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Ten Ventures To Watch
10
The Top Ten
Ventures To
Watch
KALEIGH DONNELLY
Manager of Alumni Engagement
NEXT Canada
With 850+ entrepreneurs launching over 400
ventures, our alumni have achieved many
significant milestones this year, including
more than ten financial rounds, recognition in
EY's national award program and the Forbes
30 Under 30 list. Over the months and years
ahead, we look forward to hearing more about
the accomplishments of our growing alumni
community. Right now, you'll want to keep an
eye out for these ten NEXT alumni ventures
making headlines both at home and abroad.
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No. 1
ATOMWISE
Next Founders, 2013
AI In the Healthcare
Service Market reported
Atomwise as a leading
key player in 2022-30 for
their machine learningbased discovery engine.
No. 4
MOONSHOT BRANDS
Next AI, 2017
Secured $30M in equity
and $150M in a credit
facility that will be used,
in part, to purchase
assets from other
e-commerce aggregators.
No. 2
ADA
Next 36, 2012
Just over a year after a
$63.7M CAD Series B,
ADA raised $130M USD
in Series C, financing at
a reported valuation of
$1.2B.
No. 5
BRIDGIT
Next 36, 2013
Construction workforce
intelligence vendor
Bridgit recently added
a new module to make
better labor allocation &
gain economic efficiency.
No. 8
FEROOT
Next AI, 2018
Feroot’s own Ivan Tsarynny, CEO and Vitaly Lim, CTO, whose
vision to improve client-side or “front-end” security for
businesses around the globe resulted in the closing of $11 million
in seed funding led by True Ventures. Feroot will use the funds
to meet growing demand for client-side security solutions by
accelerating product development and go-to-market initiatives.
No. 3
SNAPCOMMERCE
Next 36, 2012
Leveraging a recent $85 million USD funding round, the
mobile commerce platform that maximizes consumer savings,
Snapcommerce, has scaled its platform to unlock savings for the
already 24 million customers using Snaptravel, Snapcommerce’s
flagship travel deals product. Snapshop is now available to all
consumers in the United States.
No. 6
No. 7
KIRA TALENT
Next 36, 2012
Student Admissions
Software Market Analysis
listed Kira Talent as a
Leading key player for
the forecast period of
2022-2030.
No. 9
PARTAKE BREWING
Next Founders, 2021
Non-alcoholic (NA) beer
brand Partake Brewing,
raised$16.5M USD in
Series B round of funding,
following their Series A in
2020 raising $4M USD.
No. 10
ERTHOS
Next 36, 2018
Erthos is looking to tackle
the global issue of singleuse plastics by offering
eco-friendly resin-based
alternatives to plastic
inputs.
CHINOVA
Next Founders, 2020
Chinova Bioworks is using
mushrooms to reduce
food waste, improve shelf
life and find sustainable
solutions for clean-label
ingredients.
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