Wattpad partners with India’s largest media company to expand presence in the region
Toronto-based Wattpad, an online community for readers and writers, has announced a partnership and strategic investment with…
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3D printing company, Formi3DP, receives $150,000 government investment
Formi3DP, a 3D printing company based in London, Ontario, has received a $150,000 investment from the federal government, as…
Halifax online hairdressing platform, Cribcut, secures $1 million pre-seed funding
Halifax-based Cribcut, an online platform that connects mobile hair stylists to clients, announced it has raised $1.06 million…
Calgary-based ZayZoon closes $15 million round for financial wellness tools
ZayZoon, a provider of employee financial payroll features, announced it has raised $15 million in a funding round with institutional…
Lightspeed shares surge after TSX IPO
Price shares in Lightspeed POS jumped by 18 percent on its first day of trading last Friday, with the company’s shares…
Intelligent recycling system Waste Robotics receives $1.4 million investment
Waste Robotics, a company building a robotic waste sorting solution, has received a $1.4 million investment from the federal…
Women-led companies receiving first $20 million CAD of Women Entrepreneurship Strategy
Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, Mary Ng, has announced the federal government is now investing $20 million…
Lightspeed prices IPO at $16 per share, raises $240 million CAD
Lightspeed has officially announced the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO), of 15,000,000 subordinate voting shares…
Fundica Roadshow announces $800,000 investment award
In a continued partnership with Panache Ventures and BCF Ventures, the Fundica Roadshow has announced the two firms will consider…
Women-focused Disruption Ventures raises $13 million led by Scotiabank
Disruption Ventures, a private female-founded venture capital fund investing in businesses led by women, is set to receive…
Muskoka Futures launches $250,000 investment competition
Muskoka Futures has launched Muskoka 4.0, opening applications for the $250,000 investment competition, in which entrepreneurs…
Emovi raises $15 million CAD Series C led by TVM Capital Life Science
Montreal-based Emovi has announced a $15 million CAD Series C with TVM Capital Life Science and co-investors StandUp Ventures…
eSentire raises $47 million USD, will build new office in Waterloo
Cambridge-based eSentire has announced it has raised $47 million USD in funding led by majority investor Warburg Pincus, a…
Student-led Front Row Ventures launching in Ontario
Front Row Ventures (FRV), a student-run Canadian venture capital fund, will be launching in Ontario this spring, and is now…
Trudeau announces Lunar Accelerator, partnership with NASA-led Lunar Gateway
In an effort to send humans back to the moon, and to explore Mars, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today, Canada will…