Canopy Labs
 | |
| Industry | Computer software |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder |
Wojciech Gryc Jorge Escobedo |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Website | www.canopylabs.com |
Canopy Labs is a customer analytics company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with offices in San Francisco.[1] It was founded in 2012 and offers SaaS marketing analytics for businesses and organizations.[2][3] The company is an alumnus of the Y Combinator accelerator program.[4]
History
Canopy Labs was founded in 2012 in Thornhill, Ontario by Wojciech Gryc and Jorge Escobedo.[5] Gryc is a Loran Scholar, Rhodes Scholar and former McKinsey consultant, and Escobedo is a former PhD researcher at the Perimeter Institute and University of Waterloo.[6][7]
In 2012, the company joined the Y Combinator start-up acceleration program in Silicon Valley as part of the 2012 Summer Class.[4][8] The company returned to Toronto in 2012, raising $1.5 million in Series A funding from BDC Venture Capital’s IT Fund, Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures, and a number of angel investors.[5]
In March 2015, the company announced the launch of its new Canopy Labs platform, focused on helping businesses to track and optimize customer journeys and purchase funnels.[9]
References
- ↑ Parmar, Neil. "Startups Mine 'Big Data' Too". Entrepreneur.com. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ Ha, Anthony. Y Combinator-Backed Canopy Labs Unveils A Self-Serve Approach To Customer Modeling TechCrunch. August 7, 2012.
- ↑ Techvibes. Canadian Startup Canopy Labs Reaches Milestone, Launches New Website Techvibes. May 31, 2013.
- 1 2 Taylor, Colleen (August 21, 2012). "Y Combinator S12 Demo Day". TechCrunch.
- 1 2 Acharya-Tom Yew, Madhavi. Thornhill start-up Canopy Labs raises $1.5 million in venture capital funding The Toronto Star. December 12, 2012.
- ↑ Dobby, Christine. Startup Roundup: Canopy Labs raises $1.5M, CN Tower elevator pitches and Ottawa’s new incubator Financial Post. December 14, 2012.
- ↑ Tossell, Ivor. Want to keep tabs on your customers? Big Data can help The Globe and Mail. April 9, 2012.
- ↑ Lorinc, John. "Big Data for the Little Guys". UTSC Commons. Retrieved Apr 24, 2014.
- ↑ Ha, Anthony. "Canopy Labs Relaunches To Help Businesses Understand Their "Fuzzy" Customer Funnels". TechCrunch. Retrieved Mar 11, 2015.
