Led by Serena Williams’ venture fund, Calico closes $2.6 million CAD to help D2C fashion brands manage their supply chain
Calico’s founder is building the tool she wishes she had for her own D2C brands.
Funding
Key raises $11 million to pilot home co-ownership platform in new Canadian, US markets
Key claims a waitlist of nearly 5,000 people for its service.
iRestify closes $6 million to bring building maintenance solution to the US
This is iRestify’s third seed round in four years, following a series of pivots.
Mayday marks calendar year with $3.8 million CAD to help remote workers improve their time management
Amid a saturated market, Jeremy Bell doesn’t want to just “build another calendar.”
Ontario helps agricultural innovation grow with up to $22 million investment
The funding is going to university and startup AgTech projects.
Walo secures $1.1 million to teach kids financial literacy
Walo provides a gamified mobile app that allows parents to automate allowances.
The Group Ventures secures $20 million for Fund II to invest in Canadian, Israeli tech startups
The Group Ventures’ portfolio includes MindBridge and Flybits.
Canadian government launches $4 billion Canada Digital Adoption Program
Program to help some 160,000 small and medium businesses adopt digital technology.
OpsLevel raises $15 million Series A funding for developer portal
Executives from eBay, PagerDuty, and Sentry invested in the round.
Summit Nanotech secures $17.8 million CAD to commercialize sustainable lithium extraction technology
Last year, Summit Nanotech won $1 million from the Women in Cleantech Challenge.
Sanctuary AI secures $75.5 million in mission to create the world’s first human-like intelligence robots
Sanctuary’s backers include Bell, Magna, Verizon, and Workday.
Flashfood secures $12.3 million Series A to expand discounted food marketplace in the US
Opentable founder and S2G Ventures managing director Chuck Templeton will join Flashfood’s board of directors.
Disco closes $15 million Series A round from investors behind MasterClass, Coursera to scale its live learning platform
Disco uses influencers like Margaret Atwood and Andre De Grasse to drive growth.
Curv Health closes $5.1 million to connect employers, insurers with healthcare providers
Round co-led by Build Ventures and healthtech-focused iGan Partners.
Canada commits $240 million to bolster domestic semiconductor ecosystem
The financing will fuel a new semiconductor fund and updates to the CPFC fab.