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TandemLaunch

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Montreal · Pre-Seed–Growth · 16 people tracked

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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.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Growth
HQ
Montreal, QC, CA
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2010
AUM
$65M
Tracked investments
41

Team · 16 people

from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Omar Zahr· Chief Technology Officerin
Sevan Stamboulian· Controllerin
Tony Nguyen· IT & Infrastructure Support
Viththiya Mahendrarajah· Accounting Manager

What they invest in

from 25 of 41 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×12Hardware ×12Deep Tech ×10IoT ×5Semiconductors ×4SaaS ×3Cleantech ×2Digital Health ×2

HQs:Canada×10United States×2Germany×1Spain×1Japan×1

Investments · 41 tracked

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By year:2023 · 12021 · 12016 · 13 dated

AIRY3Dairy3d.comin✓ verified

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

AAVAAaavaa.comin

AAVAA builds hands-free, voice-free assistive technology using brain-computer interface (BCI) and bio-sensors that translate head movements, blinks, and facial gestures into device commands.

Deep TechHardwareHealthtech

Aerialaerial.ai

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

Agapyoagapyo.com

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)

Algoluxalgolux.com

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

Angesquebecangesquebec.comin

Anges Québec is an angel investor network based in Quebec that provides capital and mentorship to early-stage technology entrepreneurs.

Sector Agnostic

BDC Capitalbdc.ca𝕏

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

Bornio

First pure-cloud solution for data privacy.

Boschbosch.ventures

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

C2ROc2ro.comin

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

Contxtfulcontxtful.comin

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

Deeplitedeeplite.aiMar 2021

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

Depixdepix.aiin𝕏

Depix Technologies builds AI tools for industrial product design, covering text-to-concept generation, CMF specification, 3D extraction, and production-ready visualization to shorten the front-end product development cycle.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMontreal, CA

Fluentfluent.aiin𝕏

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

Gmauthoritygmauthority.com

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

HaiLahaila.ioinOct 2023 · $10.3M

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

INLAN

Creating an RFID tag for Industry 4.0 enabling passive tags to achieve centimeter-level localization accuracy.

Inlantechinlantech.com

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

LANDRlandr.comin𝕏Sep 2016

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

LATYSlatys.cain

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 Angelsnewyorkangels.comin

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

Nikonnikon.com

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

Ora

Manufacturer of graphene membranes producing high-fidelity audio for compact, efficient loudspeakers.

Oragrapheneoragraphene.comin𝕏

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)

Ponseraponsera.com

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

Receptiv

Uses machine learning and AI to understand the context of a customer's mobile device as they use it.

Rechorecho.aiin

RECHO AI develops hardware and software for in-sensor signal analysis and inference at the extreme edge, based on physical reservoir computing technology.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware

ResoSightresosight.com

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

Setaseta-connectivity.comin

Seta Connectivity develops miniaturized MEMS antenna technology based on principles of quantum physics, acoustics, and RF engineering to overcome traditional antenna size limits.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsMontréal, CA

Shearwatershearwater.aiin

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

Soundskrit

Developed a high-performance directional microphone that eliminates sonic clutter.

Soundskrit Audio Technologysoundskrit.cain

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

Sport Logiq AI-Powerd Sports Analyticssportlogiq.comin𝕏Acquired

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

Sportlogiq

Computer vision system offering advanced sports analytics from single-camera game footage.

Telefonicatelefonica.comin𝕏

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

Volloomvolloom.ioin

Leverages generative computer vision to eliminate expensive volumetric capture systems for immersive content.

Waveshaperwaveshaper.ai

Co-investorsScale Shift Ventures

Waveshaper AI

End-to-end signal processing platform and real-time inference engine transforming raw audio streams in real time.

Web Design by Wix Teamwix.team
Wisemotionwisemotion.ai

Wisemotion develops a robot path planner that generates fast, collision-free motion paths for use with any robot.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics

wrnchacquired by Hinge Health

AI software platform to digitize and analyze human motion from standard video in real time; acquired by Hinge Health.

Exits · 1

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

wrnchacq. by Hinge Health

Portfolio news

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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

featuring the team

Gelling a team - Émilie Boutros, General Partner & CFO, TandemLaunch

Pivot and Edge · Émilie Boutros

Helge Seetzen présente TandemLaunch, un accélérateur de technologies multimédia

Défi Montréal · Helge Seetzen

Helge Seetzen, CEO of TandemLaunch, strategic partner for research based startups

Défi Montréal · Helge Seetzen

TandemLaunch Technologies Helge Seetzen April 2011

TandemLaunch · Helge Seetzen

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