Founders / Karim Besbes
Karim Besbes
Karim Besbes is a co-founder of Axya, an industrial and manufacturing AI company based in Montréal. Karim Besbes co-founded Axya with Félix Bélisle Dockrill, Nicolas Gauthier and Yacine Mahdid. Axya raised a C$17M Series A in September 2026 led by McRock Capital. The Canadian AI Newsletter last covered Axya in September 2026.
Co-founder of Axya.
Axya
AI procurement agents for manufacturers that turn supplier emails, PDFs and portal updates into structured ERP data and flag risks and savings.
- Role
- Co-founder
- HQ
- Montréal, QC
- Founded
- 2019
- Status
- Active
- Disclosed raised
- C$17M
- Latest round
- Series A, Sep 24, 2026
- Website
- axya.co
Co-founders: Félix Bélisle Dockrill, Nicolas Gauthier, Yacine Mahdid
Investors: McRock Capital, Yamaha Motor Ventures, BDC Industrial Innovation Venture Fund, Real Ventures, CIBC Innovation Banking
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Data as of November 10, 2026.