Marco Janeczek
Founder of CRYNOSTICS
Ottawa, Ontario
Overview
Work Experience
CEO and Founder
2024 - Current
Decoding infant communication using AI
Director
2025
Managing Partner and Founder
2023
Through unconventional thinking and advanced research, we partner with entrepreneurs and create remarkable companies. The passion for deep technology, building products, executing distribution and raising funding gave life to this startup foundry. (zero to one) Direct Investments: StrongForce, EquityPay.
CEO and Founder
2014
We are a holding of companies. Our First Chapter: Cybeats (acquired by Relay Medical), Cliniconex, Intelocate, Neurovine, MyPitboard, Pcsso, FileFacets (acquired by Data443), Groove (acquired by Microsoft), K-Ops (acquired by Stack), Tough Commerce, AffectCX.
Head Of Corporate Development
2021 - 2024
Brokrete (YC W20) provides a white-label e-commerce engine for the building material supply industry. Suppliers can now build their own branded storefront to sell through a branded mobile app or the web. My role is to assist the company in partnerships and investment.
Director
2014 - 2020
My role at L-SPARK was to scout for and provide guidance through mentorship to early-stage companies. Cybeats (acquired by Relay Medical), HeyDay Ai (acquired by HootSuite), Upchain (acquired by Autodesk), FileFacets (acquired by Data443), LevelJump (acquired by Salesforce), EssayJack (acquired by Wize), Reshift, Neurovine, MyPitboard, Bluink, Wavve Boating, Noibu, Eyesover, Aidexpress, LeadFox, EnergyX, Optimity, TitanFile, Qarrot, Hangry (acquired by Transact), and many others.
Corporate Development
2012 - 2015
PAT was acquired by ZUCCHETTI, Italy's largest system integrator.
CEO & Founder
2010 - 2015
hatchbrands was a venture builder. I invested in a handful of companies and build a network of mentors. My primary role was fundraising for the fund and overseeing the portfolio in both product and business development. || iBrands (OTCB: IBRC) acquired hatchbrands.
CEO&Founder | Head of Product
2010 - 2011
Yostro was one of the incubated companies in hatchbrands (a venture builder I started). Yostro created a DIY website builder and licensed the technology through partners such as yellow pages players to their small business customers. || Dataware acquired Yostro in April 2011.
CEO&Founder | Head of Product
2007 - 2010
Domains Income established a network of 2,000 domain names in the local search and monetized these domains through a call centre. || Assets of Domains Income were acquired in late 2010 by BusinessFinder and PagineSi (2nd largest yellow pages group in Italy). LogoPro (was spun out from Domains Income as a separate entity) and was later acquired by Orgraf. Domains Income shut down in 2010.