About Us

Spreed Inc. is a Toronto based technology company focused on finding the best ways of displaying text based content on personal computers and smart phones. Founded in 2006 by Anthony Novac, Patrick Keefe, and Suhail Mirza, Spreed is determined to prove that digital reading can be and is more efficient that traditional forms of paper and ink based content consumption.

Spreed’s first commercial product, Spreed : News, was considered a revolution in reading. For the past two years the Spreed team has been researching Cognitive Psychology specifically what the human eye can digest. From this research they have developed a number of algorithms that take into account word and character lengths, grammar, syntax and personal reading patterns. These algorithms make up the Spreed Reader which has been used in Spreed : News to help people read their daily news at speeds they never thought possible and with an overall increase in comprehension.

Spreed Inc. is now focused on developing mobile application for content providers, allowing them to take advantage of the award winning Spreed:News interface. Content providers can easily have a mobile application developed for their content over the iPhone or Blackberry. The content will be optimized both in regular formatting and with Spreed’s patent pending content reader. Spreed will continue researching the best ways of displaying content through digital devices while at the same time helping content providers embrace the mobile revolution.


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Spreed News and Spreed News Mobile, is a revolution in reading in itself. For the past two years the Spreed team has been researching an area of Cognitive Psychology called Eye Science. From this research they have develop a number of algorithms that take into account grammar, syntax and personal reading patterns. These algorithms make up the patent pending Spreed Reader which has been used in Spreed News to help people read their daily news at speeds they never thought possible and with an overall increase in comprehension.

The Team

Patrick Keefe

Patrick Keefe is a co-founder of Spreed, angel investor and entrepreneur. He is currently President of Granite Capital Ltd, which focuses on early stage venture capital investments in the tech sector. Previous to this, Patrick spent time at the Boston Consulting Group, Atlas Venture, and most recently as a co-founder of Coffee Vision Atlantic Inc which was acquired in 2008. Patrick received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He lives in Halifax with his wife and three children.

Anthony Novac

Anthony Novac is an accomplished technology and real estate developer, angel investor and entrepreneur. Anthony is the CEO and co-founder of Spreed Inc. and is also the President of an entertainment focused real estate development company. Previous to this, Anthony had been a co-founder and CEO to three companies in the last 7 years, all of which Anthony has lead the growth and sold off to the delight of his shareholders and investors. As an angel investor, Anthony is actively engaged in advice to start-ups in which he is personally invested. Anthony heralds from Halifax and currently lives in Toronto with his wife and two children.

Suhail Mirza

Suhail is a co-founder of Spreed Inc., is the Chief Technology Officer and also oversees the company’s operations. Over the past decade, Suhail has built a history of leading teams to technology firsts including:

  • building the first widely used for money peer to peer network,
  • likely building the first for money transaction over a wireless network and
  • one of the first betting exchanges

Suhail has started a small philanthropic fund with a focus on helping children in the developing world.

Dave Coleman

Dave is Spreed’s Director of Marketing. As an active member of the Toronto Startup community, Dave has been involved in a wide range of projects, including Netus, Brainpark and CommunityLend. Dave also volunteers his spare time, leading the web strategy for the World Wide Web Foundation, a not-for-profit organization focused on proliferating the internet in the developing world. He has a love for everything social; both online and offline and is very passionate about globalization and its effects on international development. Dave has an Honours degree from Queen’s University in Political Science with a focus on International.