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Discover the owner of uCiC and explore the full ownership hierarchy. See the uCiC parent company, holding structures, and ultimate controllers.

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uCiC

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Est. 2014   •  2-10 employees   •  Private

uCiC is a Toronto-based mobile social content platform and app that lets users request and receive real-time photos and videos from people anywhere in the world.

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uCiC appears to be independent with no parent company.

Major Shareholders

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Major Shareholders

NameTypeOwnershipAs of
Harleen Kaur Jolly Co‑founder and CEO of uCiC / Ground News and a long‑time director of Snapwise Inc. (the legal entity behind uCiC). Public Canadian federal corporate filings list her as a director of Snapwise Inc., and press coverage consistently identifies her as the primary founder, so she is widely understood to be a major shareholder, though no public source discloses her exact equity stake.
FounderMar 2024
Sukhsagar Singh Jolly Also known as Sukh Singh; co‑founder of uCiC and Ground News and a key principal/director of Snapwise Inc. Corporate registry records list him as a director, and media profiles describe him as co‑founder, indicating that he is a significant shareholder. Exact ownership percentages are not publicly available.
FounderMar 2024
Techstars Global startup accelerator and seed investor. uCiC (Snapwise Inc.) participated in the Techstars Atlanta program, and company/funding profiles report that Techstars invested cash and services into the company in exchange for a minority equity stake during the UCiC phase. The precise percentage ownership is not publicly disclosed but is typically in the single‑digit range for Techstars portfolio companies.
Institutional
Techstars Ventures Venture capital arm associated with Techstars. Private funding databases indicate Techstars Ventures led or participated in a roughly August 18, 2022 Series A–type round for Ground News, whose legal name is Snapwise Inc., implying a direct minority equity position. No cap‑table details or percentage ownership figures are publicly reported.
InstitutionalAug 2022
37 Angels US‑based angel investor network focused on early‑stage technology companies. Venture databases list 37 Angels as one of four investors in UCiC / Snapwise Inc. (alongside Techstars) from the uCiC era, indicating a direct but undisclosed minority equity stake obtained via an early‑stage financing round.
Institutional
Right Side Capital Management US venture capital firm. Funding databases for Ground News (legal entity Snapwise Inc.) identify Right Side Capital Management as an investor in pre‑seed/seed funding rounds, which would ordinarily be structured as equity or convertible securities in Snapwise Inc. The size of its position and any subsequent dilution are not publicly disclosed.
Institutional
The DMZ (DMZ Ventures) Toronto Metropolitan University’s DMZ startup incubator and its related investment arm DMZ Ventures. Tracxn and similar venture‑intelligence sources list the DMZ among the institutional investors in Ground (Snapwise Inc.). Public sources do not specify whether its capital was provided as direct equity or convertible/grant funding, nor the resulting ownership percentage, but it is treated in those databases as a small institutional shareholder.
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