Waterloo company building Anvil Checkpoint, an RF- and machine-learning-based test system that compares electronic assemblies against a known-good profile to detect hardware implants, counterfeit parts, tampering and manufacturing defects.
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Waterloo company building Anvil Checkpoint, an RF- and machine-learning-based test system that compares electronic assemblies against a known-good profile to detect hardware implants, counterfeit parts, tampering and manufacturing defects.
Closed a Series A (amount not disclosed) led by BDC's Industrial Innovation Venture Fund, with Three Kings Capital, Frostbite and Unpopular Ventures, announced August 11, 2026. palitronica.com
Provides cyber assurance for electronic components in Bell's MV-75 Cheyenne aircraft program, announced July 23, 2026. palitronica.com
A joint project with Continental AG on automotive component verification got $1M from Ontario's OVIN R&D Partnership Fund, of a ~$3.1M project total; neither is Palitronica's alone. palitronica.com
States it was founded out of more than a decade of University of Waterloo research. palitronica.com
NRC IRAP committed a $1M contribution (2025-2028) to Palitronica's part of the Eureka ITEA GENIUS project, applying LLMs to hardware/software co-design testing. search.open.canada.ca
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Electronics verification
Physics-based test platform that uses RF reflectometry and AI to build a known-good profile of an electronic device and flag deviations such as defects, counterfeit components, hardware implants and unannounced BOM changes, without needing schematics or firmware.
Learn moreAnnounced rounds only, newest first. Undisclosed amounts are shown as undisclosed.
Aug 11, 2026
Investors: BDC Industrial Innovation Venture Fund (lead), Three Kings Capital, Frostbite, Unpopular Ventures
Publicly announced partnerships.
Collaboration to develop and scale Anvil Checkpoint for verifying automotive electronic components, incl. testing TPMS units at Continental's Toulouse facility; OVIN-supported.
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada — contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada — contribution
OVIN R&D Partnership Fund, Government of Ontario via Ontario Centre of Innovation — project funding for a joint project with Continental AG
Palitronica closed a Series A led by BDC's Industrial Innovation Venture Fund with Three Kings Capital, Frostbite and Unpopular Ventures, to accelerate AI and cybersecurity R&D, expand its teams and support international expansion. No amount was stated.
Palitronica is providing cyber assurance for critical electronics in the MV-75 Cheyenne aircraft program, aimed at strengthening the supply chain's cyber resilience, meeting compliance demands and supporting long-term sustainment of the platform.
A Palitronica and Continental AG project to develop and scale Anvil Checkpoint for automotive component verification has a total value of nearly $3.1 million, including $1 million from the Government of Ontario through the OVIN R&D Partnership Fund.
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