Humi Holdings Corp. is a Canadian company that designs and develops cloud-based human resource software tailored for small to mid-sized businesses. Founded in 2016 and based in Toronto, Humi offers a comprehensive HR solution that includes features for digital onboarding, document storage, and employee management through organizational charts and universal search capabilities. The software streamlines various HR processes, such as time-off management, payroll integration, and performance evaluations, enabling businesses to efficiently handle employee requests and monitor growth through goal setting and feedback mechanisms. By automating HR tasks, Humi aims to simplify and modernize human resource management for its clients.
Vetster is an innovative pet wellness platform that connects pet parents to a marketplace of licensed veterinary professionals for video, chat and voice enabled appointments. For everyone, anytime, day or night.
Minus Global is a distributed food waste solutions company. Led by a team of recognized international waste industry entrepreneurs, mínus is dedicated to investing in the intersection between traditional waste services and distributed technology, to measurably reduce the cost and environmental impact of food waste. mínus operates in 14 countries, transforming conventional food waste services through our hyperlocal technology – ORCA.
Private Equity Round in 2022
Jewlr is a Canadian company based in Thornhill that specializes in designing, manufacturing, and marketing personalized jewelry. The company offers a diverse range of products, including rings, necklaces, pendants, bracelets, and earrings, allowing customers to tailor their selections to their individual preferences. Through its online platform, Jewlr provides creative control, enabling customers to choose styles, metals, stones, and engravings that align with their tastes and budgets. This focus on customization distinguishes Jewlr in the jewelry market, catering to consumers seeking unique and personally meaningful pieces.
GoBolt, formerly known as Second Closet Incorporated, provides valet self-storage services that enable customers to store their belongings conveniently and securely. Founded in 2017 and based in Toronto, Canada, the company offers a comprehensive solution where customers can schedule pickups and returns of their items. GoBolt delivers boxes for customers to use for storage, then collects these items to be stored in a climate-controlled warehouse. The service is designed to be user-friendly, allowing clients to pay only for the space they utilize, making it an affordable option for those in need of storage solutions.
Borrowell Inc. is a financial services company based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2014. It operates an online marketplace-lending platform that connects borrowers with lenders, offering a variety of financial products, including personal loans and credit cards. Borrowell provides Canadians with tools to manage their financial well-being, including free credit score monitoring and personalized recommendations for financial products from various partners. The platform aims to simplify the borrowing process by empowering users to make informed decisions, access low-interest loans, and improve their overall financial health. Through its innovative approach, Borrowell seeks to enhance the borrowing experience for Canadians.
Private Equity Round in 2020
LifeSpeak Inc. designs and develops a digital education platform for employee's mental health and wellness. The company offers video training sessions, podcasts, tip sheets, and other proprietary content that provides solutions for physical conditions and diseases, preventative health, mental health, stress management and resilience, relationships, financial health, professional development, leadership and management skills, disability and absence management, children's health, and parenting and caregiving. The company caters to financial institutions, technology companies, telecommunication companies, energy companies, manufacturing companies, government institutions, municipalities, hospitals, and school boards. LifeSpeak Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
OTTO Motors, a subsidiary of Clearpath Robotics Inc., specializes in designing and developing autonomous mobile robots for material handling in manufacturing facilities and warehouses. Founded in 2015 and based in Kitchener, Canada, the company offers two primary products: the OTTO 100, which handles human-scale payloads like boxes and carts, and the OTTO 1500, designed for larger loads such as pallets and racks. These self-driving vehicles utilize infrastructure-free navigation to ensure safe and efficient transportation in dynamic production environments, with applications spanning various industries, including automotive, medical devices, aerospace, and logistics. OTTO Motors combines proprietary hardware, software, and services to enhance operational excellence for its customers.
Kognitiv is redefining how consumer loyalty is created and nourished globally. We help our clients sell more, and recognize a higher yield, by crafting smarter loyalty and reward programs using machine learning and data science. We deliver quantifiable and sustainable loyalty gains to the world’s most reputable companies. Our central technology, the Loyalty Capital Network™, brings asset owners and member brands together in a new peer to peer network – unearthing lost value to intelligently match consumer needs and future intentions with a vast collection of capital-intense assets like flights and hotel rooms. Our skills are focused on generating peer to peer marketplaces that serve the best interests of all parties and our efforts continuously amplify the beneficial effects of this new form of value creation. We are the catalyst that will finally make business truly Open, Transparent and Collaborative. Kognitiv is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada, with over 220 team members in Canada (Waterloo, Mississauga, and Toronto), Argentina (La Plata), Austria (Vienna), Hong Kong, India (Bengaluru and Pune), UK (London, Manchester, and Bournemouth) and United States (Charlottesville).
Private Equity Round in 2019
Valent is an industrial technology development company focused emerging renewable fuels and refining process innovations. Valent consists of seasoned liquid fuels entrepreneurs, long-term investors and senior oil & gas industry stakeholders.they are set up as a hybrid business model of active hands-on development together with (co-)investment capability to attract strategic partners to enable efficient scaling of capital-intense technological innovations in oil & gas and renewable fuels.
TouchBistro, Inc. develops iPad-based point of sale (POS) solutions tailored for restaurants, cafes, bars, food trucks, and other food and beverage venues. The company offers a variety of specialized systems, including Restaurant POS for billing and payments, Food Truck POS for mobile operations, and Coffee Shop POS for efficient order management. TouchBistro's solutions enhance operational efficiency by allowing servers to take orders directly from customers and submit them instantly to the kitchen or bar, thereby reducing errors associated with traditional order entry methods. Additionally, the company provides a range of complementary products such as TouchBistro Reservations for guest management, cloud reporting and analytics tools, and a Kitchen Display system. Founded in 2010, TouchBistro is headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Toronto, and its products are available through the Apple App Store in the United States and internationally.
Private Equity Round in 2019
Agnora Ltd. is a Canadian company based in Collingwood, specializing in the fabrication of oversized architectural glass. Established in 2011, Agnora provides a range of services, including polishing, edgework, lamination, insulated glass, heat treatment, and digital ceramic printing. The company serves various sectors, including cultural, residential, commercial, and retail projects, delivering high-quality glass solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of each application.
AXIS AUTO FINANCE provides non-standard auto financing options to roughly 30% of Canadians that do not qualify for traditional bank financing. Through personalized service and our commitment to building strong, long-lasting relationships with our dealer partners, we have become one of Canada's fastest-growing auto-financing companies.
Brightspark Ventures, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Toronto, is a venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage investments in Canadian technology companies. The firm focuses on identifying exceptional startups in sectors such as information technology, fintech, artificial intelligence, materials, and resources. Brightspark aims to collaborate closely with these companies to foster their growth and achieve significant returns. By structuring investments to include individual accredited investors, Brightspark aligns its goals with those of its investors, who seek to support startups led by ambitious CEOs. This approach not only benefits investors but also supports portfolio companies by providing a network of investors without the need for extensive management. Brightspark's active involvement as a lead investor allows portfolio companies to concentrate on their growth and development.
Qvella Corporation is a Toronto-based molecular diagnostics company established in 2009 by a team of scientists and engineers. The company focuses on advancing sample preparation and detection technologies in clinical microbiology, aiming to significantly reduce the time required to obtain results. Qvella's innovative Field Activated Sample Treatment (FAST™) technology employs a unique electrical lysing method known as e-lysis™, allowing for the direct and fully automated rapid detection of infectious agents from unenriched biological samples. By providing actionable results in clinically relevant time frames, Qvella seeks to improve patient outcomes and transform medical practices in the field of microbiology.
Mobile Klinik provides smartphone and tablet repair services in Canada. It offers consumers a fast, convenient, high-quality repair, and other services. Mobile Klinik diagnoses and repairs most devices same-day, on-site. It also offers lifetime warranty along with battery replacement, data backup/transfer, and personalized Case-Station accessories. Mobile Klinik was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.
Figure 1, Inc. is a Toronto-based company that develops a mobile application facilitating the sharing of medical images and case studies among healthcare professionals. Founded in 2012, the application allows physicians, medical students, nurses, and emergency medical technicians to connect globally, view, discuss, and share patient cases for educational and diagnostic purposes. The platform promotes collaboration and knowledge sharing across various medical specialties, enhancing real-time consultation and improving patient outcomes. With a growing global community of millions of users, Figure 1 serves as a vital resource for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their learning and practice.
TouchBistro, Inc. develops iPad-based point of sale (POS) solutions tailored for restaurants, cafes, bars, food trucks, and other food and beverage venues. The company offers a variety of specialized systems, including Restaurant POS for billing and payments, Food Truck POS for mobile operations, and Coffee Shop POS for efficient order management. TouchBistro's solutions enhance operational efficiency by allowing servers to take orders directly from customers and submit them instantly to the kitchen or bar, thereby reducing errors associated with traditional order entry methods. Additionally, the company provides a range of complementary products such as TouchBistro Reservations for guest management, cloud reporting and analytics tools, and a Kitchen Display system. Founded in 2010, TouchBistro is headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Toronto, and its products are available through the Apple App Store in the United States and internationally.
Hubba is a Toronto-based software company that operates a platform designed for brand marketers and retail buyers. Its platform facilitates the digital representation of product portfolios by allowing users to create product stories that combine product information, rich media, and promotional content into a unified source. Hubba's technology enables users to synchronize product content across various digital channels and provides visibility into how retailers present their brands to consumers. Additionally, the platform empowers independent businesses by connecting them with potential buyers, enhancing product distribution and discovery. Utilizing a blend of machine learning and personal curation, Hubba currently supports over 75,000 small to medium-sized businesses in navigating business opportunities and meeting customer demands.
TouchBistro, Inc. develops iPad-based point of sale (POS) solutions tailored for restaurants, cafes, bars, food trucks, and other food and beverage venues. The company offers a variety of specialized systems, including Restaurant POS for billing and payments, Food Truck POS for mobile operations, and Coffee Shop POS for efficient order management. TouchBistro's solutions enhance operational efficiency by allowing servers to take orders directly from customers and submit them instantly to the kitchen or bar, thereby reducing errors associated with traditional order entry methods. Additionally, the company provides a range of complementary products such as TouchBistro Reservations for guest management, cloud reporting and analytics tools, and a Kitchen Display system. Founded in 2010, TouchBistro is headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Toronto, and its products are available through the Apple App Store in the United States and internationally.
Q4 Inc. specializes in providing cloud-based investor relations and capital market solutions to clients in Canada and globally. The company offers an integrated platform that includes Q4 Desktop, which equips investor relations officers with essential tools and insights for effective decision-making and communication with investors. Q4 designs and develops corporate websites and online reports, facilitating dynamic corporate storytelling. Its services encompass media access through a news platform, audio and video webcasting, and comprehensive analytics that track institutional trading activities and market trends. Q4 also delivers insights into website performance and user behavior, alongside support services such as client success management and a dedicated IPO subsidy program. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Toronto, Q4 operates additional offices in New York and Chicago, with a subsidiary in Copenhagen, serving over 2,200 prominent brands worldwide.
Real Matters Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in providing technology and network management solutions for the mortgage lending and insurance sectors in both Canada and the United States. The firm offers residential mortgage appraisal services under the Solidifi brand, catering to various transactions such as purchases, refinances, and home equity loans. It also provides insurance inspection services for property and casualty insurers through the iv3 brand. Furthermore, Real Matters delivers title and closing services for financial institutions, including title searches, escrow services, and title policy issuance, also under the Solidifi brand. The company operates a cloud-based platform that integrates data from a vast network of over 17,000 field agents, enhancing its capabilities in property information services. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Markham, Canada, Real Matters has established itself as a key player in the North American market for property information services.
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.
Hubba is a Toronto-based software company that operates a platform designed for brand marketers and retail buyers. Its platform facilitates the digital representation of product portfolios by allowing users to create product stories that combine product information, rich media, and promotional content into a unified source. Hubba's technology enables users to synchronize product content across various digital channels and provides visibility into how retailers present their brands to consumers. Additionally, the platform empowers independent businesses by connecting them with potential buyers, enhancing product distribution and discovery. Utilizing a blend of machine learning and personal curation, Hubba currently supports over 75,000 small to medium-sized businesses in navigating business opportunities and meeting customer demands.
Prodomax Automation Ltd. is a manufacturer based in Barrie, Canada, specializing in automated manufacturing solutions. Founded in 1971, the company designs and constructs equipment for various applications, including assembly, welding, machining, material handling, and laser cutting/welding. Prodomax offers a range of products such as resistance and arc welding systems, assembly systems, hot stamping systems, and laser systems, catering primarily to industries like automotive, electronics, and consumer products. The company focuses on process engineering and implementation, providing services that encompass system layout, simulation, hardware controls, software design, and robotic handling systems. Prodomax Automation Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Jenoptik AG.
TouchBistro, Inc. develops iPad-based point of sale (POS) solutions tailored for restaurants, cafes, bars, food trucks, and other food and beverage venues. The company offers a variety of specialized systems, including Restaurant POS for billing and payments, Food Truck POS for mobile operations, and Coffee Shop POS for efficient order management. TouchBistro's solutions enhance operational efficiency by allowing servers to take orders directly from customers and submit them instantly to the kitchen or bar, thereby reducing errors associated with traditional order entry methods. Additionally, the company provides a range of complementary products such as TouchBistro Reservations for guest management, cloud reporting and analytics tools, and a Kitchen Display system. Founded in 2010, TouchBistro is headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Toronto, and its products are available through the Apple App Store in the United States and internationally.
BLINQ Networks is the pioneer in developing next-generation non-line-of sight (NLOS) wireless backhaul products for compact base stations that enable wireless carriers to address the growth in demand for capacity. BLINQ is funded by highly regarded US and Canadian venture capital firms with strong investment track record in wireless technologies and solutions. Their management team has a proven record in building high-growth businesses in the wireless industry with companies that include Andrew, Flarion and Qualcomm. BLINQ's core engineering team comes from Nortel Networks where they were well recognized for developing innovative, state of the art and cost effective wireless systems that have been deployed worldwide. They are set to make a large impact in the wireless industry at a critical inflection point where the mobile Internet enabled by smart phones and mobile computing devices are driving data usage ever higher.
Alida, formerly known as Vision Critical Communications Inc., offers a cloud-based customer intelligence platform that enables organizations to establish engaged and secure communities for continuous real-time feedback and insights. The platform includes various solutions such as IdeaHub, which streamlines the idea generation process within online communities, and IdeaScreen, a web application designed to evaluate early-stage ideas. Additionally, Alida provides Sparq Share, a secure workspace for users of its customer intelligence platform, along with real-time reporting and analytics tools to assist stakeholders in decision-making. The company also offers community management and research consulting services, including insight community planning and management. Alida serves a diverse range of industries, including media, retail, financial services, technology, and healthcare, helping leading brands improve customer experiences and foster loyalty. Founded in 2000, Alida is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
TouchBistro, Inc. develops iPad-based point of sale (POS) solutions tailored for restaurants, cafes, bars, food trucks, and other food and beverage venues. The company offers a variety of specialized systems, including Restaurant POS for billing and payments, Food Truck POS for mobile operations, and Coffee Shop POS for efficient order management. TouchBistro's solutions enhance operational efficiency by allowing servers to take orders directly from customers and submit them instantly to the kitchen or bar, thereby reducing errors associated with traditional order entry methods. Additionally, the company provides a range of complementary products such as TouchBistro Reservations for guest management, cloud reporting and analytics tools, and a Kitchen Display system. Founded in 2010, TouchBistro is headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Toronto, and its products are available through the Apple App Store in the United States and internationally.
Private Equity Round in 2013
Manufacturer and supplier of machined castings and components. The company's casting, machining, welding and fabrication services enables original equipment manufacturers (OEM) in material handling, rail, construction, forestry, mining and defense industries to eliminate waste and streamline their entire supply chain.
GlassBOX Television Inc. is being built to own and operate cross-platform digital broadcast and VOD channels. There is a twist. GlassBOX is run by a couple of veteran Internet guys who are focused on making use of new technologies to engage the audiences and to deliver the channels and content across the globe in innovative ways. GlassBOX studio is near Toronto, Canada, where they produce their own content with emerging artists… the up and coming stars (both on and off the screen) of comedy, music and short form entertainment. The first channel, BITE Television, is three years old and has played a key role in defining a new generation of multi-platform and interactive television services. The Emmy award-winning format for BITE TV is one they are building upon, investing in and looking to duplicate in their forthcoming multi-platform channels. GlassBOX is committed to supporting new talent, developing great content and making the best use of new technologies to help drive audiences for their creator, carrier and advertiser partners.
Private Equity Round in 2011
Protenergy Natural Foods Corporation is a manufacturer of aseptic low acid food and beverage products, specializing in soups, broths, and sauces. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Richmond Hill, Canada, with a production facility in Cambridge, Maryland, the company offers a range of contract manufacturing services. These services include ingredient sourcing, process and packaging solutions, product formulation, and logistics support for retailers and brand owners across North America. Protenergy is recognized for its diverse carton packaging options, catering to various product consistencies, and employs advanced production equipment to ensure high quality and food safety. The company emphasizes the provision of natural and organic food products, including soymilk, non-dairy beverages, and fruit juices, focusing on cost efficiency and improved shelf life to meet the needs of its customers. Protenergy operates as a subsidiary of Bay Valley Foods, LLC.
Private Equity Round in 2007
Owner of a multi-material recycling and waste removal company based in Toronto. The company offers product destruction, waste management, consulting and audits, material recovery, municipal services, confidential shredding, portable toilets, and specialty contracts. Its services include paper recovery, mixed beverage container recovery, industrial metal recovery, plastics recovery, packaging waste recycling, and organic food waste recycling; product destruction services for health care products, dairy products, non-hazardous pharmaceuticals, and various other food products; municipal services, such as residential collection, garbage and yard waste collection, and whitemore