BC set a new venture funding record in Q2 as total investment eclipsed previous quarter
Tech startups in British Columbia raised over $1 billion in the second quarter of 2021, slightly eclipsing total investment…
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PLATO Testing to bring Indigenous software tester training program to Victoria
Fredericton-based company PLATO Testing has announced plans to bring its program to Victoria this fall, where it hopes to help…
Fresh Prep raises $21 million Series B round to bring its meal kits to new markets
Vancouver-based startup Fresh Prep has secured $21 million CAD in Series B financing to expand its meal kit delivery service…
New York-based FinTech startup Jeeves announces $71.6 million CAD, expansion into Canada
Armed with a major round of funding, New York-based Jeeves announced September 2 it’s expanding within Canada as well as…
Audette secures $1 million to help commercial real estate sector build and implement carbon reduction plans
After testing out its platform in British Columbia and gaining acceptance to the first cohort of Google Canada’s Cloud accelerator…
WELL Health to acquire majority stake in US-based digital pharmacy startup Wisp
Publicly-listed digital health company WELL Health Technologies is set to make yet another acquisition with the majority purchase…
New Ventures BC reveals 10 finalists for 2021 competition
New Ventures BC has announced the top 10 British Columbia (BC) companies in its 21st annual tech startup competition. This…
Meet the 16 Canadian startups participating in Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day
This week, Y Combinator (YC) is holding its Summer 2021 Demo Day, the Silicon Valley accelerator’s 33rd to date. Sixteen…
D3 Security secures $18.9 million CAD in growth equity, debt financing
Vancouver’s Vistara Growth (formerly Vistara Capital Partners) is taking a $10 million USD ($12.6 million CAD) growth equity…
Funding for unicorns Wealthsimple and Trulioo help push VC investment to highest levels yet in H1 2021
As the country and economy segued into post-pandemic recovery, record levels of venture capital flowed into Canadian tech companies.…
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High rate of mental health conditions in women entrepreneurs “alarming,” reports FLIK study
More than half of women entrepreneurs surveyed for a new study, released on August 30, reported that they had struggled with…
Cybersecurity startup Cmd to be acquired by enterprise search firm Elastic
Five years after its founding, Vancouver cybersecurity startup Cmd has agreed to be acquired by Elastic, a California-based…
Funding roundup: Zilia, Lytica, GrowthGenius, Plentywaka, LifeBooster
Five Canadian tech companies have recently secured fresh funding to fuel their growth. Here are the details on who raised money,…
Braze Mobility among four Canadian businesses accepted to Google’s second Women Founders accelerator cohort
Four Canadian startups are in this year’s Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders program. The search giant announced…