Isaac Souweine leaves Real Ventures, joins Pender Ventures to support Vancouver firm’s expansion across Canada
After backing nine startups through first fund, Pender Ventures hopes to raise $100 million CAD for Fund II.
Cadence closes $1.2 million to ease the administrative burden for grieving families
Backed by Conexus, Lex Capital, The51, Cadence aims to expand across North America.
Tablz closes $3.2 million CAD to bring premium seating to the restaurant industry
Tablz wants to monetize restaurant tables like airplane seats.
NACO reports angel investment in Canada hit record $262 million in 2021
Proportion of women investors increased last year as investment more than doubled.
Hyatt brothers’ BlueCat to be acquired by another US private equity firm
Audax purchasing Toronto-based BlueCat from Madison Dearborn.
After raising over $1 billion USD in the last year, Faire CTO says startup is poised for growth during market downturn
Despite present conditions, Faire hasn’t paused or slowed hiring, or made any layoffs.
Ritual lays off 16 percent of staff to “prepare for a recession”
As prospect of recession looms amid rising inflation, Ritual has laid off 23 employees.
ApplyBoard CEO says market downturn isn’t slowing down international expansion or IPO plans
CEO says ApplyBoard’s large cash reserves, “counter-cyclical” education market give startup room to grow.
Shopify rolls out new Editions showcase, unveiling wholesale offering, Twitter partnership
Much like the coinciding Apple keynote, one might consider Editions a rollout of Shopify’s latest e-commerce OS.
PitchBook projects VC deal value to drop, deal count to stay high as market cools
VC market shifts from founder-friendly “game of winning” to “game of picking.”
Autodesk alums close $5.3 million CAD to automate building design with Augmenta
Construction, real estate players have bought into Augmenta’s vision.
Areto Labs secures $1 million to address online abuse with machine learning
Areto Labs aims to help sports teams protect star athletes from social media trolls.
Immigration expert-led Immigrate aims to help Canadian firms bring the talent they need to Canada
Immigrate claims to have processed over 1,800 applications to date.
New analysis identifies 35 Canadian tech companies on path to $1 billion in annual revenue
List points to startups like ApplyBoard, Benevity, Clio, FreshBooks, RenoRun.
Wave CEO Kirk Simpson to step down three years after acquisition by H&R Block
Former Mastercard, Afterpay exec Zahir Khoja will replace Simpson.