Machine learning startup Maluuba raises $9 million Series A
Machine learning company Maluuba, which develops a voice-activated personal assistant for mobile devices, announced a CAD $9…
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Ontario Centres of Excellence grants $180,000 to four Entrepreneurship Hatchery startups
Four startups from The Entrepreneurship Hatchery, U of T engineering’s accelerator for student business ventures, have…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces $12 million fund for clean water tech
During a visit at the University of Waterloo, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $12 million in funding dedicated to bringing…
Stockhouse Publishing creates first equity investment platform for public companies
Stockhouse Publishing, an online investor community that connects active investors and small cap public companies, has created…
Meet the Canadians spearheading the $100 million enterprise SaaS-focused Leaders Fund
Under the direction of three experienced enterprise software leaders, the $100 million Leaders Fund launched today with the…
Toronto-based Hubba says it’s on track to raise $45 million
Hubba, a product database aimed at brands and retailers, told the Wall Street Journal in a new report that it is on track to…
Canadian government investing up to $4.76 million in CFC for digital media products
To support the development and commercialization of digital media products in southern Ontario, the Canadian government announced…
With $3.1 million in seed funding, Limelight transitions from service to product with its agency-in-a-box
When Jonah Midanik started Immersion marketing agency in 2003, the advertising scene was, obviously, very different from today.…
ConferenceCloud raises $90,000 in seed as MLA48’s third investment
Established in 2007, nonprofit Maple Leaf Angels was created with the mandate of connecting accredited investors with passionate…
Retail analytics platform Askuity raises $2 million Series A
Toronto-based Askuity has announced the closing of a $2 million Series A for its retail analytics platform, which allows product…
Reuters: Canadian deal activity at second-highest level in 2015
According to new data from Thomson Reuters, deal activity outside of Canada from the country’s top pension funds, banks,…
Zymeworks snags huge $61.5 USD million Series A round for its biotherapeutic treatments
Vancouver-based Zymeworks, a biotherapeutics company developing protein therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune…
MMB Networks closes $7 million Series B
As IoT-connected devices are projected to triple to 38 billion units by 2020, investors are keen to ensure that they don’t…
Hexoskin Smart hits crowdfunding goal in less than a day
Two years after Hexoskin raised 166 percent of its crowdfunding goal for its “World’s First Biometric Smart Shirt”,…
Holiday Funding Roundup: Axios, Athletigen
A few Canadian companies received rounds of funding in their stockings over the holidays. Here’s the latest on who raised…