Right Side Capital Management

Right Side Capital Management is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, established in 2010. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, focusing exclusively on the pre-seed round of technology startups. Right Side Capital Management aims to support companies with capital-efficient business models that are typically located outside major hubs like the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City. The firm invests in a range of technology sectors, including internet and cloud technologies, and operates primarily within the United States and Canada, with occasional investments in Western Europe, Israel, Australia, and New Zealand. Right Side Capital Management conducts 75 to 100 investments annually, with portfolio companies spanning 19 states. The firm seeks to provide a clear response to entrepreneurs within two weeks, with investments generally ranging from $50,000 to $500,000 and pre-money valuations between $1 million and $3 million.

Kevin Dick

Managing Director

Dave Lambert

Managing Director

Jeff Pomeranz

Managing Director

Past deals in Canada

Riskfuel Analytics Inc

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Capital Market Fintech

Shabodi

Convertible Note in 2021
Enterprise Software, SaaS, PaaS, 5G

Social HorsePower

Convertible Note in 2021
SocialHP is a shared social media marketing calendar for teams. We make it dead simple for your team to get social with pre-approved, bite-sized posts that are ready to share. Our built-in tools measure your success. Take the work out of social and watch your team thrive.

Level

Convertible Note in 2021
Level is a business management software company that provides a cloud-based platform designed for contractors and construction companies. Founded in 2019 and based in Toronto, Canada, Level enables users to collect, manage, and share project data effectively. The platform focuses on improving the accuracy of estimates by allowing contractors to track and benchmark their project information. Through its innovative tools, Level aims to enhance the overall efficiency and effectiveness of estimating processes within the construction industry.

The OWL Solutions

Convertible Note in 2020
A data analytics and visualization platform that seamless integrates with your existing data sources, such as an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, processes your data and recommends the best practice metrics you must utilize for slicing and dicing every aspect of your supply chain, automating calculation and visualization in only a few clicks. Its world-class ease of use allows companies to get actionable insights in minutes.

unilingo

Venture Round in 2020
Unilingo Technologies Inc provides content translation and channel management services for YouTube videos. It uses machine learning to intelligently match up bilingual voice actors with YouTubers and automate the process of creating multiple language-specific YouTube channels. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

StonePaper

Convertible Note in 2020
StonePaper is a turnkey solution for data governance by tracking the flow of data and regulation across platforms, on one unified system. It provides full control over the supply chains and real-time integration of regulatory regimes. Their product Koncordant, is a secure digital platform built for identity and document verification. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

VendorPM

Convertible Note in 2020
VendorPM connects Property Managers with Reputable Vendors. At VendorPM, they have worked with thousands of property managers and understand just how tough it can be. VendorPM has become a trusted source in property management. Their industry-first ranking algorithm ensures that the vendors who are at the top of the list are not only the best but also available to complete the work. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

Hubbli

Convertible Note in 2020
Hubbli Inc. develops and markets communication and information management platform for school administration. It enables school to plan field trips, search for a substitute teacher, and automate entire admission process. The platform also allows users to create communication groups and communicate information in the form of newsletters, text messages, calendar events, and pictures. In addition, the platform also enables users to manage accounts and payments. The company also offers school website management services. Hubbli Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

MediSeen

Convertible Note in 2020
MediSeen Inc. is a healthcare service provider based in North York, Canada, that specializes in offering home-based medical assistance through a cloud-based digital platform. Established in 2016, the company facilitates mobile and virtual care appointments, enabling a range of health and wellness professionals—including physicians, physiotherapists, nurses, and psychologists—to deliver services to patients in their homes. MediSeen’s platform allows patients to easily browse and book appointments with various healthcare providers for both online and in-home visits, promoting greater accessibility and affordability in patient care. By leveraging technology, MediSeen enhances the ability of healthcare practitioners to connect with their communities effectively.

jiiWA

Funding Round in 2020
SaaS platform using mobile to help nonprofits and their funders understand and prove their impact through end-user data.

HILO

Convertible Note in 2020
The Hilo platform enables building operators to deliver better tenant experiences and a single point of access to smart building solutions. Rather than silo one building, our network connects people to the Hilo community in buildings, neighbourhoods and cities where they work and live. As the community grows, Hilo will leverage the data and provide valuable insights to our building partners in order to improve operations, reduce costs and increase asset value.

CFO2

Convertible Note in 2020
CFO2 is a business intelligence software to help multi-unit operators make impactful improvements to their bottom line. It helps transform restaurant data into a visual picture to see trends and outliers resulting in actionable insights. From five to five-hundred locations, people everywhere use CFO2 to see and understand their data. It is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

TRYON Technology

Convertible Note in 2020
TRYON Technology is an AI-enabled start-up specialized in designing and producing augmented reality software for jewelry e-commerce and retail stores. Our team utilizes power of artificial intelligence and deep neural networks in developing mobile applications to preview a variety of hand accessories and jewelry. We enhance customer experience and supply companies with cutting edge mobile technologies to represent their products.

Maple Precision

Convertible Note in 2020
Maple Precision supplies affordable GNSS positioning solutions. Their aim is to provide farmers with data that will increase confidence when it comes to making big decisions on the field. They have redefined what is possible for farmers, surveyors, explorers, and artists by providing a low-cost solution. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario.

Basix.ai

Convertible Note in 2020
Basix.ai is a Toronto-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing sales growth tools aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of sales teams. The company offers a platform designed to streamline sales conversations, reduce administrative tasks, and improve lead conversion rates. By leveraging technology, process optimization, and training, Basix.ai enables businesses to build larger sales pipelines and ultimately increase profitability. With a strong background in sales management, including incentive design and coaching, Basix.ai focuses on equipping sales teams with the resources they need to succeed in today's competitive sales environment.

Dataspine

Seed Round in 2020
Dataspine, Inc. offers infrastructure solutions for machine learning, catering to machine learning engineers, data scientists, and development teams. Established in 2017 and located in Raleigh, North Carolina, the company facilitates the entire lifecycle of machine learning, allowing users to build, train, deploy, and manage AI/ML models and pipelines efficiently. Dataspine's platform is designed to be hardware and framework agnostic, providing a unified control point for managing ML workloads. It also supports production deployment, monitoring, and scaling of models, while enabling users to explore data and construct models using Jupyter and Zeppelin notebooks.

Squash.io

Convertible Note in 2019
Squash facilitates the Agile process and removes all the hassle of managing development environments for complex web apps and microservices. We fully automate the deployment of dev, QA and testing environments using disposable virtual machines. Each branch of code gets a unique URL and VM running on Squash's infrastructure.

Answerable

Pre Seed Round in 2019
We enable brands to engage in conversational commerce at scale via trusted advocates. Two billion consumers use chat to engage with brands and make purchase decisions. Failing to respond fast enough results in a lost sales and customer churn. A huge component for customer experience is conversational commerce. Leading chat platforms (FB messener, Whatsapp, Wechat) and enterprise software (SFMC, LiverPerson, ZendDesk) ensure that brands are always on and always connected. How can a brand respond at scale with authentically when consumers wanted advice from a person? AI/Chat bots are great for standardized questions based on catalogue data or FAQ's but what consumer actually want is advice from someone knowledgeable. AskAPro is the first distributed chat platform allowing brands to engage in chat at scale (think Uber/Quora) through trusted advocates which are routed in real-time from customers, employees, and brand advocates. Our patented platform if the first to systematically help brands onboard employees, customers, and advocates and dynamically route questions based on specific use cases. Using a mytrustscore ranking system our platform get smarter over time identifying the person to answer questions not unlike how Uber/Lyft look for the right driver.

Steam Energy Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Steam Energy Labs offers an intelligent thermostat designed to help utilities to balance the electricity grid for water heater management. The thermostat provides consumption data of water heater on a timeline, dynamic smart control, AwaySense, alongside providing mobile notifications to compliment feature to detect malfunctions and overheating incorporating sustainable energy sources into the grid, sources that are inherently intermittent due to weather patterns, enabling consumers to save their money with efficient gas water heaters. Elad Wallach and Vitaly Rubinovich co-founded Steam Energy Labs in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1976.

Steam

Convertible Note in 2019
Steam saves energy and money by making your Hot Water Tank a Smart Water Tank. It retrofits on any tank, old or new, installation taking around 10 minutes. As soon as Steam is installed it begins paying for itself in around a year when installed on the hot water tank of an average 3 bed house.

Steam Energy Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Steam Energy Labs offers an intelligent thermostat designed to help utilities to balance the electricity grid for water heater management. The thermostat provides consumption data of water heater on a timeline, dynamic smart control, AwaySense, alongside providing mobile notifications to compliment feature to detect malfunctions and overheating incorporating sustainable energy sources into the grid, sources that are inherently intermittent due to weather patterns, enabling consumers to save their money with efficient gas water heaters. Elad Wallach and Vitaly Rubinovich co-founded Steam Energy Labs in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1976.

Careteam Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
Careteam is a personal care platform for patients and their family caregivers can use to care for their acutely ill, recovering or aging loved ones at home. Careteam provides a care coordination platform based on a care plan that enables healthcare providers, the patient and family caregivers a single mobile and web location to see all the information required to care for a person and to message the other care team members securely based on access permissions for their role. Careteam provides a virtual binder of key health information that patients can access as they transition from one heath care setting to another. Our customers are health care organizations who are responsible for the cost of caring for patient recovering at home following discharge from hospital, in the transition to community care or those aging at home.

Qarrot

Convertible Note in 2018
Qarrot is passionate about developing products that engage audiences and drive real business results. Since 2012, their founders have been developing and deploying digital engagement programs for a wide range of world-class companies on multiple continents. The Qarrot Performance Platform was built from this experience, but with a singular focus on driving improved performance of retail store staff. Their platform, approach, and expertise allow us to provide an unparalleled solution for our clients.

Bridgr

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Bridgr is a Marketplace that allows manufacturing SMBs find and collaborate with qualified experts to sustain, grow and digitalize their operations. It provides both parts a collaborative platform set to help them increase their productivity and work.

Storytap

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Storytap is a video automation platform that helps ecommerce marketers enhance traffic and conversions through authentic customer video reviews. The platform allows businesses to create and circulate user-generated video content effectively. With a user-friendly web interface, Storytap facilitates the production of branding videos by enabling users to share and upload content from various social media sites, blogs, and client feedback. This approach assists businesses in generating video testimonials and fostering audience engagement, ultimately driving online growth and increasing inbound leads.

Groundhog

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Groundhog is the suite of tools to power the crypto subscription economy.

Ethica Data

Convertible Note in 2018
Ethica Data operates an innovative research platform that leverages smartphones, wearables, and objective measurements to quantitatively assess human behavior. By utilizing sensor-based data and contextual self-reports, the platform enables researchers to gather real-time insights and conduct rigorous analysis. Ethica's approach eliminates the reliance on traditional surveys, allowing for more accurate testing of hypotheses in human subject-based research. The integration of data science into its operations enhances the ability to process large volumes of data efficiently, making it a valuable tool for scientists and researchers seeking to understand human behavior in a comprehensive manner.

SmartTones Media

Seed Round in 2018
SmartTones Media is increasing ad effectiveness through audience engagement and consumer responses. Combining the reach of broadcast with the metrics of digital, entertaining experiences are delivered from content (TV, film, radio and live events) directly to mobile devices. SmartTones Media helps companies engage with their audience through interactive experiences, enhanced storytelling and branded entertainment. Using silent sound codes embedded in content, SmartTones track audiences’ user responses and consumer demographics with SmartData in real time across all media.

TokenClub

Convertible Note in 2018
TokenClub is your monthly subscription to the internet’s top ICOs. TokenClub is for anyone who wants to acquire high quality ICO tokens but doesn’t have the time or inclination to do all the hard work associated with that themselves. TokenClub’s subscription service delivers a curated, vetted selection of 8-10 top ICO tokens monthly.

Streamline Genomics

Seed Round in 2018
Streamline Genomics offers a platform to help clinicians and researchers benefit from genomic sequencing without the need for data analysis expertise. They offer a complete suite of tools required for your transcriptome & genome analysis. Their platform is easy to use and does not require programming knowledge. Their approach is to help you analyze your data and provide the required support.

Tenzr Health

Convertible Note in 2018
Tenzr Health, a division of BioInteractive Technologies Inc., specializes in developing advanced wearable technology aimed at enhancing physical therapy and rehabilitation. The company's flagship product, TENZR, is a hands-free, camera-free wrist-worn device that utilizes artificial intelligence for gesture recognition, allowing users to control their environment and monitor their hand and arm movements in real-time. This innovative technology is designed to assist individuals recovering from various hand injuries, such as those caused by strokes, wrist fractures, or conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis. Founded in 2015 and based in Vancouver, Canada, Tenzr Health has garnered endorsements from notable institutions like the Mayo Clinic and Techstars, positioning itself at the forefront of the medical device and digital health sectors.

Qeepsake

Funding Round in 2017
Qeepsake, Inc. operates an online platform designed for parents to create and maintain a memory journal for their children. Through its mobile application, the company facilitates the creation of text-message baby books by allowing users to receive prompts and questions via text, encouraging them to respond with answers or photos. These contributions are then compiled into an online journal for each child. Founded in 2015 and based in Newtonville, Massachusetts, Qeepsake serves over 300,000 families in the United States and Canada, helping them capture and preserve significant memories and stories.

roof.ai

Convertible Note in 2017
Roof AI Inc., founded in 2016 and based in Montreal, Canada, operates an online messaging platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to facilitate interactions between real estate organizations and their customers. The platform is designed to enhance customer engagement by providing a personalized digital experience at scale. It enables real estate brokers to automatically engage with clients through smart conversations, converting leads from various sources such as social media, websites, and text messages. This approach allows brokers to streamline their operations by reducing costs, standardizing customer responses, and minimizing response times, ultimately helping them generate new revenue from existing customers.

trexo robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Trexo Robotics is on a mission to redefine mobility solutions for all people. The company aims to create devices that are affordable, designed with the user in mind, and can be used at home. Fundamentally, Trexo is driven by the belief that people should have access to enabling technologies. Currently, Trexo is building a device designed specifically for children with disabilities.

Paddle HR

Convertible Note in 2017
Paddle supports corporate HR departments by recommending internal candidates that match best to open roles within the company. Paddle’s matching algorithm leverages HR data (including past performance, potential, etc) that companies already have on their employees, but are not being used for internal recruiting. Using machine learning, we can identify the best predictors of success in a role and then find the most relevant, bias-free internal candidates.

Damon Motors

Convertible Note in 2017
Damon is unleashing the full potential of personal mobility for the world’s commuters. With its proprietary electric drivetrain, the company has developed the world’s safest, smartest, fully connected electric motorcycle platform employing radical innovations in battery propagation resistance, sensor fusion and AI. Designed as a platform for worldwide line extension, Damon motorcycles will ship direct to consumer on subscription plans to drive scale. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Damon is a Techstars Mobility company founded by serial entrepreneurs Jay Giraud and Dom Kwong. Damon’s investors include Round 13 Capital, Techstars, Fontinalis, Extreme Venture Partners and Pallasite Ventures.

Local Apple (formerly Local Crate)

Convertible Note in 2017
Local Apple (formerly Local Crate) connects farm to table to grow local sustainable food systems. It connects consumers with local farmers & foodmakers for them to be able to shop direct.

Curv Health

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Curv Health develops AI-powered tools designed to enhance human movement and athletic performance. The platform transforms the camera on mobile devices into an accurate tool for measuring movement, enabling users to capture and analyze physical health and performance metrics through video. Curv's web and mobile solutions cater to a wide audience, including professional sports teams, universities, and recreational athletes. Over the next year, Curv aims to engage with a significant portion of NBA teams and over 700 colleges, as well as millions of recreational runners, helping them assess injury risk and improve their running form.

Terrene

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Terrene Inc. operates a charity management platform which enables communication between those who donate and those who need donations. The company is based in Kitchener, Canada.

Faber Connect

Convertible Note in 2017
Faber Technologies Inc. operates an online platform and mobile application designed to connect construction companies with skilled workers. Founded in 2016 and based in Vancouver, Canada, Faber facilitates the hiring process by allowing construction firms to sign up and access a large database of local labor resources. The platform enables workers to search for job opportunities, record their hours, and connect with potential employers. Additionally, it provides contractors with the flexibility to manage their workforce according to project requirements, including the ability to add or remove workers as needed. With its innovative approach, Faber aims to streamline the construction labor market and plans to expand its services to other city centers.

Freight Farms

Venture Round in 2017
Freight Farms, Inc. specializes in manufacturing hydroponic crop production units constructed from up-cycled shipping containers. Their flagship product, the Leafy Green Machine, is a pre-assembled system that enables commercial-scale production of various crops, including herbs like mint and basil, as well as lettuces and brassicas such as kale and cabbage, regardless of climate or season. Founded in 2010 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company aims to enhance food accessibility in regions where traditional farming is challenging. By facilitating high-yield crop production, Freight Farms supports the development of local food economies and sustainable food systems for a diverse clientele, including business owners, farmers, educational institutions, municipalities, and non-profits across the United States, Canada, and Europe.

ICONYC labs

Seed Round in 2017
ICONYC Labs is a venture capital accelerator based in New York City, focusing on early-stage Israeli tech startups. Founded in 2015 by Arie Abecassis and Eyal Bino, the firm aims to accelerate growth and reduce time to market for its portfolio companies. ICONYC Labs invests in various sectors, including enterprise software, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence, digital health, fintech, and digital media. By providing resources and support, ICONYC Labs helps startups navigate their early development stages and scale effectively in competitive markets.

Robin

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Robin Media Inc. operates an online booking platform that facilitates access to concerts and live events. The platform allows users to sign up, create a personalized bucket list of their favorite artists, and purchase tickets directly. Additionally, it offers valuable data to artists, aiding them in making informed decisions regarding touring, including city selection, venue choice, and ticket pricing. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Robin Media Inc. functions as a subsidiary of Thuzio, Inc. The company also provides tools for businesses and professionals to track and manage their corporate entertainment expenses.

Halion

Convertible Note in 2017
Halion Displays Inc. specializes in developing advanced display technology that mimics the appearance of print while enabling dynamic video playback. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Waterloo, Canada, the company focuses on creating low-power, daylight-visible displays suitable for portable devices like smartwatches and e-readers. Halion's innovative technology utilizes color-changing nanomaterials based on traditional printing inks—cyan, magenta, and yellow—that can rapidly switch colors to achieve high refresh rates. This enables a range of applications, including outdoor-visible displays and intelligent surfaces that can change color or patterns in response to user needs. By combining functionality with energy efficiency, Halion aims to establish a new global standard in display technology.

NUKERN

Pre Seed Round in 2017
NUKERN is a Software as a Service, enabling web hosts and digital agencies to do more with their time. Nukern automates things that are needlessly complex and time-consuming for them, like the recurring billing and the web hosting account provisioning. Whether our clients use cPanel, Plesk, DigitalOcean or AWS - we automate the billing and provisioning for all platforms.

Hazel

Convertible Note in 2017
Hazel operates a platform that maintains company’s and employees’ information, store digital paperwork, and more. Its platform allows employees and managers to keep their info up-to-date; helps employees understand time off policies and make it easy for managers to review and action requests; and collect feedback on what’s working and what. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Canada. As of October 2, 2019, Hazel operates as a subsidiary of Rise People, Inc.

Freshline

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Freshline is an eCommerce and fulfillment platform designed for perishable food suppliers who sell directly to consumers. Initially launched as Coastline in 2016, the company focused on connecting fish farms and fisheries with high-end restaurants, utilizing the founders' extensive experience in the perishable food supply chain. Over four years, Coastline established seafood supply lines from various countries, including Japan, Mexico, and Vietnam, achieving approximately $4 million in annual revenue. In response to the changing market dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company pivoted to Freshline, adapting its business model to better serve direct-to-consumer needs while maintaining a focus on fresh and quality perishable products. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Freshline continues to innovate in the food supply sector.

UCiC

Seed Round in 2016
UCiC operates a social content platform that enables users to request and share photos or videos of current events and weather from around the globe. The platform incorporates location recognition technology, allowing users to earn reward points by uploading discoveries of places they encounter. This interactive approach fosters a real-time exchange of visual information, connecting users through shared experiences and observations.

Invision AI

Convertible Note in 2016
Invision AI is focused on transforming the Internet of Things (IoT) into the Internet of Intelligent Things by developing advanced artificial intelligence software that operates directly on edge devices. This approach allows these devices to generate valuable situational insights without the need for costly hardware or reliance on cloud services. By enabling intelligent processing at the edge, Invision AI enhances the capabilities of IoT devices, making them more efficient and effective in gathering and analyzing data.

MakerBloks

Seed Round in 2016
MakerBloks Inc. designs and manufactures electronic building blocks that combine real world play with a digital story. It offers color-coded and magnetically-connected blocks; and starter, spy expansion, and music expansion kits. The company provides its products online. MakerBloks Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Montréal, Canada.

Acerta Analytics

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Acerta Systems Analytics Inc. specializes in providing machine intelligence solutions that convert raw machine data into actionable insights. The company's primary offering, Acerta CHECK, employs a combination of statistical methods, data mining algorithms, and machine learning techniques to identify critical issues and anomalies in machine behavior. Targeting the automotive sector, Acerta's solutions cater to OEMs, parts suppliers, and vehicle testing equipment providers, enhancing vehicle health monitoring and data acquisition. Additionally, the company's algorithms are utilized in the aerospace industry for airplane health management and engine testing. By detecting anomalies and predicting equipment failures, Acerta supports manufacturers in optimizing their processes and improving product quality. Founded in 2014 and based in Waterloo, Canada, Acerta is committed to transforming quality control in the automotive industry through advanced artificial intelligence applications.

SkyWatch

Seed Round in 2016
SkyWatch Space Applications Inc. is a company that develops satellite data aggregation software through its platform, EarthCache. This platform enables users to discover and access a wide range of remote sensing datasets. SkyWatch offers digital infrastructure for distributing Earth observation data and derived intelligence, equipping application developers with essential tools, including advanced processing algorithms and comprehensive APIs for machine-to-machine integration. EarthCache features informative dashboards for usage monitoring and a code builder for rapid application development. The platform supports various datasets from satellite constellations such as Triplesat, Sentinel-2, and Landsat-8, making it suitable for academic research and partnerships. Founded in 2014, SkyWatch is based in Waterloo, Ontario.

Forestry

Seed Round in 2016
Forestry.io’s content management system is meant to simplify posting and updating material processes on static websites. The startup offers a full-featured CMS for your static site with support for Jekyll, Hugo and Git that is suitable in creating documentation sites.

Shoelace

Convertible Note in 2016
Shoelace Technologies, Inc. provides a software solution designed for online merchants using Shopify to enhance their sales through effective retargeting campaigns. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, the company specializes in recapturing visitors who abandon websites by offering features such as product catalog synchronization, campaign proposals, and optimization solutions. Its platform includes automation tools that streamline the creation of personalized advertising campaigns, ensuring that customers receive relevant ads based on their interactions. By leveraging customer journey retargeting, Shoelace empowers fast-growing Shopify brands to engage the right customers with timely advertisements, ultimately driving increased sales.

CuePath Innovation

Pre Seed Round in 2016
CuePath is a healthcare technology company on a mission to help seniors and other vulnerable individuals stay healthy and independent with the support of their circle of care. The company aims to provide caregivers with the information needed to support users with medication adherence. CuePath Innovation designs smart medication packaging for seniors and provides a service that enables families to ensure that their senior family members stay on track with medications via mobile devices.

Navut

Convertible Note in 2016
Navut Inc. operates an online tool that enables users to find available properties and local providers in the neighborhood. Its tool match makes relocating users with neighborhoods that fit their lifestyle and delegates neighborhood specialists or real estate agents. The company’s tool provides data on demographics, housing prices, quality of schools, crime rates, local businesses, transportation, and user reviews. It serves customers in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, and Winnipeg. Navut Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Kepler Communications

Convertible Note in 2016
Kepler Communications Inc. is a satellite communications company focused on establishing a network for space-based connectivity that integrates space stations, habitats, and devices with orbiting satellites. The company offers various services, including Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) solutions that provide global coverage, PolarConnect for organizations operating in extreme environments, and Global Data Service, which facilitates high-bandwidth data transfer between remote sites and the internet. Additionally, Kepler is developing everywhereIOT, a satellite service designed to deliver reliable connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT) devices worldwide. By addressing the challenges of intermittent connectivity for non-geostationary satellites, Kepler aims to reduce the reliance on expensive ground infrastructure and enhance real-time communication capabilities for diverse industries such as maritime, natural resources, research, defense, and logistics. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Kepler has launched several satellites and is advancing its LEO constellation deployment.

Unito

Seed Round in 2016
Unito Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Montréal, Canada, specializes in developing a project management integration tool that enhances collaboration across various teams and departments. The platform automatically synchronizes projects, tasks, and conversations between multiple work management applications, such as Trello, Asana, JIRA, GitHub, Wrike, Zendesk, and Hubspot. By allowing users to connect their existing tools without requiring them to learn new systems, Unito promotes seamless communication and improved workflow. The platform addresses the complexities of integrating disparate software applications, enabling businesses to boost productivity by minimizing the need to switch between different tools and providing flexible synchronization options for tasks and projects.

Netra

Convertible Note in 2015
Netra Systems Inc. develops an artificial intelligence technology that automatically analyzes and interprets the contents of images and videos. The company offers its technology for multi-camera object, event, and activity recognitions/detections; automatic scene summarizations; instant cross-camera search options; and cross-camera object tracking needs. It provides its products for applications in healthcare, military, customs and border security, retail, security/surveillance, etc. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

Giftbit

Seed Round in 2015
Giftbit, Corp. operates a rewards platform that allows users to buy, send, and control digital gift cards. The company’s gift card API includes gift card tracking and reporting, customization, and team account features. It also provides in-app gift card integration; and third party integration solutions. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Seattle, Washington with an additional office in Victoria, Canada.

Routific

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Routific, Inc. is a Vancouver-based company that offers a route optimization platform designed to enhance vehicle routing and scheduling for small and medium-sized enterprises both in Canada and globally. The platform focuses on optimizing routes for last-mile delivery fleets, enabling businesses to achieve significant savings in time and fuel, reportedly up to 40%. Leveraging a proprietary algorithm, Routific combines efficiency with a user-friendly experience, positioning itself as a leading solution in the route optimization market. The company has garnered investment from notable entities such as Techstars Chicago, Pallasite Ventures, Firestarter Fund, and Axiom Zen.

Ansik

Convertible Note in 2015
Making Automotive Servicing Safer, Quicker, And More Affordable

Mentio

Seed Round in 2015
Mentio monitors your business and gives you actionable advice. Mentio provides you with the most important “To Do’s” to improve your financials freeing you to run the rest of the business. Mentio generates these “To Do’s” by analyzing your business on different areas of your business comparing you to past performance, others in your industry and best practices. It is all on your mobile devices giving you access anytime, anywhere enabling you to get things done no matter where you are. Mentio connects to your cloud accounting software analyzing your financials on a regular basis and providing recommendations on how to improve.

Provender

Seed Round in 2015
Provender is an online platform that enables farmers to create direct-trade associations with buyers. The platform allows farmers to quantify and organize their yields, and make that data accessible to buyers everywhere. Provender was founded in April 2013 and is based in Montréal, Quebec.

Limelight Platform

Convertible Note in 2015
Limelight Platform, Inc. operates Limelight platform that provides tools to build automated, data driven live marketing campaigns. Its SaaS based platform provides various elements, such as live strategy, activation tools, consumer communication, social amplification, real time data, and analysis to run a live marketing program. The company offers solutions for mall tours, contests and surveys, events, experiential marketing, activations and in store experiences, kiosks, samplings, sponsorships and activations, and test drives. Limelight Platform, Inc. is based in Toronto, Canada.

Push Technologies

Convertible Note in 2014
Push Operations is a full workforce management software specializing in time attendance, scheduling and payroll Enterprise level sales and labour analytics for multi-unit retailers Get real-time bird’s eye view analysis on your entire enterprise. We’ll sort out the data and highlight what’s important to you. Detailed information is just one click away!

Reniac

Seed Round in 2013
rENIAC, Inc. designs and develops an intelligent data-aware architecture for applications, servers, and data stores. It develops a data engine platform that accelerates and optimizes open source database implementations for data-centric application. The company also provides Cassandra I/O accelerator; distributed and persistent cache; and storage engine for graphs and SQL databases. rENIAC, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Santa Clara, California with additional locations in Hyderabad, India; and Richmond, Canada.

Pathful

Seed Round in 2013
Pathful Technology Inc. is a Vancouver-based company that provides a web analytics platform designed to capture and analyze every visitor interaction on websites. This technology offers marketing professionals insights into visitor behavior and the performance of their conversion funnels, enabling them to compare their results against competitors. The platform eliminates the typical complexities associated with analytics and conversion optimization, requiring no setup or extensive data analysis. Additionally, Pathful also develops a college and career readiness system aimed at students and educators. This system includes assessments, graduation plans, and access to industry professionals, facilitating career planning and success for students. As of 2016, Pathful operates as a subsidiary of Mobify Research and Development, Inc.

Synch

Seed Round in 2013
Synch provides a range of smart inventory and ordering solutions. The company’s solution portfolio includes a smart phone application and a web dashboard. The smart phone application helps users capture their orders and manage their inventories on the move without paper and pencil. Statistics and analytics are presented on web dashboards as well as in the app to help users with their master demand planning and decisions Synch was founded by Changhao Han and Scott Dyer, and is based in Toronto, Ohio.

Freight Farms

Pre Seed Round in 2013
Freight Farms, Inc. specializes in manufacturing hydroponic crop production units constructed from up-cycled shipping containers. Their flagship product, the Leafy Green Machine, is a pre-assembled system that enables commercial-scale production of various crops, including herbs like mint and basil, as well as lettuces and brassicas such as kale and cabbage, regardless of climate or season. Founded in 2010 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company aims to enhance food accessibility in regions where traditional farming is challenging. By facilitating high-yield crop production, Freight Farms supports the development of local food economies and sustainable food systems for a diverse clientele, including business owners, farmers, educational institutions, municipalities, and non-profits across the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Sandglaz

Seed Round in 2012
Sandglaz creates project & task management software to help busy, productive teams get more work done.

Bench

Convertible Note in 2012
Bench Accounting Inc. is a fintech company based in Vancouver, Canada, that specializes in providing online bookkeeping services for small businesses. Founded in 2012, the company combines intuitive software with a dedicated team of professional bookkeepers to automate accounting tasks, allowing clients to manage their finances more efficiently. Bench offers a range of services, including monthly financial statements, year-end financials, and year-round tax support, ensuring that business owners have access to comprehensive financial reporting and expert assistance. With a focus on affordability and convenience, Bench aims to streamline the bookkeeping process, empowering clients to concentrate on growing their businesses. The company has raised significant funding to support its operations and currently employs a workforce dedicated to serving thousands of clients across Canada.