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Softlight
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Softlight Inc.
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softlight.net
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Private
Founded yearint
1994
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Softlight Inc. is a Canadian creative new media company founded in 1994, headquartered in Kingston, Ontario, with a second location in Toronto's Liberty Village media community. The firm combines custom software development with media design and branding services delivered under a single full-service model to enterprise, education, and entertainment clients — and later extended into healthcare and government. Its core proprietary software portfolio includes the patented Axis Learning System (an authoring and evaluation platform for digital textbooks and question databanks), SleepDoc (medical office automation with natural-language reporting for sleep clinics), a Document Management System, a Project/Time Management tool, and a Competency Assessment Tool suite delivered in English and French to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. The company's media design arm produces online, print, multimedia, identity, and film/broadcast output, including co-production of the short drama 'The Audition' with Canamedia Productions and Bravo!FACT.

The business model is primarily professional services: Softlight assembles specialized teams per project for custom software, branding, and multimedia engagements, supplemented by one-time licensing of proprietary products such as Axis Learning System and SleepDoc. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales targeting Canadian government (Treasury Board), education (Ontario Science Centre, Axis Learning System deployments), entertainment (Theatre D Digital, Inner City Films, Liquid), healthcare (sleep clinics via SleepDoc), and retail/SMB (Smartipants e-commerce). Pricing is custom quote-based with no public pricing. Ownership is concentrated in the founder Carlile family — Dr. John B. Carlile (President/MD), Narath Carlile (Director of Software), and Hagan Carlile (Director of New Media) — with no external institutional investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity disclosed.

Evidence of operating activity runs through a 2005 website copyright notice, with no later signals of operations, funding, product launches, leadership changes, or partnerships in the source data; the operating status is recorded as closed/inactive on the basis of that absence.

Short descriptiontext

Softlight Inc. is a Canadian creative new media company (founded 1994, Kingston/Toronto) that delivers custom software, media design, and branding services to enterprise, education, entertainment, healthcare, and government clients under a single full-service model, anchored by its patented Axis Learning System and SleepDoc medical automation products.

Operating statusenum
Closed
Ownership categoryenum
Headcount rangeband
11–50
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersKingston, Canada
HQ citystring
Kingston
HQ countrystring
Canada
HQ regionstring
North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices2 records

Each record includes

City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
custom software development, media design services, educational software, brand identity design, digital media production
Industry2 codes
PRIMARYBPACANAD
Sales, Customer Service & Soft Skills Training
Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Training, Learning & Development Services
SECONDARYEDALAGAB
Assistive Technology (AT) & Accessible Learning Tools
Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Disability Services & Accessibility
NAICS code4 codes
  • Software Publishers5132
  • Software Publishers51321
  • Software Publishers513210
  • Advertising Agencies541810
SIC code4 codes
  • Services-Computer Programming Services7371
  • Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.7370
  • Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production7812
  • Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production7819
Product category
Custom Software Development Services
Social media profiles1 record
GTM motion1 record

Each record includes

Type, Description, Source

Revenue model4 records
1Software Development Services
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Custom software development for educational, project management, medical and billing applications with sophisticated evaluation systems for enterprise and academic systems.

softlight.net
2Media Design & Development Services
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Complete branding and communications services including online, print, multimedia, identity, and film broadcast production for enterprise, education and entertainment industries.

softlight.net
3Software Products
TypeOne Time License
Description

Licensing and sale of proprietary software products including Axis Learning System, SleepDoc, and other enterprise applications for academic and enterprise industries.

softlight.net
4E-Commerce Development
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Design and development of online storefronts enabling 24/7 business operations for retail clients.

softlight.net
Marketing channels3 records

Each record includes

Title, Type, Stage, Description, Source

Distribution channels1 record

Each record includes

Title, Type, Scope, Target buyer, Description, Source

Cost components5 values
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeServices
Services
Brand1 of 2 records shown
1Axis Learning System
Description

Proprietary and patented authoring and evaluation software that delivers educational products for enterprise and education industries, providing an environment for development of digital textbooks and question databanks with automatic analysis tools.

softlight.net
+1 more record
Core offering1 text field

Softlight Inc. is a creative new media company that develops and licenses proprietary software products (including the patented Axis Learning System and SleepDoc medical office automation) and provides custom software development, media design, branding, and e-commerce services to enterprise, education, and entertainment industry clients. The firm operates a full-service model combining software engineering, multimedia production, and identity/branding capabilities under one roof for tailored client engagements.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product overview1 text field

Softlight Inc. is a creative new media company offering a portfolio of proprietary software products primarily for academic and enterprise industries, alongside media design services. The core product portfolio includes the Axis Learning System (a patented authoring and evaluation platform for educational content), SleepDoc (medical office automation for sleep clinics), and several enterprise tools including a Competency Assessment Tool, Document Management System, and Project/Time Management application. These products are complemented by full-service media design offerings including software development, online/print/multimedia design, identity branding, and film broadcast production.

Product and service5 records
1Axis Learning System
CategoryEducational Software
Description

Patented authoring and evaluation software platform for enterprise and education markets that provides an environment for digital textbook development and question databank creation with automatic analysis tools for students and teachers.

2SleepDoc
CategoryHealthcare Software
Description

Medical office automation and expert system application for sleep clinics that automates clinic workflows, flags multiple symptom indications, and produces natural language reports for laboratories, patients, and physicians, with accompanying billing functionality.

3Custom Software Development Services
CategorySoftware Development Services
Description

End-to-end custom software development for educational, project management, medical, and billing applications with sophisticated evaluation systems, including content creation, rich media production, evaluation applications, administrative applications, and e-publishing for Internet/Intranet/CD-ROM.

4Media Design and Branding Services
CategoryCreative Design Services
Description

Full-service branding and communications services including online design, print design, multimedia production, identity/branding, and film/broadcast production. Builds specialized teams of directors, technical supervisors, and creative developers for each client engagement.

5E-Commerce Development Services
CategoryE-Commerce Development Services
Description

Design and development of online storefronts and e-commerce platforms that enable retail clients to operate 24/7 with secure, continuously updated digital commerce capabilities.

Scale indicator3 records

Each record includes

Type, Value, Description, Source

Partnership5 partners
1o1ne media
Strategic tierMinorTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

Softlight works with o1ne media in developing commercial and creative broadcast projects. Joint collaboration on motion graphics and video production for commercial projects.

2Canamedia Productions Inc
Strategic tierMinorTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

Associated with Canamedia Productions Inc. and Bravo!FACT to produce the successful short drama 'The Audition'. Distributed by Canamedia, played numerous film festivals and in rotation on Bravo!.

3Bravo!FACT
Strategic tierMinorTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

Funding and production partner for 'The Audition' short drama film. Film currently in rotation on Bravo! television channel.

softlight.net
4BellFund
Strategic tierMinorTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

Listed as a funding/partner organization in the portfolio section, indicating ongoing financial and industry support for media projects.

5Ontario Science Centre
Strategic tierMinorTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

Collaborated with Ontario Science Centre on Dandelion Watch environmental monitoring project, helping scientists track climate changes.

Recent move7 records

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Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Expansion highlight4 records

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Type, Description

Market position
Weaknesses5 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Competitive moat2 records

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Type, Details

Key risks6 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Key highlights6 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Customer concentration

Classification, Details

Named customers8 records

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Name, Industry, Type, Use case, Source, UUID

Segment5 records

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Title, Type, Primary, Description, Pain point addressed, Use case, Source

Ideal customer profile4 records

Each record includes

Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
Yes
API detail
Has APIbool
No

Docs URL, Description

AI maturity
App detail

Has app

Feature4 records

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Title, Differentiator, Description, Source

Core technology
Revenue estimate
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Number of profiles
Profiles4 records

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Name, Designation, Designation category, Overview, Profile commentary, Source

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Funding stage, Last funding date, Total funding USD

Funding rounds

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Round, Amount USD, Date, Pre money valuation, Total investors, Investors, News

Investors

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

Investment

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Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

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Softlight

Custom Software Development Servicessoftlight.net

Softlight Inc. is a Canadian creative new media company (founded 1994, Kingston/Toronto) that delivers custom software, media design, and branding services to enterprise, education, entertainment, healthcare, and government clients under a single full-service model, anchored by its patented Axis Learning System and SleepDoc medical automation products.

What Softlight does

Softlight Inc. is a Canadian creative new media company founded in 1994, headquartered in Kingston, Ontario, with a second location in Toronto's Liberty Village media community. The firm combines custom software development with media design and branding services delivered under a single full-service model to enterprise, education, and entertainment clients — and later extended into healthcare and government. Its core proprietary software portfolio includes the patented Axis Learning System (an authoring and evaluation platform for digital textbooks and question databanks), SleepDoc (medical office automation with natural-language reporting for sleep clinics), a Document Management System, a Project/Time Management tool, and a Competency Assessment Tool suite delivered in English and French to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. The company's media design arm produces online, print, multimedia, identity, and film/broadcast output, including co-production of the short drama 'The Audition' with Canamedia Productions and Bravo!FACT.

The business model is primarily professional services: Softlight assembles specialized teams per project for custom software, branding, and multimedia engagements, supplemented by one-time licensing of proprietary products such as Axis Learning System and SleepDoc. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales targeting Canadian government (Treasury Board), education (Ontario Science Centre, Axis Learning System deployments), entertainment (Theatre D Digital, Inner City Films, Liquid), healthcare (sleep clinics via SleepDoc), and retail/SMB (Smartipants e-commerce). Pricing is custom quote-based with no public pricing. Ownership is concentrated in the founder Carlile family — Dr. John B. Carlile (President/MD), Narath Carlile (Director of Software), and Hagan Carlile (Director of New Media) — with no external institutional investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity disclosed.

Evidence of operating activity runs through a 2005 website copyright notice, with no later signals of operations, funding, product launches, leadership changes, or partnerships in the source data; the operating status is recorded as closed/inactive on the basis of that absence.

Softlight firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Softlight
Legal name
Softlight Inc.
Website
https://softlight.net
Company type
Private
Founded year
1994
Operating status
Closed
Headcount range
11–50 employees
Short description
Softlight Inc. is a Canadian creative new media company (founded 1994, Kingston/Toronto) that delivers custom software, media design, and branding services to enterprise, education, entertainment, healthcare, and government clients under a single full-service model, anchored by its patented Axis Learning System and SleepDoc medical automation products.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Softlight industry classification

Industry
Product category
Custom Software Development Services
NAICS
Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (51321), Software Publishers (513210), Advertising Agencies (541810)
SIC
Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)
akta.pro industry
PRIMARYBPACANAD
Sales, Customer Service & Soft Skills Training
Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Training, Learning & Development Services
SECONDARYEDALAGAB
Assistive Technology (AT) & Accessible Learning Tools
Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Disability Services & Accessibility

Keywords

  • Custom software development
  • Media design services
  • Educational software
  • Brand identity design
  • Digital media production

Where Softlight is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Kingston
HQ country
Canada
HQ region
North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

Softlight business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

  1. Software Development Services: Custom software development for educational, project management, medical and billing applications with sophisticated evaluation systems for enterprise and academic systems.
  2. Media Design & Development Services: Complete branding and communications services including online, print, multimedia, identity, and film broadcast production for enterprise, education and entertainment industries.
  3. Software Products: Licensing and sale of proprietary software products including Axis Learning System, SleepDoc, and other enterprise applications for academic and enterprise industries.
  4. E-Commerce Development: Design and development of online storefronts enabling 24/7 business operations for retail clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Softlight product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Softlight Inc. is a creative new media company that develops and licenses proprietary software products (including the patented Axis Learning System and SleepDoc medical office automation) and provides custom software development, media design, branding, and e-commerce services to enterprise, education, and entertainment industry clients. The firm operates a full-service model combining software engineering, multimedia production, and identity/branding capabilities under one roof for tailored client engagements.

Product overview

Softlight Inc. is a creative new media company offering a portfolio of proprietary software products primarily for academic and enterprise industries, alongside media design services. The core product portfolio includes the Axis Learning System (a patented authoring and evaluation platform for educational content), SleepDoc (medical office automation for sleep clinics), and several enterprise tools including a Competency Assessment Tool, Document Management System, and Project/Time Management application. These products are complemented by full-service media design offerings including software development, online/print/multimedia design, identity branding, and film broadcast production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

  • Axis Learning System: Proprietary and patented authoring and evaluation software that delivers educational products for enterprise and education industries, providing an environment for development of digital textbooks and question databanks with automatic analysis tools.
  • SleepDoc

Products and services

  • Axis Learning System Patented authoring and evaluation software platform for enterprise and education markets that provides an environment for digital textbook development and question databank creation with automatic analysis tools for students and teachers.
  • SleepDoc Medical office automation and expert system application for sleep clinics that automates clinic workflows, flags multiple symptom indications, and produces natural language reports for laboratories, patients, and physicians, with accompanying billing functionality.
  • Custom Software Development Services End-to-end custom software development for educational, project management, medical, and billing applications with sophisticated evaluation systems, including content creation, rich media production, evaluation applications, administrative applications, and e-publishing for Internet/Intranet/CD-ROM.
  • Media Design and Branding Services Full-service branding and communications services including online design, print design, multimedia production, identity/branding, and film/broadcast production. Builds specialized teams of directors, technical supervisors, and creative developers for each client engagement.
  • E-Commerce Development Services Design and development of online storefronts and e-commerce platforms that enable retail clients to operate 24/7 with secure, continuously updated digital commerce capabilities.

Companies that use Softlight

Customer profile

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Softlight technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Softlight partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

  • o1ne mediaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSoftlight works with o1ne media in developing commercial and creative broadcast projects. Joint collaboration on motion graphics and video production for commercial projects.
  • Canamedia Productions IncminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated with Canamedia Productions Inc. and Bravo!FACT to produce the successful short drama 'The Audition'. Distributed by Canamedia, played numerous film festivals and in rotation on Bravo!.
  • Bravo!FACTminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding and production partner for 'The Audition' short drama film. Film currently in rotation on Bravo! television channel.
  • BellFundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a funding/partner organization in the portfolio section, indicating ongoing financial and industry support for media projects.
  • Ontario Science CentreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Ontario Science Centre on Dandelion Watch environmental monitoring project, helping scientists track climate changes.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Softlight competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Softlight social profiles

Digital presence

Softlight financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Softlight leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Softlight funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Softlight M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Softlight

What does Softlight do?

Softlight Inc. is a creative new media company that develops and licenses proprietary software products (including the patented Axis Learning System and SleepDoc medical office automation) and provides custom software development, media design, branding, and e-commerce services to enterprise, education, and entertainment industry clients. The firm operates a full-service model combining software engineering, multimedia production, and identity/branding capabilities under one roof for tailored client engagements.

Is Softlight a public or private company?

Softlight is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently closed.

When was Softlight founded?

Softlight was founded in 1994. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Softlight based?

Softlight is headquartered in Kingston, Canada, in the North America region.

How does Softlight make money?

Four revenue lines are on record. Software Development Services are the primary driver. The others are media Design & Development Services, software Products and E-Commerce Development.

Does Softlight have an API?

No public API is recorded for Softlight.

What industry is Softlight in?

Softlight's product category is Custom Software Development Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPACANAD, Sales, Customer Service & Soft Skills Training, with a secondary code of EDALAGAB, Assistive Technology (AT) & Accessible Learning Tools. Its NAICS code is 5132 and its SIC code is 7371.

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