Scale Shift Ventures Acquires AI Sales Automation Startup Botdog.co

The seven-figure deal aims to accelerate growth of the AI-powered sales outreach platform.

Published on Feb. 18, 2026

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Scale Shift Ventures, a Canadian venture studio, has announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based startup Botdog.co, a leading AI-powered sales automation platform co-founded by Robin Choy and Guillaume Miara. The transaction, valued in the seven-figure USD range, aligns with Scale Shift Ventures' strategy to acquire promising tools and apply its operational expertise to accelerate growth.

Why it matters

The acquisition of Botdog.co highlights the growing demand for AI-driven sales automation tools that can help sales teams scale personalized outreach and increase productivity. As sales processes become more complex, tools like Botdog that streamline workflows, provide AI-powered insights, and enable team collaboration are becoming essential for modern sales organizations.

The details

Botdog empowers sales professionals and teams to scale personalized outreach safely and effectively. It integrates with leading sales data tools, streamlines outreach workflows with AI-driven natural-language personalization, and enables users to benefit from adaptive sequences, team collaboration, advanced analytics, and compliance features. This allows users to add highly relevant connections more efficiently, increase reply rates, and save significant time on prospecting.

  • The acquisition was announced on February 17, 2026.

The players

Scale Shift Ventures

A Canadian venture studio established in 2023 that builds, acquires, and scales early-stage tech companies primarily in proptech, fintech, and AI-driven automation.

Botdog.co

A San Francisco-based startup that provides an AI-powered sales automation platform co-founded by Robin Choy and Guillaume Miara.

Robin Choy

Co-founder of Botdog.co.

Guillaume Miara

Co-founder of Botdog.co.

Senthu Velnayagam

Managing Partner at Scale Shift Ventures.

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What they’re saying

“At Scale Shift Ventures, we have been, and continue to be, very impressed with how quickly Robin and Guillaume have built and scaled this business with a small, highly efficient team”

— Senthu Velnayagam, Managing Partner at Scale Shift Ventures

“Partnering with Scale Shift Ventures allows Botdog to maintain its independent operation and user experience while gaining powerful resources to scale. We'll step into advisor roles to ensure continuity and vision alignment, and we're confident that Scale Shift's management, dev, and marketing teams will drive rapid improvements and expansion.”

— Robin Choy and Guillaume Miara, Co-Founders of Botdog.co

What’s next

As part of the acquisition, Botdog.co co-founders Robin Choy and Guillaume Miara will transition into advisor roles to provide strategic guidance and continuity, while Scale Shift Ventures will be injecting its dedicated management, development, and marketing teams to scale Botdog, enhance features, expand reach, and integrate synergies across the portfolio for faster innovation and market growth.

The takeaway

The acquisition of Botdog.co by Scale Shift Ventures underscores the growing importance of AI-powered sales automation tools that can help sales teams work more efficiently and effectively. By combining Botdog's innovative technology with Scale Shift's operational expertise, the deal aims to accelerate the growth and adoption of this cutting-edge sales automation platform.