We back visionary founders harnessing technology to make large-scale positive impacts on society.
Fine jewellery for every day.
Mejuri
Drastically reducing drug discovery timelines.
BenchSci
Enabling a new era in Artificial Intelligence.
Tenstorrent
Transforming how the global aquaculture industry farms seafood to help feed the world.
XpertSea
A new way to stay in your favourite neighbourhoods around the world.
Sonder
Power Your Life on Your Terms
dcbel
Get the right person in the right position.
Plum
Founders bring us their vision. We bring them decades of
experience, access to our deep networks, and long-term
commitment to our beliefs.
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1confirmation
Venture fund supporting exceptional founders and fuelling the decentralization of the Web and society
5by
Scours the internet for videos, and uses personal data to make recommendations
Acquired by StumbleUpon
Accredible
Secure online credential storage and management for academic institutions and corporations
Acorn Biolabs
Freeze the clock on your cells today. Unlock the future of personalized healthcare tomorrow.
Algolux
AI software company empowering safety-critical applications with the most robust perception technology, on any camera, in all conditions
Exited
Algolux
Better vision saves lives. Algolux enables cameras to see more clearly and perceive what cannot be sensed with existing imaging and vision systems. Using AI technology that optimizes vision for various applications, their approach not only delivers increased safety in harsh imaging conditions and more accurate security systems, but also has applications across computer vision — like better images in mobile devices, AR/VR, robotics, drones and medical equipment.
Alphablock
Democratizing intelligent investing for everyone.
Automat
An AI and human expertise startup powering a new wave of messaging via bots
Avidbots
The world’s leading autonomous commercial floor cleaning robots
Avidbots
There are some jobs that are simply made for robots. Managing floor cleaning at a large facility is one of them. Powered by AI technology using integrated maps, sensors and cameras, Neo, the Avidbots floor-scrubbing robot, automates the floor cleaning process to lower labour costs, increase productivity and deliver clean, dry, streak-free floors in hospitals, shopping malls, airports and other large facilities.
Axya
The simplified solution for your metal manufacturing needs
BenchSci
AI-driven platform that enables drug researchers to identify the best antibodies for their experiments, reducing time and costs for drug discovery
CEO
Liran Belenzon
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benchsci.com
BenchSci
Health is our most precious asset, and life scientists help protect it. Many of the treatments we take for granted today — antibiotics, vaccines, insulin, chemotherapy — all took effort by thousands of scientists over decades to research and develop. BenchSci is drastically reducing those timelines. By empowering scientists with the world’s most advanced biomedical artificial intelligence that exponentially increases the speed and quality of life-saving research, scientists can run more successful experiments and get to the next breakthrough faster.
CEO
Liran Belenzon
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benchsci.com
BioIntelligence
Intelligent instruments and software for real-time optimization of industrial bioprocesses
BIOS Health
A full-stack neural interface platform that uses AI to decode and encode the signals from the brain to the body, to treat chronic health conditions
Blockstream
The leading provider of blockchain technologies and pioneer of work in cryptography and distributed systems
Blockstream is the global leader in Bitcoin and blockchain infrastructure. Blockstream’s sidechain technology (Liquid Network) enables faster Bitcoin settlements while empowering financial institutions to tokenize assets. Blockstream Mining provides enterprise-class mining facilities for the colocation of Bitcoin mining operations. The Cryptocurrency Data Feed, developed in partnership with Intercontinental Exchange, delivers best-in-class real-time and historical exchange data. Blockstream Green is the world’s most advanced consumer Bitcoin wallet. Blockstream was founded in 2014, with offices and team members distributed around the world.
Blumind
Analog machine learning inferencing engines for the Edge
Botpress
The leading open-source platform for building conversational workflows in the enterprise
Breezy
Modernizes hiring process with end-to-end recruiting software built to scale for every-sized team
Acquired by LTG
Bus.com
Changing the way groups travel by making it easier than ever to book a bus online & modernizing the charter bus industry to provide safe, flexible, and affordable service
CEO
Maxie Lafleur
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bus.com
Bus.com
Bus.com is transforming the future of group transportation by enabling travellers to reach events and destinations that are otherwise inconvenient to get to. By collaborating with bus riders, event organizers and bus companies, they are helping people to have better journeys and shared experiences, whether it’s for a team retreat, music festival or wedding.
CEO
Maxie Lafleur
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bus.com
Busbud
A platform that enables consumers in over 60 countries to search, compare and buy intercity bus tickets
CEO
LP Maurice
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busbud.com
Busbud
Bus travel isn’t just the safest and most environmentally-friendly way to move around, but globally, it’s the most cost-effective way to get from one city to another as well. Busbud has the largest global coverage of bus bookings, serving over two million departures to travellers around the world every week. Their platform helps travellers find a bus, plot routes and book intercity bus tickets all over the world, partnering with safe and reliable bus companies everywhere.
CEO
LP Maurice
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busbud.com
Canvass
An AI-based predictive analytics platform for industrial operations
CEO
Humera Malik
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canvass.io
Canvass
Rather than banking on intuition or gut-feeling, companies using the Canvass AI Platform are seeing massive improvements in their production processes, maintenance and energy management — reducing greenhouse gas emissions and generating millions in incremental revenue through quality improvements, production optimization and asset utilization.
CEO
Humera Malik
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canvass.io
ChallengeU
Online and mobile education targeting high school dropout recovery
Clean.io
A novel cyber security solution that protects revenue and user experiences across all platforms
Acquired by HUMAN
Clearco
An AI-powered lender to e-commerce businesses
Clearco
Clearco believes founders shouldn’t give up a piece of their company to fund marketing and inventory expenses. By offering fast, affordable growth capital to e-commerce and B2B/SaaS companies, Clearco is proving how quickly you can get capital to growing companies. Coupling data and machine learning technology, Clearco makes quick decisions, investing from $10K – $10M, with a small flat fee for their capital, and repayment once revenue comes in.
Clutch
Canada’s leading online destination for buying used cars, delivered to your door with a money-back guarantee
CEO
Dan Park
Clutch
CEO
Dan Park
Creative Labs
A startup studio focused on digitally powered, celebrity-founded and endorsed products and services
dcbel
Creating products that optimize the energy consumption and generation for homes and EVs
CEO
Marc-André Forget
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dcbel.energy
dcbel
Living a life without compromise. Isn’t that what we all dream of? dcbel is working to make it a reality when it comes to energy. Sitting at the nexus of residential solar power, electric vehicle charging, the smart home and customer-centric utilities, their AI-driven sustainable technologies enable people to leverage solar energy to power their cars, their homes and their lifestyles.
CEO
Marc-André Forget
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dcbel.energy
Delphia
Consumers share their data with Delphia in return for a share of the alpha that Delphia generates in the market using that data
CEO
Andrew Peek
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delphia.com
Delphia
Delphia is a groundbreaking investment collective that enables anyone to turn their data into investment capital. Users can transform personal data into personal wealth, secure in the knowledge that whatever they share will only be used to improve their investment returns. For the first time in history, people don’t need money to start building their future.
CEO
Andrew Peek
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delphia.com
Delve Labs
Delivers an intelligent, autonomous platform for vulnerability management and web security
Acquired by Secureworks
Dream Payments
A powerful cloud platform that enables insurers and other enterprises to digitize their payment processes
Drop Genie
Automating gene editing with digital microfluidics
Eli Health
AI for women’s health, fertility and contraception
Foko
A mobile-first task management and communication platform for retail execution and merchandising
Acquired by Workforce Software
FundThrough
Provides small business in the US and Canada with online invoice financing and factoring
Goose
Goose is the insurance Super-App! Enabling North Americans’ to purchase relevant insurance in 60 seconds from the Goose app in just a few taps. From life insurance to pet, kids, travel, or renters insurance – we have your tail feathers covered!
Guiker
Technology-powered property management for the long-term rental market
Hacking Health
Fostering inclusive innovation by connecting people to solve real-world health problems
HALEO Clinic
Boosts focus & safety through healthy sleep for workplace success
helloDarwin
Unlock your company’s full potential with the right service providers
HumanFirst AI
Build and train AI that understands your customers
Imagia
The first and only shared ecosystem empowering all stakeholders necessary for the discovery of clinically-relevant biomarkers
Exited
Immunio
A cloud security platform providing intrusion detection as a service to web application developers
Acquired by Trend Micro
Instant
Enables employees to access their wages same-day, with no fees
Integrate AI
An applied AI company enabling enterprises to meet their customer’s needs without compromising their privacy
CEO
Steve Irvine
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integrateai.com
Integrate AI
When it comes to data collection and privacy, trust is everything. Integrate.ai has revolutionized how consumer enterprises collect and use data with the world’s first consumer intelligence network — enabling businesses to share consumer insights and generate better predictions about customer needs without leaking proprietary IP or compromising user privacy.
CEO
Steve Irvine
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integrateai.com
Keatext
Using AI to transform customer feedback into actionable insights
Kooltra
Enables FX businesses to digitize and automate their back-office operations
Korbit AI
Transforming online education with AI-powered tutors
Lagoa
A cloud visualization and distribution platform for engineers and designers
Acquired by Autodesk
LANDR
An AI-powered platform for automated high-quality music production
League
A healthcare operating system for enterprises which enables employees to access health insurance, wellness plans & 24/7 nurse practitioners
CEO
Mike Serbinis
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league.com
League
League started with a vision for the future of healthcare: consumer-centric, personalized, preventative, and always on. It would be driven by data and accessed by app—a front door to healthcare that empowers people to live healthier, happier lives. Now North America’s leading enterprise health OS, League’s data-driven platform provides a single access hub for employees to engage with their health, lifestyle and benefit programs.
CEO
Mike Serbinis
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league.com
Livescale
Enables eCommerce retailers to improve engagement and sales through LiveShopping
Locketgo
A smart storage solutions for your venue, smart city, or event
LoginRadius
A global leader in customer identity management
CEO
Rakesh Soni
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loginradius.com
Loginradius
Securing the identity of every person on the Internet might sound like a lofty goal but LoginRadius is well on its way to doing just that. Now a multi-faceted, industry-leading customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform, LoginRadius helps businesses from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises to securely manage the identities and data of hundreds of millions of users.
CEO
Rakesh Soni
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loginradius.com
Looka
Helps small businesses around the world effortlessly create their brand identity
Mejuri
A tech-enabled purveyor of fine jewelry at a fair price for everyday wear
CEO
Noura Sakkijha
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mejuri.com
Mejuri
Fine jewellery for every day. Unsurprisingly, that’s what a lot of women want! Mejuri tapped into that desire by creating a next-generation fine jewellery brand that is powered by their community — a tech platform that brings affordable, quality pieces to consumers in a seamless way. We loved their passion and ideas and with 400% year-over-year growth, it’s clear that the market does too.
CEO
Noura Sakkijha
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mejuri.com
MindBridge Ai
Creates financial trust by discovering financial irregularities for leaders in audit and assurance
CEO
Eli Fathi
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mindbridge.ai
MindBridge
When MindBridge Ai approached us about their AI-powered fraud detection system, we knew that this world-class team could build something with the potential to revolutionize the finance industry. While today, MindBridge sells software to auditing firms, they are working toward a future where companies will never have to deal with corporate fraud again.
CEO
Eli Fathi
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mindbridge.ai
Nectar
AI-powered software for more effective apiary management
Neuranet
The company behind Flexitive, a responsive design platform that empowers teams to create, manage and deliver marketing-focused web content
Nomic Bio
Next generation proteomics to map out the protein world
Nord Quantique
Second-generation quantum processors
Omnirobotic
Manufacturers of autonomous industrial robots
OneClass
A community of students and tutors who provide educational content and support to university students
Opencare
Provides dental offices with backend software including customer acquisition, bookings and revenue management
Paper
Instant, personalized academic support for all students, anytime, anywhere
PartnerStack
Robust platform for companies to build and scale their channel partner programs
Peerio
A cross-platform end-to-end encrypted application that provides secure messaging, file sharing, and cloud file storage
Acquired by WorkJam
Peggy
The secure marketplace to buy and sell investment grade art
PermissionClick
A single, trusted platform that seamlessly deploys permission slips to parents, coaches, teachers, school staff and district administration
Exited
PiinPoint
An online platform for users motivated to explore markets, build reports, and expand their companies
Plooto
An all-in-one payment platform that provides greater financial control and simplicity by unifying payments, approvals, reconciliation and reporting
Plotly
A cloud-based collaborative graphing software
Plum
Talent acquisition and management platform, based on advanced data analytics to ensure the most accurate talent decisions
CEO
Caitlin MacGregor
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plum.io
Plum
Imagine a business where every employee is working to their greatest potential. That’s Plum’s goal — by using the power of AI and Industrial/Organizational Psychology, they help companies hire, grow, and retain top talent. By measuring traits like adaptability, innovation and communication, Plum hosts the world’s largest database for quantifying human potential at every stage of the employee journey.
CEO
Caitlin MacGregor
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plum.io
Practice
A full suite of software to help coaches, consultants, and therapists do their best work.
Practice Ignition
Streamlines accounting by sending clients a single, smart proposal they can read, sign and pay in one place
CEO
Guy Pearson
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practiceignition.com
Practice Ignition was born of the frustration of working with disconnected processes and systems. Back and forths with clients. Manual data entry. Different software for different steps in the customer acquisition process. By streamlining and centralizing all steps into one simple system — from proposal to getting paid — Practice Ignition created a tool that’s easy to understand and simple to use for clients while helping businesses sign more clients and get paid faster.
CEO
Guy Pearson
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practiceignition.com
Puzzle Medical
Company specializing in the development of a minimally invasive long-term hemodynamic transcatheter pump.
QuoteMachine
Convert in-store relationships online with the perfect omnichannel experience for your custom orders.
Ready Education
Helping higher education institutions improve the student experience
Sollum
Software-enabled LEDs for indoor agriculture
Sonder
Over 5,000 Sonder units in dozens of cities around the world make stays more memorable and delightful
Sonder
Sonder is revolutionizing hospitality through innovative, tech-enabled service and inspiring, thoughtfully designed accommodations combined into one seamless experience. Sonder provides a variety of accommodation options — from spacious rooms to fully-equipped suites and apartments — found in over 35 markets spanning ten countries and three continents. The Sonder app gives guests full control over their stay. Complete with self-service features, simple check-in and 24/7 on-the-ground support, amenities and services at Sonder are just a tap away, making a world of better stays open to all.
SPARK Microsystems
Ultrawideband wireless transceivers with superior range and throughput at radically lower power levels
SPARK Microsystems
SPARK Microsystems is a fabless semiconductor company leading the way towards ultra-low power, ultra-low latency wireless communications. With its patented technologies, SPARK Microsystems delivers order-of-magnitude better bandwidth, latency and power consumption compared to legacy wireless protocols. The company also seeks to bring battery-less operation to the market.
Stay22
Online travel agent (OTA) focused on the events industry
Swift Medical
The leader in Wound Care Management Technology for the healthcare enterprise. From capture to claim, Swift Medical eases workflow and streamlines claim submissions
Swift Medical
You’ve likely never thought about it, but there are more people suffering from chronic wounds than lung cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer and leukemia combined. Using visualization technology and AI, Swift Medical has created a wound measurement and management system so effective that within a couple of years, this Toronto-based startup has revolutionized wound care and cornered the market.
Tenstorrent
Enabling a new era in AI and deep learning with its breakthrough processor architecture and software
Tenstorrent is helping enable a new era in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning with its breakthrough processor architecture and software. The company’s mission is to deliver orders of magnitude better performance and efficiency for AI workloads from the datacenter to edge of Cloud by co-designing hardware, software and AI algorithms with our unique technology.
Tenstorrent’s architecture scales from datacenter servers to IoT devices with dramatically improved efficiency, flexibility, programmability compared to legacy accelerators including CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and TPU-type processors. It is developed by our world-class team with deep expertise in computer architecture, hardware design and verification, systems engineering, compilers, software development, and machine learning algorithms.
Toric
Streamlined data ingestion pipelines
Transit
No. 1 public transit app in North America that simplifies commutes in 125+ major cities
CEO
Sam Vermette
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transitapp.com
Transit
Transit believes the future of transportation revolves around people, not cars. Now the number one public transit app in North America, Transit brings together all forms of shared travel – bus, train, bikeshare, carshare – to connect communities and make city travel a whole lot friendlier.
CEO
Sam Vermette
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transitapp.com
Tread
Platform for construction companies to order, track, manage and finance their construction equipment services
CEO
Noah Dolgoy
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tread.io
A digital platform that makes the business of moving construction materials easier, faster and more profitable, Tread allows contractors, brokers, and operators to interact as if they’re in the same fleet. With paperless invoicing, digital tracking, simple-to-use dispatching and real-time data analytics, Tread is bringing the construction industry into the digital world.
CEO
Noah Dolgoy
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tread.io
TritonWear
Swimming wearable and analytics platform, proven to significantly improve athletes’ results and reduce injuries
TRU LUV
AI companions for joy, self-connection, and hope
Trusted Insight
Trusted Insight is a social network for institutional investors and alternative investment funds
Unbounce
Create custom landing pages with Unbounce with no coding required.
Unito
Syncs project management apps to work better together
Unsplash
Unsplash is the internet’s source for freely-usable photos, powered by creators
Acquired by Getty Images
CEO
Mikael Cho
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unsplash.com
Unsplash was born from the frustration of trying to find great, usable imagery. Now the world’s biggest free photographic community, it has been used by millions of creators from around the world. With over 1 billion Unsplash image downloads, Unsplash has brought exposure to photographers and non-cheesy photos to those in search of the perfect image for their website, presentation or artwork.
CEO
Mikael Cho
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unsplash.com
Uvaro
Helping accelerate careers in Tech Sales across North America
Validere
An AI & IoT solution that empowers companies to know true product quality for oil and gas
Vanilla Forums
Vanilla Forums is a leading provider of hosted forum software.
Acquired by Higher Logic
Vantage
Delivers best-in-class e-commerce advertising, promotion, and insight solutions to enterprise retailers and brands
Exited
VarageSale
The family-friendly app to buy and sell new and used items locally
Acquired by VerticalScope
Vention
Vention is a platform where customers can design, order and assemble industrial equipment within days
CEO
Etienne Lacroix
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vention.io
Vention
Vention envisions a world where the process to build industrial equipment is as straightforward and enjoyable as building with LEGO. A world where you imagine your machine in the morning and build it in the afternoon. By pioneering an industry where agility, speed and simplicity meet industrial automation, Vention’s mission is to make machine design accessible to everyone by re-engineering the process of designing, simulating, procuring and commissioning industrial equipment.
CEO
Etienne Lacroix
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vention.io
Wavo
The world’s leading music promotion tool
Wiivv
3D-printed, personalized wearables
Willful
Online estate planning made easy
WISK
Inventory management software for bars and restaurants
Xanadu
Xanadu is a full-stack Quantum computing and cloud company
CEO
Christian Weedbrook
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xanadu.ai
Xanadu
Xanadu is a photonic quantum hardware company that builds integrated photonic chips that can be used in quantum computing, communication and sensing systems. The company’s mission is to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. Xanadu’s photonic approach uses laser light to carry information through optical chips, rather than the electrons or ions used by their competitors. By using photonic technology, Xanadu’s quantum computers will one day have the ability to perform calculations at room temperature, and eliminate the bulky and power-hungry cooling systems required by most other types of quantum computers.
CEO
Christian Weedbrook
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xanadu.ai
XpertSea
Transforming how the global aquaculture industry farms seafood with an AI-driven data management platform that combines IoT and computer vision with machine learning to empower farmers to better track, manage and monetize their aquatic populations and sustainably feed the planet
CEO
Valérie Robitaille
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xpertsea.com
XpertSea
XpertSea builds tech and financial solutions that transform how seafood is farmed and traded to help feed the world. Our mission is to build a better, fairer, and more sustainable aquaculture industry by leveraging our unique data set, gathered from billions of organisms, to bring transparency and insights from farm to fork. We leverage AI technology to help farmers modernize operations and boost profits through access to fast payments, valuable production insights and a data-driven marketplace of vetted sellers and buyers. With customers in over 50 countries, we’re on a path to give the world farmed seafood everyone can feel good about.
CEO
Valérie Robitaille
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xpertsea.com
YData
The first development platform for data quality
YPC Technologies
Kitchen robotisation and automation
Zeffy
Your first 100% free online fundraising platform