eSight is going public
Damon Capital Corp, a Canadian capital pool company, has agreed to combine with eSight. eSight, which helps the legally blind…
Funding
Today in Funding: Benevity, Northleaf Capital Partners, and Viafoura
A variety of Canadian companies and funds raised big money this week. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and from…
Velocity Fund Finals is Waterloo’s startup Thunderdome
I like to think of the Velocity Fund Finals like Thunderdome from “Mad Max”. Only here in Waterloo Region, it’s ten startups…
Snug Vest’s wearable hug gets funding love to tackle U.S. market
Vancouver startup Snug Vest recently gained $500,000 in new funding for its innovative vest that gives people with autism a…
Procurify secures $4 million investment, brings on Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes and CFO Steve Johnson as advisors
Procurify, an international cloud procurement software firm headquartered in Vancouver, announced it’s received $4 million…
CAIP invests $9.7 million in Kitchener-Waterloo startup ecosystem
FedDev Ontario Minister of State Gary Goodyear, and MPs for Kitchener Centre and Kitchener-Waterloo jointly announced $9.7…
500px raises $13 million Series B to capture Chinese market
500px announced today that it has closed a $13 million Series B round led by strategic investor Visual China Group. All major…
GroupBy Inc. receives $3 million investment from BEST Funds
BEST Funds, a partnership between Toronto-based private equity/venture capital firm’s B.E.S.T. Active 365 Fund LP and Tier…
Kaizena raises $900,000 in seed funding to bring “good change” to students worldwide
Kitchener-Waterloo based startup Kaizena announced today the close of $900,000 in seed funding, led by NewSchools Seed Fund,…
University of Waterloo creates facility dedicated to smart transportation
The University of Waterloo has established a new research facility dedicated to researching new breeds of smarter and greener…
Today in funding: Introhive, Fulcrum Capital Partners, Xagenic, and Canadian Media Fund
Canadian companies in the media, medical, and middle-market industries — plus a couple of former BlackBerry execs — raised…
FedDev commits $3.2 million to support southwestern Ontario SMB’s through WOCDFCA
Through FedDev, the Harper government has announced it’s investing millions to help businesses succeed in southwestern…
Influitive Closes $30.5M Series B Round. CEO Mark Organ shares how
Influitive, a prominent player in advocate marketing category has closed $30.5 million in a Series B round of funding led by…
Vancouver’s ePACT secures $1 million in WINN funding
Vancouver-based online emergency network ePACT announced yesterday that it has received $1 million in funding after being selected…
RSVP Technologies receives $950,000 from FedDev Ontario
The FedDev Ontario program started in 2009 and has seeded millions of dollars to startups in the province. Honing in on the…