Highline BETA

Highline BETA is a startup co-creation company and venture capital investment firm based in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Montreal, New York, Vancouver, and Chicago. Founded in 2016, the firm collaborates with corporations and entrepreneurs to identify industry opportunities and launch new ventures. Highline BETA engages in startup co-creation by co-investing in new startups and running corporate accelerator programs. The firm focuses its investments across various sectors, including insurance, health, fintech, retail, consumer packaged goods, food tech, media, and entertainment.

Erik Garbin

Head of Venture Strategy

Paige Halam-Andres

Managing Director, Innovation

Lauren Robinson

Co-Founder and General Partner

Benjamin Yoskovitz

Founding Partner and Board Member

Ben Yoskovitz

CPO and Founding Partner

22 past transactions

Carbonhound

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Developer of carbon management platform designed to help SMEs transition to the low-carbon economy. The company's software platform helps businesses manage their footprint without any expertise; making it easy to identify, reduce, and finance climate action using leading science-based standards, enabling small and medium businesses to measure and reduce their climate impact.

ChargeLab

Series A in 2022
ChargeLab Inc. is a Toronto-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in electronic vehicle charging solutions. It develops a hardware-agnostic platform that enhances the functionality of various electric vehicle chargers, making them smarter and easier to use. ChargeLab's software enables clients to operate and optimize their charging equipment, offering a comprehensive service that includes hardware, software, and installation. The company serves a diverse clientele, including government entities, multinational real estate investment trusts, parking operators, and property managers, facilitating the deployment and management of extensive charging networks. By connecting and monetizing charging stations, ChargeLab aims to streamline the EV charging experience for users and operators alike.

Requity

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Operator of a technology-enabled real estate platform intended to help turn renters into homeowners through a modernized rent-to-own program. The company's platform offers alternative paths for homeownership by paying for land transfer taxes, lawyer fees, and other closing costs at the time of home purchase, enabling homeowners to save money monthly for the down payment and later buy back the home with savings.

Relay Platform

Seed Round in 2021
Relay Platform Inc. is a Toronto-based company that offers an innovative Software-as-a-Service solution designed to streamline the reinsurance process for ceding teams, insurance underwriters, and brokers. Founded in 2019, Relay enhances the management and placement of reinsurance by providing a collaborative platform that integrates various data sources, including emails and legacy systems, into a single interface. This platform allows users to gain comprehensive visibility and control over their reinsurance needs, facilitating both facultative and treaty placements. Relay's focus on user experience ensures that teams can efficiently navigate the complexities of reinsurance, enabling them to work more effectively and achieve better outcomes. The company is actively collaborating with carriers, reinsurers, and brokers to optimize live placements and has garnered support from notable strategic partners in the insurance industry.

ChargeLab

Seed Round in 2021
ChargeLab Inc. is a Toronto-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in electronic vehicle charging solutions. It develops a hardware-agnostic platform that enhances the functionality of various electric vehicle chargers, making them smarter and easier to use. ChargeLab's software enables clients to operate and optimize their charging equipment, offering a comprehensive service that includes hardware, software, and installation. The company serves a diverse clientele, including government entities, multinational real estate investment trusts, parking operators, and property managers, facilitating the deployment and management of extensive charging networks. By connecting and monetizing charging stations, ChargeLab aims to streamline the EV charging experience for users and operators alike.

Aifred Health

Seed Round in 2020
Aifred Health Inc. develops and offers deep-learning based clinical decision tool for physicians to enable personalized medicine to psychiatry. The company's application software offers treatment prediction, interpretability, patient data tracking, and electronic patient record. Aifred Health Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Walnut Insurance

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Developer of insurance platform designed for partners to unlock the insurance opportunity under their brand in 30 days or less. The company offers insurance purchasing experiences digital-first, simple, and convenient creating greater accessibility across life, P&C, and embedded product lines, enabling customers to get insured in minutes.

Sparcblock

Seed Round in 2020
Sparcblock is a streamlined B2B transaction, reducing data entry and paperwork and eliminating reconciliation that helps small businesses reduce processing time, increase efficiency, and save money through invoicing, approval, posting, and payment.

Emma

Seed Round in 2020
Emma is an online insurance platform that aims to simplify and expedite the life insurance purchasing process. By leveraging innovative technologies alongside insurance expertise, Emma offers a personalized and fully online experience for clients seeking various insurance solutions. The platform provides a range of services, including term life insurance, child protection, death benefits, as well as car, home, and pet insurance. This approach allows clients to obtain suitable family coverage efficiently and affordably, making essential insurance products more accessible to a broader audience.

Dryrun

Venture Round in 2020
Dryrun is a cash flow management software founded in 2012 and headquartered in Edmonton, Canada. It specializes in financial forecasting, enabling businesses to create and analyze various financial scenarios. The platform is designed for companies with annual revenues ranging from $1 million to $100 million, particularly those facing volatile cash flow. Dryrun provides automated forecasts combined with comprehensive modeling capabilities, making it a preferred choice for CFOs and financial professionals focused on short-term operational cash flow planning. Additionally, it allows users to export and share forecasting reports, visualize the impact of upcoming projects on sales, and effectively track customer needs.

Rivvi

Seed Round in 2020
Rivvi is a fintech company that specializes in an autonomous payroll platform designed to automate payroll processes for businesses. By eliminating manual tasks, Rivvi's platform allows companies to calculate payroll immediately after each shift, facilitating faster employee payments. This system not only streamlines salary processing but also enhances operational efficiency, positively impacting the financial health of both businesses and their employees. Through its innovative approach, Rivvi aims to support organizations in improving their bottom line while providing workers with instant access to their earnings.

Otis AI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Otis AI offers a data-driven digital marketing platform that simplifies advertising for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). By utilizing artificial intelligence, Otis AI helps these businesses leverage their own data to acquire and retain valuable customers through an easy-to-use, one-click ad management system. The platform enables users to launch advertising campaigns across various social media channels while providing comprehensive analysis of marketing performance. Key features include automation of marketing efforts such as retargeting, online-to-offline attribution, and creative optimization. This allows SMBs to efficiently conduct cross-platform campaigns and maximize their return on investment in real-time. Otis AI serves as an essential tool for builders, creators, and small businesses aiming to enhance their marketing efforts with minimal complexity.

Homewise

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Homewise is a modern mortgage provider that leverages technology to streamline the home buying process. The company offers an online platform designed to simplify mortgage applications using clear language and automation. By utilizing artificial intelligence and data intelligence, Homewise scans the market for various mortgage options from multiple lenders, ensuring clients receive tailored solutions that suit their individual needs. This approach not only saves time for customers but also helps them secure competitive mortgage deals, ultimately enhancing transparency and affordability in the mortgage process.

Paper & Coin

Seed Round in 2020
Paper & Coin aims to transform the way young adults think about and handle their money through financial coaching, courses, and content that helps Millennials eliminate debt, build wealth, and live the life of their dreams.

BanQu

Series A in 2020
BanQu, Inc. operates a blockchain-based economic identity technology platform designed to create economic opportunities for individuals living in extreme poverty and refugees worldwide. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with additional locations in Austin and Miami, BanQu provides a secure platform that combines biometric data, such as selfies and iris scans, to establish an immutable economic identity for those lacking access to traditional banking services. This identity can be enhanced with vital information like land rights, voter registration, and health records. The company focuses on addressing critical issues such as the refugee crisis, facilitating food and medical distribution in conflict zones, and enhancing revenue streams for social enterprises through diaspora capital participation. BanQu has formed a strategic partnership with RippleNami to further its mission.

ChargeLab

Seed Round in 2020
ChargeLab Inc. is a Toronto-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in electronic vehicle charging solutions. It develops a hardware-agnostic platform that enhances the functionality of various electric vehicle chargers, making them smarter and easier to use. ChargeLab's software enables clients to operate and optimize their charging equipment, offering a comprehensive service that includes hardware, software, and installation. The company serves a diverse clientele, including government entities, multinational real estate investment trusts, parking operators, and property managers, facilitating the deployment and management of extensive charging networks. By connecting and monetizing charging stations, ChargeLab aims to streamline the EV charging experience for users and operators alike.

Relay Platform

Seed Round in 2020
Relay Platform Inc. is a Toronto-based company that offers an innovative Software-as-a-Service solution designed to streamline the reinsurance process for ceding teams, insurance underwriters, and brokers. Founded in 2019, Relay enhances the management and placement of reinsurance by providing a collaborative platform that integrates various data sources, including emails and legacy systems, into a single interface. This platform allows users to gain comprehensive visibility and control over their reinsurance needs, facilitating both facultative and treaty placements. Relay's focus on user experience ensures that teams can efficiently navigate the complexities of reinsurance, enabling them to work more effectively and achieve better outcomes. The company is actively collaborating with carriers, reinsurers, and brokers to optimize live placements and has garnered support from notable strategic partners in the insurance industry.

Moselle

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Developer of a trade financing platform intended to give every merchant the ability to streamline and automate their inventory replenishment and allocation. The company's platform offers easy-to-use trade financing and currency exchange services and also gives insights on the true cost of each shipment with financial literacy and accessibility, and is an artificial intelligence-powered orchestration solution, enabling small-medium businesses to track their imports from purchase through delivery accurately.

Drop

Series B in 2019
Drop Technologies Inc. operates a mobile-based loyalty platform that enables users to earn reward points on various brands through their debit and credit card purchases. Users can link their cards to the application, allowing them to accumulate points that can be redeemed for experiences, dining, and shopping. The platform caters to brick-and-mortar retailers, online retailers, and subscription services, enhancing the shopping experience by offering personalized rewards based on spending habits. The mobile application is accessible on both iOS and Android devices. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Drop Technologies Inc. was previously known as Drop Loyalty Inc. before rebranding in January 2018.

Andela

Series D in 2019
Andela is a global talent network that specializes in recruiting and managing software developers from emerging markets, particularly in Africa. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, the company provides training and mentorship to prepare developers for roles with companies worldwide. Through its platform, Andela connects leading organizations like GitHub and Cloudflare with highly skilled engineering talent, enabling businesses to scale their teams efficiently and cost-effectively. The company focuses on identifying the top 1% of software developers, fostering a network that empowers developers while facilitating job opportunities. Andela operates as a distributed organization across four continents and has garnered support from notable investors, including Generation Investment Management and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Female Funders

Acquisition in 2017
Female Funders Inc. is a Toronto-based company that empowers women to engage in angel investing through its online portal, established in 2015. The platform offers educational services and resources designed to equip aspiring female investors with the necessary tools to make their first investments. By fostering a supportive community, Female Funders aims to enhance financial independence among women, recognizing their potential as future angel investors who can support emerging entrepreneurs. Through accessible courses and resources, the company not only facilitates the investment journey for women but also encourages them to raise capital for their own ventures.

MedStack

Angel Round in 2017
MedStack, Inc. operates a comprehensive cloud developer platform tailored for healthcare applications, enabling developers to create compliant and secure solutions. Founded in 2015 and based in Toronto, Canada, the company offers industry-specific data APIs and automated cloud hosting to ensure privacy compliance and interoperability with Electronic Health Record systems. MedStack's platform is built on high security standards and is designed for flexibility, supporting a variety of application, database, and deployment configurations. It provides tools that include a compliant, standards-oriented cloud database and healthcare workflow components, facilitating identity management, data acquisition, storage, and messaging. This infrastructure allows innovators to build, launch, and scale healthcare applications efficiently while adhering to stringent regulatory requirements. MedStack's solutions are utilized in various applications, including chronic disease management, healthcare workflow, monitoring, and billing, leveraging advanced technologies such as AI, mobile, blockchain, and VR/AR.
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