Best Mobile Companies in Ontario, Canada
The 162 best Mobile companies in Ontario, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Blackberry.
Our analysis of 127 Mobile companies
$17.0b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Ontario
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackberry Developer of secure communication software and embedded operating systems 87Tech top 14%Market top 21%Talent top 21%Patents top 24% All 14 signals ▾Techtop 14% Markettop 21% Talenttop 21% Patentstop 24% Globaltop 27% Fin. healthtop 28% Fundingtop 30% Producttop 32% Newstop 33% Innovationtop 35% Moattop 35% Customerstop 40% AItop 45% Growthbottom 33% Tech: 92 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront Market: 986 employees (top 4% of Enterprise Infrastructure) · Revenue ~$535M rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100 | $365M | 67 mo ago | Public | 986 986 → 2,001 (+103%) | Hank Riccitelli Pres/CEO | Adobe Experience ManagerApple iCloud MailJava+29 | 18,224 patents Secure mobile networking, carrier aggregation, sensor data handling, and cybersecurity solutions | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 2 | Big Viking Games HTML 5 Game Developers | $22M | 115 mo ago | Series B | 51 | Albert Lai Co-Founder / Executive Chairman | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | — |
| 3 | MyScreen Mobile Incentive based advertising on mobile at the end of each telephone call | $15M | 197 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Maurizio Angelone ex-CEO | — | — | — |
| 4 | Bitmoji App for messaging with emojis | $11M | 139 mo ago | Acquired | 28 | — | RubyRuby on RailsEnvoy+9 | — | — |
| 5 | Bitstrips Emoji and sticker generation app | $11M | 139 mo ago | Acquired | 12 | Dorian Baldwin Co-Founder | — | 3 patents Customizable digital avatar generation and adaptive avatar technology for online platforms | — |
| 6 | WGAMES Independent video game development studio | $10M | 84 mo ago | Series A | 45 | Daniel Kajouie CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | 9 patents Gaming hardware controllers and location-based interactive UI for entertainment systems | — |
| 7 | Fuse Powered Mobile app publishing and ad mediation platform | $8M | 153 mo ago | Acquired | 51 | Jon Walsh CEO | — | — | — |
| 8 | PopReach Mobile game publisher and developer | $6M | 19 mo ago | Acquired | 94 | Jon Walsh CEO | — | — | — |
| 9 | Storycraft AI-powered platform for building and exploring video games | $5M | 14 mo ago | Seed | 4 | — | Tailwind CSSReactReact Router+10 | — | — |
| 10 | Vendetta Games Online platform offering NFT games | $2M | 27 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Alexander McConnell Founder & CEO | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+13 | — | 1 launch |
| 11 | NexTech AR Solutions Provider of AI and augmented reality solutions for events and commerce 69AI top 15%Funding top 37%Growth top 37%Moat top 37% All 13 signals ▾AItop 15% Fundingtop 37% Growthtop 37% Moattop 37% Producttop 39% Patentstop 40% Techtop 43% Markettop 44% Innovationtop 44% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 43% Customersbottom 42% Newsbottom 36% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Funding: Raised $2.1M across 16 rounds · 16 rounds over 8 yrs (2.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $2M | 5 mo ago | Public | 172 | Evan Gappelberg Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubThree.jsAmazon Web Services+28 | 11 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 12 | Gaggle Fun Video-chat-enabled gaming platform | $2M | 61 mo ago | Seed | 24 | Benjamin Gallego Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityFourthwallSkolengo+19 | — | — |
| 13 | AppHero Personalized app recommendation platform | $2M | 167 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 7 | Jordan Satok Founder and CEO | — | — | — |
| 14 | Fongo Free voice calling app in Canada | $2M | 163 mo ago | Seed | 18 | Mike Brown Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLRedis+26 | — | 1 launch |
| 15 | NerdGames Mobile game developer focusing on casual games | $2M | 108 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Min kyu Park CEO | — | — | — |
| 16 | TextNow Provider of free texting and international voice calling app | $2M | 76 mo ago | Seed | 101 | Derek Ting Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+23 | 57 patents Enhancing VoIP call quality, handling, and signaling for mobile communication services. | — |
| 17 | Gigataur Mobile games developer and publisher | $2M | 136 mo ago | Deadpooled | 50 | — | — | 2 patents Interactive gaming systems providing adaptive or modified output for player experiences | — |
| 18 | Gamelynx Mobile game developer focusing on core games | $1M | 97 mo ago | Seed | 2 | Alexander Mistakidis Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 19 | Ally Provider of blockchain based communication platform | $1M | 80 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Eric Lifson Co-Founder | — | 5 patents Telecom license management and redistribution systems for network resource allocation | — |
| 20 | Flo VR Developer of virtual reality focused ad network for brands and advertisers | $765K | — | Acqui-Hired | 3 | Roger Perry Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 21 | Massive Damage Studios Game development studio | $700K | 56 mo ago | Seed | 26 | Ken Seto Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — |
| 22 | Get Dango App-based emoji and sticker provider | $500K | 147 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | SocialDeck Mobile game developer | $500K | 202 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Dan Servos ex-CEO & President | — | — | — |
| 24 | Beam Platform Online platform for messaging and calling | $450K | 133 mo ago | Seed | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Flipd Provider of a web-based platform for monitoring smartphone usage | $120K | 100 mo ago | Seed | 5 | — | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+8 | — | — |
Top 12 Mobile companies in Ontario
#1
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2018 · 172 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Provider of AI and augmented reality solutions for events and commerce. The company delivers 3D modeling, virtual photography, and product configuration. It offers event management, navigation, and team-building platforms. The business provides tools for creating immersive shopping experiences and managing events. It integrates with e-commerce platforms, offering security and compliance.
- Jan 2026Post IPO$233.8K
- Nov 2025Post IPO$337.7K
- Feb 2025Post IPO$956.8K
- Sep 2024Post IPO$352.2K
#2
Seed · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2023 · 4 employees$5Mraised▾
Storycraft is a platform that allows users to build video games using generative AI, offering an ever-growing collection of playable places with unique features.
- Apr 2025Seed$3M
- 2024Seed$2M
#3
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015 · 94 employees$6.2Mraised▾
Mobile game publisher and developer. The company focuses on publishing casual games such as arcade, adventure, action, simulation, etc. Some of the games published by the company include Bakery Blitz Bakehouse Story, Brightwood Adventures Meadow Village, Skull Island Survival Story, Kitchen Scramble Cooking Game and Lucky Slots Free Casino Game, etc. These games are available on Android, iOS, Amazon and Facebook platform. It generates revenue through in-app purchases.
- Nov 2024Post IPO$1.1M
- Dec 2023Post IPO$127.5K
- Oct 2020Post IPO$5M
#4
Public · Waterloo, Ontario · founded 1984 · 986 employees$365Mraised▾
Developer of secure communication software and embedded operating systems. The company provides end-to-end encryption and zero-trust identity control for secure communications. It offers software deployable on-premises or in private sovereign cloud. The company develops foundational software for automotive systems. It delivers a secure real-time OS, hypervisor, and development tools.
- Nov 2020Post IPO—
- Jul 2020Post IPO$365M
#5
Funding Raised · Chalk River, Ontario · founded 2023$2.5Mraised▾
Online platform offering NFT games. It offers a web3 gaming platform that uses the Vendetta token as its in-game currency. It also offers NFTs collectibles.
- Mar 2024ICO$2.5M
#6
Series B · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2011 · 51 employees$21.8Mraised▾
Big Viking Games (formerly Tall Tree Games) is a game developemnt studio based in Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2011 by serial entrepreneur, Albert Lai and industry veteran Greg Thomson, the company focuses on developing free-to-play social & mobile games using HTML5 technologies. The company has a portfolio of 3 games as on April, 2016 and are accessible on the web, Facebook and mobile devices. In 2014, the company acquired the game 'YoVille' from Zynga and was later renamed as 'YoWorld'.
- Nov 2016Series B$21.8M
#7
Deadpooled · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2007$15Mraised▾
MyScreen platform allows mobile operators to deliver communications, including advertisements, to their subscribers at the end of each telephone call or upon sending a text message. Thereafter it rewards its mobile subscribers for receiving and viewing such communications. MyScreen also offers a proprietary advertisement management system enabling advertisers to target categories of users grouped according demographics. MyScreen Mobile closed its operations.
- Dec 2009Series A$5M
- May 2008Series A$10M
#8
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 45 employees$10Mraised▾
WGames is an independent video game development studio that specializes in developing social & casual games such as arcade, casino, etc. Some of the games developed by the company are "Neverland Casino & "Lurking in the Shadows". The games allow free to play subscription & it can be played on Windows, PlayStation, Android, Steam, etc platforms.
- Jun 2019Series A$10M
#9
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2007 · 28 employees$11Mraised▾
Bitmoji is a mobile app for messaging with emojis. It allows users to download thier favorite emojis and then can share them with thier friends and relatives. Bitmoji is an app that was developed by Bitstrips, a photo comic messaging platform. On march 24, 2016 , Bistrips was acquired by SnapChat.
- Oct 2014Series B$8M
- Dec 2013Series A$3M
#10
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2007 · 12 employees$11Mraised▾
Bitstrips is an emoji and sticker generation app starring users and their social circle. Users can create emojis and comic characters that resemble them. Also, allows the creation of memes and sketches. The app allows the user to send the created content on messaging platforms like Snapchat. The app is available for iOS and Android phones.
- Oct 2014Series B$8M
- Dec 2013Series A$3M
#11
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2010 · 51 employees$8.4Mraised▾
Fuse Powered's platform, FuseBoxx is a mobile publishing toolkit that offers extensive reporting, actionable analytics to acquire, retain and monetize users on iOS and Android. Another product, AdRally is a mobile ad mediation platform serving the right ad to the right user at the right time. AdRally gives publishers’ full control over where and when to run ads, as well as who sees them. It has reached over 225 million installs on FuseBoxx. The customers are Hutch, Evolution and Reliance among others. Fuse Powered is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices in San Francisco, CA and London, UK. It has acquired AppHero, originator of the first personalized mobile app recommendation platform.
- Sep 2013Series A$5.9M
- Feb 2012Seed$500K
- May 2011Seed$2M
#12
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020 · 24 employees$2Mraised▾
Video-chat-enabled gaming platform. The platform enables users to play video-chat integrated party games and have adventures with friends. The platform offers party games, escape rooms, card games, and more. Some of the games available are Goose Goose Duck, Drawtini, Mime, and more.
- Apr 2021Seed$2M
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