Government names three funds receiving $50 million through VCCI cleantech stream
The Government of Canada has chosen the funds that will be receiving portions of the newest stream of the Venture Capital Catalyst…
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Federal government opens fifth stream of Strategic Innovation Fund
Applications are now being accepted under the fifth stream of the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF), which will focus on supporting…
AI-powered Damon Motorcycles raises $2.5 million Seed round
Vancouver-based Damon Motorcycles, a company that creates safety innovations for motorcycles using sensor fusion, robotics,…
Northleaf closes $300 million VCCI-backed Venture Catalyst Fund II
Northleaf Capital Partners has announced the final close of its Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund II, meeting its cap target…
BDC looks to “double down” on industrial tech with $250 million venture fund
BDC Capital has launched a $250 million Industrial Innovation Venture Fund to invest in tech companies and entrepreneurs working…
UrtheCast receives $2 million grant from Canadian Space Agency
Vancouver-based UrtheCast, which captures and displays highly-detailed images of Earth, has been selected to receive $2 million…
Two Small Fish Ventures closes $9 million for second fund
Two Small Fish Ventures, a Toronto-based early-stage investment firm led by former Wattpad executive Eva Lau, has closed an…
Autotech startup Pitstop raises $1.5 million, partners with Continental
Pitstop, a cloud-based platform that uses machine learning to perform predictive vehicle maintenance, has announced it has…
eSight raises $10 million, promotes CCO Kevin Banderk to CEO
Electronic glasses company eSight has raised $10 million in a debenture funding round led by iGan Partners to help with new…
Innovacorp names four winners of $25,000 Sprint competition
Halifax-based Innovacorp, an early stage venture capital accelerator, has named four winners of 2019 Sprint competition. Each…
Forcen raises $500,000 to give machines human-level sense of touch
Toronto-based Forcen, which has developed a force-sensing film for medical and aerospace industries, successfully closed a…
Today in government funding: Yukon and Francophone Ontario Entrepreneurs
Today in government funding, seven projects in the northern territory of Yukon have received $2.2 million, and Ontario’s…
Volta selects five Atlantic Canada startups to receive $25,000 investment
Five Atlantic Canada tech startups have been selected to each receive a $25,000 investment from Volta Cohort, a micro-fund…
ApplyBoard raises $55 million CAD Series B for international student recruitment platform
ApplyBoard, a Kitchener-Waterloo-based AI-enabled recruitment platform helping international students apply to post-secondary…
Vancouver cleantech Mangrove Water receives $2.1 million from federal government
Vancouver-based water management cleantech Mangrove Water Technologies, has received a $2.1 million investment from the federal…