Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping investment industry in Toronto. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.
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43 of 632 tracked companies have open roles.
16 of 632 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 34 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 60.6% of disclosed capital, while 97.5% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2017 | $25M | 36 | 1 |
| 2018 | $0 | 34 | 0 |
| 2019 | $39.6M | 40 | 3 |
| 2020 | $12.95M | 44 | 4 |
| 2021 | $1.42M | 51 | 1 |
| 2022 | $3.4M | 25 | 2 |
| 2023 | $0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2024 | $37.05M | 13 | 4 |
| 2025 | $15.73M | 0 | 3 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
37 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in investment industry company rounds since 2016.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by FirePower Capital.
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The measured Canada identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: world_filings_distributed exposes no reviewed Canadian national-ID key; none of the designated Canadian identities carried a CIK.; The measured Canada identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: world_filings_distributed exposes no reviewed Canadian national-ID key; none of the designated Canadian identities carried a CIK.
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Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
1 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
Explore in RadarCommon revenue models; a company can use more than one.
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
First Trust Advisors LP raised its position in Applied Materials by 4.9% during the third quarter. ... worth $635,057,000 after acquiring an additional 145,050 shares in the last quarter.
today announced three new project awards totaling approximately $2.4 million from the California Department of Transportation ('Caltrans').
Sun Life formed BGO in July 2019 through the merger of Bentall Kennedy with global real estate investment firm GreenOak, contributing its Bentall Kennedy interest (valued at C$482 million at the time of the transaction) and investing C$195 million ( US$146 million ) in cash to acquire a 56% majority stake.
Middle-market buyout shop Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC agreed to buy a stake in Overbay Capital Partners Inc.
Equinix and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) have announced the acquisition of Nordic data center operator atNorth from Partners Group for $4 billion.
Slate Asset Management (“Slate” or the “Firm”), a global investor and manager focused on essential real estate and infrastructure, and private markets investment management firm Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), announced today the acquisition of a majority equity stake in Cold-Link Logistics (“Cold-Link” or the “Company”).
Palisades Goldcorp Ltd. (TSXV: PALI) announced today that further to its May 21, 2025 news release, the Company has agreed to extend the maturity date of its secured convertible note in the principal amount of C$4,161,600.
Kinterra Capital Corp. ('Kinterra') and its operating subsidiary, Southwest Critical Materials LLC, are pleased to announce receipt of a Non-Binding Letter of Interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States ('EXIM') indicating potential debt financing of up to US $200 million under EXIM's Make More in America Initiative.
The Canadian Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has reached a final agreement with the US private capital firm Adventist International to acquire 100% of the Donte Group dental group, the matrix of brands such as Vitaldent, Smysecret, Moonz and Maex. The operation, valued at more than 1 billion euros, is expected to close by the end of 2025, as reported by both parties on Tuesday.
Predictiv AI Inc. has entered an amended letter of intent to acquire Shift Technologies Canada Inc. and HouseStack Holdings Inc.
Top 10 categories among 300 recorded events in the 24-month window.
8 tracked people moves
Appointment Managing Director
Appointment ServiceNow Leader, M&A Advisor
Appointment chief administrative officer
Appointment Global Head of Private Equity
Resignation
Appointment Chief Financial Officer
Appointment President and CEO
Departure Previously President and CEO
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Tolling system
ETF
16 recorded customer wins
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Customer: Arkansas DOTTransportation technology
Customer: endurance goldFinance
Customer: Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA)
Customer: Aduro Clean TechFinancial Services
Customer: Shift Technologies Canada Inc. and HouseStack Holdings Inc.
1 companies with reported reductions
100 rolescost reduction
8 recorded events
trading resumedCanadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO)
approved the plan of arrangementSupreme Court of British Columbia
approved the arrangementSupreme Court of British Columbia
subject to regulatory approvalTSX Venture Exchange
1 tracked suits
financial misconduct and diversion of charitable fundsCivil · Ongoing
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 27 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT Portfolios Canada→applied materials | Completed | 2026-04-19 | $635.1M |
| Ontario Teachers\' Pension Plan→omega healthcare | Completed | 2026-04-13 | $1.8B |
| Bentall Kennedy→greenoak | Completed | 2026-03-30 | Not stated in snapshot |
| charlesbank capital partners→Overbay ↗ | Announced | 2026-03-13 | Not stated in snapshot |
| CPP Investments→atnorth | Announced | 2026-02-27 | $4.0B |
| CPP Investments→inkia | Announced | 2026-02-12 | $3.4B |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
4,056 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 6,202-posting snapshot covers 40 employers.
13 tracked postings mention remote work.
2,311 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 6,202 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 380 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| brookfield infrastructure partners ↗ | 248,200 |
| Ontario Teachers\' Pension Plan ↗ | 1,509 |
| Mastercard Foundation ↗ | 939 |
| Quarterhill ↗ | 604 |
| OPTrust ↗ | 448 |
| Futurpreneur Canada ↗ | 396 |
| Eckler ↗ | 391 |
| Ontario Pension Board ↗ | 244 |
423 founders and chief executives across 393 companies.
Managing Director - Sprott Asset Management. Korea University Bachelor of Business Administration 2006
ex-Price Waterhouse. McMaster University in Hamilton BCom
Founder, CEO & Director-Palisades Goldcorp
Founder Southshore Capital Partners, ex-Trafelet Delta Funds, ABS Capital Partners. University of Virginia BS 2000
Zentek, ex-VP Dundee. Wilfrid Laurier University 1995
Ex-Co-Founder Appetito, NOMU Group, Swvl, McKinsey, Vodafone. Cairo University BSc 2012, HBS MBA 2017
Ex-BNP Paribas, HSBC Private Equity, CIMB Securities, CLSA Securities. Harvard College BA 1998
Liberty Venture Partners, PsyBio Therapeutics, NowVertical, CoinSmart. Ivey Business School at Western University HBA 2013, Western University JD 2013
Ex-HSBC, Canada Post Pension Fund, EDC Investments. University of Victoria BCom 2004, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management MFin 2010
Harbour Equity Capital, ex-Charter Real Estate Investment Trust, ex-General Growth Properies, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, 2001
Ex-CIBC Global Asset Management Inc, PIMCO Canada Corp, Allianz Investment Management.The London School of Economics and Plitical Science MSc 1987…
HealthHub, ex-Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Canada-India Business Council, Covenant House Toronto, The Carlyle Group. University of Toronto LLB 1987…
108 profiles with education records.
11 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
70,886 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Investment Industry coverage tagged Toronto · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 18,310 |
| 2021Q3 | 17,959 |
| 2021Q4 | 13,519 |
| 2022Q1 | 18,370 |
| 2022Q2 | 18,080 |
| 2022Q3 | 17,008 |
| 2022Q4 | 18,323 |
| 2023Q1 | 17,173 |
| 2023Q2 | 19,208 |
| 2023Q3 | 18,757 |
| 2023Q4 | 18,047 |
| 2024Q1 | 22,665 |
| 2024Q2 | 23,390 |
| 2024Q3 | 21,254 |
| 2024Q4 | 23,654 |
| 2025Q1 | 28,613 |
| 2025Q2 | 19,501 |
| 2025Q3 | 23,482 |
| 2025Q4 | 15,591 |
| 2026Q1 | 18,228 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
312 recorded company events across 33 companies; percentages use that event total.
Investment Industry coverage tagged Toronto · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Canada comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| startup news | 1,975 | 561 | 252% |
| stock price | 1,308 | 906 | 44% |
| multilateral diplomacy | 1,069 | 731 | 46% |
| angel investors | 1,036 | 405 | 156% |
| investment deal | 1,007 | 533 | 89% |
| ice sports | 883 | 231 | 282% |
| international cups | 817 | 573 | 43% |
| market snapshot | 801 | 215 | 273% |
| wto rulings | 756 | 393 | 92% |
| share price | 711 | 466 | 53% |
| tariff negotiations | 6,302 | 15,345 | -59% |
| free trade deals | 3,132 | 6,385 | -51% |
| trade dispute mechanisms | 2,931 | 4,670 | -37% |
| bilateral trade | 1,919 | 3,515 | -45% |
| preferential tariff | 1,286 | 3,326 | -61% |
Canada comparison coverage
tariff negotiations, free trade deals, trade dispute mechanisms
35.3% critical · 35.8% positiveangel investors, investment deal, initial public offering
27.9% critical · 43.5% positiveearnings report, league expansion news, quarterly financials
26.3% critical · 46.9% positiveInvestment Industry coverage tagged Toronto. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 1 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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