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ANNNND HERE WE GO! Congrats to Wagepoint, for leading this year's Top 100. Founded by Shrad Rao and Ryan Dineen. Designed just for small businesses, Wagepoint helps make payroll simple. With an intuitive app, real-human support and a mission to bring the absolute best user experience to our customers, we uncomplicate things like taxes and calculations — even if payroll isn’t your thing. Wagepoint is proud to work with an amazing community of accountants and bookkeepers and, together, they help small businesses thrive. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gAtkcwyv

Next company on Top 100 is Index Exchange founded by Andrew Casale. Index Exchange is a global advertising supply-side platform, helps media owners maximize the value of their content across every screen. The company serves as a key connector between top-tier publishers and some of the world’s largest brands, ensuring a high-quality experience for consumers. With more than two decades of experience, Index Exchange has played a pioneering role in the evolution of ad technology. Known for its radically transparent business model and commitment to market-wide efficiency, the company is recognized for its efforts to maintain the integrity of the programmatic ecosystem. Its global teams continue to shape industry standards and develop technology aimed at delivering scale, efficiency, and lasting value for both customers and partners. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gV9uVgpj

Wow! Wow! Next company on Top 100 is Badal.io. Led by Zohaib Butt (Founder/CEO), Eugene Miretsky (Founder/Chief Data Officer), Ron Bond (Founder/Managing Partner) and Alano Medonte (Managing Partner of Sales, Alliances, and Marketing). Badal seamlessly tailors scalable cloud solutions across industries, empowering businesses to optimize complex workloads while reducing costs and enhancing agility. Leveraging deep industry expertise and advanced cloud technologies through Google Cloud Platform, the company delivers customized, actionable solutions designed to drive measurable results. In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, Badal.io helps organizations unlock their full potential with strategic cloud implementations. Read More: https://lnkd.in/g6pfNm5U

Next company on the Top 100 List: Mappedin. Founded by Hongwei Liu, Mappedin is a global leader in indoor mapping and spatial data management. Their solutions power billions of square feet of indoor space and guide millions of people through malls, stadiums, airports, offices, healthcare facilities, warehouses, universities, and more. They’re making indoor maps as powerful as those outdoors. Highlights include: 📍 $16.1M raised 📍 1.75B+ square feet mapped 📍 15,000+ users Read more: https://lnkd.in/g2g6dpCb

AI tech on the rise! Next up on Top 100 is Wisedocs. Founded by Connor Atchison MHA and Jenna Earnshaw, Wisedocs is the medical record indexing, review, and AI summaries software platform for insurance carriers, healthcare providers, law firms, and TPAs. They serve the auto, liability, disability, workers’ compensation, tort law, and similar markets. Providing an easy-to-integrate solution for improved accuracy and speed to deliver improved outcomes in processing medical records, Wisedocs is at the forefront of change in the claims ecosystem. Wisedocs has raised $12.7M in an oversubscribed series A round in 2024 and secured $4.5M CAD in growth capital financing to support Wisedocs’ mission to both further broaden its client base and to expand its product offering. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gvYxMJzY

Love to travel? Hate flight delays? It can turn a dream trip into a frustrating mess—hours on hold, unanswered emails, and dodging responsibility. That’s where airfairness steps in. Founded by John Marzo, Zohair K., and David Linardi, airfairness handles the entire compensation process for you—start to finish. They combine AI with a vast pool of flight and legal data to build airtight claims and make sure airlines pay every cent they owe. You focus on the vacation. They’ll handle the fight. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gmf-36D6

Top 100 List Continues! AI tech from Waterloo. Next is Gambit Co led by Patrick W Belliveau, Chris Silivestru and Ryan Burgio. Gabmit builds AI-driven tools tailored to solve complex problems across health, tech, and business sectors. Their unique approach integrates custom-built conversational AI systems, empowering users with precise, actionable insights. Whether it’s improving patient outcomes in healthcare or optimizing sales strategies, Gambit leverages its proprietary technology to deliver innovative, scalable solutions that transform industries. Gambit creates game-changing IP that drives growth and retains value for partners. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gEKAPaYQ

Next on the Top 100 list is Able Innovations! The company is on a mission to provide better healthcare. Founded by Jayiesh Singh and Philip C. Chang, P.Eng., the company is automating one of the most labour-intensive tasks in healthcare: patient transfers. Through its ALTA Platform, a task that once required two to eight staff can now be completed by a single user at the push of a button—improving safety, efficiency, and patient dignity. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ebmWMn9M

This picture though! Next up on Top 100 is Part3 founded by Jack Sadler, Corey Stanford, Jessica Luczycki. Part3 is the ultimate platform, redefining construction administration. Built by architects for architects, it creates a single source of truth, connecting architects, engineers, owners, and contractors to collaborate seamlessly. Powered by AI, Part3 delivers faster, smarter, and more accurate construction administration, defining a new category within the industry. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gVH5tfJP

Next up on Top 100 is CruxOCM. Founded by Vicki Knott, P.Eng and Roger Shirt. CruxOCM revolutionizes industrial pipeline operations by providing adaptive automation software that dramatically improves safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Our platform enables control room operators to maximize throughput while reducing manual errors, delivering an additional 2-7% top line revenue. We transform complex industrial processes into seamless, optimized operations that minimize environmental impact and maximize operational excellence. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gYpQAGPr