KOHO Financial Inc. is a financial technology company based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2014. It offers low-cost banking services through a prepaid, reloadable Visa debit card and a mobile application designed to simplify financial management for users. The platform enables customers to conduct their daily banking operations while providing tools for expense management, such as setting financial goals, cash flow projections, group spending features, and spending insights. These functionalities allow users to effectively manage their finances and make informed spending decisions while on the go.
PureFacts Financial Solutions is a recognized provider of enterprise wealth management and asset management solutions tailored for the global financial services industry, including markets in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers a comprehensive suite of software and consulting services designed to enhance productivity, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness for wealth management firms. By leveraging expertise in data aggregation, complex calculations, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, PureFacts aims to deliver transformative WealthTech solutions that empower clients to future-proof their businesses and drive growth. The company's mission focuses on creating meaningful wealth solutions that enable individuals to improve their quality of life.
Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ) is a tech company and VFX studio that focuses exclusively on premium TV. Some of their past projects include Watchmen, The Umbrella Academy, Siren, What We Do in the Shadows and The Expanse. MARZ was recognized at the 2020 Visual Effects Society (VES) awards with nominations for work on Netflix’s Living With Yourself and HBO’s Watchmen.
HiMama provides a quick and easy way for childcare programs and parents to record and share children's activities, everything from silly and fun moments to learning and developmental milestones. The solution for childcare and early learning programs is based on extensive research and interviews with early childhood educators and enables quick and intuitive recording of observations in the early childhood setting, as well as instant sharing with parents through real-time emails and updates through mobile apps. In addition to staying informed on their children's activities while in childcare programs, parents can also log their children’s activities so they’ll never forget their favorite stories and can always relive through photos and videos in their child's online journal.
Alida, formerly known as Vision Critical Communications Inc., offers a cloud-based customer intelligence platform that enables organizations to establish engaged and secure communities for continuous real-time feedback and insights. The platform includes various solutions such as IdeaHub, which streamlines the idea generation process within online communities, and IdeaScreen, a web application designed to evaluate early-stage ideas. Additionally, Alida provides Sparq Share, a secure workspace for users of its customer intelligence platform, along with real-time reporting and analytics tools to assist stakeholders in decision-making. The company also offers community management and research consulting services, including insight community planning and management. Alida serves a diverse range of industries, including media, retail, financial services, technology, and healthcare, helping leading brands improve customer experiences and foster loyalty. Founded in 2000, Alida is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Alida, formerly known as Vision Critical Communications Inc., offers a cloud-based customer intelligence platform that enables organizations to establish engaged and secure communities for continuous real-time feedback and insights. The platform includes various solutions such as IdeaHub, which streamlines the idea generation process within online communities, and IdeaScreen, a web application designed to evaluate early-stage ideas. Additionally, Alida provides Sparq Share, a secure workspace for users of its customer intelligence platform, along with real-time reporting and analytics tools to assist stakeholders in decision-making. The company also offers community management and research consulting services, including insight community planning and management. Alida serves a diverse range of industries, including media, retail, financial services, technology, and healthcare, helping leading brands improve customer experiences and foster loyalty. Founded in 2000, Alida is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Trufan is an audience management platform that helps brands and influencers grow their social community, distribute content and sell directly to their top fans. We streamline our customer’s customer loyalty and marketing objectives by providing a direct channel to their most engaged, influential and trending fans. Reward these fans and interact with them through the platform or gain deeper insights by exporting the data directly into CSV files which can be utilized in retargeting campaigns. We have a great lineup of users on board so far: over 400 influencers including Kevin Hart, TLC, Casey Neistat, Jay Shetty, Cody Ko, Gucci Mane, Ludacris, Kyle Kuzma, Chris Paul, and Dwayne Wade and over 250 brands including Western Union, UFC, McDonald's, Dunk, TheScore, Chelsea Football Club and Under Armour.
TradeCafe is a cloud-based technology platform and online marketplace dedicated to the trading of protein commodities. It facilitates global trade by providing a comprehensive solution that includes price discovery, transparency, and transaction fulfillment, serving producers, processors, and distributors in the protein sector. The platform allows users to create and upload trading documents, automatically generate invoices, track products, and visualize market trends through pricing history, thereby enhancing cash flow management. TradeCafe has successfully conducted over $2 billion in trade transactions, offering value across the entire supply chain without any associated costs.
PureFacts Financial Solutions is a recognized provider of enterprise wealth management and asset management solutions tailored for the global financial services industry, including markets in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers a comprehensive suite of software and consulting services designed to enhance productivity, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness for wealth management firms. By leveraging expertise in data aggregation, complex calculations, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, PureFacts aims to deliver transformative WealthTech solutions that empower clients to future-proof their businesses and drive growth. The company's mission focuses on creating meaningful wealth solutions that enable individuals to improve their quality of life.
Private Equity Round in 2020
LifeSpeak Inc. designs and develops a digital education platform for employee's mental health and wellness. The company offers video training sessions, podcasts, tip sheets, and other proprietary content that provides solutions for physical conditions and diseases, preventative health, mental health, stress management and resilience, relationships, financial health, professional development, leadership and management skills, disability and absence management, children's health, and parenting and caregiving. The company caters to financial institutions, technology companies, telecommunication companies, energy companies, manufacturing companies, government institutions, municipalities, hospitals, and school boards. LifeSpeak Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
Lane provides a workplace management platform that enhances community, connectivity, and engagement within office environments. The company's SaaS-based solution integrates various building systems into a centralized digital platform, allowing for efficient management of employee handbooks, tenant directories, guest registrations, and maintenance updates. By transforming traditional office spaces into connected ecosystems, Lane enables building managers to streamline communication and facilitate access to amenities, services, news, events, and notices, thereby fostering a collaborative and engaging workplace experience for tenants and employees alike.
FieldChat Inc. specializes in developing construction communication software aimed at enhancing communication for general contractors, subcontractors, and project owners. Founded in 2018 and based in Toronto, Canada, the company offers a platform that transforms text messaging on job sites into organized and searchable conversations. Its software includes features such as group chats, site broadcast channels, activity logs, and instant messaging, facilitating seamless communication among field teams. Additionally, FieldChat allows users to track job site communication, create organized channels for team discussions, and integrate these conversations into existing workflows. This comprehensive approach aims to improve collaboration and efficiency within the construction industry.
HiMama provides a quick and easy way for childcare programs and parents to record and share children's activities, everything from silly and fun moments to learning and developmental milestones. The solution for childcare and early learning programs is based on extensive research and interviews with early childhood educators and enables quick and intuitive recording of observations in the early childhood setting, as well as instant sharing with parents through real-time emails and updates through mobile apps. In addition to staying informed on their children's activities while in childcare programs, parents can also log their children’s activities so they’ll never forget their favorite stories and can always relive through photos and videos in their child's online journal.
Trufan is an audience management platform that helps brands and influencers grow their social community, distribute content and sell directly to their top fans. We streamline our customer’s customer loyalty and marketing objectives by providing a direct channel to their most engaged, influential and trending fans. Reward these fans and interact with them through the platform or gain deeper insights by exporting the data directly into CSV files which can be utilized in retargeting campaigns. We have a great lineup of users on board so far: over 400 influencers including Kevin Hart, TLC, Casey Neistat, Jay Shetty, Cody Ko, Gucci Mane, Ludacris, Kyle Kuzma, Chris Paul, and Dwayne Wade and over 250 brands including Western Union, UFC, McDonald's, Dunk, TheScore, Chelsea Football Club and Under Armour.
Kooltra Ltd. is a fintech company that develops an enterprise platform tailored for foreign exchange brokerages of various sizes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Kooltra's platform utilizes cloud technology from Force.com and Amazon Web Services to enhance the operational efficiency of its users. By streamlining processes, improving customer engagement, and facilitating partner connections, the platform aims to reduce human error and bolster security. Kooltra serves clients in multiple regions, including Canada, Australia, the UK, and the US, positioning itself as a significant player in the capital markets sector.
Statflo Inc. develops and delivers one-to-one business text messaging platform for customer-facing teams. Its platform uses data and analytics to help wireless dealers. The company also offers monthly commissions data and reconciliation with POS systems; real-time dashboard reporting; alerts; NPS surveys via SMS; and secure data cloud for customers. Statflo Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with an additional office in San Francisco, California.
ThoughtWire Corp. develops and markets an application platform for enterprise and cloud applications. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
Jiffy Inc. is an online platform based in Toronto, Canada, that connects homeowners with third-party service professionals for various home maintenance tasks. Launched in April 2015, Jiffy enables users to easily find and request a wide range of services, including appliance repair, plumbing, lawn maintenance, and junk removal, among others. The platform prioritizes user convenience by offering real-time connections based on the proximity and availability of service providers, all of whom are pre-vetted for quality assurance. Jiffy also supports service professionals by automating essential business tasks such as marketing, lead generation, appointment scheduling, and payment processing, facilitating a seamless experience for both consumers and providers.
BLUERUSH Digital Media Corp. is a digital sales and marketing company based in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 2003, it specializes in designing, developing, and managing digital media strategies for various organizations, particularly in the financial services and customer communications sectors. The company offers a range of services including video marketing, lead generation, and web development. Its notable products include IndiVideo, an interactive personalized video platform, and DIGITALREACH, a SaaS content hub that provides real-time feedback and analytics. BLUERUSH focuses on creating custom customer experiences that enhance engagement through optimized communication across digital channels. By employing referral tactics and integrated marketing programs, BLUERUSH helps clients improve their sales initiatives and build lasting relationships with their target audiences. The company operates as a subsidiary of BlueRush Media Group Corp. and serves clients in Canada, the United States, and internationally.
Hubdoc Inc. develops a mobile application that converts receipts, bills, invoices, and statements into usable data. The company offers Hubdoc application that enables to automatically import financial documents, which are in the form of receipts, bills and statements, and emails; and export them into usable data. Its Hubdoc application enables users to snap a photo of receipts, invoices, or bills; forward the Email paperwork; and scan/upload the documents. It serves small and medium businesses, including accountants and bookkeepers in Canada. Hubdoc Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. As of August 2, 2018, Hubdoc Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Xero Limited.
TouchBistro, Inc. develops iPad-based point of sale (POS) solutions tailored for restaurants, cafes, bars, food trucks, and other food and beverage venues. The company offers a variety of specialized systems, including Restaurant POS for billing and payments, Food Truck POS for mobile operations, and Coffee Shop POS for efficient order management. TouchBistro's solutions enhance operational efficiency by allowing servers to take orders directly from customers and submit them instantly to the kitchen or bar, thereby reducing errors associated with traditional order entry methods. Additionally, the company provides a range of complementary products such as TouchBistro Reservations for guest management, cloud reporting and analytics tools, and a Kitchen Display system. Founded in 2010, TouchBistro is headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Toronto, and its products are available through the Apple App Store in the United States and internationally.
Statflo Inc. develops and delivers one-to-one business text messaging platform for customer-facing teams. Its platform uses data and analytics to help wireless dealers. The company also offers monthly commissions data and reconciliation with POS systems; real-time dashboard reporting; alerts; NPS surveys via SMS; and secure data cloud for customers. Statflo Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with an additional office in San Francisco, California.
Limelight Platform, Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in providing tools for automated, data-driven live marketing campaigns. Its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform offers a range of features, including live strategy development, activation tools, consumer communication, social amplification, and real-time data analysis. These capabilities enable businesses to effectively manage and measure live marketing initiatives, enhancing customer engagement while reducing costs and improving sales outcomes. Limelight’s solutions cater to various marketing activities, including mall tours, contests, events, experiential marketing, in-store experiences, kiosks, samplings, sponsorships, and test drives. Founded in 2014 by Jonah Midanik and Russ Armstrong, Limelight Platform aims to revolutionize how brands connect with their audiences through interactive and engaging experiences.
Aislelabs is a technology company assisting retailers to achieve better and increased sales through the power of big data analytics. We assist our clients understand customer traffic patterns inside and outside their physical stores in ways never before possible. This deeper understanding empowers our suite of products to offer highly personalized marketing messages tailored for individual customers. Our technology results in more intelligent store operations, increased sales and higher customer satisfaction.
We serve boutique retailers, large stores, cafes, restaurants, commercial spaces and event venues of all sizes.