Constellation Software launches $200 million venture fund to find potential acquisitions
Constellation Software Inc. has launched a $200 million CAD venture capital fund, called VMS Ventures, saying it will finance…
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WELL Health raises $70 million of target $500 million from bought deal offering
Vancouver-based WELL Health Technologies has raised $70 million from a bought deal offering of convertible debentures. In a…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – MindBeacon melds with CloudMD
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…
Hootsuite eyes 2022 as “window has closed” for new Canadian tech IPOs
While Hootsuite’s IPO dreams might not be dashed, they are delayed, as a frigid public market response to tech IPOs has…
Anatomy of an IPO: How Coveo prepared to take itself public
It was back in mid-October, immediately after Coveo acquired English commerce intelligence company Qubit, that the Canadian…
Gotcare, Nectar raise seed funding supported by Telus’ corporate impact fund
Two social and environmental impact-focused Canadian tech companies, Toronto-based Gotcare and Montréal-based Nectar Technologies,…
Armed with first close of $6.3 million CAD, PaceZero aims to bring focus on sustainability to Canada’s private credit market
A pair of former capital market operators have launched a new Toronto-based investment firm to address what they see as a gap…
R|T: The Retail Times – A Faire-ly big decacorn valuation
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Dapper Labs, Thinkific, AbCellera among 11 winners of 2021 BC Tech Awards
Large Vancouver companies Dapper Labs, Thinkific, and AbCellera were among the winners at last week’s 28th Technology Impact…
A|I: The AI Times – Coveo cashes in on the TSX
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Rhino Ventures unveils $120 million third fund to invest beyond Western Canada
Rhino Ventures announced its Fund III on November 23, and armed with $120 million CAD is ready to move beyond British Columbia…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Canadian SaaS has “arrived”
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Maritime Launch Services gears up to launch “Canada’s first commercial spaceport”
Nova Scotia-based aerospace company Maritime Launch Services is preparing to launch what it claims is the country’s first…
PwC’s FinTech market map takes stock of growing Canadian tech sector
With the help of Hockeystick, PwC Canada has produced a map that illustrates some of the trends shaping Canada’s financial…
Canadian startup news of the week (11/21/21)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…