Montreal · Pre-Seed–Growth · 16 people tracked
Investment thesis
TandemLaunch combines a venture fund with a startup foundry, acting as a dedicated co-founder to build companies from early-stage deep technologies, often sourced from university research and inventions. It pairs aspiring entrepreneurs and experienced executives with capital, business expertise, operational support, and an extensive network so founders can focus on tech and product development. The firm emphasizes commercializing academic technologies and creating outcomes that benefit co-founders, investors, and university inventors alike. It is backed by institutional investors, angel investors, and family offices, and works with a broad network of universities to seed and launch new ventures.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 16 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 25 of 41 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×12Hardware ×12Deep Tech ×10IoT ×5Semiconductors ×4SaaS ×3Cleantech ×2Digital Health ×2
HQs:Canada×10United States×2Germany×1Spain×1Japan×1
Investments · 41 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12021 · 12016 · 13 dated
AIRY3D develops depth-sensing technology, including its DepthIQ system integrated onto CMOS image sensors, to give machines 3D perception.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsMontreal, CA
Daniel ButtoninJonathan SaariJi-Ho ChoGuillaume Poirier
Co-investorsIntel CapitalRobert Bosch Venture CapitalNautilus Venture PartnersR7 PartnersWI Harper GroupBosch Ventures+3 more
Aerial.ai uses AI and existing wireless infrastructure to create sensing technology, which it calls Sensing Intelligence, for smart applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDigital HealthIoT
Negar Ghourchian(Founder)in
Co-investorsKibo VenturesIntel Capital
Agapyo develops Jam™, a wood waste-based biodegradable thermoplastic that serves as a drop-in replacement for petroleum-based rigid plastic in agricultural products (such as nursery pots and tree protectors) and consumer goods (such as computer peripherals).
Circular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsMontreal, CA
Michael Shore(CEO)Alina Grenier-Arellano(CGO)Monika Rak(CTO)
Montreal
Jason Nolte(Director)Allan Benchetrit(Chief Executive Officer and Director)Christopher Rowen(Director)Domenic Durante(Chief Financial Officer)
BoardMark Kvamme(Director)inAlan MacIntosh(Director)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAnges QuebecBasecamp FundCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Drive CapitalFerst Capital Partners+3 more
Anges Québec is an angel investor network based in Quebec that provides capital and mentorship to early-stage technology entrepreneurs.
Sector Agnostic
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) provides financing, advisory services, and educational resources to Canadian entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses.
Fintech
Co-investorsBDC Climate Tech Fund IIBDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)BDC Growth Venture FundBDC Industrial Innovation Venture FundBDC Life Sciences Venture FundBDC Seed Venture Fund+8 more
First pure-cloud solution for data privacy.
Bosch Ventures (Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH) is the corporate venture capital arm of Bosch, investing in startups from offices across Germany, the USA, Israel, and China.
Stuttgart, DE
C2RO offers ENTERA, a video analytics platform providing behavioral analytics and theft deterrence across sectors including retail, shopping malls, events, smart cities, industrial, healthcare, banking, and hospitality.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsArchangel Network of FundsCeltic House Asia PartnersEmerging Ventures
Contxtful offers Receptiv, a product that scores each programmatic bid request in real time for user receptivity and bundles high-scoring impressions into a Deal ID synced to a buyer's DSP seat.
AdTechAI & Machine Learning
Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)BoxOne Ventures
Montreal
Sudhakar Sah(Executive Officer)Nick Romano(Executive Officer, Director)Davis Sawyer(Executive Officer)Venkat Srinivasan(Director)inEhsan Saboori(Executive Officer, Director)Stephen Butler(Director)
Co-investorsDifferential VenturesInnospark VenturesPJC
Fluent.ai builds embedded, offline speech recognition software that uses a proprietary speech-to-intent technology to map spoken commands directly to actions without cloud-based transcription.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsHardwareMontreal, CA
Elie DaherVikrant Tomar
Co-investors500 Global
GM Authority is a news and media website covering General Motors and its brands, publishing articles on new vehicles, models, financing offers, and industry developments.
Media & Entertainment
HaiLa develops ultra-low-power radio frequency (RF) connectivity technology, referencing a 5 microwatt RF solution for wireless communication.
HardwareIoTSemiconductors
Charlotte Savage(Founder)
Co-investorsChrysalixEcofuel FundStanford University
Creating an RFID tag for Industry 4.0 enabling passive tags to achieve centimeter-level localization accuracy.
INLAN develops battery-less smart tags and a tracking system that provide real-time, item-level localization, motion, temperature, and vibration data as a lower-cost alternative to battery-powered tags and conventional RFID.
HardwareIoTLogistics & Supply Chain
LANDR is a music production platform offering AI-powered audio mastering, distribution to 150+ streaming platforms, royalty-free samples, plugins, collaboration tools, and online music courses.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaSPalo Alto, US
BoardPHIL LIBIN(Director)MICHAEL FERTIK(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsPlaza VenturesSony Ventures CorporationGeneral CatalystWarner Music Group
LATYS builds protocol-agnostic, non-reciprocal wireless relay antennas based on reconfigurable metasurfaces that operate below the MAC/physical layer.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware
Co-investorsRhapsody Venture Partners
New York Angels is described as an angel investment group based in New York that provides funding to startups.
New York, US
Co-investorsAspira Capital
Nikon is a Japanese company that designs and manufactures optics and imaging products for both business and consumer markets, including semiconductor lithography systems and wafer bonding overlay correction equipment.
BiotechHardwareSemiconductors
Manufacturer of graphene membranes producing high-fidelity audio for compact, efficient loudspeakers.
Ora develops graphene-based loudspeaker membranes (GrapheneQ) that reduce harmonic distortion, lower power consumption, and increase sound pressure levels for audio devices.
Deep TechHardwareNew Materials
Robert-Eric Gaskell(PhD, Audio Technology; Inventor of GrapheneQ)
Ponsera makes an on-demand sanitizer produced from water using a patented technology, designed to neutralize pathogens on hard surfaces and delicate items like fruits and vegetables without harsh chemicals.
CleantechClimate TechHardware
Uses machine learning and AI to understand the context of a customer's mobile device as they use it.
ResoSight develops patent-protected technology that captures biometric data through everyday headphones and earbuds, without additional wearables or sensors.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Shearwater builds Smart Flight, an AI-powered autonomy software platform for UAV/drone operations that optimizes mission planning, route efficiency, endurance, and in-flight adaptation using weather and terrain data without hardware changes.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics
Co-investorsSentiero Ventures
Developed a high-performance directional microphone that eliminates sonic clutter.
Soundskrit develops MEMS directional microphones that filter environmental noise to capture high-quality audio in compact form factors for consumer devices.
HardwareIoT
Co-investorsTacticoBoxOne Ventures
Sportlogiq develops sports analytics software using computer vision and machine learning for professional sports teams.
AI & Machine LearningSports TechMontreal, CA
Craig Buntin(Co-founder, Executive Chair)Mehrsan Javan(Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsRho VenturesTactico
Computer vision system offering advanced sports analytics from single-camera game footage.
Telefónica is a telecommunications company that provides connectivity and advanced digital services, including networks and technology infrastructure, to consumers and businesses.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareIoT
Co-investorsMaxfield Capital
Co-investorsScale Shift Ventures
End-to-end signal processing platform and real-time inference engine transforming raw audio streams in real time.
Wisemotion develops a robot path planner that generates fast, collision-free motion paths for use with any robot.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics
AI software platform to digitize and analyze human motion from standard video in real time; acquired by Hinge Health.
Exits · 1
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
BDC Capital · betakit.com · Aug 20, 2026
HaiLa · canadassemiconductorcouncil.com · Feb 25, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has TandemLaunch made?
- TandemLaunch has 43 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does TandemLaunch invest at?
- TandemLaunch invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth stages.
- What sectors does TandemLaunch focus on?
- TandemLaunch focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Hardware, IoT, New Materials, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is TandemLaunch located?
- TandemLaunch is headquartered in Montreal, CA.
- Does TandemLaunch lead rounds?
- Yes, TandemLaunch leads investment rounds.
- Who does TandemLaunch co-invest with?
- TandemLaunch most often shares deals with 11.2 Capital, Tactico, Bessemer Venture Partners, among 67 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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