Supply Chain

For founders applying artificial intelligence to supply chain visibility, optimization and improvement.


  • All Ventures
  • CDL-Montreal

CO2Brew

CO2Brew leases carbon capture units to breweries for recycling or selling the emitted CO2. It helps breweries reduce CO2 costs by capturing emissions normally released during fermentation with its unique scrubbing design for beverage-grade CO2, the ability to capture CO2 from bright tank purging, and a leasing model that includes unit maintenance.

co2brew.com

Avol

Avol provides medical delivery drone services tailored for organ procurement organizations. Its proprietary design, autonomous operations, and droneport network enable the transport of bulky (up to 10 lb) payloads across distances exceeding 100 miles.

avolaerospace.com

CDL Mentor Endorsement
"Avol is a venture with significant implications for public health and societal well-being. By enabling the transportation of biopsies and blood samples to remote locations, it addresses a critical gap in medical logistics with the potential to save lives globally. The entrepreneur behind Avol, Nate Poon, embodies the resilience, discipline, and mission-driven mindset that define successful founders. His commitment to this initiative—both in vision and personal sacrifice—gives me strong confidence in his capacity to see it through. This is why I am supporting him and encourage others within the CDL community to join in helping Avol realize its potential. It’s an opportunity to contribute to a venture that not only holds commercial promise but also a meaningful, global impact. Let’s support this initiative." - Nick Nardi, Managing Partner, WTA Partners LLP

Bauxite Technologies

Bauxite Technologies is an early-stage technology company with a two-for-one technological solution for the aluminum and construction industries. The venture addresses two economic pain points in these industries: the growing carrying cost of aluminum waste disposal and the absence of in-demand sustainable alternatives in the construction material market. This solution transforms aluminum waste into a cement replacement that is up to 40% cheaper to produce than ordinary cement. It will save Quebec’s aluminum sector up to $50M CAD in annual disposal costs and reduce Quebec’s carbon footprint by up to 2M tons of emissions per year.

esplanade.quebec

Accéder

Accéder is an AI software company focused on developing TITAN, an AI and GenAI-driven platform designed to enhance supply chain management decision-making and anticipate disruptions. TITAN provides supply chain managers with instant predictive insights, reports, scenarios, and analysis from raw supply chain data.

acceder.io

Blassa

Blassa is a location intelligence company that utilizes its API to create data where it previously didn't exist and builds tools to use this data for logistics and eCommerce optimization. Blassa currently focuses on the Middle East and Africa, addressing the issue of over 100 million undelivered packages each month due to unreliable address information.

blassa.io

Flexibl

Flexibl offers a SaaS platform that connects payment processors and software databases to automate payment reconciliation and analytics for Vertical SaaS companies. Its key differentiator is providing real-time cost optimization insights, rather than focusing solely on conversion rates. Flexibl also delivers merchant-level analysis to enhance client performance visibility.

goflexibl.com

Pigee

Pigee is an AI-powered shipping assistant and logistics platform designed primarily for offline merchants serving tourists and global buyers. It enables seamless international shipping by providing real-time customs, tax, and insurance estimates, along with the cheapest and most reliable shipping options. Pigee’s dynamic pricing engine, built on proprietary transaction and shipping data, along with its global network of trained sales representatives, creates a defensible moat that drives better margins for merchants and repeat purchases from customers worldwide.

pigeepost.com

SysNergie

SysNergie provides two key offerings: Modular battery packs and Battery Management System (BMS) for industrial machinery, cargo ships, and renewable energy systems, designed to meet the need for dependable energy storage in safety-critical applications with improved energy density, consistent performance under demanding conditions, and a reduced carbon footprint. Its proprietary technological platform enables advanced battery intelligence, faster technology upgrades, and a flexible, locally sourced, fully recyclable solution.

sysnergie.ca

RETRN Bio

RETRN Bio offers sustainable packaging solutions designed for paper packaging manufacturers. Its innovative technology transforms abundant plant waste into recyclable, marine biodegradable, and home compostable coatings, addressing the rising demand for eco-friendly materials. Utilizing **proprietary** engineered microbes, Retrn Bio converts plant waste, such as spent grains and sugarcane bagasse, into versatile bioplastic products suitable for various applications.

retrnbio.com

N4EA (Formerly ENES)

ENES provides climate risk analytics for global supply chains. Using advanced analytics and predictive modeling, their technology identifies potential disruptions and their systemic impacts before they occur. This proactive approach helps to lower costs and enables more effective risk mitigation strategies.

enes.solutions

Kaster Technologies

Kaster is a software company developing a production scheduling suite specifically designed for drug manufacturers. Their solution addresses drug shortages and reduces medication production costs by optimizing operations, equipment allocation, and responses to supply chain disruptions. Kaster's optimization tools are tailored to the highly regulated and cost-intensive pharmaceutical industry.

kaster.ca

CDL Mentor Endorsement
" Kaster Technologies provides real-time, AI-optimized planning designed for aseptic drug manufacturing. Over the past eight months, I had the privilege of working closely with Alexandre Clarizio, Kaster’s founder and CEO. Ventures like Kaster are what make the CDL experience so rewarding for mentors. Alexandre consistently welcomed feedback, pushed both himself and his team, and demonstrated remarkable growth throughout the program. It has been an honour to support him on this journey. Congratulations to Kaster Technologies—wishing you continued success as you move forward!" Anne Robinson, Independent, Former CSO of Kinaxis

Lumi AI

Lumi is a business intelligence platform for supply chains, allowing teams to explore data, generate custom reports, and gain insights using plain language prompts without needing technical skills. By streamlining analytics, Lumi helps businesses identify opportunities in inventory, sales, and procurement data, supporting faster decisions and reducing reliance on data teams. 

lumi-ai.com

CDL Mentor Endorsement
"I raised my hand for this company because they stood out as one of the strongest opportunities from an investor’s perspective. What’s most impressive is the team — particularly Ibrahim, whose strong business instincts and relentless hustle are evident. While they’re operating in an increasingly crowded space, they’ve done an excellent job differentiating by staying closely attuned to real customer needs. They also have a natural strength in sales, with impressive growth both at the top of the funnel and in converting leads into paying customers. I’m excited to see where they take the business from here." Neha Khera, General Partner at 2048 Ventures

Pakville

PakVille manufactures construction materials to build homes that address industry challenges such as high housing costs, labor shortages, energy inefficiency in residential buildings, and plastic waste. PakVille homes are 35% less expensive and 20% more energy-efficient than traditional options. Construction is complete within 2 to 3 weeks, and the building material is made of 100% recycled plastic bottles.

pakville.ca

CDL Mentor Endorsement
"Pakville has built a great foundation to provide an effective solution for quick, affordable, and ecological housing. I see incredible potential in these times and appreciate how dedicated and steady Parinaz is at the helm. She’s ready to take off!" Lauren Rathmell, Co-Founder at Les Fermes Lufa / Lufa Farms

Standard Rail Corporation

Standard Rail simplifies rail logistics by offering a marketplace, SIDINGS, with real-time visibility into transloading, railcar storage, and other services. It addresses inefficiencies and poor visibility into where services are located on the rail network, helping shippers reduce costs and suppliers expand into new markets. What sets Standard Rail apart is its low-cost, self-service model and network effect, which increases the platform’s value as more users join.

standardrail.com

CDL Mentor Endorsement
" I am confident in the market opportunities that Robert and Standard Rail are addressing by making rail freight more accessible, particularly for private rail fleet operators. They are consolidating various deficiencies within the North American market into a single platform, enabling users to access the services they need. Robert's team has a deep understanding of user needs, having firsthand experience themselves, and they launched CDL with an initial customer base that is already generating positive cash flow. This team can execute.” Jean-Jacques Ruest, Strategic Advisor, Retired CEO of CN Rail, Board Member

Phoenix Impact

Phoenix Impact has designed an automated cleaning process that combines a cleaning line, a sustainable soap, and a quality control test kit to clean and reuse life science-related lab supplies such as pipettes. This innovation enables waste management companies to offer a new service to their life sciences customers: reducing their plastic waste by more than 80% by reusing their plastic consumables. Phoenix Impact's solution provides a highly sustainable and cost-effective management method for plastic consumables without changing the researcher's habits.

phoeniximpact.ca

CDL Mentor Endorsement
"I put my hand up because of the progress I saw the team make over the course of the mentorship process. Initially I started as one of his biggest skeptics and instead of giving up, he reacted by quietly taking my feedback and acting to validate the weaknesses I saw in his approach and over time he managed to not only address the issues I saw but also to drive the close of his first paying contract to truly validate customer demand. I believe in rewarding those who execute against their vision, especially when they have to overcome adversity to do it. Too few founders meet that threshold and the Phoenix Impact team deserve to be celebrated for their success." Yuri Navarro, Consultant at Kanata Ventures