Treefrog
AcceleratorNewmarket · Pre-Seed–Seed · 6 people tracked
Investment thesis
The Treefrog Accelerator focuses on helping startups scale from MVP through go-to-market, sales, and fundraising. It runs two cohort streams: a free 5-week regional program for Ontario-based ventures and a 6-week international program that brings foreign founders to Canada with a soft-landing focus covering Canadian culture and business essentials. Programs conclude with an Open House connecting startups to investors, thought leaders, and government stakeholders. The organization emphasizes a founder-first approach, community and collaboration among alumni, mentors, and partners, and supporting disruptive ideas that challenge the status quo.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 46 of 99 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14Consumer ×9SaaS ×8Healthtech ×7Digital Health ×6EdTech ×6Marketplaces ×6Mobility & Transportation ×5
HQs:Canada×19Sweden×1Thailand×1United States×1
Portfolio companies · 99 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really likeAurumverse tokenizes off-market real estate deals on-chain, using bankruptcy-remote SPVs so investors can buy fractional exposure to development projects and receive principal plus projected returns at exit.
Crypto & Web3FintechPropTech
Carnegie Zhang(Founder / Leader)
BBD builds a risk management platform offering model inventory, automated monitoring, data governance, and analytics/modeling tools for banks navigating regulatory requirements.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Jacky Bai(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)Hesuan Hu(Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer)
BRIA is a virtual clinic combining psychiatry-led medical care and therapy for women's mental health and hormone-related concerns, covering stages such as fertility, postpartum, and menopause.
Digital HealthFemTechMental Health
Bidmii is an online marketplace that connects homeowners with contractors for home improvement and construction projects, letting users browse and hire contractors by city.
Construction TechMarketplacesPropTech
Bloom Youth Development runs an educational program that teaches life and success skills to youth through weekly interactive sessions, hands-on activities, and goal setting.
EdTech
Caddie Health provides AI-powered medical billing software that recommends billing codes for visits, screens and verifies claims for errors before submission, and offers real-time dashboards to track billing performance.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Carmina de Young designs and manufactures garments and personal protective equipment, including AAMI Level 1-3 isolation gowns, coveralls, and scrubs, in both disposable and reusable forms.
Advanced ManufacturingHealthtechLondon, CA
Cheffery uses AI and nutrition data to generate personalized meal recommendations and plans based on a user's taste, dietary restrictions, allergens, and fitness goals.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechWellness & Fitness
Collector Car Canada is an online marketplace for premium and collector automobiles, offering live auctions and direct "Buy It Now" listings.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Cove builds brain data analytics tools that combine data engineering and neuroscience to support patient care.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtech
Nardin Samuel(CEO & Co-Founder)Irene Harmsen(CTO & Co-Founder)
Creative Genius Academy is an art education school offering classes, seasonal programs, and summer camps (such as digital art, character drawing, and clay art) for children of various age groups.
ConsumerEdTech
Cyberworks Robotics develops OmniSuite, an end-to-end autonomous navigation software platform licensed to global OEMs and system integrators to build autonomous mobility applications.
AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationRobotics
Burhanpurkar
Elventus provides construction and home renovation services, including electrical and ventilation installation, painting, carpentry, tiling, and furniture assembly for residential customers.
Construction Tech
Formic builds enterprise AI for regulated industries such as legal, federal regulation, and defence, using a neuro-symbolic deterministic retrieval architecture that returns answers sourced from an organisation's own documents with citations traceable to the exact source page.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTech
HANDLD provides handyman services—repairs, installations, and maintenance—for homes, condos, and businesses, using vetted local contractors and fixed-rate, upfront pricing booked through an online request form.
ConsumerMarketplacesToronto, CA
HYGN Energy Inc. makes hydrogen hybrid retrofit kits, using alkaline electrolyzer modules that add on-board hydrogen to existing gas and diesel vehicles to reduce fuel use and emissions in working fleets.
CleantechEnergyMobility & Transportation
iCommute is a modular commute-management platform for logging trips, running incentive and transit-subsidy programs, matching carpools, and producing mode-share and trip-reduction reports for regulatory compliance.
Climate TechMobility & TransportationSaaS
InferModel is an engineering consulting and software firm that builds quantitative risk models and data analytics tools for pipeline integrity, addressing threats such as corrosion and stress corrosion cracking.
Deep TechEnergySaaS
Kurm Consulting provides process improvement and productivity consulting using Lean Six Sigma methodologies, including a proprietary Behavioral Lean Six Sigma approach and process tools.
Enterprise Software
Adapted Wellness offers personalized wellness services including adapted chair yoga classes and Rubenfeld Synergy Method somatic therapy sessions, delivered online and in person.
HealthtechMental HealthWellness & FitnessGuelph, CA
Heather Skoll
Loop Parking operates SpotSwap, a subscription-based mobile app that lets community members exchange their unused residential parking spots with one another.
MarketplacesMobility & TransportationPropTech
Lotus Addiction offers addiction rehabilitation and mental health recovery programs, including inpatient care and personalized therapy using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy delivered through video materials and one-on-one counseling.
HealthtechMental HealthWellness & Fitness
MetaWorldX builds digital twin technology for urban spaces, combining AI-powered dashboards, predictive and prescriptive analytics, IoT, and data ecosystems to turn complex data into actionable insights.
AI & Machine LearningIoTPropTech
Startup that participated in Treefrog Accelerator Cohort 2.
ML Estimation offers AI-assisted takeoff software that automates construction cost estimation, letting users upload projects and receive AI-generated takeoff results to export.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
My Well Self offers Abby, an AI-powered health benefits assistant that helps individuals understand and optimize their flexible health benefits by tracking balances, providing personalized recommendations, and searching in-network providers with one-click appointment booking.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthWellness & Fitness
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Treefrog invest at?
- Treefrog invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Treefrog focus on?
- Treefrog focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Treefrog located?
- Treefrog is headquartered in Newmarket, CA.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamTreefrog CEO Sean Stephens on his carjack experience in South Africa.
Devan Murugan · Sean Stephens
What Makes Working in York Region Great? Sean Stephens, CEO of Treefrog Gives His Perspective
York Link | York Region Economic Development · Sean Stephens
TEC Canada Member Testimonial: Sean Stephens, CEO at Treefrog Inc
TEC Canada · Sean Stephens
Sean Stephens - Treefrog Inc.
TheImageCommission · Sean Stephens
Sean Stephens & The Distractions July 26, 2018 7pm | Our very own CEO, Sean Stephens will be playing with his band, Sean Stephens & The Distractions July 26th, 7pm at Riverwalk Commons as part of the Summer... | By Treefrog Inc.
Sean Stephens · facebook.com
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