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Philip Poulidis

Co-founder & CEO, ODAIA

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Philip Poulidis is co-founder and CEO of ODAIA, a Toronto company whose software uses AI to help pharmaceutical sales and marketing teams decide which physicians to reach. ODAIA was spun out of the University of Toronto in 2018 and raised a $34 million Series B in May 2023. Poulidis previously held senior roles at BlackBerry and Marvell.

Philip hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Philip co-founded ODAIA, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Did Philip Poulidis co-found ODAIA?

Yes. The University of Toronto's UTEST programme reported on October 16, 2019 that "Founded in 2018, ODAIA was spun out of the University of Toronto in October by professor Periklis Andritsos and adjunct professor Helen Kontozopoulos, as well as University of Lausanne PhD student Gael Bernard and current CEO Philip Poulidis." The same page notes he joined as ODAIA's CEO in September 2019. ODAIA's own about page, checked September 22, 2026, lists him as "Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder" and names Kontozopoulos, Bernard and Andritsos as the other co-founders.

Is Poulidis still ODAIA's CEO?

Yes, as of the most recent pages checked. ODAIA's about page, read on September 22, 2026, lists Philip Poulidis as Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at the head of the leadership team. Healthcare IT Today described him on December 26, 2025 as "CEO at Toronto-based ODAIA" when it published his Life Sciences Today podcast interview.

What has ODAIA raised?

The law firm Osler, which acted on the round, records that "On May 1, 2023, ODAIA announced a $34 million Series B financing round" that was "co-led by Threshold Ventures and Monograph Capital, who are both focused on life sciences and healthtech companies." Osler describes ODAIA as "a Toronto based start-up that utilizes artificial intelligence to collect and analyze pharmaceutical data." An earlier $1.6 million seed round was reported by UTEST on October 16, 2019.

What did Poulidis do before ODAIA?

Endeavor Greece's entrepreneur profile of him, checked September 22, 2026, says he held "senior leadership roles, including SVP and GM of Blackberry and VP and GM of Marvell," founded Morega, which exited to AT&T, and co-founded Tartan AI. UTEST reported on October 16, 2019 that he had spent nearly a decade in Silicon Valley before joining ODAIA.

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