Waterloo Region deal volume has been tanking steadily since 2019. Could undisclosed deals be partly to blame?
Off-the-record raises may be painting an incomplete picture of the ecosystem, investor says.
Canadian Startup News
MindBridge closes $60 million USD from US growth equity firm, appoints interim CEO
AI-powered auditing-tech firm adds new interim leader as CEO and founder depart.
Review of Alberta Innovates’ Scaleup GAP program shows $147 million raised, 118 jobs created
Scaleup GAP was created in 2021 to bring more tech and business accelerators to Alberta.
Long-time VP and product leader Satish Kanwar departs Shopify
Kanwar steps down 10 years after Shopify’s Jet Cooper acquisition.
Practice Better acquires That Clean Life for a healthy-sounding eight figures to continue expansion
An eight-year collaboration has ended in acquisition for the two Toronto healthtech startups.
Solink secures $60-million USD Series C and backing from Goldman Sachs to become cloud video surveillance leader
As the security market shifts to cloud, Solink looks to scale.
Ontario organizations secure nearly $20 million in federal funds to drive entrepreneurship, job creation
Funding is split between five companies and one business hub in Toronto, as well as one Ottawa-based firm.
Impact of Canada’s H-1B visa talent grab may go well beyond 10,000 applicants
Taking aim at “broken” US visa program was “best marketing Canada has ever done”: lawyer.
Canadian tech unicorns Ada, Clio, Lightspeed among first cohort of Canada’s Global Hypergrowth Project
Canada aims to take companies from $1-billion ‘unicorn’ valuation to $1-billion in annual revenue.
Liberum raises $1.8 million for ‘protein synthesis as a service’
The Toronto-based startup creates custom proteins for everything from medical applications to household products.
Québec venture funding maintained upward trajectory in Q2 2023
Investment in the region grew by 42 percent from Q1 2023, and 81 percent year-over-year.
3D BioFibR secures $3.52 million in seed funding for automated collagen fibre manufacturing
3D BioFibR’s collagen fibre can be used as an artificial tendon in soft tissue repair research.
Venture funding in Toronto, British Columbia rebounds in second quarter of 2023
Capital converges on a select few winners as Toronto and BC megadeals make a comeback.
Nuvei, Plaid extend payments partnership to expand to different regions and businesses
The FinTech company and payments startup are joining forces to roll out more features.
Canada’s private tech firms gather to talk AI, growth, global appeal
Steve Wozniak tells Canadian Private Technology Conference to find “reasonable ways” to deal with AI.