About Startup Garage
Startup Garage is an accelerator and incubator program based in Ottawa, Canada. With a presence in 3 countries, it has supported around 59 startups in sectors like Enterprise Applications, Consumer. Most notable companies in
its portfolio include Noibu, Spiderwort and The Growcer. The program primarily supports Seed startups based in Canada. Its latest investment was a Undisclosed Seed round in Wandure on 2018.
Key Metrics
Location
Ottawa, Canada
Portfolio Companies
Sectors of Investment
Stages of Investment
Seed & Grant (prize money)
Locations of Investment
Startup Garage's List of Top Investments
Startup Garage has a portfolio of 59 companies. Their most notable investments are in Wandure and GameStrat.Their portfolio spans across Canada, United States and India. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 21 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Grant (prize money) stages. Here is the list of top investments by Startup Garage:1. Noibu
Noibu Technologies provides a solution for testing websites. The platform offered by the company provides a solution to detects critical errors and bugs on e-commerce websites. It can be used to prevent lost sales and retain loyal customers by monitoring critical e-commerce functionality. It provides error reports and error summary which includes prioritization tags for error types such as checkout, cart, server failure, coupon, and broken link. It can be integrated with various e-commerce platforms such as Magneto, Shopify, Salesforce, and Bigcommerce. The pricing model is based on monthly usage.
Key facts about Noibu
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Ottawa (Canada)
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 71 as on Dec 31, 2024
- Investors: Ontario Centre of Innovation, L-Spark and 3 Others
2. Spiderwort
Developer of plant-based biomaterials for repair and regeneration of tissues. The company has developed an open-source platform that uses plant-derived cellulose to create scaffold architectures of organs. The company's products include CelluBridge a proprietary plant-based biomaterial that promotes the repair and regeneration of the spinal cord and CelluJuve a plant-based dermal filler that can assist with everything from injury recovery to cosmetic enhancement.
Key facts about Spiderwort
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Ottawa (Canada)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $16.1M
- Employee Count: 14 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Flucas Ventures, K5 Global and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 12, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. The Growcer
Manufacturer and supplier of hydroponic growing systems. It offers modular plug-and-play hydroponic systems. Its flagship product, Arctic Growing System IV is a vertical hydroponic growing system built within retrofitted insulated shipping containers. It offers solutions for the home gardeners, entrepreneurs, community agriculture groups.
Key facts about The Growcer
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Ottawa (Canada)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $3.19M
- Employee Count: 33 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: THRIVE, Ontario Centre of Innovation and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 03, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Spoonity
Spoonity is a online loyalty platform that allows restaurants to implement and manage a customer rewards system. Customers are able to sign up for loyalty program once and earn rewards to build status based on the amount they spend at restaurant. Restaurants have full control over the status rewards and have the ability to offer groups of customers exclusive rewards. Compiles data about what customers are buying and when they are coming to give personalised experience and help restaurants optimize by giving insights into purchasing and other trends.
Key facts about Spoonity
5. Hyre
Hyre provides an online staff marketplace for events such as banquets, weddings, conferences and others. Targeted to people looking for part-time job. Enables staff to choose shifts, type of work and wage by creating an account on the platform. Event organizers can search for staff and provide feedback and ratings based on their performance. Targeted to people in Ottawa, Toronto, Gatineau, Montreal, NYC, Miami, and Orlando.
Key facts about Hyre
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Ottawa (Canada)
- Stage: Seed
- Employee Count: 17 as on Jan 01, 2026
- Investors: Techstars, LeadX Capital and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Startup Garage's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Startup Garage has invested in 59 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Wandure.Startup Garage's Investments by Stage
Startup Garage has made 3 investments in Seed stage and 1 investment in Grant (prize money) stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 3 |
Grant (prize money) | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Startup Garage's Investments by Sector
Startup Garage has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, Food and Agriculture Tech and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 35 Tech companies, 24 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 18 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 15 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 3 |
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Vertical SaaS | 2 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 1 |
HealthTech | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Startup Garage's Investments by Geography
Startup Garage has made most investments in Canada (4).Startup Garage's recent investments
Startup Garage has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Startup Garage:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Canada | Seed | 3865 | - | |
May 11, 2017 | Canada | Seed | 3409 | - | |
Oct 18, 2016 | Canada | Grant (prize money) | 9723 | - | |
2015 | Canada | Seed | 4329 | - |
Co-investors of Startup Garage
Over the past 11 years, 7 investors have co-invested in Startup Garage's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested after Startup Garage: A total of 7 investors have invested in Startup Garage's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Ontario Brain Institute (1 company) and Graphite Ventures (1 company).