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Isabelle Kirkwood

Isabelle Kirkwood

Isabelle is a Vancouver-based writer with 5+ years of experience in communications and journalism and a lifelong passion for telling stories. For over two years, she has reported on all sides of the Canadian startup ecosystem, from landmark venture deals to public policy, telling the stories of the founders putting Canadian tech on the map.

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Canadian Startup NewsApril 25, 2022<April 25, 2022

Québec venture funding turned a new corner in Q1 2022 with $1.4 billion raised

Québec’s later-stage tech startups make waves while early-stage funding loses steam.

Calgary Hockeystick
Canadian Startup NewsApril 22, 2022<April 22, 2022

Alberta’s tech sector coming of age as province sets new venture funding record in Q1 2022

Local and global investors opened their pockets to a growing crop of Alberta tech startups.

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Canadian Startup NewsApril 21, 2022<April 21, 2022

BC venture funding starts 2022 strong, but are later-stage companies raising at yesterday’s prices?

VCs say price uncertainty creating a “standstill” between investors and late-stage firms.

Waterloo Hockeystick
Canadian Startup NewsApril 20, 2022<April 20, 2022

Venture funding in Waterloo Region moved “in the right direction” in Q1 2022

Q1 2022 represented the most active quarter for the Waterloo Region in the last year.

Toronto briefedin
Canadian Startup NewsApril 19, 2022<April 18, 2022

Toronto venture funding continued to reach new heights in Q1 2022, but tech valuations may be due for a cooling

Toronto broke another venture funding record in Q1, but what’s going on under the hood?

Plooto - Hamed Abbasi
Canadian Startup NewsApril 13, 2022<April 13, 2022

Plooto wants to solve the problem keeping entrepreneurs up at night

Following pivots and product-market fit, Plooto launches new feature as it preps for prime time.

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 25, 2022<March 25, 2022

Larger rounds, US dollars fuelled Canadian tech’s record-shattering 2021

US investment firms outnumbered Canadian investment firms in Series A, B, C deals.

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Canadian Startup NewsMarch 23, 2022<March 23, 2022

With the spotlight shining on Canadian tech, Kanata Ventures wants international startups to become part of the story

How trips to São Paulo, London, and Hong Kong sold Kanata Ventures on Canada.

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 21, 2022<March 18, 2022

How Optimity’s Jane Wang turned a personal tragedy into a life optimization platform

Wang is on a quest to democratize access to wellness and wealth.

General Fusion
Canadian Startup NewsMarch 15, 2022<March 17, 2022

Inside the province-wide push to make BC a global leader in cleantech

Faced with increased problems from climate change, cleantech stakeholders believe BC should think bigger still.

Nabeil Alazzam
Canadian Startup NewsFebruary 7, 2022<February 7, 2022

Forma.ai quadruples annual revenue, sets out to disrupt sales compensation

“Sales compensation is due for a change,” says CEO.

UCW Campus
Canadian Startup NewsFebruary 3, 2022<February 2, 2022

Universities have a role to play in addressing BC’s tech talent crunch: report

BC faces the perils of “brain drain 2.0.”

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Canadian Startup NewsJanuary 28, 2022<January 29, 2022

Venture funding for Montréal tech sector grew steadily in 2021, with $1.6 billion raised

Montreal venture funding grew 33 percent in 2021.

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Canadian Startup NewsJanuary 28, 2022<January 28, 2022

New report reveals worrying trends about venture funding in Waterloo Region

Faire and Applyboard accounted for 85 percent of the total funding raised in the Waterloo Region during 2021.

Canadian Startup NewsJanuary 27, 2022<January 26, 2022

Techstars Toronto’s all-international cohort prompts discussion on role of city-based accelerators

Is this what Toronto tech was expecting from a local Techstars accelerator?

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