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Toronto's startup scene is a mix of established and new companies, with a strong focus on artificial intelligence and health technology. The city is home to 85 notable startups that are attracting significant investment.

For example, advertising platform StackAdapt has raised over $536 million in funding. Meanwhile, newer companies like AI video generator Moonvalley secured $154.1 million in its first year.

Below is our list of 85 Toronto startups worth keeping an eye on.

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Ada builds an AI-native platform designed to automate customer service experiences. Companies use its tools to deploy intelligent chatbots that can resolve a high volume of customer inquiries automatically.

Year Founded2016
FoundersDavid Hariri, Mike Murchison
Funding Amount$192.4M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusGrant
Top InvestorsAccel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Giant Ventures, Tiger Global Management

League has built a digital health platform that acts as a single front door for employees to access their health benefits. Their platform streamlines the often complex world of employee benefits by bringing health, wellness, and insurance information into one place.

Year Founded2014
FoundersDan Galperin, Daniel Leibu, Michael Serbinis
Funding Amount$271.1M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusVenture Round
Top InvestorsWorkday Ventures, Foundation Capital, OMERS Ventures, BDC Venture Capital, Manulife Financial

Moonvalley develops generative AI models that turn text prompts into high-quality, cinematic video. Their platform is designed to give creative professionals powerful tools for storytelling and visual production.

Year Founded2023
FoundersJohn Thomas, Mateusz Malinowski, Naeem Ahmed
Funding Amount$154.1M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeed
Top InvestorsCoreWeave, General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator

StackAdapt offers a self-serve programmatic advertising platform that helps agencies and brands plan, execute, and manage data-driven campaigns. Their technology is designed to maximize performance across a range of digital channels, including native, display, video, and connected TV.

Year Founded2014
FoundersIldar Shar, Vitaly Pecherskiy, Yang Han
Funding Amount$536.6M
Startup SizeMajor Organization (1,001-5,000)
Last Funding StatusPrivate Equity
Top InvestorsSummit Partners, Teachers’ Venture Growth, Plaza Ventures, Intrepid Growth Partners, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund

LemFi created a financial app for Africans living abroad to manage money in both their home country and country of residence. Their platform simplifies international banking, allowing users to easily send, receive, and hold funds across borders.

Year Founded2020
FoundersOlalere Ridwan, Rian Cochran
Funding Amount$86.9M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries B
Top InvestorsY Combinator, Endeavor Catalyst, Goodwater Capital, Highland Europe, Palm Drive Capital

Rocket Doctor has built a telemedicine marketplace for physicians to deliver advanced medical care directly to patients at home. The platform facilitates more than just video calls, providing tools that replicate the capabilities of a doctor's office for comprehensive remote care.

Year Founded2020
FoundersAdam Teitelman, Harry Cherniak, Justin Losier, William Cherniak
Funding Amount$3.8M
Startup SizeLean Team (11-50)
Last Funding StatusSeed
Top InvestorsPlug and Play, f7 Ventures, Archangel Network of Funds, Emergent Medical Associates

LUCID develops digital therapeutics that use emotion AI and music to improve users' health and wellness. Their technology delivers personalized audio experiences designed to help regulate emotional states in real time.

Year Founded2017
FoundersAaron Labbé, Zachary McMahon, Zoe Thomson
Funding AmountCA$3.6M
Startup SizeLean Team (11-50)
Last Funding StatusPre-Seed
Top InvestorsAmplify Capital, Next AI, Ontario Centre of Innovation, MEDTEQ+, NEXT Canada

Xanadu builds photonic quantum computers designed to be accessible through their cloud platform. They also develop PennyLane, a popular open-source software library for quantum machine learning and programming.

Year Founded2016
FoundersChristian Weedbrook
Funding Amount$268.3M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusDebt Financing
Top InvestorsAlumni Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Radical Ventures, Business Development Bank of Canada, OMERS Ventures

Waabi develops AI-powered autonomous technology for the commercial trucking industry. Their core product is the Waabi Driver, a virtual system designed to operate self-driving trucks safely and at scale.

Year Founded2021
FoundersRaquel Urtasun
Funding AmountCA$375M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries B
Top InvestorsNVIDIA, Khosla Ventures, Radical Ventures, 8VC, HarbourVest Partners

They built an online vacation rental platform for properties located on or near the water. The marketplace helps travelers discover unique waterfront stays, from lakeside cabins to oceanfront homes.

Year Founded2023
FoundersDavid Ciccarelli, Stephanie Ciccarelli
Funding Amount$2.6M
Startup SizeLean Team (11-50)
Last Funding StatusPre-Seed
Top InvestorsBusiness Development Bank of Canada

75 Additional Toronto Startups Worth Following

But the top 10 are only a small part of what’s happening in the city. A huge number of founders are focused on AI and fintech, and they’ve raised billions of dollars to build their ideas.

You'll find companies that are brand new alongside others that have been growing for years. Here’s a look at the rest of the startups that are defining the city's tech scene.

StartupIndustryYear FoundedAmount RaisedLast Funding Round
Mycroft logo MycroftAI2024$3.7MSeed
Tailscale logo TailscaleSecurity2019$276.4MSeries C
Stablecorp logo StablecorpCrypto2019$7.3MVenture Round
Vena Solutions logo Vena SolutionsEnterprise2011$272.8MDebt Financing
Cority logo CorityHealthcare1985$100MVenture Round
Wealthsimple logo WealthsimpleFintech2014CA$1.1BPrivate Equity
Loopio logo LoopioSaaS2014CA$263MPrivate Equity
Figment logo FigmentCrypto2018$164MVenture Round
Avison Young logo Avison YoungReal Estate1978$359.2MDebt Financing
1Password logo 1PasswordSecurity2005$920.1MSeries C
Relay logo RelayFintech2018$51.6MSeries B
Ledn logo LednFintech2018$203.9MDebt Financing
Hydrostor logo HydrostorEnergy2010$2.3BDebt Financing
Bench IQ logo Bench IQAI2023$7.4MSeed
Motion logo MotionAnalytics2021$42MSeries B
Modern Campus logo Modern CampusEducation1999$59MDebt Financing
NinePoints Partners logo NinePoints PartnersFintech2017$33.5MSeries B
Smile Digital Health logo Smile Digital HealthInfrastructure2016$65MDebt Financing
Viral Nation logo Viral NationMarketing2014CA$250MPrivate Equity
Azelis logo AzelisManufacturing2001CA$600MDebt Financing
Boosted.ai logo Boosted.aiAI2017$69.5MVenture Round
BioRender logo BioRenderDesign2017$17MSeries A
Ollama logo OllamaInfrastructure2021$125kPre-Seed
Kepler Communications logo Kepler CommunicationsInfrastructure2015$177.1MSeries C
Astrus logo AstrusAI2023$11.1MSeed
Augmenta Inc. logo Augmenta Inc.Design2018$25.6MSeed
Keep logo KeepFintech2021$88.1MDebt Financing
FutureVault logo FutureVaultAI2015$5.3MVenture Round
Ataccama logo AtaccamaAnalytics2008$150.5MVenture Round
Porter Airlines (Canada) Limited logo Porter Airlines (Canada) LimitedTravel2006CA$135MGrant
Helius logo HeliusCrypto2022$31.3MSeries B
Promise Robotics logo Promise RoboticsAI2020CA$23.3MDebt Financing
Cordelio Power logo Cordelio PowerEnergy2018$771MDebt Financing
Tenstorrent logo TenstorrentHardware2016$1BSeries D
RLDatix logo RLDatixHealthcare1997$2BDebt Financing
MolecuLight logo MolecuLightHealthcare2013$65.2MVenture Round
Ribbon logo RibbonOther2022$8.2MSeed
Zafin logo ZafinFintech2002$47.2MSeries B
BenchSci logo BenchSciAI2015$164.1MSeries D
Wisedocs logo WisedocsAI2018CA$24.6MDebt Financing
GoBolt logo GoBoltRetail2017$178.3MSeries C
Rose Rocket logo Rose RocketHardware2015$63MSeries B
BlueRock Therapeutics logo BlueRock TherapeuticsBiotech2016$225MSeries A
Fable logo FableSaaS2018$37MSeries B
Gold Candle logo Gold CandleManufacturing2015$94MVenture Round
ChargeLab logo ChargeLabMobility2016$65.4MSeries A
Ideogram logo IdeogramAI2022$96.5MSeries A
Common Wealth logo Common WealthFintech2015CA$33.9MGrant
Flybits logo FlybitsAnalytics2013$44.1MSeries C
Arteria AI logo Arteria AIAI2020$40.9MSeries B
Together logo TogetherEnterprise2018$1.5MVenture Round
SWTCH logo SWTCHEnvironment2016$48.9MGrant
Financeit logo FinanceitFintech2007$570.6MDebt Financing
Optimity logo OptimityHealthcare2014$5MSeries A
Power Dime logo Power DimeAI2024CA$220kPre-Seed
FlipGive logo FlipGiveMarketing2012$11.7MSeries B
Aypa Power logo Aypa PowerEnergy2016$2.7BDebt Financing
Flipp logo FlippMarketing2006$62MPrivate Equity
Peakhill Capital logo Peakhill CapitalReal Estate2019$225MDebt Financing
Alida logo AlidaAnalytics2000$144.4MDebt Financing
Muse logo MuseHardware2007$39.9MSeries C
Spellbook logo SpellbookAI2018$32.5MSeries A
Float Financial logo Float FinancialFintech2019$120.5MSeries B
Humi logo HumiEnterprise2016$47.4MSeries B
Blue J logo Blue JAI2015$142MSeries D
d1g1t logo d1g1tAnalytics2017$24.4MVenture Round
e-Zinc logo e-ZincEnergy2012$73.2MSeries A
Thentia Cloud logo Thentia CloudEnterprise2014$75.5MSeries B
MedMe Health logo MedMe HealthEnterprise2019$3.5MDebt Financing
Borderless AI logo Borderless AIAI2022$25MSeed
Parallel logo ParallelCrypto2021$85MVenture Round
Knix Wear logo Knix WearFashion2012$60.3MSeries B
Vector Institute logo Vector InstituteAI2017$29.6MGrant
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment logo Maple Leaf Sports & EntertainmentMedia1931CA$4.7BSecondary Market
Tensor Labs logo Tensor LabsEnterprise2022$3MSeed

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