Today in funding: Poka, Budge, OCE SmartStart
A wide variety of Canadian funding announcements today, with funds both raising capital and investing it. Here’s the latest…
Funding
Vidyard Raises $18M To Grow Its Video Marketing Platform
Kitchener-based Vidyard just announced an epic $18M series B raise, because we’re all watching videos, all the time. “The…
MaRS-backed Unata raises $1.2M to fuel U.S. grocery retail growth
Toronto-based Unata announced today that it has secured $1.2 million in funding. The round was lead by MaRS’ Investment Accelerator…
Shopify reportedly prepping for 2015 dual-IPO to raise $100M at $1 billion valuation
Ottawa-based Shopify has been rumoured to go public for about a year now. According to the Wall Street Journal, the ecommerce…
Today in funding: BuildDirect, Versant Venture Capital, Gallop Labs
More big financing news in Canada, with a big dose of cash foreshadowing future healthcare investment. Here’s the latest…
Gallop Labs raises $2 Million seed round; Alkarim Nasser of BNOTIONS joins team
Gallop Labs announced an impressive $2 million seed round, led by Golden Venture Partners and Mantella Venture Partners, with…
Wagepoint secures $2 million investment from Extreme Venture Partners, BDC, ACOA
Waterloo-based Wagepoint announced today a $2 million injection of seed funding that will assist the company to expand its…
Today in funding: Sampler, Newtopia, Borrowell & BlueDot raise capital
Today was a big day in Toronto funding announcements. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from whom. Sampler raises…
MaRS study says the Toronto startup money is in health and cleantech
Last week, MaRS’ Data Catalyst team released the results from its survey of Toronto region startups. In addition to demographic…
Slack CEO says they are “hiring pretty aggressively in Vancouver”
It seems that Slack is honouring its Canadian roots and plans to continue to hire employees for its Yaletown office in Vancouver.…
Latest Canadian stats reveal $5.8B in government funding and $900M in venture capital investments in first half of 2014
A new report by The Funding Portal reveals new data on the amount of funding Canadian startups have received. The stats show…
Toronto Raptors’ Greivis Vásquez joins MoPals’ board of directors
MoPals announced this morning that Greivis Vásquez, versatile sixth-man for the Toronto Raptors, would be joining the startup’s…
Eventbase raises $2 million, acquires UK-based LetsLynk to strengthening its trade show technology offering
Vancouver-based Eventbase Technology has raised $2 million in Series A funding from South By Southwest (SXSW), the same people…
DogVacay raises $25 million, led by OMERS Ventures
Santa Monica-based DogVacay, which is being called the Airbnb for dogs, has received a significant boost as it’s raised…
Wirkn receives $400,000 in funding, brings on Derek Szeto as CEO
Wirkn is working it. The Toronto-based company claims to be “the world’s first end-to-end mobile employment solution…