Top 35 Publishing VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Canada in October 2023

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• Novisto — Novisto's sustainability management software enables companies to create value from their ESG initiatives. Request a demo today!
• Cohere — Cohere provides access to advanced Large Language Models and NLP tools through one easy-to-use API. Get started for free.
• Plenty — Plenty makes it easy for modern partners to invest and plan for their future together. Effortlessly invest like the 1% and turn your goals and dreams into reality.

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• AeroSafe Global — AeroSafe Global delivers cold chain solutions to the biopharma industry with zero temperature excursions for every patient, every product, every time.
• NeoEdge Networks — NeoEdge Networks is an in game advertising firm.
• Combinent Biomedical Systems — Combinent Biomedical Systems, Inc., a women's healthcare company, offers multi-segmented vaginal rings that allow the delivery of hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules, proteins, and other large molecules. It focuses on transvaginal delivery of drugs targeting women's reproductive endocrinology disorders, as well as diabetes, obesity, andinfectious diseases. Combinent Biomedical Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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• League — Payers, providers, employers and consumer health organizations use League's CX platform to deliver high-engagement, personalized health experiences.
• Hyperoptic — Hyperfast & Super Affordable Fibre Optic Broadband. Over 18x faster than the UK's average broadband speed. Check out our fibre broadband deals today!
• SecureKey Technologies — Deliver high-value online services securely to millions of consumers through federated authentication, regardless of the service, device or credentials.

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• NearPad — NearPad Launchpad & DeFi hub for the NEAR ecosystem
• Symtext — Symtext focuses on the development of digital learning material for students, educational institutes, and educators.Symtext offers Liquid Textbook that enables instructors create customized digital textbooks that include texts from multiple publishers, presentations, videos, images, and podcasts.Symtext was founded by Ian Barker and it is basedin Toronto, Canada.

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• Trullion — The best AI-powered accounting software for lease accounting & revenue recognition compliance. Accountants trust Trullion for automated financial software.
• SATIM — SATIM provides insights based on satellite radar data acquired regardless of weather and day/night time. Using developed software and algorithms SATIM can solve the problem of optimal information extraction from complex SAR imagery.
• Mentra — Mentra tackles systemic inequality by economically empowering underserved communities. We’re erasing the stigma around Disability Hiring with our recruiting platform that matches neurodiverse talent with inclusive employers.Our mission is to bring neurodiversity to the workplace - providing employers with thought diversity & job seekers witheconomic opportunity

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• GOURMEY — We create sustainable cultivated meat delights for an uncompromising and conscious generation.
• Nowadays — The Nowadays nugget is made with just 7 simple, plant-based ingredients.
• SEAFOOD REBOOT — Seafood Reboot's ambition is to promote worldwide best-in-class Fish substitutes from micro-algae for natural, healthy, sustainable food and to preserve marine wildlife.

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• Hail Merry Snacks — Hail Merry exists to elevate the snacking experience through fresh energizing snacks made from clean plant-based ingredients. Our purpose is to provide better-for-you plant-based snacks that celebrate the benefits of energizing coconut oil and raw fats from nuts, while delivering an unparalleled luxurious taste experi
• Nettwerk Music Group — Label x Artist Management x Publishing x Film + TV

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• PayJoy — Looking for a phone or a cash loan? PayJoy gives you credit with few requirements and in minutes. No late fees charged.
• Teamshares — One hundred percent close rate on LOIs. Committed capital with no financing contingency. Teamshares is the buyer of choice for your business listing. Request a buyer profile to learn more about us.
• Lydian — Lydian aims to accelerate the decarbonization of the chemical industry by electrifying the chemical production process. Founded in 2021 by Branko Zugic, Lydian is headquartered in

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• Loki Foods — We're producing sustainable, plant-based foods from the Arctic. Iceland’s first plant-based cod and seafood!
• THE PACK — Nutritionally complete vegan dog food. Grain-free & developed with food scientists & animal nutritionists, try our delicious vegan dog food now.
• Swedish Temptations — Swedish Temptations, founded in 2019 by CEO Pia Qvarnström, built a brand named Bärta for producing organic, vegan and fermented food. The ingredients include Swedish split peas.

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• Fama — Fama is an AI-based solution that identifies and offers an opportunity to address problematic behavior among potential hires and current employees by analyzing publicly available online information. This type of content can ultimately lead to brand risk and toxic culture, and is often missed in the hiring and management process.
• HONK — HONK finds nearby tow trucks to help you with tire changes, jump starts, lock outs, gas delivery and towing services. We are nationwide & have fast ETAs.
• Reaction Commerce — Product capabilities and documentation of Mailchimp Open Commerce.

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• OneVest — OneVest empowers enterprises and consumers to access private wealth management through our Wealth-as-a-Service platform.
• Oneinvest — OneVest empowers enterprises and consumers to access private wealth management through our Wealth-as-a-Service platform.
• Requity Homes — Requity Homes Inc. is on a mission to create a fair and flexible alternative path to home ownership in Canada by offering a modernized rent-to-own program that enables aspiring home buyers to live in their dream home today with the option to buy it back later while saving for their down payment one month at a time.

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• Madison Reed — Professional hair color and hair color products with salon-quality results. See for yourself how Madison Reed is transforming the at home hair color experience.
• SetPoint Medical — SetPoint Medical is pioneering bioelectronic medicine to develop a safe and cost-effective approach for treatment of chronic autoimmune diseases.
• Vesta — Vesta Corporation is an innovator and worldwide leader in client-branded electronic payment solutions. Vesta has processed hundreds of millions of secure payments for goods and services through a variety of channels, including the Internet, mobile phones, retail point of sale, and industry-leading mobile commerce applications.Vesta enablesclients worldwide to increase revenue and reduce costs by eliminating fraud losses, developing consumer-friendly payment capabilities, consolidating financial operations, and providing robust data security.

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• Vega Cloud — Vega is a next-generation Cloud management platform. With increased visibility, scalable management, and advanced optimization strategies, Vega can save you up to 35% on your monthly cloud bill.
• Give InKind — Set up a Give InKind Page to coordinate support from anywhere. Create a Care Calendar, add items to your Wishlist and connect your Crowdfunding - all for free.
• Inherent Biosciences — Inherent Biosciences is a molecular diagnostics company that revolutionizes trial and error medicine and restore hope. The company does this by discovering what's inherent in our biology about the unexplained and translating discoveries into personal insights that inform actions.Inherent Biosciences develops medicines for treating pain,infertility, embryo quality, autism, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, fetal heart disease, COVID-19, and many more.

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• Libro — Elevate Your Guest Experience Our guest experience platform does more than fill tables. Start building a highly personalized and profitable dining experience with Libro. Pricing Features How we help your restaurant thrive Reservations Accept online reservation requests in real-time 24/7/365. Access reservations from anywhere so your entire team is prepared to serve guests. Reputation Management
• Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.
• Omy Laboratoires — Omy Laboratoires develops and manufactures personalized cosmetic skin-care products using its AI based skin analysis system.

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• Hengam — Hengam is a one-stop Shopify solution that develops apps for Shopify stores and helps them reduce their churn, increase revenue and save time and money.
• Roomvu — Helping REALTORS to establish trust with real estate websites, customized videos and lead capturing tools. Convert real estate audience to leads with roomvu profile.
• Ulab Systems — Take back control of your treatment plan with uLab - the treatment planning software and aligner system designed for orthodontists. Learn more now.

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• Justo — Call Toronto real estate brokerage, agents and MLS listings provider - Justo to sell or buy houses or condos in Greater Toronto Area.
• LabsCubed — LabsCubed manufactures automated multi-sample tensile testing robots that manufacturers use to increase lab efficiency and reduce labor by up to 85%.
• Motion Gestures — Motion Gestures is a Canadian machine learning startup specializing in gesture recognition software. Motion Gestures specializes in machine learning-based gesture recognition software and was founded in Waterloo, Canada in 2016. The company aims to enable the rapid development and deployment of gesture-enabled interfaces for systems, devices, andapps. Its software supports advanced 2D and 3D gestures using motion, touch, and vision sensors and can be deployed on the cloud, gateway/hub, and embedded platforms. Developers are offered free licenses to the cloud SDK and can quickly create and test any gesture using their smartphones.

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• Viafoura — We partnered with 800+ media brands to engage, convert & monetize their digital audiences. Check out our community engagement solutions!
• Nicoya Lifesciences — World's first personal surface plasmon resonance instruments designed for the individual researcher at the comfort of their own bench.
• Vida Fresh Air — Vita Fresh Air Corp has developed and is set to commercialize a new catalytic converter technology, the Multi-Chamber Catalytic Converter (MCCC), which aims to lower emissions, lower fuel consumption, and lower equipment costs. Vida’s mission is to develop automotive products that genuinely improve engine performance and emission control in anethical, economical and sustainable manner.

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• CoHealth — The HITRUST common security framework provides important benefits by furnishing a robust and comprehensive set of standards that your company can implement.
• Viafoura — We partnered with 800+ media brands to engage, convert & monetize their digital audiences. Check out our community engagement solutions!
• Coldblock — Coldblock Technologies Inc delivers short wave infrared sample digestion technology to prepare samples for analysis, accuracy and safety.

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• Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.
• Coldblock — Coldblock Technologies Inc delivers short wave infrared sample digestion technology to prepare samples for analysis, accuracy and safety.
• fraction/al — Fan Ownership Platform that empower fans to own a piece of their favorite sports team.

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• Uride — Welcome to Uride - your reliable and affordable ridesharing service with a community-focus. Enjoy the ease of quick pickups, lower fares, and a user-friendly app designed to make your travels smoother. Start riding today!
• ventureLAB — At ventureLAB, we grow globally competitive tech titans that build-to-scale in Canada, for global markets.
• Novel Biotechnology — Novel Biotechnology operates as a biotechnology company and develops innovative solutions for plasmid DNA production.

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• Peaze — Web3 Transactions Simplified
• Jobber — Jobber is an award-winning business management platform for small home service businesses. Unlike spreadsheets or pen and paper, Jobber keeps track of everything in one place and automates day-to-day operations, so small businesses can provide 5-star service at scale. Jobber’s 100,000+ home service professionals have served over 12 millionhouseholds in more than 47 countries. The company continually ranks as one of Canada’s fastest-growing and most innovative companies by Canadian Business and Macleans, The Globe and Mail, Fast Company, and Deloitte.
• ether.fi — Truly decentralized staking. Keep your keys. Build the network.

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• Frontly — Frontly's no-code internal admin tooling platform empowers businesses to build custom applications to solve their greatest business challenges in minutes without writing a line of code.
• Replayz — ReplayzIQ automatically scores sales calls to improve call coaching and sales stage conversion. Replayz boosts sales win-rate. Replayz will improve your sales team's call coaching. Improve ROI on your sales training and sales process. MEDDPICC, MEDDICC, The Challenger Sale, Sandler, J. Barrows (JB Sales), Winning By Design (WBD), SPIN, BANT, Solution Selling or Consultative Selling, Command of the Sale or SPICED? Use AI to call score cold calls by SDR's,BDR's and Discovery and Demos by AE's.
• Vesto — Fintech

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• Viafoura — We partnered with 800+ media brands to engage, convert & monetize their digital audiences. Check out our community engagement solutions!
• Flosonics — Flosonics Medical is improving patient care through technology-enabled solutions and services that clinicians, and patients, love.

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• Vrify — Vrify is an information technology and services company located in Vancouver.
• LifeSpeak — LifeSpeak is an employee mental health and wellness education startup.
• Carbon Neutral Royalty — Carbon Neutral Royalty operates a permanent capital vehicle designed to finance projects in the Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM) through a prepayment in exchange for a portion of future carbon credits. The company specializes in financial support for the project and sells carbon credits to corporations that have made net zero pledges to help themmeet their climate, biodiversity, and community commitments.Carbon Neutral Royalty was established in July, 2021 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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• CrowdRiff — CrowdRiff is visual content marketing software for travel and hospitality brands. Source, distribute and optimize visuals that will attract and influence visitors.
• CivicConnect — CivicConnect provides a suite of applications that leverage Augmented Reality and mobile technologies to enable a compelling experience for Smart Cities.
• Lunata Beauty —

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• Super Advisor — Super Advisor helps Advisors gain independence with the best advisor and client experience in the industry. Use our automations to streamline your business and give your top-tier service to every single client.
• Twig Fertility — Every nest starts with a twig. We are the next generation of fertility care.
• Contact — Contact is the fast, simple way to book creative talent.

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• Unito — Connect the tools you're already using with deep 2-way integrations and optimize workflows for Asana, Jira, Trello, Google Sheets and more.
• Vetster — Pet health starts with Vetster. Find and book veterinarians from across North America to provide excellent health care for your pet through video consults. Cats, dogs, reptiles, horses - all pets are welcome.
• Ready, Set, Food! — Ready, Set, Food! makes it easy for parents reduce their baby's risk of developing peanut, egg, and milk allergies by up to 80% with our gentle, daily system.

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• The Logic — In-depth reporting on the innovation economy.

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• STN Video — STN Video is an award-winning online video platform that solves digital video for publishers, content creators, and advertisers. STN Video supplies digital publishers with premium content, advanced player technology, and reliable revenue. With a library of up to 5,000 new videos every day, the STN Video online video platform serves over 1,800publishers and hundreds of premium content providers at zero cost. STN Video’s partners include publishers like the NY Post, NY Daily News, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, and premium content providers like MLB, NBA, Bloomberg, AP and Rolling Stone. Using the STN Video online video platform, publishers easily serve official video to keep readers engaged and on-site longer. From “sports to news”, STN Video offers publishers all the content they need to cover their sites. The combination of official, premium content, and top publishers provides a brand-safe environment for advertisers and connects content providers with a broader incremental audience. STN Video’s advanced technology sets it apart, offering the best contextually relevant content via Smart Match, an AI-powered video player. Smart Match matches articles with content from an extensive library of over 1 million videos, allowing publishers to embed relevant videos on every page automatically in seconds. The STN Video online video platform improves user experience, publisher workflow, and both its partners’ top and bottom lines. STN Video shares the revenue it generates with publishing partners and content creators while also accommodating their own advertising sales.

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• Moovit — Utilizing the power of MaaS, we're helping cities, transit agencies and corporations simplify urban mobility, making it more efficient, accessible and sustainable.
• Quiet Therapeutics — Quiet Therapeutics is an emerging biotech company founded in 2010 developing a proprietary nanoparticle-based delivery system (gagomers) focused on oncology and inflammation.Based on the targeting capability of our innovative technology, the company is well positioned to expand the drug target repertoire in cancer and inflammation. The Gagomerdelivery approach enables us to target cell components that are not manageable by other therapeutic agents like small molecules or antibodies.
• SolarEdge Technologies — Turn your businesses and homes into a sustainable energy hub with a SolarEdge inverter solution and the SolarEdge energy manager platform.

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• Augmedix — Augmedix harnesses the power of AI to provide industry-leading medical documentation & data services, giving physicians more time to focus on patient care.
• Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
• Coding Dojo — Interested in starting your new career in tech? Learn to code at one of the top coding bootcamps. Build your first website and app in a matter of weeks. We teach Python, Java, .NET, iOS, Javascript and more. Online learning options and scholarships available. Learn more today!

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• Solink — Find what you're looking for in seconds Take a self-guided tour and see how effortlessly you can pinpoint what you're searching for in seconds using
• OneVest — OneVest empowers enterprises and consumers to access private wealth management through our Wealth-as-a-Service platform.
• Redwood Materials — Redwood creates a closed-loop, domestic supply chain by recycling and refining lithium-ion batteries and remanufacturing anode and cathode components.

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• LIVEKINDLY — LIVEKINDLY is a news and media platform focusing on food, health, sustainable living, and cruelty-free beauty. They build a home for informative and thought-provoking content, focusing on sustainable and compassionate living. The platform transforming the global food system by partnering with forward-looking poultry production companies seeking toembrace and contribute to plant-based options.

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• FCTRY LAb — Fctry lab combine traditional manufacturing methods with modern technology, allowing us to redefine techniques and invent new construction methods
• Cookin — Cookin is a homemade food delivery marketplace where people can find home-cooked meals and have them delivered to their doors.Cookin Inc. is rethinking what it takes to start a food business and enabling a new class of creators to do what they love. Cookin empowers talented cooks, many of whom are reinventing themselves from a topsy-turvyrestaurant industry, to turn their own talents and home kitchens into a source of income. Cookin matches buyers and cooks together on the marketplace and dispatches a driver to pick up the meal and deliver it.
• Train Fitness — Train Fitness focuses on automatic exercise detection and rep counting using Artificial Intelligence and the Apple watch.

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• BenchSci — BenchSci is the world leader in AI-Assisted Reagent Selection and Experiment Design. Our preclinical R&D SaaS platform uses machine learning to help pharmaceutical companies increase their research velocity.
• Ideogram — Ideogram: Helping people become more creative.
• Shakudo — Shakudo unites all of the data tools and services you need into a single comprehensive data platform, allowing your team to develop and deploy analytics-based solutions with ease.