Highline Beta

Highline BETA is a startup co-creation company that launches new ventures with leading corporations and founders. Through startup co-creation, the firm helps to identify industry opportunities and to launch and co-invest in a new startup. It invests in startups through corporate accelerator programs and in co-creations with corporate partners. Highline BETA was founded in 2017 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Marcus Daniels

CEO and Founding Partner

Erik Garbin

Head of Venture Strategy

Paige Halam-Andres

Managing Director, Innovation

Lauren Robinson

General Partner

29 past transactions

Moselle

Seed Round in 2024
Moselle is an AI-powered platform designed to assist small and mid-sized e-commerce brands with inventory planning and procurement management. The company provides a trade financing solution that enables merchants to streamline and automate their inventory replenishment and allocation processes. Its platform includes services for trade financing and currency exchange, offering insights into the true costs associated with shipments. By enhancing financial literacy and accessibility, Moselle's technology equips businesses with the tools necessary to track their imports accurately from purchase through delivery.

Flora

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Flora Fertility is dedicated to empowering the next generation of parents by putting the control of reproductive health outcomes back where they belongs—in your hands. It aims to revolutionize how women's health and family building are approached, making fertility care more accessible, transparent, and personalized. By reimagining the financial and medical aspects of family planning, we help you navigate the journey to parenthood with greater confidence, ease, and support, ensuring that your fertility choices align with your personal goals and circumstances.

Walnut Insurance

Series A in 2024
Walnut Insurance is a technology company specializing in embedded insurance infrastructure for retailers, financial services providers, and consumer platforms. The firm enables businesses to seamlessly integrate insurance offerings into their products, addressing previous barriers to incorporation. By providing a core infrastructure and a wide array of insurance products, Walnut allows partners to deliver simple and convenient digital-first purchasing experiences. This approach enhances accessibility across various insurance types, including life and property & casualty, and empowers customers to secure coverage in minutes, thereby transforming the way insurance is integrated into everyday consumer experiences.

Requity

Venture Round in 2024
Requity Homes Inc. aims to provide a fair and flexible alternative to traditional home ownership in Canada through its innovative rent-to-own program. This technology-enabled real estate platform allows aspiring home buyers to live in their desired homes while gradually saving for a down payment. By covering costs such as land transfer taxes, lawyer fees, and other closing expenses at the time of purchase, Requity enables renters to accumulate savings on a monthly basis. This modernized approach facilitates a smoother transition to homeownership, making it more accessible for individuals looking to invest in their future.

Structa

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Structa is an AI-Powered Real Estate Investment Analysis B2B SaaS Platform, designed to streamline the real estate investment workflow for developers, investors, lenders, brokers and appraisers.

Carbonhound

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Carbonhound is a carbon management software platform specifically designed for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) aiming to transition to a low-carbon economy. The platform simplifies the process of managing carbon footprints, allowing businesses to identify, reduce, and finance their climate actions without requiring specialized knowledge. Carbonhound offers a range of products, including tools for data management, access to a network of carbon consultants, marketing and verification services, and solutions for acquiring carbon credits. By utilizing science-based standards, Carbonhound empowers SMEs to effectively measure and mitigate their climate impact.

Walnut Insurance

Seed Round in 2022
Walnut Insurance is a technology company specializing in embedded insurance infrastructure for retailers, financial services providers, and consumer platforms. The firm enables businesses to seamlessly integrate insurance offerings into their products, addressing previous barriers to incorporation. By providing a core infrastructure and a wide array of insurance products, Walnut allows partners to deliver simple and convenient digital-first purchasing experiences. This approach enhances accessibility across various insurance types, including life and property & casualty, and empowers customers to secure coverage in minutes, thereby transforming the way insurance is integrated into everyday consumer experiences.

ChargeLab

Series A in 2022
ChargeLab Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in developing and manufacturing electronic vehicle charging stations and a management platform for electric vehicle charging. Founded in 2015, ChargeLab offers a hardware-agnostic software solution that optimizes and operates various EV charging equipment, making them smarter and easier to use. The company's platform connects, monetizes, and controls charging stations, providing affordable turnkey services that include hardware, software, and installation. ChargeLab serves a diverse clientele, including government entities, multi-national real estate investment trusts, parking operators, and property managers, enabling them to deploy and manage extensive networks of charging stations efficiently.

Requity

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Requity Homes Inc. aims to provide a fair and flexible alternative to traditional home ownership in Canada through its innovative rent-to-own program. This technology-enabled real estate platform allows aspiring home buyers to live in their desired homes while gradually saving for a down payment. By covering costs such as land transfer taxes, lawyer fees, and other closing expenses at the time of purchase, Requity enables renters to accumulate savings on a monthly basis. This modernized approach facilitates a smoother transition to homeownership, making it more accessible for individuals looking to invest in their future.

Harbr

Convertible Note in 2022
Harbr Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in developing artificial intelligence (AI) software tailored for the construction management sector. Founded in 2016 and based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Harbr's software solutions aim to organize and manage project data effectively, ensuring that construction projects stay on schedule. The company offers a range of products, including a construction super schedule that features daily logs for user protection, tools for team connectivity on job sites, and enterprise solutions that link multiple job sites and teams together. Additionally, Harbr provides an embedded credit onboarding platform designed for lenders and credit bureaus, which simplifies the collection and transformation of unstructured business credit and payment data. This comprehensive approach streamlines the qualification process through document evaluation, data extraction, and decision insights, enhancing cost-effectiveness and scalability for businesses.

Relay Platform

Seed Round in 2021
Relay Platform Inc. is a developer of an online Software-as-a-Service solution designed to streamline the reinsurance and large insurance placement process for ceding teams, underwriters, and brokers. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Relay's platform offers a single-entry, multi-carrier comparative-rating solution that facilitates the handling of all property and casualty lines. It supports both instant API and email quoting, regardless of complexity, thereby enabling brokers to efficiently secure and compare quotes. By organizing placement information and communications in one centralized location, Relay enhances brokers' ability to create competitive proposals, ultimately increasing their close and renewal rates.

ChargeLab

Seed Round in 2021
ChargeLab Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in developing and manufacturing electronic vehicle charging stations and a management platform for electric vehicle charging. Founded in 2015, ChargeLab offers a hardware-agnostic software solution that optimizes and operates various EV charging equipment, making them smarter and easier to use. The company's platform connects, monetizes, and controls charging stations, providing affordable turnkey services that include hardware, software, and installation. ChargeLab serves a diverse clientele, including government entities, multi-national real estate investment trusts, parking operators, and property managers, enabling them to deploy and manage extensive networks of charging stations efficiently.

Aifred Health

Seed Round in 2020
Aifred Health Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in developing a deep-learning clinical decision support tool aimed at enhancing personalized medicine in psychiatry. Founded in 2017, Aifred Health addresses the longstanding challenges associated with the trial-and-error approach to treatment selection in depression, which is a leading cause of medical impairment. The company's application software features treatment prediction, interpretability, patient data tracking, and electronic patient record capabilities. By processing de-identified data, Aifred's AI model generates tailored therapeutic options for individual patients, enabling clinicians to make more informed decisions among various treatment options that may appear effective at a population level but vary significantly in effectiveness for individuals.

Walnut Insurance

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Walnut Insurance is a technology company specializing in embedded insurance infrastructure for retailers, financial services providers, and consumer platforms. The firm enables businesses to seamlessly integrate insurance offerings into their products, addressing previous barriers to incorporation. By providing a core infrastructure and a wide array of insurance products, Walnut allows partners to deliver simple and convenient digital-first purchasing experiences. This approach enhances accessibility across various insurance types, including life and property & casualty, and empowers customers to secure coverage in minutes, thereby transforming the way insurance is integrated into everyday consumer experiences.

Sparcblock

Seed Round in 2020
Sparcblock is a streamlined B2B transaction, reducing data entry and paperwork and eliminating reconciliation that helps small businesses reduce processing time, increase efficiency, and save money through invoicing, approval, posting, and payment.

Emma

Seed Round in 2020
Emma is a family-centric insurance platform that makes buying life insurance easy, affordable and accessible. Our solution leverages big data to underwrite our insurance products, and we've built a proprietary chat platform that allows our customers to get on-demand advice from our experts. Emma combines innovative technology and insurance expertise to simplify and accelerate the life insurance buying process.

Rivvi

Seed Round in 2020
Rivvi is a fintech company that offers an autonomous payroll platform designed to automate payroll processes for businesses. This platform calculates payroll immediately after each shift, allowing employees to access their earnings instantly. By eliminating manual tasks and expediting salary processing, Rivvi enhances operational efficiency, ultimately benefiting both the financial health of employees and the overall bottom line of businesses.

Otis AI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Otis AI is a digital marketing platform tailored for startups and small businesses, enabling them to launch data-driven advertising campaigns across multiple social media channels such as Facebook, Instagram, Google, TikTok, and YouTube. The platform allows users to integrate their existing systems and leverage their own customer and transaction data to automate various marketing tasks, including retargeting and performance optimization. Designed for ease of use, it requires no specialized knowledge, allowing businesses to create and launch tailored campaigns quickly. Otis AI boasts impressive results, with clients reporting an average return on ad spend of 10 times and significant improvements in ad effectiveness. The platform also provides real-time analytics, helping companies maximize their marketing investments through comprehensive campaign management. Recognized for its innovation, Otis AI has received accolades from notable platforms and competitions, underscoring its effectiveness in driving business growth.

Homewise

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Homewise operates an online platform that streamlines the mortgage process by utilizing data intelligence and predictive technology. The company simplifies the experience for home buyers by automating the search for mortgage options from over 30 banks and lenders, ensuring clients receive tailored solutions that best fit their financial needs. Homewise eliminates the complexities associated with traditional mortgage processes through a straightforward online application and dedicated personal Advisors who provide guidance throughout each step. The service is offered at no cost to clients, aiming to save them both time and money while delivering transparent mortgage options.

Paper & Coin

Seed Round in 2020
Paper & Coin aims to transform the way young adults think about and handle their money through financial coaching, courses, and content that helps Millennials eliminate debt, build wealth, and live the life of their dreams.

Dryrun

Venture Round in 2020
Dryrun is a cash flow management software that focuses on helping businesses manage their cash inflows and outflows effectively. Targeting companies with annual revenues between $1 million and $100 million, Dryrun is particularly suited for those facing volatile cash flow challenges. The software provides features such as cash flow projections, pipeline visualization, scenario creation, budget and sales forecasts, and profit analysis. By offering these tools, Dryrun enables CFOs and financial professionals to gain insights into their business's financial state and make informed operational decisions.

BanQu

Series A in 2020
BanQu, Inc. operates a blockchain-based economic identity technology platform that aims to create economic opportunities for refugees and individuals living in extreme poverty. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with additional operations in Austin and Miami, the company addresses challenges such as refugee crises and resource distribution in conflict zones. BanQu's platform facilitates compliance and financial inclusion for the unbanked population by providing a secure, immutable record of economic transactions and digital identities. It assists businesses and organizations in automating compliance and tracking aid, while also enhancing supply chain resilience through detailed sourcing insights. The company's strategic partnership with RippleNami further extends its capabilities in promoting economic growth and social enterprise revenue streams.

ChargeLab

Seed Round in 2020
ChargeLab Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in developing and manufacturing electronic vehicle charging stations and a management platform for electric vehicle charging. Founded in 2015, ChargeLab offers a hardware-agnostic software solution that optimizes and operates various EV charging equipment, making them smarter and easier to use. The company's platform connects, monetizes, and controls charging stations, providing affordable turnkey services that include hardware, software, and installation. ChargeLab serves a diverse clientele, including government entities, multi-national real estate investment trusts, parking operators, and property managers, enabling them to deploy and manage extensive networks of charging stations efficiently.

Relay Platform

Seed Round in 2020
Relay Platform Inc. is a developer of an online Software-as-a-Service solution designed to streamline the reinsurance and large insurance placement process for ceding teams, underwriters, and brokers. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Relay's platform offers a single-entry, multi-carrier comparative-rating solution that facilitates the handling of all property and casualty lines. It supports both instant API and email quoting, regardless of complexity, thereby enabling brokers to efficiently secure and compare quotes. By organizing placement information and communications in one centralized location, Relay enhances brokers' ability to create competitive proposals, ultimately increasing their close and renewal rates.

Moselle

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Moselle is an AI-powered platform designed to assist small and mid-sized e-commerce brands with inventory planning and procurement management. The company provides a trade financing solution that enables merchants to streamline and automate their inventory replenishment and allocation processes. Its platform includes services for trade financing and currency exchange, offering insights into the true costs associated with shipments. By enhancing financial literacy and accessibility, Moselle's technology equips businesses with the tools necessary to track their imports accurately from purchase through delivery.

Drop

Series B in 2019
Drop is a personalized commerce platform that enhances consumer experiences by connecting users with over 400 partner brands to earn rewards for their purchases. The platform utilizes machine learning to tailor offers and recommendations, ensuring that consumers receive relevant rewards at optimal times. With a focus on serving Millennials and Generation Z, Drop facilitates a seamless shopping experience, allowing users to earn points on both online and offline transactions, as well as through survey completions. Headquartered in Toronto, Drop has expanded its reach to over 4 million members across North America and the UK, aiming to improve everyday consumer lives through its innovative e-commerce and fintech solutions.

Andela

Series D in 2019
Andela is a company that specializes in recruiting and managing software developers, primarily from emerging markets, and providing them with the necessary training and mentorship to succeed in the global tech landscape. Founded in 2014 and based in Lagos, Nigeria, Andela operates a significant marketplace for skilled digital talent, leveraging an AI-powered platform known as Andela Talent Cloud. This platform enhances the efficiency of matching companies with qualified developers, allowing clients to hire talent quickly and cost-effectively. Andela supports companies in various aspects of hiring, including compliance and payroll, while offering a diverse talent pool skilled in advanced technologies such as application development, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing. With a presence in over 135 countries, Andela connects businesses with vetted remote engineers, helping them scale their teams and meet project demands effectively. Notable clients include GitHub, Mastercard Foundry, and Mindshare.

Female Funders

Acquisition in 2017
Women around the world continue to climb the corporate ladder, gain financial independence and amass personal wealth at unprecedented rates. We believe that these women are the angel investors of tomorrow - helping to support the next generation of entrepreneurs, while learning and having a lot of fun along the way.

MedStack

Angel Round in 2017
MedStack, Inc. is a Canadian company based in Toronto that operates an end-to-end cloud developer platform specifically designed for healthcare applications. Founded in 2015, the platform provides developers with tools to address critical challenges in data privacy, security, and interoperability. MedStack offers a comprehensive solution that combines automated cloud data security with pre-written compliance policies aligned with industry standards such as HIPAA and ISO 27001. This approach reduces the time and cost of developing integrated, patient-centric healthcare applications by 60%. The platform has gained recognition for its effectiveness, being integrated by numerous digital health companies and endorsed by prestigious healthcare institutions like Cedars-Sinai and the NHS. Its capabilities include a standards-oriented cloud database and healthcare workflow building blocks that facilitate compliance and streamline system integration, enabling developers to build, launch, and scale compliant applications efficiently.
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