Radar · High Tech in Quebec
Best High Tech Companies in Quebec, Canada
The 220 best High Tech companies in Quebec, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Blockstream.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
220companies tracked
$1.3Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
56have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · HIGH TECH × QUEBEC
Our analysis of 81 High Tech companies
$6.8b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
81companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
8unicorns
2017median founding year
336kcombined LinkedIn audience
47%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best High Tech companies in Quebec
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blockstream 🦄 Developer of blockchain-based platform building crypto-financial infrastructure 60Funding top 21%Tech top 27%Moat top 28%Growth top 39% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Techtop 27% Moattop 28% Growthtop 39% Producttop 40% Customerstop 40% Globaltop 42% Markettop 49% Talentbottom 49% Newsbottom 45% Innovationbottom 39% Patentsbottom 39% Funding: Raised $651M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 12 yrs (0.6/yr) Tech: 57 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $651M | 20 mo ago | Series C | 30 | Adam Back Co-Founder & CEO | Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityShopify+26 | 8 patents Confidential transaction privacy and cross-chain asset transfer via sidechains in blockchain networks | 1 launch |
| 2 | BrainBox AI Developer of an AI platform for building HVAC system optimization 60AI top 20%Funding top 27%Moat top 31%Patents top 38% All 12 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 27% Moattop 31% Patentstop 38% Talenttop 38% Innovationtop 46% Producttop 47% Markettop 48% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 46% Growthbottom 42% Newsbottom 24% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $103M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $103M | 35 mo ago | Acquired | 170 | Sean Neely Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21 | 16 patents AI-optimized HVAC control systems for commercial building energy management | — |
| 3 | StreamingFast Multi-chain decentralized infrastructure for open-source protocols | $60M | 60 mo ago | Funding Raised | 11 | Mathieu Boulianne Co-Founder and CEO | WebflowjsDelivrGoogle Hosted Libraries+8 | — | — |
| 4 | Kinova Developer of robotic arms for personal assistance and research purposes 69Patents top 20%Innovation top 27%Moat top 28%Funding top 33% All 11 signals ▾Patentstop 20% Innovationtop 27% Moattop 28% Fundingtop 33% Talenttop 34% Techtop 38% Growthtop 45% Markettop 46% Producttop 49% Globalbottom 45% Newsbottom 27% Patents: 83 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 41 filings since 2022 vs 28 in 2017-21 Innovation: 83 patents (top 12% of patent-holders) · 41 filings since 2022 vs 28 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $57M | 52 mo ago | Series B | 243 | Charles Deguire Co-Founder & CEO | Craft CMSPHPYii+23 | 83 patents Modular robotic manipulators with protected joints, advanced admittance control, and teachable interfaces | 1 partnership |
| 5 | Vosker Provider of smart security mobile cameras | $47M | 24 mo ago | Series A | 324 | Jimmy Angers Founder | Amazon WebstoreCart FunctionalitySalesforce Commerce Cloud+30 | — | — |
| 6 | H2O Innovation Provider of comprehensive solutions for water, wastewater, and water reuse | $39M | 79 mo ago | Acquired | 534 534 → 591 (+11%) | Frederic Dugre President & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | 18 patents Advanced permeate conduit and fluid handling components for reverse osmosis and irrigation systems | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 7 | Distech Controls Building management solutions | $37M | 158 mo ago | Acquired | 190 | — | SitecoreVideoJSYouTube+27 | 189 patents AI-driven IoT control of HVAC and building environmental systems | 1 partnership · 2 awards |
| 8 | Spypoint Online retailer of trail cameras, accessories, and transmission plans for scouting | $35M | 76 mo ago | Series C | 378 | — | Amazon WebstoreCart FunctionalityApple iCloud Mail+34 | — | — |
| 9 | XpertSea Shrimp farming platform optimizing production with AI and data analytics | $29M | 58 mo ago | Series B | 60 | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+16 | 29 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 10 | Crescendo Systems Clinical documentation, digital dictation, speech recognition, transcription and workflow management software | $28M | 161 mo ago | Public | 44 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — | 3 launchs |
| 11 | Robotiq Makes tools for automation and flexible robotics grippers 60Tech top 26%Patents top 35%Moat top 38%Talent top 38% All 12 signals ▾Techtop 26% Patentstop 35% Moattop 38% Talenttop 38% Partnerstop 41% Fundingtop 43% Innovationtop 45% Growthtop 45% Producttop 46% Markettop 49% Globalbottom 40% Newsbottom 21% Tech: 52 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Patents: 44 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 13 filings since 2022 vs 25 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $23M | 90 mo ago | Series A | 143 | Vincent Duchaine Co-Founder | HubSpot CMS HubSentryZendesk+29 | 44 patents Adaptive gripper and magnetic actuation technologies for collaborative robot end‑effectors | 2 launchs |
| 12 | Extend AI Developer of document processing toolkit providing parsing, extraction, and splitting | $17M | 12 mo ago | Series A | 11 | — | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+19 | — | — |
| 13 | Quantum eMotion Developer of quantum random number generators and quantum-safe cybersecurity solutions | $17M | 12 mo ago | Public | — | Francis Bellido CEO | Node.jsTailwind CSSNext.js App Router+16 | 7 patents Blockchain wallet software, hardware key generation, and analog random-number generation circuits. | 1 expansion |
| 14 | Essential Blockchain-based layer infrastructure platform | $16M | 22 mo ago | Series A | — | Liesl Eichholz Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 15 | Bot Press Provider of a platform for building and deploying AI agent solutions 69AI top 20%Funding top 34%Growth top 35%Talent top 38% All 10 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 34% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Techtop 40% Producttop 49% Marketbottom 45% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 32% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $15.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $15M | 11 mo ago | Series B | 33 | Justin Watson Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | — | 1 launch |
| 16 | Airy 3D Developer of a 3D computer vision platform | $14M | 95 mo ago | Series A | 28 | Ji-Ho Cho Co-Founder & Vice President Advanced Research | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | 1 partnership |
| 17 | Boreas Technologies Low-power IC chips | $12M | 31 mo ago | Series B | 45 | Simon Chaput Founder & CEO | — | — | 4 launchs |
| 18 | Korbit Platform providing AI powered code review solutions | $10M | 36 mo ago | Deadpooled | 32 | Iulian Serban Founder | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Clarity+20 | — | — |
| 19 | Immervision Provider of end-to-end camera and imaging systems and software | $10M | 82 mo ago | Early Stage | 29 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+37 | 95 patents Miniature wide-angle optics and computational dewarping for panoramic imaging systems | 2 job openings |
| 20 | wrnch Platform for machine learning on edge devices | $9M | 84 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 38 | — | — | 29 patents Computer vision for human pose, activity recognition, depth estimation, and camera calibration | — |
| 21 | Woozworld Provider of a social virtual and gaming community platform | $9M | 177 mo ago | Acquired | 50 | — | NginxAmazon Web Servicescore-js+1 | — | — |
| 22 | Flare Provider of threat exposure management platform that detects and remediates risks 62Tech top 24%Talent top 28%Funding top 34%Moat top 39% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 24% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 34% Moattop 39% Growthtop 43% Marketbottom 48% Globalbottom 36% Tech: 55 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $9M | 7 mo ago | Series B | 50 | Israel Halle Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+34 | — | — |
| 23 | Maluuba Online platform for natural language processing solutions | $8M | 124 mo ago | Acquired | 22 | — | — | 75 patents Natural language understanding and dialogue systems, especially machine reading comprehension. | — |
| 24 | Smooch Omnichannel conversation platform | $8M | 118 mo ago | Acquired | 60 | — | AlgoliaGatsbyReact+15 | — | — |
| 25 | Nord Quantique Manufacturer of superconducting qubits 50AI top 15%Innovation top 28%Patents top 32%Funding top 35% All 10 signals ▾AItop 15% Innovationtop 28% Patentstop 32% Fundingtop 35% Moattop 38% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 39% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 25% Newsbottom 18% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Innovation: 27 patents (top 44% of patent-holders) · 27 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $7M | 1 mo ago | Series A | 10 | Julien Camirand Lemyre Chief Executive Officer | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365GSAP+11 | 27 patents Fault-tolerant quantum hardware and error‑correction techniques for scalable quantum processors | 1 award |
| 26 | Waste Robotic Developer of robotic systems for waste sorting and material recovery | $7M | 33 mo ago | Series A | 30 | Pier Grenon Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+36 | — | — |
| 27 | Lighthouse Metaverse navigation platform | $7M | 51 mo ago | Seed | 28 | Jonathan Brun Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 28 | BioTwin AI-based digital twin solutions for healthcare professionals | $7M | 42 mo ago | Series A | — | Louis Noel Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 29 | Verdant Networking thermostat energy management systems for hospitality industry | $6M | 89 mo ago | Acquired | 70 | Alain Belanger CEO | Node.jsSvelteKitSvelte+9 | — | — |
| 30 | Lia 27 Platform offering AI-based digital person for user engagement | $5M | 44 mo ago | Seed | 2 | Jean-Francois Comeau Co-Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceCart FunctionalityWebflow+19 | — | — |
| 31 | y Inlan Provider of an object tracking platform 19Innovation top 47%Patents top 47%Funding top 49%Moat bottom 42% All 6 signals ▾Innovationtop 47% Patentstop 47% Fundingtop 49% Moatbottom 42% Globalbottom 31% Marketbottom 18% Innovation: 4 patents (top 85% of patent-holders) · 4 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Patents: 4 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 4 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $5M | 6 mo ago | Series A | 4 | — | — | 4 patents Passive multi-band RFID tag technology with high-efficiency harmonic conversion | — |
| 32 | VOTI Detection Manufacturer of X-Ray screening equipment | $4M | 74 mo ago | Public | 74 | William Awad Founder & Managing Director | — | — | — |
| 33 | Swan Chain AI-based computing and decentralized applications 24AI top 45%Tech top 48%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 42% All 6 signals ▾AItop 45% Techtop 48% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 42% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 25% AI: Product described with: ai-based Tech: 21 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $4M | 20 mo ago | Seed | — | Charles Cao Co-Founder & CEO | GitBookNode.jsReact+10 | — | — |
| 34 | HumanFirst Platform for text based customer support powered by artificial intelligence | $4M | 34 mo ago | Seed | 12 | Mathieu Rene Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | — | — |
| 35 | Haply Developer of haptic devices for VR applications 50Talent top 28%Tech top 32%Growth top 35%Funding bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Techtop 32% Growthtop 35% Fundingbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 31% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Tech: 37 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $4M | 1 mo ago | Seed | 23 | Colin Gallacher Co-Founder & President | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+34 | — | 5 job openings |
| 36 | Shearwater Developer of AI-based software for flight navigation 45Talent top 28%Growth top 35%AI top 35%Tech top 43% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% AItop 35% Techtop 43% Fundingbottom 48% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 18% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $3M | 3 mo ago | Seed | 7 | Alexandre Borowczyk Co-Founder | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+20 | — | — |
| 37 | Windfall Geotek Online geological mapping and mineral detection software | $2M | 7 mo ago | Public | — | Dinesh Kandanchatha CEO | — | — | — |
| 38 | ORA Graphene Audio Provider of innovative headphones | $2M | 60 mo ago | Seed | 25 | Kaiwen Hu Co-founder VP Research | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+15 | 11 patents Graphene‑based composite diaphragms and filtration sheet structures for acoustic and filtration applications | — |
| 39 | AAVAA Develops bionic ear technology that acts as a hearing impairment correction device | $2M | 40 mo ago | Seed | 8 | Naeem Komeilipoor Founder | WordPress Block EditorCart FunctionalityWooCommerce+15 | 8 patents Wearable bioelectronic sensors for multimodal hearing aid and blink/facial movement monitoring | — |
| 40 | Quantum Numbers Cryptographic solutions for secure communication | $2M | 65 mo ago | Public | — | — | — | 26 patents Hardware and software random number generation for cryptographic bitstream production | — |
| 41 | AssistIQ AI-powered computer vision system for supply and implant management | $2M | 14 mo ago | Series A | 10 | Moishe Liberman Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+14 | — | 2 awards |
| 42 | Laflamme Aero Developer of aerial systems and related technologies for various applications | $2M | 76 mo ago | Late Stage | 17 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | 4 patents Helicopter rotor hub design and integration for improved rotor assembly performance | — |
| 43 | Fluent.ai Platform for speech recognition and natural language processing tools | $1M | 109 mo ago | Seed | 18 | Vikrant Tomar Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | 23 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 44 | Tekna Plasma Systems Manufacturer of advanced plasma systems and high-performance metal powders | $1M | 117 mo ago | Public | 53 53 → 113 (+113%) | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | 230 patents Plasma atomized metal powders for additive manufacturing and carbon nanotube synthesis | 1 partnership |
| 45 | IONODES Provider of cloud-based integrated video surveillance systems | $1M | 119 mo ago | Seed | 31 | — | WordPressPleskMySQL+24 | 3 patents Real-time seat occupancy detection systems for public transport vehicles | 3 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 46 | Irreversible Developer of analog AI chips for ultra-low-power edge inference | $1M | 4 mo ago | Seed | — | Andrew Fursman Co-Founder & CEO | — | 7 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 47 | into AI-powered customer service solutions | $400K | 29 mo ago | Seed | — | Alain Paquin Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 48 | Relevium technologies Provider of magnetic wearable devices for pain relief and rehabilitation | $400K | 72 mo ago | Public | — | Aurelio Useche CEO | — | — | — |
| 49 | CubeWerx Provides product components for integration, storage and management of geospatial data | $150K | 193 mo ago | Acquired | 7 | Edric Keighan President & CEO | — | — | — |
| 50 | B-Temia Developer of wearable robots for human mobility | $103K | 133 mo ago | Series A | 25 | — | — | 269 patents Wearable exoskeleton and orthotic support structures with actuation and load‑transfer technologies | — |
Top 12 High Tech companies in Quebec
#1
Series A · Sherbrooke, Quebec · founded 2020 · 10 employees$7.5Mraised▾
Series A · Sherbrooke, Quebec · founded 2020 · 10 employees
Manufacturer of superconducting qubits. It designs and develops bosonic code-enabled superconducting circuits that can alleviate errors on every individual qubit. It facilitates the development of error-correcting quantum computing technology.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 15%Innovation
top 28%Patents
top 32%Funding
top 35%Moat
top 38%Talent
bottom 49%AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Innovation: 27 patents (top 44% of patent-holders) · 27 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware
Patents: 27 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 27 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series A$30M
- Feb 2022Seed$7.5M
- Grant (prize money)$5M
- Grant (prize money)$16M
Founders & team
Investors
BDC, Quantonation, Real Ventures, Fidelity, Panache Ventures, Presidio Ventures
#2
Series C · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2014 · 30 employees$651.1Mraised▾
Series C · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2014 · 30 employees
Developer of blockchain-based platform building crypto-financial infrastructure. It provides users with detailed blockchain data through open-source block explorer and offers a hardware wallet for Bitcoin and liquid assets. It also operates the Blockstream satellite, which broadcasts the Bitcoin blockchain worldwide and provides enterprise-class Bitcoin mining services.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 21%Tech
top 27%Moat
top 28%Growth
top 39%Product
top 40%Customers
top 40%Funding: Raised $651M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 12 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series C (Oct 2024)
Tech: 57 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud · Devops: Envoy, Nginx
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · IP moat: 8 patents · Unicorn
Audience (LinkedIn): 27k LinkedIn followers — 8.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2024Series C$210M
- Dec 2023Series B$5.1M
- Jan 2023Series B$125M
- Jan 2023Conventional Debt—
Founders & team
Investors
Kingsway Capital, Fulgur Ventures, Horizons Ventures, Digital Garage, AME Cloud Ventures, Blockchain Capital
Tech stack
Amazon PayAmerican ExpressApple Icloud MailApple PayAxiosCart Functionality
#3
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2016 · 23 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2016 · 23 employees
Developer of haptic devices for VR applications. It designs and manufactures feedback controllers featuring wireless tool tracking that enables users to freely move through virtual environments. It caters to industries like medicine, education, art, design, and entertainment.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%Tech
top 32%Growth
top 35%Funding
bottom 49%Global
bottom 36%Market
bottom 31%Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 37 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Observability: Sentry
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 5 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +5 · hiring: Staff Accountant / Accounting Specialist, Senior Firmware Engineer
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Seed$3.3M
- Jan 2026Seed$14M
- Mar 2023Seed$3.5M
Founders & team
Investors
BDC, Sound Media Ventures, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Two Small Fish Ventures, Hanwha Ritz
Tech stack
AngularCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#4
Series B · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2017 · 50 employees$8.6Mraised▾
Series B · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2017 · 50 employees
Provider of threat exposure management platform that detects and remediates risks. The platform offers identity exposure management, enterprise account takeover prevention, and dark web fraud monitoring. It also provides executive protection, brand monitoring, and technical exposure monitoring. The platform integrates with security systems to streamline workflows. It helps security teams reduce response time and lower costs.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 24%Talent
top 28%Funding
top 34%Moat
top 39%Growth
top 43%Market
bottom 48%Tech: 55 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Envoy
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $8.6M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 7 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series B (Nov 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 14k LinkedIn followers — 4.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series B$15M
- Nov 2025Conventional Debt$15M
- Dec 2024Series B$30M
- Jun 2022Series A$7.6M
Founders & team
Investors
Luge Capital, White Star Capital, Inovia Capital, Base10 Partners, Fonds de solidarite FTQ, VentureOut
Tech stack
Adobe Audience ManagerAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAppnexusBricks
#5
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2018 · 7 employees$3Mraised▾
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2018 · 7 employees
Developer of AI-based software for flight navigation. It offers an artificial intelligence integrated platform for unmanned aerial vehicles to optimize routes by leveraging air currents. It helps to reduce the energy consumption of flights.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%Growth
top 35%AI
top 35%Tech
top 43%Funding
bottom 48%Global
bottom 29%Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
AI: Product described with: ai-based, artificial intelligence
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed$3M
Founders & team
Investors
TandemLaunch
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle Analytics
#6
Series A · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2022 · 4 employees$5Mraised▾
Series A · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2022 · 4 employees
Provider of an object tracking platform
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 19how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 47%Patents
top 47%Funding
top 49%Moat
bottom 42%Global
bottom 31%Market
bottom 18%Innovation: 4 patents (top 85% of patent-holders) · 4 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware
Patents: 4 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 4 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Funding: Raised $5.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Dec 2025)
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Series A$5M
Investors
Sheaventures, TandemLaunch, Saas Fee
#7
Series B · Quebec City, Quebec · founded 2017 · 33 employees$15Mraised▾
Series B · Quebec City, Quebec · founded 2017 · 33 employees
Provider of a platform for building and deploying AI agent solutions. The platform offers tools for agent customization, autonomous engine utilization, and knowledge base integration. It facilitates human handoff, data storage, and supports integration with various channels and systems. The platform provides resources for developers, including API access and documentation, to build and manage agents.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Funding
top 34%Growth
top 35%Talent
top 38%Moat
top 39%Tech
top 40%AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $15.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series B (Jun 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 28k LinkedIn followers — 8.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Series B$25M
- Apr 2021Series A$15M
Founders & team
Investors
Inovia Capital, Decibel, Panache Ventures, Real Ventures, Hike Ventures, Overtime.vc
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#8
Public · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2007$16.5Mraised▾
Public · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2007
Developer of quantum random number generators and quantum-safe cybersecurity solutions. The company provides high-throughput QRNG technology for encryption. It offers an entropy-as-a-service platform, enabling web-based applications to use quantum randomness for cybersecurity. The company's technology portfolio includes QRNG2, Sentry-Q, eWallet, and QxEaaS, designed to enhance data security and protect against cyberattacks. The company focuses on providing solutions for healthcare, finance, government, and other sectors.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2025Post IPO$8.7M
- Feb 2025Post IPO$7M
- Mar 2024Post IPO$750K
Founders & team
Tech stack
EmotionGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGsapHstsMicrosoft 365
#9
Series A · Quebec City, Quebec · founded 2017 · 11 employees$17Mraised▾
Series A · Quebec City, Quebec · founded 2017 · 11 employees
Developer of document processing toolkit providing parsing, extraction, and splitting. The toolkit offers vision models designed for complex documents, handling tables, handwriting, and checkboxes. It provides agents that learn from documents, run experiments, and optimize schemas. The toolkit APIs and UIs enable document parsing, classification, extraction, and splitting. It also offers a memory system that learns from past documents.
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Series A$17M
Investors
Innovation Endeavors, Y Combinator, Homebrew, Character
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Workspace
#10
Public · Brossard, Quebec · founded 1996$2.5Mraised▾
Public · Brossard, Quebec · founded 1996
Online geological mapping and mineral detection software. It offers a CAD interfaced resource detection system. It uses artificial intelligence algorithms that analyze geological data to generate drill targets. It offers tools for multi channel data extraction, creating exploration models using geological surveys, ore resources, mineral outputs, etc.
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Post IPO$484.4K
- Mar 2021Unattributed$350K
- Mar 2012Unattributed$273.7K
- Aug 2011Unattributed$1.1M
Founders & team
Investors
ThreeD Capital
#11
Seed · Sherbrooke, Quebec · founded 2024$1Mraised▾
Seed · Sherbrooke, Quebec · founded 2024
Developer of analog AI chips for ultra-low-power edge inference. The company designs analog processors that enable computation on memory devices. This architecture bypasses digital bottlenecks, reducing energy consumption. The chips support scalable neural architectures and offer hardware-aware training tools. They provide flexible integration options, from chip IP to full solutions.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 555 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Seed—
- Grant (prize money)$1M
Founders & team
Investors
Quantacet, Tofino Capital, BDC, Government of Canada
#12
Series A · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2023$16.1Mraised▾
Series A · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2023
Blockchain-based layer infrastructure platform. It offers a declarative intent-centric layer-2 blockchain that deploys as an optimistic rollup on Ethereum. It enables developers to build scalable applications with optimised solutions.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 393 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Aug 2024Series A$11M
- Sep 2023Seed$5.2M
Founders & team
Investors
Maven 11, Robvc, Karatage, Archetype, IOSG Ventures, Spartan
Funding & investor landscape
$1.3Btotal disclosed funding
51companies funded
106disclosed rounds
2rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Export Development Canada4 rounds
Notable founders
Julien Camirand Lemyre
Chief Executive Officer · Nord Quantique
Adam Back
Co-Founder & CEO · Blockstream
Colin Gallacher
Co-Founder & President · Haply
Steve Ding
Co-Founder · Haply
Israel Halle
Co-Founder · Flare
Mathieu Lavoie
Co-Founder · Flare
Alexandre Borowczyk
Co-Founder · Shearwater
Saran Toure
Co-Founder · Shearwater
Justin Watson
Co-Founder · Bot Press
Sylvain Perron
Co-Founder & CEO · Bot Press
Francis Bellido
CEO · Quantum eMotion
Dinesh Kandanchatha
CEO · Windfall Geotek
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RESEARCH SIGNALS · Canada
How research on Semiconductors is moving in Canada
A read on the academic research around Semiconductors — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 739 Canada-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 42% → 57% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Polytechnique Montréal94
- University of Toronto60
- University of Waterloo57
- McGill University45
- University of British Columbia35
leading researchers
Ke Wu · Lihong Zhang · Yvon Savaria · Ahmad Hassan · Mohamad Sawan · Gabriela Nicolescu · Rashid Rashidzadeh · Siddharth Garg
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Breakthroughs303 · 41%
▲ 37%→47% share
▲1.3× share momentum2 median citations43% since 2021mostly methods-led
Photonics breakthroughs are intensifying — Canadian semiconductor papers in this sub-topic rose from 15 to 24.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Photonics15→24
- Transistor7→13
- Voltage5→11
- Photonic integrated circuit13→17
- Amplifier1→5
Newly emergingSchematic 0→5
Landmark On-chip CMOS-compatible all-optical integrator · 586 cites
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Advancements307 · 42%
▼ 46%→36% share
▼0.8× share momentum3 median citations33% since 2021mostly methods-led
Power-electronics advancements are surging — Converters research climbed from 1 to 8 papers, with Diode newly emerging at 6.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Converters1→8
- Power (physics)1→7
- Photonics8→12
- Transient (computer programming)2→6
- Adder1→5
Newly emergingDiode 0→6 · Field-programmable gate array 0→6
Landmark Review of substrate-integrated waveguide circuits and antennas · 1,356 cites
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Concerns53 · 7%
7%→7% share
▲1.0× share momentum1 median citations38% since 2021mostly empirical
Electronic circuit concerns are doubling — papers rose from 4 to 8 despite Concerns holding steady at 7% field-share.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Electronic circuit4→8
Landmark In‐Memory Vector‐Matrix Multiplication in Monolithic Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor‐Memristor Integrated Circui · 208 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Canada
Where semiconductors 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.
Montreal136 · +0.62
Toronto78 · +0.59
Waterloo/Hamilton73 · +0.60
Vancouver43 · +0.50
Edmonton/Calgary34 · +0.47
Ottawa/Kingston33 · +0.58
PATENT SIGNAL · Canada
Who's filing semiconductors patents in Canada
Canada semiconductors patent filing is cooling — 1,206 filings from 674 assignees (2016–2025), led by Vuereal, ATI Technologies ULC, GAN Systems; annual filings 129→94.
1,206 filings674 assigneespeak 163/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Vuereal173
- ATI Technologies ULC84
- GAN Systems81
- Ignis Innovation65
- Intel65
- Advanced Micro Devices59
- Alpha & Omega Semiconductor INT58
- Tischler Michael A57
Common questions
How many High Tech companies are there in Quebec, Canada?
Radar tracks 220 indexable High Tech companies headquartered in Quebec, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by High Tech companies in Quebec, Canada?
The High Tech companies in Quebec, Canada on this list have raised a combined $1.3B in disclosed equity funding across 51 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded High Tech company in Quebec, Canada?
Blockstream is the highest-funded High Tech company in Quebec, Canada, with $651.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many High Tech companies in Quebec, Canada are funded?
51 of the 220 High Tech companies in Quebec, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many High Tech unicorns are there in Quebec, Canada?
1 High Tech company in Quebec, Canada on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Quebec, Canada High Tech companies?
The most active investors in Quebec, Canada High Tech companies on this list include BDC, Real Ventures, TandemLaunch, BoxOne Ventures, Inovia Capital.
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