Top 12 Military startups in Canada

Mar 09, 2025 | By Bruce Makowsky

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Funding: $602.6M
SCALE AI is an industry-led consortium that shapes a new global supply chain platform. Scale AI also works with US Department of Defense to test generative AI models for military use.
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Funding: $81.2M
Kraken Robotics develops high speed, actively stabilized Synthetic Aperture Sonar towfish that operates at speeds up to 10 knots.
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Funding: $20M
Mission Ready specialized in cleaning and decontamination of personal protective equipment and the manufacture and distribution of next generation and defense tactical solutions.
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Funding: $3.9M
Avalon Holographics creates holographics for battlespace visualizations. Its Light Field Displays (LFDs) paint an accurate, detailed 3D picture of the battlespace, including all assets and targets within range.
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Funding: $2.8M
CarteNav Solutions provides maximize the performance and decision-making capabilities of defence, security and industry.
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Funding: $800K
Paladin AI builds adaptive training technology for the aerospace industry. Human expertise, trained by machine intelligence.
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Funding: $399.8K
Fatigue Science has developed wearable devices to optimize sleep and manage fatigue in military personnel. The company's products include ReadiBand which is a wearable device used for tracking sleep and Readi analyzes those data to predicts sleep's impact on reaction time and cognitive effectiveness.
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Canadian Technology Systems manufactures CTS Lance Disrupters that have innovative features, provide superior accuracy, long range shots and maximum disruption power
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ChimeraXR is a virtual reality training system that offers law enforcement training through simulation.
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Bionic Power makes wearable technology for charging batteries.They are developing PowerWalk Kinetic Energy Harvester for the U.S. military.
Editor: Bruce Makowsky
Bruce Makowsky has covered military, cyber and IT news since 2009, with a focus on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps operations, acquisition programs and budgets. In particular he worked for Inside Defense. Bruce holds a Master of Science degree in journalism from Boston University. Bruce is also an award-winning photographer, renowned for his captivating images that have earned him numerous accolades and widespread recognition in the photography community. You can contact Bruce at makowsky(at)militarystartups(dot)com