The Toronto startup gave Spain a 56% chance before kickoff. Spain won 1-0 in extra time. Now Venford is using the prediction to court seed investors.
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Venford Technologies called the World Cup final before the first whistle. The Toronto startup's digital twin platform gave Spain a 56 percent chance of beating Argentina, a prediction that proved right when Spain won 1-0 in extra time.
The four-person team, soccer fans like much of the office world last week, decided to plug team data into their proprietary policy-simulation software for fun. The system weighs variables like player form and historical matchups, then runs thousands of simulated games. Spain came out ahead, even against Lionel Messi's likely final shot at the trophy.
The startup posted its forecast on LinkedIn before kickoff. Nadeen Al-Aubadi, a founding team member, told BetaKit the team considered waiting until after the match to share the prediction. "Nobody would believe you," she said. After Spain's win, Venford is using the result to showcase its technology.
Venford was founded in late 2025 and launched its digital twin product earlier this year. Al-Aubadi said the company is bootstrapped with some backing from angel investors and has a few customers in the pipeline. The startup is now courting a seed investment.
"I think that's the whole point of the technology is that small little percentage that could make all the difference," Al-Aubadi said. Spain did not win easily, she noted; the match went to extra time, and a lot was riding on it. The model got it right.
The World Cup test was a side project. It demonstrated the same stress-testing logic on a different kind of data. Venford's core product helps policymakers simulate budget effects on industries like healthcare before implementation. The prediction gives investors a concrete case study as the company looks to close its seed round.
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