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10 tracked investments Β· listed companies and verified rows first
Darwin CX is a SaaS platform for publishers and membership-based organizations that uses real-time customer data to improve acquisition and retention rates while reducing fulfillment costs.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSToronto, CA
Liam Lynch(Founder)in
Co-investorsNew Era Capital PartnersTeralys Capital
Potloc operates an AI-assisted, expert-led survey platform that uses social media sampling to source respondents and deliver primary market research insights.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSMontreal, CA
Rodolphe Barrere(Co-Founder & CEO)inLouis Delaoustre(Co-Founder & COO)inJulien Smith(Director)
BoardVidal Romain(Director)Jaccques Perreault(Director)
Co-investorsBrightspark VenturesEcofuel FundCAP HORN VCDesjardins Capital
Assent operates an AI-native platform for supply chain sustainability and compliance, helping complex manufacturers reduce risk, strengthen data integrity, and meet regulatory requirements.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSOttawa
Matt Whitteker(Director)inRob Imbeault(Director)inAndrew W.(Founder)inJonathan Hughes(Founder)inAndrew Waitman(Executive Officer)Russell Frederick(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsVolition CapitalStepstone GroupVista Equity PartnersWarburg Pincus
AI automation platform with agents that observe real activity across tools, build a live Digital Twin of operations, and execute in line with existing processes.
Co-investorsKensington Capital Partners Limited
Osano is a data privacy platform that helps companies manage compliance with global privacy regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and LGPD through cookie consent management, subject rights (DSAR) automation, preference management, website compliance scanning, and vendor risk assessment.
CybersecurityLegalTechSaaSAustin, US
Arlo Gilbert(Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer)inScott Hertel(Co-founder)inBobby Jaffari(Chief Executive Officer)inJessica Hamilton(Chief Financial Officer)inSkye McCullough(Chief Customer Officer)in
BoardMichael Smerklo(Director)in
Co-investorsBaird CapitalLiveOak VenturesNext Coast VenturesJump CapitalLookout VenturesSocial Starts+2 more
Sama provides data annotation and labeling services for training AI models, serving companies across various industries.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureImpact & Social GoodSan Francisco, US
Leila Janah(Founder)in
Co-investorsRidge VenturesAntlerLa CaisseSalesforce VenturesVistara Growth
Sama provides human-verified data annotation, validation, and evaluation services for computer vision, NLP, and multimodal AI, combining automation with expert human labeling.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureImpact & Social GoodSan Francisco, US
Leila Chirayath(Executive Officer, Director)Leila Janah(Founder)Wendy Gonzalez(Executive Officer)inBenjamin Metcalfe(Director)Johann Schleier-Smith(Director)in
Co-investorsFujitsu VenturesMonochrome OnyxSalesforce VenturesVistara Growth
Shinydocs Pro is a platform that uses AI to automatically identify, classify, and search an organization's documents, files, and data across systems, helping reduce storage costs and improve document findability.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Jason W.D. Cassidy(Founder and CEO)inKhalid Merhi(Co-Founder and VP, Research & Development)in
Co-investorsGraphite Ventures
ThinkData Works provides a platform for accessing, blending, and integrating standardized data to support decision science across organizations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareToronto, CA
Bryan Smith(Founder)in
Co-investorsExtreme Venture PartnersExtreme Venture Partners LLPYaletown PartnersBDC Capital CorporationRho Ventures
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