Dream Payments secures $6 million in funding from Blue Sky Capital, Real Ventures, and Rouge River Capital
Cash continues to flow into Canadian startups. The latest is Toronto-based Dream Payments who has secured $6 million in funding,…
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Sensibill raises $2 million seed round from Impression, Six Squared + Ryerson Futures
Toronto-based Sensibill announced today that it has raised $2 million in seed funding, led by Impression Ventures with participation…
Toronto-based Quickplay raises $57 million
Toronto-based Quickplay has secured $57-million in funding to further expand its growth in the OTT (over-the-top) video market.…
BDC earmarks $700 million to fund women-owned businesses
Earlier this week at the Women Entrepreneurs Forum in Ottawa, Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Status of Women,…
CareGuide raises another $2.5 million, ponders acquisitions
When we last checked in with Toronto’s CareGuide, it was in the midst of closing a $1.5 million seed round from an impressive…
Today in funding: Mojio, Corsa + FedDev Ontario & BC CleanTech
FedDev and CleanTech funding dominate this edition of ‘Today in Funding’. Here’s the latest on who raised how…
Slack approaches $2.6B valuation with rumours of Butterfield stepping aside as CEO
Multiple tech publications pounced on rumours last night that Slack is looking to raise a new round of funding, six months…
Today in Ryerson University: new fashion innovation centre & incubator network
It’s been a big week for Ryerson University, with a slew of major partnership announcements. We’ve compiled the…
CB Insights: Canadian seed deals are growing
Venture capital analytics platform CB Insights has published a new blog post with a Canadian focus, this time tackling the…
Clearpath Robotics raises $14 million Series A from RRE & iNovia
Kitchener-Waterloo based Clearpath Robotics announced today that it has raised a $14 million CAD Series A round from RRE Ventures,…
CB Insights: BDC, Real Ventures, MaRS IAF top three Canadian VC firms in 2014
Venture capital analytics platform CB insights has published a blog post recounting the most active tech VCs in Canada for…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes shares four important funding tips for Canadian startups
Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes has been quite busy recently. In addition to prepping Canada’s first AngelList Syndicate, and…
Today in Funding: Dash Hudson, Vanhawks, RtTech
Lots of east coast love in this addition of ‘Today in Funding’, with rounds being closed in both Halifax and Moncton.…
MaRS Study: Toronto startups with women, foreign founders less likely to raise funding
Last December, the MaRS Data Catalyst team published a study investigating the ethnic and gender diversity of Toronto startups.…
Pressly Raises $2.1 million from Gibraltar Ventures, iNovia and OMERS
Toronto-based content marketing company Pressly has raised another round of funding. Led by Gibraltar Ventures, and with participation…