BDC Capital recommits to leading seed deals in startups across Canada with new $50-million fund
VCs applaud BDC’s commitment to direct seed funding, ask for more emerging manager support.
Deloitte spinout Arteria AI closes $46-million CAD Series B to help banks turn documents into data
Backers include GGV Capital, Citi, BDC Capital, Information VP, and Illuminate Financial.
Compound semiconductor pioneer GaN Systems joins Infineon with close of $830-million USD acquisition
Son of GaN Systems co-founder John Roberts calls deal “a boon for Canada.”
Google and Nvidia-backed CentML secures $37 million CAD to help companies deploy AI amid chip shortages
Toronto startup wants to help AI hardware “starvation period” by optimizing ML models.
As semiconductor re-shoring efforts heat up, SILICAN urges feds to provide more targeted domestic chip support
New report comes after US commits over $50 billion to its own domestic chip sector.
Despite strong 2022 for cleantech, EDC report finds Canada lags peers on R&D spending, funding, converting startups to scaleups
VC investment in Canadian cleantech jumped 63 percent in 2022 despite a tough economy.
“Cooler financing environment” leads StellarAlgo to restructure and make layoffs
Twenty-one employees laid off could represent nearly one quarter of Calgary startup’s headcount.
Struggling, TSX-listed BBTV announces plan to become a private company
BBTV founder and CEO, Well Health CEO to privatize Vancouver firm.
Conexus, Emmertech alum Sean O’Connor joins TechBrew Robotics as CEO
TechBrew is an Emmertech portfolio firm that builds mushroom-picking robots.
Procurify closes $68-million CAD Series C to invest in AI, global expansion of spend management platform
Ten Coves Capital, EDC join existing backers Information VP, HarbourVest.
Hiive secures $5.7-million CAD Series A to improve VC secondary trading
Hiive is still seeing a significant bid-ask spread for secondary stakes on its platform.
Feds launch consultation on AI’s copyright implications as privacy watchdog seeks input on new biometrics guidance
Consultations come as Canadian authorities explore how to regulate emerging technologies.
Ten Key Labs secures $10.5 million, launches AI equity management tool for founders
Extreme Venture Partners, Xtreme Labs alum secures backing from Craft Ventures, Shopify angels, Wave co-founder.
Vendasta closes $20-million Series E to fund acquisitions, converts existing debt into equity
Foundry partner Brad Feld joins board, sees Vendasta as a “natural consolidator” of B2B SaaS firms.
Federal government announces first VCCI inclusive growth stream VC fund recipients
BKR Capital, District Ventures Capital, Ripple Ventures, Sandpiper Ventures, The51 receive portion of $25 million.