Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in Canada (October 2026)

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• Cytochroma — Cytochroma is a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company that designs, develops and commercializes prescription products to treat and prevent the clinical consequences of vitamin D insufficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The Company has an advanced portfolio of new therapiesdesigned to safely and effectively treat patients with vitamin D insufficiency and SHPT associated with Stage 3, 4 or 5 CKD. In addition, Cytochroma is developing novel therapies to treat elevated blood phosphorus levels (hyperphosphatemia) in order to improve the control of SHPT in CKD patients.
• LeddarTech — The leader in environmental sensing, fusion and perception for automotive and mobility, LeddarTech delivers actionable data for autonomous driving and ADAS.
• Optosecurity — PAX CHECKPOINT combines automated screening lanes with a screening software to create a fully integrated checkpoint solution.

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• Axya — Optimize manufacturing procurement with Axya. Enhance visibility, streamline collaboration, and automate tasks. Say goodbye to spreadsheet chaos and email overload.
• DropGenie — DropGenie is building connected hardware to automate gene editing. They are accelerating the pace of discovery through the generation of standardized and compatible scientific information.
• Nord Quantique — Nord Quantique creates quantum processors based on second-generation technology.

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• Axya — Optimize manufacturing procurement with Axya. Enhance visibility, streamline collaboration, and automate tasks. Say goodbye to spreadsheet chaos and email overload.
• Quadshift — Quadshift provides software solutions to thousands of businesses in a variety of vertical markets by acquiring and building great B2B software companies and holding them for the long term.
• TickTrade Systems — smartTrade Technologies is a leading global provider with multi-asset electronic trading platforms, helping buy-side & sell-side institutions

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• thri5 — Thri5 develops software that connects retail data, people, and AI agents to coordinate operational actions.
• SELL IT9 — Get top cash for your tech with SELLIT9, Canada's trusted trade-in service. Free same-day pickups, convenient drop-off locations, and pre-paid shipping labels nationwide. Fast, secure, and hassle-free!
• Daedal Systems — Daedal Systems delivers nuclear instrumentation, plasma diagnostics, and engineering services for fusion and small modular reactor projects.

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• Scopia Surgical — Revolutionizing the operating room with our real-time artificial intelligence image processing technology. Scopia Surgical is a co-pilot for the human body, guiding surgeons with unprecedented accuracy and confidence.
• Galaxia — GALAXIA Mission Systems designs and develops intelligent satellites and edge computation platforms for space.
• Elisa Interactive — Elisa Interactive operates an asset-light, prompt-to-environment software model designed to lower technical entry barriers in user-generated gaming ecosystems. Its core application platform, Me-Z-Scene, utilizes artificial intelligence to automatically arrange existing asset kits into complex 3D worlds based on natural language inputs. Thecompany's value proposition centers on empowering casual gamers and amateur builders to deploy custom virtual spaces without requiring coding or digital design expertise.

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• tbh — tbh is a developer of a mobile application designed to provide anonymous feedback to friends. The company's mobile application facilitates asking or answering questions, open text fields and invite abuse when combined with anonymity, enabling users to say things without repercussions and feel better about themselves from the positive feedbackon social networks.
• Vidrovr — Vidrovr develops multimodal computer vision and machine learning systems to index, tag, and understand video. It processes videos with specific domain constraints, such as in sports, government, and media verticals. Its technology enables its users to search an indexed video corpus and retrieve content inside videos and link it to other media likephotos and text.The company Integrates social media to enable direct interactions between multimedia content. Vidrovr was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
• TasksMind — Customer Reliability Platform

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• Uride — Welcome to Uride - your reliable and affordable ridesharing service with a community-focus. Enjoy the ease of quick pickups, lower fares, and a user-friendly app designed to make your travels smoother. Start riding today!
• FluidAI Medical — Real-Time Monitoring for Anastomotic Leaks with Origin, by FluidAI. Early data shows FluidAI's Origin can detect leaks an average of 1.6 days earlier.
• Novel Biotechnology — Novel Biotechnology is building high-throughput bacterial platforms for the biotech industry, with a focus on plasmid DNA manufacturing.

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• Picketa Systems — Picketa Systems equips agribusinesses with Analysis Stations to perform plant tissue analysis in seconds
• East Coast Innovation — Precision engineered, patent pending SmoothMove Smart Funnel - exciting new fish loading technology. Simple & low cost.
• Elle, MD Biotechnologies — Your terms. Your body. Just Livv.

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• Xatoms — At Xatoms, we clean water with Quantum Chemistry and AI, revolutionizing water purification for communities worldwide. Our innovative approach rapidly identifies new, sustainable materials to remove harmful pollutants and pathogens. We aim to alleviate the burden on women and girls in underrepresented communities, transforming the global landscape of water accessibility and empowering a more equitable world. Xatoms is at the forefront of combining scientific innovation with social change.
• RainStick — The RainStick shower is a recirculating shower that saves 80% energy and 80% water but still feels like a luxurious shower.
• Afynia Laboratories — #FemTech startup developing fast, easy-to-use products to fill current gaps in #womenshealth-- starting with at-home testing for #endometriosis.

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• QRA — QRA works with global organizations to automate the quality and consistency of engineering requirements. Their software tool QVscribe enables teams to identify risk, errors, and ambiguities before they manifest into late-stage rework, cost-overruns, and recalls.
• Deep Cove Aqua Farms — Deep Cove Aqua Farms is a live lobster holding facility and seafood processing plant. The company acts as a wholesale business, seafood market, purchasing premium seafood directly from local fishermen, grading the catch by quality and size, and distributing it to domestic and international clients.
• LED Roadway Lighting — Liveable Cities produces smart LED lighting manufactured in Canada. Intelligent LED street lighting systems are being used across Canada and throughout the world. Contact us to learn more about our smart street lighting and city sensor systems, available internationally.

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• Modem — Your dev team's auto-triage Product Manager
• TicketIQ — Buy authentic sports tickets, concert tickets, and theater tickets for your favorite live events at TicketIQ.
• Branch Energy — A tech-powered, green energy provider focused on helping consumers reduce their energy bills and carbon footprints

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• Klaimee — Financial protection for companies building or using AI agents. Understand covered failures, explore pricing, and start your agent risk assessment.
• Scape — Scape is an AI email client that proactively drafts replies and surfaces what matters. Built for professionals who live in their inbox.
• Numeral — We fully manage the headaches of sales tax so you can get back to real work. Get started for free today!

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• Revolve Renewable Power — We are an owner-operator and developer of utility-scale renewable energy generation projects in North America that focus on wind, hydro, solar & battery storage
• CleanPlanet Chemical — Discover the most advanced solvent recycler available today. Whether you recycle your solvent on-site, off-site, or not at all, save money with CleanPlanet Chemical's solvent recycling system.
• International Test Pilots School — International Test Pilots School (ITPS) offers EASA Approved Test Pilot & Flight Test Engineer courses for military and industry customers.

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• myStoria — Backed by fertility doctors. Built by patients, for patients. Track symptoms, manage diagnoses, get advice, and start moving forward.
• Streamforge — Streamforge helps companies find the most relevant creators for their games and products using the most sophisticated platform and technology on the market.
• TimeSmart.AI — A healthcare-focused solution for contract management, clinician timesheet review and approvals, payment tracking & contract compliance enforcement

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• Bright Breaks — Bright Breaks offers a workplace wellness solution to boost employee wellness, connection, and productivity with 7-minute live micro-breaks. Bright Breaks' wellness platform is designed to provide users with maximum benefits while requiring the least amount of effort. It only takes a few minutes per day to reduce stress and improve well-being.
• Planetary — Planetary restores the chemistry of seawater so it can do what it has always done: support life and protect the planet.
• Planetary — Planetary restores the chemistry of seawater so it can do what it has always done: support life and protect the planet.

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• MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
• unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
• Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

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• MesoMat — Boost fleet safety, fuel consumption, and operating costs real-time data from your tires.
• YOURIKA — AI-assisted education technology and student support
• Motion Gestures — Motion Gestures is a Canadian machine learning startup specializing in gesture recognition software. Motion Gestures specializes in machine learning-based gesture recognition software and was founded in Waterloo, Canada in 2016. The company aims to enable the rapid development and deployment of gesture-enabled interfaces for systems, devices, andapps. Its software supports advanced 2D and 3D gestures using motion, touch, and vision sensors and can be deployed on the cloud, gateway/hub, and embedded platforms. Developers are offered free licenses to the cloud SDK and can quickly create and test any gesture using their smartphones.

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• ViewsML — Explore cutting-edge AI solutions for cancer treatment, diagnosis, and research. Discover how clinical labs leverage artificial intelligence for precise cancer detection and diagnosis.
• Carbonyx — Carbonyx transforms waste into carbon-negative advanced materials for industry.
• CereCura Nanotherapeutics — CereCura Nanotherapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering the therapeutic use of RNA nanomedicine to treat disorders of the central nervous system.

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• Torum — Convert your crypto to Ringgit and spend it at any DuitNow QR-enabled merchant with ease.
• Coldblock — Coldblock delivers short-wave infrared sample digestion technology to prepare samples for analysis, accuracy, and safety. They offer services that include mining assays, environmental testing, food testing, metal assays, laboratory technology, and sample digestion.
• fraction/al — Fan Ownership Platform that empower fans to own a piece of their favorite sports team.

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• Niricson — Niricson develops an AI-based predictive analytics SaaS platform for infrastructure asset management. Its AUTOSPEX platform and DRONIC provide asset managers and civil engineers critical insights and multi-defect layer visualization for the current condition of their assets.
• Solaires Entreprises Inc — Solaires Entreprises Inc is a Canadian cleantech company located in Victoria, BC, that consists of a team of 23 scientists, engineers, and business professionals. Solaires is focused on developing the next generation of solar cells by replacing silicon with perovskite through an innovative and sustainable manufacturing process resulting inaffordable solar photovoltaics with higher energy conversion efficiency.
• Progressive Planet Solutions — Progressive Planet Solutions Inc is a metal/mineral based company that deals with the exploration & development of zeolite minerals.

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• Coral — Coral is a virtual care clinic that provides evidence-based, personalized support for perimenopause and menopause, weight loss and longevity.
• Pricepoint — Pricepoint is an autonomous AI agent that optimizes your hotel pricing in real time. Maximize revenue, eliminate manual work, and stay competitive 24/7.
• Brickeye — Brickeye IoT solutions monitor assets and processes across various industries and generate data and insights for better decision making.

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• Biossil — Biossil is an applied AI drug discovery platform to create specialized treatments for distinct patients.
• Powered by People — Powered by People is a values-driven wholesale platform featuring handmade, ethical products from makers in over 40 countries. Sign up now for pre-approved credit and net 60 terms at poweredbypeople.com
• Brodie Rec Leagues — Brodie Rec Leagues specializes in basketball tournaments, leagues, and training.

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• Icentia — Icentia provides a range of innovative medical tests for healthcare institutions. They are able to offer valuable solutions for major problems in the field of medical testing.
• Solar Uniquartier —
• Turtlebrace — Turtlebrace is more than just an immobilization brace, it's a dynamic and innovative solution.

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• Astrus — Astrus fully automates analog layout using AI without disrupting your workflow.
• Orbits — Orbits is a family-focused home management platform that simplifies household tasks, schedules, and everyday organization.
• Daedal Systems — Daedal Systems delivers nuclear instrumentation, plasma diagnostics, and engineering services for fusion and small modular reactor projects.

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• Namakor Holdings — We combine strategic investment and in-house operational expertise to untap the true potential of your industrial manufacturing businessNamakor Holdings is a private equity firm investing in mid-market manufacturing companies, driving growth, innovation, and global expansion.
• Premier Tech — Premier Tech has been focusing on skills development and recognition to constantly innovate, improve its operational excellence and deploy products and services that create value for its customers.
• KERIDIS BioÉnergie — KERIDIS BioÉnergie is engaged in the development of anaerobic digestation plants to produce renewable natural gas.

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• Vention — Design and order custom industrial equipment in days. Fast and easy-to-use cloud CAD, loaded with modular parts, that ship next day.
• Inscora — Inscora is the cyber-insurability platform for MSPs and MSSPs. Assess risk, accurately measure client insurability, and unlock new revenue - without adding operational burden.
• Vosker — Vosker provides remote area monitoring tech enabling you to take things further

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• Astrus — Astrus fully automates analog layout using AI without disrupting your workflow.
• A&K Robotics — A&K Robotics | Autonomous Vehicle Systems
• EECOMobility — Revolutionizing battery testing with AI-driven technology for safer, more reliable, & affordable energy solutions. Powering electrification one charge at a time.

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• Avnera — Avnera is a fabless semiconductor firm making highly-integrated application targeted ICs for consumer audio and voice applications.Avnera has deep analog and mixed-signal circuit design expertise, including the know-how to integrate diverse circuit types onto single pieces of silicon. As such, Avnera IC's integrate RF, power management,audio data converters, host interfaces, & programmable DSPs onto low-cost CMOS, enabling very high performance at low total system cost.Avnera IC products target applications in PC accessory audio, iPod accessory audio, home theater, and consumer & enterprise voice. Avnera's list of customers includes names such as Logitech, Creative, Rocketfish, Panasonic, iHome, Vizio, Sanyo, Onkyo, Acoustic Research, Audioengine, Polycom, et al.
• SecureKey Technologies — Deliver high-value online services securely to millions of consumers through federated authentication, regardless of the service, device or credentials.
• Real Image Media Technologies — Real Image Media Technologies is India’s leading provider of technology in the film, video and audio domains and has pioneered several technology revolutions over the last 20 years. Established in 1986, the company was instrumental in bringing computer-based digital non-linear editing to India with Avid Technology, transforming the industryand forever changing the way Indian film and television programs were edited.

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• Tonit — Connect with local riders. Discover hundreds of rides & events. Track & share your ride. Share photos & videos with the community.
• PLAYR.gg — Surf Giveaways is the #1 platform to run giveaways, sweepstakes, and contests for gamers. Grow your audience and build your community with giveaways now!
• eThor — Trusted By National Brands Trusted By National Brands Contactless In the age of COVID-19, it's more important than ever to provide your customers a safe way to pay. eThor offers a number of contactless payment options, from Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or other forms of

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• Biossil — Biossil is an applied AI drug discovery platform to create specialized treatments for distinct patients.
• Nord Quantique — Nord Quantique creates quantum processors based on second-generation technology.
• Daedal Systems — Daedal Systems delivers nuclear instrumentation, plasma diagnostics, and engineering services for fusion and small modular reactor projects.

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• thri5 — Thri5 develops software that connects retail data, people, and AI agents to coordinate operational actions.
• Ultimarii — Ultimarii is an AI based technology company that accelerates and streamline complex and large project across various industries.
• Backboard.io — Sovereign AI infrastructure for organizations

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• Botpress — Botpress is a modern developer stack to build enterprise and open-source chatbots. Learn about our conversational AI platform built for developers.
• AlayaCare — AlayaCare is a revolutionary cloud-based home care software platform for agencies looking for innovation and efficiencies across the entire agency.
• CONTXTFUL Technologies — Contxtful is a patent pending AI-driven technology leverages sensors from mobile smart devices such as phones, tablets & smart watches to identify user intent and context. It's designed with privacy in mind to be compliant with GDPR so we don't need to request permission from users. No need for GPS, camera or microphone. CONTXTFULprovide attention, viewability and predictive marketing analysis, performance improvement and business intelligence on the environment context of any digital audience. Our technologies generates different strategic activities like audience engagement, segmentation, online marketing security and real-time marketing data insights and can be used in many industry, including Adtech, Martech, Insurance/Banking, Fintech, Video Streaming and Game Engines providers to gather better context aware intel about their audience and customers.Our solution is respect privacy, it’s real-time and always-on.

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• HaiLa Technologies Inc. — HaiLa's ultra-low power RF technology paves the way for battery-free operation of wireless IoT sensors and devices.
• Brilliant Matters — Brilliant Matters is a supplier of organic semiconductors and conductors for Organic solar cells and other printed electronics markets.
• Rithmik Solutions — We increase uptime in mines with advanced analytics that optimize maintenance and extend equipment life.

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• Avnera — Avnera is a fabless semiconductor firm making highly-integrated application targeted ICs for consumer audio and voice applications.Avnera has deep analog and mixed-signal circuit design expertise, including the know-how to integrate diverse circuit types onto single pieces of silicon. As such, Avnera IC's integrate RF, power management,audio data converters, host interfaces, & programmable DSPs onto low-cost CMOS, enabling very high performance at low total system cost.Avnera IC products target applications in PC accessory audio, iPod accessory audio, home theater, and consumer & enterprise voice. Avnera's list of customers includes names such as Logitech, Creative, Rocketfish, Panasonic, iHome, Vizio, Sanyo, Onkyo, Acoustic Research, Audioengine, Polycom, et al.
• Valence — Work better. Together.
• Simply Measured — Reimagine how social media can grow your business with Sprout Social. See our social media management tools in action. Start your own free trial today.

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• Moyy — Moyy designs, prints and manufactures custom packaging and display solutions for brands in e-commerce and retail. The company focuses on corrugated packaging, including mailer boxes, shipping boxes, trays, product boxes and custom brown boxes. Moyy also produces retail-ready packaging, point-of-purchase displays and temporary signage for tradeshows, events and promotions. Its services span structural design, art, graphics and colour management, along with digital and flexographic printing using corrugated-focused technology. Moyy offers custom inserts to protect products and refine the unboxing experience. It serves a range of industries such as apparel and beauty, food and beverage, technology, health and wellness, pet care and manufacturing, tailoring packaging and display solutions to specific sector needs.
• Nobellum Enterprise — Nobellum Enterprise is a social and technological enterprise that specializes in economic development services.
• ADI Automation Design — ADI Automation Design is a private industrial engineering firm specializing in custom automation.

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• Efficient Computer — Efficient Computer is ushering in a new era of computing with our ultra-energy-efficient programmable processors.
• prime minute — Prime Minute develops disaster response technology and a platform for emergency operations and critical infrastructure resilience.
• Reframe Systems — Robotic microfactories for building net-zero homes 2x faster, 2x cheaper with 10x lower carbon

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• Hyperpublic — Hyperpublic is an open database of people, places, and things tied to a specific location. Anyone can add objects to the database and developers will be able to build applications on top of the data.
• Flow Engineering — Flow Engineering develops AI-powered systems engineering software for requirements management, validation, and hardware design workflows.
• Proximal — Proximal builds AI training data and environments to improve software engineering agents and autonomous coding systems.

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• Airex Energy — Industrial biomass conversion solutions for biocoal, biochar, and biocarbon using advanced torrefaction and carbonization technologies.
• Thymox Technology — A powerful, non-toxic botanical disinfectant that kills 99.9% of bacteria, fungi and molds as well as COVID-19. Thymox is safe for you and your family.
• YWire technologies — Based in Montreal, YWire Technologies designs, manufactures and sells lighting control devices for the commercial buildings market. Founded by three building automation industry veterans in 2009, YWire designs products targeted specifically at lowering the installed cost of integrated systems across the market. The FiveSeries Lighting ControlSystem is the first building-level command and control system in the world to use Broadband over Power Line for device networks and integration into Building Automation Systems.

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• Awake Chocolate — Awake Chocolate is a food company that offers chocolates. They sell energy drinks. They also offer delivery services.
• Puzzle Medical Devices — Puzzle Medical Low-risk heart support for high-risk patients
• ShopVision Technologies — AI is reinventing digital selling. Lead the change or risk being left behind.

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• GenHealth.ai — GenHealth.ai provides healthcare solutions using generative AI trained on encoded medical events. Its product is a generative healthcare AI publicly available. It includes a foundation transformer model (new neural networks with excellent memory), an API, and user applications that can generate and predict future sequences of health events usinghistorical events. Together they can be used to build a large variety of customized applications.
• Horizon3.ai — Horizon3.ai's mission is to help you find and fix your attack vectors before criminals exploit them. NodeZero, our automated penetration testing solution, enables organizations to continuously assess the security posture of their enterprise, including external, identity, on-prem, IoT, and cloud attack surfaces. Like APTs, ransomware, andother threat actors, our algorithms discover and fingerprint your attack surface, identifying the ways exploitable vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, harvested credentials, and dangerous product defaults can be chained together to facilitate a compromise. NodeZero is a true self-service SaaS offering that is safe to run in production and requires no persistent or credentialed agents. You will see your enterprise through the eyes of the attacker, identify your ineffective security controls, and ensure your limited resources are spent fixing problems that can actually be exploited. Founded in 2019 by industry, US Special Operations, and US National Security veterans, Horizon3.ai is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, and made in the USA.
• Upwind Security — Upwind Security creates and develops software and online tools that ensures security of cloud infrastructure. It manages runtime environments of the cloud platform.

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• Derapi — Derapi is a universal API for distributed energy resource (DER) devices, including solar, battery storage, EV chargers, smart thermostats, heat pumps, and other behind-the-meter loads. Derapi unlocks the full value of DERs by removing bottlenecks related to data integration, reducing data infrastructure costs and speeding time to market for DERsoftware developers, DER device manufacturers, and others in the DER ecosystem.
• GridBank — Enhance Your Social Media Engagement And Following With Stunning User-Generated Videos. Access A Wide Range Of Royalty-Free Stock Videos For Various Themes Including Travel, Productivity, Aesthetic Backgrounds, And More
• Trolley — Trolley is the best payouts platform for businesses needing to pay creators, musicians, artists, freelancers, or on-demand workers.

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• Canalyst — 4,000+ financial models with every KPI that matters, built and updated by our team of analysts.
• Penny — Discover Penny. Transforming sellers' lives. Providing tailored corporate solutions. Try the best social selling app today.
• Dream Appeal — Dream Appeal is a career growth platform that helps in management of career oriented goals and connect with peers with similar interest.

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• La Ruche — La Ruche is a non-profit organization that offers a crowdfunding platform that contributes in economic development of projects.
• Gilbert — Gilbert offers sawmilling equipment, forestry attachments, utility track vehicles and snow groomers, and vibratory pile drivers and extractors
• Hydrep Hydraulic Repair Center — Hydrep Hydraulic Repair Center designs and manufactures prototypes and series products for electro-hydraulic applications.

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• Reddio — The fastest Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 with GPU-powered Parallel EVM and ZK Proofs for AI, gaming, and real-time applications.
• Spiky.AI — Spiky.ai delivers real-time coaching, CRM sync, and multilingual AI insights to boost sales performance and streamline meetings.
• Pipeshift — Inference for real-time agents

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• Pibox — Pibox is an all-in-one platform, where music production professionals manage, share, and refine audio. Perfect for project management, audio collaboration, collecting feedback, and seamless communication.
• Appello — Streamline workforce management, health & safety compliance, and resource allocation for construction businesses with Appello.
• Insight Terra — Insight Terra supports data driven risk management in critical situations where business operations, people and the environment all come together.

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• Spotta — Spotta's smart pest systems help pest control monitor and identify pests. Solutions for hospitality, care homes, agriculture, farming and forestry.
• ClearRisk — Our easy-to-use risk management software increases productivity, creates differentiation, and adds a simple and efficient process to manage risk!
• HIGHLINEvc — HIGHLINE is a Pre-Seed investor & Acceleration Platform that helps digital startups get follow-on capital, backed by leading VCs with offices in Vancouver & Toronto.We believe in providing our founders with far more than capital. Yet unlike most accelerators, we have no rigid start/end dates throughout the year. By joining theHIGHLINE family, you get to call on us for advice on an ongoing basis, gain access to our premium network and monthly founder events. We’ll do our best to help with fundraising challenges and partner with incubators to help deliver specialized programming.

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• UniUni — Explore our shipping Universe. Our mission is to be your first-choice for last-mile delivery.
• Quadshift — Quadshift provides software solutions to thousands of businesses in a variety of vertical markets by acquiring and building great B2B software companies and holding them for the long term.
• Raven Connected — Raven Connected offers vehicle tracking and driver monitoring system services, enhancing safety and efficiency in transportation operations.

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• InsideDesk — Reduce AR days, boost collections, and streamline billing operations with InsideDesk's centralized revenue cycle management platform.
• CWX — CLOUDWERX provides elite engineering resources to accelerate your business.
• Lightworks — Lightworks is a Canadian consulting company that focuses on enterprise AI infrastructure and control systems. The company works with the biggest and most regulated companies in the world to plan, manage, and safeguard AI-powered systems.

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• AI Partnerships — AI Partnerships Corp. provides AI technology-based solutions to businesses. Our robust 120+ Affiliate Network of AI/ML solution providers can help any industry adopt AI.
• Motion Gestures — Motion Gestures is a Canadian machine learning startup specializing in gesture recognition software. Motion Gestures specializes in machine learning-based gesture recognition software and was founded in Waterloo, Canada in 2016. The company aims to enable the rapid development and deployment of gesture-enabled interfaces for systems, devices, andapps. Its software supports advanced 2D and 3D gestures using motion, touch, and vision sensors and can be deployed on the cloud, gateway/hub, and embedded platforms. Developers are offered free licenses to the cloud SDK and can quickly create and test any gesture using their smartphones.
• Neptune Nanotechnologies — Neptune Nanotechnologies Inc. is an early-stage tech Startup active in the bio-nano material space, specifically commercializing a technology that can convert organic fishing waste into ultra-high-value nanocrystals.

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• Dessn — Dessn is an AI app that enables designers & product managers to contribute to product building without coding.
• thri5 — Thri5 develops software that connects retail data, people, and AI agents to coordinate operational actions.
• Orbits — Orbits is a family-focused home management platform that simplifies household tasks, schedules, and everyday organization.