About JOLT
JOLT is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of Toronto, Canada. As of Jul 2014, JOLT has invested in 22 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Canada based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and EdTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Peekapak Overall, JOLT portfolio has seen 4 acquisitions including key companies like Train with Push, PostBeyond and Turnstyle. JOLT has team of 2 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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JOLT's List of Top Investments
JOLT has a portfolio of 22 companies. Their most notable investments are in XTouch and SilverDart Learning.Their portfolio spans across Canada and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, EdTech and 11 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by JOLT:
1. Taplytics
Taplytics provides an A/B testing platform for iOS applications, which allows app makers the ability to test different experiences and quickly push out minor fixes, like visual bugs or typos, without having to wait on the App Store’s slower release cycle. Developers download the SDK, then it’s just a line of code to get started. After setup is complete, anyone tasked with tracking engagements and conversions can manage the A/B testing campaigns from a web interface. Currently has 250 customers, including 500px, Frank and Oak and Pivotal Labs. Y Combinator grad.
Key facts about Taplytics
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $9.86M
- Employee Count: 4 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Spider Capital, ACE & Company and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Nov 12, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Developer of the armband for analyzing the athlete performance. It is a platform focused on fitness training, offering resources, programs, or tools for individuals. It enables users to analyze the training session. It also allows users to track the performance of athletes and measure the condition.
Key facts about Train with Push
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Stage: Acquired
- Employee Count: 6 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: San Francisco 49ers, Freycinet Ventures and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 11, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Think Dirty
Think Dirty is a mobile-first discovery platform for beauty products. Provides a free app on the iOS and Android platforms allowing users to discover non-toxic beauty products. Users can find the ingredients in a beauty product by scanning its barcode or searching for the product in the app. The app also provides a rating on the product based on the ingredients present. The app then recommends beauty products with less toxic ingredients. As of Jan. 2017, the app provides information on 350k products. The app redirects to the seller's platform for buying the products. They earn affiliate commission from the sellers. They also sell beauty boxes curating products across brands.
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4. PostBeyond
PostBeyond offers an employee advocacy platform for businesses. Allows businesses to make advocates out of their employees by providing them access to shareable brand content. Achieves this by curating and classifying content from social media, providing employees easy access to this content, and tracking shared content metrics and effectiveness. It offers a platform for marketing, sales, HR, and channel partner. Integrates with third-party systems like Salesforce, Bitly, Wordpress, etc, through APIs. Clients include TIBCO, PGA, and Ceridian, among others.
Key facts about PostBeyond
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $4.75M
- Employee Count: 7 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Information Venture Partners, Export Development Canada and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 18, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Turnstyle
Turnstyle provides customer analytics and location based marketing technology by connecting with WiFi enabled smart devices as they move through a venue. It uses context to provide better targeted services to users. The company also provides free Wi-Fi in restaurants and bars, in exchange for some transfer of personal data. Third party integration via API and SDK is also available. Deployed in more than 850 locations (as of June 2014).
Key facts about Turnstyle
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $2.1M
- Investors: Ripple Ventures, 500 Global and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 12, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
JOLT's Investments by Stage
JOLT has made 9 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $38K.JOLT's Investments by Sector
JOLT has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the EdTech, Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Media & Entertainment and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 17 Tech companies, 12 Consumer (B2C) companies, 9 Software companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
EdTech | 3 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Consumer | 2 |
Media & Entertainment | 2 |
Retail | 2 |
Others | 4 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
JOLT's Investments by Geography
JOLT has made most investments in Canada (9).JOLT's recent investments
JOLT has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by JOLT:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 28, 2014 | Canada | Seed | 2392 | - | |
Jul 28, 2014 | Canada | Seed | 5813 | - | |
Jul 28, 2014 | Canada | Seed | 3692 | - | |
Jul 28, 2014 | Canada | Seed | 8870 | - | |
Jul 28, 2014 | Canada | Seed | 3744 | - |
Acquired companies in JOLT's Portfolio
4 companies from JOLT's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was PostBeyond in Dec 2021 by Influitive for $*****.Here are JOLT's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 08, 2021 | Jul 28, 2014 | Seed | 8163 | |
Sep 02, 2021 | - | - | 7831 | |
Apr 04, 2017 | - | - | 9218 | |
Feb 04, 2016 | Jul 28, 2014 | Seed | 8700 |
Team profile of JOLT
JOLT has a team of 2 members including 2 Partners located in Canada. JOLT's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of JOLT
Over the past 13 years, 9 investors have co-invested in JOLT's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested after JOLT: A total of 9 investors have invested in JOLT's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Export Development Canada (1 company), Information Venture Partners (1 company) and Plaza Ventures (1 company).
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