Retail · Canada, India

Best Retail Companies in Canada

Updated 2026-06-16 · Ranked by funding & momentum

2451 indexable Retail companies headquartered in Canada, ranked by total equity funding and recent funding momentum. Combined disclosed equity funding of $5.4B across 312 funded companies, including 2 unicorns.

2,451
Companies
$5.4B
Total Funding
312
Funded
2
Unicorns
0
Rounds (90d)

Ranked: Best Retail companies in Canada

#CompanyFundingValuationStage Latest roundEmployeesFoundedMomentum
1 TerrAscend
Retailer of cannabis dispensaries and medical products
$471.8M Public Post IPO May 2025 36 2017 ↑ Active
2 BuildDirect
Online B2B marketplace for building and home improvement products
$149.7M Public Post IPO Jul 2025 101 1999 ↑ Active
3 Looki
Developer of multimodal personal AI wearable device for self-insight
$20M Series A Series A Jan 2026 2024 ↑ Active
4 Primaris REIT
Retailer of shopping centres
$134M Public Post IPO Feb 2025 400 2003 ↑ Active
5 Elastic Path Software
API-based enterprise commerce software and content management platform
$143.6M Series C Series C Nov 2024 216 2000 ↑ Active
6 EMERGE Commerce
Online platform acquiring e-commerce brands and businesses
$2.5M Public Post IPO Feb 2026 25 2016 ↑ Active
7 Xatoms
AI and quantum startup revolutionizing water purification with new materials
$3.2M Seed Grant (prize money) Jan 2026 2019 ↑ Active
8 INEO
Digital OOH advertising system for retail stores
$3.8M Public Post IPO Dec 2025 27 2016 ↑ Active
9 Paperstack
Provider of operation management solutions for e-commerce brands
$6.7M Series A Series A Aug 2025 4 2021 ↑ Active
10 Eli
Provider of AI-base smart devices for women to monitor reproductive health
$6.6M Series A Series A Jun 2025 19 2019 ↑ Active
11 360insights
SaaS-based loyalty solution for sales channels
$47.6M Series C Conventional Debt Sep 2024 609 2009 ↑ Active
12 Soundskrit
Private label microphone brand
$640.9K Seed Seed Jan 2026 37 2017 ↑ Active
13 Rebelstork
Online marketplace platform offering baby care products
$5.7M Series B Series B May 2025 23 2019 ↑ Active
14 PesoRama
Retail chain of convenience store products
$5M Public Post IPO Jun 2025 125 2018 ↑ Active
15 ChopValue
Online retailer offering multi-category home improvement products
$24.2M Series A Series A Aug 2024 35 2016 ↑ Active
16 Simply Solventless
Retailer of CBD concentrates
$7.7M Public Post IPO Feb 2025 10 2020 ↑ Active
17 Giftagram
App based marketplace to send curated gifts
$6M Seed Seed Feb 2025 30 2013 ↑ Active
18 Flipp
Provider of a platform for browsing digital flyers and coupons
$77M Acquired Series C 2024 452 2006
19 FLIP-INC.COM
Online live shopping platform offering multi-category products
$144M Series C Series C Apr 2024 2017
20 Partage Club
Online platform that facilitates borrowing of goods between neighbors
$504.5K Seed Seed Nov 2025 2022 ↑ Active
21 PemPem
Provider of agricultural product traceability solutions
$3M Series A Series A May 2025 25 2019 ↑ Active
22 HEXO
Brand of cannabis based products
$245.9M Acquired Post IPO Jun 2023 689 2013
23 Uresta
Provider of a reusable device for the management of urinary incontinence
$3M Seed Seed Mar 2025 5 2003 ↑ Active
24 GPHY
Internet first brand offering wireless chargers
$7M Seed Seed Oct 2024 14 2018 ↑ Active
25 Auxly
Provider of platform to manage cannabis manufacturing operations in industries
$132.5M Public Post IPO Feb 2023 420 1987
26 AutoMatoAI
Provider of AI-based product optimization solutions for e-commerce businesses
$1.4M Seed Seed Mar 2025 2023 ↑ Active
27 Molecule
Brand of cannabis infused beverage products
$2.2M Acquired Seed Nov 2024 13 2018 ↑ Active
28 Marlow
Internet-first brand offers tampons
$2.3M Seed Seed Oct 2024 2020 ↑ Active
29 Flowr
Provider of cannabis products
$196.4M Public Post IPO Jul 2021 2017
30 Sheertex
Internet First Brands offering performance fabric panties
$161M Series C Series C Apr 2022 190 2017
31 RenoRun
Tech-enabled marketplace for buying construction materials
$173M Deadpooled Series B Dec 2021 266 2016
32 Shoplazza
Marketing services provider
$199M Series C Series C Jan 2022 300 2017
33 Debrand
Wholesaler of textile products
$237.3K Seed Grant (prize money) Jul 2025 16 2008 ↑ Active
34 OSF Digital
Provider of global commerce and digital cloud transformation services
$143M $400M
as of 2024
Series C Series C Apr 2022 2,047 2003
35 Vendasta
Provider of an AI-powered platform automating marketing, sales, and operations
$143.6M Series D Series D May 2021 677 2008
36 Sampler
Provider of SaaS-based retail sampling solutions
$11.1M Series A Conventional Debt Feb 2024 56 2013
37 SecondShop
Online platform offering second hand appliances at discounted prices
$1.5M Seed Seed Sep 2024 2023 ↑ Active
38 DG1
Cloud based marketing and business software
$316.1K Early Stage Unattributed Apr 2025 20 2000 ↑ Active
39 Ecomtent
Provider of AI-powered product listing optimization for ecommerce merchandising
$646.7K Seed Seed Dec 2024 2022 ↑ Active
40 SNAPS
Online retailer of hat clips, hats, and related golf accessories
$1.7M Seed Seed Aug 2024 3 2020 ↑ Active
41 Green Tank Technologies
Private label brand of vape products
$30.2M Series B Series B Mar 2023 78 2015
42 Lightspeed
Provider of point of sale and payment platform for businesses
$292M Public Conventional Debt Oct 2017 3,000 2005
43 Nolk
Platform for acquiring digital-first brands
$22.1M Series A Series A Jul 2023 126 2017
44 Entourage Health
Producer, extractor, processor, and distributor of cannabis
$94M Public Post IPO Mar 2021 211 2013
45 Paystone
Provider of payment processing solutions, terminals, and point of sale systems
$99M Series C Series C Jul 2021 200 2009
46 SNDL
Brand of cannabis liquor
$128.4M Public Post IPO Aug 2020 5 2014
47 Acuva Technologies
Provider of UV-LED systems for water, air, and surface treatment
$10.4M Acquired Grant (prize money) Jul 2023 55 2014
48 Monos
Internet first brand offering smart luggage bags
$40M Series B Series B Sep 2022 78 2018
49 Dozr
Online marketplace providing rental access to construction and industrial equipment
$44M Series B Series B Feb 2022 86 2015
50 Lillio
Provider of daycare management solution
$61.1M Series B Series B Nov 2021 2013

Top 12 Retail companies in Canada

#1
TerrAscend Public
$471.8M Raised
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#1

TerrAscend Public

location_onMississauga, Ontario
Founded
2017
Employees
36
Funding raised
$471.8M
Stage
Public

Retailer of cannabis dispensaries and medical products

Funding rounds (14 disclosed of 15)
Round Date Amount
Post IPO May 2025 $1.3M
Post IPO Jun 2023 $20.5M
Post IPO Jan 2021 $175.4M
Post IPO Jun 2020 $19.6M
Post IPO May 2020 $37M
Post IPO Mar 2020 $4.2M
9 earlier rounds — sign up free
Tech stack
apache http serverapple icloud mailaudioeyebootstrapbootstrap iconscloudflare+14
#2
BuildDirect Public
$149.7M Raised
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#2

BuildDirect Public

location_onVancouver, British Columbia
Founded
1999
Employees
101
Funding raised
$149.7M
Stage
Public

BuildDirect is an online B2B marketplace for building and home improvement products. The product catalog includes tiles, carpets, roofing materials, and kitchen and bathroom products. The commission taken varies according to the product. It provides a virtual tool to design and customize renovations on a blueprint. It also offers affiliation programs.

Funding rounds (8 disclosed of 10)
Round Date Amount
Post IPO Jul 2025 $5.1M
Post IPO Dec 2022 Undisclosed
Post IPO Nov 2022 Undisclosed
Post IPO Sep 2022 $2.3M
Series D Mar 2018 $43M
Series C Dec 2014 $43.7M
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Tech stack
33acrossadobe analyticsadobe dtmadobe experience platform identity serviceamazon payamazon ses+14
#3
Looki Series A
$20M Raised
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#3

Looki Series A

location_onToronto, Ontario
Founded
2024
Funding raised
$20M
Stage
Series A

Developer of multimodal personal AI wearable device for self-insight. The device records daily activities and provides personalized feedback. It analyzes recorded data to offer insights related to habits and behaviors.The wearable uses multimodal AI to analyze information and provide personalized responses.

Funding rounds (1 disclosed of 1)
Round Date Amount
Series A Jan 2026 $20M
Tech stack
amazon web servicesbase uicart functionalitycloudflarecloudflare bot managementcore-js+14
#4
Primaris REIT Public
$134M Raised
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#4

Primaris REIT Public

location_onToronto, Ontario
Founded
2003
Employees
400
Funding raised
$134M
Stage
Public

Retailer of shopping centres

Funding rounds (1 disclosed of 1)
Round Date Amount
Post IPO Feb 2025 $134M
Founders & key people
Tech stack
apple icloud mailbootstrapbootstrap iconsckeditorcloudflarecloudflare browser insights+14
#5
$143.6M Raised
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#5

Elastic Path Software Series C

location_onVancouver, British Columbia
Founded
2000
Employees
216
Funding raised
$143.6M
Stage
Series C

Elastic Path provides an API-based enterprise commerce software and content management platform. It adds e-commerce functionality including commerce engine, customer engagement, promotions & payments, catalogs ​management, search & merchandising, account management​, payments, PIM, etc. It also offers pre-built applications including chatbot, augmented reality & voice commerce. The clients of the company include

Funding rounds (9 disclosed of 9)
Round Date Amount
Series C Nov 2024 $5.1M
Series C Dec 2022 $30M
Series C Feb 2022 $60M
Series B Jun 2018 $32.6M
Series B Oct 2015 $7.7M
Series A Sep 2014 $4.9M
3 earlier rounds — sign up free
Tech stack
alpine.jsamazon cloudfrontamazon s3amazon web servicesapple icloud mailcloudflare+14
#6
$2.5M Raised
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#6

EMERGE Commerce Public

location_onToronto, Ontario
Founded
2016
Employees
25
Funding raised
$2.5M
Stage
Public

Online platform acquiring e-commerce brands and businesses. It identifies and invests in digital-first brands including lifestyle, home, and more. It allows businesses to manage business with the product, merchandising, technology, supply chain, process optimization, demand planning, marketing strategy, and more.

Funding rounds (3 disclosed of 4)
Round Date Amount
Post IPO Feb 2026 $1.8M
Post IPO Apr 2025 $140.5K
Post IPO Jul 2023 $568.5K
Post IPO Feb 2021 Undisclosed
Tech stack
cloudflarefancyboxgodaddygoogle analyticsgoogle font apihsts+10
#7
Xatoms Seed
$3.2M Raised
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#7

Xatoms Seed

location_onToronto, Ontario
Founded
2019
Funding raised
$3.2M
Stage
Seed

AI and quantum startup revolutionizing water purification with new materials. It uses AI algorithms to identify molecular structures for photocatalysts and other water treatment materials. It leverages AI-assisted molecule discovery to develop efficient and sustainable water treatment solutions that can be deployed in areas with limited access to clean water.

Funding rounds (3 disclosed of 3)
Round Date Amount
Grant (prize money) Jan 2026 $226.8K
Seed Jun 2025 $2M
Grant (prize money) 2025 $1M
#8
INEO Public
$3.8M Raised
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#8

INEO Public

location_onSurrey, British Columbia
Founded
2016
Employees
27
Funding raised
$3.8M
Stage
Public

Digital OOH advertising system for retail stores. The platform provides digital signage for retailers to display the ads. It includes an ad analytics and reporting feature that provides insights into ad performance and traffic data.

Funding rounds (4 disclosed of 4)
Round Date Amount
Post IPO Dec 2025 $1.2M
Post IPO Feb 2025 $362.4K
Post IPO Jan 2025 $694.7K
Post IPO Dec 2024 $1.6M
Tech stack
animate.cssbootstrapcloudflarecloudflare bot managementcontact form 7core-js+14
#9
Paperstack Series A
$6.7M Raised
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#9

Paperstack Series A

location_onToronto, Ontario
Founded
2021
Employees
4
Funding raised
$6.7M
Stage
Series A

Provider of operation management solutions for e-commerce brands. Its solutions include inventory management, advertising, finance payroll, and more.

Funding rounds (3 disclosed of 7)
Round Date Amount
Series A Aug 2025 $3.6M
Series A Feb 2023 $6.7M
Conventional Debt Feb 2023 Undisclosed
Seed Sep 2022 Undisclosed
Seed Sep 2021 Undisclosed
Grant (prize money) Aug 2021 Undisclosed
1 earlier round — sign up free
Tech stack
cloudflarecloudflare bot managementcore-jsgoogle analyticsgoogle workspacehsts+7
#10
Eli Series A
$6.6M Raised
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#10

Eli Series A

location_onMontreal, Montreal
Founded
2019
Employees
19
Funding raised
$6.6M
Stage
Series A

Eli is a provider of AI-based smart devices for women to monitor reproductive health. The platform provides a point-of-care device for women to get their everyday hormone profile, at home, from a saliva sample. The device helps to monitor their reproductive lives, including contraception, fertility, and menopause. It also provides an AI-based mobile app that enables users to interpret the information collected by the

Funding rounds (4 disclosed of 5)
Round Date Amount
Series A Jun 2025 $12M
Seed Jan 2025 $1.1M
Seed Apr 2023 $3.7M
Seed Dec 2020 $1.5M
Seed Oct 2019 Undisclosed
Tech stack
aliaalpine.jsapple paycart functionalitycloudflarecore-js+14
#11
360insights Series C
$47.6M Raised
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#11

360insights Series C

location_onWhitby, Ontario
Founded
2009
Employees
609
Funding raised
$47.6M
Stage
Series C

360 insights offer a Saas based platform for managing loyalty solutions for clients and sales distributors. It offers sales incentive management, rebate management, sell through allowance tracking, MDF and co-op funds management, sales training for distributors and also compiles channel loyalty data and provides insights based on that. The solution offered by the company can be used in sectors such as automotive, ins

Funding rounds (3 disclosed of 4)
Round Date Amount
Conventional Debt Sep 2024 Undisclosed
Series C Oct 2016 $30M
Series B Jan 2016 $10M
Series A Jan 2013 $7.7M
Founders & key people
Tech stack
amazon web servicescdnjscloudflarecloudflare bot managementdocusignenvoy+14
#12
Soundskrit Seed
$640.9K Raised
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#12

Soundskrit Seed

location_onMontreal, Montreal
Founded
2017
Employees
37
Funding raised
$640.9K
Stage
Seed

Soundskrit is a private label microphone brand. Some of the device features are small in size, high fidelity audio, dynamically locate & separate voices sources. Claims that it can be used in smartphones, smart home devices, hearables, automotive, security & conferencing devices.

Funding rounds (1 disclosed of 2)
Round Date Amount
Seed Jan 2026 Undisclosed
Seed Jan 2018 $640.9K
Tech stack
beaver builderblocksyblocksy companioncloudflarecloudflare bot managementdraftpress hfcm+14

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Funding & investor landscape

Total raised
$5.4B
across these companies
Companies funded
312
with disclosed funding
Highest-funded
$471.8M raised

Most active investors

B BDC 39 investments in Retail AC Accelerator Centre 30 investments in Retail OI Ontario Centre of Innovation 29 investments in Retail RV Real Ventures 19 investments in Retail T Techstars 16 investments in Retail TD The DMZ 15 investments in Retail ST Startup TNT 12 investments in Retail V Velocity 12 investments in Retail IC Inovia Capital 11 investments in Retail MD MaRS Discovery District 11 investments in Retail MI MaRS IAF 11 investments in Retail 5G 500 Global 10 investments in Retail

Notable founders in Canada Retail

BL Bocong Liu Co-Founder & CTO Looki · $20M raised
YS Yang Sun Co-Founder & CEO Looki · $20M raised
AA Alex Avery CEO Primaris REIT · $134M raised
HC Harry Chemko Co-Founder & CSO Elastic Path Software · $143.6M raised
BH Bryan House CEO Elastic Path Software · $143.6M raised
GH Ghassan Halazon Founder & CEO EMERGE Commerce · $2.5M raised
DV Diana Virgovicova Founder & CEO Xatoms · $3.2M raised
GW Greg Watkin President & Founder INEO · $3.8M raised
VL Vadim Lidich Co-Founder Paperstack · $6.7M raised
AB Assel Beglinova Co-Founder & CEO Paperstack · $6.7M raised
MR Marina Rivas Co-Founder & CEO Eli · $6.6M raised
TC Thomas Cortina Co-founder, CTO Eli · $6.6M raised

Frequently asked questions

How many Retail companies are there in Canada?
Radar tracks 2451 indexable Retail companies headquartered in Canada, India, that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Retail companies in Canada?
The Retail companies in Canada on this list have raised a combined $5.4B in disclosed equity funding across 312 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Retail company in Canada?
TerrAscend is the highest-funded Retail company in Canada, with $471.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Retail companies in Canada are funded?
312 of the 2451 Retail companies in Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Retail unicorns are there in Canada?
2 Retail companies in Canada on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Canada Retail companies?
The most active investors in Canada Retail companies on this list include BDC, Accelerator Centre, Ontario Centre of Innovation, Real Ventures, Techstars.

Rankings are computed by Radar (Fliar BI) from the Radar company master and are updated periodically. Funding and momentum scores use disclosed equity-funding data only. Figures may lag private rounds. Last updated 2026-06-16.

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