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59 hardware startups in Canada have raised money in rounds we track. These are the 50 that have raised the most, $1.1B between them, with Toronto the most common home.
Taalas is creating a platform for quickly turning any AI model into custom silicon.
Founded 2023Toronto, Canada$169Mlast round Feb 2026Photonic develops quantum computing and networking technologies, utilizing silicon spin qubits and native telecom networking interface.
Founded 2016Coquitlam, Canada$131Mlast round Jan 2026E2IP Technologies is a global leader in printed electronics, advanced material science, and Human Machine Interface (HMI) solutions, based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Founded 1980Montreal, Canada$120Mlast round Apr 2023Nord Quantique is a Canadian startup based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, focused on developing fault-tolerant quantum computers.
Founded 2020Sherbrooke, Canada$57Mlast round Oct 2026Peraso Technologies is a fabless semiconductor company developing multi-gigabit, millimeter wave single-chip transceivers for phones.
Founded 2008Canada$53Mlast round Oct 2014Laserax is a Quebec-based manufacturer specializing in industrial laser systems and turnkey solutions.
Founded 2010Quebec City, Canada$46Mlast round Oct 2024Liquid Computing was an information technology company founded in 2003 and based in Ottawa, Canada, with additional offices in Stamford, Connecticut.
Founded 2003Ottawa, Canada$44Mlast round Nov 2009Mechasys is a Montreal-based construction technology startup founded in March 2018 by three engineering students.
Founded 2018Montreal, Canada$23Mlast round Aug 2025GaN Systems offers a range of Gallium Nitride high power switching diodes and transistors for clean tech power conversion applications.
Founded 2008Canada$20Mlast round May 2015Astrus is a Toronto-based artificial intelligence startup founded in 2022, focusing on AI-driven Electronic Design Automation (EDA) for analog microchip layout design.
Founded 2022Toronto, Canada$20Mlast round Sept 2026Greentank Technologies is a premier manufacturer specializing in advanced aerosolization and vaporization technologies, primarily for the cannabis industry.
Founded 2016Toronto, Canada$20Mlast round Jul 2026ViXS Systems offers technologies and solutions for processing, managing, securing and distributing high quality video and audio.
Founded 2000Canada$19Mlast round Jun 2013Lumenpulse provides sustainable, high-performance LED lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments.
Founded 2006Longueuil, Canada$16Mlast round Aug 2011Eocycle Technologies Inc.
Founded 2001Montreal, Canada$15Mlast round Apr 2024LED Roadway Lighting is a manufacturer of wireless streetlight controllers, micro-sensors, software, and energy LED streetlights.
Founded 2019Halifax, Canada$14Mlast round Mar 2014Femtum provides mid-infrared pulsed fibre lasers, fibre amplifiers, and tunable lasers for medical and industrial use.
Founded 2017Quebec City, Canada$13Mlast round Aug 2026Hyperlume Inc.
Founded -Ottawa, Canada$13Mlast round Feb 2025CoolIT Systems is engaged in the design and manufacture of electronic cooling systems and system integration services.
Founded 2001Calgary, Canada$10Mlast round Oct 2011Potentia Semiconductor Corporation provides power management solutions, such as PS-2402 and PS-2404 to the flat panel display industry.
Founded 2000Canada$8.0Mlast round Jul 2005The future of hardware design (YC W11)
Founded 2010Toronto, Canada$6.8Mlast round Mar 2014Croptimistic Technology Inc.
Founded 2018Saskatoon, Canada$5.2Mlast round Jun 2021Vizimax manufactures automation systems for grid modernization products, making the electric grid more efficient with less network outages.
Founded 1988Longueuil, Canada$4.1Mlast round Jan 2012Nuvyyo reinvents home media experience for consumers in the U.S.
Founded 2010Canada$4.0Mlast round Nov 2013AnyWare Group provides remote access solutions for hospitals and healthcare organizations in North America.
Founded 1999Canada$3.7Mlast round Oct 2005GPHY is a web platform that develops a hybrid workspace management IoT ecosystem.
Founded 2018Québec, Canada$3.6Mlast round Oct 2024Stromcore is a designer and manufacturer of Lithium-Ion forklift batteries.
Founded 2016Mississauga, Canada$3.5Mlast round May 2023Alentic Microscience is a Halifax-based microscopy company that has developed a new imaging device
Founded 2010Halifax, Canada$3.0Mlast round Mar 2019Acuva’s purification system is a novel water treatment concept
Founded 2014Vancouver, Canada$3.0Mlast round May 2022Lowest Cost Networked Lighting Control Solution in The Industry
Founded 2009Canada$2.8Mlast round Jun 2015Tarquin Group is a diversified industrial technology company offering custom and standard laser-based material processing systems and parts.
Founded 2004Canada$2.6Mlast round Feb 2007FIBOS is into creating advanced optical measurements by replacing conventional electrical sensors.
Founded 2016Canada$2.2Mlast round Feb 2019LUCID Vision Labs designs and manufactures innovative machine vision cameras and components that utilize the latest technologies.
Founded 2017Richmond, Canada$1.5Mlast round Oct 2024Novonix Battery Testing Services provides revolutionary clean energy solutions for the battery industry.
Founded -Bedford, Canada$1.0Mlast round Mar 2022G2V develops and commercializes technology that will enable food production for a growing population.
Founded 2015Edmonton, Canada$1.0Mlast round Feb 2020Triacta Power Technologies develops multipoint energy management meters for commercial, institutional, and residential applications.
Founded 2003Carleton Place, Canada$887Klast round Oct 2006Dream Photonics is a technology spin-off from UBC combining decades of academic and industry experience.
Founded -Vancouver, Canada$804Klast round May 2026COM DEV designs and manufactures space-qualified passive microwave equipment, specialized electronics, and optical subsystems.
Founded 1974Canada$616Klast round Jun 2012Omniply makes it possible to create any thin film electronic device (such as sensors, displays, memory) on flexible substrates.
Founded 2018Montréal, Canada$571Klast round Jun 2025Phybridge offers a complete IP network for voice and data that allows users to centrally converge with the LANs.
Founded 2006Oakville, Canada$500Klast round Mar 2009Minuum is a mobile application that provides users with a smaller keyboard, taking up less of the screen.
Founded 2012Canada$500Klast round Feb 2014Forge Automation is a software that used in software enabled factories to manufacture CNC parts.
Founded -Toronto, Canada$500Klast round Mar 2025We believe technology should be a bridge to new levels of productivity and creativity.
Founded 2012Canada$460Klast round Nov 2014Hybrid Power Solutions is a designer and manufacturer of completely fuel-free generators.
Founded -Mississauga, Canada$396Klast round Jun 2024Clear Metals develops and commercialises metal oxide technology.
Founded 2012North Vancouver, Canada$213Klast round Jan 2014Companies whose funding rounds we classed as this sector, ranked by the total they have raised in rounds we hold. Nobody pays to be on a list.
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