The release identifies McRock Capital as lead, Yamaha Motor Ventures as participating, and the Industrial Innovation Venture Fund and Real Ventures as existing shareholders supporting the round. CIBC is described as providing financing through a banking relationship, not as an equity investor; Montreal is only the dateline, so headquarters is not stated.
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Seedseed round
$1.2M · 2021-04-27
Published on thinner evidence, 1 source[ HISTORY ]: An earlier round of this company, found through its checked dossier and read from its own announcement like any round. Not news: never sent, and left out of the feed unless you filter by date.
The release identifies McRock Capital as lead, Yamaha Motor Ventures as participating, and the Industrial Innovation Venture Fund and Real Ventures as existing shareholders supporting the round. CIBC is described as providing financing through a banking relationship, not as an equity investor; Montreal is only the dateline, so headquarters is not stated.
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Axya builds AI-powered procurement software that connects manufacturers' supplier communications, spreadsheets, and ERP data so procurement teams can source and buy more efficiently.
Founders
Félix Bélisle-Dockrill · Co-Founder & CEO
He has a background in mechanical engineering and previously worked in supplier quality for two major aerospace manufacturers.
Nicolas Gauthier · Co-Founder & Business Development
He developed manufacturing experience through hands-on work in his family business and mechanical engineering studies.
Karim Bésbès · Co-founder & CTO
He is a software entrepreneur and experienced technologist focused on building products that solve clients' problems.
Yacine Mahdid · COO, co-founder
Founded
2019
Business model
Axya sells a fast-to-deploy SaaS procurement platform to manufacturing companies and also offers a supplier marketplace with payment solutions.
Customers
Kongsberg Automotive, Vention, Avior Integrated Products, Airbus Canada, Hyco Canada, MDA Space, GE Aerospace
Backers
Business Development Bank of Canada's Industrial Innovation Venture Fund, BDC Capital, Desjardins Capital, Ecofuel Fund
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·[ JSON ]round extracted with a schema, grounded to one sentence
·[ VERIFY ]confirmedread back across 1 source
·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage
·[ ALEXANDRIA ]firmographics from FullEnrich via Alexandria
·[ AGENT ]dossier built by the Firecrawl agent
Seed
seed round
Published on thinner evidence, 1 source[ HISTORY ]: An earlier round of this company, found through its checked dossier and read from its own announcement like any round. Not news: never sent, and left out of the feed unless you filter by date.
[ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search: history: Axya·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: newswire.ca·[ JSON ]round extracted with a schema, grounded to one sentence·[ VERIFY ]correctedread back across 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ ALEXANDRIA ]firmographics from FullEnrich via Alexandria·[ AGENT ]dossier built by the Firecrawl agent
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