CTI Life Sciences holds initial close for second fund at $134 million
The CVCA is reporting that Montreal-based CTI Life Sciences has held an initial close for its second fund, CTI II, with $134…
Teehan+Lax shutting down as partners join Facebook
A new era begins for the Toronto design community as the founding partners of Teehan+Lax announced this morning they are shutting…
Today in health tech: GenePOC and Interface Biologics close rounds
Toronto-based Interface Biologics announced this week that it has closed a Series B financing round led by DSM Venturing and…
With $8M in new funding, the Accelerator Centre launches AC JumpStart Program
The Kitchener-Waterloo based Accelerator Centre has announced today that it has received up to $8 million in funding from the…
theScore now has over 10 million mobile monthly active users
Toronto-based mobile sports news provider theScore announced some new user milestones today, as the company closed its Fiscal…
Persistence Capital Partners invests in mdBriefCase
The CVCA is reporting that Persistence Capital Partners (PCP) has placed a significant equity investment in continuing health…
U of T’s Munk School to run $9M government-backed Digital Public Square Project
Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced that the federal government has committed $9 million dollars to a…
MaRS-backed Unata raises $1.2M to fuel U.S. grocery retail growth
Toronto-based Unata announced today that it has secured $1.2 million in funding. The round was lead by MaRS’ Investment Accelerator…
Decoded fashion + tech event descends on Toronto January 22nd
Global fashion + tech event startup Decoded is touching down in Toronto Thursday, January 22nd. The event series is designed…
BlackBerry announces the BlackBerry IoT Platform
At its CES breakfast meeting, BlackBerry released new information about its plans for IoT (the Internet of Things) and the…
Slyce breaks into grocery retail with PDN’s Shopper app integration
This week, Slyce announced that Purchase Decision Network has integrated the startup’s image recognition platform into…
TRACE partners with Frankly, Hellaclips & SpeedSociety to enhance its live-streaming content platform
Just before the the holidays, TRACE closed a $2.5 million seed round to fuel the creation of a live-streamed content platform…
Hexoskin launches Hexoskin Junior for children and teenage athletes
Montreal-based Hexoskin has launched a new biometric smart shirt this week at CES 2015. While Hexoskin’s wearable tech has…
ORBCOMM acquires Ottawa M2M service provider SkyWave Mobile Communications
The CVCA is reporting that ORBCOMM has completed its acquisition of Ottawa-based M2M service provider SkyWave Mobile Communications.…
Bruce Croxon hosting Entrepreneurship 101 event at MaRS this week
Bruce Croxon, former CBC Dragon and Managing Partner of Round13 Capital, will be hosting a free event taking place this Wednesday,…