Founders / Nick Romano
Nick Romano
Nick Romano is the co-founder and CEO of DataBraid, a fintech AI company based in Toronto. Nick Romano co-founded DataBraid with Atif Khan. Nick Romano is also the former co-founder and CEO of Deeplite. DataBraid raised a US$1.9M pre-seed round in April 2026 led by Koru Ventures. The Canadian AI Newsletter last covered DataBraid in June 2026.
Co-founder/CEO of DataBraid. Formerly Co-founder/CEO of Deeplite.
DataBraid
Insurance broker portal automation.
- Role
- Co-founder/CEO
- HQ
- Toronto, ON
- Founded
- 2025
- Status
- Active
- Disclosed raised
- US$1.9M
- Latest round
- Pre-seed, Apr 2026
- Website
- databraid.ai
Co-founders: Atif Khan
Investors: Koru Ventures
Deeplite
Software that compresses and optimizes AI models to run on edge hardware.
- Former role
- Co-founder/CEO
- HQ
- Montréal, QC
- Founded
- 2018
- Status
- Acquired by STMicroelectronics
- Website
- deeplite.ai
Co-founders: Davis Sawyer
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Data as of November 10, 2026.