Top 50 Recruiting Startup Investors in Canada in May 2026

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• Haply — Haply is a robotics company that provides haptic devices, prototyping, firmware, and virtual learning assistance.
• JetScale AI — JetScale AI is a Montreal-based startup specializing in AI-driven cloud infrastructure optimization. It uses agentic AI to detect inefficiencies, provide remediation plans, and generate compliant Infrastructure-as-Code for cost savings and sustainability.
• Cognota — Cognota is the first and only operations platform for learning and development teams. Our platform enables L&D teams to streamline training request management, improve project and capacity planning, rapidly design content and collaborate more effectively with SMEs. Clients across all industries are leveraging Cognota to improve theirproductivity by eliminating the need for multiple tools to manage learning operations.Looking to thrive in the L&D industry? Join the vibrant LearnOps® Community, a hub where L&D professionals gain insights, engage in thought-provoking discussions, access curated resources, and stay ahead of industry trends. Unlock the power of collective wisdom and experience in the #LearnOpsCommunityJoin for free at LearnOps.com

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• Mesh — Business entity identity verification radically simple, trusted, and portable, ensuring seamless interactions in the B2B Ecommerce, Marketplaces, Real Estate Technology, Construction | Mesh.
• VeriSIM Life — Make confident decisions about drug development, quickly and efficiently, using a decision-engine that takes your toughest translational questions and generate actionable insights to guide your next steps.
• Lore — Being a fan used to be fun. We are going to fix it.

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• CoRecruit (formerly Quil) — Quil is the AI assistant helping recruiting agencies eliminate hours of busywork. Automate interview notes, ATS updates, candidate submittals & more.
• Uvaro — Remix your favorite resources and hacks with your best company content in a personalized hub that moves as fast as your team does
• Remitian — Streamline tax payments for firms and clients with automated scheduling, real-time tracking, and compliance, ensuring zero penalties and enhanced efficiency.

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• Eli — At-home hormone testing from Eli Health: track cortisol, progesterone, and testosterone with saliva tests that deliver lab-grade results in 20 minutes.
• Fletch — Fletch - the cybersecurity answer engine. Get ahead and stay ahead of cyber threats.
• BenchSci — BenchSci is the world leader in AI-Assisted Reagent Selection and Experiment Design. Our preclinical R&D SaaS platform uses machine learning to help pharmaceutical companies increase their research velocity.

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• Litebulb — Use Litebulb to save hundreds of engineering hours, get better candidates, and reduce bias. Litebulb interviews are simulations of regular dev work in familiar environments. We extract data about a candidate's production readiness, code quality, and scalable design.
• Airwork — Airwork is a platform that connects workers with warehouses in the Greater Toronto Area to fill shifts. Workers can pick up shifts from any of the warehouses on our platform, whenever they like. No resumes, no interviews, and get paid within the same day.
• Arcana Network — Arcana Network builds tools that make it easier for developers to make the adoption of Web3 dApps simple. Arcana Auth is the first of such tools. Boost your customer conversion rates by 90% with our social and email login solution.

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• Uvaro — Remix your favorite resources and hacks with your best company content in a personalized hub that moves as fast as your team does
• Waabi — Waabi operates as a self-driving technology start-up. Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before.
• Felix Health — Felix offers on-demand treatment for common health issues such as erectile dysfunction, hair loss, HIV prevention, acne, birth control, and more.

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• Uvaro — Remix your favorite resources and hacks with your best company content in a personalized hub that moves as fast as your team does
• Curebase — Software and services for decentralized clinical trials. Reach patients far beyond traditional research sites.
• Guideline — Guideline's full-service 401(k) plans make it easier and more affordable to offer your employees the retirement benefits they deserve.

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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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• Eirene — Find trusted answers about end-of-life planning, grief support, and more.
• Luma — Luma was created by Dr. Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse. Paul and Mike have worked together for 15 years solving complex networking and security problems for the largest companies in the world.With the rise of the connected home, people are using more devices than ever. Home WiFi networks now need to be able to keep every one of them runningand fully secure. Mike, Paul, and the team decided to use their expertise to create the perfect, personalized WiFi network for everyone.On that day, Luma was born. Since then, the mission has been the same: To create the fastest, simplest, most secure, and most reliable home network that’s equipped for the technology of today, and tomorrow.
• Bird Canada — Bird Canada holds the exclusive license from Bird Rides Inc to operate their micro-mobility platform in Canada

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• Clari — Clari is a connected revenue operations platform that uses automation and AI to unlock all the activity data captured in key business systems such as marketing automation, CRM, email, calendar, phone, content management, conversations, and more.Clari automatically aligns that data to accounts and opportunities, to deliver visibility, forecasting,and apply predictive insights, which results in more insight, less guesswork, and more predictable revenue. Clari helps companies by changing their revenue operations to be more connected, efficient, and predictable. Clari's platform is used by hundreds of sales, marketing, and customer success teams at B2B companies such as Qualtrics, Lenovo, Adobe, Dropbox, and Okta to control pipeline, audit deals and accounts, forecast the business, and reduce churn.Clari was founded by Venkat Rangan and Andy Byrne in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
• CyCognito — Proactive attack surface protection that prevents breaches. See your risks as attackers do. Know what to fix first. Remediate faster. Spend Less
• Cohere — Cohere builds powerful models and AI solutions enabling enterprises to automate processes, empower employees, and turn fragmented data into actionable insights.

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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.
• Zeguro — Zeguro provides complete cybersecurity risk assessment, mitigation, and insurance, allowing you to easily manage your cyber risk.
• Everykey — Everykey provides proximity-based security with touchless MFA, passwordless authentication, and zero-trust access. Simplify secure access and enhance cybersecurity for IT leaders.

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• Requity Homes — Requity Homes Inc. is on a mission to create a fair and flexible alternative path to home ownership in Canada by offering a modernized rent-to-own program that enables aspiring home buyers to live in their dream home today with the option to buy it back later while saving for their down payment one month at a time.
• Loop — Bank on Loop to save time, save money and grow globally. Join thousands of entrepreneurs and businesses across Canada to spend, send and grow without fees.
• Unicone Art — Unicone Art is your go-to source for clear casting epoxy resin material for art projects. It is perfect for creating crystal clear pieces with a great finish.

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• e-Zinc — Founded in 2012, e-Zinc is a Toronto, Canada, based corporation that has developed a breakthrough electrochemical technology for storing energy in zinc metal. This low-cost, flexible, and long-duration energy storage solution will provide the platform for the world’s energy markets to be fully powered by renewable energy, enabling a zero-carbonenergy future.
• FLO — FLO is a leader in electric vehicle charging, offering a selection of reliable EV charging stations and a coast-to-coast network with 98% uptime.
• Renewable Power Capital — Renewable Power Capital invest in the development, construction and long-term ownership of solar, onshore wind and battery storage projects.

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• Uvaro — Start your career in tech! Learn from experienced instructors, practice new skills and get feedback in a supportive community. Sign up today!
• Dejero — Dejero delivers resilient, uninterrupted internet connectivity for data-intensive applications by intelligently combining multiple networks into a single managed service.
• Sortable — Sortable is an agnostic, low-cost, broad spectrum platform that helps publishers unify demand partners, data, and tools. We’ve developed a best-in-class UI that contextualizes this data, allowing publishers to more deeply understand the correlation between content, marketing, and monetization.Their ultimate goal is to simplify the complexities ofpublishing operations while generating more revenue for their publisher partners.Sortable began as an online publisher, building 20 websites and apps to help consumers compare competing products in a number of categories, generating over 500 million product comparisons since their creation. In 2014, after realizing that the experience gained from building websites was better used to help fellow publishers, Sortable launched the machine learning ad optimization focused technology company that you see today.

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• Wirkn — Looking for the best betting sites in Canada? Compare Canadian sportsbooks by sports coverage, crypto payments, withdrawals, and location.
• Logiwa — Logiwa is the leading cloud fulfillment software for high-volume direct-to-consumer brands, wholesalers, and 3PLs. The Logiwa Cloud Fulfillment Platform is an integrated WMS and order fulfillment system that makes it easy to run a digital warehouse and scale your high-volume DTC fulfillment operations. Logiwa’s solution works where traditional WMSsystems fail: it connects quickly with new online stores and marketplaces, makes it easy to run a digital warehouse, and is easily updated to support dynamic warehouse environments.

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• Recruit N Refer — We bridge the gap between top-tier candidates and accounting firms

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• NLPatent — Accelerate productivity and uncover hidden insights with NLPatent's intuitive AI-powered patent research platform.
• Coral — Coral is a virtual care clinic that provides evidence-based, personalized support for perimenopause and menopause, weight loss and longevity.
• Sprout Family — Sprout Family is a digital concierge service based in Canada, focusing on assisting individuals and families on their journey to build a family. The company offers a range of services tailored to personal family-building needs, including insurance and employee benefit funds. With a team of 10 employees, Sprout Family aims to provide comprehensivesupport and resources for Canadians looking to navigate the complexities of family planning and growth. The platform offers users the ability to access their Sprout benefits online, ensuring a seamless and supportive experience.

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• Wirkn — Looking for the best betting sites in Canada? Compare Canadian sportsbooks by sports coverage, crypto payments, withdrawals, and location.

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• RFence — RFence is a start-up company that analyzes the radio frequency environment. They control the threats and risks involved, which is essential to keeping the site running smoothly and efficiently. They offer solutions that are designed for all sites with critical security needs for industrial sites such as logistics sites, government buildings, ports,airports, penitentiary facilities, etc.
• Validient — Validient is a digital client onboarding system for law firms, real estate agents, and other regulated businesses.
• VizioSense — VizioSense optimizes operations of Cities and Companies through Edge AI computer vision sensors respecting people's privacy.

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• Unito — Unito is taking on a major problem that people are passionate about solving: they make it easier to collaborate across teams. They don't make users learn new tools and change the way they work. By connecting work management tools, they allow managers, cross-functional teams, departments, and entire companies to benefit from seamlesscollaboration and improved communication. The app syncs projects across a number of tools like Trello, Asana, JIRA, GitHub, Wrike, Zendesk & Hubspot. This is a hard problem of semantics, synchronization, and APIs.
• Vetster — Pet health starts with Vetster. Find and book veterinarians from across North America to provide excellent health care for your pet through video consults. Cats, dogs, reptiles, horses - all pets are welcome.
• Ready, Set, Food! — Ready, Set, Food! makes it easy for parents reduce their baby's risk of developing peanut, egg, and milk allergies by up to 80% with our gentle, daily system.

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• Vortex Companies — Cost-effective water & sewer infrastructure, developed using no-dig, trenchless technology. See our products & services.
• Legacy Food Group — Legacy Food Group acquires and partners with mid-tier or larger distributors to create an entity that shares best practices and resources.
• Flow Service Partners — ​Flow Service Partners is a full-service nationwide HVAC, Plumbing, and Refrigeration Company. It provides to serve national accounts as well as the local businesses and communities.

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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.

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• Logiwa — Logiwa is the leading cloud fulfillment software for high-volume direct-to-consumer brands, wholesalers, and 3PLs. The Logiwa Cloud Fulfillment Platform is an integrated WMS and order fulfillment system that makes it easy to run a digital warehouse and scale your high-volume DTC fulfillment operations. Logiwa’s solution works where traditional WMSsystems fail: it connects quickly with new online stores and marketplaces, makes it easy to run a digital warehouse, and is easily updated to support dynamic warehouse environments.
• XCCommerce — XCCommerce is a leading software development and implementation company that specializes in retail specific solutions.XCCommerce’s team has a proven track record of developing and deploying Promotion Management Solutions, implementing projects on time and on budget, and generating optimal ROI for their customers.XCCommerce has a strong marketpresence and their capabilities in delivering applications are rooted in best practices. Their solutions enable retailers to transform the customer experience and allow seamless interaction with the consumer on their terms.They are trusted with providing focused solutions and dedicated expertise to the retail industry, ranging from Tier 1 retailers to organizations who are growing their brands.
• Trendalytics Innovation Labs — Discover data-driven insights with Trendalytics AI. Analyze millions of data points to refine product development, craft compelling marketing strategies, and stay ahead of industry trends.

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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.

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• Iscopia Software — Get the premium .com domain you deserve. Seamless and professional transactions. Payment plans available.

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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.

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• TransferGo — Move and manage money between borders quickly and affordably with TransferGo.
• Damon Motors — Damon is unleashing the full potential of personal mobility for the world’s commuters. With its proprietary electric drivetrain, the company has developed the world’s safest, smartest, fully connected electric motorcycle platform employing radical innovations in battery propagation resistance, sensor fusion and AI. Designed as a platform forworldwide line extension, Damon motorcycles will ship direct to consumer on subscription plans to drive scale. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Damon is a Techstars Mobility company founded by serial entrepreneurs Jay Giraud and Dom Kwong. Damon’s investors include Round 13 Capital, Techstars, Fontinalis, Extreme Venture Partners and Pallasite Ventures.
• EWA Learn — Start learning English, French and Spanish with EWA: conversational vocabulary, interactive exercises, modern examples and fun tasks are waiting for you!

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• Durable — Durable is the easiest way to start a service business online. With marketing tools, invoicing, and templates - it's everything you need to build a business.
• tofu — tofu is an online marketplace for founders, hiring managers, and talent team leaders to find talent.
• Checkmate — Never miss a deal.

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• Sotira — Make your excess inventory do more for you.
• Throne — Throne is a health company that focuses on individual gut wellness and hydration maintenance.
• Get Parallel — Get Parallel is a software company that develops a headcount planning solution for finance teams. The company also offers hassle-free headcount forecasting, increased accuracy and confidence in submitted plans, decreased time spent in manual reconciliation, simplified reporting for department leaders, and better planning decisions. Get Parallel islocated in Lehi, Utah.

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• Interview Rocket — Get set up with a new domain name right away. Affordable payment plans to fit any budget. Friendly customer support.

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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.
• Kiira Health — A smart virtual clinic for women. Kiira provides personalized primary care, mental health, and women's health resources all from your phone. Get access to doctors and providers, virtual appointments, prescriptions, health tracking, and answers via chat 24/7.
• Ash Wellness — Ash Wellness is paving the way for more inclusive and accessible healthcare by enabling organizations to provide at-home diagnostics care to their patients.

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• MinuteBox — Secure legal entity management in the cloud. Minute books, transactions, compliance, document assembly, cap tables, e-signature, automated workflows
• Enso Connect — Seamless digital guest experience from booking through the entire stay and long-lasting relationships after check-out. Vacation rentals & Hotels remarketing tool.
• GoBolt — Elevate your logistics game while reducing your carbon footprint with GoBolt, your trusted 3PL provider focused on sustainability.

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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.
• Virica Biotech — Viral Sensitizers (VSE) for drug developers and manufacturers are small molecules that improve viral yields and effectiveness by reducing the antiviral defences on a cellular level.
• Afynia Laboratories — Aima Laboratories is a women's health healthcare company that provides innovative solutions to diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. AIMA is working on the first non-invasive endometriosis diagnostic tool for the market. If you have chronic pelvic/period pain or are having difficulty becoming pregnant, you may have endometriosis.

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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 operates as a biotechnology company and develops innovative solutions for plasmid DNA production.

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• Ideal — Ideal is a talent intelligence system that helps enterprise teams make more accurate, efficient, and fair decisions. Discover our product!

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• Uvaro — Remix your favorite resources and hacks with your best company content in a personalized hub that moves as fast as your team does
• Uvaro — Start your career in tech! Learn from experienced instructors, practice new skills and get feedback in a supportive community. Sign up today!
• LUUM — LUUM Lash is revolutionizing the beauty industry with the world's first robotic lash extensions. The power of machine learning, AI and robotics combine to help lash artists improve efficiency, precision and overall results.

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• MinuteBox — Secure legal entity management in the cloud. Minute books, transactions, compliance, document assembly, cap tables, e-signature, automated workflows
• Ideal — Ideal is a talent intelligence system that helps enterprise teams make more accurate, efficient, and fair decisions. Discover our product!
• GoBolt — Elevate your logistics game while reducing your carbon footprint with GoBolt, your trusted 3PL provider focused on sustainability.

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• Plum.io — Plum is revolutionizing how global enterprises hire, grow, and retain talent with the predictive power of psychometric data.
• Doowii, Inc — Your data, Your questions, One easy AI tool. Only Doowii empowers you to access all your education data in one platform
• The University of Texas System — The University of Texas System (UT System) consists of 14 academic and health institutions across the state, making a global impact.

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• On Me — The hobbies gift card you can tap-to-pay.
• Pump — Pump uses AI & group buying to automate cloud savings with zero engineering input. #GetPumped
• Drafter — Drafter is a faster, cheaper, better way to get the drawings you need

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• Standout Jobs — Standout Jobs provides a [Recruitment Communication Platform] (http://www.standoutjobs.com), to power companies' online recruiting efforts. The core is a do-it-yourself, interactive Career Site that helps engage and attract candidates, and build on-going relationships with them. As well, the Standout Jobs platform provides acandidate tracking tool, easier job marketing and candidate sourcing functionality.

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• Withe — Withe is a career fair platform that unlocks the data of in-person interactions. Designed for governments, post-secondary schools, and campus recruitment teams.
• CassetteAI — CassetteAI is the first platform to utilize artificial intelligence to generate music by using text. Cassette is your AI powered Music Generator.

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• Hasu — Hasu eCounselling is a PHIPA and PIPEDA-compliant healthcare platform and mobile app that provides secure online video, talk, and text counseling for individuals and their families struggling with mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, as well as abuse and dependency on alcohol or drugs.
• Tali AI — You can use Tali AI to dictate your medical notes directly into your Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software. Additionally, this extension will enable you to look up information from evidence-based medical databases at the point-of-care without needing to leave the EMR.
• Cherry Health — Cherry Health is your medical network. Where healthcare connects, finds jobs and more.

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• Budsense — Cannabis menus are hard to manage. Selling weed is supposed to be fun. BudSense helps you create better digital, print, and web cannabis menus.
• Virtuo — The Complete Platform for Modern Homeownership
• Cherry Health — Cherry Health is your medical network. Where healthcare connects, finds jobs and more.

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• Talin — Supercharge your recruting process with Talin's AI powered tools.

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• FCTRY LAb — FCTRY LAb is an LA-based sneaker studio by Omar Bailey, ex-Yeezy. Shop NLE Choppa Duck Boots, Stomper, Knight RNR, MOCC, Rufl Boots & limited artist collabs
• Mura — AI-driven automation that eliminates inefficiency in the order-to-cash process for commercial field service companies.
• Voyage Foods — Voyage Foods has made sustainable and scalable alternatives to foods that have current obstacles –environmental, social, and health alike. Our breakthrough technology provides endless opportunities to make delicious, nearly identical, versions of beloved foods, without compromising individual health or our planet. We replicated the world’s favoritefoods so that we can all enjoy them, forever.

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• HowNow — HowNow is a learning experience platform that helps companies onboard, upskill and support employees faster, everywhere they work.
• Plum.io — Plum is revolutionizing how global enterprises hire, grow, and retain talent with the predictive power of psychometric data.
• Smashcut — Smashcut is a next generation learning platform built for real time, media-based education.

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• OraQ AI — OraQ AI is a clinical decision support system that empowers patients to improve wellness practice through a holistic approach. OraQ AI was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Alberta, Canada.
• SimpleHedge — SimpleHedge is a Financial Software for the farmers to make crop hedging process easy and valid.
• Rivercity Innovations — Rivercity Innovations provides cold-chain monitoring technologies.

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• Schola — Schola helps families find and enroll in the ideal PreK-12 schools.
• Plum.io — Plum is revolutionizing how global enterprises hire, grow, and retain talent with the predictive power of psychometric data.
• Authentica Solutions — Authentica Solutions provides innovative solutions and products for education that empower learners, educators, and administrators.

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• ODAIA — Empowering Pharma's Next Generation of Engagement with HCPs
• Vivid Machines — Digitizing permanent crop production | Vivid Machines | Ontario
• InnerSpace — InnerSpace is the fastest way to transform your business and power the hybrid workplace strategy. Transforming workplace experience with insights into how people use a space and create innovative solutions that drive revenue and improve operations to hybrid offices.

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• Cherry Health — Cherry Health is your medical network. Where healthcare connects, finds jobs and more.