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NEXT Canada's AI portfolio
NEXT Canada has backed 10 AI startups in rounds we track, $13M between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Proto.
Funding by segment
- Pre-seed and seed$12M8
- Stage not reported$569K2
Where they are based
- Canada9$9.9M
- United States1$3.0M
Canada
United StatesFounded
1 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M5
- $1M to $10M5
- $10M to $50M0
- $50M to $250M0
- $250M to $1B0
- $1B and over0
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
8 of 10 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- Canada9
- United States1
Startups by country, 2 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Pre-seed and seed
8 startups · $12M raised
LucidAI platform extracting insights out of images and videos to serve the best content to convert usersUnited States$3.0M
CryptoNumericsUse data to gain insights while protecting people’s privacyCanada$2.5M
BabblyBabbly is an AI-powered platform and mobile app focused on tracking and supporting infants' speech and language development from bCanada$2.5M
CivalgoCivalgo is a Montreal-based construction technology company founded in 2017 by Alexandre Champoux, Gabriel Croteau, and Samuel Croteau.Canada$1.6M- SSenso.aiCanada$1.6M
Kelsen Legal Technologies Inc.Kelsen is developing Kelsen Draft to help legal professional to save time developing complex texts with power of AI.Canada$725K
Erode AIErode AI is a Canadian ClimateTech company based in Charlottetown, founded in 2021.Canada$325K
Arkangel AIArkangel AI is a Canadian-founded AI-as-a-service platform established in 2019, with corporate offices in Montreal, Canada, and BoCanada$75K
Stage not reported
2 startups · $569K raised
- DBDeep BiologicsDeep Biologics specializes in AI enhanced discovery of biologics to fast track therapeutic and diagnostic product development.Canada$300K
Shaddari TherapeuticsShaddari leverages data with their artificial intelligence based APIs to build decision support tools in healthcare.Canada$269K
How this map is made. Every startup here works in AI and has raised money in a round we track that names NEXT Canada as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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