Squido Studio
Seed Round in 2024
Squido Studio is a pioneering video game company specializing in the development of virtual reality (VR) games. It revives classic gaming experiences by offering immersive VR titles, featuring intuitive locomotion mechanics for running, jumping, and climbing using hands. Players can explore diverse, colorful worlds, uncover secrets, and enjoy mini-games while reclaiming desecrated underworlds.
Squido Studio
Venture Round in 2023
Squido Studio is a pioneering video game company specializing in the development of virtual reality (VR) games. It revives classic gaming experiences by offering immersive VR titles, featuring intuitive locomotion mechanics for running, jumping, and climbing using hands. Players can explore diverse, colorful worlds, uncover secrets, and enjoy mini-games while reclaiming desecrated underworlds.
Orgmatch
Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Orgmatch is a provider of governance management solutions designed to enhance organizational transparency and accountability for community investment teams. By integrating data analysis and stakeholder management tools, Orgmatch's platform offers detailed insights and customizable reports that facilitate decision-making and operational efficiency. The company focuses on helping clients, including prominent brands, transform their philanthropic contributions to nonprofits into impactful outcomes while mitigating governance risks and increasing stakeholder engagement. Through its state-of-the-art technology and commitment to customer service, Orgmatch supports organizations in streamlining compliance processes and improving overall effectiveness in their community investment efforts.
Strawberry Fields Interactive
Grant in 2021
SFI is a VR studio unlocking the immersive entertainment opportunity in VR with Aexia, a purpose-built VR platform to create and play immersive entertainment experiences, such as live-action roleplays, Jubensha, escape rooms, murder mysteries, immersive theatre and more. In Aexia people can create and start playing an immersive entertainment experience with zero code and in less than 1 hour.”
Strawberry Fields Interactive
Pre Seed Round in 2020
SFI is a VR studio unlocking the immersive entertainment opportunity in VR with Aexia, a purpose-built VR platform to create and play immersive entertainment experiences, such as live-action roleplays, Jubensha, escape rooms, murder mysteries, immersive theatre and more. In Aexia people can create and start playing an immersive entertainment experience with zero code and in less than 1 hour.”
Cyberspline Games
Grant in 2020
Cyberspline Games creates PC, mobile, and virtual reality games featuring high complexity and unique content. They selected hidden gems from game designers, artists, programmers, and sound designers in order to deliver an unforgettable experience.
Strawberry Fields Interactive
Pre Seed Round in 2019
SFI is a VR studio unlocking the immersive entertainment opportunity in VR with Aexia, a purpose-built VR platform to create and play immersive entertainment experiences, such as live-action roleplays, Jubensha, escape rooms, murder mysteries, immersive theatre and more. In Aexia people can create and start playing an immersive entertainment experience with zero code and in less than 1 hour.”
Circus
Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Circus is a Canadian company based in Vancouver that has transformed the entertainment industry with its innovative remote onboarding software. Established in 2021, Circus replaces outdated paper-based processes with a streamlined digital platform that allows studios to onboard team members using simple QR codes. This platform facilitates the management of complex workflows and approvals across multiple products and regions, while also enabling efficient time tracking for payroll processing on any device. Since its official launch in 2020, Circus has successfully onboarded nearly 70% of the labor workforce involved in over 600 productions across Canada, significantly reducing paper waste by more than 10 tons. The company is committed to developing sustainable solutions that enhance storytelling and improve operational efficiency in the entertainment sector.
ImpressView
Venture Round in 2018
ImpressView provides an innovative solution for VFX studios. ImpressView automates the rotoscopy process with AI. ImpressView generates ready-to-use mattes by precisely detecting and segmenting objects in a post-production workflow.
Flow
Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Flow is a B2B SaaS providing design and development integration. Helps teams craft beautiful user experiences, build better products, ship faster, and save money. The flow was founded in 2015, by Travis Kirton and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Little Robot Friends
Venture Round in 2018
Little Robot Friends Inc., founded in 2016 and based in Toronto, Canada, specializes in designing and creating connected toys and apps aimed at introducing children to code and electronics. The company's product lineup includes the Little Robot Friends App, which teaches coding concepts and allows for robot customization; LRF Blocks, which explore programming fundamentals like loops and conditionals; and LRF for Arduino, enabling users to write and program codes on robots. Additionally, Little Robot Friends offers activity guides and conducts workshops to enhance learning experiences. Their platform features a 3D printer for character creation, drag-and-drop customization tools, and coding functionalities that make learning interactive and engaging through fun toys.
Albedo Informatics
Grant in 2017
Albedo Informatics is a Toronto-based developer specializing in locative and augmented reality applications aimed at enhancing user experiences. The company has developed L.A.R.G.E. (Location-based Augmented Reality Gaming Engine), a versatile toolkit that allows users, including teenagers, game designers, businesses, and educators, to create a variety of location-based and augmented reality projects. This platform supports the creation of audio or video tours, timed scavenger hunts, and multiplayer real-world role-playing games through an intuitive web interface. Users can easily drag and drop 3D models, animations, photos, videos, audio, and text to design AR scenes, effectively transforming their real-world environments into interactive experiences. Projects created on L.A.R.G.E. can be shared with friends or the wider user community via a mobile client compatible with smartphones. The company envisions a future where its platform extends beyond smartphones to support various applications on heads-up displays, further expanding the possibilities for immersive storytelling and engagement.
Flow
Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Flow is a B2B SaaS providing design and development integration. Helps teams craft beautiful user experiences, build better products, ship faster, and save money. The flow was founded in 2015, by Travis Kirton and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Liquid Cinema
Grant in 2016
Liquid Cinema is a pioneering software company that specializes in the development of a virtual reality distribution platform. This platform empowers filmmakers, journalists, advertisers, and educators to create and share sophisticated cinematic virtual reality experiences. By providing affordable and user-friendly tools, Liquid Cinema enables creators to produce innovative transmedia experiences that blend traditional and immersive video. The company's technology allows for the distribution of story-based cinematic VR content across various platforms, including the web, mobile devices, and VR hardware. Through its solutions, Liquid Cinema aims to enhance the storytelling capabilities of content creators while making cinematic VR more accessible to a wider audience.
Knomos Knowledge Management
Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Knomos specializes in advancing legal research through an interactive web application that integrates machine learning and data visualization. The platform is designed to help users search, organize, and create legal information by transforming unstructured text from legal documents into structured data. This innovative approach allows users to visualize legal concepts, making it easier to identify and focus on the most relevant information. By fostering collaboration, Knomos enables users to share insights within their knowledge networks, thereby enhancing the legal research process and providing clients with curated content. Ultimately, Knomos aims to shift legal research from an individual task to a collective endeavor, promoting a deeper understanding of legal materials.
EruditeAI
Non Equity Assistance in 2015
EruditeAI delivers free private tutoring powered by peer-to-peer learning and artificial intelligence augmentation. Our product Eri is the future of learning for all.
Flow
Non Equity Assistance in 2015
Flow is a B2B SaaS providing design and development integration. Helps teams craft beautiful user experiences, build better products, ship faster, and save money. The flow was founded in 2015, by Travis Kirton and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Knomos Knowledge Management
Angel Round in 2015
Knomos specializes in advancing legal research through an interactive web application that integrates machine learning and data visualization. The platform is designed to help users search, organize, and create legal information by transforming unstructured text from legal documents into structured data. This innovative approach allows users to visualize legal concepts, making it easier to identify and focus on the most relevant information. By fostering collaboration, Knomos enables users to share insights within their knowledge networks, thereby enhancing the legal research process and providing clients with curated content. Ultimately, Knomos aims to shift legal research from an individual task to a collective endeavor, promoting a deeper understanding of legal materials.
EruditeAI delivers free private tutoring powered by peer-to-peer learning and artificial intelligence augmentation. Our product Eri is the future of learning for all.
EruditeAI
Non Equity Assistance in 2015
EruditeAI delivers free private tutoring powered by peer-to-peer learning and artificial intelligence augmentation. Our product Eri is the future of learning for all.
Playhybrid Entertainment
Seed Round in 2014
Playhybrid Entertainment Inc. is a company that combines high-end animation tools and software, typically used in feature films, to develop mobile virtual reality (VR) games. Founded by two artists and a developer with backgrounds in Dreamworks and Disney Animation, Playhybrid creates visually stunning games that deliver feature film-quality assets at high frame rates on devices such as phones, tablets, and the Gear VR headset. Additionally, the company focuses on augmented reality and interactive social media, providing creative services that enhance user engagement through spatial audio and data-driven computer graphics. This innovative approach enables clients to craft immersive visual experiences that can be enjoyed across various distribution platforms.
Albedo Informatics
Grant in 2014
Albedo Informatics is a Toronto-based developer specializing in locative and augmented reality applications aimed at enhancing user experiences. The company has developed L.A.R.G.E. (Location-based Augmented Reality Gaming Engine), a versatile toolkit that allows users, including teenagers, game designers, businesses, and educators, to create a variety of location-based and augmented reality projects. This platform supports the creation of audio or video tours, timed scavenger hunts, and multiplayer real-world role-playing games through an intuitive web interface. Users can easily drag and drop 3D models, animations, photos, videos, audio, and text to design AR scenes, effectively transforming their real-world environments into interactive experiences. Projects created on L.A.R.G.E. can be shared with friends or the wider user community via a mobile client compatible with smartphones. The company envisions a future where its platform extends beyond smartphones to support various applications on heads-up displays, further expanding the possibilities for immersive storytelling and engagement.
Floop Technologies
Seed Round in 2014
Floop Technologies is a mobile ad exchange focused on children's applications, providing a secure platform for brands and advertisers to connect with their target audience in an engaging manner. The company serves as a single point of access to prominent publishers, facilitating the matchmaking process for advertising campaigns. Additionally, Floop offers an application development toolkit that allows app developers to seamlessly integrate kid-safe marketing and engagement tools into their products, ultimately helping them expand their user base while ensuring compliance and efficiency in their advertising efforts.
Crowdlinker
Seed Round in 2014
Crowdlinker is an end-to-end digital product studio based in Toronto with a relentless focus on our customers. We connect people through technology by being the strongest link between companies, their ideas, and their clients. We do so by excelling at digital strategy, creative design, full-stack development of websites & web/mobile apps, and digital marketing - we offer differentiated value through our end-to-end services. Our clients include large startups like Freshbooks, League, Top Hat and Mercatus, as well as enterprises like Nestlé, Unilever, and DHX Media. “We are Crowdlinkers. We believe in connecting people and communities through technology. We strive to be the strongest links between companies, their ideas, and their clients.”
XGen Studios
Grant in 2014
XGen Studios is an independently owned and operated game developer of several award-winning titles on consoles, mobile and the web. Established in 2001 and located in Edmonton Canada, they're a team of passionate creative people, united by a desire to create the type of games they wish existed. They're excited by emerging technologies and the new experiences these make possible. Since 2001, XGen Studios has released 14 internally-developed titles for consoles, mobiles and the web, including the #1-selling hit Defend Your Castle for Nintendo’s WiiWare™ Service and Day-1 PS4™ title Super Motherload. XGen Studios is currently working on their next release, a graphic adventure set in the world of 1970's industrial espionage titled The Low Road.
Flixel Photos
Debt Financing in 2013
Flixel Photos Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in tools for visual storytelling, particularly through the creation of cinemagraphs, or "living photos." Founded in 2011, Flixel offers a range of software solutions, including Cinemagraph Pro for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, which allows users to create and share cinemagraphs, and Persecond for Mac, designed for producing timelapse videos. Additionally, the company provides Flixel Cloud, a platform that enables users to access its software and services for hosting and sharing high-definition cinemagraphs on the web and social media. Flixel primarily serves photographers, videographers, and digital marketers who seek innovative ways to enhance their visual content.
Crowdlinker
Debt Financing in 2013
Crowdlinker is an end-to-end digital product studio based in Toronto with a relentless focus on our customers. We connect people through technology by being the strongest link between companies, their ideas, and their clients. We do so by excelling at digital strategy, creative design, full-stack development of websites & web/mobile apps, and digital marketing - we offer differentiated value through our end-to-end services. Our clients include large startups like Freshbooks, League, Top Hat and Mercatus, as well as enterprises like Nestlé, Unilever, and DHX Media. “We are Crowdlinkers. We believe in connecting people and communities through technology. We strive to be the strongest links between companies, their ideas, and their clients.”
PPLCONNECT
Seed Round in 2013
Continuity for Android: SMS from your PC, Mac Computer, or Tablet. PPLCONNECT lets you continue your conversations cross device. Send/receive your SMS, make calls with your phone number and receive live call notifications on your PC, Mac, tablet & smartphone. PPLCONNECT offers the equivalent of iMessage & Continuity for Android. Get Live Notifications from WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram & More PPLCONNECT lets you receive all your other messaging app notifications, including WhatsApp, Viber, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Skype, etc. across all your devices. No Desktop Extensions or Web-Apps Needed. Yeah! Send/Receive your SMS right in the browser. No need to install ANYTHING beyond the PPLCONNECT smartphone app on your phone. Simply: 1. Get PPLCONNECT app: http://goo.gl/Ihm3sa 2. Login on your computer: http://www.pplco.mobi And send your SMS from a computer! Continue your Android Conversations Cross-Device * Send/Receive your SMS from a computer, tablet, smartphone * Pop-up notifications on computer when new texts arrive * Call with your phone number from a computer * Live Call notifications * SMS are synced between all devices and your phone’s SMS inbox * 100% Free Messaging with other PPLCONNECT users * Receive Messaging App Notifications for WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, etc. * Multitask SMS & Calls simultaneously
triMirror
Seed Round in 2012
uDraper specializes in advanced 3D fitting technology that allows consumers to virtually try on real clothing using customizable avatar bodies. This innovative solution enables users to assess how garments fit in real-time, identifying areas that are too tight or loose and observing how clothing moves with their bodies. The technology can be accessed via web platforms, mobile devices, and in-store setups, providing a seamless shopping experience. By integrating this solution, retailers can significantly enhance conversion rates and reduce return rates, making it an effective tool for both consumers and designers. uDraper's capabilities extend to animated 3D clothing visualization and fit assessment, positioning it as a leader in the evolving landscape of online and in-store retail environments.
UGroupMedia
Seed Round in 2012
UGroup Media is a company that specializes in creating personalized multimedia experiences, particularly through its PNP brand, which features the PNP portable Santa Claus. The company engages audiences of all ages by offering a blend of digital adventures and physical products, enhancing the magic of personalized videos. UGroup Media operates a virtual transmedia platform that enables real-time customization of multimedia content for web and mobile applications. In addition to its interactive offerings, the company also produces high-quality original children's films and television content, aiming to foster emotional connections and memorable experiences for its viewers.
EatSleepRIDE
Seed Round in 2012
ESR is a telematics technology and community platform for motorcycle riders.
Comic Reply
Seed Round in 2011
Comic Reply is an online platform that facilitates audience engagement through interactive contests focused on fan creativity. It allows fans to create fan-art by remixing content from endorsed businesses, enhancing the connection between brands and their audiences. By providing tools for launching and managing creativity contests, Comic Reply empowers brands to harness the imaginative potential of their fans, which can be utilized for social media marketing purposes. The platform supports the upload of content assets, enabling fans to create and share their works across mobile applications and social networking sites.
Unique Microguides
Seed Round in 2011
Unique Microguides is a business that specializes in creating innovative video and interactive guides for major cities worldwide. By offering a curated selection of must-see addresses, including restaurants, cafés, bars, and experiences, Unique Microguides aims to distill the essence of each destination. The company's offerings are categorized into two main components: "Our Microguides," which feature expertly selected locations presented through engaging multimedia, and "Your Microguides," an application that empowers users to compile and share their own recommendations. Available in both French and English, Unique Microguides provides a fresh approach to city exploration, making it easier for individuals to discover and enjoy renowned travel destinations.