Espresso Capital

Founded in 2009, Espresso Capital provides flexible, founder-friendly venture debt solutions to over 330 early and growth-stage technology companies across the U.S., Canada, and the UK. Its mission is to empower entrepreneurs by offering lines of credit and term loans that enable business growth without dilution or personal guarantees.

Kristen Arnesen

Director, Corporate Controller

Mark Gilbert

Executive Director

Jyotin Handa

Executive Director

Gordon Henderson

Managing Director, Portfolio Management

Will Hutchins

Managing Director

Past deals in Canada

Thentia Cloud

Series B in 2024
Thentia Cloud is a leading company that specializes in providing regulatory, compliance, and governance database services. The company leverages proprietary technology to assist regulatory bodies in efficiently meeting their obligations. Thentia serves a diverse range of clients across Canada and the United States, offering cutting-edge software solutions and industry-leading expertise in regulatory standards. Their product suite includes a secure, user-friendly platform for regulators and a cloud-based compliance solution designed for private businesses, boards of directors, committees, executive teams, and stakeholders. This enables both public and private entities to maintain high standards of regulatory excellence in a timely and professional manner.

Messagepoint

Debt Financing in 2022
Messagepoint Inc. is a Toronto-based company specializing in cloud-based customer communication management software tailored for healthcare, insurance, financial services, and other sectors. The company's hybrid platform enables large enterprises to automate and streamline the creation and management of customer communications, including letters, forms, policy documents, and marketing materials. By offering an intuitive interface, Messagepoint empowers non-technical users to take control of complex content and business rules, facilitating the production of personalized and timely communications across various channels such as print, email, mobile, and web. Additionally, the company provides a range of professional and support services to enhance client experience and optimize communication processes. Established in 1998 and rebranded in 2017, Messagepoint continues to address the evolving needs of regulated industries, fostering effective customer engagement.

Thentia Cloud

Debt Financing in 2021
Thentia Cloud is a leading company that specializes in providing regulatory, compliance, and governance database services. The company leverages proprietary technology to assist regulatory bodies in efficiently meeting their obligations. Thentia serves a diverse range of clients across Canada and the United States, offering cutting-edge software solutions and industry-leading expertise in regulatory standards. Their product suite includes a secure, user-friendly platform for regulators and a cloud-based compliance solution designed for private businesses, boards of directors, committees, executive teams, and stakeholders. This enables both public and private entities to maintain high standards of regulatory excellence in a timely and professional manner.

Clover

Debt Financing in 2021
Clover Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, develops a mobile dating application designed to facilitate high-quality connections between users with minimal effort. The platform enables users to browse potential matches locally or globally, get matched based on preferences, find suitable date locations, and confirm meeting details directly through the app.

Synaptive Medical

Debt Financing in 2021
Synaptive Medical develops integrated systems for neurosurgery, medical imaging, and surgical navigation. Its products enable interdisciplinary collaboration among healthcare professionals, focusing on patient outcomes through advanced tools for surgical planning, navigation, and visualization.

Citcon

Debt Financing in 2021
Citcon is a payment technology company founded in 2015 that provides a global mobile wallet payments platform for merchants. The company offers a scalable, secure, and open system with a single API that enables merchants to accept domestic and international mobile wallets across web, mobile, and in-store channels. Its platform provides end-to-end payments including processing, gateway services, reporting, and fund settlement, connecting merchants with a network of digital wallets to reach billions of wallet users. Citcon serves tens of thousands of merchants and millions of mobile wallet users worldwide. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, it maintains regional offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

ThoughtExchange

Series B in 2019
ThoughtExchange is a developer of enterprise crowdsourcing software that facilitates strategic discussions among stakeholders by enabling them to provide real-time answers to open-ended questions. Founded in Rossland, British Columbia, the company utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze and organize insights, allowing leaders to access dynamic, data-rich reports. This approach helps ensure that feedback is not dominated by the most vocal participants, promoting candid responses to challenging questions. ThoughtExchange's tools include features such as AI theming and heat maps, which illustrate how individuals engage with one another's ideas. By providing these analytics, the company supports better-informed decision-making for its clients, regardless of the size of the group being engaged.

Sourced Group

Venture Round in 2019
Sourced Group Inc. is a global cloud consultancy that specializes in assisting enterprise customers with their migration to hyper-scale cloud providers, emphasizing security, governance, and compliance. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Australia and Singapore, the company offers a range of consulting services aimed at cloud transformation and DevOps enablement across various industries, including financial services, healthcare, aviation, media, and telecommunications. Its expertise encompasses cloud platform architecture, identity and access management, infrastructure and application pipelines, as well as multi-cloud strategies and workload migration. Sourced Group also focuses on automation, configuration management, and data intelligence, including big data solutions, database migration, and business intelligence, enabling organizations to optimize their cloud infrastructure and leverage disruptive technologies effectively.

Thentia Cloud

Debt Financing in 2019
Thentia Cloud is a leading company that specializes in providing regulatory, compliance, and governance database services. The company leverages proprietary technology to assist regulatory bodies in efficiently meeting their obligations. Thentia serves a diverse range of clients across Canada and the United States, offering cutting-edge software solutions and industry-leading expertise in regulatory standards. Their product suite includes a secure, user-friendly platform for regulators and a cloud-based compliance solution designed for private businesses, boards of directors, committees, executive teams, and stakeholders. This enables both public and private entities to maintain high standards of regulatory excellence in a timely and professional manner.

POET Technologies

Post in 2019
POET Technologies designs and develops opto-electronic solutions, specializing in the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices using its proprietary Optical Interposer platform. This enables cost-efficient integration across various applications, including artificial intelligence systems, hyperscale data centers, communication networks, computing, and sensing.

ScribbleLive

Debt Financing in 2018
ScribbleLive is a content cloud provider headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, that specializes in helping companies manage their content lifecycle. Founded in 2008, the company offers a comprehensive platform designed to empower businesses to create premium content at scale. ScribbleLive's services include content strategy, creative services, implementation, integration, and IT support, enabling clients to effectively engage with their audiences. The platform features capabilities for liveblogging, real-time journalism, and on-the-fly storytelling, allowing organizations to leverage data and creativity for impactful content creation. Through its managed services, ScribbleLive provides program and campaign coverage, complete with dashboards and program reporting, ensuring clients can achieve predictable results in their content efforts.

Thentia Cloud

Debt Financing in 2018
Thentia Cloud is a leading company that specializes in providing regulatory, compliance, and governance database services. The company leverages proprietary technology to assist regulatory bodies in efficiently meeting their obligations. Thentia serves a diverse range of clients across Canada and the United States, offering cutting-edge software solutions and industry-leading expertise in regulatory standards. Their product suite includes a secure, user-friendly platform for regulators and a cloud-based compliance solution designed for private businesses, boards of directors, committees, executive teams, and stakeholders. This enables both public and private entities to maintain high standards of regulatory excellence in a timely and professional manner.

Daisy Intelligence

Seed Round in 2018
Daisy Intelligence is a Canadian AI software company based in Vaughan, founded in 2003. It provides explainable Decisions-as-a-Service for retail merchandise planning and insurance risk management. The company's autonomous AI system analyzes transactional and operational data to offer automated decision recommendations without requiring code, infrastructure, or data scientists. In retail, Daisy Intelligence offers promotional item selection, dynamic price optimization, demand forecasting, inventory allocation, and assortment planning. For insurance clients, it provides fraud detection, claims automation, and minimizes human intervention in claims processing. The company's solutions aim to deliver verifiable financial results with a significant return on investment.

Q4

Series C in 2018
Q4 Inc. is a cloud-based platform that specializes in providing investor relations (IR) and capital market solutions to public companies globally. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, and Copenhagen, Q4 offers a comprehensive suite of tools designed to enhance communication and engagement between organizations and their investors. Their flagship product, Q4 Desktop, serves as an all-in-one IR solution that equips clients with the necessary insights and information for effective decision-making. The company designs and develops corporate websites, provides audio and video webcasting services, and delivers analytics and reporting tools that track trading activities and investor behavior. Q4 aims to improve the effectiveness of investor relations through innovative website solutions and a strong focus on storytelling, making it a trusted partner for over 2,200 prominent brands. Their services are delivered primarily on a subscription basis, utilizing a software-as-a-service model to support the diverse needs of their clients in the capital markets.

Eventbase

Series B in 2018
Eventbase specializes in mobile event technology for global brands. It offers an enterprise event app platform that provides custom branding, design, attendee engagement tools, and intelligent features like chatbot assistance and proximity beacon networking. Serving clients such as IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, and SXSW, Eventbase has been recognized as the 'Best Event App' for four consecutive years.

Explorance

Debt Financing in 2018
Explorance empowers organizations worldwide with Journey Analytics solutions. It specializes in gathering and analyzing feedback from students and employees to drive informed decisions and improve experiences. With products like Blue suite for feedback collection and analysis, and Metrics That Matter for learning effectiveness, Explorance serves over 750 clients across 45 countries, including Fortune 100 companies and top higher education institutions.

Introhive

Venture Round in 2018
Introhive, Inc. is a Canadian technology company based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, that specializes in developing contact mining software applications. Founded in 2012 by Jody Glidden and Stewart Walchli, the company offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to enhance revenue generation and improve customer experience management. Introhive's platform integrates relationship intelligence into customer relationship management (CRM) systems, utilizing data automation to accelerate sales processes. The company's enterprise relationship management solution provides valuable insights into client and prospect relationships, streamlining tasks such as sales hiring, prospecting, territory assignment, renewals, and lead scoring. By transforming disorganized data into actionable insights, Introhive aims to boost productivity and facilitate CRM adoption for its clients.

Rise People

Debt Financing in 2018
Rise People, Inc. is a Vancouver-based company that specializes in developing human resources, benefits, and payroll management software solutions. Founded in 2011, the company offers a comprehensive HRIS software that manages essential company and employee information, including contracts, tax documents, job descriptions, and performance evaluations. Rise People also provides a group benefit insurance plan access tool and an online payroll platform designed to address payroll discrepancies, manage commissions, and facilitate benefits deductions and bonuses. Its services encompass tax remittances, compliance, direct deposits, pay stubs, vacation tracking, and benefits administration. Additionally, Rise People offers RISE lite, a payroll solution tailored for small businesses. Formerly known as PaySavvy Canada Inc., the company aims to streamline HR processes for organizations of various sizes.

Q4

Debt Financing in 2017
Q4 Inc. is a cloud-based platform that specializes in providing investor relations (IR) and capital market solutions to public companies globally. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, and Copenhagen, Q4 offers a comprehensive suite of tools designed to enhance communication and engagement between organizations and their investors. Their flagship product, Q4 Desktop, serves as an all-in-one IR solution that equips clients with the necessary insights and information for effective decision-making. The company designs and develops corporate websites, provides audio and video webcasting services, and delivers analytics and reporting tools that track trading activities and investor behavior. Q4 aims to improve the effectiveness of investor relations through innovative website solutions and a strong focus on storytelling, making it a trusted partner for over 2,200 prominent brands. Their services are delivered primarily on a subscription basis, utilizing a software-as-a-service model to support the diverse needs of their clients in the capital markets.

Strongpoint

Debt Financing in 2017
Strongpoint is a Toronto-based company that offers an automated documentation and compliance platform designed to enhance the management of business systems, specifically targeting Netsuite and Salesforce users. The company focuses on replacing manual processes with automated solutions, ensuring that changes to systems are executed in a predictable and safe manner. By streamlining these operations, Strongpoint enables organizations to navigate system changes with confidence, ultimately supporting their growth and operational efficiency.

OMsignal

Debt Financing in 2016
OMsignal is a Montréal-based company founded in 2011 that specializes in manufacturing bio-sensing clothing designed to provide real-time access to medical-grade biometric data. The company's innovative apparel is embedded with sensors that monitor various health metrics, including heart rate, electrocardiography (ECG), respiration rhythms, and stress levels. This technology allows users to track their health and fitness seamlessly through a mobile application that displays data in real time. OMsignal's products aim to integrate health monitoring into everyday life, enabling individuals to maintain their well-being more effectively.

Statflo

Debt Financing in 2016
Statflo Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in a one-to-one business text messaging platform designed for customer-facing teams. Founded in 2012, with an additional office in San Francisco, the company leverages data and analytics to assist wireless dealers in enhancing their customer engagement. Statflo's platform connects with vertical point-of-sale systems, predicts customer behavior, and facilitates targeted follow-ups, ultimately leading to increased sales and improved customer loyalty. The company also provides tools such as real-time dashboard reporting, monthly commission data, NPS surveys via SMS, and secure cloud data storage, empowering retailers to convert idle staff time into productive customer interactions. By utilizing Statflo's services, businesses have reported notable improvements in sales, in-store appointments, and customer lifetime value within a short timeframe.

Strongpoint

Debt Financing in 2016
Strongpoint is a Toronto-based company that offers an automated documentation and compliance platform designed to enhance the management of business systems, specifically targeting Netsuite and Salesforce users. The company focuses on replacing manual processes with automated solutions, ensuring that changes to systems are executed in a predictable and safe manner. By streamlining these operations, Strongpoint enables organizations to navigate system changes with confidence, ultimately supporting their growth and operational efficiency.

GroupBy

Debt Financing in 2016
GroupBy Inc. is a technology company specializing in cloud-based e-commerce software solutions. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with an additional office in Austin, Texas, GroupBy offers a comprehensive Product Discovery Platform that utilizes advanced features such as data enrichment, search, recommendations, personalization, and merchandising. The platform is powered by Google Cloud Vertex AI Search for Retail, allowing businesses to enhance customer engagement through optimized search and navigation capabilities. GroupBy also provides services for multi-site management, search engine optimization, and knowledge management, as well as consulting and training services to support clients in implementation and user experience design. The company serves a diverse clientele across the United States, Canada, Europe, and parts of Asia through authorized resellers, catering to both large-scale B2B configurations and high-volume B2C scenarios.

Rise People

Debt Financing in 2016
Rise People, Inc. is a Vancouver-based company that specializes in developing human resources, benefits, and payroll management software solutions. Founded in 2011, the company offers a comprehensive HRIS software that manages essential company and employee information, including contracts, tax documents, job descriptions, and performance evaluations. Rise People also provides a group benefit insurance plan access tool and an online payroll platform designed to address payroll discrepancies, manage commissions, and facilitate benefits deductions and bonuses. Its services encompass tax remittances, compliance, direct deposits, pay stubs, vacation tracking, and benefits administration. Additionally, Rise People offers RISE lite, a payroll solution tailored for small businesses. Formerly known as PaySavvy Canada Inc., the company aims to streamline HR processes for organizations of various sizes.

Embotics

Debt Financing in 2016
Embotics Corporation is a software company based in Kanata, Canada, specializing in cloud automation solutions. It offers a range of products, most notably the Embotics vCommander, a cloud management platform that facilitates the management of private, public, and hybrid cloud environments. This platform is designed for mid-sized to large IT organizations, enabling them to implement IT-as-a-Service while optimizing the automation, deployment, and configuration of IT services. Embotics’ solutions include cloud cost management, orchestration, and governance, all aimed at enhancing business agility and productivity. The company serves enterprises and service providers with a focus on simplicity and efficiency in multi-cloud management. Founded in 2006, Embotics operates globally, with offices in the United States and Europe, supported by a network of resellers and partners. As of December 2019, Embotics operates as a subsidiary of Snow Software AB.

Rise People

Debt Financing in 2015
Rise People, Inc. is a Vancouver-based company that specializes in developing human resources, benefits, and payroll management software solutions. Founded in 2011, the company offers a comprehensive HRIS software that manages essential company and employee information, including contracts, tax documents, job descriptions, and performance evaluations. Rise People also provides a group benefit insurance plan access tool and an online payroll platform designed to address payroll discrepancies, manage commissions, and facilitate benefits deductions and bonuses. Its services encompass tax remittances, compliance, direct deposits, pay stubs, vacation tracking, and benefits administration. Additionally, Rise People offers RISE lite, a payroll solution tailored for small businesses. Formerly known as PaySavvy Canada Inc., the company aims to streamline HR processes for organizations of various sizes.

OMsignal

Debt Financing in 2015
OMsignal is a Montréal-based company founded in 2011 that specializes in manufacturing bio-sensing clothing designed to provide real-time access to medical-grade biometric data. The company's innovative apparel is embedded with sensors that monitor various health metrics, including heart rate, electrocardiography (ECG), respiration rhythms, and stress levels. This technology allows users to track their health and fitness seamlessly through a mobile application that displays data in real time. OMsignal's products aim to integrate health monitoring into everyday life, enabling individuals to maintain their well-being more effectively.

GroupBy

Debt Financing in 2015
GroupBy Inc. is a technology company specializing in cloud-based e-commerce software solutions. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with an additional office in Austin, Texas, GroupBy offers a comprehensive Product Discovery Platform that utilizes advanced features such as data enrichment, search, recommendations, personalization, and merchandising. The platform is powered by Google Cloud Vertex AI Search for Retail, allowing businesses to enhance customer engagement through optimized search and navigation capabilities. GroupBy also provides services for multi-site management, search engine optimization, and knowledge management, as well as consulting and training services to support clients in implementation and user experience design. The company serves a diverse clientele across the United States, Canada, Europe, and parts of Asia through authorized resellers, catering to both large-scale B2B configurations and high-volume B2C scenarios.

HomeStars

Debt Financing in 2014
HomeStars, Inc. is an online platform based in Toronto, Canada, that connects homeowners with reputable contractors and home improvement specialists. Founded in 2006, the company facilitates the search for various home services, including renovation, repair, and maintenance in areas such as plumbing, electrical work, pest control, and more. HomeStars features user-submitted ratings and reviews, enabling homeowners to make informed decisions when selecting service providers. The platform also serves as a valuable marketing tool for contractors, helping them generate leads and enhance their reputations through positive customer feedback. As of 2017, HomeStars operates as a subsidiary of HomeAdvisor, Inc.

Centah

Debt Financing in 2014
Centah Inc. is a global SaaS company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializing in workflow, lead management, and call center solutions for the home improvement industry. Founded in 2004, Centah's platform manages approximately $2.5 billion CAD in annual sales and collaborates with some of the largest retailers and manufacturers in the sector. The company provides a range of services including digital marketing, lead generation, and co-branded sales, aimed at enhancing operational efficiency for its clients. As of December 2017, Centah operates as a subsidiary of Financeit Canada Inc.

Recon Instruments

Debt Financing in 2012
Recon Instruments, Inc. is a Vancouver-based company founded in 2008 that specializes in smart eyewear technology designed for sports and high-intensity environments. Recognized as a leader in this field, the company develops innovative products that incorporate GPS heads-up displays, micro optics systems, and advanced sensor technology, allowing users to access real-time information on navigation, performance metrics, and communication. Their offerings include ski and snowboard goggles equipped with activity tracking and notification capabilities, as well as prescription inserts. Recon Instruments provides an open software development kit (SDK) for developers, enabling the creation of applications tailored for various sports and activities. The company emphasizes quality and user experience, ensuring that its products are safe, elegant, and intuitive. As a subsidiary of Intel Corporation, Recon Instruments continues to push the boundaries of smart eyewear, aiming to enhance athletic performance and participation in sports.

Recon Instruments

Debt Financing in 2011
Recon Instruments, Inc. is a Vancouver-based company founded in 2008 that specializes in smart eyewear technology designed for sports and high-intensity environments. Recognized as a leader in this field, the company develops innovative products that incorporate GPS heads-up displays, micro optics systems, and advanced sensor technology, allowing users to access real-time information on navigation, performance metrics, and communication. Their offerings include ski and snowboard goggles equipped with activity tracking and notification capabilities, as well as prescription inserts. Recon Instruments provides an open software development kit (SDK) for developers, enabling the creation of applications tailored for various sports and activities. The company emphasizes quality and user experience, ensuring that its products are safe, elegant, and intuitive. As a subsidiary of Intel Corporation, Recon Instruments continues to push the boundaries of smart eyewear, aiming to enhance athletic performance and participation in sports.

Wolf Medical Systems

Debt Financing in 2010
Wolf Medical Systems Corporation specializes in providing electronic medical records (EMR) software tailored for physician offices and medical clinics across Canada. The company leverages cloud-based technology to deliver patient information seamlessly over both wireless and wireline networks. Their suite of practice management solutions includes tools such as Wolf Billing, Scheduler, and Workflow, designed to streamline administrative tasks and enhance operational efficiency in healthcare settings.
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