68 Best Startups in Ottawa to Watch in 2025

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There are 68 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $1.8b. The average funding per company in this subset is $26.1m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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$21.8m

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A software company offering a low-code development platform for creating mobile business forms.

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$365.0m

Money raised

Ligado is developing solutions for reliable and secure 5G mobile private networks.

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$5.0m

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ArenaX Labs is a company that specializes in game development.

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$600.0k

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Planetary Hydrogen is a Gatineau-based company developing hydrogen processing and distribution solutions, as well as carbon capture and storage solutions.

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$12.2m

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BluWave-ai is an Ottawa-based developer of software-as-a-service applications for optimization of sustainable and affordable energy systems and decisions.

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$13.2m

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A biotechnology company using tissue engineering to create biomaterials for repairing and regenerating the human body.

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$647.3k

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Tandem Technical is an Ottawa-based carbon capture and storage company working on recycling carbon into mineral by-products.

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$110.0k

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A biotechnology company that designs devices and technology to make DNA testing more accessible with applications in infectious disease, precision medicine, food and water safety testing and veterinary diagnostics

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$35.5m

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Slice Labs is a company offering an on-demand insurance marketplace founded in 2015 by Tim Attia.

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$250.0k

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Mission Control Space Services is a company that develops spacecraft operations, onboard autonomy, artificial intelligence, space exploration, and robotics

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$3.9m

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GBatteries is a sustainable energy company.

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A biotechnology company developing technologies to make biofuels from agricultural residues and organic waste products.

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$170.0m

Money raised

Gan Systems is a developer of gallium nitride switching diodes and transistors

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$30.0m

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Pythian is a global IT consulting and managed services provider.

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$37.9m

Money raised

Phreesia is a healthcare software company offering services including appointment scheduling, clinical support, patient activation and surveys, analytics and reports, and patient registration.

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$6.0m

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Scalix provides email, group calendaring and other collaborative software that enables users to reduce cost of ownership.

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$1.0m

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reDock is an Ontario-based company developing AI-powered software that mines and tailors corporate information in order to automate business proposal creation.

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eMurmur is a medical laboratory that uses advanced technologies to diagnose human ailments.

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$24.0m

Money raised

Interset is a securityanalytics company. Our software is built to swiftly surface IP threats, originating from inside or outside the enterprise, even as they evolve. We are innovators -- security experts, data scientists, strategic developers -- who have designed an advanced User Behavioral Analytics (UBA) solution to deliver accuracy and speed in threat detection. Specialties: Behavioral Analytics, Machine Learning, Threat Management & Intelligence

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$6.1m

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Raven AI is a company enhances efficiency, delivery, and teamwork for manufacturing facilities through a user-friendly platform.

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$80.3m

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MindBridge Ai is a company founded in 2015 by Solon Angel.

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$70.0k

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Developer of virtual reality software designed to help people with learning disabilities and developmental disorders. The company's platform offers VR experiences that incorporate artificial intelligence and internet-of-things technologies to enhance the quality of therapy sessions.

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$13.6m

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Grafoid Inc. is an ottawa-based researcher and producers of graphene founded in 2011 by Gordon Chiu.

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N-able (previously SolarWinds) provides IT management and automation solutions for managed service providers (MSPs)

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$18.0m

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Klipfolio is a data analytics and visualization platform provider offering business intelligence dashboards based on specific data profiles.

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2

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$23.4m

Money raised

Equispheres Inc. is an Ottawa-based company that .

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$94.3m

Money raised

Diablo Technologies is an Ottawa-based semiconductor company founded in 2002.

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4

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$95.1m

Money raised

Rewind is a company founded in 2015 by Mike Potter.

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$1.4m

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Mitacs Canada is a Vancouver-based company founded in 1999 by Steve Halperin, Luc Vinet, Don Dawson and Nassif Ghoussoub.

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$4.1m

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360pi is a company founded in 2009 by Alexander Rink.

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Zighra is a company founded in 2009 by Deepak Dutt.

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$3.3m

Money raised

Gastops provides technical solutions for machinery condition assessment through the application of advanced fluid measurement and analysis technologies.

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$29.8m

Money raised

GoFor helps customers to solve the challenge of delivering building materials, allowing its customers to execute quickly through a very intuitive platform and the right selection of delivery vehicle according to the requested load.

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$27.0m

Money raised

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$360.0k

Money raised

SmartCone Technologies Inc. is a private company founded by Jason Lee.

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$15.0m

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Solidum Systems is an Ottawa-based company founded in 1997.

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Funding Rounds

$381.4m

Money raised

Assent Compliance is a company founded in 2005 by Rob Imbeault.

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Tier1 Financial Solutions is a company founded in 2008.

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$46.4m

Money raised

Solink is a company founded in 2009 by Solon Angel.

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$1.0m

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Replica Analytics is a provider of Replica Synthesis, a software solution that ingests data and builds synthesis models to generate synthetic datasets.

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$820.0k

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Teslonix Inc. is an Ottawa-based company founded in 2014 by Paul Slaby.

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$7.2m

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Energate was a Toronto-based company offering thermostats, energy displays, load switches, and peripherals to manage and control home energy systems. The company was acquired by Tantalus Systems in August 2017.

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$24.2m

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Embotics is a company founded in 2006.

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$1.0m

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inBay's Zero-Password Authentication Service offers frictionless and secure access--Trusted Access--to enterprises' applications and services.

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$1.3m

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Member365 is a company founded in 1997 by Stephen Foley.

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$620.0k

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Platform for tracking and monitoring solutions in Aviation, Ground Fleet, and Precision Agriculture sectors.

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$3.3m

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CanvasPop is a company founded in 2009.

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$11.0m

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Corsa Security is leading the transformation of network security with a private cloud approach that helps scale network security services with unwavering performance and flexibility.

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$48.7k

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Spoonity is an Ottawa-based company founded in 2011.

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$11.0m

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GotMarketing is an email marketing software company founded to help businesses.

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$4.1m

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Lytica Inc. is a company founded in 2005.

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$17.4m

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BLINQ Networks is an Ottawa-based telecommunications company founded in 2010.

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$8.5m

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Gadget is an Ottawa-based company founded in 2020 by harry brundage.

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$2.1m

Money raised

1

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$1.3m

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1

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$4.0m

Money raised

Relogix Canada is a company founded in 2010.

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$8.0m

Money raised

Clearwater Clinical Limited is a company founded in 2010.

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$57.3k

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Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc. is an Ottawa-based company founded in 2013 by Duane Anderson.

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2

Funding Rounds

$8.5m

Money raised

Overlay.tv is an Ottawa-based company.

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$2.0m

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Cord3 delivers data protection, even from trusted administrators or hackers posing as administrators with high privilege.

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$4.2m

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Corsa Technology is an Ottawa-based company.

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$10.0m

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$10.0m

Money raised

1

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$779.7k

Money raised

Intouch Insight is an Ottawa-based company founded in 1992.

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$2.5m

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CannaRoyalty Corp. is an Ottawa-based company.

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$7.6m

Money raised

Kivuto Solutions is an Ottawa-based cloud computing company founded in 1997.

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$23.0m

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You.I Tv is an Ottawa-based company founded in 2008.

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$33.9m

Money raised

Unreserved is an Ottawa-based company.

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