Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund completes $300 million investment program with $15 million Lumira Capital investment
Northleaf Capital Partners announced that it’s completely deployed its $300 million Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund,…
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New Brunswick Innovation Foundation invests in 500 Startups Canada
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NFIB) has invested in 500 Startups Canada’s $30 million fund, and has become a partner…
Financeit announces funding capacity of $85 million
Toronto-based POS financing platform Financeit has announced the close of a $75 million renewable securitization facility,…
Report: $3.2 billion in VC investments made in Canada last year
BDC has released a report on Canada’s venture capital landscape, and indicated that while there is positive momentum,…
Yaletown Partners wins CVCA’s Deal of the Year award for investment in Bit Stew
Vancouver-based Yaletown Partners has won the “Deal of the Year” award from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity…
Plaza Ventures and Extreme Venture Partners are raising their next funds on Crowdmatrix
Plaza Ventures and Extreme Venture Partners are raising their next funds on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdmatrix. “Institutional…
BDC Capital commits $250 million to filling a funding gap for growth stage companies
BDC Capital announced that it is investing $250 million in growth equity financing to high-potential and rapidly growing businesses…
Pressboard raises $2 million to develop AI assistant for its branded content marketplace
Vancouver-based Pressboard has raised a $2 million to expand its branded content marketplace. The funding round was led by…
CIC Capital investing $202 million in Canadian companies through new North American Growth Fund
CIC Capital Canada announced the launch of a new $674 million CAD North American Growth Fund, with $202 million CAD dedicated…
Beanworks raises $4.5 million Series A, adds new VPs
Vancouver-based Beanworks has raised a $4.5 million Series A. The round was led by the Vancouver Founder Fund and TIMIA Capital.…
HeyOrca raises $2 million to build up US presence and double headcount
St.John’s-based HeyOrca has announced $2 million in follow-on seed funding from Killick Capital and Pelorus Venture Capital.…
TouchBistro raises $16.3 million Series C to continue North American expansion
Toronto-based TouchBistro has raised $16.3 million in a Series C round led by two major firms. The round was led by Napier…
Mistral Venture Partners closes $26 million of Fund II, invests in Blue J Legal
Ottawa-based Mistral Venture Partners announced that it closed $26 million of its second fund in January, according to PE Hub…
Wave raises $32 million from RBC, Portag3 Ventures
Toronto-based Wave has announced a strategic financing round of $32 million CAD from National Australia Bank (NAB), RBC, Portag3,…
Canadian gov’t opens applications for $950 million ‘supercluster’ initiative
When the budget was announced in March 2017, the federal government promised $950 million towards ‘superclusters’,…