Tech Company Financing Transactions

DarwinAI Funding Round

DarwinAI, based in Waterloo ON, secured $3 million from iNovia Capital, Obvious Ventures and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/19/2018
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$3,000,000
Round
Seed
Investors

iNovia Capital (Lead Investor)

Obvious Ventures (Lead Investor)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Artificial Intelligence
Mailing Address
Undisclosed
Waterloo ON, N0B 1K0
Canada
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
DarwinAI is a cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence startup based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Our technology, stemming from years of scholarship by our academic team from the University of Waterloo, uses 'AI to build AI' in order to: dramatically reduce the size of deep neural networks while maintaining functional accuracy and reducing inference time.
Profile
DarwinAI LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
DarwinAI Company Twitter Account
Company News
DarwinAI News
Facebook
DarwinAI on Facebook
YouTube
DarwinAI on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Sheldon Fernandez
  Sheldon Fernandez LinkedIn Profile  Sheldon Fernandez Twitter Account  Sheldon Fernandez News  Sheldon Fernandez on Facebook
Chief Operating Officer
Arif Virani
  Arif Virani LinkedIn Profile  Arif Virani Twitter Account  Arif Virani News  Arif Virani on Facebook
Chief Scientific Officer
Alexander Wong
  Alexander Wong LinkedIn Profile  Alexander Wong Twitter Account  Alexander Wong News  Alexander Wong on Facebook
VP - R & D
Mohammad Shafiee
  Mohammad Shafiee LinkedIn Profile  Mohammad Shafiee Twitter Account  Mohammad Shafiee News  Mohammad Shafiee on Facebook


 

 

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