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

Daniel Israelsohn

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., established in 2016, is a technology company based in Calgary, Canada, with offices in Toronto and Denver. It specializes in developing debt recovery solutions for enterprises across financial services, telecommunications, and utilities sectors. Symend's core product is a software platform that combines automation, predictive analytics, and positive collections tactics to reduce debt delinquency while enhancing customer experience. The platform offers features such as treatment planning, campaign planning, self-treatment toolkit, and business logic control, empowering businesses to optimize key metrics like recovery rates and liquidation rates. Symend's approach leverages applied behavioral science and AI to create personalized engagements that guide customers towards positive financial outcomes, fostering lasting 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 that empowers enterprises to develop, deploy, and manage artificial intelligence applications at scale. The platform facilitates real-time operation of AI models and supports deployment across various environments, including multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge. By analyzing diverse data sources, Iguazio transforms AI projects into actionable insights and tangible business outcomes. Its capabilities accelerate the transition of AI solutions from development to production, enabling continuous management and rollout of AI services. This approach significantly reduces the time needed to harness the potential of AI, allowing organizations to implement automated machine learning pipelines and achieve their data-driven strategies more effectively.

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, established in 2008 and headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, specializes in delivering real-time video and networking solutions. The company aggregates diverse telecommunication networks such as cellular (4G/5G), satellite (GEO/MEO/LEO), and fixed broadband to create a resilient, cloud-managed 'network of networks'. This technology ensures reliable connectivity for critical communications, expanding coverage and bandwidth for global customers. Dejero's offerings include routers, network blending software, and connectivity services, enabling secure video exchange and data management from remote locations.

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, established in Toronto, Canada in 2011, operates a software platform designed to connect brands with retailers. Its core service enables brand marketers to digitally showcase their product portfolio, create comprehensive product stories by aggregating information and media, and share this content securely with retail partners. The platform facilitates synchronization of product data across multiple channels, provides visibility into how products are presented by retailers, and offers customizable access controls for partners. Hubba currently supports over 75,000 small to medium-sized businesses.

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., founded in 2013 and based in Toronto, Canada, specializes in providing a social media engagement and advocacy software that enables employees to share approved content from their personal networks. The company offers solutions for marketing, sales, and human resources, focusing on amplifying brand presence through workforce engagement on social media, generating leads, improving ROI, and enhancing employer branding. PostBeyond's platform facilitates internal communication by breaking down organizational silos and promoting knowledge sharing across departments. Notable early partners include Molson Coors, Starbucks, and BMO.

FanXchange

Series B in 2016
FanXchange Limited is a Toronto-based company founded in 2009 that operates an online and mobile secondary ticketing marketplace focused on live events in North America. It specializes in providing loyalty and reward programs with a platform that allows members to earn and redeem points for tickets to sports, concerts, and theater events. The company is recognized as a leader in delivering white-labeled ticketing solutions for various industries, including financial institutions, travel and hotel providers, and e-commerce marketplaces. FanXchange employs a distributed commerce model that enhances consumer access to live events by integrating ticket purchasing options across multiple platforms where users are already engaged. In 2019, FanXchange became 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. is a Toronto-based company that provides a programmatic advertising platform specializing in multi-channel solutions, including native, video, display, audio, connected TV, in-game, and digital out-of-home ads. Founded in 2013, the company combines advanced machine learning with user-friendly design to enhance advertising effectiveness. Its platform focuses on three key areas: planning, executing, and analyzing campaigns, helping advertisers to efficiently promote their content and reach targeted audiences. StackAdapt also offers consulting services in audience targeting and creative strategy, along with responsive customer support. Recognized for its strong customer satisfaction, StackAdapt has consistently ranked as a top demand-side platform on various industry evaluation platforms and has been acknowledged as one of the best workplaces in the advertising sector.

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 Technologies Inc., established in 2005, specializes in traffic data collection and management solutions. Based in Kitchener, Canada, with an additional office in Cologne, Germany, the company serves traffic data collection firms, engineering firms, and government agencies globally. Miovision offers a suite of products, including Miovision Central for project management, Scout devices for data collection, and Miovision Traffic Data for analysis. Additionally, they provide tools to monitor and manage traffic signal performance, and Teal, a platform for goal tracking. Their solutions leverage computer vision and AI to help cities optimize traffic flow, reduce environmental impacts, and enhance transportation experiences for all users.

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 company that specializes in guest engagement solutions. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, it offers a guest relationship management platform designed for hospitality brands. The platform provides a comprehensive suite of integrated tools that enable hotels to target, campaign, and interact with guests throughout their travel experiences. By facilitating direct interactions and learning guest preferences, GuestDriven helps hotels build relationships and upsell inventory through personalized, moment-based offers and communications. This approach empowers guests to personalize their stays, leading to higher satisfaction, improved reviews, and increased brand advocacy. With implementations in over 60 cities worldwide, GuestDriven is committed to transforming the hospitality industry.

MMB Networks

Series A in 2013
MMB Networks Inc. is an engineering firm specializing in hardware solutions and software tools for home automation and smart energy applications. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company offers a range of products, including its RapidConnect embedded software platform, which facilitates connectivity across various markets, such as telecommunications, security, retail, and utilities. MMB Networks provides RapidConnect modules for automated ZigBee connectivity, USB sticks, and development boards that enable developers to integrate ZigBee modules into their devices. Additionally, the company offers desktop software solutions for simulating smart energy and home automation networks, as well as customized hardware design and contract development services. MMB Networks also supports its clients with software maintenance and troubleshooting services, ensuring effective communication and interoperability of smart energy technologies. Its mission is to accelerate the adoption of smart energy solutions, enabling clients to bring connected devices to market more efficiently.

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., founded in 2011 and based in Toronto, Canada, specializes in providing a cloud-based solution that enables users to share their contact information seamlessly. The company's platform offers various export methods and white-label solutions, allowing users to track when their contact info is downloaded and monitor visitors to their profile page. Additionally, ContactMonkey provides access via multiple mobile devices and widgets for website visitors to download user details. Their internal email solution integrates with Outlook and Gmail, enabling the creation, sending, and tracking of employee emails directly from these platforms. This service is particularly useful for internal communication professionals who need to measure individual employee email engagement and send responsive HTML newsletters.

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 is a company that specializes in managing and exchanging local business data through its platform, Saturn. This platform addresses challenges related to data fragmentation and accuracy by enabling businesses to easily convert and integrate various data sources into custom formats. Unlike traditional APIs that require uniform data structures, Saturn allows users to push information in their preferred format while ensuring subscribers receive real-time updates in their own custom formats. This approach facilitates improved local business profiles and enhances overall data management for mobile applications, web search, and navigation services.

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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