A Thinking Ape
Acquired
What they do:
We build communities through massively multiplayer mobile games
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Top Startups in Canada
This list has 183 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 37 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: Toronto (93), Vancouver (20), and Kitchener (15). Largest teams: BioRender, Vidyard, and PartnerStack. Latest round: Quarterhill raised $3.61M (Oct 13, 2026).
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DevCycle
Acquired
What they do:
Feature Flag Management Built for Developers
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Bitaccess
Acquired
What they do:
We make bitcoin simple.
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Cuboh
Acquired
What they do:
We help restaurants manage their online orders.
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HigherMe
Acquired
What they do:
Helping restaurant employers find & hire better employees faster
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Together Software
Acquired
What they do:
Learn from the experts at your company.
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Goodkind
Acquired
What they do:
Student communications platform for higher education
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Naborly
Acquired
What they do:
A credit bureau for the renting generation.
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Lyrebird
Acquired
What they do:
Our tech speaks for itself.
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Upverter
Acquired
What they do:
The future of hardware design. A marketplace for hardware engineering…
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Vanhawks
Acquired
What they do:
We are making the smart carbon fibre commuting bike and platform for…
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Sleek
Acquired
What they do:
Browser automation for businesses.
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SharpestMinds
Acquired
What they do:
Peer-to-peer mentorships through income-share agreements.
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webapp.io
Acquired
What they do:
Build webapps faster with 10x better CI/CD + preview envs
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Pactima
Acquired
What they do:
Live video signing for real-time agreements
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BufferBox
Acquired
What they do:
The future of package delivery. We are building a network of…
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Appcanary
Acquired
What they do:
Appcanary tracks the dependencies you use in your apps and servers…
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Fiix
Acquired
What they do:
Fiix sends expert auto mechanics to your home, so you don’t have to…
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LSK Technologies
Acquired
What they do:
A diagnostic lab in a box
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KeyDB
Acquired
What they do:
The only database you'll ever need
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Clew
Acquired
What they do:
Unified file system for the cloud.
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Bus.com
Shut down
What they do:
The easiest way to charter a bus in North America.
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Kenota (formerly ExVivo Labs)
Shut down
What they do:
Kenota is revolutionizing the way we test for disease
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Georgette Packaging
Shut down
What they do:
Carbon neutral packaging for ambitious businesses.
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Hypercontext
Shut down
What they do:
Meeting agendas, notes, & goals that tie back to your OKRs
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Zergo
Shut down
What they do:
We make a urine test that helps women get pregnant.
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Arylla
Shut down
What they do:
We connect products to the internet using an invisible, chip-less tag
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Penta Medical
Shut down
What they do:
Smart hardware for injury recovery.
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Passenger AI
Shut down
What they do:
Software for robotaxi operations.
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SBX Robotics
Shut down
What they do:
Synthetic data for better vision.
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Mixr
Shut down
What they do:
Team building through online game tournaments.
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Whirlscape
Shut down
What they do:
Mobile keyboards + emoji + deep learning. We make Dango. We also made…
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Dabble
Shut down
What they do:
A synthetic photo studio for e-commerce
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BHRD
Shut down
What they do:
BHRD ("Be Heard") helps public companies communicate with investors.
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Nototo
Shut down
What they do:
A workspace with a spatial interface
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OSIMple
Shut down
What they do:
Software for inspectors to automate their paper workflow.
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