Startup Canada launches retail startup fund with TruShield
Startup Canada and TruShield Insurance jointly announced today the launch of a new fund dedicated to the creation of more high-growth…
Funding
Gemba Software Solutions launches with $1.5 million investment
Gemba Software Solutions, a software-as-a-service provider focused on workplace training, has secured $1.5 million in funding.…
Applications for Startup Canada Community Investment Fund now open
Today, Startup Canada opened applications for its Startup Canada Community Investment Fund, which invests in high-impact, entrepreneur-driven…
Startup Canada announces new fund for entrepreneur-led co-working spaces
Startup Canada has issued a call for partnership proposals today from grassroots, entrepreneur-led coworking spaces, incubators,…
Halifax’s Eyeball raises $1 million seed round to help facilitate amateur sports
Halifax-based startup Eyeball announced this week the close of a $1 million seed round, led by Clearwater Fine Foods, makers…
Mogo secures credit facility of up to $200 million from Fortress
Vancouver-based Mogo Finance Technology announced today that it has finalized an agreement with Fortress Credit Co LLC. Fortress…
Toronto’s Spacefy the first early stage startup to use Waverley platform
Toronto-based Spacefy, a startup that calls itself the “AirBnB of creative spaces” allowing people to book unique…
McRock raises $65 million in new fund to invest in Industrial IoT
Toronto-based McRock Capital has announced the close of McRock iNFund LP, focused on the Industrial Internet of Things (IIot)…
Rho Canada Ventures leads AirVM’s $8 million Series A
Ottawa-based AirVM announced today the close of an $8 million Series A round, led by Rho Canada Ventures, with participation…
Real Ventures raises $89 million for “a more national fund”
The Globe and Mail is reporting that VC firm Real Ventures has raised $89 million for its third fund. Real Ventures Fund III…
Female Funders launches with mission to create 1000 new female angel investors
Katherine Hague has a strong connection with angel investment. The entrepreneur began angel investing after selling her company…
2015 Spark Cape Breton Innovation Challenge winners announced
Innovacorp announced the winners of the Spark Cape Breton Innovation Challenge this morning. Organized in partnership with…
Sharethebus raises $750,000 seed round from Maple Leaf Angels’ MLA48
Toronto-based Maple Leaf Angels announced last week that it has led a $750,000 seed funding round for Montreal’s Sharethebus.…
National ProStaff and Zambah receive funding from City Flow Project
City Flow Project announced funding for two Spark Innovation Centre clients this week. National ProStaff, a leading social…
PlentyofFish CEO Markus Frind leads Grouplend’s $10.2 million funding round
Vancouver-based Grouplend announced this week that it has closed a new $10.2 million funding round, led by PlentyofFish CEO,…