Calgary-based Anchorbase has raised USD $2 million to help mid-market businesses modernize back-office work without replacing the software they already use.
The pre-seed round was backed by U.S. fintech investors Cambrian VC and TTV Capital. Anchorbase says the funding will support continued product development, deeper integrations with systems of record, expanded customer support, and go-to-market growth across North America.
Anchorbase has built a payments and automation platform designed for mid-market companies whose operations still depend on legacy software, disconnected tools, and manual administrative work. The company uses AI to automate payment collection, reconciliation, reporting, exception handling, and other back-office workflows.
Rather than asking businesses to migrate to an entirely new system, Anchorbase works inside the software companies already rely on, including dealer management systems, CRMs, accounting platforms, and other operational tools. Businesses can initiate payments inside those systems, collect funds through a terminal or payment link, automatically reconcile payments to the correct invoice, and trigger the next workflow.
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The company describes its platform as a secure desktop environment that can understand what is happening on screen, determine the next required action, and help complete that action accurately and repeatedly.
For many mid-market businesses, that approach is meant to solve a familiar problem: critical work often happens inside older software that is difficult, costly, or risky to replace. Those systems may be essential to day-to-day operations, but they often lack modern APIs or clean connections to newer payment and automation tools.
Anchorbase is trying to bridge that gap by layering AI-powered automation and payments on top of existing systems, instead of forcing a major technology overhaul.
Co-founder and CEO Doug van Spronsen said Anchorbase was built for the “real world of mid-market businesses,” where teams need practical automation that reduces friction rather than another abstract AI strategy.
The company is also taking a different approach to pricing. Anchorbase does not charge traditional SaaS fees, instead monetizing through payment processing, which is already a cost centre for most businesses. The model is intended to make AI-powered workflow automation easier to adopt without adding another software subscription or major implementation cost.
Cambrian VC founder and general partner Rex Salisbury said payments are an important entry point for embedded financial software and workflow automation, while TTV Capital partner Neil Kapur described Anchorbase as an agentic AI platform focused on an underserved segment of the market.
Anchorbase is headquartered in Calgary and is now looking to scale its payments and back-office automation platform across North America.
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