Minister Bardish Chagger announces $50 million will be dedicated to women-led businesses through BDC
At the Canadian Women’s Entrepreneurship Conference in Toronto, Bardish Chagger, Minister of Small Business and Tourism,…
Funding
Vanedge Capital receives $15 million from BC Tech Fund
In mid-October, the BC government announced that Toronto-based Kensington Capital Partners would manage its $100 million Tech…
VC Report: $2.5 billion invested in first nine months of 2016 best since 2001
Thomson Reuters released its analysis on venture capital deal activity for Q3 2016, stating that venture capital activity in…
Four BCIC Ignite Award winners receive total of $2.7 million in funding
The BC Innovation Council announced the first four winners of its Ignite Awards, giving out $838,000 to BC research projects…
Relay Ventures raises $200 million third fund to continue focus on mobile tech companies
When Kevin Talbot co-founded Relay Ventures in 2008, he knew two things: that this up-and-coming “mobile thing” was going…
Today in funding ($69.1M): Big Viking Games, Turnstone Biologics, Decisive Farming
Canadian companies are reporting are announcing major rounds today. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and from…
Recon co-founders close $14.1 million to target western Canada startups with Vancouver Founders Fund
Vancouver is increasingly being seen as a boom-town when it comes to tech startup innovation. That assessment goes down a few…
Waterloo-based Axonify raises $36 million to accelerate growth of employee knowledge platform
Waterloo-based Axonify, a corporate learning platform that allows businesses to deliver information to employees in a more…
Intellijoint Surgical announces $11 million Series A to continue US expansion
Waterloo-based Intellijoint Surgical, which develops 3D surgical navigation solutions for surgery, announced the close of an…
Innovacorp receives $40 million from Nova Scotia government for early stage fund
The Nova Scotia government is dedicating a total of $40 million to Innovacorp’s Nova Scotia First Fund, its fund for…
nanoPay raises $10 million Series A to expand the MintChip platform globally
Earlier this year, Toronto-based nanoPay announced that it was acquiring MintChip, a digital currency created by the Royal…
How AngelList Syndicates will work in Ontario
Yesterday, BetaKit reported the Ontario Securities Commission’s (OSC) decision to allow Ontario investors to lead and…
Wave raises $14.6 million with goal to grow team to 150 and continue mobile development
Toronto-based FinTech startup Wave announced a $14.6 million investment today, led by BDC’s IT Venture Fund. HarbourVest…
AngelList Syndicates finally launches in Canada via new OSC program (with some caveats)
It has been 20 full months since Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes told BetaKit that he wanted to run the first AngelList Syndicate…
Kensington Capital Partners to manage $100M BC Tech Fund
In December, the British Columbia government announced that it was establishing a $100 million BC Tech Fund. The goal of the…