Best Tech for Film & TV Companies in Canada
The 114 best Tech for Film & TV companies in Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Dejero.
Canada's Tech for Film & TV sector doesn't have a unicorn yet, but $215M in disclosed funding across 114 tracked companies tells you something real is building here. Dejero leads the pack at $88M raised, with Aupera close behind at $50M and ZoneTV at $27M. That's three companies accounting for the bulk of a funding pool that still has plenty of room to concentrate further. Investors like Ideaboost and the Ontario Centre of Innovation keep showing up on cap tables, which signals institutional confidence, not just opportunistic bets.
So what's the momentum look like on the product side? Median install growth for motion pictures and film apps is running around 15% year-over-year across 21 tracked apps, which I'd call a quietly encouraging signal for a sector that often gets overshadowed by the platforms it serves. Mogul Productions ($15M) and MARZ ($5M) round out the upper tier alongside Ziva Dynamics ($7M), and the spread from $5M to $88M tells you the funding distribution is wide. Can smaller players close that gap? Probably, if the install-growth trend keeps pulling developer attention toward production-side tooling. The directory you're looking at right now is where Canada's most-funded builders in this space are ranked and sorted.
Ranked: Best Tech for Film & TV companies in Canada
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dejero Technology solutions provider for broadcasting | $88M | 6 mo ago | Series C | 138 | Bogdan Frusina Founder | WordPressBetterDocsPlesk+34 | 259 patents Robust wireless broadband and WAN optimization for unreliable, multi‑network connections | 1 award |
| 2 | Aupera Provider of an AI and cloud-based integrated systems for video processing and real-time analytics applications | $50M | 56 mo ago | Series B | — | Roy Liao Founder & CEO | — | 2 patents Flash-based storage architecture and data management (file systems, RAID) | — |
| 3 | ZoneTV Digital entertainment network for Pay TV | $27M | 44 mo ago | Acquired | 33 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — | — |
| 4 | Mogul Productions Crowdfunding platform focused on film productions 8Funding top 50%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 38%Market bottom 15% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 50% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 15% Funding: Raised $15.2M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 8/100 | $15M | 23 mo ago | Funding Raised | 12 | Michael Colley Owner & CEO | — | — | — |
| 5 | Ziva Dynamics Provider of a software company that provides a physics-based simulation platform for creating realistic and… | $7M | 55 mo ago | Acquired | 48 | Jernej Barbic Founder | — | 16 patents Procedural generation and simulation of anatomically accurate, animation‑ready virtual bodies | — |
| 6 | Tveon Real-time video compression solutions provider | $5M | 71 mo ago | Series A | 22 | Richard Clark CEO | — | — | — |
| 7 | MARZ VFX solutions for Film and TV industry | $5M | 54 mo ago | Series A | 270 | — | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceApple iCloud Mail+24 | — | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 8 | Dissolve Platform to license stock videos & photos | $5M | 153 mo ago | Late Stage | 27 | Rupa Sandhu CEO | Cart FunctionalityRubyFirebase+27 | — | — |
| 9 | Celtx End-to-end solutions for media production and collaboration | $5M | 136 mo ago | Acquired | 58 | — | Google Sign-inVarnishEnvoy+24 | — | 3 launchs |
| 10 | Masstech Offers enterprise level video workflow solutions | $3M | 119 mo ago | Acquired | 67 | — | — | 10 patents Real-time video processing, distributed media delivery, and optical touch sensing technologies. | — |
| 11 | LiveHive Systems Interactive gaming and real-time engagement solutions provider | $2M | — | Deadpooled | — | Robert Riopelle Co-Founder & Vice President | — | — | — |
| 12 | SideFX 3D animation and VFX software provider | $2M | 231 mo ago | Funding Raised | 167 | — | PythonVimeoDjango+19 | — | — |
| 13 | eBrisk Video Develops video encoding solutions | $510K | 164 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Faouzi Kossentini CEO & President | — | 11 patents Advanced video compression: segmentation, prediction control, adaptive interpolation, and loop filtering techniques. | — |
| 14 | CineCoup Indie movie accelerator | $350K | 155 mo ago | Seed | — | J. Joly CEO & Founder | — | — | — |
| 15 | Set Scouter Online film location scouting marketplace | $250K | 127 mo ago | Seed | 11 | — | SentryZohoFacebook Login+30 | — | — |
| 16 | Lyrebird Speech synthesis technology for the developers | $120K | 108 mo ago | Acquired | 9 | Jose Sotelo Co-Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 Tech for Film & TV companies in Canada
#1
Series C · Waterloo, Ontario · founded 2008 · 138 employees$87.8Mraised▾
Technology solutions provider for broadcasting. It provides media broadcasting services that include remote acquisition, management & distribution of professional live video over IP networks. It offers live broadcasting of news and other stories through wireless video cellular networks. Offers LIVE Plus platform for broadcasters, media organizations, and mobile production companies to transmit the live video over a cellular network. It also provides public transit/transportation operators with end-to-end connectivity solutions like software, hardware, network & connectivity services for bus, rail, and vehicle fleets.
- Dec 2025Venture Debt$20M
- Feb 2022Conventional Debt$13M
- Apr 2021Series C$47.8M
- Nov 2017Series B$25.1M
#2
Funding Raised · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 12 employees$15.2Mraised▾
Moghul Productions is a crowdfunding platform focused on film productions. It is based on blockchain technology to connect investors and film owners. Allows users to raise finances and capital for managing cash flows of movie budgets, fans, and investors. Users can avail rewards and perks for the investments made.
- Jul 2024ICO$1.2M
- Apr 2021ICO$14M
#3
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2002 · 33 employees$26.6Mraised▾
Digital entertainment network for Pay TV. It aggregates digital-first brands into channel lineups for PayTV. It combines PayTV and OTT to deliver programming to TV households through distribution partners and helps to generate advertising and subscription-based revenue-share opportunities. Also provides direct integration with set-top boxes.
- Oct 2022Conventional Debt—
- Oct 2022Series A$22.5M
- Nov 2015Seed$4.1M
- Conventional Debt$5M
#4
Series B · Burnaby, British Columbia · founded 2014$50Mraised▾
Provider of an AI and cloud-based integrated systems for video processing and real-time analytics applications. It provides users with a company that provides AI inference, custom computer vision pipeline development and deployment, data collection, model re-training, converged architecture of video transcoding, content analytics, and video storage systems.
- Oct 2021Series B$50M
- Aug 2020Series A—
- Oct 2016Seed—
#5
Acquired · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2015 · 48 employees$7.2Mraised▾
Provider of a software company that provides a physics-based simulation platform for creating realistic and engaging virtual characters, focusing on character creation and animation for the film and video game industries.
- Oct 2021Series A$3M
- May 2020Seed$7M
- Aug 2018Conventional Debt$2M
- Feb 2016Seed$51K
#6
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012 · 270 employees$5.1Mraised▾
VFX solutions for Film and TV industry. It offers VFX services using GPU clusters, game engine technology, and AI.
- Dec 2021Series A$5.1M
#7
Series A · Kelowna, British Columbia · founded 2009 · 22 employees$5.1Mraised▾
Real-time video compression solutions provider. It offers HD and ultrahigh definition UHD video compression services. Provides real-time compression for multi-device distribution of live broadcast and HD, UHD, and video on demand VOD content.
- Jun 2020Series A$652.7K
- Oct 2019Series A$4M
- Dec 2018Seed$465.5K
#8
Acquired · Richmond Hill, Ontario · founded 2001 · 67 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Masstech provides media asset management, archive, workflow automation, and transcoding tools and technologies for the media and entertainment industry. Masstech solutions enable media companies to save, share and transform their content. Enables their customers to monetize their content across various platforms.
- Jul 2016Grant (prize money)$136.7K
- Mar 2016Grant (prize money)$170.8K
- Aug 2014Grant (prize money)$164.9K
- Feb 2014Grant (prize money)$225K
#9
Acquired · St John s, Newfoundland And Labrador · founded 2000 · 58 employees$4.8Mraised▾
Celtx offers video planning tools to create, plan and manage productions. Offers all-in-one online studio for video scriptwriting, storyboarding, shot blocking, scheduling, budgeting, and cast & crew organization. Offers industry standard editors to write Features, Shorts, Promos, Videos Commercials, Webisodes, and more. Brands can create Storyboards to communicate with the creative vision. Block shots to mark camera, lighting and cast positions for the shoot.
- Feb 2015Series A$3.3M
- Seed$1.5M
#10
Late Stage · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2013 · 27 employees$5Mraised▾
Dissolve licenses stock video for use in commercials, television shows, documentaries, and feature films, and licenses stock photography for use in design and creative work. Dissolve's footage and image collections are hand-picked for technical quality, aesthetic style, and cultural relevance. Dissolve provides Royalty free licensed photographs depending on resolution. The pricing starts at $49 for 600px and can go upto $499 for 4800px or higher.
- Sep 2013PE$5M
#11
Deadpooled · Waterloo, Ontario · founded 2004$1.8Mraised▾
LiveHive Systems offers interactive entertainment solutions for TV audiences. Provided live and real-time interaction between audiences and the TV shows. Offered "second screen engagement" through mobile games/trivia questions and a platform for users to interact with each other. Has worked with various networks such as Turner, ESPN, NBC, and with reality TV such as the Olympics, football, baseball, hockey, basketball, NASCAR, awards shows, game shows, and others.
#12
Funding Raised · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1987 · 167 employees$1.5Mraised▾
SideFX provides 3D animation and VFX software for films, commercials, and video games. Provides modeling, rigging, animation, particle effects, dynamics, compositing, integrated rendering through it's multiple Houdini products. Supports Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows operating systems. Awards won include "Best Visual Effects". Houdini has been used in various feature animation productions films including Frozen and Zootopia, Rio, and Ant Bully.
- Mar 2007Venture Debt$1.5M
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