Yaletown Partners

Yaletown Partners is a venture capital investment firm headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, founded in 2001. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage and growth-stage technology companies that specialize in software, data, and device technologies. Its investment strategy aims to enhance productivity and sustainability within various industries, ultimately accelerating company growth and improving exit outcomes. Yaletown Partners operates with a national team possessing nearly 100 years of combined experience in the technology sector, complemented by a robust network of industry relationships. With additional offices in Calgary, Montréal, and an expanding presence in Toronto, the firm is committed to fostering innovation and modernization across traditional industries, services, real estate, and infrastructure throughout Canada.

Eric Bukovinsky

Partner

Nate Glubish

Investment Manager, Accelerate Fund II

Sophie Gupta

Principal & Head of Responsible Investing

Shyam Gupta

Partner

Hans Knapp

Co-Founder & Partner

David Harris Kolada

Venture Partner

Wendy Lee

Director of Finance

Salil Munjal

Managing Partner

Mike Satterfield

Co-Founder and Advisor

Michael Sfalcin

Principal

Arden Tse

Investment Manager

Past deals in British Columbia

ThoughtExchange

Series B in 2020
ThoughtExchange is a developer of enterprise crowdsourcing software that facilitates strategic discussions among stakeholders, whether in small groups or large communities. The platform allows leaders to pose open-ended questions and gather real-time responses, ensuring that all voices are heard, not just the most vocal. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, ThoughtExchange organizes insights and provides dynamic, data-rich reports that highlight results based on priority and urgency. This approach enables clients to analyze interactions among participants and make well-informed decisions. Founded in Rossland, British Columbia, the company operates with teams distributed across North America.

ThoughtExchange

Series B in 2019
ThoughtExchange is a developer of enterprise crowdsourcing software that facilitates strategic discussions among stakeholders, whether in small groups or large communities. The platform allows leaders to pose open-ended questions and gather real-time responses, ensuring that all voices are heard, not just the most vocal. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, ThoughtExchange organizes insights and provides dynamic, data-rich reports that highlight results based on priority and urgency. This approach enables clients to analyze interactions among participants and make well-informed decisions. Founded in Rossland, British Columbia, the company operates with teams distributed across North America.

Charli AI

Seed Round in 2019
Charli AI is a Vancouver-based company, incorporated in 2019, that specializes in application software designed to enhance workflow efficiency for businesses, startups, and knowledge workers. The company's flagship product is an AI-powered mobile app that addresses common productivity challenges, such as scheduling, invoicing, and customer communications. By automating administrative tasks, which often consume a significant portion of a knowledge worker's time, Charli AI aims to reduce stress and improve overall productivity. The app utilizes intelligent automation to understand users' workflows and context, enabling it to perform tasks similarly to a human assistant. This focus on streamlining operations allows users to concentrate on more meaningful work and better manage their time.

CTO.ai

Seed Round in 2019
CTO.ai is a serverless infrastructure designed for the needs of fast moving development teams who want to measure what the business cares about. Our Commands, Pipelines, Services and Insights provide all of the tools you need to easily integrate your GitOps and ChatOps workflows, so that you can workflow smarter, not harder.

ePACT Network

Series A in 2019
ePACT will improve emergency preparedness across North America. By connecting every home and organization with shared information and resources, ePACT will have a positive impact on the safety of our communities. Its benefits will encourage users to adopt and share the system, while its tools help North Americans manage unexpected situations.

ThoughtExchange

Convertible Note in 2019
ThoughtExchange is a developer of enterprise crowdsourcing software that facilitates strategic discussions among stakeholders, whether in small groups or large communities. The platform allows leaders to pose open-ended questions and gather real-time responses, ensuring that all voices are heard, not just the most vocal. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, ThoughtExchange organizes insights and provides dynamic, data-rich reports that highlight results based on priority and urgency. This approach enables clients to analyze interactions among participants and make well-informed decisions. Founded in Rossland, British Columbia, the company operates with teams distributed across North America.

Finn AI

Series A in 2018
Finn AI provides AI-powered conversational banking technology for personal banking and finance. It puts a personal banker in every bank customer’s pocket, helping them to manage their money wherever they are, whatever they need via a simple, natural conversation. The Finn AI team of data scientists, engineers, and financial industry experts helps banks and credit unions transform customer engagement and increase financial literacy while delivering the convenience and savings of a digital-first experience. It has public deployments in three languages with a growing global customer base that includes ATB Financial, Bank of Montreal (BMO), Banpro Grupo Promerica, and Commonwealth Bank. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Elastic Path

Series B in 2018
Proven Scalability. Proven Resiliency. Proven Capability. Elastic Path customers are innovators who seek the ultimate in flexibility and business agility. We help these innovators generate billions in revenue with our patented ecommerce technologies. Elastic Path's flexible enterprise commerce software seamlessly brings omnichannel e-commerce directly into marketing clouds and experience management platforms — enabling a complete digital customer journey that maximizes engagement and drives higher revenue. Our flexible and open platform enables our customers to rapidly adapt in an increasingly complex and changing world.

Finn AI

Seed Round in 2017
Finn AI provides AI-powered conversational banking technology for personal banking and finance. It puts a personal banker in every bank customer’s pocket, helping them to manage their money wherever they are, whatever they need via a simple, natural conversation. The Finn AI team of data scientists, engineers, and financial industry experts helps banks and credit unions transform customer engagement and increase financial literacy while delivering the convenience and savings of a digital-first experience. It has public deployments in three languages with a growing global customer base that includes ATB Financial, Bank of Montreal (BMO), Banpro Grupo Promerica, and Commonwealth Bank. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Food.ee

Series A in 2017
Food.ee is a fun and simple service which delivers meals, snacks, cakes and alcohol to your office! All you need to do it 1. Pick a price point 2. Choose your food type 3. Build a menu. Its that easy.

PHEMI Systems Corp.

Series B in 2017
PHEMI Systems Corporation specializes in developing a privacy, security, governance, and data management system tailored for Microsoft Azure. Founded in 2013 and based in Vancouver, Canada, the company provides the PHEMI Data Privacy Manager, a cloud-based solution designed for the healthcare sector. This system addresses the critical need for organizations to secure and govern access to privacy-sensitive information while facilitating compliance with privacy regulations. Optimized for Microsoft Azure, the software connects to numerous data sources and integrates seamlessly with popular data science and business analysis tools. Built on a privacy-by-design architecture, PHEMI Data Privacy Manager supports data sharing and offers a flexible usage-based pricing model, making it scalable for organizations of varying sizes.

Bit Stew Systems

Series C in 2016
Bit Stew Systems is the creator of the platform for Software Defined Operations for the Industrial Internet. It provides a robust, scalable software platform that provides real-time analytics, dynamic event management, and a fast and easy way to integrate into both IT and operational systems and applications. It was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Elastic Path

Venture Round in 2015
Proven Scalability. Proven Resiliency. Proven Capability. Elastic Path customers are innovators who seek the ultimate in flexibility and business agility. We help these innovators generate billions in revenue with our patented ecommerce technologies. Elastic Path's flexible enterprise commerce software seamlessly brings omnichannel e-commerce directly into marketing clouds and experience management platforms — enabling a complete digital customer journey that maximizes engagement and drives higher revenue. Our flexible and open platform enables our customers to rapidly adapt in an increasingly complex and changing world.

PHEMI Systems Corp.

Series A in 2015
PHEMI Systems Corporation specializes in developing a privacy, security, governance, and data management system tailored for Microsoft Azure. Founded in 2013 and based in Vancouver, Canada, the company provides the PHEMI Data Privacy Manager, a cloud-based solution designed for the healthcare sector. This system addresses the critical need for organizations to secure and govern access to privacy-sensitive information while facilitating compliance with privacy regulations. Optimized for Microsoft Azure, the software connects to numerous data sources and integrates seamlessly with popular data science and business analysis tools. Built on a privacy-by-design architecture, PHEMI Data Privacy Manager supports data sharing and offers a flexible usage-based pricing model, making it scalable for organizations of varying sizes.

Bit Stew Systems

Series B in 2015
Bit Stew Systems is the creator of the platform for Software Defined Operations for the Industrial Internet. It provides a robust, scalable software platform that provides real-time analytics, dynamic event management, and a fast and easy way to integrate into both IT and operational systems and applications. It was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Elastic Path

Venture Round in 2014
Proven Scalability. Proven Resiliency. Proven Capability. Elastic Path customers are innovators who seek the ultimate in flexibility and business agility. We help these innovators generate billions in revenue with our patented ecommerce technologies. Elastic Path's flexible enterprise commerce software seamlessly brings omnichannel e-commerce directly into marketing clouds and experience management platforms — enabling a complete digital customer journey that maximizes engagement and drives higher revenue. Our flexible and open platform enables our customers to rapidly adapt in an increasingly complex and changing world.

PHEMI Systems Corp.

Seed Round in 2014
PHEMI Systems Corporation specializes in developing a privacy, security, governance, and data management system tailored for Microsoft Azure. Founded in 2013 and based in Vancouver, Canada, the company provides the PHEMI Data Privacy Manager, a cloud-based solution designed for the healthcare sector. This system addresses the critical need for organizations to secure and govern access to privacy-sensitive information while facilitating compliance with privacy regulations. Optimized for Microsoft Azure, the software connects to numerous data sources and integrates seamlessly with popular data science and business analysis tools. Built on a privacy-by-design architecture, PHEMI Data Privacy Manager supports data sharing and offers a flexible usage-based pricing model, making it scalable for organizations of varying sizes.

ePACT Network

Venture Round in 2014
ePACT will improve emergency preparedness across North America. By connecting every home and organization with shared information and resources, ePACT will have a positive impact on the safety of our communities. Its benefits will encourage users to adopt and share the system, while its tools help North Americans manage unexpected situations.

Wantering

Seed Round in 2014
Wantering operates an online fashion discovery platform to help users find clothes. It shows the fashion blogs and social networks into a digest of the most interesting fashion products on the web. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. As of November 24, 2015, Wantering operates as a subsidiary of Clique Media, Inc.

Bit Stew Systems

Series A in 2013
Bit Stew Systems is the creator of the platform for Software Defined Operations for the Industrial Internet. It provides a robust, scalable software platform that provides real-time analytics, dynamic event management, and a fast and easy way to integrate into both IT and operational systems and applications. It was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Endurance Wind Power

Venture Round in 2013
Endurance Wind Power is a manufacturer of small wind turbines ranging from 5 to 50 kW, specifically designed for distributed wind power applications. The company's turbines provide localized and affordable clean energy solutions, making them suitable for installation on farms and in light industrial settings. By focusing on renewable energy sources, Endurance Wind Power aims to facilitate energy generation that is both efficient and sustainable for its clients.

Monexa Services Inc.

Venture Round in 2013
Monexa helps organizations drive top and bottom line results though more innovative, timely, transparent and customer friendly billing solutions. We provide an agile, cloud-based billing management platform that lets our customers react quickly to market changes while reducing billing costs and complexity.

Elastic Path

Venture Round in 2013
Proven Scalability. Proven Resiliency. Proven Capability. Elastic Path customers are innovators who seek the ultimate in flexibility and business agility. We help these innovators generate billions in revenue with our patented ecommerce technologies. Elastic Path's flexible enterprise commerce software seamlessly brings omnichannel e-commerce directly into marketing clouds and experience management platforms — enabling a complete digital customer journey that maximizes engagement and drives higher revenue. Our flexible and open platform enables our customers to rapidly adapt in an increasingly complex and changing world.

Pretio Interactive

Venture Round in 2013
Pretio Interactive, Inc. provides a monetization and engagement plug-in for online publishers. Its plug-in helps developers and publishers to reward their users with free promotional gift cards when their users show up, share, shop, and more; and brands and advertisers to gain intent-driven traffic. Pretio Interactive, Inc. was formerly known as RewardsDen and changed its name to Pretio Interactive, Inc. in June 2013. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Victoria, Canada.

Tutela

Venture Round in 2013
At Tutela we understand the importance of having the right information at the right time. We have developed a unique way of collecting significant amounts of mobile experience and usage data. Collaborating with application developers and industry professionals, we provide telecoms and enterprise mobile organisations with the means to make informed decisions and improve their mobile networks.

ePACT Network

Seed Round in 2013
ePACT will improve emergency preparedness across North America. By connecting every home and organization with shared information and resources, ePACT will have a positive impact on the safety of our communities. Its benefits will encourage users to adopt and share the system, while its tools help North Americans manage unexpected situations.

Sokanu

Angel Round in 2013
Sokanu Interactive Inc. operates a career-matching platform that assists individuals in discovering and exploring various career options. Established in 2010 and based in Vancouver, Canada, Sokanu provides an online database designed to match personal interests and characteristics with suitable careers. The platform utilizes a combination of science and technology to enhance the user experience, facilitating career exploration for individuals while also helping companies better understand and optimize their talent. Through its innovative approach, Sokanu aims to improve the alignment between individuals and their career paths.

Wantering

Seed Round in 2012
Wantering operates an online fashion discovery platform to help users find clothes. It shows the fashion blogs and social networks into a digest of the most interesting fashion products on the web. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. As of November 24, 2015, Wantering operates as a subsidiary of Clique Media, Inc.

Food.ee

Seed Round in 2012
Food.ee is a fun and simple service which delivers meals, snacks, cakes and alcohol to your office! All you need to do it 1. Pick a price point 2. Choose your food type 3. Build a menu. Its that easy.

Good Natured Products

Series A in 2012
good natured is producing and distributing one of North America’s widest assortments of better everyday products made with the highest possible percentage of renewable, plant-based materials and no BPAs, phthalates or other chemicals of concern potentially harmful to human health and the environment. With a growing assortment of over 385 products and services, good natured creates eco-friendly home and business products, food packaging, restaurant/take-out containers, medical and industrial supplies designed to do good for the planet, good for human health and good for business by driving incremental sales, minimizing waste and reducing environmental impact, all bundled up in a fresh and approachable brand.

Cooledge Lighting

Series A in 2012
Cooledge Lighting is a venture backed start-up focused on delivering high value solid-state lighting solutions to the general illumination market. Founded in 2009, Cooledge is currently in the development stage of the company with product launch coming at Lightfair 2013 in Philadelphia, PA.

Mingleverse

Series A in 2010
The ability to show people what you’re talking about is essential to all the most important shared experiences, including social interactions with friends and family, collaborating with the people we work with, and teaching and being taught. A MingleRoom boldly attempts to provide an alternative to having a meeting with people in a physical space. A MingleRoom gives you all the same powers you have in a physical venue – talking and being heard, being able to show things to the other people present, hearing what they have to say, and being able to see what they show. A MingleRoom also gives you powers you could never have in a physical meeting, such as the ability to include people from anywhere in the world in your meeting and have access to a 10GB personal document library hosted in the cloud. Anyone can show pretty much anything to pretty much anyone in a MingleRoom. We even let you sell tickets to virtual “events” you may wish to host in your MingleRoom. A basic MingleRoom is totally free and gives you everything you need to have a really good time with friends and family. Pro Plans give you a document library and a few other whistles and bells.

Indicee

Series A in 2009
Indicee is a cloud analytics company based in Vancouver, Canada. Indicee was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet® (D&B) on April 29, 2014 and joins the global D&B team as part of the newly created Cloud Innovation Center.

Partnerpedia

Series A in 2009
Partnerpedia is a provider of private label marketplace and enterprise app store solutions. The company's flagship product, Enterprise AppZone, is a mobile application management solution that allows IT managers to purchase, publish and deploy apps for their employees with mobile devices. AppZone allows IT managers to set application and user specific policies so that corporate apps and data are secured even when they leave the walls of the organiztion. It provides superb support for a bring your own device environment because security is provided on an app by app basis without disrupting the user's personal apps and data. Partnerpedia Marketplace, allows technology vendors and manufacturers to quickly deploy enterprise app stores and ISV marketplaces to customers seeking solutions around a particular vendor brand, while providing value added partners and developers with a go-to-market channel for sales and marketing. Technology companies know that time to market, quality and ROI are important decision factors in embarking on any marketplace initiative so they turn to Partnerpedia Marketplace as a private label, SaaS solution that can be rapidily deployed in the Cloud.

GaleForce Solutions

Series B in 2006
GaleForce Solutions Inc. designs and delivers customer relations management (CRM) solutions for the financial services industry in Canada and internationally. Its solutions include GaleForce CRM for Financial Services, an enterprise module to the daily workflow of client-facing personnel; GaleForce CRM for Banking, a CRM solution for the client-facing staff of commercial banks, retail banks, and credit unions; GaleForce CRM for Wealth Management, a CRM solution to financial advisors, and account and portfolio managers; and GaleForce CRM for Investment Banking, a CRM solution to investment bankers and support staff. The company's solutions also include GaleForce CRM for Capital Markets, a CRM solution to securities broker dealers, bond and mutual fund brokers and dealers, and research and investment professionals in the capital markets; GaleForce Solutions Data Importer, an user interface that allows users to import data; and GaleForce Online CRM, an online hosted CRM solution for financial services. In addition, it offers maintenance, support, and consultation services; and training courses. The company serves wealth management and multi-family office, retail, commercial and investment banking, and capital markets firms. It provides its solutions through a network of system integration and reseller partners. GaleForce Solutions, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Redlen Technologies

Venture Round in 2004
Redlen Technologies Inc. specializes in the manufacture of cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) semiconductors, which are essential for radiation detection and imaging equipment used in medical and security applications. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Saanichton, Canada, the company produces high-resolution CZT detectors that enhance the performance of technologies such as nuclear cardiology, CT scanning, baggage scanning, and bomb detection. Redlen has pioneered a unique production process known as the Traveling Heater Method (THM), which improves the cost-effectiveness and availability of CZT materials, facilitating broader adoption in the medical and security sectors. Additionally, the company provides advanced thin film solar cadmium telluride feedstock solutions, contributing to the thin-film solar photovoltaic market. With a strong focus on innovation and quality, Redlen Technologies is positioned to significantly impact the landscape of radiation-based imaging technologies.