101 Top Education Startups and Companies in Canada

August 7, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best Canada based Education companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Education industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top Canada Education Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

ApplyBoard

ApplyBoard

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ApplyBoard is an online platform for study abroad.

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Paper

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Paper is an educational support system that provides personalized tutoring accessible to every student.

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Top Hat

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Top Hat’s interactive software helps college professors quickly activate classrooms by engaging students over their own devices.

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Ready Education

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Ready Education’s mission is to help higher ed institutions improve the student experience.

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DigitalEd

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DigitalEd is a cloud-based software company that provides online education solutions for science, engineering, and mathematics courses.

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D2L

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D2L is an integrated learning platform, providing cloud learning solutions for educational institutes.

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Uvaro

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Uvaro is a career success platform. We’re on a mission to help the world’s professionals lead more fulfilling careers.

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Plotly

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Plotly is a data science and AI company that makes it easy to create and deploy interactive web apps in any programming language.

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Docebo

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Docebo is a cloud ‘e-learning as a service’ product that enables companies to deliver, track and certify online training to their staff.

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DarwinAI

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DarwinAI’s Generative Synthesis ‘AI building AI’ technology enables optimized and explainable deep learning.

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ACTO

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ACTO is an Omnichannel Education platform for life sciences companies.

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HiMama

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HiMama enables child care programs and parents to connect through messaging, digital media and daily reports.

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KnowledgeHook

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Knowledgehook is an Instructional Guidance System (IGS) that uses engaging assessments for students and math teachers.

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Eyeread

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Eyeread is a learning platform that delivers literacy curriculum through popular video games.

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Riipen

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Riipen is an experiential learning platform that helps schools connect their students to industry & enables companies to pick top talent.

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Edunation

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Edunation is a new age learning environment! helps students capitalize on teachable moments by giving them instant access to knowledge.

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University of Waterloo

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University of Waterloo is a public research university that operates colleges which offer undergraduate and graduate programs.

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Showbie

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Showbie is an app that combines all of the essential tools for assignments, feedback, and communication in one easy-to-use platform.

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Corporate Finance Institute

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Corporate Finance Institute provides online training and education for finance and investment professionals.

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Classcraft

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Classcraft is an online educational role-playing game that teachers and students play together in the classroom.

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FreshGrade

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FreshGrade is a better way to document and communicate learning while engaging educators, students, parents and leaders.

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Disco

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Disco is a platform for creators to build and scale their learning empire easily in one place.

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QuadFi

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Invisible Credit Group (Millennial & Newcomers) Risk Rating & Lending

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Korbit Technologies

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Corporate data science and AI training powered by award-winning AI Tutors

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Guiker

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Guiker is an online property rental platform

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PolicyMe

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Life insurance Made Easy

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OneClass

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OneClass builds the largest library of educational content for university students.

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Kivuto Solutions

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Kivuto Solutions is a software distribution company that is specialized in hosted electronic software delivery.

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Université de Montréal

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The Université de Montréal is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Peekapak

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Award-winning social-emotional learning platform and digital games

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Altus Assessments Inc.

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At Altus Assessments, we believe great professionals are more than book smart. We deliver personal characteristic assessments for schools.

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Socrative

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Socrative, a student performance-tracking system, allows teachers to engage students in various activites on computers and mobile devices.

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Precision OS

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Precision OS is a provider of virtual reality orthopedic surgical education and pre-operative planning software.

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Hatchways

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Hatchways is a platform focused on making career transitions easier. Focused on web developers.

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headversity

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headversity is a workplace mental health and resilience platform

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Chalk

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Chalk helps K-12 schools to act on real-time academic insights from curriculum and instruction

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Parlay Ideas

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Parlay is an educational technology software company.

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BATL (batlgrounds.com)

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The world’s original and largest urban axe throwing organization with with over 200,000 annual visitors and 325 employees.

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SiMBi

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SiMBi is a developer of a digital reading and assessment program.

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ExpertFile

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Enterprise SaaS content marketing platform + the world’s largest curated expert marketplace featuring leading authorities on 30,000+ topics

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Bluedrop Performance Learning

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Bluedrop Performance Learning is an e-learning company.

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YOURIKA

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Smarter and more connected learning.

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Edvisor.io

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Edvisor.io increases access to global educational opportunities by seamlessly connecting schools.

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Cliniconex

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Cliniconex believes that patient engagement is at the heart of a better healthcare system.

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Crowdmark

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Crowdmark is a grading & analytics platform powered by AI to streamline assessment, increase productivity & provide personalized learning.

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International Deal Gateway

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Deal Gateway is a private online global deal community exclusively for exceptional entrepreneurs, investors and Family Offices.

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NGRAIN

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NGRAIN produces 3D computer graphics and tools to create 3D visualizations, applications and simulations.

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Canada Learning Code

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Ladies Learning Code is a not-for-profit organization that aims to offer digital literacy for women and youth in Canada.

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Venture For Canada

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Their mission is to provide opportunities for the best and brightest to create dynamic companies

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SharpestMinds

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SharpestMinds connects undiscovered data science and machine learning talent with professional mentors to help them land their first role.

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Emma Labs

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Emma is a family-centric insurance platform that makes buying life insurance easy, affordable and accessible.

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MediaCore

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MediaCore provides a solution that enables educational institutes to capture media, build a media library and store content.

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HITCH Tech Inc

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Educational video platform for African Schools

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Eagle’s Flight

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World leader in experiential learning Delivers practical business impact through changed behavior

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Aplic.io

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marketplace for students across the globe seeking study abroad opportunities

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Educhain

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Educhain is a Techstars backed company that enables instant issuance and authentication of digital records for academic institutions.

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Kids Code Jeunesse

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Inspiring and Empowering Canadian Children with Code

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Brink Bionics

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Brink Bionics is developing bionic arms with machine learning that integrate with the human body.

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Juno College of Technology

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Juno College of Technology provides a comprehensive and accelerated training for students.

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Prosper

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Prosper is the career coach in your pocket. Get advice for modern ambition.

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VRapeutic, Inc.

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A UNICEF Innovation Fund software house specializing in rehabilitation solutions with a focus on VR for neurodevelopmental challenges.

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EZ-Robot

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EZ-Robot is an edtech solution that supports teaching and inspires learning.

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GOJI

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GOJI connects ESL students all over the world to native English-speaking tutors.

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Halp

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Halp is affordable college and university admissions coaching that helps high school students reach their goals.

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Biba Ventures

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Biba Ventures is a Computer Games company located in Vancouver.

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JOEZOO

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Next generation’ classwork assessment app that uses AI to automate student improvement while saving 80% of teacher time.

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nugget

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nugget is a recruiter company.

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Studyo

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Studyo is an educational sector to improve organisational, project management and planning skills for the students.

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Learndot

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Learndot offers a training and certification platform for businesses to build courses for employees, certify customers and educate partners.

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unilingo

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End to end voice translation platform for educational YouTube creators.

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Edusight

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Analytics and digital portfolio for K-12 education

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Oppimi

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Oppimi creates therapeutic tools for diagnosing and treating learning disabilities using a video-game approach.

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EruditeAI

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Augmenting Collective Intelligence

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LumenEd

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LumenEd is an online tutoring and education company. We help tutoring companies calm the chaos and increase access to high quality learning.

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Little Robot Friends

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They are Cute, programmable robots for learning code + electronics.

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Captual

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Captual offers ePresence, a system that allows organizations to capture rich media presentations for live or on-demand webcasting.

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Hubbli

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Centralized communication and information hubs for K12 schools.

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SoftServe

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SoftServe is a game-based learning and assessment platform for soft skills.

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HelpHub

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HelpHub instantly connects tutors and students over online messaging and tutoring calls.

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Voilà Learning

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Voilà Learning is a Tech-Ed organization that specializes in the language learning using Virtual Reality.

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Minute School

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Minute School helps students transition into and through higher education

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Velsoft

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Velsoft is the leading provider of customizable training materials, enabling customers to deliver high quality

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Mighty Cast, Inc (The Nex Band)

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Nex is a customizable wearable that allows you to create a new smartband every day, hour, or minute. Focus on social, gaming, and IoT.

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ChatterHigh

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ChatterHigh is a free, curriculum based, online edu-game that gamifies college and career preparation.

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Fit Factory Fitness

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Fit Factory is a personal training and boot camp fitness service in Toronto, Ontario.

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MoviWear

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Empowering Seniors to Live Independently

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Arts Umbrella

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Arts Umbrella is a company that provides visual and performing arts opportunities for young people ages 2 to 19.

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Modern Campus

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Modern Campus is a SaaS-based student lifecycle management software designed to manage continuing education and non-degree programs.

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Little Kitchen Academy

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Little Kitchen Academy is a Montessori-inspired cooking academy for kids ages 3 through 19.

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SMART Technologies

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SMART Technologies develops interactive whiteboards and group collaboration tools for classrooms and meeting rooms.

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Paigee Draw

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Paigee Draw is a social media network for artists and fans of their artwork.

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Acadium

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Acadium is making education free and accessible to anyone, anywhere.

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MakerKids

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MakerKids runs camps, programs and parties for kids on Coding, Robotics and Minecraft.

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Creation Crate

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Creation Crate is the developer of a subscription based educational tool created to promote and enhance STEM education.

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Nerdstudy

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Nerdstudy provides the highest quality of learning content for high school students across North America.

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Unlearn

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Unlearn is a company that enables human connection and understanding of a better quality of life.

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MakerBloks

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MakerBloks are electronic building blocks that combine real world play with a digital story.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada is a leading provider of quality after-school program.

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Discovr Labs

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We’re bringing virtual reality to education.

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Institute for Quantum Computing

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The Institute for Quantum Computing is a scientific research institute at the University of Waterloo.

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Rayku

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Rayku is a marketplace of tutors that lets students get on-demand help over their live shared whiteboard.

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