Top 30 Photography Startup Investors in Canada (June 2026)

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• ForActive — ForActive The Best App to Buy & Sell Memberships
• EyeVi Technologies — EyeVi is a provider of road network intelligence with AI-powered on-demand mapping technologies.
• Linker Cloud Fulfillment Network — Linker Cloud is the future of fulfillment. We blur geographical boundaries for cross-border eCommerce and D2C companies, helping them to grow faster.

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• Arteria AI — Arteria unlocks the power of your contracts by helping you to generate, negotiate and turn your executed contracts into data that allow you to diagnose problems, identify opportunities and drive value for your organization.
• Augmenta Inc. — Design sustainable, code compliant and fully constructible buildings in hours.
• CarbonCure Technologies — CarbonCure Technologies creates, develops, and licenses solutions that consume waste CO2 to make better concrete. It spurs the market shift towards affordable green concrete, by enabling concrete manufacturers to convert waste CO2 into solid minerals, locked away as a solid within concrete during manufacturing. It is a green building technologycompany currently serving concrete product manufacturers in the US and Canada. It offers concrete producers the ability to manufacture green concrete products without compromising on either quality or price.CarbonCure is a retrofit innovation that repurposes CO2 gas from large final emitters as a feedstock in concrete plants. The gas is permanently converted into embedded solid mineral carbonates that yield material, environmental, and production advantages. By enabling concrete manufacturers to consume CO2 into concrete products during manufacturing, the technology differentiates an otherwise traditional commodity concrete product, while achieving superior material performance characteristics. In addition to technology, CarbonCure provides demand-pull marketing and environmental reporting/certification services to reinforce its customers’ exclusive competitive positioning. The technology is licensed at a very low-CAPEX to concrete producers, generating a recurring revenue stream.CarbonCure Technologies was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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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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• 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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• 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.
• Harper Wilde — Harper Wilde owns and operates an online portal for shopping lingerie.The company is committed not only to lifting up ladies, but also to lifting up the future generation of leading ladies. Harper Wilde's purposeful designs and curated options not only make things easier for customers, but also allow us to save money in production costs andpass those savings onto their customers. In this way, they empower women by providing them with more fairly-priced products, at nearly half of what competitors charge.
• 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.

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• FarmWise — FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency.
• Napigen — We are the genome editing company specialized for mitochondrial engineering. We address unmet needs of future food supplies by creating hybrid crop plants to boost their yields to an unprecedented level. The company’s technology creates robust male sterile lines that are ideal over conventional lines because of their stability and elitebackgrounds. This allows the production of non-GM hybrid seeds in crop plants that are currently mostly non-hybrid such as wheat. Our technology solution is expected to fulfill the highest level of public acceptance and aspiration.
• Iamus Technologies — Iamus Technologies Limited is an Artificial Intelligence & Robotics company based in Ireland that has developed poultry specific robotic technology that empowers poultry farmers to make better and safer production decisions. Over the last 2 years we have been working globally with poultry processors in identifying KPIs that our robots cancontinuously gather on the ground in poultry sheds and feedback instantly to both producer and the relevant personnel back at the processing plant. Results to date are impressive with automatic and accurate data recovery from the birds on every part of the floor and analysis with real-time intervention now possible. These factors are key in addressing the growing demands of modern, intensive broiler production with the Iamus robot & platform meeting these requirements.

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• Tera AI — Tera is creating a software-only, platform-neutral spatial reasoning framework that will allow any robot to use its existing camera to traverse novel environments.
• Talent.com — Find jobs, salary & company information on Talent.com. Discover your next career today. Your job search starts here!
• GoodFit — Implement & scale any GTM strategy. Commercial Leaders use GoodFit to configure the data they need, to fuel their GTM strategy of choice

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• SearchEye — Get tech-driven SEO at scale, speed and a fraction of the cost compared to traditional agencies. Acquire PR Mentions, Digital PR and Content.
• Double — Double is a software platform that helps users to build, automate, and analyze investment portfolio for retail investors.
• Craftwork — Craftwork is a modern general contracting company that uses technology to simplify repair and renovation projects for homeowners.

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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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• 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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• Aside — Aside is the company that builds cloud-based platforms. Daffy Charitable is its first not-for-profit community platform.
• NexHealth — Join thousands of doctors, hundreds of developers, and millions of patients using NexHealth for EHR-integrated real-time online scheduling, patient communications, digital paperwork, and more.
• Zed Industries — Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

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• Hone — Hone helps HR and L&D teams scale development that upskills managers, leaders, and teams through AI-powered and live experiences that deliver measurable impact
• Quilter — Physics-based automated circuit board design tools for professionals and the masses.
• 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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• Privy — Rated the #1 sales app in the Shopify App Store. Used by 600,000+ online brands around the world to grow sales NOW with email & SMS.
• 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.
• RippleMatch — Find your dream job or internship with RippleMatch's AI job matchmaker. Get matched with top jobs tailored for you and increase your chances of landing interviews.

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• Stedi — Stedi is the only programmable healthcare clearinghouse. We offer modern, AI-ready APIs for eligibility checks, claims, transaction enrollment, and more.
• Synthetic — Synthetic provides an autonomous accounting agent that processes financial data and produces completed monthly books with minimal manual input. Its system handles tasks such as transaction categorization, reconciliation, and financial record generation. The platform is designed to integrate with existing financial tools and maintain structured,auditable outputs.

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• Armoire — Rent an infinite closet, styled just for you. Armoire is a women's rental clothing membership that continuously styles you with curated, contemporary designs.
• 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

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• Alongside — The perfect hire is closer than you think. Source better candidates, provide great candidate experiences & give yourself the freedom to find the perfect fit.
• ClinicGlide — ClinicGlide uses AI to automate patient calls, messages, and bookings across phone, SMS, and web. Respond instantly, reduce front desk workload, and improve patient access without adding staff.
• Smart Skin Technologies — SmartSkin helps pharma and beverage manufacturers reduce breakage, optimize line efficiency, and achieve zero-defect operations.

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• Dylibso — Pioneering AI-driven App Extensibility
• Keycard — Build and deploy secure AI agents with Keycard. Our unified identity infrastructure delivers real-time access control, compliance, and trust for the agent-native world.
• Humanix — Humanix detects and stops social engineering attacks as they unfold across email, chat, voice, and help desk workflows.

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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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• Nuvyyo — Tablo is your portal to free TV. Watch and record broadcast TV from your antenna and free streaming channels via the Tablo app on any device in your home including smartphones, tablets, streaming devices, and smart TVs.
• 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.
• Snappy — Snappy provides technology to run your restaurant efficiently. Increase sales, streamline customer operations and bring your guests back faster with Snappy.

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• Macro — You've never zoomed like this before.
• Carrot — The app that automatically saves your finds and helps you get back to them when you're ready to buy. Download on Chrome & iOS
• 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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• 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 is a biotechnology company that transforms industrial waste into valuable byproducts while permanently storing carbon dioxide.
• Polar Beer Taps — Polar Beer Taps Permafrost V3 system is leading the way in the future of portable beverage serving. They can provide reliable, high-quality commercial draft systems to any location, which elevates any event.

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• Popmenu — Popmenu is a SaaS company that helps restaurants turn their menu into a customer conversion engine. Its cloud-based marketing and customer engagement platform use smart algorithms to track and convert menus, feedback, customer ratings, and related information into an interactive forum for hotels and customers to communicate directly with each otherand access personalized menu and restaurant recommendations in real-time. The platform enables businesses to take control of their menu and increase customer engagement.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
• PayMongo — PayMongo is the easiest way to get paid online. Create an account in minutes and start accepting credit cards, GCash, GrabPay, PayMaya and more.
• Mach Industries — Delivering decentralized warfare capabilities to guarantee the defense of freedom.

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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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• 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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• Slack — Slack is a global collaboration hub that makes people’s working lives simpler, more pleasant, and more productive. From global Fortune 100 companies to corner markets, businesses, and teams of every kind use Slack to bring the right people together with all the right information. Slack is headquartered in San Francisco California and has nineoffices around the world.
• Wiz — Organizations of all sizes and industries use Wiz to rapidly identify and remove the most critical risks in AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes so they can build faster and more securely.
• Setpoint.io — Originators, Asset Managers and Lenders use Setpoint's technology and capital to power asset-backed transactions.

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• Varda — Expanding the economic bounds of humankind with the world's first orbital manufacturing & reentry platform.
• Chai Discovery — Building frontier artificial intelligence to predict and reprogram the interactions between biochemical molecules.
• Draftboard — Refer your friends, community and following with our hiring platform, and get paid when they get hired! Start referring (or hiring!) now!

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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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• Altrio — Altrio is bringing real estate capital markets online
• 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.
• Enso Connect — Seamless digital guest experience from booking through the entire stay and long-lasting relationships after check-out. Vacation rentals & Hotels remarketing tool.

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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.