Unicone Art
Seed Round in 2022
At Unicone Art, we offer high-quality art products such as Epoxy resin, Mica powder, Silicone mold-making kits, natural resin remover soap, and golden nuggets, for resin art, jewelry, geode paintings, and more.
Group Black
Venture Round in 2021
Group Black is a marketing and advertising company that provides a platform designed to enhance content delivery and promotional efforts. By addressing the pipeline problem within the advertising industry, Group Black facilitates innovative advertising solutions for brands, allowing them to engage with both established and emerging media companies. The company's mission emphasizes the importance of diversity, aiming to help businesses foster inclusive practices while effectively connecting with a broad range of consumers.
Overtime is a sports network aimed at the next generation of sports fans, based in New York City. The company is known for producing original, digital-first content that spans platforms such as YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok, focusing on short-form, highly engaging media. Overtime operates several innovative sports leagues, including Overtime Elite in basketball, Overtime Select, OT7 in football, and OTX in boxing, designed to connect athletes with fans globally. The company’s business model leverages various revenue streams, including sponsorships, brand partnerships, e-commerce, licensing, and media rights. With a community of over 90 million fans and followers, Overtime is positioned as a significant player in the evolving landscape of sports entertainment.
Pyrowave Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in advanced recycling technology solutions using microwave-based chemical processes to convert post-consumer and post-industrial plastics back into their molecular form, identical to virgin materials. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Oakville, Pyrowave has developed a patented high-power microwave catalytic depolymerization technology that stands at the forefront of the recycling industry. The company leases its innovative recycling machines and sells the high-value liquid products and materials generated during the recycling process. By facilitating the infinite regeneration of plastics, Pyrowave enables its clients, including municipal entities and private recyclers, to significantly reduce plastic waste and contribute to a circular plastic economy.
Locale, established in 2016, is a UK-based hospitality company specializing in high-quality, curated accommodations for discerning travelers. It operates a residential hospitality platform offering fully-furnished apartments with amenities like fitness centers, well-equipped kitchens, and advanced technology services, providing guests with the comfort and freedom of home living during their trips. Additionally, Locale is recognized as the leading provider of property management software in the UK, serving prominent developments and management companies across Europe with its innovative, client-focused solutions.
Freightwalla
Series A in 2019
Freightwalla is a freight management platform designed to streamline global logistics operations. It provides a comprehensive suite of features, including shipment planning and costing, digital workflows, online document management, real-time tracking, and request for quotation management. The platform also offers sailing schedules, smart reporting, and analytics to enhance transparency and efficiency in the shipping and logistics sector. Freightwalla partners with over 60 shipping lines and serves more than 1,000 customers across more than 1,000 ports, aiming to improve visibility and simplify operations. Additionally, the company offers value-added services such as transportation, customs clearance, and trade finance, further supporting businesses in optimizing their logistics processes.
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.
Zonetail
Venture Round in 2019
Zonetail Inc. is a mobile platform based in Toronto, Canada, that connects guests of hotels and residents of condominiums to the amenities and services available within their buildings and the surrounding neighborhood. Founded in 2013, Zonetail enables users to access and interact with property features and local offerings, including restaurants, shops, and attractions, all through a convenient mobile application. The company aims to facilitate a seamless experience for high-rise residents by providing essential information and services at their fingertips. Zonetail has established partnerships with key industry players, allowing it to reach a significant number of households across North America.
Hyre
Venture Round in 2019
Hyre Inc. operates an online marketplace that connects event staff, such as bartenders and servers, with event organizers, including venues and planners. Founded in 2015 and based in Toronto, Canada, with an additional office in Ottawa, the company offers a platform that eliminates the need for traditional staffing agencies. This direct connection allows event organizers to hire staff at reduced costs while ensuring access to higher-quality personnel. The platform also features a performance rating system, enabling organizers to evaluate and select staff based on their qualifications. By streamlining the hiring process, Hyre Inc. provides a beneficial solution for both event organizers and event staff, allowing the latter to earn competitive wages for their services.
Chatter Research
Venture Round in 2019
Chatter Research Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a real-time customer research and feedback application tailored for the retail and hospitality sectors. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with an additional office in Mountain View, California, Chatter Research enables businesses to engage customers in conversational surveys via text message as they exit stores or restaurants. This innovative approach leverages AI-powered conversations to gather immediate feedback, allowing retailers and restaurants to enhance customer experiences and drive sales. As of January 2020, Chatter Research operates as a subsidiary of Stingray Business.
Marble is a San Francisco-based company that designs, develops, and manufactures robots specifically for last mile logistics applications. The company has created a fleet of intelligent courier robots capable of securely and reliably transporting various essential goods such as groceries, meals, and medicine. These robots are engineered to enhance efficiency in delivery processes, addressing the growing demand for effective logistics solutions.
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.
Sourceress
Seed Round in 2017
Sourceress is an AI recruiter that is reinventing how people find jobs. With tailor-made machine learning models, they rigorously define what a company is looking for in a role, identify great candidates, and engage candidates with highly personalized introductions. Their process creates a stream of interested candidates that hiring managers are excited about more than 85% of the time. Their mission is to accelerate human progress by helping people work in jobs that matter. They raised $3M from Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners and OpenAI researchers.
Devoted Health, established in 2017 and headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, specializes in providing comprehensive healthcare solutions for Medicare beneficiaries in the United States. The company offers Medicare Advantage plans, along with personalized care through dedicated health guides, both in-person and virtually. Devoted Health aims to improve the health and well-being of older Americans by combining access to top local providers, virtual and in-home care through Devoted Medical, and advanced technology to deliver tailored healthcare experiences.
Andela is a global technology company founded in 2014, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. It specializes in recruiting, training, and connecting top-tier software developers from Africa and other emerging markets with global companies. Andela's platform streamlines the hiring process, enabling businesses to quickly and cost-effectively augment their teams with skilled talent. The company's unique model involves rigorous screening to select the top 1% of developers, providing them with mentorship and continuous learning opportunities, and managing all aspects of borderless hiring, from compliance to payroll. This allows clients to engage with fully managed teams or select individual roles, up to 66% faster and at a 30-50% cost reduction compared to traditional methods. Andela's diverse talent pool spans over 135 countries and specializes in advanced technologies such as application development, artificial intelligence, cloud & DevOps, and data engineering. The company has earned the trust of prominent global brands, including GitHub, Mastercard Foundry, and Mindshare.
Lending Loop
Venture Round in 2017
Lending Loop is Canada's first peer-to-peer lending marketplace, designed to facilitate accessible capital for small businesses across the country. By eliminating costly intermediaries like banks, Lending Loop creates a direct connection between Canadian businesses seeking financing and individual lenders looking for attractive returns. The platform simplifies the borrowing process, allowing businesses to secure debt financing at fair interest rates through an efficient online interface. By supporting local enterprises, Lending Loop not only fosters business growth but also empowers Canadians to invest in their communities.
Borrowell
Series A in 2017
Borrowell Inc. is a financial technology company based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2014. It specializes in offering a range of financial products and services, including personal loans, credit cards, and free credit scores. Borrowell operates an online marketplace-lending platform that provides Canadians with access to borrowing options and unsecured consumer loans. The company is dedicated to enhancing financial prosperity for its users by offering tools for credit education, personalized credit coaching, and AI-driven recommendations for financial products. By delivering resources such as credit monitoring and tailored options from marketplace partners, Borrowell aims to help customers secure low-interest loans and improve their overall financial well-being.
Greenhawk Resources
Venture Round in 2017
Greenland Resources Inc. is a Canadian junior resource company dedicated to the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Greenland. Its primary focus is the Malmbjerg molybdenum project, a significant Climax-type pure molybdenum deposit located in eastern Greenland, which spans an area of 11 square kilometers and is situated near tidewater. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Toronto, the company was previously known as Primera Bioscience Research Inc. before rebranding in June 2014. Greenland Resources operates under the regulations of the Ontario Securities Commission, maintaining a commitment to advancing its mineral exploration initiatives in the region.