Top Tech Startups in Ontario, Canada in 2027

Mr. Black is a real-time, cloud-based, CRM, reservation, and nightclub management platform. Built by hospitality owners for hospitality owners. The platform provides end-to-end control over all activities within a nightclub and streamlines communication and accountability while driving profitability.

First and foremost our podcast hosting and audience growth tool CoHost was born out of a love for podcasts. They're informative, educational, inspiring, entertaining, and let's be honest - they make a commute way more enjoyable! We're in the business of understanding and enhancing podcasts. Launched with a clear vision, CoHost provides a unified platform that includes both hosting and prefix products to help brands and professional podcasters understand, grow, and monetize their podcasts. Our Clients: We’ve had the privilege of working with leading organizations such as BlackRock, Paramount, CIBC, Walmart, PwC, SickKids Foundation, Expedia, and Microsoft, among others. These collaborations have helped shape the CoHost platform - driving innovation, refining our product, and setting a new standard for excellence in podcasting. The Podcast Space: The podcasting industry continues its robust expansion. In 2025, the global number of podcast listeners reached approximately 584.1 million, marking a 6.83% year-over-year increase from 2024. This growth underscores the medium's rising popularity and its significant role in the evolving media landscape. CoHost is at the forefront of this transformation, delivering innovative solutions that empower creators and brands to harness the full potential of podcasting.

Quantum computing has the potential to impact every area of human society for the better--our goal is to build computers to redefine industries like medicine, materials science, finance, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cryptography, and more.

Thriver is a company that’s synonymous with workplace culture. Thousands of companies rely on Thriver’s technology to curate food and culture programs and increase employee engagement in the workplace. With offerings ranging from daily meal programs to virtual experiences for remote teams, Thriver has a reputation amongst employers and employees for fostering the togetherness that organizations need to thrive. thriver.com

Afresh is on a mission to reduce food waste and increase access to nutritious food globally by transforming the fresh food supply chain. Our AI-powered solutions optimize the multi-trillion-dollar grocery industry's food ordering, production, and merchandising processes. We built the first platform capable of handling all of Fresh food’s complexities. We are relentlessly focused on helping grocers reduce waste, increase profitability, and bring better, fresher food to their communities. Afresh is currently deployed in hundreds of grocery stores across the United States and is on track to reduce 30 million pounds of food waste per year with our existing customers alone. By 2021, we're aiming to reduce food waste by a quarter billion pounds per year. We are a passionate team united by our mission to make an impact. As an Afresh employee, you’ll own meaningful work that will challenge you and change the future of how fresh, nutritious food makes its way through the supply chain. We hope you’ll join us!

We’re building something real at Class8: category-defining AI solutions for trucking fleets that replace outdated dispatching with intelligent automation. The industry is decades behind — and we’re the team pulling it into the future. Learn more about what we do: class8.com/our-solution

Chexy is a Canadian fintech that turns your biggest monthly expenses into rewards. We let people and businesses pay rent, tuition, taxes, utilities, condo fees, and other bills with their existing credit or debit card - even when the landlord, school, or vendor doesn’t accept cards. Chexy charges your card, then pays them via Interac e-Transfer, PAD, or Bill Pay, so they get paid exactly how they expect while you earn rewards and smooth your cash flow.

At Borderless AI, we make it easier for companies to hire and support people anywhere in the world. Behind the scenes, we handle the details, payroll, benefits, taxes, compliance, so businesses can grow internationally without the usual complexity. At the core of it all is a simple idea: talent shouldn’t be limited by geography. For you, that means being part of a team building tools that open doors. Whether you’re in product, marketing, operations, engineering, people, or beyond, your work directly supports real people building careers across borders. We’re thoughtful about what we build, ambitious about where we’re going, and serious about creating opportunities, for our customers and for our team. If you’re excited by meaningful work, global impact, and growing alongside smart, driven people, Borderless AI might be a great place for you.

Forma.ai is a Series A startup based in Toronto that’s reinventing sales intelligence for leading enterprise organizations. Forma.ai helps Fortune 500 companies automate and optimize sales compensation and critical sales operations functions. Our growth has been fueled by our passion for fundamentally changing and shaping how companies use sales intelligence to drive business strategy. We’re welcoming equally driven individuals who are excited about creating something big!