StandUp Ventures reveals second fund dedicated to women-led startups with $30 million initial close
StandUp Ventures has secured just over $30 million in initial capital for its second fund after finding early success investing…
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Vancouver-based Dapper Labs raises $250 million USD, partners with Spain’s LaLiga
Vancouver-based unicorn Dapper Labs Inc. announced $250 million USD ($319.1 million CAD) in new funding, September 22. New…
Angel Host raises $5.2 million USD to capitalize on vacation rental industry spike
Angel Host closed its seed funding round in August with $5.2 million USD led by White Star Capital and joined by Desjardins…
Hootsuite brings on Tiziana Figliolia as new CFO
Tiziana Figliolia is joining Vancouver-based Hootsuite as its chief financial officer (CFO). Figliolia’s career spans more…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Neo is the One
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Radical Ventures expands leadership team, adds partner in San Francisco
Radical Ventures has added three new people to its team, and promoted two others, as the Toronto-based venture capital firm…
SMRT1 crowdfunds over $484,000 for smart touchscreen for vending machines
SMRT1, a Nelson, BC-based startup, raised almost half a million dollars through its seed round crowdfunding campaign that closed…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Carebook CEO changeover
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…
What Juno has learned offering Income Share Agreements to Bootcamp students
Almost a decade ago, Coding Bootcamps began to emerge across Canada to help fill gaps in the workforce. The model works well…
Toronto-based Private AI’s language redaction tool attracts $3.15 million in seed funding
M12 Ventures, the venture capital arm of Microsoft, and astronaut Chris Hadfield are among the diverse investors in Private…
A|I: The AI Times – Speaking Cohere’s language
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Millions.co raises $12.6 million CAD for social commerce platform for athletes
Millions.co lived up to its name on September 14 when the Toronto-based company announced it raised $12.6 million CAD ($10…
Following Google accelerator nod, Paperstack attracts $250,000 pre-seed round, interest from Canada’s unicorns
Fresh from acceptance into Google’s second Women Founders Accelerators cohort, Toronto-based FinTech startup Paperstack has…
Hiring roundup: Benevity, Unbounce, Afterpay, PocketHealth, Wrapbook
Five tech companies with a Canadian presence have recently brought on new team members. Here’s a breakdown of who is joining…
Traction on Demand acquires New Zealand’s Trineo to create 24-hour work cycle
Vancouver-based Traction on Demand (ToD) has come a long way since it was first launched in 2006 out of an apartment in Port…