Invert

Invert
Invert is a carbon-reduction company empowering businesses and individuals to take climate action through project origination, financing, and a software platform for employee engagement on climate initiatives.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2021
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Andre Fernandez, Mark Zekulin, Rade Kovacevic
Industries
Environmental Consulting, Finance, GreenTech, SaaS, Sustainability
Funding Amount
$24,464,235
Funding Status
Corporate Round
Employees
11-50

Area X.O

Area X.O
Area X.O enables the development and testing of next-gen technologies in Ottawa, supporting startups, SMEs, and multinationals in mobility, autonomy, and connectivity.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2020
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Michael Tremblay
Industries
Information Services, Information Technology
Funding Amount
$11,959,237
Funding Status
Grant
Employees
11-50

MILLIONS.co

MILLIONS.co is a social e-commerce platform for athletes to sell merchandise and connect with fans through personalized video interactions.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2021
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Adrian Salamunovic, Brandon Austin, Bruce Buffer, Matt Whitteker, Scott Whitteker
Industries
E-Commerce
Funding Amount
$10,000,000
Funding Status
Series A
Employees
11-50

VitaDAO

VitaDAO
VitaDAO funds early-stage longevity research through a decentralized collective, focusing on extending human lifespan by supporting innovative longevity therapeutics.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2021
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Alex Dobrin, Laurence Ion, Paul Kohlhaas, Tim Peterson, Tyler Golato, Vincent Weisser
Industries
Biotechnology, Blockchain, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
Funding Amount
$9,200,000
Funding Status
Seed
Employees
11-50

Gadget

Gadget
Gadget provides a development platform that simplifies app building by handling boilerplate code, allowing developers to focus on business logic.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2020
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Harry Brundage, Mohammad (Mo) Hashemi
Industries
Developer Tools, Software, Software Engineering
Funding Amount
$8,500,000
Funding Status
Seed
Employees
11-50

Trexity

Trexity
Trexity is a shipping platform offering real-time tracking and a driver marketplace, empowering users to manage their shipping needs efficiently.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2019
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Alok Ahuja
Industries
Mobile, Shipping, Software
Funding Amount
$6,424,446
Funding Status
Seed
Employees
11-50

Virica Biotech

Virica Biotech
Virica Biotech enhances viral medicine effectiveness with its Viral Sensitizer technology, addressing production and development challenges in healthcare.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2018
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Jean-Simon Diallo
Industries
Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Funding Amount
$4,083,648
Funding Status
Grant
Employees
11-50

Neurovine

Neurovine
Neurovine provides a platform delivering personalized therapeutic support to concussion patients and data-driven insights to clinicians, using EEG, heart rate variability, and movement data collected by a headband and analyzed on a cloud-based platform.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2019
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Ashleigh Kennedy, Matthew Kennedy
Industries
Health Care, Home Health Care, Wellness
Funding Amount
$3,572,517
Funding Status
Seed
Employees
1-10

Adapt AgTech

Adapt AgTech
Adapt AgTech offers turn-key container farming solutions for edible and gourmet mushrooms, creating opportunities for new entrants and entrepreneurs in sustainable food production.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2020
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Chanel Murray, Jonathan Murray, Robert Imbeault, Shane Currey
Industries
AgTech, Food and Beverage
Funding Amount
$3,000,000
Funding Status
Series A
Employees
11-50

Tablz

Tablz
Tablz is transforming dining by allowing diners to select and upgrade to their preferred tables, enhancing the dining experience.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2020
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Andrej Sakic, Frazer Nagy, Jerome St-Hilaire, Stef Scrivens
Industries
Reservations, Software
Funding Amount
$2,485,616
Funding Status
Grant
Employees
11-50

UCanPay

UCanPay
UCanPay offers a unified payment platform and digital wallet for Canadian retailers, providing omni-channel payments with a Smart POS for in-store, and eCommerce and mobile solutions with advanced analytics and predictive intelligence.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2020
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Marc Zhu
Industries
Financial Services
Funding Amount
$1,680,454
Funding Status
Pre-Seed
Employees
11-50

Suborbital

Suborbital
Suborbital utilizes Atmo to develop innovative web services using cloud-native WebAssembly capabilities.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2020
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Connor Hicks
Industries
Information Services, Information Technology, Web Browsers, Web Design, Web Development
Funding Amount
$1,600,000
Funding Status
Seed
Employees
11-50

Canadian Renewable Energy Association

Canadian Renewable Energy Association
CanREA advocates for wind, solar, and energy storage solutions, supported by Natural Resources Canada.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2020
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Industries
Energy, Renewable Energy
Funding Amount
$1,600,000
Funding Status
Grant
Employees
11-50

Trellis

Trellis
Trellis is an ad optimization platform helping Amazon merchants increase sales by optimizing bids, budgets, and keywords, and providing insights through analytics.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2019
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Mohan Krishna Vemulapali
Industries
Advertising Platforms, Direct Sales, E-Commerce, SaaS, Software
Funding Amount
$1,500,000
Funding Status
Seed
Employees
11-50

Autocorp.ai

Autocorp.ai
Autocorp Technologies offers a fintech AI suite, AVA, providing solutions for online car shoppers to access credit and financing, enhancing online engagement and fraud prevention.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2020
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Andrew Lemoine, Josh Elias
Industries
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automotive, Financial Services, FinTech
Funding Amount
$1,356,344
Funding Status
Venture - Series
Employees
11-50

Skylock

Skylock
Skylock secures DeFi by defending against smart-contract hacks with real-time detection and blocking of malicious transactions.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2022
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Industries
Blockchain, Cyber Security
Funding Amount
$1,319,000
Funding Status
Seed
Employees
1-10

LearnExperts

LearnExperts
LearnExperts develops an AI-powered platform for rapid course creation, aiding organizations in efficient training development.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2019
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Sarah Sedgman
Industries
Artificial Intelligence (AI), E-Learning, Machine Learning
Funding Amount
$1,250,000
Funding Status
Seed
Employees
11-50

TransforML Platforms

TransforML Platforms
TransforML offers tools to improve business transformation success rates, partnering with large organizations to drive successful changes.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2022
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Ahmad Zaidi, Ali Ahmed
Industries
Software
Funding Amount
$1,040,245
Funding Status
Pre-Seed
Employees
1-10

Realize Medical

Realize Medical
Realize Medical develops a VR platform for medical image viewing and modeling, enhancing healthcare professionals' ability to interact with medical images for better patient care.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2019
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Industries
Health Care
Funding Amount
$1,000,000
Funding Status
Seed
Employees
1-10

Replica Analytics

Replica Analytics
Replica Analytics develops unique technologies for generating privacy protective synthetic data that maintains the statistical properties of real data
Key Info
When was it founded?
2019
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Khaled El Emam
Industries
Analytics, Information Technology, Software
Funding Amount
$1,000,000
Funding Status
Convertible Note
Employees
11-50

Itemtopia

Itemtopia
A unique approach to managing assets, employees, inventory. Itemtopia is a visual inventory system with versions for homes, offices or institutions. Users in 100+ countries. AI provides context for answers. QR Codes allow management of inventory and items. Webpages make it easier to show or sell items. Sharing options to invite other people to update data.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2021
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Steve Hulaj
Industries
Apps, Asset Management, Mobile Apps, Property Management, Software
Funding Amount
$1,000,000
Funding Status
Seed
Employees
1-10

Enurgen

Enurgen
Enurgen is a modeling software for power systems. Enurgen captures and distributes energy resources from cells to systems. Their bifacial resource from front to back is a bifacial performance model that calculates optical and electrical performance based on a physically representative array geometry.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2022
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Industries
Energy Management, Software, Solar
Funding Amount
$1,000,000
Funding Status
Pre-Seed
Employees
1-10

AuditMap

AuditMap
AuditMap offers risk insights and internal audit, risk management, and internal controls solutions, with cloud and on-premises deployment for document security.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2018
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Mathieu Lemay
Industries
Accounting, AI, Machine Learning, Risk Management
Funding Amount
$887,836
Funding Status
Convertible Note
Employees
1-10

LeadDelta

LeadDelta
LeadDelta provides a unified workspace for managing professional relationships, enhancing B2B collaboration across fundraising, hiring, marketing, and sales activities.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2021
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Vedran Rasic
Industries
CRM, Lead Generation, Marketing, Professional Networking, Software
Funding Amount
$800,000
Funding Status
Pre-Seed
Employees
11-50

Doc Clik

Doc Clik
Doc Clik offers 24/7 on-demand access to healthcare professionals, allowing patients to book appointments online and manage health needs through a seamless platform.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2020
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Andrew Moubarak, Mark Moubarak, Romeo Antoun
Industries
Dental, Health Care, Internet, Medical, mHealth, Software
Funding Amount
$754,814
Funding Status
Pre-Seed
Employees
11-50

eGloo

eGloo
eGloo develops network intelligence and IoT solutions, offering products like Netify for network transparency and Devicify for device lifecycle management.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2018
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Benjamin Chambers, Peter Baldwin
Industries
Analytics, Information Technology, Software
Funding Amount
$300,000
Funding Status
Seed
Employees
1-10

VRapeutic

VRapeutic
VRapeutic develops VR software for therapeutic purposes, focusing on autism, ADHD, and cerebral palsy to instill essential life skills through educational scenarios.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2019
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Founders
Ahmad Al-Kabbany, Yahya Alaa
Industries
Augmented Reality, Education, Health Care, Neuroscience, Software, Virtual Reality
Funding Amount
$273,396
Funding Status
Grant
Employees
11-50

Veterans’ House Canada

Veterans' House Canada
Veterans' House Canada offers a supportive community for homeless veterans, providing counseling, mentoring, and other services to help reintegrate into society.
Key Info
When was it founded?
2020
Company Headquarters
Ottawa
Industries
Homeless Shelter, Service Industry
Funding Amount
$200,000
Funding Status
Grant
Employees
1-10

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