Zorah biocosmétiques produces certified organic, fair‑trade, cruelty‑free skincare and positions itself as a leader in healthy beauty. The company has launched a foundation funded by 1% of its sales to support education for young girls and mothers. CED awarded the company a $450,000 repayable contribution to improve productivity and support market expansion. Planned uses include purchasing production equipment (machinery, distillation station, tube filler, automatic jar filling machine, among others) and executing a marketing plan to enter new markets. Marketing activities will cover promotional materials, travel, trade fairs, and hiring commercial officers in targeted markets. Company leadership has stated plans to expand into Morocco and Dubai, and the business is presented in the article as based in Montréal. Tengiva operates a digital supply‑chain platform that enables apparel brands to source textiles directly from manufacturers via an online marketplace. The platform hosts millions of dollars of inventory, more than 300 distinct materials, and serves brands in 30 countries. Tengiva centralizes structured textile data to support sustainability features including CO2 emissions calculations, material recyclability guidance, and recommendations to reduce chemical use. The company relaunched its proprietary technology after participating in the 2021 Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders, completed beta testing, and reconfirmed product–market fit. Tengiva plans to use new capital to commercialize the platform, build a state‑of‑the‑art warehouse, and execute a global expansion strategy in 2022. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Total raised

$6M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Debt Financing

Latest activity

Mar 2024