Plaza Ventures

Plaza Ventures is a Toronto-based venture capital firm established in 2008, specializing in a micro-fund model that channels capital from high-net-worth investors into targeted Series A and Series B investments. The firm has a demonstrated history of supporting successful entrepreneurs through multiple funding rounds. Each micro-fund allocates half of its capital to emerging companies with established business models generating over $3 million in annual revenues, focusing on those resilient to economic fluctuations. The remaining funds are reinvested in 4-5 successful ventures from previous investments. While Plaza Ventures identifies as sector agnostic, it has a particular focus and expertise in areas such as enterprise SaaS, location-based services, IoT, Smart City initiatives, digital media, and marketplaces, catering primarily to growth-stage companies in the United States and Canada.

Daniel Brothman

General Partner

Tina Saberi Safaei

Associate

Elliot Spiro

Venture Partner

37 past transactions

Super.com

Series C in 2023
Super.com is a financial application that focuses on helping users save money and build credit. Originally known as Snapcommerce, the company operates a platform that offers discounted everyday items and travel deals, including hotel bookings. By facilitating cashback opportunities and providing users with tools to manage their finances effectively, Super.com aims to empower consumers to make smarter purchasing decisions. The application serves as a centralized hub for users to access various deals, enabling them to maximize savings while enhancing their credit profiles through responsible spending.

Super.com

Debt Financing in 2023
Super.com is a financial application that focuses on helping users save money and build credit. Originally known as Snapcommerce, the company operates a platform that offers discounted everyday items and travel deals, including hotel bookings. By facilitating cashback opportunities and providing users with tools to manage their finances effectively, Super.com aims to empower consumers to make smarter purchasing decisions. The application serves as a centralized hub for users to access various deals, enabling them to maximize savings while enhancing their credit profiles through responsible spending.

Symend

Series C in 2022
Symend Inc. is a company that specializes in debt recovery solutions through its innovative software platform. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Calgary, Canada, with additional offices in Toronto and Denver, Symend focuses on enhancing the debt collection process by utilizing automation, predictive analytics, and behavioral science. The platform aims to minimize debt delinquency while ensuring a positive experience for all stakeholders. It offers tools for treatment planning, campaign management, and self-service options, allowing businesses in sectors such as financial services, telecommunications, and utilities to engage customers effectively. By creating personalized interactions, Symend empowers individuals to manage their debts through flexible repayment options, ultimately fostering better financial outcomes and strengthening customer relationships.

KERV Interactive

Venture Round in 2022
KERV Interactive is a digital advertising platform that utilizes advanced patented technology to enhance user engagement through video content. The company has developed an AI-powered video creative technology that employs machine learning to accurately identify objects and their dimensions within video streams, mimicking human visual perception. This innovative approach allows for every frame in a digital video to become an immersive and interactive experience for consumers. By leveraging these capabilities, KERV aims to improve the performance of digital advertising, making it more effective for brands and engaging for audiences.

Busbud

Series C in 2020
Busbud, Inc. offers an online platform for booking intercity bus travel, enabling users to search, compare, and purchase tickets across various destinations in Canada and internationally. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, the company provides extensive travel information, including schedules, prices, reviews, and amenities, through its website and mobile application. Busbud aggregates bus schedules from over 10,463 cities in 89 countries, allowing travelers to plan their trips in multiple languages and currencies. The platform aims to simplify the travel experience by helping users find the best prices and options that suit their needs, while also providing customer support to enhance the booking experience.

Iguazio

Venture Round in 2020
Iguazio is a data science platform designed to assist enterprises in developing, deploying, and managing AI applications on a large scale. By enabling real-time execution of AI models, it supports deployment across various environments, including multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge locations. The platform facilitates the analysis of diverse data sources to generate actionable insights, allowing organizations to effectively leverage AI for business transformation. Additionally, Iguazio accelerates the transition of AI projects into practical applications, streamlining the development of automated machine learning pipelines and significantly reducing the time needed to realize tangible business value from AI initiatives.

Keyliving

Venture Round in 2020
Keyliving is the operator and owner of a co-equity homeownership platform designed to assist clients in affordably purchasing homes. The company's platform makes condo ownership accessible and provides monthly liquidity without a long-term commitment, a land transfer tax, or a personal mortgage, giving users the chance to accumulate equity and ownership while enjoying the freedom of renting.

LANDR

Series B in 2019
Founded in 2013, LANDR is a comprehensive online platform tailored for music creators, offering services for music creation, mastering, and distribution. The company leverages machine learning technologies to provide an instant audio mastering solution that enhances and refines stereo mixes. This innovative platform empowers musicians to produce high-quality tracks independently, eliminating the need for a dedicated sound engineer. By combining a wide array of tools and services in one accessible location, LANDR supports both emerging and professional artists in their creative processes, enabling them to learn, collaborate, master, and release music online. With a team of engineers, producers, and musicians, LANDR stands at the forefront of the intersection between music and technology.

CareGuide

Venture Round in 2019
CareGuide Inc. is a Toronto-based company that operates a network of online marketplaces designed to connect families and individuals with care providers across various sectors. The company specializes in senior care, child care, pet care, and home care services, facilitating the search for local caregivers such as nannies, babysitters, pet sitters, elder-care providers, and house sitters. CareGuide's platforms feature thousands of user profiles, allowing customers to easily find the most suitable care options in their area. Through these services, CareGuide aims to simplify the process of securing everyday care solutions for families and individuals.

iCAN: israel-cannabis.com

Debt Financing in 2019
iCAN is building the global cannabis ecosystem iCAN wants every person in the world to have access to medical-grade cannabis. We are building a portfolio of innovative companies across the entire global cannabis ecosystem. We identify and accelerate these companies and create synergies and cooperation across the ecosystem. iCAN uses its global network and reach to position Israel as the leading medical cannabis tech hub.

Clearco

Series A in 2018
Clearco is an online financial platform focused on providing growth capital to e-commerce and B2B companies. The company leverages proprietary software and data science models to identify high-growth funding opportunities. Clearco offers funding in exchange for a percentage of future revenue, allowing startups to secure the necessary capital for expansion without diluting their equity. This innovative approach enables businesses to access an alternative funding source tailored to their unique growth trajectories.

Q4

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

Dejero

Secondary Market in 2018
Dejero is a company that focuses on providing reliable video and networking solutions to ensure uninterrupted internet connectivity for critical communications. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Dejero utilizes intelligent network aggregation technology to combine various telecommunication networks, including 4G/5G cellular, satellite, and fixed broadband. This approach results in a software-defined "network of networks" that enhances reliability, expands coverage, and increases bandwidth for its global clientele. Dejero specializes in routers and network blending software, enabling the transport of live and recorded video from cameras over multiple connections. This capability allows clients to broadcast live events and share feeds from remote locations, facilitating effective online collaboration and secure data exchange.

CareGuide

Series A in 2018
CareGuide Inc. is a Toronto-based company that operates a network of online marketplaces designed to connect families and individuals with care providers across various sectors. The company specializes in senior care, child care, pet care, and home care services, facilitating the search for local caregivers such as nannies, babysitters, pet sitters, elder-care providers, and house sitters. CareGuide's platforms feature thousands of user profiles, allowing customers to easily find the most suitable care options in their area. Through these services, CareGuide aims to simplify the process of securing everyday care solutions for families and individuals.

Hubba

Series B in 2018
Hubba is a Toronto-based software company that operates a platform designed for brand marketers and independent businesses. The platform facilitates the digital representation of product portfolios, allowing users to create product stories by consolidating product information, rich media, and promotional content into a single source. It provides access to this content for retailers and enables users to synchronize product information across various digital channels. Additionally, Hubba offers insights into how retailers present brands to consumers and allows for customization of product information visibility among partners. The company leverages machine learning and personal curation to match brands with buyers, increasing product distribution opportunities for over 75,000 small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in January 2011, Hubba aims to empower businesses to connect and grow through its commerce network.

Drop

Series A in 2018
Drop is a Toronto-based company that operates a personalized commerce platform, designed to enhance consumer experiences through rewards. The platform leverages machine learning to connect over 4 million members with more than 400 partner brands, enabling users to earn points on their purchases and redeem them for instant rewards. By offering an end-to-end solution, Drop facilitates a seamless connection between brands and consumers, helping merchants understand the behaviors of Millennial and Generation Z shoppers. The company aims to improve everyday consumer lives by providing tailored shopping experiences, and it has recently expanded its operations to the UK while maintaining a focus on the North American market.

Busbud

Series B in 2018
Busbud, Inc. offers an online platform for booking intercity bus travel, enabling users to search, compare, and purchase tickets across various destinations in Canada and internationally. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, the company provides extensive travel information, including schedules, prices, reviews, and amenities, through its website and mobile application. Busbud aggregates bus schedules from over 10,463 cities in 89 countries, allowing travelers to plan their trips in multiple languages and currencies. The platform aims to simplify the travel experience by helping users find the best prices and options that suit their needs, while also providing customer support to enhance the booking experience.

Mobify

Series B in 2017
Mobify Research and Development, Inc. is a mobile customer engagement platform that enhances and manages relationships between retailers and their connected customers. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with additional offices in Chicago and Reading, Mobify specializes in Progressive Web Apps, enabling brands to improve conversion rates on mobile devices. The platform offers a suite of solutions, including tools for personalizing customer engagement through big data, managing mobile interactions from a centralized location, and optimizing app performance for developers. Prominent global brands such as Lancôme and Carnival Cruise Line utilize Mobify's services to foster customer loyalty and drive revenue growth. As a subsidiary of salesforce.com, Mobify continues to support retailers in meeting evolving customer expectations and maintaining a competitive advantage in the market.

Mobify

Series A in 2016
Mobify Research and Development, Inc. is a mobile customer engagement platform that enhances and manages relationships between retailers and their connected customers. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with additional offices in Chicago and Reading, Mobify specializes in Progressive Web Apps, enabling brands to improve conversion rates on mobile devices. The platform offers a suite of solutions, including tools for personalizing customer engagement through big data, managing mobile interactions from a centralized location, and optimizing app performance for developers. Prominent global brands such as Lancôme and Carnival Cruise Line utilize Mobify's services to foster customer loyalty and drive revenue growth. As a subsidiary of salesforce.com, Mobify continues to support retailers in meeting evolving customer expectations and maintaining a competitive advantage in the market.

PostBeyond

Series A in 2016
PostBeyond Inc. is a Toronto-based company that offers a social media engagement and advocacy platform, enabling employees to share approved corporate content through their personal networks. Founded in 2013, the company's software provides various solutions, including marketing tools that enhance brand visibility, sales solutions that support lead generation and target content delivery, and human resource solutions aimed at empowering employees and strengthening employer branding. By fostering knowledge sharing and breaking down organizational silos, PostBeyond's platform helps businesses adapt to the evolving workplace landscape. The company has established partnerships with notable organizations such as Molson Coors, Starbucks, and BMO, highlighting its commitment to facilitating effective communication and employee engagement.

FanXchange

Series B in 2016
FanXchange Limited operates an online and mobile marketplace for secondary live event ticketing, allowing users to access tickets for sports, concerts, and theater events throughout North America. Founded in 2009 and based in Toronto, Canada, with an additional office in New York, the company specializes in providing white-labeled ticketing solutions for various loyalty and reward programs. Its platform enables members to earn and redeem points for ticket purchases, enhancing the user experience for financial institutions, travel and hotel providers, concierge services, and e-commerce marketplaces. FanXchange employs a distributed commerce model, which simplifies the process of accessing live events by integrating ticket purchasing within existing consumer engagement platforms. As of 2019, FanXchange operates as a subsidiary of Vivid Seats Ltd.

Q4

Series B in 2016
Q4 Inc. is a cloud-based platform that specializes in providing investor relations (IR) and capital market solutions to public companies globally. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, and Copenhagen, Q4 offers a comprehensive suite of tools designed to enhance communication and engagement between organizations and their investors. Their flagship product, Q4 Desktop, serves as an all-in-one IR solution that equips clients with the necessary insights and information for effective decision-making. The company designs and develops corporate websites, provides audio and video webcasting services, and delivers analytics and reporting tools that track trading activities and investor behavior. Q4 aims to improve the effectiveness of investor relations through innovative website solutions and a strong focus on storytelling, making it a trusted partner for over 2,200 prominent brands. Their services are delivered primarily on a subscription basis, utilizing a software-as-a-service model to support the diverse needs of their clients in the capital markets.

Mobify

Venture Round in 2016
Mobify Research and Development, Inc. is a mobile customer engagement platform that enhances and manages relationships between retailers and their connected customers. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with additional offices in Chicago and Reading, Mobify specializes in Progressive Web Apps, enabling brands to improve conversion rates on mobile devices. The platform offers a suite of solutions, including tools for personalizing customer engagement through big data, managing mobile interactions from a centralized location, and optimizing app performance for developers. Prominent global brands such as Lancôme and Carnival Cruise Line utilize Mobify's services to foster customer loyalty and drive revenue growth. As a subsidiary of salesforce.com, Mobify continues to support retailers in meeting evolving customer expectations and maintaining a competitive advantage in the market.

StackAdapt

Series A in 2016
StackAdapt Inc. operates a programmatic advertising platform that focuses on multi-channel solutions, including native, video, display, connected TV, audio, in-game, and digital out-of-home ads. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with an additional office in San Francisco, the company facilitates the branding of products through its advanced platform, which integrates machine learning with user experience. StackAdapt provides audience targeting, creative strategy consulting, and support services, enabling advertisers to effectively promote content and video. The platform is recognized for its high customer satisfaction, having been ranked as the top demand-side platform (DSP) on G2 for six consecutive years and earning accolades such as one of Ad Age's Best Places to Work in 2022. StackAdapt's focus on planning, executing, and analyzing campaigns allows industries to achieve their marketing objectives through data-driven insights and improved campaign performance.

SweetIQ Analytics

Series A in 2015
SweetIQ Analytics Corp. specializes in local search marketing solutions aimed at helping businesses convert online searches into in-store visits. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with additional offices in San Francisco and Irvine, the company offers a technology platform that provides local marketing analytics, intelligence, and automation to brands across North America. SweetIQ's services include local analytics, marketing automation, and solutions for online to offline conversions. The platform enables retail chains and marketing agencies to enhance their online presence, manage business information across various platforms, and engage with consumers through reviews and social interactions, ultimately driving foot traffic to physical locations. In September 2020, SweetIQ Analytics was acquired by uberall Inc.

Miovision

Series B in 2015
Miovision is a developer of a traffic management platform that specializes in collecting and analyzing both in-house and outsourced traffic data to enhance traffic signal operations. The company offers intelligent technology solutions aimed at addressing the challenges of modern transportation networks while reducing the environmental impacts of inefficient traffic flow. By utilizing computer vision and artificial intelligence, Miovision's platform enables municipalities to gather multimodal traffic data and derive actionable insights, ultimately improving the transportation experience for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians alike. Its comprehensive approach facilitates the easy request, delivery, and analysis of traffic data, catering to the needs of data collectors, traffic consultants, and municipal governments.

Q4

Venture Round in 2014
Q4 Inc. is a cloud-based platform that specializes in providing investor relations (IR) and capital market solutions to public companies globally. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, and Copenhagen, Q4 offers a comprehensive suite of tools designed to enhance communication and engagement between organizations and their investors. Their flagship product, Q4 Desktop, serves as an all-in-one IR solution that equips clients with the necessary insights and information for effective decision-making. The company designs and develops corporate websites, provides audio and video webcasting services, and delivers analytics and reporting tools that track trading activities and investor behavior. Q4 aims to improve the effectiveness of investor relations through innovative website solutions and a strong focus on storytelling, making it a trusted partner for over 2,200 prominent brands. Their services are delivered primarily on a subscription basis, utilizing a software-as-a-service model to support the diverse needs of their clients in the capital markets.

GuestDriven

Series A in 2014
GuestDriven is a hospitality-focused guest engagement solution that offers a comprehensive guest relationship management platform for hotels. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, the company specializes in helping hospitality brands interact directly with guests, understand their preferences, and enhance their overall experience. GuestDriven provides a suite of integrated tools that enable hotels to deliver personalized, moment-based offers and communications, allowing guests to take control of their stay. This approach fosters stronger relationships, leading to increased satisfaction, positive reviews, and brand advocacy. With implementations in over 60 cities worldwide, GuestDriven is committed to transforming guest engagement in the hospitality industry.

MMB Networks

Series A in 2013
MMB Networks Inc. specializes in providing hardware solutions, software tools, and development kits tailored for home automation and smart energy applications. The company offers RapidConnect, an embedded software platform designed to facilitate connections among various stakeholders, including telecommunications companies, home automation vendors, and utility providers. Its product lineup includes RapidConnect modules for ZigBee connectivity, USB sticks, and development boards that assist developers in integrating smart energy solutions. MMB Networks also provides desktop software platforms, such as RapidSE and RapidHA, which enable users to simulate and control smart energy and home automation networks. Additionally, the firm offers customized hardware design, contract development, and integration services, alongside support and maintenance for troubleshooting and interoperability testing. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, MMB Networks operates as a subsidiary of MMB Research Inc., leveraging its expertise in wireless and embedded technologies to expedite the adoption of smart energy solutions.

Arcestra

Series A in 2013
Arcestra offers a real time commercial real estate marketing platform that integrates seamlessly with existing marketing channels and services. Designed to efficiently manage, track, and promote an organization’s entire leasing portfolio, the platform centralizes all promotional information and creates a new standard for measuring marketing effectiveness.

Peeks Social

Venture Round in 2013
Peeks Social is a new social networking platform that allows users to create 36-second videos ("keeks") using webcam, iPhone or Android devices and share them with others around the world. Users follow, subscribe and respond to videos with either text comments or video replies ("keekbacks"). The Keek mobile app is available in the iTunes App Store and on Google Play.

Findspace

Series A in 2013
Findspace is a commercial real estate platform that enables owners, managers, and brokerages to efficiently manage, market, and lease their properties. The platform integrates marketing and leasing data, providing real-time space listings and performance analytics. It offers a range of management tools that are accessible and user-friendly, allowing users to track leads and opportunities seamlessly. Findspace supports diverse portfolios, accommodating assets from 250,000 square feet to over 100 million square feet, including office, industrial, and retail properties. Additionally, the platform enhances marketing efforts with visually appealing branded content and collateral, streamlining internal processes and external marketing channels.

ContactMonkey

Seed Round in 2012
ContactMonkey Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in providing a contact cloud solution aimed at enhancing communication for businesses and individuals. Founded in 2011, the company offers a platform that integrates with existing email services like Outlook and Gmail, allowing users to create, send, and track employee emails and newsletters. Its features include email tracking, analytics, and the ability to measure individual employee email engagement. The platform also facilitates the sharing of contact information through various export methods and provides tools to monitor profile page visitors and download activity. Additionally, ContactMonkey supports access via multiple smartphone operating systems and offers a white label solution, catering to the needs of internal communication professionals and sales teams.

Peeks Social

Venture Round in 2011
Peeks Social is a new social networking platform that allows users to create 36-second videos ("keeks") using webcam, iPhone or Android devices and share them with others around the world. Users follow, subscribe and respond to videos with either text comments or video replies ("keekbacks"). The Keek mobile app is available in the iTunes App Store and on Google Play.

Locationary

Venture Round in 2011
Locationary operates a platform called Saturn, designed to manage and facilitate the exchange of local business data. This platform addresses the challenges of data fragmentation and accuracy by allowing companies to easily convert and integrate various data sources into a custom format. Saturn provides an innovative API that enables users to push information in their preferred format, ensuring that subscribers receive real-time updates tailored to their specific needs. This approach simplifies the process for businesses that rely on local data for mobile and web applications, profile publishing, and navigation services, ultimately enhancing the quality and accessibility of local business profiles.

Encycle

Venture Round in 2010
Encycle Corporation specializes in wireless electrical demand management solutions for commercial and industrial facilities. Based in Toronto with offices in California and the UK, the company offers automated demand response controllers that manage peak electrical demand across various building equipment types. Their products are installed directly or via distributors in California and New York, serving clients such as retail stores, office buildings, distribution centers, and food processing plants. Encycle's strategic partnership with Ayla Networks enhances its product offerings. Founded in 2005, the company changed its name from REGEN Energy Inc. to Encycle Corporation in 2015.

411.ca

Venture Round in 2010
411.ca is a prominent local search engine in Canada, attracting over 2 million monthly users who seek to connect with businesses and individuals in their communities. The platform boasts more than 1.5 million verified local business listings, which include basic and premium options. Owned by 411 Local Search Corp., a privately-held company with offices in Toronto and Montreal, 411.ca offers cost-effective advertising solutions designed to enhance brand visibility and drive sales for businesses of all sizes. By providing a user-friendly search experience, the platform enables Canadians to easily find the contact information they need, fostering connections within their local areas.
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