Top 45 Photography Startup Investors in Canada (August 2026)

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• Pstryk — Pstryk is a mobile app that tracks expenditures in real time to help you make budget-conscious decisions about energy consumption.
• Nomagic — Nomagic provides robotic systems to automate repetitive pick-and-place tasks in warehouses with efficiency, flexibility and reliability.
• FlyFocus — We specialize in the design and production of unmanned aerial vehicles for the civilian market and law enforcement.

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

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• WhatsNexx — Sujintoto adalah situs slot online yang memberikan pelayanan deposit yang sat set dan withdraw cepet selama 24 jam
• Optosecurity — PAX CHECKPOINT combines automated screening lanes with a screening software to create a fully integrated checkpoint solution.
• D-Wave Quantum — D-Wave is the leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services.

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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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• Hallow — Pray every day this Lent with Mark Wahlberg, Chris Pratt, Jonathan Roumie, and millions of others around the world on Hallow, the #1 prayer app.
• Schoola — Schoola is an American online retail company that sells second hand women's and children's clothing. Schoola solicit the clothing via donation and in return donate a portion of each sales proceeds to the school of the donor's choice. Schoola is a self-service fundraising platform that schools, principals, PTAs and PTOs can use toraise significant funds for schools and other non-profits. To date Schoola has partnered and raised funds for over 10,000 schools throughout the US. Headquartered in San Francisco, Schoola was founded by former school administrator Stacey Boyd and is backed by several prominent angel and institutional investors.
• Unsplash — Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project. Better than any royalty free or stock photos.

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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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• 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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• CanvasPop — Print any photo on canvas with Canvaspop. Our expert printing processes allow you to create gallery-quality canvas art from your own photos & images.

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• Sloika — The only contemporary photo art market. Genuine art by amazing photographers.
• Metahood — Metahood offers services for discovering, purchasing, and selling land in the open metaverse.
• Redbeard Ventures — We are an early-stage VC firm led by a team with operating and investing experience looking to enable the future of the Metaverse and develop frontier tech to better the world! View our portfolio

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• Modem — Your dev team's auto-triage Product Manager
• CareGuide — We believe good people deserve the best care. Connect with housekeepers, nannies, pet sitters, and elder \ care providers with ease. Trusted and secure.
• Routehappy — ATPCO | The foundation of modern airline retailing

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• Baz — Baz AI Code Review is an AI-native code review platform designed to help engineering teams ship higher-quality code faster
• Surf AI — In a world of AI attackers, remediation can no longer be done at human speed. Surf AI is the only way to maintain security posture at the speed of AI.
• Generalist AI — At Generalist, we are on a mission to make general-purpose robots a reality.

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• Mux — Mux helps teams ship high-performance and cost-effective video in minutes, not months. Build better video into anything from websites to platforms to AI workflows.
• Slack — Slack is a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams. It allows users to exchange messages, share files, and integrate with various business tools and services. Slack is commonly used across various industries, from tech startups to large enterprises.
• Bigscreen — Founded by Darshan Shankar in 2014, Bigscreen is a venture-backed startup creating an immersive virtual reality platform that aims to revolutionize the way people work, play, hangout, and collaborate.Use cases of Bigscreen include both entertainment and productivity. Users love using Bigscreen as a "VR movie theater" to watch movies andTV shows. It's also used to play videogames, browse the web, and hangout with friends. It's can also be used for productivity as a tool for remote teams to collaborate together in virtual offices.Since the beta launch in March 2016, Bigscreen has become one of the most popular and highest rated VR apps on the Oculus Store and has an incredible 93% positive rating on Steam. Power users spend 20-30 hours per week in Bigscreen, making it one of the most widely used "killer apps" in the industry.Bigscreen is now the most popular non-gaming VR application in the world.Bigscreen is a fully distributed remote company with employees based around the world in the US & UK.

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• howie — Howie is an AI calendar secretary for email, SMS, iMessage, Gmail, and Google Calendar. He books meetings, protects focus time, follows up, and handles reminders.
• Double — Double is a software platform that helps users to build, automate, and analyze investment portfolio for retail investors.
• Augment Markets — Buy and sell shares in private tech companies. Also private markets intelligence news: @TheAugmentPulse

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• Double — AI-powered, ledger-integrated close management for accounting firms and teams. Automate manual work, gain real-time visibility, and close the books faster.
• Lassie — AI that runs the doctor's office.
• Function Health — Test your whole body and own your health. Function, co-founded by Dr. Mark Hyman, is a lifelong routine of 100+ lab tests for the whole body including thyroid, hormones, fertility, autoimmunity, heart, kidney, liver and more. Lab results direct to you with insights from top doctors.

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• Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
• KOHO Financial — Open an everyday spending account online with instant cash back & premium rewards. Join over 1.5M Canadians using KOHO's prepaid Mastercard to spend, save, build and borrow. Sign up in minutes!
• Wednesday Waffles — Share 5-minute video updates with your closest friends and family every Wednesday. No filters, no algorithms, just real authentic connection.

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• MiClient — Miclient are deal closure platform which was founded by experienced sales leaders who recognized the need for a new generation of complicated quote configuration, contract signing, renewal & payment collection at one place for SMEs, Lead Management System, B2B SaaS, CRM software, CPQ (Configure- Price- Quote)
• Healionics — Healionics aims to provide safer, more reliable means of bloodstream access for dialysis in patients with kidney failure.
• NuvOx Therapeutics — NuvOx Pharma is a clinical stage biotech company developing an innovative platform of oxygen therapeutics to treat life-threatening diseases where hypoxia plays a role.

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• Sloika — The only contemporary photo art market. Genuine art by amazing photographers.
• Turing — Turing.com connects world-class remote software engineers with world-class companies. 200+ companies, including those backed by Google Ventures, Andreessen, Founders Fund, Kleiner, and Bloomberg, have hired Turing developers. Over 1M+ developers from across 150+ countries have chosen Turing as their preferred platform for landing remote jobs.
• Yatown — YaTown.com - a great premium domain available for sale.

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• Seezo — Security design reviews for every feature your company builds. Someday, we will be more active on Twitter
• AUDIOGEN — Generate your sounds with AI. Create an infinite world of sounds - sound effects, samples, and music, instantly. Get Started Free.
• Vulcan — Frontier AI for government, law, and policy | backed by @ycombinator @generalcatalyst @cubitcapital

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• Nicegram — Nicegram is a fast, secure and nice messaging app that perfectly includes all Telegram features and offers additional ones which are ideally made for all modern people and businesses.
• Hana Network — Hana Network is a software development company that develops and manages cryptocurrency and blockchain transactions.
• Cluster Protocol — Orchestration layer for autonomous workflows and prompt to dapp browser based IDE on @base all powered by x402 Backed by @daofive and @papervc

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• Bungalow — Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that provides renters with a more convenient, flexible, and communal living solution. It utilizes existing housing supply by signing long-term leases with homeowners, and offers multi-bedroom homes in some of the most desirable neighborhoods in cities throughout the United States.Bungalow offersprivate bedrooms with handpicked housemates in beautifully furnished homes across seven major cities. Each home comes furnished and includes wifi, utilities, housekeeping, and monthly community events for members.Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty founded Bungalow in 2016. Its headquarters is in San Francisco in California.
• DeSo Foundation — DeSo is a layer -1 blockchain designed to build and scale decentralized social apps to 1 Billion users. Take back ownership of your content and social graph with web3 versions of Twitter and LinkedIn.
• Big Shot Pictures — A next-generation studio focused on building global franchises.

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• Revealx — Deehubs is an advertising company that creates smart and social billboards. Their product unites ordinary people and advertisers. Its mission is to create public stages for people and to make ad content on billboards interesting. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
• memelabs — Memelabs is a completely customizable tool for organizing user contributed video and photo submissions. Built as a user-generated contesting (UGC) platform, memelabs is used by Fortune 500 companies to deliver flawless user experiences. It includes power tools for sharing and spreading a message.Developed specifically for businesses seekinginspired, high-level, creative marketing initiatives, memelabs helps companies promote their ideas. They do this through viral video, and other low-cost, high-exposure marketing campaigns.Memelabs is part of memesuite, an agency toolkit with solutions for audio-visual delivery, contesting and client database management. Memesuite also includes memeserver and minimeme. Memeserver is a robust, professional, and customizable video server. Minimeme is a fast, easy turnkey-based contest platform for video and photos.Clients include The Gap, Wells Fargo, Intrawest, Texas Instruments, and PBS.Memelabs Relaunches as
• Modumetal — Modumetal has enabled a revolutionary new class of nanolaminated materials with broad application in structural, corrosion and high temperature performance of coatings, bulk materials and partsModumetal is based on the interaction of different materials at their interfaces. By laminating metals, Modumetal creates a new way to influence materialproperties. By growing metal using low-cost electrochemical methods, Modumetal enables a whole new class of applications of these materials.Modumetal is currently producing nanolaminated alloys for applications in construction, energy and aerospace markets.

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• Plasmaleap — Plasmaleap is a plasma technology company that manufactures and sells zero-emissions chemical reactors designed for industrial and energy applications. The company develops reactor systems that use plasma processes to enable chemical production and transformation without relying on conventional combustion methods. Its technology supports sectorssuch as clean fuels, chemical manufacturing, and materials processing by offering electrified reactor solutions that can be integrated into existing industrial workflows. Plasmaleap designs modular systems that allow operators to deploy plasma reactors for on-site production and conversion of feedstocks using electricity as the primary energy input. The company also provides engineering support and technical integration services to help customers incorporate its reactor technology into commercial operations. Through its plasma-based approach, Plasmaleap focuses on enabling chemical processes that align with decarbonization and emissions reduction objectives across multiple industries.
• Cellar Insights — Maximize the value of your potato crop with smart remote monitoring. Monitor storage conditions and prevent crop loss with Cellar Insights.
• Brilliant Harvest — Brilliant Harvest is the Most Powerful AI Helpdesk For Equipment Dealers.

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• Incrowd — Incrowd is a livestreaming app that encourages collaboration and makes events more interactive.
• Squido Studio — No More Rainbows is a first person VR platformer with unique locomotion inspired by classic titles such as Super Meat Boy and Super Mario. The studio behind No More Rainbows is Montreal based Squido Studio, a studio that focuses on core mechanics and gameplay before all else.
• Duo Productions — Duo Productions is a media and broadcasting company that produces television series and documentaries.

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• Durin — Mineral exploration technology company
• TensorZero — TensorZero builds open-source tools for production-grade LLM applications: LLM gateway, observability, optimization, evaluations, and experimentation.
• Mach Industries — Delivering decentralized warfare capabilities to guarantee the defense of freedom.

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• VitVio — VitVio is a platform built around AI and computer vision with the goal of improving efficiency and quality of care in operating rooms.
• Tensorevo LLC — TensorEvo provides an end-to-end platform for automated visual inspection. They ingest multi-source image/video data, streamline annotation with active learning and synthetic data, and train optimized CV models. One-click deploy to edge or cloud with real-time monitoring, 99.9% uptime SLA. Trusted by 500+ enterprises and used to process 10M+images.
• Arcturus — Experience sports like never before.

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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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• Keye — Perform better diligence in less time with AI. Empower deal teams with cutting edge LLMs. Now in beta.
• Root — Root is a next-generation social platform that combines communication tools with a customizable app framework, allowing communities to organize, coordinate, and extend their functionality through apps.
• Voiceflow — Visually design, prototype and publish voice and chat apps across channels like Alexa, Google or any custom channel/modality. Get started today, with no code.

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• SkyX — SkyX is an AI-powered Web3 venture platform designed to help projects build, launch, and scale through structured automation and community-driven growth systems.The platform combines AI-driven workflows with a gamified engagement model, enabling users to participate through tasks, referrals, and incentive-based mechanisms. This creates a scalableecosystem where user activity contributes to platform growth and development.SkyX supports project validation, structured launches, and ecosystem expansion by reducing operational complexity and improving onboarding efficiency. The platform enables founders to deploy projects, users to engage through participation models, and operators to manage scalable growth within a unified system.Operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain infrastructure, SkyX addresses inefficiencies in traditional incubation and launch processes by introducing automated workflows, community-driven participation, and streamlined execution models.
• Felix Health — Felix offers on-demand treatment for common health issues such as erectile dysfunction, hair loss, HIV prevention, acne, birth control, and more.
• Harry Howard — An AI-powered incubation platform that transforms Web3 innovation from concept to launch through intelligent automation and community governance. Visit our X Visit our Launchpad

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• Quilter — Physics-based automated circuit board design tools for professionals and the masses.
• CoreStory — It's not low-code, it's full code made easy. Build business-ready software, apps, integrations, and more with the Crowdbotics App Builder. Hire certified PMs and developers to help build your project at any time.
• Vital Interaction — Vital Interaction is a software provider specialized in automating complex communication workflows. Their premier product, the Automated Patient Interaction System, enables healthcare organizations to communicate more effectively with patients using text messaging, automated voice, and email.This automated system helps both patients and healthcare providers connect quickly through technology to remind patients of appointments, fill open slots and request patient feedback.

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• Bolo AI — Bolo AI Copilot for Asset Intelligence transforms how energy companies interact with their data, turning complex asset performance data into instant, actionable insights.
• Freebird — Freebird is a first-of-its-kind mobile rebooking tool that empowers travelers to skip the line and instantly book a new ticket – on any airline at no additional cost – in the event of a flight cancellation, four-hour delay, or missed connection. Freebird provides travelers with instant notifications in the event of a flight disruption, and offersthe ability to rebook in less than 30 seconds with only three taps on their mobile device.
• Realm.Security — Realm.Security transforms sprawling security data into a unified intelligent entity. Leveraging AI and cutting edge data processing technology, we deliver the right information to the right destination at the right time.

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• Shoebox — Shoebox is a service that provides unlimited online photo backup. It scans a user’s entire offline photo collection, uploads it to cloud storage and applies organization algorithms to automatically categorize pics and provide different ways of viewing them. Shoebox was created by Couch Labs Inc in Toronto to simplify photo collections andbackup in a world where almost every device has a built in camera. Shoebox’s strength is in getting the pictures from storage and sources that aren’t connected, to the web, as quickly and painlessly as possible. It’s a shotgun, not a scalpel, and it’s very good at what it does. With native applications for Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, Shoebox allows users to rediscover their memories anytime and anywhere.Visit shoeboxapp.com for more info.

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• CineCoup — Connecting filmmakers to their dream projects. A new way to package, market & finance feature films. #LetsMakeMovies
• HighScore House — Abastoto adalah situs daring profesional dimana para pemain disajikan beragam permainan memuaskan sehingga abastoto dipilih masyaratakan menjadi situs populer dan paling konsisten.

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• Greenrush — Get weed delivered to your door with greenrush's cannabis delivery service. Our app let's you buy weed online from a network of local dispensaries near you.
• Arcview Group — The ArcView Group works in the burgeoning legal cannabis industry by establishing connections between investors and entrepreneurs in an effort to meet the needs of cannabis cultivators, dispensaries, and customers. With industry experience, The ArcView Group is working to help usher in the next generation of cannabis-related businesses with thecreation of The ArcView Angel Network and the MyDispensary Mobile App.
• Finclude — Finclude revolutionizes creditworthiness & affordability assessment of individuals with machine learning on their transactions, powered by PSD2 APIs.

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• CENX — Visualizes service topology, and performance from disparate systems, correlated into a single view.
• Analyze Re — Learn more about premium profit-based analytics with Verisk's resinurance solutions product suite.
• CloudLink Tech — CloudLink data security products provide advanced data security and encryption to secure data in the cloud and virtual environments across nearly any platform.

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• Humuz — Humuz helps people grow fresh herbs and veggies at home with easy-to-use, stylish, and tech-powered systems.
• Borrowland — Borrowland is a crypto lending platform that builds blockchains solution to help people their reach financial golas.
• Talentprise — Talentprise specializes in talent sourcing, headhunting, job finder, ai recruitment, candidate shortlisting, and IT recruitment services.

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• Ruvo — Cacao is a fintech platform that allows Brazilians to receive, store, spend, and withdraw USD instantly.
• Coop Records — Coop Records Music
• Limitless Labs — Trade on future outcomes with Limitless, a prediction market for crypto prices, sports matches, politics, and major world events.

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• Locket — Locket is an Android lock screen company. Its product portfolio includes Locket App, an application that enables users to see trending content on the lock screen, and Locket Engage SDK, a re-engagement Android platform that allows app publishers to re-engage users with their content via the lock screen.
• videogram — Want to boost your video revenue?Use the power of Videogram AI Sign up
• Flixel Photos — Flixel lets you easily create beautiful living photos, also known as 'cinemagraphs'. Unlike a still photo, a living photo contains a portion of of seamless and infinitely looping motion. Whether it's hair blowing in the wind or a flickering fire in the background of an otherwise still image, the effect can be mesmerizing.

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• Pelgo — Pelgo is a startup that provides AI-powered career transition services. For employees coming out of layoffs, young grads just entering the job market, or full-time professionals trying to adjust to a developing AI-driven economy, its tools, along with human advisors, help onboarding, transition, and reskilling.
• howie — Howie is an AI calendar secretary for email, SMS, iMessage, Gmail, and Google Calendar. He books meetings, protects focus time, follows up, and handles reminders.
• Self Protocol — Self is spearheading a secure, human-first internet by allowing users to verify their identities while maintaining their privacy. Self Protocol is an identity and proof-of-humanity solution that uses zero-knowledge technology to confirm personhood and distinctive traits, like age and nationality, without revealing private information.

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• Farel — Run your airline on one platform. Farel unifies PSS, IBE, DCS, and B2B with a built-in AI assistant to grow direct sales and automate ops. Get a personalized demo and pricing.
• Maslo — We make companions that care about people.
• Sloika — The only contemporary photo art market. Genuine art by amazing photographers.

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• Dynami Battery Corp — Dynami supercharges current and future lithium battery chemistries through electrode micro-engineering.
• SceneDoc — SceneDoc is public safety’s first all-in-one mobile software for data collection and retrieval. By modernizing with SceneDoc, agencies operate with higher levels of clarity and control, with fewer moving parts, capturing data and reporting at the point of need. SceneDoc is saving agencies an hour of paperwork per shift on average, resulting in lesstime reporting and more time in the community so officers can do what they do best.
• Mayday — Time is your most valuable asset. Make sure you're spending it wisely.

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• KidPass — KidPass is the leading destination for parents to discover and book amazing children’s activities.
• Viro Media — Viro Media helps mobile developers to easily add VR to their apps using familiar tools and code bases.
• Homer Logistics — Homer provides efficient, professional last-mile delivery service to local businesses and their customers in Manhattan and in the New York Metropolitan area. Apply within to join our network of businesses or to work as a Homer courier.

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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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• 500px — 500px is the premier community and social network for aspiring and practicing photographers. Over 15M creatives from 195 countries come to 500px to discover and share the highest-quality photography, gain global exposure, and get paid for their work and skills.The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and was launched in 2009. 500px hasraised over $20 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Harrison Metal, ff Ventures, and other investors. In early 2018, 500px was acquired by Visual China Group.

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• Levr.ai — Levr.ai powers business loan brokers and lenders with application automation that increases conversion, saves time and provides an amazing experience.
• REITIUM — The future of real estate investing is here. Invest starting with just $100.
• Minga — Digital Hall Passes, Tardy Management & More. Building stronger, more engaged school communities.

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• Sloika — The only contemporary photo art market. Genuine art by amazing photographers.