Ontario Centres of Excellence

The Ontario Centres of Excellence invests in projects and people to accelerate industry R&D to impact the Ontario economy through the commercialization of leading edge research. OCE invests in - Industry-Academic collaborative research - Commercialization of academic research through licensing and spin off companies - Early stage seed financing of start-ups - Skills development for high quality personnel The Ontario Centres of Excellence is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1987. Core funding is provided by the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
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Dymaxia

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Dymaxia is developing clinically validated algorithm to relate heart rate to anxiety states in children with autism using wearable wristbands.

FreshSpoke, Inc.

Grant in 2017
FreshSpoke, Inc. develops an application for food distribution. The company provides a platform where food products are directly traded between buyers and sellers without a middleman. It can be used by local producers, buyers and drivers who provide delivery services. FreshSpoke, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Barrie, Canada.

Payso

Grant in 2015
Payso is one of Canada’s first peer-to-peer payment services. The online app aims to be the easiest way to make and share payments with friends. It is fast, secure, and totally free. Whether you’re splitting a grocery bill, celebrating a birthday, or chipping in for gas, settling up can be done with just the click of a button. Simply add any Visa or MasterCard and you’re ready to start sending payments with no additional fees.

Pinch VR

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Indiegogo is a way for people all over the world to join forces to make ideas happen. Since 2008, millions of contributors have empowered hundreds of thousands of inventors, musicians, do-gooders, filmmakers—and other game-changers—to bring big dreams to life.

Neutun Labs

Seed Round in 2017
Neutun Labs Inc. provides tracking software for epileptics through smartwatches and wearables. It offers a tracking tool for continuous passive tracking, medication reminders, notification, and recording progress services. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

AOMS Technologies

Grant in 2015
AOMS Technologies provides integrated Industrial IoT platforms for generating actionable insights from assets and processes to enhance efficiency and productivity, reduce operation costs, increase safety, and improve environmental sustainability. AOMS IoT platforms are integrated sensors and analytics tools developed for harsh environments and heavy industrial applications where conventional technologies fail, lose performance, or cannot be deployed efficiently.

Orca Intelligence

Seed Round in 2017
Orca Intelligence's invoice audit and payment program reduce client's workloads and allows them to refocus their time on core responsibilities.

Sortspoke

Seed Round in 2017
SortSpoke's artificial intelligence does the complex data extraction work that people do today. SortSpoke helps companies automate manual document processing. SortSpoke is a cloud service that learns how you classify your documents, what data you extract from them and then it does it for you.

Noibu

Seed Round in 2019
Noibu Technologies Inc. develops a platform which provides data of online shoppers for visual merchandise planning, product placement, and marketing purposes for retail industry. Its products include basic Noibu, which consist a virtual storefront; Noibu, which provides a virtual storefront with data analytics; and Noibu plus, which provides a virtual storefront with advanced data analytics. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.

Plum.io, Inc.

Seed Round in 2014
Plum.io, Inc. develops a software as a service (SaaS) recruitment platform to match job candidates with companies. The company offers workforce re-org, workforce planning, leaders, talent acquisition, succession planning, employee development, and team building and insights. It develops talent acquisition tools that help companies hire, grow, and retain top talents. Plum.io, Inc. was formerly known as Cream.HR, Inc. and changed its name to Plum.io, Inc. in August 2014. Plum.io, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Waterloo, Canada.

STUDEOHQ.com

Pre Seed Round in 2015
STUDEOHQ.com transforms ordinary media into high impact interactive stories. We're changing how real estate and other verticals strategically creates emotive content to actively convert leads into new customers.

Ethica Data Services Inc.

Seed Round in 2016
Ethica offers the first research tool that is based on smartphones, wearables, and objective measurements of human behaviour, not surveys

Ourotech

Seed Round in 2015
Ourotech Inc. manufactures hydrogels for personalized cancer treatment. The company offers hydrogels that can culture tumors outside of the human body and mimic the drug resistance of tumors inside the human body. Its products include Genesis, a hydrogel for breast, colon, and brain Glioblastoma (GBM) cancers. Ourotech Inc. also provides drug testing services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Waterloo, Canada.

TranQool Inc

Seed Round in 2016
TranQool Inc provides Online counselling platform that connect users with therapist through secure video calls. TranQool services fall under counselling service, visits to psychologists or registered social workers (RSW/MSW). Check with your insurance provider to find out how much coverage you have. Your plan may cover your therapy sessions with TranQool psychologists and clinical social workers. If you have any questions about your insurance coverage do not hesitate to give us a call: (888) 365-4935

Top Hat

Seed Round in 2010
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.

GoWrench Auto

Seed Round in 2018
GoWrench Inc. offers mobile automotive maintenance services. The company allows the customer to request the service through an online booking platform and provides mechanics after receiving a quote. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Hamilton, Canada.

Proteocyte AI

Angel Round in 2014
Proteocyte AI develops Straticyte, a precancer laboratory service that objectively and accurately detects oral lesions at high risk of transforming to cancer and those that pose low risk. Its Straticyte assesses the risk of oral lesions becoming cancerous by applying proprietary protein biomarkers to biopsies of the lesions. The company offers its solution for the diagnosis and treatment of oral and head and neck cancers. The company was formerly known as Proteocyte Diagnostics Inc. and changed its name to Proteocyte AI in March, 2018. Proteocyte AI was founded in 2011 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Brüha

Seed Round in 2016
Brüha is an online event marketplace. We provide event organizers various tools and services to help them manage their events and sell tickets. Event organizers list and sell event tickets directly through the Brüha platform. They have an opportunity to hire Promoters on Brüha, who are vetted individuals and groups that sell tickets for a commission on the sale.

Pathcore

Seed Round in 2008
Pathcore is dedicated to developing highly functional digital pathology solutions that enable digital workflows

AXIS Labs

Grant in 2017
AXIS has the vision to make any 'existing thing' smart - starting first with window shades. The company's first product, Gear, motorizes and automates existing window shades in minutes. Named as the 2017 Motorized Product of the Year by the Consumer Technology Association, Gear is compatible with a variety of window shades and allows you to control and schedule your shades from the comfort of your phone. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices in New York City, USA, and Shenzhen, China, AXIS is on a mission to transform the window shade industry with smart and simple technology.

Kinetica Dynamics

Grant in 2013
Kinetica Dynamics Inc. designs and implements damping, isolation and vibration control technologies for prevention against wind and earthquake loading. The company offers Viscoelastic Coupling Damper (VCD) technology; and Viscoelastic (VE) Material, a damping material for wind serviceability and seismic protection. It also offers services for tall building design, such as Peer review of high-rise building design, High-rise building damping and high-performance system design, and nonlinear modeling of tall and complex buildings. Kinetica Dynamics Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional office in San Francisco, California.

NURO CORP.

Seed Round in 2019
Nuro Corp develops neurologically-powered communication software for doctors and patients. It enables instant communication and computing for incapacitated patients in post-surgeries, ICUs, nursing homes, and rehabilitation by using brain signals. The company’s products include NUOS ALS; a neurologically-controlled communication platform for ALS patients, NUOS TRAUMA; it is a neurologically-controlled communication platform for tetraplegia patients, NUOS STROKE; is neurologically-controlled communication platform for stroke victims, and NUOS AI; provides instant access to insights from neurological and behavioral data. Nuro Corp was founded in 2017 and is based in Waterloo, Canada.

SSIMWave Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
SSIMWAVE is a cutting-edge video software company that provides perceptual quality measurement and optimization solutions to some of the largest broadcast and streaming operators in Canada and the United States.

Setter

Seed Round in 2017
Setter Inc. develops an application which connects homeowners with personal home managers. It allows users to book home maintenance and repair services, such as window cleaning, landscaping, installing a new furnace, and replacing countertops. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Toronto, Canada. As per the transaction announced on November 21, 2020, Setter Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Thumbtack, Inc.

Source My Garment

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Source My Garment Consulting Inc provides garment manufacturing services. The company provides its services to fashion brands. Source My Garment Consulting Inc was founded in 2009 and is based in Pickering, Canada.

AdvanceWorx

Seed Round in 2017
AdvanceWorx Inc. develops mobile thermal imaging hardware and software solutions. The company is headquartered in Sudbury, Canada.

GRIDCURE INC.

Seed Round in 2015
GRIDCURE INC. provides advanced metering infrastructure solutions. Its solutions enable users to monitor bulk and individual power usage at finer granularity, allowing for analysis on large (grid health, energy balancing, load distribution, and peak load detection) and small (individual health detection and outage detection) scale of power data. The company specializes in grid health analysis, consumption signal processing, fraud detection, and automated communication and alert system. Its solutions also used for automated billing purposes. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.

AIVA Labs Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
AIVA Labs Inc. provides information technology services in the areas of website design and management. The company’s AI technology reads the users’ visitors and automatically designs a personalized experience to convert them into lifelong customers. It offers services related to campaign management, suggestions, integration support, graphic designer, multivariate testing, and customer management. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Peekapak

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Developed by education experts, Peekapak's award winning learning platform and digital games provides educators with easy-to-use, standards-aligned, research-based tools that make integrating social-emotional skills fun, engaging and effective. Peekapak is backed by Y Combinator's Edtech Vertical, Imagine K12, NewSchools Venture Fund, Uncharted and the DMZ and has been covered in EdSurge, Entrepreneur Magazine, Kidscreen, Flare, International Business Times, Flare, BetaKit, TechVibes, Yahoo Finance, CBC, CTV and Toronto Star.

SnapEDA Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Relied upon by hundreds of thousands of engineers globally, SnapEDA helps engineers build electronics faster and cheaper by providing them with ready-to-use building blocks.

Postalgia Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Postalgia Inc. is a direct mail marketing service company that uses robotics to create handwrite letters, envelopes, postcards, and other mail marketing materials. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Markham, Canada.

GameStrat

Seed Round in 2017
GameStrat is a sports software company that specializes in sideline instant replay and real-time analytics. They currently provide solutions for a number of different sports such as football, basketball and volleyball, and have plans to branch out to other sports in the future.

Joyride

Seed Round in 2017
Joyride powers the largest global network of micromobility operators. They offer turnkey software solutions for dockless bike-share and electric scooter operators. Their platform includes a white-label mobile application for end-users and a web-based dashboard for fleet operators. They currently power customers in 100-plus markets worldwide, and their management software enables an any-sized business to launch their fleet within 24 hours and seamlessly scale their operations from five to 500,000-plus vehicles.

Oncoustics

Seed Round in 2015
Oncoustics is dedicated to improving productivity in clinical workflow and making ultrasound more widely available, accessible to non-experts and affordable for diagnostic imaging.

Hopeful Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Hopeful Inc. is a company that helps nonprofits drive donations, reduce operating costs, and make better decisions using data. We do this through a machine learning driven analytics dashboard that enables nonprofits to analyze trends in their social media strategy, monitor their supporters' engagement, and proactively create programs to better drive donations through data-driven decision-making. We are a Canadian company based out of the Ryerson DMZ Tech Accelerator, and our currently in the process of working with nonprofits in Canada and the United States.

Sensibill

Seed Round in 2015
Sensibill is a digital receipts ecosystem that allows customers to access receipts directly from bank accounts. Sensibill provides a turnkey digital receipt solution to financial institutions. The company's services allows retail customers to manage itemized receipts from trusted financial services applications. The Sensibill platform combines technology with beautiful interface design to deliver an experience that creates consistent customer engagement for banking applications and transforms customers into advocates.

Greenspace Mental Health Ltd

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Greenspace Mental Health uses validated and evidence based tools to help patients and therapists easily measure and track progress in psychotherapy. They are assembling a team of technology entrepreneurs, healthcare experts and world-class advisors, with a shared vision of solving big problems to improve patient treatment outcomes from therapy. We are working to make an impact across multiple sectors in mental health; being an area of significant need that is lacking innovation and solutions.

Proteocyte AI

Seed Round in 2014
Proteocyte AI develops Straticyte, a precancer laboratory service that objectively and accurately detects oral lesions at high risk of transforming to cancer and those that pose low risk. Its Straticyte assesses the risk of oral lesions becoming cancerous by applying proprietary protein biomarkers to biopsies of the lesions. The company offers its solution for the diagnosis and treatment of oral and head and neck cancers. The company was formerly known as Proteocyte Diagnostics Inc. and changed its name to Proteocyte AI in March, 2018. Proteocyte AI was founded in 2011 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
QuantWave provides faster, cheaper, and simpler pathogen detection for drinking water and food suppliers. QuantWave Technologies is dedicated to providing optimal technologies and solutions for pathogen detection in food and drinking water. QuantWave is dedicated to providing a real-time, more cost-effective, easy-to-use and more environmental-friendly solution that will reduce contamination risk, enhance quality operation, and generate cost savings for food and drinking water manufacturing industries, and ultimately better protect public health.​​

BlueDot Inc.

Grant in 2013
BlueDot Inc. offers data analytics solutions focusing on infectious diseases. It offer data, such as infectious disease breakouts, hospitals/healthcare facilities, local mobility, livestock populations, mosquitoes and ticks, animal infectious diseases, population demographics, global flight tickets sales, and real time climate. BlueDot Inc. was formerly known as BioDiaspora Inc. and changed its name to BlueDot Inc. in December 2014. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Scent Trunk Apparel Inc.

Seed Round in 2016
Traditionally, fragrances have been marketed using some generic celebrity we’re all supposed to “aspire to” and sold at overwhelming department stores. Scent Trunk designs original fragrances for you based on a guided process of personal discovery. Our members start with a Scent Test kit with a palette of our six core scents, designed to help them discover what they like – and don’t like. Then we deliver a one-month supply of a custom fragrance formula. Using the data we collect, we are able to create better scent products (lotions, soaps, etc.) than anyone else.

Datenight Babysitting

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Datenight Babysitting is a mobile- and web- app that connects parents with experienced, local babysitters. With hundreds of pre-interviewed babysitters in both Toronto and Ottawa, Datenight allows parents to register, see a list of great babysitters and schedule interviews with them quickly and easily. Datenight Babysitting's sky-high parent-approval rate makes makes it simple to connect with great babysitters that your family will love and makes booking and paying for babysitting a breeze.

Gorkon industries

Seed Round in 2015
Gorkon Industries provides superior engineering services for FIT and net metered solar projects as well as consultations for off-grid systems. In-house solar photovoltaic design and engineering work cooperatively with sustainability consultants, Research and development - work with government, industry and universities to stay up-to-date with latest technology and information, comprehensive training and support, project quality assurance program provide financial support through cash flow analysis.
QuantWave provides faster, cheaper, and simpler pathogen detection for drinking water and food suppliers. QuantWave Technologies is dedicated to providing optimal technologies and solutions for pathogen detection in food and drinking water. QuantWave is dedicated to providing a real-time, more cost-effective, easy-to-use and more environmental-friendly solution that will reduce contamination risk, enhance quality operation, and generate cost savings for food and drinking water manufacturing industries, and ultimately better protect public health.​​

BioRender.io

Seed Round in 2017
BioRender is building the first standard visual language of biology and software tools to communicate it. We have built a web-based software tool that enables scientists and their colleagues to create and share high-quality science figures in minutes. BioRender has developed a database of thousands of scientific icons and templates with “drag-and-drop” functionality that enables scientists to create illustrations in a way that is fast, repeatable, and standardized.

Squiggle Park

Seed Round in 2018
Squiggle Park develops bite-sized games for pre K-1 students that teach foundational reading skills through play. Its games allow kids to plan independently or in groups and stay engaged in the games, helping with classroom management and allowing teachers to spend more time in one-on-one or small group instruction. Squiggle Park was formerly known as Eyeread Inc. and changed its name to Squiggle Park in August 2016. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Halifax, Canada with additional offices in the United States and Canada. Squiggle Park operates as a subsidiary of Norex.

DragonRAD

Series A in 2009
DragonRAD is provided by Seregon Solutions Inc., a provider of mobile enterprise application platform software. Seregon’s experience in developing access solutions for wireless handheld devices resulted in the creation of DragonRAD, which enables developers to build custom enterprise applications quickly and at low cost.

Furnishr

Grant in 2016
Furnishr is a unique interior design platform that makes furnishing spaces easy and affordable. Furnishr is a turnkey furnishing platform that will completely furnish your empty home in one day. Purchase a room design on Furnishr.com, and all the furniture and accessories in the design will be delivered and assembled in your own room all at once.

Steadiwear

Seed Round in 2016
Steadiwear is the company behind the Steadi-One, the world's first battery-free glove that is designed to intelligently reduces tremors. The Steadi-One is a Class I medical device that has been registered with the FDA and has been available for pre-order the market as of August 2019. After delivering our first batch of units during December 2019, the team is ramping up towards a full scale launch in March 2020.

BORO

Seed Round in 2018
BORO has changed the way you access the things you need. This unique service is packed with amazing products from around the world - from tools you need to start a home project to drones that you can fly on your time off. Book private products from others around you or list your own. BORO is fun, fast and secure.

EntreLaunch

Seed Round in 2018
EntreLaunch is on a mission to launch the next generation of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. Business Description: EntreLaunch Inc. is developing a fully online global pre-accelerator program primarily for youth age 15-35 to offset global youth unemployment and underemployment and build resiliency in a rapidly changing job market. In addition, Impact Cup is a 48 hour experiential teen entrepreneurial challenge geared to give youth the soft skills they need to succeed in any career and the power to create their own future as an entrepreneur or intrapreneurs. EntreLaunch rounds out our offerings by providing a platform for microloans and our future microcredit program that will provide youth with the initial funds to test, validate and launch their idea. Company Background: EntreLaunch Inc. is a federally registered Canadian Corporation operating in Ontario and incorporated in 2015 by Rebecca Palmer, the sole director and shareholder. All IP, programs, licensing and branding are owned by EntreLaunch Inc. EntreLaunch Foundation is a federally incorporated not for profit registered in 2017 operating in Ontario. This is the first chapter for EntreLaunch Inc. and delivers all not for profit programming. Products/Services: EntreLaunch Inc. offers a youth free access to an online pre-accelerator (with premium advanced upgrade available), a microfunding program and the Launcher community. What sets us apart is our focus on social impact and on being able to deliver programming to rural and remote areas where access to entrepreneurial education is more difficult to reach. Our online courses will be available offline and in a variety of formats to allow easy access through mobile devices. Custom solutions will also be available for gender and age specific communities worldwide. The microfunding program allows youth to test ideas and validate businesses early on by providing small microfunds of up to $3000 backed by the community. Our initial funding program, The High Five Fund, allows donations based on the likeability of the idea or project. Entrelaunch will also develop a microcredit program similar to the Grameen Bank model to grant small, low interest loans. We work directly with teens under the EntreLaunch Foundation (and other chapters) in schools and other organizations. We seek out at-risk youth, students not headed for post-secondary school and those who struggle in traditional education for one reason or another. These are our future entrepreneurs and current programs focus largely on students in business programs heading to post-secondary schools.

Hyre inc.

Seed Round in 2017
Hyre inc. operates an online marketplace that directly connects event staff with event organizers. Its platform connects event staff (bartenders, servers, and chef assistants) and event organizers (event venues, caterers, and event planners). The company’s platform enables event organizers to hire event staff for their events. Hyre inc. was formerly known as eStaffMatch, Inc. and changed its name to Hyre inc. in November 2016. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada with an additional office in Ottawa.

Gene42

Seed Round in 2015
PhenoTips is a computer software company that provides solution for clinical genetics, phenotyping, and human phenotype ontology. It offers smart software solutions streamlined for clinical use that can be integrated with existing electronic health records. The company was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Ontario, Canada.

NURO CORP.

Grant in 2021
Nuro Corp develops neurologically-powered communication software for doctors and patients. It enables instant communication and computing for incapacitated patients in post-surgeries, ICUs, nursing homes, and rehabilitation by using brain signals. The company’s products include NUOS ALS; a neurologically-controlled communication platform for ALS patients, NUOS TRAUMA; it is a neurologically-controlled communication platform for tetraplegia patients, NUOS STROKE; is neurologically-controlled communication platform for stroke victims, and NUOS AI; provides instant access to insights from neurological and behavioral data. Nuro Corp was founded in 2017 and is based in Waterloo, Canada.

Pond Technologies

Grant in 2017
Pond Technologies Holdings Inc., a technology company, produces microalgal biomass using available sources of carbon dioxide(CO2), including CO2 rich emission sources from industrial plants and the licensing of its technology. The resultant algae is used in the supply of nutraceuticals, superfoods, and aquaculture and animal feeds, as well as feedstock in the production of biofoams and algae based biomaterials, and other algae derived product markets. It also focuses on the terrestrial plant and cannabis industry. The company is headquartered in Markham, Canada.

Sniper Skin

Seed Round in 2016
Sniper Skin is a sports equipment manufacturing company committed to providing products that solve problems in hockey, baseball, lacrosse, and more. Their patent-pending products aim to improve the game experience and reduce the effort required to prepare equipment for play. Sniper Skin aims to save you money by extending the life of your sports gear.

Pitstop

Seed Round in 2019
Pitstop is a cloud-based Prognostic Maintenance Platform that enables enterprises to leverage the wealth of information available from their vehicle fleets. Their data engine integrates Connected Vehicles, Dealerships, Fleet Manager, Tier 1 Suppliers, OEMs, Insurance Companies and the Aftermarket Supply Chain.

Om Company

Seed Round in 2019
Om Company's mission is to empower people to take control of their end-of-life planning as a crucial step towards financial well-being and achieve achieving peace-of-mind.

Pitstop

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Pitstop is a cloud-based Prognostic Maintenance Platform that enables enterprises to leverage the wealth of information available from their vehicle fleets. Their data engine integrates Connected Vehicles, Dealerships, Fleet Manager, Tier 1 Suppliers, OEMs, Insurance Companies and the Aftermarket Supply Chain.

Winterlight Labs Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
Winterlight Labs Inc. develops a speech-based platform for detecting cognitive and mental diseases such as, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Its AI (artificial intelligence) diagnostic platform assesses and monitors cognitive health by quantifying speech and language patterns. The company's platform has applications in clinical trials, long-term and primary care, and speech-language pathology. Winterlight Labs Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Intelocate

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Intelocate develops cloud based communication and execution platform which enables retailers configure a network of brand, vendor and sales associates to optimize execution in the retail channel. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
InDanio Bioscience Inc. operates as a vivo drug discovery company. The company develops new chemical entities for the pharmaceutically important nuclear protein families. The company offers assessment of nuclear receptor lead compound properties, invivo screening, De novo screen for new NG ligands with ligand trap system. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

SharpestMinds

Pre Seed Round in 2016
SharpestMinds is a platform for early talent discovery in machine learning. It connects STEM graduate students and machine learning developers to businesses looking for AI talent. The company aims to create a new kinds of machine learning-driven service that can identify tech talent early, get them in the door at startups, and eventually lead them to a potential hire for a problem they’re interested in.

Smats Traffic Solutions

Seed Round in 2017
Smats Traffic Solutions Inc. develops vehicle detection software. Its solutions include traffic management solution that provides travel time measurement, origin destination pattern, and traffic signal optimization; and queue management solutions for borders, port management, work zones, and rail yards. Smats Traffic Solutions Inc. also manufactures sensory and portable traffic tools such as tablets and traffic box. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.

Tournkey

Seed Round in 2017
Tournkey is an innovative event enhancement tool built and designed to simplify the life of event organizers around the world. Today’s event organizer works hard to ensure they deliver a perfect event for all of their participants. By joining a range of services from competing products, we have streamlined the event landscape into one easy to use tool. Our team’s sole purpose is to reduce the time these individuals require to execute great events by improving the participant’s experience and turning hours into clicks.

Knockri Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Knockri Inc. develops an artificial intelligence based video soft skill assessment tool that reduces hiring bias and eliminates unsuccessful interviews. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

ProPet Software

Seed Round in 2015
ProPet Software is full-service kennel management software that streamlines the day-to-day operations of a pet business with our clean and intuitive user interface.

Rover Parking

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Rover connects empty and unused parking spots with those looking for affordable and convenient parking.

NERv Technology Inc.

Grant in 2017
NERv Technology Inc. develops an implantable biochip with biosensors to detect post-operative complications, such as internal bleeding, leakage of bodily fluids, and infection within the abdominal cavity. The biosensor collects data and identifies the complications as it develops and informs both patient and physician in real-time. It also detects changes in the levels of biomarker. The company serves physicians, surgeons, hospitals, and patients. NERv Technology Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Kitchener, Canada.
Clear Blue Technologies, the Smart Off-Grid company, combines green energy with the proven advantages of communications and cloud technology to power and control off-grid lighting, security and mobile solutions. We are ushering in a new age of off-grid systems, that deliver the reliability of grid connected systems but are environmentally friendly, less costly, and can be monitored and controlled over the Internet.

Meet Auto Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
Meet Auto Inc. provides an online marketplace that enables users to buy and sell new and used motor vehicles. It offers MeetAuto.ca, an online marketplace that allows users to manage/view notifications, messages, test drive requests, articles, and vehicle search profile matches; and compare prices, search vehicles, and post advertisements. The company’s platform is used to buy and sell cars, trucks, SUVs, minivans, and other vehicles in Canada. Meet Auto Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.

Neutun Labs

Seed Round in 2016
Neutun Labs Inc. provides tracking software for epileptics through smartwatches and wearables. It offers a tracking tool for continuous passive tracking, medication reminders, notification, and recording progress services. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

LiveQoS

Venture Round in 2010
LiveQoS, formerly iPeak Networks, has IPQ™ to find and fix the problems on any wired and wireless network. This guarantees the best video and virtualization experience for smartphones, tablets, laptops and thin clients. The company’s IPQ™ technology enables OEMs to optimize the network quality to suit the exact requirements of specific network-based applications, platforms or environments. OEMs are facing daunting challenges as both the consumer and the enterprise migrate away from the reliability and predictability of the desktop-and-LAN paradigm. They are moving towards mobile devices (laptops, tablets, smartphones) that are running increasingly demanding, high bandwidth applications (video chat, video streaming, VDI) over the wired LAN, WiFi, 3G/4G, and the public Internet. The confluence of these three megatrends – real-time, mobility, and multiple networks – is driving the new requirement for application-specific network QoS solutions. IPQ™ is a framework and an evolving set of powerful technologies that maximize the quality of controlled and uncontrolled networks according to actual link conditions and actual application requirements. IPQ™ enables applications to run as-designed in network environments where the application would otherwise fail or the user would suffer unsatisfactory Quality of Experience (QoE). IPQ™ is the only commercially available solution that meets these requirements.

Embodia

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Embodia is the learning marketplace for healthcare professionals of every niche and discipline. They believe that learning is an ongoing process - and the best way to remain passionate and effective as a practitioner is to open yourself up to new techniques

Tripsi

Seed Round in 2017
Tripsi is Group Travel Made Easy. A group travel marketplace and procurement platform for all forms of group travel experiences including destination weddings, educational travel, sport trips and religious pilgrimages. Tripsi's mission is to make online group travel as easy as individual travel. Designed to streamline the end to end process of planning, promoting and collecting funds, tripsi eases the burden for the trip organizer and operator.

ParticipAid

Seed Round in 2016
ParticipAid Inc. offers an online portal that provides researchers with tools to establish an online presence, communicate findings with the public, recruit participants, and streamline the processes associated with recruitment. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Mississauga, Canada.

Law Scout

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Law Scout is an online platform that connects small businesses to lawyers at the upfront and fixed fees. It’s an online service that makes it faster and easier for businesses to find and hire lawyers. They are not a law firm, and they do not provide legal services, legal advice or lawyer referral services. They do not provide or participate in any legal representation. Law Scout was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Syngli

Grant in 2020
Syngli Inc. (formerly known as NeuRecall Inc.) is an educational technology start-up, with offices in Kitchener-Waterloo (Canada) and Berkeley (US). We are developing an online platform for increasing teaching and learning efficiency, with applications ranging from language learning to standardized test preparation within medicine and other professions. Our system includes software inspired by cognitive neuroscience and machine learning, and a uniquely-structured knowledge base grown online by users. The platform tracks each learner’s level of understanding, and uses such data to extract relevant information from the knowledge base and then generate novel questions.

OpenSports

Pre Seed Round in 2015
OpenSports enables sports and recreation organizers to build amazing groups Groups that are using OpenSports run weekly and even daily events without the time consuming organizational burden of manually sending invites via multiple platforms, managing RSVPS, payment collection, waitlists, etc. They boast about how OpenSports cuts out the chaos of collecting cash, and dealing with no-shows. Players get notified of upcoming games from their favorite groups and can easily join and pay through the app or website.

Validere

Seed Round in 2015
Validere Technologies Inc. develops portable devices that provide critical information about a liquid for large markets and industries. The company offers Validere Identifier, a portable device that checks liquids against its library and verifies if the liquid is hazardous; and EDGE Connect that enables buyers and sellers to securely connect with counterparties outside of their network and discover arbitrage opportunities. It offers its products for liquid fingerprinting, industrial process monitoring, and consumer product applications. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

OpenChannel

Seed Round in 2015
Your own app marketplace in minutes. Utilize the power of your developer community to build awesome apps for your product.

Kepler Communications Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Kepler Communications Inc. designs, develops, and operates satellites and infrastructure for space-based connectivity that connects space stations, habitats, machines, and devices with satellites on orbit. The company provides Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), a satellites that spin around the earth and deliver coverage to the planet; PolarConnect, a communication solution that enables organizations operating at the earth’s extremes to connect and share information with other regions of the globe; Global Data Service, a high bandwidth solution for transferring large data files between remote sites and the internet; and everywhereIOT, a solution that provides cellular quality and standardized connection for Internet of Things (IoT) devices through a globally available satellite services. It serves maritime, natural resources, research and exploration, defense, and shipping and logistics industries. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Derek Lim Soo

Seed Round in 2017
Peak’s AI-powered software enables intelligent energy in smart cities by optimizing synthetic, stationary, and mobile batteries to act as grid resources. Peak’s solutions reduce operating costs and the environmental footprint of our clients while decreasing strain on the grid.

Client Outlook Inc.

Grant in 2012
Client Outlook Inc. provides IT solutions for health professionals. It offers eUnity, a server-based universal viewer that enables healthcare professionals to access, manipulate, and collaborate in real-time over medical images using any browser. The company also provides eUnity Mobile that enables healthcare professionals to access, manipulate, and collaborate over medical images through mobile devices. The company has strategic alliances with GNAX Health and Acuo Technologies, LLC. Client Outlook Inc. is based in Waterloo, Canada. As of July 13, 2020, Client Outlook Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Mach7 Technologies Limited.

Parlay Ideas Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Parlay Ideas Inc. owns and operates a platform which allows teachers to have discussions with the students. The platform allows measuring the quantity and quality of student contributions and also allows teachers to give feedback. The company features include overview of the topic, online discussions, cases studies, and instructional templates. Parlay Ideas Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Koho Financial Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
KOHO Financial provides an application based banking platform intended to simplify financial products available to everyone. Its platform helps users to complete their day to day banking operations while offering tools such as goals, cash flow projections, group spending, spending insights, and categorizations, enabling users to manage their expenses and banking operations on the go.
Chalk is a planning and analytics platform that enables K-12 schools and districts to develop a cohesive, standards-aligned map for curriculum and instruction. From small, independent schools to large, national school networks, Chalk is behind the academic strategies influencing millions of students.

Legalswipe

Seed Round in 2016
Legalswipe informs people of their rights during interactions with police. The company's mobile application informs people of their legal rights through easily accessible and easily understandable information. Legalswipe adds further information and develops into additional areas of the law.

Finn AI

Grant in 2015
Finn.ai develops natural language understanding software for the banking industry. The company offers chat platform and native applications. The company’s software enables transferring money, tracking budget, learn about banking products and services, and access to human support. Finn.ai was formerly known as Payso Inc. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

My Good Green

Seed Round in 2016
The passion behind Good Green Earth is to create ‘My Good Green’ products, which help make positive and sustainable changes to the earth. Through research and innovation we strive to make natural and organic composting and fertilizer products, that are free from toxins and pesticides.

Village mommy.com

Seed Round in 2015
Village mommy helps moms meet other moms for friendship, support, and playdates. Company is reducing postpartum depression and improving all kinds of postnatal outcomes for moms and babies. By bringing an online social network platform to mothers, Villagemommy.com helps provide peer support to improve mothers' mental health.

gShift

Seed Round in 2010
gShift is an enterprise SEO, Web presence analytics and content performance platform designed to help agency and brand marketers optimize, monitor and report on the performance of their multi-channel owned, earned and paid campaigns from search through to conversion. gShift’s software infrastructure has been collecting and storing web presence data since 2009. More than 10,000 brands in 24 countries benefit from gShift’s insight data and software, as they optimize their time to improve the discoverability and the sharing of their content. gShift placed 29th on the PROFIT HOT 50.

Lending Loop

Angel Round in 2016
Lending Loop is Canada's first peer-to-peer lending marketplace. Our core focus is providing businesses with accessible capital at fair interest rates through a simple online process. We do this by cutting out the costly intermediaries, such as banks, allowing Canadian businesses and lenders to prosper together. Lending Loop gives all Canadians access to simple and attractive returns by supporting the growth of local Canadian businesses.

IDENTOS Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
Identos delivers the most secure frameworks for data connectivity on mobile devices. The Identos encryption platform operates just like the payment networks you trust while accessing your own bank account. Our solution is built on advanced mobile payments technology and implements industry standards for security and encryption. Our Innovative and low cost hardware solutions can make any mobile device a secure and industry compliant point of sale system

OtoSim Inc.

Seed Round in 2012
OtoSim was developed by a renowned multi-disciplinary team of clinicians, educators, and engineers. Drs. Forte and Campisi recognized the deficiencies that exist in current-day otoscopic training, pioneered the OtoSim device to resolve the problem and proved its value through a scientific study. Enlisting commercialization support from MaRS Innovation and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the multi-disciplinary team engineered the device and developed the software to create OtoSim