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Best Vertical Business Intelligence Companies in Ontario, Canada

The 74 best Vertical Business Intelligence companies in Ontario, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Vena Marketing.

74companies tracked
$642.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
26have raised

Ranked: Best Vertical Business Intelligence companies in Ontario

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFoundedFounderPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Vena Marketing
Provider of financial planning and analysis platform for business performance
72Funding top 22%News top 30%Moat top 31%Innovation top 34%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 22%
Newstop 30%
Moattop 31%
Innovationtop 34%
Growthtop 37%
Talenttop 38%
Producttop 39%
Markettop 40%
Techtop 43%
Globalbottom 37%
Funding: Raised $385M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 14 yrs (0.4/yr)
News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 24 tracked, 5 types) · Top themes: Funding, M&A
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$385M14 mo agoSeries C7362011Rishi Grover
Co-Founder
—1 award
2MindBridge
AI-powered risk intelligence for internal controls and audit
60Product top 28%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Funding top 32%
All 12 signals ▾
Producttop 28%
Talenttop 28%
AItop 30%
Fundingtop 32%
Techtop 34%
Moattop 35%
Innovationtop 44%
Patentstop 47%
Markettop 50%
Globalbottom 42%
Newsbottom 37%
Growthbottom 32%
Product: 2 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · Company stage: Series C
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$81M35 mo agoSeries C1932015Jim Fagan
Co-Founder & Vice President Corporate Affairs and Operations
3 patents
AI-driven financial risk analytics for detecting material risk in large data sets
1 partnership
3Rubikloud
Provier of cloud-based business intelligence platform for omnichannel retailers
$45M101 mo agoAcquired1002013———
4ODAIA
Provider of AI-powered intelligence platform for pharmaceutical commercial and sales teams
$44M37 mo agoSeries B32018Philip Poulidis
Co-Founder & CEO
——
5Sandvine
Provider of application and network intelligence portfolio for application experiences
$15M96 mo agoAcquired752001—285 patents
Network traffic analysis, security, QoS, and mobile handover optimization.
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6Daisy Intelligence
AI based retail analytics solutions
$11M81 mo agoSeries A42——18 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
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7Datametrex
Transaction based in store analytics solutions for offline retailers
$8M12 mo agoPublic212011Andrew Ryu
Chairman & CEO
4 patents
Retail point‑of‑sale data capture and serial communication tapping hardware
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8Citylitics
Predictive analytics for public and utility businesses
$8M50 mo agoSeries A402011Ahmed Badruddin
Co-founder & CEO
——
9Prophix
Provider of financial performance management software for planning, reporting, and analysis
$8M86 mo agoAcquired5132000——2 awards
10360pi
Competitive pricing intelligence
$7M154 mo agoAcqui-Hired402009—5 patents
AI-driven pricing analytics for heterogeneous product identification and matching
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11Shoplogix
Real time performance management solutions
$7M228 mo agoAcquired592002—18 patents
Industrial equipment condition monitoring and data capture for manufacturing processes
—
12Longview
Corporate Performance Management
$6M246 mo agoAcquired2301984———
13Nudge
Lead relationship intelligence platform
$5M120 mo agoAcquired192014———
14gShift
Web presence analytics platform
$3M124 mo agoAcquired252009—3 patents
Search engine optimization algorithms for improving web page ranking
—
15Wittaya Aqua
Aquaculture farm management solutions
$3M23 mo agoSeed102017Dominique Bureau
Co-Founder
——
16Contextere
AI-based software to convert Industrial IoT data into actionable insight
$2M66 mo agoSeed112015——1 partnership
17Vantage Analytics
Data Analytics & Marketing Platform for Offline and Online Retailers
$1M142 mo agoSeed342013Aran Hamilton
CEO at Vantage | Leading Innovation in Retail Media Orchestration
—1 job opening
18ORNA
Cloud based platform offering cyber incident response platform for the IT industry
$1M49 mo agoSeed232021———
19Ratio.City
Cloud-based urban analytics platform
$1M83 mo agoSeed152017Monika Jaroszonek
Co-Founder & CEO
——
20Angoss
Predictive Analytics
$667K175 mo agoAcquired1501984———
21The Owl Solutions
Cloud based decision support and analytics software for supply chain industry
$280K33 mo agoSeed142018Hugo Fuentes
Co-Founder & CEO
——
22Amity
Customer Engagement for SaaS Vendors
$100K144 mo agoSeed562012———

Top 12 Vertical Business Intelligence companies in Ontario

#1
Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2011 · 736 employees
$385Mraised
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Provider of financial planning and analysis platform for business performance. The platform offers modeling, workflows, collaboration, and a central database. It provides integrations, security, and professional services. The platform delivers financial planning and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, and capital expenditure planning. It also supports cash flow planning, workforce planning, and financial close management.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 22%
News
top 30%
Moat
top 31%
Innovation
top 34%
Growth
top 37%
Talent
top 38%
Funding: Raised $385M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 14 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Apr 2025)
News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 24 tracked, 5 types) · Top themes: Funding, M&A
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 39k LinkedIn followers — 23.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Conventional Debt—
  • Apr 2021Series C$241.3M
  • Sep 2020Conventional Debt$25M
  • Jan 2019Series C$115M
Founders & team
Rishi GroverCo-FounderHunter MadeleyCEO
Investors
Klass Capital, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Centana Growth Partners, JMI Management, Vista Equity Partners, Mogo
Tech stack
Auth0CdnjsChili PiperCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#2
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2011 · 21 employees
$7.9Mraised
▾

Transaction based in store analytics solutions for offline retailers. Its product data tap offers real time access to sales information from POS systems. The company provides an analytics dashboard and uses AI and machine learning algorithms to summarise and analyze unstructured data. It enables offline retailers to monitor and track its business KPIs in real time.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Post IPO$2.2M
  • Jun 2024Post IPO$645.5K
  • Feb 2024Post IPO$1M
  • Jan 2019Post IPO$1.1M
Founders & team
Andrew RyuChairman & CEO
Investors
Planet Ventures
Tech stack
BootstrapGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#3
Series C · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2015 · 193 employees
$81.2Mraised
▾

AI-powered risk intelligence for internal controls and audit. It enables finance and audit professionals to build the AI-powered finance department of the future. It set the standard for innovation, scalability, and customer satisfaction.  It provides real-time data analytics, pattern recognition, and anomaly detection solutions to help organizations to save time and money. The features of the product include risk identification, data analysis, error, anomaly detection, and more.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 28%
Talent
top 28%
AI
top 30%
Funding
top 32%
Tech
top 34%
Moat
top 35%
Product: 2 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · Company stage: Series C
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Audience (LinkedIn): 18k LinkedIn followers — 10.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. BDO UK) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Series C$60M
  • Jun 2019Series B$11.4M
  • Jun 2019Grant (prize money)$10.9M
  • May 2018Series A$6.5M
Founders & team
Jim FaganCo-Founder & Vice President Corporate Affairs and OperationsEli FathiCo-CEOStephen DewittChief Executive Officer
Investors
PeakSpan Capital, Real Ventures, National Bank of Canada, The Group Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, PSG
Tech stack
6SenseAlpine.JsAnime.JsApple Icloud MailAzureCloudflare
#4
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 10 employees
$2.8Mraised
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Wittaya Aqua provides aquaculture farm management solutions. It offers Wittaya AquaOp, an aquaculture production management platform that allows aquaculture farmers to record farm data and plan various aquaculture farm operations and track the production forecasts comparing with the previous seasons. Also, generates reports on feed conversions, production forecasts, and farm efficiency to help users identify and monitor low production units and feed wastage.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Seed$2.8M
  • Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$120K
  • 2018Grant (prize money)$25K
Founders & team
Dominique BureauCo-FounderEvan HallCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Innovacorp, The Yield Lab, SEEDS Capital, Future Planet Capital, Conservation, SeaAhead
#5
Series B · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2018 · 3 employees
$44.5Mraised
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Provider of AI-powered intelligence platform for pharmaceutical commercial and sales teams. The platform delivers relevant targets, prioritized call lists, and personalized insights. It helps sales representatives engage with healthcare professionals. The platform identifies trends and patterns in engagements, empowering managers with actionable insights. It offers dynamic segmentation and targeting to optimize commercial resources.

Funding rounds
  • May 2023Series B$25.1M
  • Feb 2022Series A$13.8M
  • Nov 2020Seed$4M
  • Sep 2019Seed$1.6M
Founders & team
Philip PoulidisCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Threshold, Monograph, Wittington Ventures, BDC, StandUp Ventures, Graphite Ventures
#6
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2011 · 40 employees
$7.7Mraised
▾

Predictive analytics for public and utility businesses. It provides predictive intelligence on local utility and public infrastructure markets. The platform uses AI to analyze regulatory documents and public records to convert sales leads and market insights.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 8.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Gaspend) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Series A$5M
  • Oct 2020Seed$519.6K
  • Mar 2018Seed$1M
  • Aug 2017Seed$500K
Founders & team
Ahmed BadruddinCo-founder & CEO
Investors
Cerium Technology, Dallas Venture Capital, GCI, Klister Credit, Imagine H2O, Freycinet Ventures
#7
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 100 employees
$45.1Mraised
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Provier of cloud-based business intelligence platform for omnichannel retailers. It offers a platform that blends AI, machine learning, and cloud data services to turn disparate retail data into predictive insight and automated decision workflows. Its cloud-native AI platforms automate and improve promotional planning and loyalty driven marketing. Its retail-specific AI solutions integrate with multiple data legacy systems and provide business insights.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2018Series B$37.1M
  • Jan 2015Series A$7M
  • Nov 2013Seed$1M
Investors
Inovia Capital, First Ascent Ventures, Horizons Ventures, Access Industries, Intel, MaRS Discovery District
#8
Acquired · Waterloo, Ontario · founded 2001 · 75 employees
$15Mraised
▾

Provider of application and network intelligence portfolio for application experiences. The company offers solutions for network observability and subscriber experience-based insights. It helps operators reduce costs and improve decision-making. The company delivers application classification and dynamic content categorization. It provides visualization and analysis to personalize, optimize, and monetize network traffic.

Funding rounds
  • 2018Conventional Debt—
  • Feb 2014Post IPO$33M
  • May 2005Series A$15M
Investors
Canaccord Genuity Group, Crescent Capital BDC, BGC Partners, VenGrowth VG Partners, Tech Capital Partners, Celtic House Venture Partners
Tech stack
Hubspot Cms HubBootstrapHubspotSlickJqueryGoogle Tag Manager
#9
Series A · Vaughan, Ontario · 42 employees
$10.9Mraised
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AI based retail analytics solutions The software uses artificial intelligence where retailers need to input their POS data, the AI based software analyzes the retailers entire data and provides weekly promotional products, pricing, space planning, and inventory decisions. Their algorithms mimic biological processes and provide results that can be customized as per KPIs specific to retailers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 2.9% of this cohort's audience
Investors
Space Angels, Framework Venture Partners, Bright Pixel Capital, Espresso Capital, ScaleUP Ventures, Spark Angel Network
Tech stack
Hubspot Cms HubBugherdEnvoyHubspotSlickJquery
#10
Seed · Waterloo, Ontario · founded 2018 · 14 employees
$280Kraised
▾

Cloud based decision support and analytics software for supply chain industry. The platform analyzes and generates reports, and insights into the supply chain operations to support the decision making process. Its features include data scrubbing and analysis, supply chain risk mitigation, supplier performance insights, inventory and demand forecasting, data analytics, and reduction in inventory turnover. It caters to manufacturers, distributors, 3PLs, and 4PLs.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Wild Foods Mexico) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Seed$250K
  • Jan 2020Seed$30K
Founders & team
Hugo FuentesCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Ontario Centre of Innovation, Accelerator Centre, Right Side Capital Management, GLOBAL ACCELERATION ACADEMY, ventureLAB
Tech stack
Anime.JsAutoptimizeBootstrapCalendlyCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#11
Acquired · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 2000 · 513 employees
$7.5Mraised
▾

Provider of financial performance management software for planning, reporting, and analysis. The platform offers solutions for financial planning and analysis, financial consolidation and close, and reporting and analytics. Capabilities include budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning, and workforce planning. The software integrates with Microsoft Power BI and MS365.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 38k LinkedIn followers — 23.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2019Conventional Debt$7.5M
Investors
BDC, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Morrison Financial, HgCapital Trust
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAosApache Http Server
#12
Acqui-Hired · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2009 · 40 employees
$7.1Mraised
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360pi offers price intelligence solutions for retailers to monitor their competitors’ prices so they can optimize their pricing strategies and drive margin. Monitors millions of products from hundreds of retailer websites and delivers price intelligence for exact and similar matched products. Features location based optimization. 360pi's customer base accounts for over $US100 billion in annual retail sales and includes Ace Hardware, Build.com, Overstock.com, and RIS Fusion award-winner Best Buy Canada. Partner with IBM, employs its omnichannel pricing engine.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2013Series A$4.1M
  • 2013Series A$2.5M
  • Apr 2012Seed$500K
Investors
MaRS IAF, FedDev Ontario, MaRS Discovery District, Silverton Partners, Capital Angels Network, Crux Capital

Funding & investor landscape

$642.8Mtotal disclosed funding
23companies funded
56disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
MaRS IAF7 rounds
MaRS Discovery District5 rounds
OneEleven4 rounds
Ontario Centre of Innovation4 rounds
BDC3 rounds
Accelerator Centre2 rounds
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce2 rounds
Canadian Technology Accelerator2 rounds
Capital Angels Network2 rounds
GrowthWorks Capital2 rounds

Notable founders

Rishi Grover
Co-Founder · Vena Marketing
Hunter Madeley
CEO · Vena Marketing
Andrew Ryu
Chairman & CEO · Datametrex
Jim Fagan
Co-Founder & Vice President Corporate Affairs and Operations · MindBridge
Eli Fathi
Co-CEO · MindBridge
Dominique Bureau
Co-Founder · Wittaya Aqua
Evan Hall
Co-Founder & CEO · Wittaya Aqua
Philip Poulidis
Co-Founder & CEO · ODAIA
Ahmed Badruddin
Co-founder & CEO · Citylitics
Hugo Fuentes
Co-Founder & CEO · The Owl Solutions
Monika Jaroszonek
Co-Founder & CEO · Ratio.City
Aran Hamilton
CEO at Vantage | Leading Innovation in Retail Media Orchestration · Vantage Analytics
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 8,593,427 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Vertical Business Intelligence coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Vertical Business Intelligence companies are there in Ontario, Canada?
Radar tracks 74 indexable Vertical Business Intelligence companies headquartered in Ontario, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Vertical Business Intelligence companies in Ontario, Canada?
The Vertical Business Intelligence companies in Ontario, Canada on this list have raised a combined $642.8M in disclosed equity funding across 23 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Vertical Business Intelligence company in Ontario, Canada?
Vena Marketing is the highest-funded Vertical Business Intelligence company in Ontario, Canada, with $385M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Vertical Business Intelligence companies in Ontario, Canada are funded?
23 of the 74 Vertical Business Intelligence companies in Ontario, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Vertical Business Intelligence unicorns are there in Ontario, Canada?
None of the Vertical Business Intelligence companies in Ontario, Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Ontario, Canada Vertical Business Intelligence companies?
The most active investors in Ontario, Canada Vertical Business Intelligence companies on this list include MaRS IAF, MaRS Discovery District, OneEleven, Ontario Centre of Innovation, BDC.
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