Highline Beta

Highline BETA is a startup co-creation company that launches new ventures with leading corporations and founders. Through startup co-creation, the firm helps to identify industry opportunities and to launch and co-invest in a new startup. It invests in startups through corporate accelerator programs and in co-creations with corporate partners. Highline BETA was founded in 2017 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Erik Garbin

Head of Venture Strategy

Paige Halam-Andres

Managing Director, Innovation

Lauren Robinson

General Partner

22 past transactions

Carbonhound

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Carbonhound is a carbon management software platform for small and mid-sized enterprises. They provide products for data management, carbonhound consultant network, marketing and verification, and carbon credits.

ChargeLab

Series A in 2022
ChargeLab is the Android of EV charging. We don’t build EV chargers, but our hardware-agnostic platform runs on the world’s most popular EV chargers. Once connected, our software makes any EV charger smarter and easier to use.

Requity Homes

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Requity Homes Inc. is on a mission to create a fair and flexible alternative path to home ownership in Canada by offering a modernized rent-to-own program that enables aspiring home buyers to live in their dream home today with the option to buy it back later while saving for their down payment one month at a time.

Relay Platform

Seed Round in 2021
Relay, brokers drastically increase their close and renewal rates by securing and comparing quotes and creating winning proposals faster. Relay is the single-entry multi-carrier comparative-rating solution that can handle all P&C lines, across all mediums including both instant (“API”) and email quoting, at any level of complexity.

ChargeLab

Seed Round in 2021
ChargeLab is the Android of EV charging. We don’t build EV chargers, but our hardware-agnostic platform runs on the world’s most popular EV chargers. Once connected, our software makes any EV charger smarter and easier to use.

Aifred Health

Seed Round in 2020
Aifred Health is a cutting-edge AI that will personalize treatment selection in depression, the world's top cause of medical impairment. Aifred addresses a decades-old trial-and-error technique to medicine selection. Almost 70% of people do not find relief after the first session, and 30% do not find relief by the fourth.

Walnut Insurance

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Walnut Insurance is a technology firm that provides embedded insurance infrastructure to retailers, financial services providers, and consumer platforms. It has removed the barriers that previously prevented businesses from incorporating insurance into their product. Walnut provides the core infrastructure and access to a diverse set of insurance products that can be embedded into or alongside consumer experiences, similar to how embedded payment and lending work.

Dryrun

Venture Round in 2020
Dryrun is a cash flow management software that ties together automated forecasts with an unmatched level of modelling control. Targeting businesses with $1-100M in annual revenue and experiencing volatile cash flow, Dryrun is is the choice of CFOs and financial professionals to deal with short term, operational cash flow planning.

Emma

Seed Round in 2020
Emma is a family-centric insurance platform that makes buying life insurance easy, affordable and accessible. Our solution leverages big data to underwrite our insurance products, and we've built a proprietary chat platform that allows our customers to get on-demand advice from our experts. Emma combines innovative technology and insurance expertise to simplify and accelerate the life insurance buying process.

RIVVI

Seed Round in 2020
Rivvi is a fintech with an autonomous payroll platform that enables businesses to automate their payroll processes so they can pay their employees faster. By improving operational throughput, businesses can directly impact their bottom line while simultaneously helping employees improve their financial health.

Otis AI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Otis AI is the all-in-one digital marketing platform that makes it easy for startups and small businesses to launch powerful, data-driven campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, Google, TikTok and YouTube. With Otis, you can connect your existing platforms and use your own customer and transaction data to automate your marketing efforts, including retargeting, online-to-offline attribution, creative optimization, and performance optimization. Our platform is designed to be user-friendly, with no special knowledge or training required to get started. In just minutes, you can create and launch campaigns that are tailored to your specific business and target audience. And with our dedicated support team, you'll always have help when you need it. But the real advantage of Otis is our results. Our customers see an average of 10x return on ad spend and 2-3x improvements in ad effectiveness, making it easy to see the value of our platform. Plus, with our unique approach to data-driven advertising, you can supercharge your campaigns and reach the right customers at the right time. Don't waste any more time and money trying to manage your digital marketing on your own. Join the ranks of businesses that are already using Otis to achieve their goals and grow their business. Sign up today and start seeing results. Otis AI has been featured in Forbes 30 Under 30, #5 Product of the Week on Product Hunt, 1st Place Pitch at Startup Grind North America, and 1st Place Pitch at Startup Grind Europe.

Homewise

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Homewise leverages data-intelligence to ensure that home buyers are getting their best mortgage without the hassle and confusion of traditional processes. Homewise's platform simplifies and tailors the customer experience with automation and predictive technology to save clients time and money by securing them the best mortgage from over 30 banks and lenders. Homewise takes the guesswork out of the home financing process with a simple online application, human language and personal Advisors to guide clients at each step. All for free.

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.

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.

BanQu

Series A in 2020
As global compliance regulations, carbon-neutral commitments, and supply chain disruptions rise, multinational companies face unprecedented hurdles and risks to growth. We help our customers stay ahead of global business shifts & risks and drive profits through real-time traceability insights — on a single platform. BanQu is a traceability solution that helps companies: 1. Prove sourcing compliance with auditable data down to the source. 2. Strengthen supply chain resilience through source-to-shelf insights 3. Track impact with quantitative procurement and ESG reporting

ChargeLab

Seed Round in 2020
ChargeLab is the Android of EV charging. We don’t build EV chargers, but our hardware-agnostic platform runs on the world’s most popular EV chargers. Once connected, our software makes any EV charger smarter and easier to use.

Relay Platform

Seed Round in 2020
Relay, brokers drastically increase their close and renewal rates by securing and comparing quotes and creating winning proposals faster. Relay is the single-entry multi-carrier comparative-rating solution that can handle all P&C lines, across all mediums including both instant (“API”) and email quoting, at any level of complexity.

Moselle

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Moselle, an AI-powered inventory planner and procurement manager for small and mid-sized e-commerce brands.

Drop

Series B in 2019
At Drop, we’re on a mission to level-up consumer lives, one reward at a time. Through our personalized commerce platform, we intelligently surface the right brands, at the right time, to make our members’ every day a level better than it was before. Powered by machine learning, we match consumers with our over 400+ partner brands to satisfy two main goals: to earn points from their purchases and redeem them for instant rewards. Calling Toronto home but operating under a global mindset, Drop is building the next level experience for our 4 million+ members across North America, and most recently, the UK.

Andela

Series D in 2019
Andela operates the world’s largest private marketplace of skilled digital talent. Its adaptive hiring model gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy skilled talent based on need. The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, optimizes the process of finding the right talent and getting projects started fast. Clients can select individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster at 30-50% less cost than traditional approaches. Andela’s seasoned hiring professionals manage all the groundwork associated with borderless hiring, from compliance and payroll to talent management. Andela’s diverse talent ecosystem spans over 135 countries, including untapped markets like Africa and Latin America, and is highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and more. The world’s best brands trust Andela, including GitHub, Mastercard Foundry, and Mindshare.

Female Funders

Acquisition in 2017
Women around the world continue to climb the corporate ladder, gain financial independence and amass personal wealth at unprecedented rates. We believe that these women are the angel investors of tomorrow - helping to support the next generation of entrepreneurs, while learning and having a lot of fun along the way.

MedStack

Angel Round in 2017
TechCrunch Disrupt pick for cybersecurity, Canadian Innovation Exchange Top 20, Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance award for m-Health, MedTech Breakthrough award winner for patient data privacy, named by a16z, Greycroft and OMERS in their lists of Recommended Digital Health Stack tools, named by PWC and CBInsights as a Top Startup changing healthcare in Canada MedStack reduces the time and cost to build integrated patient-centric healthcare apps by 60%. We specifically address, through a series of secure cloud tools, one of the biggest challenges faced by healthcare app developers: data privacy compliance. MedStack brings 3 pillars together: 1. automated, guaranteed, managed cloud data SECURITY 2. paired with pre-written, industry-validated HIPAA / SOC 2 / ISO 27001 COMPLIANCE policies + security questionnaire responses 3. all fronted by a powerful, Docker DevOps PLATFORM with full monitoring and scalability Our platform has been integrated by hundreds of digital health companies in several markets, is SOC 2 and Cyber Essentials Plus certified, and has been reviewed and passed by many top-tier healthcare institutions such as Cedars-Sinai, Boston Childrens, United Healthcare, the NHS, Alberta Health Sciences, Sun Life, Green Shield and the Nova Scotia Health Authority.
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