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 58 of 99 portfolio companiesConsumer ×17AI & Machine Learning ×14SaaS ×9E-commerce ×8Healthtech ×7Marketplaces ×7Digital Health ×6Direct to Consumer ×6
HQs:Canada×26Australia×1Sweden×1Thailand×1United States×1
Portfolio companies · 99 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really likeWatfo is an online retailer of authenticated sports, entertainment, and historical memorabilia, selling unique collectible pieces such as autographed items to serious collectors.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesToronto, CA
Aurumverse 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)in
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)inHesuan Hu(Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer)in
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
Big Rock Mountain is an online retailer of industrial products and equipment, including items such as bearings.
Advanced ManufacturingE-commerce
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
Co-investorsWaterloo Accelerator Centre
Design platform; Blackbird invested when it was just an idea and in every round since.
SocialSurry Hills, Nsw, AU
Melanie Perkins(Co-founder & CEO)inClifford Obrecht(Executive Officer, Director)Cliff Obrecht(Co-founder & COO)inCameron Adams(Co-founder & CPO)inMelanie Joy Perkins(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Clifford James Obrecht(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investors500 GlobalAirTree VenturesAlkeon InnovationAlpha Square GroupAltra VentureAthletic Ventures+35 more
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)inIrene Harmsen(CTO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsCABHI Ventures
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
Co-investorsWaterloo Accelerator Centre
Elventus provides construction and home renovation services, including electrical and ventilation installation, painting, carpentry, tiling, and furniture assembly for residential customers.
Construction Tech
Epilogue offers an online platform for Canadians to create legally-binding Wills and Powers of Attorney by answering guided questions, without needing a lawyer.
ConsumerLegalTechSaaSToronto, CA
The Firehood is a membership network and angel investing community focused on women tech founders building scalable B2B companies.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of Work
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
Co-investorsBlackhorn VenturesLux CapitalS2G Investments
Furnishr provides an end-to-end furnishing service that handles design curation, budget tracking, sourcing, and delivery, including logistics, setup, and cleanup for a furnished space in a few weeks.
ConsumerE-commercePropTech
Co-investorsMetaPropMetaProp Ventures
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
Kare Granola makes organic, gluten-free, vegan, plant-based granola in signature blends, single-serve cups, and a customizable build-your-own option with AI flavor suggestions.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech
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
Co-investorsDMZ Ventures
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
NeuraVue provides privacy-first AI that works with existing cameras to detect escalating resident behaviours such as abuse risk, falls, wandering, and distress in real time.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Northern Devs is a software development studio that builds web apps, MVPs, proofs of concept, landing pages, and full-stack products, and offers UI/UX design, SEO, branding, and product consulting for founders and organizations.
Developer ToolsE-commerceSaaSKitchener/Waterloo, CA
Oombo makes the Brite-Mount, a modular LED beacon connected via a Wi-Fi mesh network with built-in GPS, paired with a mobile app that detects work-zone intrusions, sends real-time safety alerts, and supports traffic control planning.
Construction TechHardwareIoT
Organize That provides professional home and workplace organizing services, working alongside residential and corporate clients to declutter and optimize their spaces.
ConsumerToronto, CA
Effy Terry(Certified Professional Organizer)
People Ops Collective designs cross-generational leadership development experiences, including immersive events and 8-week "Pop-Up Leadership Hubs" hosted inside an organization's venue.
Future of WorkHR Tech
Plantaform makes a smart indoor garden appliance that uses fogponics (mist-based) technology to grow herbs, leafy greens, vegetables, and edible flowers at home without soil or sunlight.
AgTechConsumerHardware
Playmi is a music streaming and discovery app focused on South Asian music, letting independent artists upload tracks, build a fanbase, and access real-time analytics while fans stream, share, and discover music and events.
ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Pointsgram operates a mobile loyalty rewards app that lets consumers earn and redeem points across a network of local businesses such as restaurants, gift shops, hair salons, and perfume shops.
ConsumerMarketplacesRetail Tech
ProxSIMity develops simulation solutions for medical training and education, including physical simulators, VR/AR training games, and wearable devices with sensor-based feedback, paired with a mobile app for independent practice.
EdTechHardwareMedical DevicesToronto, CA
SCOOTY operates a shared micromobility service offering e-scooters and e-bikes in Canadian cities including Brampton, Markham, and Barrie, and provides a transit API.
HardwareIoTMobility & Transportation
Schoolio offers an accredited homeschool program combining online video lessons and digital quizzes with printable hands-on activities.
EdTech
Sifio Health builds a digital platform, SurgiTwin, that uses AI and historical data to predict surgical case durations and analyze perioperative workflows for hospital surgical teams and operating rooms.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsWaterloo Accelerator Centre
Smoke and Tears makes handcrafted, all-natural hot sauces that are vegetarian and free from gluten, dairy, and nuts, sold in limited-edition flavours.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceToronto, CA
StartupFuel operates a platform that scores startup data rooms with an AI engine (DiligenceGPT), packages them into tear sheets, and publishes them on public "Raiseboards" where investors track active fundraising rounds.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Stush Foods makes Caribbean-style patties and cooking pastes, offering heat-and-eat frozen foods with Jamaican-inspired flavors.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech
TrillaBit is an analytics platform that queries across multiple databases and warehouses (Postgres, MSSQL, Snowflake, ClickHouse, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks) without moving data, offering dashboards, embedded views, and conversational analytics via its Addi assistant.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsDraper Associates
Wiz Robotics offers STEM education programs for students, using personalized learning pathways, small-group instructor-led classes, and project-based activities.
EdTechRobotics
Wooden Phoenix is a local woodshop making bespoke handcrafted furniture and décor, including floating shelves, live edge desks, tables, and charcuterie boards, using locally sourced hardwoods.
ConsumerDirect to Consumer
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Treefrog made?
- Treefrog has 99 tracked investments.
- 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.
- Who does Treefrog co-invest with?
- Treefrog most often shares deals with Waterloo Accelerator Centre, AirTree Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, among 46 tracked co-investors.
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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