Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech Companies in British Columbia, Canada
The 66 best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in British Columbia, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Spexi.
Our analysis of 50 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies
$31.9b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in British Columbia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spexi Network providing on-demand, high-resolution aerial imagery through a drone pilot network | $17M | 18 mo ago | Series A | Bill Lakeland CEO | 2003 | WebflowSalesforceAmazon Web Services+24 | — | — |
| 2 | Fatigue Science Provider of sleep analyzing and tracking wearable devices | $11M | 76 mo ago | Series A | Andrew Morden CEO | 2006 | HubSpot CMS HubSentrySalesforce+26 | — | 3 partnerships |
| 3 | ACEL Power Developer of electric propulsion systems and related marine components | $10M | 23 mo ago | Series A | John Liu Co-CEO | 2021 | WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+38 | — | — |
| 4 | UrtheCast Provides satellite imagery services | $9M | 76 mo ago | Public | — | 2009 | — | 91 patents Advanced synthetic aperture radar imaging and processing for Earth observation and moving targets | — |
| 5 | Open Ocean Robotics Developer of autonomous uncrewed surface vehicles for maritime security and data | $6M | 20 mo ago | Seed | Julie Angus Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+15 | 4 patents Self-righting autonomous trimaran watercraft for offshore robotics operations. | 1 award |
| 6 | Helios Wire Building satellite-enabled monitoring and messaging service for IoT devices | $4M | 106 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 7 | FlightOffice Integrated cloud software for managing airline operations | $650K | 179 mo ago | Deadpooled | Lee Johnson Founder & CEO | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Avestec Technologies Provides aerial inspection services using drones | $594K | 52 mo ago | Funding Raised | Reza Tavakoli CEO & President | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Bionic Power Wearable charger packs | $106K | 23 mo ago | Series A | — | 2007 | WordPressMySQLZoho+18 | 59 patents Wearable robotic exoskeletons for gait assistance, rehabilitation, and energy harvesting | — |
Top 11 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in British Columbia
#1
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2003$17Mraised▾
Network providing on-demand, high-resolution aerial imagery through a drone pilot network. It offers standardized imagery products accessible through a world viewer, APIs, and ESRI-compatible tools. The network facilitates data requests, routing them to pilots for updated imagery. Industries use the imagery for infrastructure monitoring, emergency response, and urban innovation.
- Dec 2024Series A$11.5M
- Mar 2024Seed$5.5M
#2
Seed · Victoria, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 34 employees$6Mraised▾
Developer of autonomous uncrewed surface vehicles for maritime security and data. These solar-powered vehicles are designed for persistent operation in challenging waters. They provide real-time awareness and data collection for environmental monitoring and maritime security applications. The vehicles use edge artificial intelligence for vision and acoustic intelligence. They offer solutions for defense, research, offshore industries, and port monitoring.
- Oct 2024Seed$2M
- Jan 2022Seed$1.2M
- Dec 2021Seed$2.8M
- Jun 2019Grant (prize money)$100K
#3
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2021 · 12 employees$10Mraised▾
Developer of electric propulsion systems and related marine components. The company provides outboard motors, battery packs, power supplies, smart chargers, and onboard computers. Digital throttles and smart keys are also part of the integrated system. The company focuses on hardware and software integration for user-friendly electric solutions.
- Jul 2024Series A$10M
#4
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2009 · 10 employees$9.2Mraised▾
UrtheCast provides satellite imagery services. It offers various services including satellite imaging, data services, and analytics. It has a proprietary platform known as UrthePipeline that transforms satellite data into analytics-ready data. It provides analytics services for various industries including agriculture, commodities trading & logistics, and crop insurance & financial risk mitigation.
- Feb 2020Post IPO$1.6M
- Sep 2019Post IPO$5M
- Sep 2019Post IPO$2.2M
- Sep 2019Conventional Debt$2.7M
#5
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2006 · 40 employees$11.1Mraised▾
Fatigue Science has developed wearable devices to optimize sleep and manage fatigue in athletes, military, and organizations. The company's products include ReadiBand which is a wearable device used for tracking sleep and Readi analyzes those data to predicts sleep's impact on reaction time and cognitive effectiveness.
- Feb 2020Series A$3.2M
- Feb 2019Series A$7.6M
- Oct 2009Seed$300K
#6
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2007 · 19 employees$106Kraised▾
Bionic Power’s first product - the PowerWalk M-Series - was developed in collaboration with the Canadian Forces and the US Army. With a device on each leg, a user walking at a comfortable speed generates an average of 12 watts of electricity. Now the company is also planning to make such products that can have applications in healthcare, direct consumer applications like on a trip etc.
- Jul 2024Series A—
- Jan 2009Seed$29K
- May 2008Seed$27K
- Oct 2007Seed$50K
#7
Acqui-Hired · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2016 · 2 employees$4Mraised▾
Helios Wire is building satellite-enabled monitoring and messaging service for Internet of Things. Their priority mobile satellite system (MSS) S-band spectrum are specifically designed for ultra-high volume market applications requiring low bandwidth and low service costs. It is designed for both existing and emerging IoT and M2M applications, including the monitoring and controlling of both fixed and mobile assets in the transportation, logistics, security, energy, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, etc.
- Aug 2017Series A$4M
#8
Funding Raised · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2017$593.5Kraised▾
Avestec provides aerial inspection services using drones. It offers various services including ultrasonic thickness measurement, coating thickness measurement, visual inspection, defect detection & measurement, 3D model creation, and data analysis & post-processing. It has a proprietary smart tether package that enables unlimited flight time without using any lithium battery. It uses SKYRON-Visual (VMS-53) and SKYRON UCS53 drones for providing inspection services. It also has proprietary cloud-based software for providing inspection reports. It has various clients including Olympus, Shell Global, Foresight, BP, and many others.
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)$593.5K
- May 2021Grant (prize money)—
#9
Deadpooled · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2010 · 11 employees$650Kraised▾
FlightOffice is an integrated SaaS based software that allows airliners manage their operations. Its features include a centralized dashboard, flight planning, crew management, safety management, reporting and analytics, quoting and billing, maintenance tracking and many others. It is available on mobile too. Its pricing model is available on a per-aircraft basis.
- Jul 2011Seed$650K
#10
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2019 · 5 employees$18.4Kraised▾
Developer of technology for detection, identification, and neutralization of unmanned aerial vehicles. The company offers solutions for military, government, airports, seaports, and security applications. It provides systems with radio frequency, cellular, and global navigation satellite systems tracking capabilities. The technology can identify unmanned aerial vehicles and pilots using electro-optical and infra-red cameras.
- Sep 2020Seed$18.4K
#11
Funding Raised · Victoria, British Columbia—raised▾
Provider of drone mapping software for emergency response and resource management. The software facilitates the creation of maps from drone data, including orthomosaics, digital elevation models, and thermal imagery. Features include live streaming, automated hotspot detection, and color anomaly identification. The platform supports collaboration and data sharing, enabling real-time situational awareness for teams. Integration with various GIS platforms and applications is also provided. The software is designed for use in fire rescue, wildland fire management, emergency response, law enforcement, and resource management applications. Data security is prioritized through encryption and access controls.
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- Toronto Metropolitan University7
- McGill University6
- University of Waterloo3
- University of Toronto3
- Carleton University2
- Rocket (weapon)4
- Rocket engine3
- Aerospace engineering3
- Propulsion3
- Liquid-propellant rocket2
- Aerospace engineering6
- Rocket (weapon)5
- Rocket engine3
- Specific impulse2
- Rocket engine nozzle2
- Rocket (weapon)1→4
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Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
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- Laboratoire Reaction Dynamics15
- Sheerin Geoffrey T8
- Renaud EARL W5
- BAHN Patrick R E5
- Atlantis RES LABS2
- TGV Rockets1
- NAGY Zambo Thomas1
Common questions
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