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The number of successful companies run by founders from Toronto and worth more than $1 billion is becoming increasingly hard to ignore.
Particularly when a lot of these companies were only founded within the last 5 years or so.
That’s why we decided to put together this list of 6 companies from Toronto that have achieved the Unicorn status.
1Password is a password manager that is both secure and convenient for managing documents, credit card details, and addresses.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$6.80
B (
July 2021
)
Country:
Canada
City:
Toronto
Started in:
2005
Founders:
Dave Teare, Natalia Karimov, Roustem Karimov, Sara Teare
Industries:
Cyber Security, Network Security, Privacy, Software
Number of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$920.14M
Number of funding rounds:
3
Number of investors:
28
Clearco is a lending platform for startups, that provides unique performance financing products and services specifically tailored for founders of all stages.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$2.00
B (
April 2021
)
Country:
Canada
City:
Toronto
Started in:
2015
Founders:
Andrew D'Souza, Ben Sanders, Charlie Feng, Ivan Gritsiniak, Michele Romanow, Olivier Grinda, Pavel Melnichuk, Tanay Delima
Industries:
E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech, Internet, Venture Capital
Number of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$935.01M
Number of funding rounds:
5
Number of investors:
29
Figment supports the adoption, growth and long term success of the Web 3 ecosystem.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.40
B (
December 2021
)
Country:
Canada
City:
Toronto
Started in:
2018
Founders:
Andrew Cronk, Lorien Gabel, Matt Harrop
Industries:
Blockchain, Computer, Cryptocurrency, Network Security, Software
Number of employees:
1-10
Funding Amount:
$163.84M
Number of funding rounds:
6
Number of investors:
31
ADA is a vertically integrated digital advertising company.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.20
B (
May 2021
)
Country:
Canada
City:
Toronto
Started in:
2016
Founders:
David Hariri, Mike Murchison
Industries:
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Systems, Machine Learning, SaaS, Software
Number of employees:
100-250
Funding Amount:
$190.73M
Number of funding rounds:
7
Number of investors:
17
FreshBooks is a software company that provides cloud-based accounting software for small and medium-sized businesses.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.00
B (
August 2021
)
Country:
Canada
City:
Toronto
Started in:
2004
Founders:
Levi Cooperman, Michael McDerment
Industries:
Accounting, FinTech, Payments, Small and Medium Businesses, Software
Number of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$203.75M
Number of funding rounds:
7
Number of investors:
11
Tenstorrent is a computing company that develops processors designed to help in faster training and adaptability to future algorithms.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.00
B (
May 2021
)
Country:
Canada
City:
Toronto
Started in:
2016
Founders:
Ivan Hamer, Ljubisa Bajic, Milos Trajkovic
Industries:
Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Artificial Intelligence, Electronics, Hardware, Machine Learning
Number of employees:
100-250
Funding Amount:
$221.03M
Number of funding rounds:
6
Number of investors:
7
