed by the power of behavioral science and the highest user ratings in its category, Nudge mobilizes non-desk teams by providing the information, inspiration, and insights employees need to exceed expectations and stay connected at work. Leading brands such as Compass Group, Staples, and Margaritaville rely on Nudge to boost employee engagement, exceed sales goals, and transform the customer experience. For more information, please visit www.nudgerewards.com.

Wysdom.AI

Series A in 2017
Wysdom.AI, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Richmond Hill, Canada, specializes in providing cognitive care solutions through its Virtual Agent Operations. The company assists clients in launching and managing virtual agents, which serve as effective tools for addressing high volumes of customer service, sales, and employee support challenges. Recognizing that many virtual agents are poorly implemented and managed, Wysdom.AI offers a dedicated operations team, along with the necessary tools and data, to enhance the performance of its clients' chatbots. Additionally, Wysdom.AI has offices in Atlanta, Kansas City, and London, allowing it to support a diverse range of clients globally.

Hubba

Series B in 2016
Hubba is a Toronto-based software company that operates a platform designed for brand marketers and independent businesses. The platform facilitates the digital representation of product portfolios, allowing users to create product stories by consolidating product information, rich media, and promotional content into a single source. It provides access to this content for retailers and enables users to synchronize product information across various digital channels. Additionally, Hubba offers insights into how retailers present brands to consumers and allows for customization of product information visibility among partners. The company leverages machine learning and personal curation to match brands with buyers, increasing product distribution opportunities for over 75,000 small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in January 2011, Hubba aims to empower businesses to connect and grow through its commerce network.

Nudge

Seed Round in 2016
Nudge is a communications platform that empowers deskless employees and drives better outcomes for your business. Backed by the power of behavioral science and the highest user ratings in its category, Nudge mobilizes non-desk teams by providing the information, inspiration, and insights employees need to exceed expectations and stay connected at work. Leading brands such as Compass Group, Staples, and Margaritaville rely on Nudge to boost employee engagement, exceed sales goals, and transform the customer experience. For more information, please visit www.nudgerewards.com.

Hubba

Seed Round in 2014
Hubba is a Toronto-based software company that operates a platform designed for brand marketers and independent businesses. The platform facilitates the digital representation of product portfolios, allowing users to create product stories by consolidating product information, rich media, and promotional content into a single source. It provides access to this content for retailers and enables users to synchronize product information across various digital channels. Additionally, Hubba offers insights into how retailers present brands to consumers and allows for customization of product information visibility among partners. The company leverages machine learning and personal curation to match brands with buyers, increasing product distribution opportunities for over 75,000 small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in January 2011, Hubba aims to empower businesses to connect and grow through its commerce network.

Hubba

Seed Round in 2014
Hubba is a Toronto-based software company that operates a platform designed for brand marketers and independent businesses. The platform facilitates the digital representation of product portfolios, allowing users to create product stories by consolidating product information, rich media, and promotional content into a single source. It provides access to this content for retailers and enables users to synchronize product information across various digital channels. Additionally, Hubba offers insights into how retailers present brands to consumers and allows for customization of product information visibility among partners. The company leverages machine learning and personal curation to match brands with buyers, increasing product distribution opportunities for over 75,000 small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in January 2011, Hubba aims to empower businesses to connect and grow through its commerce network.

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.

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.
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