Best Auto Tech Companies in Toronto, Canada
The 148 best Auto Tech companies in Toronto, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: TransPod.
Our analysis of 223 Auto Tech companies
$72.2b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Auto Tech companies in Toronto
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TransPod Developer of Hyperloop transportation | $565M | 50 mo ago | 23 | Ryan Janzen Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | Top 10M | 22 patents High‑speed maglev/linear guideway transport and plasma‑based power transmission systems. | — |
| 2 | Waabi 🦄 Developer of physical artificial intelligence platform for autonomous trucks and robotaxis | $284M | 4 mo ago | 127 | Raquel Urtasun Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22 | Top 5M | — | 1 award |
| 3 | Clutch Online-first dealer of used cars 74Funding top 18%Growth top 28%Moat top 31%Tech top 34% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Growthtop 28% Moattop 31% Techtop 34% Talenttop 38% Markettop 43% Globalbottom 38% Funding: Raised $127M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 6 yrs (1.3/yr) Growth: Web rank 500,000 → 100,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $127M | 17 mo ago | 203 | Stephen Seibel Co-Founder & COO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceFacebook Login+36 | Top 100k | — | 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 4 | AutoLeap SaaS-driven workshop management software for auto workshops | $53M | 38 mo ago | 168 | Rameez Ansari Co-Founder & Co-CEO | PHPCodeIgniterBootstrap+24 | Top 1M | — | 1 launch |
| 5 | SWTCH Provider of EV charging management systems | $38M | 12 mo ago | 76 | Carter Li CEO | RubyAuth0Auth0 Lock+31 | Top 1M | — | 1 partnership |
| 6 | ChargeLab Provider of electric vehicle station management solution | $30M | 38 mo ago | 48 | Ehsan Mokhtari Co-Founder & CTO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch |
| 7 | Tenet Computer Group Provider of auto financing solutions for buying electric vehicles 35Tech top 35%Talent top 38%Funding top 42%Fin. health bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 35% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 42% Fin. healthbottom 49% Globalbottom 45% Marketbottom 37% Growthbottom 25% Tech: 33 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $28M | 31 mo ago | 39 | Andreas Wallendahl Co-Founder & CEO | ContentfulSentryApple iCloud Mail+25 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 8 | eLeapPower Developer of powertrain system for multi-category electric vehicles | $16M | 54 mo ago | 28 | Russell Pullan CEO | — | — | 58 patents Electric vehicle onboard charging and wireless power integration with advanced power electronics | — |
| 9 | Joyride Provider of a SaaS-driven mobility solution for multi-vehicle rental companies | $9M | 27 mo ago | 30 | Vince Cifani Co-Founder & CEO | DokanCart FunctionalityWooCommerce+39 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 10 | ChargerQuest Operator of electric vehicle charging solutions | $3M | 60 mo ago | 3 | Christopher Misch Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | CarDoor Auto retailer of cars | $3M | 57 mo ago | 13 | — | Microsoft ASP.NETBootstrapKestrel+15 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 12 | HonkMobile App-based marketplace for parking spaces | $3M | 128 mo ago | 29 | Raj Iyer Co-Founder & Coo | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 13 | Tiny Mile Manufacturer of last-mile delivery robots for food delivery | $3M | 50 mo ago | 30 | Gellert Mattyus Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder | Google MapsGoogle CloudSvelte+6 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 14 | Velocia App-based rewards platform for mobility | $2M | 46 mo ago | 18 | Eldredge Bermingham Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Pantonium Web-based fleet routing and dispatching management software | $2M | 72 mo ago | 30 | — | — | — | 3 patents Optimizing real-time routing and dispatch for mass transit vehicle fleets | — |
| 16 | Fiix Online on-demand automotive repair service 11Product top 37%Innovation top 38%Patents top 42%Moat bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾Producttop 37% Innovationtop 38% Patentstop 42% Moatbottom 49% Fundingbottom 46% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 32% Marketbottom 8% Product: 0 product launch events in 12 mo · 8 distinct product lines Innovation: 11 patents (top 62% of patent-holders) · 10 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 11/100 | $2M | 105 mo ago | 3 | — | — | — | 11 patents AI-driven predictive maintenance and inventory optimization for industrial asset management | — |
| 17 | InVintory Inventory management suite for auto dealerships 37Tech top 33%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Product bottom 40% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 33% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Productbottom 40% Fundingbottom 37% Marketbottom 27% Globalbottom 25% Tech: 37 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $2M | 19 mo ago | 10 | Jeff Daiter Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowThree.jsStripe+23 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 18 | Panda Hub Provider of car detailing services | $1M | 25 mo ago | — | Abdullah Sharief Co-Founder | WordPressCart FunctionalityApple iCloud Mail+24 | Top 1M | — | — |
| 19 | TDot Performance Toronto-based online seller of performance auto parts 37Product top 22%Tech top 26%Innovation top 39%Growth top 45% All 7 signals ▾Producttop 22% Techtop 26% Innovationtop 39% Growthtop 45% Fundingbottom 31% Marketbottom 30% Globalbottom 25% Product: 7 distinct product lines · Company stage: PE Tech: 55 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $1M | 126 mo ago | 18 | — | Cart FunctionalityMagentoKlevu+41 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 20 | AutoServe1 Digital vehicle inspection tool for auto workshops | $605K | 123 mo ago | 30 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | Top 100k | — | — |
| 21 | InMotive Transmission systems for electric vehicle motors | $600K | 31 mo ago | 33 | — | — | — | 15 patents Segmented pulley transmission and actuator mechanisms for compact high‑torque robotics. | — |
| 22 | Kiwi Charge Platform offering a subscription model for electric vehicle charging | $500K | 4 mo ago | — | Abdel Ali Founder | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+9 | Top 50M | — | 1 job opening |
| 23 | Nuport AI-enabled platform offering autonomous driving solutions for trucks | $200K | 62 mo ago | 9 | Bao Xin Chen Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 24 | Passenger AI Passenger AI | $150K | 93 mo ago | — | Martin Shen CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Carity AI based customer engagement platform for automotive dealerships | $125K | 68 mo ago | — | Steven C Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Roll Scooter App-based platform offering electric kick-scooter sharing services | $120K | 59 mo ago | 10 | Richard Cao Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | nectar Provider of electric vehicle charging solutions | $100K | 37 mo ago | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Auto Tech companies in Toronto
#1
Waabi 🦄Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2021 · 127 employees$283.5Mraised▾
Developer of physical artificial intelligence platform for autonomous trucks and robotaxis. The platform enables scalability across various form factors, geographies, and environments. It utilizes a shared artificial intelligence model for both autonomous trucks and robotaxis. The company focuses on delivering safer and more efficient autonomous transportation solutions. It employs neural simulation and end-to-end artificial intelligence to set new standards for safety.
- Jan 2026Series C$750M
- Jun 2024Series B$200M
- Jan 2023Series A—
- Jun 2021Series A$83.5M
#2
Series D · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 203 employees$126.8Mraised▾
Online-first dealer of used cars. It buys cars from private owners, reconditions, and sells online after verification and testing. It also allows individuals to list cars for sale or to browse and purchase cars from other sellers. It also offer guranatee and return program.
- Jan 2025Series D$40.4M
- Jun 2024Series B$9.6M
- Jul 2023Series B$12.2M
- May 2022Conventional Debt$150M
#3
Series B · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2018 · 76 employees$38Mraised▾
Provider of EV charging management systems. Its features include an EV charging platform that optimises charging and revenue management for property owners. It networks chargers with the internet to enable remote monitoring, access control, energy metering, billing and payments. Its app enables the monitoring and management of charging. It is available across both Android and iOS platforms.
- Jun 2025Series B$4M
- Apr 2024Series B$27.2M
- Apr 2022Series A$10M
- Apr 2022Conventional Debt$3M
#4
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2023$500Kraised▾
Platform offering a subscription model for electric vehicle charging. It provides portable chargers delivered to customers. It offers Charging-as-a-Service for EV owners in existing buildings that lack the charging infrastructure due to retrofit costs and EV adoption.
- Feb 2026Seed$500K
#5
Series D · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015 · 23 employees$564.9Mraised▾
TransPod develops Hyperloop transportation. It offers a unique IP developed by TransPod brings the infrastructure cost down to the same as current high-speed transportation systems. It uses fundamental physics and engineering, aerodynamics, electromagnetics, theory, and computation to provide an optimized transportation system.
- Mar 2022Series D$550M
- Nov 2016Seed$20M
#6
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2018 · 10 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Invintory provides inventory management suite for the auto dealers. The company offers an OBD device that gets connected to the vehicle's port and offer a live dashboard that enables users to manage multiple assets types in a single location such as vehicle tracking, vehicle management, Anti-theft alerts & notifications, etc.
- Nov 2024Seed$2.3M
- Jun 2022Angel$1.5M
#7
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2021 · 39 employees$28Mraised▾
Provider of auto financing solutions for buying electric vehicles. The platform enables users to take financing for buying electric vehicles and claims to achieve the climate goals.
- Nov 2023Series A$10M
- Nov 2022Conventional Debt$25M
- Jul 2022Seed$18M
- 2021Seed—
#8
Series B · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 168 employees$53Mraised▾
SaaS-driven workshop management software for auto workshops. It offers operations management, job scheduling, digital inspections, invoicing, revenue management, customer satisfaction, real-time notifications, live shop performance tracking, data analytics, Google reviews, and more.
- Apr 2023Series B$30M
- Oct 2021Series A$18M
- Dec 2020Conventional Debt$1.3M
- Dec 2020Seed$5M
#9
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 48 employees$30Mraised▾
Provider of electric vehicle station management solution. It offers an OCPP-compliant software that manages, controls, and monetizes the EV charging stations. It also offers turnkey Level 2 and Level 3 EV charging infrastructures for offices, buildings, and homes.
- Apr 2023Series A$10M
- Apr 2023Venture Debt$5M
- May 2022Series A$15M
- Feb 2021Seed$4.3M
#10
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 30 employees$8.9Mraised▾
Joyride is a provider of a SaaS-driven mobility solutions for multi-vehicle rental companies. Users have to install the hardware on the bike to build cycling programs for the bike-sharing system, receive damage and maintenance alerts, and track the location of the bike. It offers an online platform to manage cycling events, generate reports and provide ride analytics.
- Mar 2024Series A$5.2M
- Jun 2021Seed$3.7M
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$282K
#11
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020$1Mraised▾
Provider of car detailing services. It provides professional mobile car detailing across the U.S. and Canada. Every job is handled by trained, background-checked pros who follow a strict 45-point checklist for consistent results. We offer full interior and exterior detailing at your home, office, or anywhere you park. Our team includes IDA-certified professionals with years of hands-on experience. With over 10,000 five-star reviews, Panda Hub is trusted by families, commuters, and car owners who care about quality, convenience, and transparency.
- May 2024Seed$1M
#12
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 28 employees$16.5Mraised▾
Developer of powertrain system for multi-category electric vehicles. The company develops powertrain system that claims to optimize battery performance. It offers solutions for various electric vehicles like cars, commercial vehicles, etc. It offers features like bidirectional charging, charge from renewable energy sources like wind and solar, etc.
- Dec 2021Series A$16.5M
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How research on Autonomous Vehicles in Toronto is moving
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles in Toronto — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 65 papers.
University of Toronto leads Toronto's autonomous-vehicles research (65 papers, stance +0.45).
- University of Toronto39
- Toronto Metropolitan University26
- Computer security4
- Computer network3
- Convolutional neural network2
- Focus (optics)2
- Information privacy2
- Trajectory4
- Kinematics4
- Geometric design4
- Reinforcement learning4
- Human–computer interaction3
- Transport engineering3
- Object detection2
- Circular economy2
- Sustainability2
- State (computer science)2
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