Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech Companies in Toronto, Canada
The 48 best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Toronto, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Kepler.
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 Toronto
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kepler Provider of internet connection to space services | $168M | 40 mo ago | Series C | Mina Mitry Co Founder & CEO | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — | — |
| 2 | Sherpa Provider of AI-powered visa and travel authorization compliance solutions | $11M | 63 mo ago | Series A | Ivan Sharko Co-Founder | 2015 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+21 | 3 patents Software version control and asset management systems | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 3 | Flash Forest Provider of AI and drone-based wildlife conservation and reforestation solutions | $10M | 39 mo ago | Series A | Bryce Jones Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | 6 patents Automated seed pod deployment systems for large‑scale afforestation and reforestation | 1 internship · 1 partnership |
| 4 | Drone Delivery Canada Provider of drone delivery services | $7M | 40 mo ago | Public | — | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | 43 patents Autonomous drone delivery logistics with secure communications, landing zone detection, and payload management | — |
| 5 | Deveron UAS Provider of drone data ag‑tech services | $6M | 66 mo ago | Public | David MacMillan Co-Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Skygauge Manufactures drones for industrial inspection | $3M | 70 mo ago | Seed | Linar Ismagilov Co-Founder | 2019 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+18 | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 7 | NanoWave Technologies Manufacturer of communication systems for space applications | $270K | 193 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1992 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | 29 patents RF/microwave signal generation and electronically tunable filtering solutions | — |
| 8 | Star Navigation Designs products for aviation industry | $118K | 83 mo ago | Public | — | 2000 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — |
Top 12 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Toronto
#1
Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015 · 143 employees$168Mraised▾
Provider of internet connection to space services. It provides users with broadband services with the help of their own fleet of satellites. It also provides users with optical services, band solutions, and payload technology solutions.
- Apr 2023Series C$92M
- 2021Series B$60M
- Jun 2021Series B$60M
- Oct 2018Series A$16M
#2
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2011 · 50 employees$7.1Mraised▾
Provider of drone delivery services. It offers solutions to customize, deploy and operate commercial drone delivery platforms. Its drones facilitate cargo delivery, and it offers drone-enabled services for the civilian, mining, oil and gas, healthcare, and military sectors.
- Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$54.7K
- Feb 2018Post IPO$7M
- Mar 2013Post IPO$24.7K
- Apr 2012Post IPO$20K
#3
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 29 employees$9.9Mraised▾
Provider of reforestation services intended to reforest the planet at a rapid pace. The company uses hardware, aerial mapping software, automation, and biological seed-pod technology to reforest post-harvest and post-wildfire areas, enabling businesses to offset enough carbon emissions in order to have a significant and measurable impact on climate change.
#4
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015 · 56 employees$11Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered visa and travel authorization compliance solutions. The company offers a platform to complete visa applications and check travel requirements. It provides embeddable elements to purchase travel authorizations directly from websites. The company also offers an API to integrate real-time visa and entry services into existing platforms.
- Apr 2021Series A$8.5M
- Oct 2020Seed$2.5M
#5
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2011 · 103 employees$6.3Mraised▾
Provider of drone data ag‑tech services. It is a platform that provides drone‑based data acquisition and analytics services to farmers and agribusinesses. It operates a network of pilots, sensors and software tools to deliver agricultural insights.
- Jan 2021Post IPO$4.6M
- Apr 2020Post IPO$700K
- Apr 2020Post IPO$655K
- Mar 2018Post IPO$406.6K
#6
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 15 employees$2.9Mraised▾
Skygauge designs and manufactures drones for industrial inspection applications. It has developed a drone that tilts four rotors to keep the main body stable and is equipped with a sensor that attaches to a metal structure, such as an oil rig, and collects corrosion data within a few seconds. Its drone can conduct inspections of large metal structures, like oil and gas facilities, offshore platforms, bridges, and ships.
- Oct 2020Seed$2.6M
- 2019Seed$250K
#7
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2000 · 38 employees$118Kraised▾
Star Navigation designs products and services for the aviation industry. Their products include Star-ISMS (In Flight Safety Monitoring System) used as an early warning system, detecting the earliest signs of potential problems; Star-ICG-S.M.A.R.T. (Situation Monitoring & Analysis in Real Time); STAR-ISMS-Medevac (Real-Time Telemedicine for Emergency Medical Evacuation by Air Transportation) and V-trk (Cost Effective Real-Time Flight Tracking). Its real-time capability of tracking performance trends and predicting incident-occurrence enhances aviation safety and improves fleet management while reducing costs for the operator.
- Sep 2019Post IPO$118K
#8
Funding Raised · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1992 · 200 employees$270.3Kraised▾
Manufacturer of communication systems for space applications. Its product portfolio includes radar and radio frequency-based transceivers, converters, thin films, and passive components. Its features include power efficiency, radiation hardiness up to a wide range of frequencies, and high output power. It caters to the new space, aerospace, defence, industrial, robotics, and communication sectors.
- Jul 2010Grant (prize money)$135.2K
- May 2010Grant (prize money)$135.2K
#9
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 17 employees$25Kraised▾
NeoJets is an app-based platform to discover & book chartered flights. Travelers can book an on-demand flight a few hours prior to the departure. It provides a payment card that includes VIP transfers, access to exclusive events, boutique hotels, restaurants & deals on luxury brands. It provides NeoCard Black, NeoCard Teal & Credit Card. Their app is available for iOS & Android devices.
- Seed$25K
#10
Funding Raised · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1986—raised▾
AUG Signals (Airborne Underwater Geophysical Systems) develops sensor systems and signal detection and processing systems for use in industrial and military applications. Its sensor systems can be mounted on UAVs for remote sensing or on land-based and maritime systems for target detection, as well as in urban settings for traffic monitoring. The collected data can be processed using AUG's online distributed processing capabilities.
- Apr 2022Grant (prize money)—
#11
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 4 employees—raised▾
Developer of aircraft braking systems intended to provide frictionless and virtually wear-free braking. The company's magnetic brake technology provides completely contactless, wear-free, and maintenance-free braking of large passenger jets, enabling airline companies to save cost in maintenance and operating costs per plane.
- May 2021Seed—
#12
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 48 employees—raised▾
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and data solutions company
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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How research on Launch Vehicles is moving in Canada
A read on the academic research around Launch Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 39 Canada-affiliated papers.
- 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
Where launch vehicles is researched across Canada
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.
Who's filing launch vehicles patents in Canada
Canada launch vehicles patent filing is accelerating — 29 filings from 7 assignees (2018–2025), led by Laboratoire Reaction Dynamics, Sheerin Geoffrey T, Renaud EARL W; annual filings 2→3.
- 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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