OMERS Ventures turnover continues with global head Damien Steel joining Deep Sky as CEO
With significant summer departures, OMERS Ventures’ playbook has changed once again.
Cleantech
Early-stage VC funding and mega-deals carry Canada to second-largest Q2 on record
AI, cleantech stay hot as growth-stage activity keeps quiet, per CVCA’s latest report.
Dcbel closes $50-million USD Series B led by climate-focused Idealist Capital
Smart home energy startup offers bidirectional EV charging.
Carbon Engineering sold to US oil and gas company Occidental for $1.1 billion
Squamish cleantech startup latest to be attracted by US green tax credits, incentives.
General Fusion raises $33.5 million CAD as it renews focus on Canadian project
General Fusion delays demonstration plant construction in UK for machine development in Canada.
Alberta looks to hydrogen as the “next frontier” in energy, invests $45 million in related technologies
The financing will come via Alberta Innovates and Emissions Reduction Alberta.
New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, Opportunities NB inject $2-million top-up to Climate Impact Fund
Solutions for low-emission ocean transport and electric motors in cars among past recipients.
BDC’s Climate Tech Fund backs Carbon Upcycling in new $34.4 million CAD round
Calgary startup claims to reduce the amount of cement used in concrete production by up to 50 percent.
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.
Metafold 3D closes $2.35 million CAD to fuel industrial adoption of 3D printing
Toronto startup has interest from sportswear and biopharma clients for its 3D printing tech.
Active Impact, Breakthrough-backed Othersphere secures $3 million to strategically locate climate tech projects
Victoria-based startup aims to drive industrial decarbonization with data analysis.
Oco partners with Adidas to launch shoes sporting carbon-captured ink
Set to be released this fall, the shoes blend screen-printing ink with captured carbon.
Canadian cleantech continues fundraising streak as Orennia, CarbonCure raise collective $105 million USD
From Halifax to Calgary, Canadian cleantech remains resilient despite the tech funding downturn.
Leading steel company ArcelorMittal SA invests $6.6 million in Char Technologies’ decarbonization tech
Char Technologies only Canadian company to receive investment from ArcelorMittal SA’ s XCarb Innovation Fund.
PacifiCan invests nearly $23 million in BC cleantech, zero-waste projects
Saltworks, MintList, and Novarc Technologies all receive funding for expansion and commercialization.