HR tech startups in Toronto
HR, payroll and benefits software for Canadian companies, led by Humi.
5 companies building in HR tech here.
Razor Suleman
Founded 2002 in Toronto (as I Love Rewards); employee recognition, rewards and engagement HR-SaaS. ~US$155M revenue; now operates as a subsidiary of Blackhawk Network with co-HQs in Toronto, Australia and Ma...
Elijah Moore, Peter Demangos & Steven Hanna
Founded 2016, Toronto. Marketed as Canada's first all-digital HR, payroll and group-benefits platform, automating onboarding, compliance and benefits administration for SMBs. Raised $5M seed (Diagram Venture...
David Ossip
Dayforce cloud HCM was founded 2008/2009 in Toronto by David Ossip; acquired by Ceridian in 2012, after which Ossip became CEO and rebranded the whole company to Dayforce in 2024. Global cloud HCM/payroll/wo...
All-in-one HR, payroll, and benefits platform for Canadian SMBs (4,000+ businesses), founded by Kevin Kliman and Matt Loszak. Raised a $15M Series A and later a $31M CAD Series B led by Kensington Capital Pa...
Elliot Ngai & Wister Ng
Founded 2015, Toronto. Bootstrapped (self-funded) payroll, HR and benefits SaaS built specifically for Canadian small businesses. A lean operation (~16 staff) profitably serving ~1,000 small-business customers.
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