Waveshaper
Seed Round in 2025
Waveshaper delivers real-time, on-device audio processing powered by AI-driven neural networks. The company's platform enables scalable, low-latency audio enhancement across devices by providing features such as microphone calibration, voice enhancement, denoising, echo cancellation, spectral recovery, de-clipping, and mastering, all optimized for minimal resource use. It supports codeless deployment, making integration easier for manufacturers and developers, and offers online AI models for experimentation and testing. By focusing on real-time processing and on-device execution, Waveshaper enables consumer electronics, automotive, and professional audio applications to deliver improved sound quality without requiring specialized hardware or extensive coding. The company emphasizes accessibility and speed, helping brands incorporate advanced audio enhancements into products while maintaining performance and energy efficiency.
HaiLa Technologies
Venture Round in 2023
HaiLa Technologies is a fabless semiconductor and software company that develops hyper power-efficient wireless system-on-chip solutions for Internet of Things deployments. Founded in 2019, the company aims to enable sustainable scaling of IoT sensor networks by dramatically reducing the power consumption of wireless radios, which extends battery life and can reduce or eliminate the need for sensor batteries. Its platform supports multiple applications across consumer electronics, building and process automation, medical technology, agriculture, and smart cities by enabling IoT devices to operate over existing wireless infrastructure. HaiLa focuses on enabling smaller batteries and longer lifespans for devices deployed at scale. The company is headquartered in Montreal, with offices in Copenhagen and San Francisco.
Depix Technologies
Seed Round in 2023
Depix is an enterprise software developer focused on generative ai software solutions for for automotive/product design and marketing.
AAVAA develops a bionic ear device designed to enhance users' hearing experience by reducing environmental noise and serving as a hearing aid. Its key feature is hands-free regulation of audio environments, enabling users to focus on desired sounds.
Founded in Montreal, Quebec in 2020, Latys develops proprietary metasurface technology for ultra-compact, dynamically reconfigurable wireless relays. These relays are inherently immune to interference, multipath fading, and noise, enabling full-duplex communications that are protocol and modulation-agnostic.
Omniply
Seed Round in 2021
Omniply Technologies Inc., established in 2018 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, specializes in manufacturing thin film electronic devices. The company's core products include sensors, displays, and memory, catering to diverse sectors such as lighting, wearables, packaging, solar cells, automotive, and screen displays. Omniply's innovative platform leverages substrate delamination methods, enabling the fabrication of large-area transparent displays, integrated sensors, and display systems. This technology allows for the creation of flexible, comfortable electronic devices that can be easily integrated into various environments, reducing the need for bulky, rigid electronics.
Edgehog
Seed Round in 2021
Edgehog develops anti-reflection technology for electronic displays. It has identified a scalable approach to fabricate bio-inspired nanostructures directly on native glass or plastic substrates to achieve uniform anti-reflectivity across the visible spectrum, eliminating glare in diverse environments. By patterning the substrate, Edgehog delivers low reflectance across the spectrum and improves outdoor readability. The technology targets smartphones and wearables such as smartwatches, reducing the need for high brightness while preserving contrast, which can extend battery life. The company frames its solution as applicable to all electronic displays, aiming to enhance viewing experiences in bright conditions.
Edgehog
Seed Round in 2021
Edgehog develops anti-reflection technology for electronic displays. It has identified a scalable approach to fabricate bio-inspired nanostructures directly on native glass or plastic substrates to achieve uniform anti-reflectivity across the visible spectrum, eliminating glare in diverse environments. By patterning the substrate, Edgehog delivers low reflectance across the spectrum and improves outdoor readability. The technology targets smartphones and wearables such as smartwatches, reducing the need for high brightness while preserving contrast, which can extend battery life. The company frames its solution as applicable to all electronic displays, aiming to enhance viewing experiences in bright conditions.
Revai
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Revai is a company focused on developing innovative solutions to enhance human cognition through advanced technology. Their primary product is a cloud-based learning software application that utilizes AI and machine learning-powered Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) platform. This platform employs transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS), which involves electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve at the cymba concha of the outer ear. This non-invasive method has been shown to influence aspects of cognition and well-being, making it a reliable form of neuromodulation. The company aims to translate cutting-edge brain research into practical benefits for users, particularly in accelerating verbal learning and language acquisition.
ORA Graphene Audio
Seed Round in 2021
ORA is a Montreal-based startup working with advanced nano-materials to produce unparalleled audio experiences. Their team of sound engineers, chemists and material scientists work with the exciting properties of *Graphene* (the strongest and lightest material known to man) to deliver smaller/lighter, more energy efficient speakers, all while remarkably improving sound quality. With a simple drop-in replacement of the speaker’s membrane, GrapheneQ can 1) extend the battery life of a portable audio device by up to 70% b) generate up to 4x the volume and c) significantly reduce the overall size of the speaker, allowing for bigger batteries/thinner devices.
ORA's technology is disrupting a technology that has seen little innovation since its invention in 1921: the loudspeaker!
Noze
Convertible Note in 2020
Noze specializes in digital odor perception technology, aiming to replicate the human sense of smell digitally. Utilizing advanced machine learning and an innovative sensor based on NASA technology, Noze detects and identifies odors with precision. Their primary goal is to improve patient outcomes by enabling real-time disease detection through breath-based biomarkers at any point-of-care.
C2RO
Convertible Note in 2020
Founded in 2016, C2RO is a Montreal-based company specializing in AI-powered video analytics for physical spaces. It offers ENTERA™, a GDPR-compliant platform that provides comprehensive insights into shopper journeys and behaviors using proprietary edge-cloud AI technology, enhancing customer experience and safety while preserving privacy.
Bornio, Inc. is a technology company based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2020. It specializes in developing a privacy compliance tool aimed at assisting data engineers in managing sensitive data efficiently. The company's platform automates the identification, classification, and protection of sensitive materials within existing data flows and clouds, thereby simplifying the complexities and costs associated with complying with privacy regulations. Bornio's comprehensive data privacy framework facilitates collaboration between data engineers, privacy policy owners, and data consumers, allowing organizations to leverage customer data for business insights while ensuring adherence to privacy standards.
HaiLa Technologies
Seed Round in 2020
HaiLa Technologies is a fabless semiconductor and software company that develops hyper power-efficient wireless system-on-chip solutions for Internet of Things deployments. Founded in 2019, the company aims to enable sustainable scaling of IoT sensor networks by dramatically reducing the power consumption of wireless radios, which extends battery life and can reduce or eliminate the need for sensor batteries. Its platform supports multiple applications across consumer electronics, building and process automation, medical technology, agriculture, and smart cities by enabling IoT devices to operate over existing wireless infrastructure. HaiLa focuses on enabling smaller batteries and longer lifespans for devices deployed at scale. The company is headquartered in Montreal, with offices in Copenhagen and San Francisco.
Bornio, Inc. is a technology company based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2020. It specializes in developing a privacy compliance tool aimed at assisting data engineers in managing sensitive data efficiently. The company's platform automates the identification, classification, and protection of sensitive materials within existing data flows and clouds, thereby simplifying the complexities and costs associated with complying with privacy regulations. Bornio's comprehensive data privacy framework facilitates collaboration between data engineers, privacy policy owners, and data consumers, allowing organizations to leverage customer data for business insights while ensuring adherence to privacy standards.
Shearwater Aerospace
Seed Round in 2020
Shearwater Aerospace develops an AI-powered unmanned aerial vehicle platform that enables autonomous drone operations in dynamic environments. The company integrates real-time micro-weather forecasting with four-dimensional route planning and adaptive in-flight adjustments to optimize flight efficiency, reduce manual workload, and extend mission capability. Its platform supports operators in defense, logistics, emergency response, and infrastructure inspection by enabling longer, faster flights and more reliable autonomy, leveraging air currents to boost performance.
Omniply
Seed Round in 2020
Omniply Technologies Inc., established in 2018 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, specializes in manufacturing thin film electronic devices. The company's core products include sensors, displays, and memory, catering to diverse sectors such as lighting, wearables, packaging, solar cells, automotive, and screen displays. Omniply's innovative platform leverages substrate delamination methods, enabling the fabrication of large-area transparent displays, integrated sensors, and display systems. This technology allows for the creation of flexible, comfortable electronic devices that can be easily integrated into various environments, reducing the need for bulky, rigid electronics.
Depix Technologies
Seed Round in 2020
Depix is an enterprise software developer focused on generative ai software solutions for for automotive/product design and marketing.
Corowave
Seed Round in 2020
Corowave, established in 2018 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, specializes in developing sensor technology that employs radio frequency signals for contactless, continuous bio-signals monitoring. Their platform is designed to withstand movement, tracking vital signs such as heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration rate. Corowave's technology finds applications in athlete performance tracking, baby monitoring, sleep analysis, and driver health surveillance, leveraging near-field communication technology, signal processing, and machine learning algorithms.
Soundskrit
Seed Round in 2019
Soundskrit is a Montreal-based company that specializes in the development of innovative velocity-based directional microphones designed to enhance audio capture in smart devices. Founded in 2017, the company aims to address the limitations of traditional pressure-based microphones, which pick up sound from all directions and often require multiple units to isolate specific audio sources. Soundskrit's bio-inspired technology measures the velocity of incoming sound, allowing a single microphone to effectively separate and identify sounds from various directions without compromising size or audio quality. This advancement significantly improves speech recognition and sound localization capabilities, enabling a new range of features in consumer electronics, particularly in noisy environments and multi-speaker scenarios.
Aveer is a technology company based in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2019, specializing in advanced radio frequency identification (RFID) systems that deliver exceptional localization precision. The company's innovative solutions provide real-time localization accuracy within 50 microns, enabling precise tracking of assets and the volume of end effectors across various sectors, including retail, robotics, shipping, and the Internet of Things. Aveer's harmonic RFID technology has the potential to transform existing markets and create new applications by offering unparalleled accuracy and cost-effective tracking solutions.
AAVAA
Pre Seed Round in 2019
AAVAA develops a bionic ear device designed to enhance users' hearing experience by reducing environmental noise and serving as a hearing aid. Its key feature is hands-free regulation of audio environments, enabling users to focus on desired sounds.
Contxtful
Seed Round in 2019
Contxtful Technologies Inc., established in 2018 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, specializes in designing and developing mobile digital solutions. Its patent-pending AI-driven technology leverages non-private, sensor-based data from mobile devices to identify user intent and context, ensuring GDPR compliance without requiring user permission or accessing sensitive data like GPS, camera, or microphone. Contxtful's platform provides real-time, privacy-respecting insights into audience engagement, enabling businesses across industries such as Adtech, Martech, and Fintech to optimize advertising placements, enhance marketing strategies, and improve customer targeting.
Deeplite
Seed Round in 2019
Deeplite is a Montreal-based company that specializes in AI-driven optimization software for deep neural networks (DNNs) designed for deployment on both cloud servers and edge devices. The company's flagship product, Neutrino, utilizes a unique multi-objective design space exploration approach to automatically optimize DNN models, making them smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient. This technology addresses the challenges associated with deploying deep learning models on limited hardware, ensuring that they can operate effectively in real-time applications without compromising performance or battery life. Deeplite's solutions cater to various sectors, including automotive, smartphones, smart cameras, and IoT devices, ultimately enabling the integration of advanced AI capabilities into everyday technology.
Founded in 2016, C2RO is a Montreal-based company specializing in AI-powered video analytics for physical spaces. It offers ENTERA™, a GDPR-compliant platform that provides comprehensive insights into shopper journeys and behaviors using proprietary edge-cloud AI technology, enhancing customer experience and safety while preserving privacy.
C2RO
Convertible Note in 2019
Founded in 2016, C2RO is a Montreal-based company specializing in AI-powered video analytics for physical spaces. It offers ENTERA™, a GDPR-compliant platform that provides comprehensive insights into shopper journeys and behaviors using proprietary edge-cloud AI technology, enhancing customer experience and safety while preserving privacy.
Suometry
Seed Round in 2019
Suometry specializes in developing advanced 3D 360-degree cameras tailored for live virtual reality production and streaming. The company's cameras are designed with a unique three-camera geometry that produces stereoscopic output, featuring onboard automatic real-time stitching and live streaming capabilities. These innovative devices are compatible with various platforms, allowing digital entertainment and broadcast companies to create immersive virtual reality content through sophisticated video processing algorithms and geometric calibration.
ORA Graphene Audio
Seed Round in 2019
ORA is a Montreal-based startup working with advanced nano-materials to produce unparalleled audio experiences. Their team of sound engineers, chemists and material scientists work with the exciting properties of *Graphene* (the strongest and lightest material known to man) to deliver smaller/lighter, more energy efficient speakers, all while remarkably improving sound quality. With a simple drop-in replacement of the speaker’s membrane, GrapheneQ can 1) extend the battery life of a portable audio device by up to 70% b) generate up to 4x the volume and c) significantly reduce the overall size of the speaker, allowing for bigger batteries/thinner devices.
ORA's technology is disrupting a technology that has seen little innovation since its invention in 1921: the loudspeaker!
HaiLa Technologies
Seed Round in 2019
HaiLa Technologies is a fabless semiconductor and software company that develops hyper power-efficient wireless system-on-chip solutions for Internet of Things deployments. Founded in 2019, the company aims to enable sustainable scaling of IoT sensor networks by dramatically reducing the power consumption of wireless radios, which extends battery life and can reduce or eliminate the need for sensor batteries. Its platform supports multiple applications across consumer electronics, building and process automation, medical technology, agriculture, and smart cities by enabling IoT devices to operate over existing wireless infrastructure. HaiLa focuses on enabling smaller batteries and longer lifespans for devices deployed at scale. The company is headquartered in Montreal, with offices in Copenhagen and San Francisco.
Shearwater Aerospace
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Shearwater Aerospace develops an AI-powered unmanned aerial vehicle platform that enables autonomous drone operations in dynamic environments. The company integrates real-time micro-weather forecasting with four-dimensional route planning and adaptive in-flight adjustments to optimize flight efficiency, reduce manual workload, and extend mission capability. Its platform supports operators in defense, logistics, emergency response, and infrastructure inspection by enabling longer, faster flights and more reliable autonomy, leveraging air currents to boost performance.
AAVAA develops a bionic ear device designed to enhance users' hearing experience by reducing environmental noise and serving as a hearing aid. Its key feature is hands-free regulation of audio environments, enabling users to focus on desired sounds.
Omniply
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Omniply Technologies Inc., established in 2018 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, specializes in manufacturing thin film electronic devices. The company's core products include sensors, displays, and memory, catering to diverse sectors such as lighting, wearables, packaging, solar cells, automotive, and screen displays. Omniply's innovative platform leverages substrate delamination methods, enabling the fabrication of large-area transparent displays, integrated sensors, and display systems. This technology allows for the creation of flexible, comfortable electronic devices that can be easily integrated into various environments, reducing the need for bulky, rigid electronics.
Edgehog
Seed Round in 2018
Edgehog develops anti-reflection technology for electronic displays. It has identified a scalable approach to fabricate bio-inspired nanostructures directly on native glass or plastic substrates to achieve uniform anti-reflectivity across the visible spectrum, eliminating glare in diverse environments. By patterning the substrate, Edgehog delivers low reflectance across the spectrum and improves outdoor readability. The technology targets smartphones and wearables such as smartwatches, reducing the need for high brightness while preserving contrast, which can extend battery life. The company frames its solution as applicable to all electronic displays, aiming to enhance viewing experiences in bright conditions.
Deeplite
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Deeplite is a Montreal-based company that specializes in AI-driven optimization software for deep neural networks (DNNs) designed for deployment on both cloud servers and edge devices. The company's flagship product, Neutrino, utilizes a unique multi-objective design space exploration approach to automatically optimize DNN models, making them smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient. This technology addresses the challenges associated with deploying deep learning models on limited hardware, ensuring that they can operate effectively in real-time applications without compromising performance or battery life. Deeplite's solutions cater to various sectors, including automotive, smartphones, smart cameras, and IoT devices, ultimately enabling the integration of advanced AI capabilities into everyday technology.
Edgehog
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Edgehog develops anti-reflection technology for electronic displays. It has identified a scalable approach to fabricate bio-inspired nanostructures directly on native glass or plastic substrates to achieve uniform anti-reflectivity across the visible spectrum, eliminating glare in diverse environments. By patterning the substrate, Edgehog delivers low reflectance across the spectrum and improves outdoor readability. The technology targets smartphones and wearables such as smartwatches, reducing the need for high brightness while preserving contrast, which can extend battery life. The company frames its solution as applicable to all electronic displays, aiming to enhance viewing experiences in bright conditions.
Founded in 2016, C2RO is a Montreal-based company specializing in AI-powered video analytics for physical spaces. It offers ENTERA™, a GDPR-compliant platform that provides comprehensive insights into shopper journeys and behaviors using proprietary edge-cloud AI technology, enhancing customer experience and safety while preserving privacy.
Deeplite
Seed Round in 2018
Deeplite is a Montreal-based company that specializes in AI-driven optimization software for deep neural networks (DNNs) designed for deployment on both cloud servers and edge devices. The company's flagship product, Neutrino, utilizes a unique multi-objective design space exploration approach to automatically optimize DNN models, making them smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient. This technology addresses the challenges associated with deploying deep learning models on limited hardware, ensuring that they can operate effectively in real-time applications without compromising performance or battery life. Deeplite's solutions cater to various sectors, including automotive, smartphones, smart cameras, and IoT devices, ultimately enabling the integration of advanced AI capabilities into everyday technology.
Founded in 2016, C2RO is a Montreal-based company specializing in AI-powered video analytics for physical spaces. It offers ENTERA™, a GDPR-compliant platform that provides comprehensive insights into shopper journeys and behaviors using proprietary edge-cloud AI technology, enhancing customer experience and safety while preserving privacy.
Soundskrit
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Soundskrit is a Montreal-based company that specializes in the development of innovative velocity-based directional microphones designed to enhance audio capture in smart devices. Founded in 2017, the company aims to address the limitations of traditional pressure-based microphones, which pick up sound from all directions and often require multiple units to isolate specific audio sources. Soundskrit's bio-inspired technology measures the velocity of incoming sound, allowing a single microphone to effectively separate and identify sounds from various directions without compromising size or audio quality. This advancement significantly improves speech recognition and sound localization capabilities, enabling a new range of features in consumer electronics, particularly in noisy environments and multi-speaker scenarios.
Kalepso
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Kalepso is a Montreal-based company, founded in 2017, that specializes in cloud database encryption software tailored for financial institutions. Its innovative, quantum-resistant solution allows users to securely store files and databases while maintaining essential functionalities such as search, retrieval, and sharing. The company's platform generates on-demand, compliance-ready datasets, facilitating secure analytics and machine learning. This capability enables organizations to streamline their compliance efforts, including adherence to regulations like GDPR, and to leverage data across teams effectively. Kalepso's patent-pending technology allows for the dynamic merging of data, enabling complex SQL queries to be answered with varying levels of anonymization. The company has garnered attention for its advancements, including a feature in the TechCrunch Disrupt Finals, and has received backing from TandemLaunch Inc.
Bornio
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Bornio, Inc. is a technology company based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2020. It specializes in developing a privacy compliance tool aimed at assisting data engineers in managing sensitive data efficiently. The company's platform automates the identification, classification, and protection of sensitive materials within existing data flows and clouds, thereby simplifying the complexities and costs associated with complying with privacy regulations. Bornio's comprehensive data privacy framework facilitates collaboration between data engineers, privacy policy owners, and data consumers, allowing organizations to leverage customer data for business insights while ensuring adherence to privacy standards.
SportLogiq
Series A in 2017
SportLogiq is a Montreal-based developer of an artificial intelligence–driven sports analytics platform that analyzes games from standard broadcast footage. The system uses computer vision to track the location and actions of every player on the ice, field, or court, translating movement into actionable insights for teams, broadcasters, analysts, and fans. By turning game footage into quantitative data, the platform supports strategy development, viewer engagement, and data-informed storytelling across sports. Founded in 2014, the venture-backed company focuses on enabling organizations to understand game dynamics and enhance performance and coverage.
HaiLa Technologies
Pre Seed Round in 2017
HaiLa Technologies is a fabless semiconductor and software company that develops hyper power-efficient wireless system-on-chip solutions for Internet of Things deployments. Founded in 2019, the company aims to enable sustainable scaling of IoT sensor networks by dramatically reducing the power consumption of wireless radios, which extends battery life and can reduce or eliminate the need for sensor batteries. Its platform supports multiple applications across consumer electronics, building and process automation, medical technology, agriculture, and smart cities by enabling IoT devices to operate over existing wireless infrastructure. HaiLa focuses on enabling smaller batteries and longer lifespans for devices deployed at scale. The company is headquartered in Montreal, with offices in Copenhagen and San Francisco.
Aerial
Convertible Note in 2017
Aerial Technologies Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in cloud-based motion analytics solutions utilizing artificial intelligence and existing wireless infrastructure. Founded in 2015, Aerial has developed the Motion Capture Plug, a WiFi Motion device that analyzes distortions in wireless signals to provide insights into motion activity in various environments such as homes, workplaces, hospitals, and hotels. This technology allows for monitoring without the use of cameras, wearables, or sensors, making it a cost-effective solution for detecting human presence and activities. Aerial serves a diverse clientele, including internet service providers, healthcare organizations, security systems integrators, and smart object manufacturers across the globe, with regional offices in the United States and Spain.
Fluent.ai
Seed Round in 2017
Fluent.ai is a Montreal-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in advanced speech recognition solutions. The company employs a unique machine learning approach that enables its technology to understand natural phrases across various languages, accents, and challenging noise environments, such as those found in smart homes and connected vehicles. Fluent.ai's speech recognition engine is designed to provide personalized voice user interfaces that can function both online and offline, making it suitable for a wide range of applications, including wearables and virtual reality headsets. By focusing on understanding the meaning of audible speech rather than converting it to text, Fluent.ai offers a reliable and flexible solution for businesses aiming to enhance user interaction through voice technology.
Airy:3D
Seed Round in 2017
Airy:3D, Inc. is a Montreal-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in passive depth recovery technologies designed to enhance 3D machine vision capabilities in cameras. The company's innovative solutions address the limitations of traditional imaging by providing depth information without reliance on auto-focus mechanisms, thus preserving battery life and image quality. Airy:3D serves various markets, including entertainment, automotive, industrial, and security and surveillance, aiming to transform how visual information is captured and processed in a three-dimensional context.
Aerial Technologies Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in cloud-based motion analytics solutions utilizing artificial intelligence and existing wireless infrastructure. Founded in 2015, Aerial has developed the Motion Capture Plug, a WiFi Motion device that analyzes distortions in wireless signals to provide insights into motion activity in various environments such as homes, workplaces, hospitals, and hotels. This technology allows for monitoring without the use of cameras, wearables, or sensors, making it a cost-effective solution for detecting human presence and activities. Aerial serves a diverse clientele, including internet service providers, healthcare organizations, security systems integrators, and smart object manufacturers across the globe, with regional offices in the United States and Spain.
Fluent.ai
Seed Round in 2017
Fluent.ai is a Montreal-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in advanced speech recognition solutions. The company employs a unique machine learning approach that enables its technology to understand natural phrases across various languages, accents, and challenging noise environments, such as those found in smart homes and connected vehicles. Fluent.ai's speech recognition engine is designed to provide personalized voice user interfaces that can function both online and offline, making it suitable for a wide range of applications, including wearables and virtual reality headsets. By focusing on understanding the meaning of audible speech rather than converting it to text, Fluent.ai offers a reliable and flexible solution for businesses aiming to enhance user interaction through voice technology.
Contxtful
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Contxtful Technologies Inc., established in 2018 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, specializes in designing and developing mobile digital solutions. Its patent-pending AI-driven technology leverages non-private, sensor-based data from mobile devices to identify user intent and context, ensuring GDPR compliance without requiring user permission or accessing sensitive data like GPS, camera, or microphone. Contxtful's platform provides real-time, privacy-respecting insights into audience engagement, enabling businesses across industries such as Adtech, Martech, and Fintech to optimize advertising placements, enhance marketing strategies, and improve customer targeting.
Contxtful
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Contxtful Technologies Inc., established in 2018 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, specializes in designing and developing mobile digital solutions. Its patent-pending AI-driven technology leverages non-private, sensor-based data from mobile devices to identify user intent and context, ensuring GDPR compliance without requiring user permission or accessing sensitive data like GPS, camera, or microphone. Contxtful's platform provides real-time, privacy-respecting insights into audience engagement, enabling businesses across industries such as Adtech, Martech, and Fintech to optimize advertising placements, enhance marketing strategies, and improve customer targeting.
ProximityHCI
Seed Round in 2017
ProximityHCI is a Canadian company founded in 2017, headquartered in Montreal. It specializes in developing a software-based toolkit designed to enhance human-computer interactions through machine learning. The company focuses on patent-pending technologies that utilize the vibrational and electromagnetic properties of devices and their environments, allowing developers to create innovative interactions with personal electronic devices. ProximityHCI aims to transform the way users engage with technology by providing advanced tools for augmented interactions.
Airy:3D
Seed Round in 2017
Airy:3D, Inc. is a Montreal-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in passive depth recovery technologies designed to enhance 3D machine vision capabilities in cameras. The company's innovative solutions address the limitations of traditional imaging by providing depth information without reliance on auto-focus mechanisms, thus preserving battery life and image quality. Airy:3D serves various markets, including entertainment, automotive, industrial, and security and surveillance, aiming to transform how visual information is captured and processed in a three-dimensional context.
Founded in 2016, C2RO is a Montreal-based company specializing in AI-powered video analytics for physical spaces. It offers ENTERA™, a GDPR-compliant platform that provides comprehensive insights into shopper journeys and behaviors using proprietary edge-cloud AI technology, enhancing customer experience and safety while preserving privacy.
Faurecia IRYStec Inc., based in Montreal, Canada, specializes in perceptual display technology solutions for the automotive industry. Founded in 2015, the company develops a customizable software platform known as PDP Vision, which integrates seamlessly into various automotive display systems, including instrument clusters and head-up displays. Their product offerings include IRYStec DRIVEvue, which enhances display visibility under bright lighting conditions, and IRYStec MYvue, a viewer intelligence solution that optimizes content presentation for individual users. By leveraging advanced algorithms, Faurecia IRYStec's technology adapts display characteristics in real-time, ensuring a safe and efficient viewing experience. In May 2020, the company rebranded from IRYSTEC to Faurecia IRYStec Inc. and now operates as a subsidiary of Faurecia S.E.
Noze specializes in digital odor perception technology, aiming to replicate the human sense of smell digitally. Utilizing advanced machine learning and an innovative sensor based on NASA technology, Noze detects and identifies odors with precision. Their primary goal is to improve patient outcomes by enabling real-time disease detection through breath-based biomarkers at any point-of-care.
Suometry
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Suometry specializes in developing advanced 3D 360-degree cameras tailored for live virtual reality production and streaming. The company's cameras are designed with a unique three-camera geometry that produces stereoscopic output, featuring onboard automatic real-time stitching and live streaming capabilities. These innovative devices are compatible with various platforms, allowing digital entertainment and broadcast companies to create immersive virtual reality content through sophisticated video processing algorithms and geometric calibration.
Suometry
Seed Round in 2016
Suometry specializes in developing advanced 3D 360-degree cameras tailored for live virtual reality production and streaming. The company's cameras are designed with a unique three-camera geometry that produces stereoscopic output, featuring onboard automatic real-time stitching and live streaming capabilities. These innovative devices are compatible with various platforms, allowing digital entertainment and broadcast companies to create immersive virtual reality content through sophisticated video processing algorithms and geometric calibration.
IRYSTEC
Seed Round in 2016
Faurecia IRYStec Inc., based in Montreal, Canada, specializes in perceptual display technology solutions for the automotive industry. Founded in 2015, the company develops a customizable software platform known as PDP Vision, which integrates seamlessly into various automotive display systems, including instrument clusters and head-up displays. Their product offerings include IRYStec DRIVEvue, which enhances display visibility under bright lighting conditions, and IRYStec MYvue, a viewer intelligence solution that optimizes content presentation for individual users. By leveraging advanced algorithms, Faurecia IRYStec's technology adapts display characteristics in real-time, ensuring a safe and efficient viewing experience. In May 2020, the company rebranded from IRYSTEC to Faurecia IRYStec Inc. and now operates as a subsidiary of Faurecia S.E.
ORA Graphene Audio
Seed Round in 2016
ORA is a Montreal-based startup working with advanced nano-materials to produce unparalleled audio experiences. Their team of sound engineers, chemists and material scientists work with the exciting properties of *Graphene* (the strongest and lightest material known to man) to deliver smaller/lighter, more energy efficient speakers, all while remarkably improving sound quality. With a simple drop-in replacement of the speaker’s membrane, GrapheneQ can 1) extend the battery life of a portable audio device by up to 70% b) generate up to 4x the volume and c) significantly reduce the overall size of the speaker, allowing for bigger batteries/thinner devices.
ORA's technology is disrupting a technology that has seen little innovation since its invention in 1921: the loudspeaker!
BioMindR
Seed Round in 2016
BioMindR is a Canadian company based in Montreal that designs and manufactures wearable bio-sensing technologies. Founded in 2016, it specializes in developing miniaturized biosensors capable of detecting crucial bio-signals such as heart rate, hydration, and glucose levels. By integrating radio frequency technology and machine learning, BioMindR offers a contactless and power-efficient biometric sensing platform that serves athletes, coaches, and clinicians. This innovative approach allows for continuous monitoring of hydration and glucose levels without the need for invasive blood or urine samples, addressing the limitations of traditional optical sensors. Additionally, the company creates data-driven applications focused on fitness, weight management, training, and overall wellness, aiming to enhance human health and well-being through improved insights into biometrics.
wrnch is a computer vision and deep learning software engineering company based in Montréal, Canada, known for its innovative contributions to artificial intelligence, special effects, and game technology. Founded by Dr. Paul Kruszewski, a seasoned AI entrepreneur, wrnch has developed a real-time software platform that enables cameras to understand and interpret human motion and activity in video. Utilizing a deep learning runtime engine, the company's technology performs human pose estimation by analyzing standard 2D video and generating 3D motion data in real time. This capability allows wrnch to process multiple 2D camera feeds while tracking various body parts, making its solutions applicable across diverse industries such as robotics, retail, and entertainment. The company has achieved profitability and has garnered support from experienced investors.
Aerial
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Aerial Technologies Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in cloud-based motion analytics solutions utilizing artificial intelligence and existing wireless infrastructure. Founded in 2015, Aerial has developed the Motion Capture Plug, a WiFi Motion device that analyzes distortions in wireless signals to provide insights into motion activity in various environments such as homes, workplaces, hospitals, and hotels. This technology allows for monitoring without the use of cameras, wearables, or sensors, making it a cost-effective solution for detecting human presence and activities. Aerial serves a diverse clientele, including internet service providers, healthcare organizations, security systems integrators, and smart object manufacturers across the globe, with regional offices in the United States and Spain.
Airy:3D
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Airy:3D, Inc. is a Montreal-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in passive depth recovery technologies designed to enhance 3D machine vision capabilities in cameras. The company's innovative solutions address the limitations of traditional imaging by providing depth information without reliance on auto-focus mechanisms, thus preserving battery life and image quality. Airy:3D serves various markets, including entertainment, automotive, industrial, and security and surveillance, aiming to transform how visual information is captured and processed in a three-dimensional context.
SportLogiq
Seed Round in 2015
SportLogiq is a Montreal-based developer of an artificial intelligence–driven sports analytics platform that analyzes games from standard broadcast footage. The system uses computer vision to track the location and actions of every player on the ice, field, or court, translating movement into actionable insights for teams, broadcasters, analysts, and fans. By turning game footage into quantitative data, the platform supports strategy development, viewer engagement, and data-informed storytelling across sports. Founded in 2014, the venture-backed company focuses on enabling organizations to understand game dynamics and enhance performance and coverage.
Fluent.ai
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Fluent.ai is a Montreal-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in advanced speech recognition solutions. The company employs a unique machine learning approach that enables its technology to understand natural phrases across various languages, accents, and challenging noise environments, such as those found in smart homes and connected vehicles. Fluent.ai's speech recognition engine is designed to provide personalized voice user interfaces that can function both online and offline, making it suitable for a wide range of applications, including wearables and virtual reality headsets. By focusing on understanding the meaning of audible speech rather than converting it to text, Fluent.ai offers a reliable and flexible solution for businesses aiming to enhance user interaction through voice technology.
Noze
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Noze specializes in digital odor perception technology, aiming to replicate the human sense of smell digitally. Utilizing advanced machine learning and an innovative sensor based on NASA technology, Noze detects and identifies odors with precision. Their primary goal is to improve patient outcomes by enabling real-time disease detection through breath-based biomarkers at any point-of-care.
Noze specializes in digital odor perception technology, aiming to replicate the human sense of smell digitally. Utilizing advanced machine learning and an innovative sensor based on NASA technology, Noze detects and identifies odors with precision. Their primary goal is to improve patient outcomes by enabling real-time disease detection through breath-based biomarkers at any point-of-care.
SensAura
Pre Seed Round in 2015
SensAura is a Montreal-based company that specializes in real-time biosignal emotion recognition. Its platform utilizes machine learning to convert physiological signals, such as heart rate and skin conductivity, into emotion coordinates of excitement and affability. This technology is compatible with various wearable devices featuring biosensors, allowing for seamless integration into numerous applications. SensAura continuously refines its software by incorporating advanced AI methods and exploring new modalities, enabling it to accurately predict user emotions. Over time, the system adapts to individual users, enhancing performance. The company's versatile approach means it is not limited to any specific field, actively pursuing a wide range of potential applications in the evolving landscape of emotion recognition technology.
IRYSTEC
Seed Round in 2015
Faurecia IRYStec Inc., based in Montreal, Canada, specializes in perceptual display technology solutions for the automotive industry. Founded in 2015, the company develops a customizable software platform known as PDP Vision, which integrates seamlessly into various automotive display systems, including instrument clusters and head-up displays. Their product offerings include IRYStec DRIVEvue, which enhances display visibility under bright lighting conditions, and IRYStec MYvue, a viewer intelligence solution that optimizes content presentation for individual users. By leveraging advanced algorithms, Faurecia IRYStec's technology adapts display characteristics in real-time, ensuring a safe and efficient viewing experience. In May 2020, the company rebranded from IRYSTEC to Faurecia IRYStec Inc. and now operates as a subsidiary of Faurecia S.E.
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Algolux
Seed Round in 2014
Algolux is a Canadian AI software company specializing in advanced perception solutions for a variety of applications, including automotive advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles, and video security. Founded on innovative research at the intersection of deep learning, computer vision, and computational imaging, the company provides robust and scalable tools that enhance image quality and optimize camera architectures. Algolux utilizes machine learning and deep perception technology to deliver cloud-based video analytics and embedded software, enabling clients to achieve superior results under diverse conditions, such as extreme lighting and adverse weather. The company's focus on safety and efficiency positions it as a leader in the development of solutions for both existing camera systems and new designs.
wrnch
Pre Seed Round in 2014
wrnch is a computer vision and deep learning software engineering company based in Montréal, Canada, known for its innovative contributions to artificial intelligence, special effects, and game technology. Founded by Dr. Paul Kruszewski, a seasoned AI entrepreneur, wrnch has developed a real-time software platform that enables cameras to understand and interpret human motion and activity in video. Utilizing a deep learning runtime engine, the company's technology performs human pose estimation by analyzing standard 2D video and generating 3D motion data in real time. This capability allows wrnch to process multiple 2D camera feeds while tracking various body parts, making its solutions applicable across diverse industries such as robotics, retail, and entertainment. The company has achieved profitability and has garnered support from experienced investors.
Mirametrix
Series A in 2014
Mirametrix Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence technology focused on enhancing human-computer interaction. Founded in 2008, it has developed proprietary attention-sensing technology that detects presence, tracks faces, eyes, gaze, and emotions. One of its flagship products, Glance, offers software solutions designed for various markets, including consumer electronics, automotive, and mobile. This platform allows clients, including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and independent software vendors (ISVs), to create innovative and intuitive user experiences across all devices. By integrating its advanced technology into consumer electronics, Mirametrix aims to redefine user engagement and responsiveness in digital interfaces.
Mirametrix
Seed Round in 2014
Mirametrix Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence technology focused on enhancing human-computer interaction. Founded in 2008, it has developed proprietary attention-sensing technology that detects presence, tracks faces, eyes, gaze, and emotions. One of its flagship products, Glance, offers software solutions designed for various markets, including consumer electronics, automotive, and mobile. This platform allows clients, including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and independent software vendors (ISVs), to create innovative and intuitive user experiences across all devices. By integrating its advanced technology into consumer electronics, Mirametrix aims to redefine user engagement and responsiveness in digital interfaces.
SportLogiq
Pre Seed Round in 2014
SportLogiq is a Montreal-based developer of an artificial intelligence–driven sports analytics platform that analyzes games from standard broadcast footage. The system uses computer vision to track the location and actions of every player on the ice, field, or court, translating movement into actionable insights for teams, broadcasters, analysts, and fans. By turning game footage into quantitative data, the platform supports strategy development, viewer engagement, and data-informed storytelling across sports. Founded in 2014, the venture-backed company focuses on enabling organizations to understand game dynamics and enhance performance and coverage.
Fabule
Pre Seed Round in 2014
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BackTrack
Seed Round in 2013
Backtrack Ltd., headquartered in Canada, specializes in developing wearable technology for individuals managing back pain. Their primary product is a wearable patch equipped with sensors that track movement and pain levels, transmitting data to a user's smartphone via computational analysis. This enables users to monitor their recovery progress effectively and adaptively manage their back pain.
SportLogiq
Pre Seed Round in 2013
SportLogiq is a Montreal-based developer of an artificial intelligence–driven sports analytics platform that analyzes games from standard broadcast footage. The system uses computer vision to track the location and actions of every player on the ice, field, or court, translating movement into actionable insights for teams, broadcasters, analysts, and fans. By turning game footage into quantitative data, the platform supports strategy development, viewer engagement, and data-informed storytelling across sports. Founded in 2014, the venture-backed company focuses on enabling organizations to understand game dynamics and enhance performance and coverage.
Algolux
Seed Round in 2013
Algolux is a Canadian AI software company specializing in advanced perception solutions for a variety of applications, including automotive advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles, and video security. Founded on innovative research at the intersection of deep learning, computer vision, and computational imaging, the company provides robust and scalable tools that enhance image quality and optimize camera architectures. Algolux utilizes machine learning and deep perception technology to deliver cloud-based video analytics and embedded software, enabling clients to achieve superior results under diverse conditions, such as extreme lighting and adverse weather. The company's focus on safety and efficiency positions it as a leader in the development of solutions for both existing camera systems and new designs.
Algolux
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Algolux is a Canadian AI software company specializing in advanced perception solutions for a variety of applications, including automotive advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles, and video security. Founded on innovative research at the intersection of deep learning, computer vision, and computational imaging, the company provides robust and scalable tools that enhance image quality and optimize camera architectures. Algolux utilizes machine learning and deep perception technology to deliver cloud-based video analytics and embedded software, enabling clients to achieve superior results under diverse conditions, such as extreme lighting and adverse weather. The company's focus on safety and efficiency positions it as a leader in the development of solutions for both existing camera systems and new designs.
LANDR
Pre Seed Round in 2012
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.
Mirametrix
Acquisition in 2011
Mirametrix Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence technology focused on enhancing human-computer interaction. Founded in 2008, it has developed proprietary attention-sensing technology that detects presence, tracks faces, eyes, gaze, and emotions. One of its flagship products, Glance, offers software solutions designed for various markets, including consumer electronics, automotive, and mobile. This platform allows clients, including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and independent software vendors (ISVs), to create innovative and intuitive user experiences across all devices. By integrating its advanced technology into consumer electronics, Mirametrix aims to redefine user engagement and responsiveness in digital interfaces.
Mirametrix
Seed Round in 2011
Mirametrix Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence technology focused on enhancing human-computer interaction. Founded in 2008, it has developed proprietary attention-sensing technology that detects presence, tracks faces, eyes, gaze, and emotions. One of its flagship products, Glance, offers software solutions designed for various markets, including consumer electronics, automotive, and mobile. This platform allows clients, including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and independent software vendors (ISVs), to create innovative and intuitive user experiences across all devices. By integrating its advanced technology into consumer electronics, Mirametrix aims to redefine user engagement and responsiveness in digital interfaces.