Direct-C

Private

EdmontonFrontier & Industrial Techhttps://www.direct-c.ca/

Last Round

Series A

Aug 9, 2022

Total Funding Raised

$3.8M

Momentum

Top 50%

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Company Overview

Direct-C is a cleantech company that provides asset monitoring technology and services for oil and gas infrastructure to reduce risk and uncertainty.

Sector

Frontier & Industrial Tech

Verticals

Environmental Monitoring, IoT Hardware, Sensors, Advanced Materials

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Hardware Sales, Subscription SaaS

AI Layer

Non-AI

Keywords

leak detectionindustrial IoTIIoTnanocomposite sensorspipeline monitoringremote asset monitoringenvironmental monitoringsmart sensorsintegrity managementgeohazard monitoringoil and gas techremote sensingindustrial automationpredictive maintenance

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Direct-C Comps

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Direct-C comps — public and private peers by sector, stage, and business model
Company	Status	Est. Valuation	Rev Multiple
OpenAI	Private	$86.0B	~40x
Cohere	Private	$5.0B	--
Competitor 1	Public	$XX.XB	XXx
Competitor 2	Public	$XX.XB	XXx

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Direct-C Funding Rounds

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Data table
Round	Date	Amount Raised	Valuation	Investors	Sources
Series A	Aug 9, 2022
Grant	Jan 9, 2020

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Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Adrian Banica

Chief Executive Officer

Executive Team

Robert Franz

CTO

Executive Team

Direct-C Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Direct-C investors
Investor	Rounds
Greensky Capital	Series A
GreenSky Ventures	Series A
Henkel Tech Ventures	Series A

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Apr 18, 2026
Monthly visitors grew 1091% MoM, reaching 3.3K.
Jan 9, 2020
$770K grant round completed.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersEdmonton

Employee Range11

Year Founded2015

Last FundingAug 9, 2022

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