Best Internet First Media Companies in Toronto, Canada
The 89 best Internet First Media companies in Toronto, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: theScore.
Ranked: Best Internet First Media companies in Toronto
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | theScore Mobile first sports news platform | $118M | 81 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2012 | Apple iCloud MailNode.jsFacebook Login+37 | — |
| 2 | Score Media and Gaming Provider of online sports betting and information platform | $40M | 70 mo ago | Acquired | John Levy Founder & CEO | 2012 | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+7 | — |
| 3 | Playmaker Provider of sports news platform | $20M | 47 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2020 | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — |
| 4 | Sportsgrid Provider of live sports betting coverage, props odds, and picks | $9M | 77 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2010 | SentryNode.jsNextAuth.js+14 | — |
| 5 | Wise Publishing Online platform publishing content focusing on personal finance | $5M | 57 mo ago | Series A | — | 2017 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceAmazon Web Services+14 | — |
| 6 | Thoora News/social media aggregation platform | $4M | — | Deadpooled | Chul Lee Founder/CTO | 2008 | — | — |
| 7 | Xceed Molecular Online platform offering science-related news | $3M | 233 mo ago | Acquired | Martin Urruela CEO | 2006 | — | — |
| 8 | The Logic Digital platform providing economy-related news | $3M | 24 mo ago | Seed | David Skok CEO & Editor-in-Chief | 2018 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressSwiftype+35 | 1 expansion |
| 9 | Dark Slope Online platform offering entertainment-related content | $3M | 70 mo ago | Seed | Raja Khanna Executive Chair & Co-Founder | 2018 | WebflowThree.jsGSAP+16 | — |
| 10 | Calvista Gold Online platform for publishing about sustainable products for environment | $1M | 180 mo ago | Seed | Mark Haywood CEO | 2010 | — | — |
| 11 | Homestand Sports Provider of a news media platform for multiple sports | $803K | 55 mo ago | Seed | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 12 | Newsana News curated by experts and thought leaders | $500K | 168 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Ben Peterson Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — |
| 13 | Synced Online platform offering content related to AI | $150K | 144 mo ago | Funding Raised | Chain Zhang Co-Founder | 2014 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — |
Top 12 Internet First Media companies in Toronto
#1
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2018 · 27 employees$2.9Mraised▾
Digital platform providing economy-related news. The platform provides news on business and finance, investment, and more.
- Jun 2024Seed$2.9M
#2
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012 · 271 employees$118.2Mraised▾
theScore is a mobile first sports news platform, connecting fans to sports through combination of real time news, scores, fantasy information and alerts. It creates and curate the sports content which is mobile optimized, comprehensive, customizable and shareable to social apps. TheScore is a mix between social network and news source. A prominent feature of the app is called, Facebook-style, the "Feed," which combines game data, fantasy league data, and editorial content into a single view. To accommodate its younger audience, theScore included WhatsApp integration into the theScore, so that users can share theScore content over that platform as well as others like email and SMS. It has acquired mobile daily fantasy sports game Swoopt. It owns and operates mobile sports platforms ‘theScore,’ ‘theScore eSports, and the fantasy sports game 'QuickDraft. As of Q4 F2015, theScore's mobile platforms were used by 10.5 million average monthly active users.
- Sep 2019Post IPO$40M
- Aug 2019Post IPO$10M
- Nov 2018Post IPO$8.5M
- Mar 2015Post IPO$26.5M
#3
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020 · 540 employees$20Mraised▾
Provider of sports services. It develops a sports news platform that covers multiple sports.
- Jul 2022Series B$20M
#4
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012$40Mraised▾
Score Media and Gaming is a provider of online sports betting and information platform. The company develops an online multi-category sports betting platform. Also, it offers a real-time betting information platform for users. The mobile application is available for both Android and iOS platforms.
- Aug 2020Post IPO—
- Sep 2019Post IPO$40M
#5
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 58 employees$5Mraised▾
Online platform publishing content focusing on personal finance. The platform provides digital personal finance publications with understanding personal finance, earn and save extra money and get ahead financially.
- Sep 2021Series A$5M
- May 2021Seed—
#6
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2010 · 82 employees$8.7Mraised▾
Provider of live sports betting coverage, props odds, and picks. The platform offers information, news, and videos related to various sports including professional and college leagues. It features articles, predictions, and analysis, along with betting tips and strategies. The site also provides content related to fantasy sports, social casinos, and industry news.
- Jan 2020Series A$6.2M
- Sep 2015Seed—
#7
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012 · 29 employees$803.5Kraised▾
Provider of a news media platform for multiple sports. It offers a variety of sports events, including live events, videos, and podcasts on intelligent and interactive sports discussions.
- Nov 2021Seed$803.5K
#8
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2018 · 54 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Operator of an immersive learning and virtual production studio intended to focus on applications related to health and safety, field operations, and soft skill development. The company's platform offers access to realistic 3D spaces and objects to learn, observe, practice, and apply skills by reducing field operations costs, improving retention, shortening onboarding times, and improving the efficiency of reskilling and up-skilling staff, enabling users to drive a new wave of effective training and team collaboration.
- Jul 2020Seed—
- Feb 2019Seed$1.5M
#9
Deadpooled · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2008$4.1Mraised▾
Thoora is a service that aggregate traditional and social media content into a single source and also discover, rate and deliver quality, and relevant content. Thoora explores the entire blogosphere, Twitter, Facebook, other social media apps, and thousands of traditional media sources; and then uses over 100 signals to filter, rank, and deliver that content to users for their curation. Provides tools to refine, re-order, re-rank, and prioritize the content.
- Seed$4.1M
#10
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2006$3Mraised▾
Online platform offering science-related news. It provides users with articles on various scientists and clinical researchers related news.
- Jan 2007Conventional Debt$3M
#11
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2010$1.5Mraised▾
Calvista offers an online platform that publishes about sustainable products for the environment. The platform enables users to read about biogas, compost, and more.
- May 2011Seed$1.5M
#12
Acqui-Hired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012 · 7 employees$500Kraised▾
Newsana is an online community of experts and thought leaders who share, discuss and work together to choose the five most essential news stories and ideas of the day on the topics of their expertise. The community’s efforts coalesce a current and historical guide to the best news and ideas on a growing array of popular and important issues.
- Jun 2012Seed$500K
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