Golden Ventures

Golden Ventures is a prominent seed-stage venture capital fund based in Toronto, Ontario, established in 2011. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage companies across North America, particularly in sectors such as mobile and marketplaces. Golden Ventures is dedicated to supporting bold teams and their transformative ideas, providing the necessary resources to help founders succeed in their ventures.

Matt Golden

Founder and Managing Partner

Jamie Rosenblatt

Partner

Ameet Shah

General Partner

Jill Watson

Associate

Taylor Wilson

Associate

Past deals in Canada

Properly

Series B in 2022
Properly Inc. is a residential real estate company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The company offers a streamlined solution for homeowners looking to sell their properties, utilizing technology and local market expertise to simplify the process. Properly provides fair-market offers and allows sellers to close on their own timeline, alleviating common stressors associated with home sales, such as extended showings, repairs, and the risk of buyers backing out. Through its online platform, Properly facilitates the buying and selling of residential properties, aiming to create a more efficient and user-friendly experience for families navigating the real estate market.

Forma

Series B in 2022
Forma AI, Incorporated is a Toronto-based information technology company that specializes in software solutions for managing sales incentives and compensation within organizations. Founded in 2016, the company offers several products, including Forma Operator, which facilitates commission compensation processing; Forma Responder, which oversees variable compensation; and Forma Interpreter, which provides visualization, reporting, and updating of sales payouts. Through these offerings, Forma aims to streamline and enhance the management of sales compensation, helping organizations optimize their incentive structures.

Cybrid

Seed Round in 2022
Cybrid uses APIs that enable banks, and financial institutions to seamlessly launch a cryptocurrency and De-fi products.

Manifest Climate

Series A in 2022
Developer of a climate change risk management platform designed to turn climate risks into opportunities for organizations. The company's platform brings regularly curated industry-specific climate news, trends, peer benchmarking, and a monthly report, enabling businesses to build climate confidence and level up their reporting.

Disco

Series A in 2022
Disco is a platform for creators to build and scale their learning empire easily in one place. Our vision for learning leaves the industrial age behind and looks to a world of lifelong learning, that's live, with peers, led by creators we trust and accessible from anywhere.

Shakepay

Series A in 2022
Shakepay Inc. is a technology company based in Montreal, Canada, that offers financial applications aimed at helping users build wealth through digital currencies. Founded in 2015, Shakepay enables Canadians to buy and sell Bitcoin and facilitates peer-to-peer payments among users. Additionally, the company provides a VISA debit card that allows cardholders to load and spend Bitcoin for various transactions, including point of sale purchases, ATM withdrawals, and online orders. Through its mobile app, Shakepay aims to simplify the process of engaging with cryptocurrency for its users.

Diversio

Series A in 2022
Diversio's mission is to leverage data, analytics and fresh ideas to help organizations become more inclusive. They believe what gets measured gets done. Over half of their team immigrated from another country. They speak 10+ languages. They have degrees in computer engineering, law, business and kinesiology. Their founders have experience in consulting, law, academia, business, operations, technology and artificial intelligence. They've seen and experienced how inclusive teams get better results and dramatically impact the bottom line. They are a people-first organization that values feedback, transparency, collaboration and impact. To learn more, reach out to any of their team below.

GoodGood

Seed Round in 2021
GoodGood operates an online retail delivery platform that aims to enhance local commerce by connecting neighborhoods with specialty foods and unique craft items. The company's application and website provide a curated selection of locally sourced coffee, beverages, snacks, and various essentials, all of which can be ordered for delivery within an hour. By focusing on authentic online and retail experiences, GoodGood enables customers to discover and enjoy niche products from local makers, fostering a sense of community and supporting local businesses.

Composer

Seed Round in 2021
Composer allows users to build, test, and manage automated investment strategies without writing a line of code. the company was founded in 202 and is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Float

Series A in 2021
All-in-one corporate card spend management solution that saves you time and helps you stay in budget

Daylight

Series A in 2021
Daylight, operating under FormHero Inc., is a Toronto-based company that specializes in developing a data collection software platform designed to enhance internal and customer-facing processes for enterprise organizations. This platform enables users to create smart forms that validate information in real-time, ensuring accuracy and facilitating the automatic generation of necessary documents and integrations. Daylight primarily serves sectors such as banking, insurance, and wealth management, along with clients in government, corporate, software, and home and lending markets. The focus is on improving the data collection process, making it more efficient and user-friendly for both customers and back-office operations.

Neo Financial

Series B in 2021
Credit card, rewards, and deposits all in one.

Crux OCM

Venture Round in 2021
Crux OCM utilizes AI and real-time optimization to enable autonomous operation of major oil and gas assets, reducing the risk of operation and increasing volumetric throughput up to 4%. Crux OCM is a control software provider simplifying major oil and gas asset operation for the control room operators. Unlike standard control solutions and current control room asset operations which use simple control methodologies and written procedures, Crux OCM offers enhanced operational capabilities while maintaining operation within existing safety constraints, resulting in faster, more consistent, more automated asset operation.

Callia

Series A in 2021
Callia is an online gifting platform that specializes in flower delivery services. The company offers hand-tied, seasonal bouquets delivered in a box, catering to both personal and corporate gifting needs. By providing an easy and affordable way to send various types of flower arrangements, Callia aims to enhance the experience of gifting flowers for individuals and organizations alike.

Horizon Blockchain Games

Seed Round in 2021
Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a video game studio that specializes in leveraging blockchain technology to create decentralized gaming experiences. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company also has locations in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. Horizon develops various games, including Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. The company's platform is designed to empower players by providing a community-driven ecosystem where they can enjoy true digital ownership, open economies, and the ability to earn real-world value through gameplay. By focusing on innovations in web3 gaming, Horizon Blockchain Games aims to reshape the gaming landscape for a new generation of players.

notch

Series A in 2021
ChefHero Inc. is a technology company that operates a mobile and web application designed for businesses in the food service industry to efficiently order wholesale restaurant supplies. Founded in 2015 and based in Toronto, Canada, ChefHero connects restaurants, bars, coffee shops, food trucks, and caterers with regional suppliers. By streamlining the ordering process, the platform allows culinary professionals to focus more on their craft rather than the logistics of supply procurement. ChefHero aims to enhance the operational efficiency of food service businesses through its user-friendly interface and dedicated supplier network.

Float

Seed Round in 2021
All-in-one corporate card spend management solution that saves you time and helps you stay in budget

Resq

Seed Round in 2021
ResQ is the all-in-one app to request, track and pay for your restaurant's repair and maintenance needs.

SkyWatch

Series B in 2021
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.

Waabi

Series A in 2021
Waabi operates as a self-driving technology start-up. Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before.

Medchart

Series A in 2021
MedChart Inc. operates a cloud-based platform designed to simplify the retrieval and management of healthcare records. Founded in 2014 and based in Toronto, Canada, the company enables patients to view, store, and share their medical records securely online. MedChart's offerings include a variety of document types, such as legal, hospital, clinical, and research documents. The platform automates the release of information process, enhancing the ease with which individuals can access their health data. By facilitating better ownership and management of medical records, MedChart aims to improve patient care and streamline interactions between patients and healthcare providers.

Swyft

Series A in 2021
ShipSwyft Inc. develops same day delivery application that connects merchants to existing courier networks. It serves ecommerce brands with postal zone calculation, multiple fulfillment options, and real-time address verification. The company offers rapid deployment, improve customer experience, and dynamic supply to meet demand serves to retailers and it offers integration with shipping API, quality of service, and ease of execution service to 3PL and distributors. ShipSwyft Inc. was founded in 2020 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Arteria AI

Series A in 2021
Arteria AI applies artificial intelligence to the drafting, negotiation, and analysis of contracts.

Forma

Series A in 2021
Forma AI, Incorporated is a Toronto-based information technology company that specializes in software solutions for managing sales incentives and compensation within organizations. Founded in 2016, the company offers several products, including Forma Operator, which facilitates commission compensation processing; Forma Responder, which oversees variable compensation; and Forma Interpreter, which provides visualization, reporting, and updating of sales payouts. Through these offerings, Forma aims to streamline and enhance the management of sales compensation, helping organizations optimize their incentive structures.

Snack

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Snack is a video-first dating application that enables users to connect with potential matches through engaging video content. The platform allows individuals to create and post videos on a feed, facilitating real-time interactions and a more dynamic approach to online dating. By combining traditional matching algorithms with the ability to flirt-stream, Snack provides a unique environment for users to express themselves and connect creatively with others. This innovative approach to dating aims to enhance user engagement and foster meaningful connections in a modern digital landscape.

Manifest Climate

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a climate change risk management platform designed to turn climate risks into opportunities for organizations. The company's platform brings regularly curated industry-specific climate news, trends, peer benchmarking, and a monthly report, enabling businesses to build climate confidence and level up their reporting.

Neo Financial

Series A in 2020
Credit card, rewards, and deposits all in one.

Bettermode

Seed Round in 2020
Tribe is a computer software company that offers a cloud-based platform empowering the new generation of online communities. It integrates with messengers and social media and helps its users to amplify the vibe around their business by allowing them and their customers to create content. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Ontario, Canada.

Stadium Live Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
Stadium Live Inc. is a Toronto-based company that develops a sports application tailored for the next generation. Incorporated in 2020, the platform offers features such as live scores and interactive elements that allow users to play, earn, and shop while engaging with sports alongside friends. The application aims to create a fun and engaging environment for sports enthusiasts, appealing to a younger audience.

Swyft

Seed Round in 2020
ShipSwyft Inc. develops same day delivery application that connects merchants to existing courier networks. It serves ecommerce brands with postal zone calculation, multiple fulfillment options, and real-time address verification. The company offers rapid deployment, improve customer experience, and dynamic supply to meet demand serves to retailers and it offers integration with shipping API, quality of service, and ease of execution service to 3PL and distributors. ShipSwyft Inc. was founded in 2020 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Odyssey Interactive

Seed Round in 2020
Odyssey Interactive Inc develops video games. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Grand Valley, Canada.

Horizon Blockchain Games

Seed Round in 2020
Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a video game studio that specializes in leveraging blockchain technology to create decentralized gaming experiences. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company also has locations in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. Horizon develops various games, including Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. The company's platform is designed to empower players by providing a community-driven ecosystem where they can enjoy true digital ownership, open economies, and the ability to earn real-world value through gameplay. By focusing on innovations in web3 gaming, Horizon Blockchain Games aims to reshape the gaming landscape for a new generation of players.

Horizon Blockchain Games

Seed Round in 2020
Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a video game studio that specializes in leveraging blockchain technology to create decentralized gaming experiences. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company also has locations in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. Horizon develops various games, including Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. The company's platform is designed to empower players by providing a community-driven ecosystem where they can enjoy true digital ownership, open economies, and the ability to earn real-world value through gameplay. By focusing on innovations in web3 gaming, Horizon Blockchain Games aims to reshape the gaming landscape for a new generation of players.

Daylight

Seed Round in 2020
Daylight, operating under FormHero Inc., is a Toronto-based company that specializes in developing a data collection software platform designed to enhance internal and customer-facing processes for enterprise organizations. This platform enables users to create smart forms that validate information in real-time, ensuring accuracy and facilitating the automatic generation of necessary documents and integrations. Daylight primarily serves sectors such as banking, insurance, and wealth management, along with clients in government, corporate, software, and home and lending markets. The focus is on improving the data collection process, making it more efficient and user-friendly for both customers and back-office operations.

Forma

Seed Round in 2020
Forma AI, Incorporated is a Toronto-based information technology company that specializes in software solutions for managing sales incentives and compensation within organizations. Founded in 2016, the company offers several products, including Forma Operator, which facilitates commission compensation processing; Forma Responder, which oversees variable compensation; and Forma Interpreter, which provides visualization, reporting, and updating of sales payouts. Through these offerings, Forma aims to streamline and enhance the management of sales compensation, helping organizations optimize their incentive structures.

BenchSci

Series B in 2020
BenchSci's vision is to bring medicine to patients 50% faster by 2025. The company empowers scientists with the world’s most advanced biomedical artificial intelligence to run more successful experiments. Backed by F-Prime, Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund), and Inovia Capital, BenchSci's proprietary technology accelerates science at 15 top 20 pharmaceutical companies and over 4,300 leading research centers worldwide. BenchSci is a CIX Top 10 Growth company, certified Great Place to Work®, and top-ranked company on Glassdoor.

EnPowered

Debt Financing in 2020
EnPowered helps businesses take charge of their energy usage and costs. We provide free audits on energy bills to deliver up to 70% in cost reductions. We also run analytics on our customers’ energy usage to help them save even more, offering energy retrofits to reduce energy consumption. We are working to give Power to the People. We help our customers control their energy usage and costs, and also allow small businesses to group together to get lower electricity rates; group-buying for energy.

EnPowered

Seed Round in 2020
EnPowered helps businesses take charge of their energy usage and costs. We provide free audits on energy bills to deliver up to 70% in cost reductions. We also run analytics on our customers’ energy usage to help them save even more, offering energy retrofits to reduce energy consumption. We are working to give Power to the People. We help our customers control their energy usage and costs, and also allow small businesses to group together to get lower electricity rates; group-buying for energy.

SkyWatch

Series A in 2020
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.

EcoPackers

Seed Round in 2019
EcoPackers Inc. is a Toronto-based company established in 2018 that specializes in the production and sale of biodegradable packaging materials. The company focuses on creating eco-resins derived from plants, offering a 100% biodegradable alternative to traditional plastic inputs. These eco-resins enable plastic manufacturers globally to develop innovative, non-toxic, and compostable single-use packaging solutions. Through its commitment to sustainability, EcoPackers aims to reduce the environmental impact of plastic packaging.

Delphia

Series A in 2019
Delphia Inc., founded in 1993 and based in Toronto, Canada, specializes in creating artificial intelligence-driven surveys designed to assist individuals in making informed decisions regarding careers, education, finances, and health. The company has developed an innovative investment platform that allows users to convert their personal data into investment capital. By sharing personal insights and opinions, individuals can leverage their data to enhance their investment potential, marking a significant shift in how wealth can be built without requiring initial financial resources. Delphia emphasizes the secure use of shared information, ensuring that it is solely utilized to optimize investment returns for its users.

Crux OCM

Venture Round in 2019
Crux OCM utilizes AI and real-time optimization to enable autonomous operation of major oil and gas assets, reducing the risk of operation and increasing volumetric throughput up to 4%. Crux OCM is a control software provider simplifying major oil and gas asset operation for the control room operators. Unlike standard control solutions and current control room asset operations which use simple control methodologies and written procedures, Crux OCM offers enhanced operational capabilities while maintaining operation within existing safety constraints, resulting in faster, more consistent, more automated asset operation.

Properly

Series A in 2019
Properly Inc. is a residential real estate company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The company offers a streamlined solution for homeowners looking to sell their properties, utilizing technology and local market expertise to simplify the process. Properly provides fair-market offers and allows sellers to close on their own timeline, alleviating common stressors associated with home sales, such as extended showings, repairs, and the risk of buyers backing out. Through its online platform, Properly facilitates the buying and selling of residential properties, aiming to create a more efficient and user-friendly experience for families navigating the real estate market.

BlueDot

Series A in 2019
BlueDot Inc. specializes in data analytics solutions aimed at tracking and managing infectious diseases. Founded in 2008 and based in Toronto, Canada, the company utilizes a combination of human expertise and artificial intelligence to analyze a wide range of data, including disease outbreaks, healthcare facilities, population demographics, and environmental factors. By integrating these datasets with proprietary algorithms, BlueDot provides critical insights that help governments, healthcare organizations, and businesses protect their populations and mitigate the risks associated with infectious diseases. The company's early warning system is designed to anticipate disease threats and support effective responses, addressing an increasingly urgent public health challenge.

Clearco

Series B in 2019
Clearbanc provides growth capital for web-enabled businesses through its 20-minute term sheet. The company offers fast, affordable growth capital to eCommerce and B2B/SaaS companies. Its investments range from $10K - $10M and its portfolio spans small businesses across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to some of the fastest-growing consumer brands. Launched in 2015, Clearbanc uses proprietary underwriting technology to offer more capital at quicker speeds and more flexible terms than other financing alternatives.

Horizon Blockchain Games

Seed Round in 2019
Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a video game studio that specializes in leveraging blockchain technology to create decentralized gaming experiences. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company also has locations in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. Horizon develops various games, including Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. The company's platform is designed to empower players by providing a community-driven ecosystem where they can enjoy true digital ownership, open economies, and the ability to earn real-world value through gameplay. By focusing on innovations in web3 gaming, Horizon Blockchain Games aims to reshape the gaming landscape for a new generation of players.

ProteinQure

Seed Round in 2019
ProteinQure is a Toronto-based startup building a computational platform for design of protein therapeutics. Our mission is to help to create a world where drugs are engineered, not discovered. We work on treatments for cancer, diabetes, asthma, and cardiovascular diseases, among others, and partner with industry leaders in drug discovery to generate novel therapeutics outside of the conventional chemical space.

ApplyBoard

Series B in 2019
ApplyBoard is the world's largest online platform that empowers students around the world to access the best education by connecting international students, recruitment partners, and academic institutions on its platform. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Kitchener, ON Canada, with over 500 staff members spanning 20 countries. ApplyBoard has built partnerships with over 1,200 primary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions, and works with 4,000+ Recruitment Partners, to drive highly qualified applicants and diversity to campuses across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. To date, the company has assisted more than 120,000 students with their educational journey.

EcoPackers

Seed Round in 2019
EcoPackers Inc. is a Toronto-based company established in 2018 that specializes in the production and sale of biodegradable packaging materials. The company focuses on creating eco-resins derived from plants, offering a 100% biodegradable alternative to traditional plastic inputs. These eco-resins enable plastic manufacturers globally to develop innovative, non-toxic, and compostable single-use packaging solutions. Through its commitment to sustainability, EcoPackers aims to reduce the environmental impact of plastic packaging.

KitchenMate

Seed Round in 2018
Reshaping your food experience with the only automated restaurant for your workplace. Stay safe, stay on-site with real food, cooked anytime powered by our plug-&-play Smart Cooking System.

Inkbox

Series A in 2018
Inkbox is a Toronto-based company specializing in semi-permanent tattoos and tattoo kits. Founded by brothers Tyler and Braden Handley, Inkbox emerged from their desire for a tattoo experience that avoids the permanence typically associated with traditional tattoos. The company offers tattoo kits that include an applicator, tattoo ink, gloves, a pre-moistened cloth, and an ethyl alcohol wipe. Inkbox tattoos are made from an organic fruit-based formula that allows the designs to last for about two weeks while providing the look and feel of real tattoos. Customers can choose from a diverse range of designs across various categories, including nature, music, and quotes, or they can create custom designs. The application process is straightforward, enabling users to apply tattoos at home without the need for needles.

Delphia

Seed Round in 2018
Delphia Inc., founded in 1993 and based in Toronto, Canada, specializes in creating artificial intelligence-driven surveys designed to assist individuals in making informed decisions regarding careers, education, finances, and health. The company has developed an innovative investment platform that allows users to convert their personal data into investment capital. By sharing personal insights and opinions, individuals can leverage their data to enhance their investment potential, marking a significant shift in how wealth can be built without requiring initial financial resources. Delphia emphasizes the secure use of shared information, ensuring that it is solely utilized to optimize investment returns for its users.

Xanadu

Seed Round in 2018
Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc. is a Canadian company based in Toronto that specializes in developing photonic quantum computers. Founded in 2016, Xanadu integrates quantum silicon photonic chips into existing hardware to create a comprehensive quantum computing system. The company aims to provide quantum computing resources on demand, enabling significant computational advancements over traditional methods to address complex real-world challenges. Xanadu offers several platforms, including PennyLane, a Python library for quantum machine learning and hybrid quantum-classical computations, and Strawberry Fields, an open-source programming language for quantum applications. By combining academic research with industry expertise, Xanadu is positioned to drive innovation in the field of quantum technology.

BenchSci

Series A in 2018
BenchSci's vision is to bring medicine to patients 50% faster by 2025. The company empowers scientists with the world’s most advanced biomedical artificial intelligence to run more successful experiments. Backed by F-Prime, Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund), and Inovia Capital, BenchSci's proprietary technology accelerates science at 15 top 20 pharmaceutical companies and over 4,300 leading research centers worldwide. BenchSci is a CIX Top 10 Growth company, certified Great Place to Work®, and top-ranked company on Glassdoor.

notch

Series A in 2018
ChefHero Inc. is a technology company that operates a mobile and web application designed for businesses in the food service industry to efficiently order wholesale restaurant supplies. Founded in 2015 and based in Toronto, Canada, ChefHero connects restaurants, bars, coffee shops, food trucks, and caterers with regional suppliers. By streamlining the ordering process, the platform allows culinary professionals to focus more on their craft rather than the logistics of supply procurement. ChefHero aims to enhance the operational efficiency of food service businesses through its user-friendly interface and dedicated supplier network.

Jiffy

Seed Round in 2018
Jiffy is an online platform that connects homeowners and businesses with pre-vetted service providers in real time, facilitating a wide range of home and office services. Founded in 2015 and based in Toronto, the platform allows users to easily request services such as appliance repair, carpet cleaning, plumbing, and snow removal, among others. By leveraging proximity and availability, Jiffy streamlines the process of finding qualified professionals for various tasks, enabling users to select and search for services that meet their specific needs. The application is designed to enhance the experience for both service seekers and providers, allowing providers to offer necessary products for their services seamlessly through the platform.

SkyWatch

Seed Round in 2018
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.

Wattpad

Venture Round in 2018
Wattpad Corp. operates an online platform that fosters a global community of readers and writers, enabling storytelling as a social and interactive experience. Founded in 2006 and based in Toronto, Canada, Wattpad connects over 65 million users who collectively engage with original stories for more than 20 billion minutes each month. The flagship app allows users to read, write, and share stories in multiple languages, while also enabling collaboration and feedback through comments and multimedia. In addition to the main platform, Wattpad offers Tap, a product featuring short, chat-based stories. Wattpad Studios collaborates with industry partners to adapt stories for film, television, and print, and Wattpad Brand Solutions provides advertising services aimed at engaging Millennial and Gen Z audiences. Through its innovative use of community and technology, Wattpad aims to entertain and connect people worldwide through diverse storytelling formats.

Ritual

Series B in 2017
Ritual Technologies Inc.develops a mobile application that enables corporate professionals to order and pick up coffee and meals, and pay from their smartphones. It offers Ritual, an application that enables users to browse food and place orders at nearby lunch and coffee spots. The company provides employers with redeemable credits for their employees. Ritual Technologies Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

BenchSci

Seed Round in 2017
BenchSci's vision is to bring medicine to patients 50% faster by 2025. The company empowers scientists with the world’s most advanced biomedical artificial intelligence to run more successful experiments. Backed by F-Prime, Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund), and Inovia Capital, BenchSci's proprietary technology accelerates science at 15 top 20 pharmaceutical companies and over 4,300 leading research centers worldwide. BenchSci is a CIX Top 10 Growth company, certified Great Place to Work®, and top-ranked company on Glassdoor.

Roadmunk

Seed Round in 2017
Roadmunk is a web-based product roadmap visualization planning tool for product managers and stakeholders. It enables its users to manage an entire product portfolio across multiple teams with a range of comprehensive sharing features, master roadmapping, and a two-way data integration with Jira. Roadmunk supports various formats, including PDF, PowerPoint, URL, HTML, and PNG. It was launched in 2012 by Latif Nanji and Tomas Benda. Roadmunk is operated from Toronto, Ontario.

Top Hat

Series C in 2017
As a student engagement and interactive teaching platform, Top Hat’s software helps college professors activate classrooms. In a world of digital distractions, countless academic studies have reinforced the reality that students better understand the day’s lesson if they’re asked to engage with peers, interact with complex material and participate in class. By requiring students to use their personal devices to answer quizzes, reply to polls, and tackle difficult simulations, Top Hat transforms the passive lecture hall into an engaging learning environment. As an advocate for traditional, on-campus education, Top Hat not only modernizes established teaching methods but also facilitates new approaches including the ‘flipped classroom,’ ‘group learning,’ and other creative solutions. Top Hat is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, hosts 120 full-time employees, and has been operating since its 2009 launch behind $22M in venture funding.

Helpful

Seed Round in 2017
Helpful.com Inc. develops a mobile application to share video updates, status updates, broadcast news, give feedback, and share ideas at work. The application can be used to share meeting updates, executive updates, and travel updates as well. Helpful.com Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada. As of January 28, 2019, Helpful.com Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Shopify Inc.

SkipTheDishes

Seed Round in 2016
SkipTheDishes is a North American technology company seamlessly connecting people to local restaurants and food couriers, making great food more accessible. Through the SkipTheDishes network, restaurants gain more business, food couriers earn extra income on their own schedule, and busy customers are able to gain time by ordering from hundreds of local restaurants and national chains that never offered delivery before. From the founding of our network in 2012 to our expansion to 20 cities, SkipTheDishes is advancing the future of food delivery.

SoapBox

Seed Round in 2015
SoapBox provides software solutions that help organizations adapt to the needs of a changing workforce by creating a real time feedback loop between employees and leaders. Employees can easily share their ideas on how to improve the organization, while leaders ensure that ideas are aligned to business priorities. The entire feedback loop is a transparent process - which improves engagement, performance, and culture.

Joist

Series A in 2015
Joist is a new tool for contractors that allows you to estimate, invoice, record payments, and manage projects from your iPhone/iPad and the web. Features: - Include your company logo for professional estimates and invoices - Build a list of commonly used items to quickly create estimates and invoices - Calculate estimates fast - Print or email estimates and invoices on the spot - Convert estimates into invoices - Record payments right then and there - Manage and store your client information - Export everything into your accounting program With Joist you can calculate and send estimates on the spot to your client. Issue invoices and record payments. And export all of the information to your preferred accounting system.

Gallop Labs

Seed Round in 2014
Gallop Labs Inc. operates a prescriptive mobile marketing platform. Its platform aligns data science and in-app behavioral analytics of users to help brands and mobile publishers find and connect with audiences on Facebook and Twitter. The company serves customers in North America. Gallop Labs Inc. is based in Toronto, Canada. As of January 22, 2016, Gallop Labs Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Big Viking Games Inc.

Avidbots

Seed Round in 2014
Avidbots Corp. develops and manufactures autonomous floor cleaning robots, primarily focusing on its flagship product, NEO, which is recognized as one of the most advanced autonomous scrubbing robots available. Founded in 2014 and based in Ottawa, Canada, Avidbots uses laser mapping technology to create detailed area maps and plan efficient cleaning paths. Its robots are designed to automate the labor-intensive aspects of commercial cleaning, allowing human cleaning crews to concentrate on higher-value tasks. Avidbots' products are utilized in various settings, including airports, retail malls, hospitals, colleges, and industrial sites across multiple countries. The company's vision is to integrate robots into everyday life to enhance human capabilities and improve operational efficiency in cleaning processes.

Ritual

Seed Round in 2014
Ritual Technologies Inc.develops a mobile application that enables corporate professionals to order and pick up coffee and meals, and pay from their smartphones. It offers Ritual, an application that enables users to browse food and place orders at nearby lunch and coffee spots. The company provides employers with redeemable credits for their employees. Ritual Technologies Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

OMsignal

Series A in 2014
OMsignal Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in manufacturing bio-sensing clothing equipped with embedded sensors to monitor vital bodily functions. Their product line includes the OMbra, a sports bra designed to capture deep and accurate body signals, and the OMshirt, which records heart rate and breathing patterns. The accompanying OMrun mobile application connects to these garments, providing real-time data on heart rate, breathing rhythms, calorie count, cadence, pace, and distance, along with run recaps and progress tracking. Founded in 2011, OMsignal aims to seamlessly integrate health monitoring into everyday life by allowing users to access their physiological data through mobile devices. Products are available for purchase online.

Top Hat

Series B in 2014
As a student engagement and interactive teaching platform, Top Hat’s software helps college professors activate classrooms. In a world of digital distractions, countless academic studies have reinforced the reality that students better understand the day’s lesson if they’re asked to engage with peers, interact with complex material and participate in class. By requiring students to use their personal devices to answer quizzes, reply to polls, and tackle difficult simulations, Top Hat transforms the passive lecture hall into an engaging learning environment. As an advocate for traditional, on-campus education, Top Hat not only modernizes established teaching methods but also facilitates new approaches including the ‘flipped classroom,’ ‘group learning,’ and other creative solutions. Top Hat is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, hosts 120 full-time employees, and has been operating since its 2009 launch behind $22M in venture funding.

Wattpad

Series C in 2014
Wattpad Corp. operates an online platform that fosters a global community of readers and writers, enabling storytelling as a social and interactive experience. Founded in 2006 and based in Toronto, Canada, Wattpad connects over 65 million users who collectively engage with original stories for more than 20 billion minutes each month. The flagship app allows users to read, write, and share stories in multiple languages, while also enabling collaboration and feedback through comments and multimedia. In addition to the main platform, Wattpad offers Tap, a product featuring short, chat-based stories. Wattpad Studios collaborates with industry partners to adapt stories for film, television, and print, and Wattpad Brand Solutions provides advertising services aimed at engaging Millennial and Gen Z audiences. Through its innovative use of community and technology, Wattpad aims to entertain and connect people worldwide through diverse storytelling formats.

Guardly

Seed Round in 2014
Guardly designs and provides mobile safety solutions to help security teams better prepare for and respond to threats against people and key assets they protect. Guardly mobile safety apps available on Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and BlackBerry act as personal emergency phones that provide instant two-way communication with private security and authorities. Guardly's mobile safety applications, indoor positioning system and mass notification technologies improve situational awareness by providing real-time indoor positioning / GPS data, caller identity and the nature of an incident — data otherwise not available to security operators. Guardly Command™ helps security operators monitor, manage and respond to real-time data, make more informed decisions and improve emergency response times by as much as 44 percent. Guardly is based in Toronto and is committed to improving emergency response and communication.

Joist

Seed Round in 2013
Joist is a new tool for contractors that allows you to estimate, invoice, record payments, and manage projects from your iPhone/iPad and the web. Features: - Include your company logo for professional estimates and invoices - Build a list of commonly used items to quickly create estimates and invoices - Calculate estimates fast - Print or email estimates and invoices on the spot - Convert estimates into invoices - Record payments right then and there - Manage and store your client information - Export everything into your accounting program With Joist you can calculate and send estimates on the spot to your client. Issue invoices and record payments. And export all of the information to your preferred accounting system.

Infinity Quick, Inc.

Seed Round in 2013
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Upverter

Seed Round in 2013
Upverter, Inc. is a Toronto-based company that provides a cloud-based electronics design platform aimed at empowering hardware engineers. Founded in 2010, Upverter offers a comprehensive suite of tools for schematic capture and PCB layout, facilitating real-time design collaboration, automated version control, and work-sharing capabilities. The platform is designed for a diverse audience, including hobbyists, students, and the open-source hardware community. Key features include in-design markup, annotation, and issue tracking, which enhance productivity for engineers. Additionally, Upverter provides a Parts Concierge service, acting as a virtual assistant to support engineers in their design processes. The company aims to streamline hardware development by enabling users to build electronics with the efficiency typically associated with software development.

OMsignal

Seed Round in 2013
OMsignal Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in manufacturing bio-sensing clothing equipped with embedded sensors to monitor vital bodily functions. Their product line includes the OMbra, a sports bra designed to capture deep and accurate body signals, and the OMshirt, which records heart rate and breathing patterns. The accompanying OMrun mobile application connects to these garments, providing real-time data on heart rate, breathing rhythms, calorie count, cadence, pace, and distance, along with run recaps and progress tracking. Founded in 2011, OMsignal aims to seamlessly integrate health monitoring into everyday life by allowing users to access their physiological data through mobile devices. Products are available for purchase online.

Wattpad

Venture Round in 2012
Wattpad Corp. operates an online platform that fosters a global community of readers and writers, enabling storytelling as a social and interactive experience. Founded in 2006 and based in Toronto, Canada, Wattpad connects over 65 million users who collectively engage with original stories for more than 20 billion minutes each month. The flagship app allows users to read, write, and share stories in multiple languages, while also enabling collaboration and feedback through comments and multimedia. In addition to the main platform, Wattpad offers Tap, a product featuring short, chat-based stories. Wattpad Studios collaborates with industry partners to adapt stories for film, television, and print, and Wattpad Brand Solutions provides advertising services aimed at engaging Millennial and Gen Z audiences. Through its innovative use of community and technology, Wattpad aims to entertain and connect people worldwide through diverse storytelling formats.

Influitive

Seed Round in 2012
Influitive Corporation specializes in advocate marketing software solutions tailored for business-to-business (B2B) software and technology firms globally. Its primary product, AdvocateHub, enables companies to create advocate communities that engage customers, partners, and employees in marketing activities such as referrals, reference calls, and product reviews. This platform helps businesses harness customer enthusiasm to enhance their marketing and sales initiatives. AdvocateHub integrates with Salesforce, allowing for seamless tracking of customer engagement. Additionally, Influitive offers consulting services that include coaching and training to assist companies in implementing effective advocate marketing strategies. The AdvocateHub software is accessible through a web portal, with integration options for client websites and mobile access via the Maven app. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Influitive also has offices in Menlo Park, California, and Boston, Massachusetts.

AppHero

Seed Round in 2012
AppHero recommends apps you’ll love by learning about your unique interests, preferences and characteristics.

Wattpad

Series B in 2012
Wattpad Corp. operates an online platform that fosters a global community of readers and writers, enabling storytelling as a social and interactive experience. Founded in 2006 and based in Toronto, Canada, Wattpad connects over 65 million users who collectively engage with original stories for more than 20 billion minutes each month. The flagship app allows users to read, write, and share stories in multiple languages, while also enabling collaboration and feedback through comments and multimedia. In addition to the main platform, Wattpad offers Tap, a product featuring short, chat-based stories. Wattpad Studios collaborates with industry partners to adapt stories for film, television, and print, and Wattpad Brand Solutions provides advertising services aimed at engaging Millennial and Gen Z audiences. Through its innovative use of community and technology, Wattpad aims to entertain and connect people worldwide through diverse storytelling formats.

Top Hat

Series A in 2012
As a student engagement and interactive teaching platform, Top Hat’s software helps college professors activate classrooms. In a world of digital distractions, countless academic studies have reinforced the reality that students better understand the day’s lesson if they’re asked to engage with peers, interact with complex material and participate in class. By requiring students to use their personal devices to answer quizzes, reply to polls, and tackle difficult simulations, Top Hat transforms the passive lecture hall into an engaging learning environment. As an advocate for traditional, on-campus education, Top Hat not only modernizes established teaching methods but also facilitates new approaches including the ‘flipped classroom,’ ‘group learning,’ and other creative solutions. Top Hat is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, hosts 120 full-time employees, and has been operating since its 2009 launch behind $22M in venture funding.

Guardly

Debt Financing in 2011
Guardly designs and provides mobile safety solutions to help security teams better prepare for and respond to threats against people and key assets they protect. Guardly mobile safety apps available on Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and BlackBerry act as personal emergency phones that provide instant two-way communication with private security and authorities. Guardly's mobile safety applications, indoor positioning system and mass notification technologies improve situational awareness by providing real-time indoor positioning / GPS data, caller identity and the nature of an incident — data otherwise not available to security operators. Guardly Command™ helps security operators monitor, manage and respond to real-time data, make more informed decisions and improve emergency response times by as much as 44 percent. Guardly is based in Toronto and is committed to improving emergency response and communication.

Wattpad

Series A in 2011
Wattpad Corp. operates an online platform that fosters a global community of readers and writers, enabling storytelling as a social and interactive experience. Founded in 2006 and based in Toronto, Canada, Wattpad connects over 65 million users who collectively engage with original stories for more than 20 billion minutes each month. The flagship app allows users to read, write, and share stories in multiple languages, while also enabling collaboration and feedback through comments and multimedia. In addition to the main platform, Wattpad offers Tap, a product featuring short, chat-based stories. Wattpad Studios collaborates with industry partners to adapt stories for film, television, and print, and Wattpad Brand Solutions provides advertising services aimed at engaging Millennial and Gen Z audiences. Through its innovative use of community and technology, Wattpad aims to entertain and connect people worldwide through diverse storytelling formats.

Guardly

Seed Round in 2011
Guardly designs and provides mobile safety solutions to help security teams better prepare for and respond to threats against people and key assets they protect. Guardly mobile safety apps available on Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and BlackBerry act as personal emergency phones that provide instant two-way communication with private security and authorities. Guardly's mobile safety applications, indoor positioning system and mass notification technologies improve situational awareness by providing real-time indoor positioning / GPS data, caller identity and the nature of an incident — data otherwise not available to security operators. Guardly Command™ helps security operators monitor, manage and respond to real-time data, make more informed decisions and improve emergency response times by as much as 44 percent. Guardly is based in Toronto and is committed to improving emergency response and communication.