Elevate is recognized as Canada’s premier Tech and Innovation Festival. This year’s conference featured major players in the tech industry, including Shopify, PointClickCare, and Snowflake. The event’s goal is to celebrate and strengthen Canada’s startup ecosystem, uniting world-class innovators, industry leaders, and the broader tech community to shine a global spotlight on Canada’s thriving tech and innovation landscape. Check out some of the standout companies from the event:
17. CreatorClub
CreatorClub is a one-stop hub for content creation empowering brands, agencies, and marketers to streamline their content creation process from start to finish.
16. Skip Round
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries, it’s essential to understand its impact on one’s career. Skip Round provides a personalized AI Ready Report where you can uncover how AI affects your role, pinpoint any skill gaps, and explore new career opportunities.
15. Tinybox
Canada is facing a housing crisis, but this startup is introducing innovation to the sector. Tinybox allows tiny homes to be set up anywhere within 48 hours, much like assembling large IKEA furniture. These homes stand out because they generate their own water and electricity, requiring no infrastructure or land preparation.
14. Consuy
Consuy is an enterprise platform that integrates advanced AI with virtual bots to analyze and resolve technology issues automatically.
13. Qinvst
Qinvst provides an AI-powered, all-in-one private wealth management solution, serving founders, startups, and small to medium-sized businesses.
12. Javelin Sports
Javelin Sports is a platform for joining drop-in volleyball games and connecting with new players in your area. With Javelin Sports, finding a game has never been more effortless or enjoyable.
11. LabsCubed
LabsCubed empowers material innovators to develop better polymers faster, using cutting-edge automation, software, and AI tools.
10. Equivesto
Equivesto is a private investment portal and licensed Exempt Market Dealer (EMD) across Canada. It democratizes private investment by allowing users to invest in vetted Canadian startups, small businesses, funds, and real estate opportunities with a minimum investment of $100 CAD.
9. Cansulta
Cansulta is an award-winning global online marketplace, community, and network connecting organizations of all sizes with verified consultants and business experts.
8. Brightiron
Brightiron is a cloud-based platform offering tailored bookkeeping, accounting, and human resources (HR) solutions specifically for startups. By addressing the unique needs of early-stage companies, Brightiron simplifies financial management and HR processes, helping startups streamline operations, maintain compliance, and efficiently manage resources as they grow.
7. Toast
Calgary-based tech platform Toast is shifting the hiring dynamic to favor women in tech.
6. RideALike
RideAlike is the first peer-to-peer car sharing platform for multi-residential communities, fostering sustainable, and convenient transport.
5. Hipo Hire
After a recent rebrand, Hire Hipo is revolutionizing the hiring landscape by connecting vetted go-to-market candidates with fast-growing companies. This innovative marketplace aims to streamline the recruitment process, ensuring businesses find the right talent to fuel their growth.
4. Boast
Boast is democratizing access to billions of dollars in innovation funding so companies can fuel their growth while preserving equity and avoiding red tape. With operations across Canada and the US, more than 1,500 innovative companies have leveraged Boast to get more money ($400M+) faster with less time and risk.
3. Edgecom Energy
Edgecom Energy is helping large energy consumers gain real-time visibility and AI-powered insights to optimize energy usage, cut costs, and lower emissions.
2. Bidmii
Bidmii connects homeowners with local contractors, making home renovation and repair projects simpler and more secure. The platform provides access to contractors with verified reviews, enabling users to confidently select reliable professionals. Homeowners can submit their project details and receive multiple free quotes, allowing them to compare prices and services to find the best deal. Bidmii’s key feature is its secure payment system, which holds funds in trust until the project is completed to the homeowner’s satisfaction, ensuring a transparent experience for all parties.
1. Truly Financial
Truly Financial is an all-in-one business banking platform that offers banking, cards, and payments. It supports startups and small businesses by providing access to local bank accounts in the U.S., Canada, and other countries, as well as international payments and free wire transfers. This empowrs businesses to receive payments locally in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, pay for services and contractors worldwide, and avoid the high costs and frustrations of managing multiple banking relationships.
As this coverage concludes, the next major tech event in Toronto will be the Immigrants in Tech Summit, hosted by Scale Without Borders.
