Vancouver Identity Verifier Trulioo Lands Investment from UST Global
Trulioo, a Vancouver-based startup that offers a comprehensive ID verification solution, has landed a “strategic investment”…
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Hootsuite Could Soon Go Public According to Reports
Vancouver social media dashboard startup Hootsuite is poised to go public following an expected cash influx from Fidelity…
Why Did Bay Street’s Altas Partners Invest in a Grenada University?
Canadian private equity firms are often no strangers to highly-valued tech startups when considered where to spend their capital.…
iNovia’s Shawn Abbott Explains the Epic #icebucketchallenge Video
Here at GROW Conference in Whistler we had a chance to speak with iNovia Capital investor Shawn Abbott about his team’s…
3D Content Startup Verold Raises $1.6M Funding Round Led by GrowthWorks
Toronto’s 3D content startup Verold has raised its second round of funding, this one a $1.6 million round from GrowthWorks…
Toronto’s Vantage Analytics Raises $1.1 Seed Round from Real Ventures, Angels
Toronto startup Vantage Analytics has raised $1.1 million in seed funding from Real Ventures and several angels within the…
Innovation Guelph to Throw ‘Startup Royale’ for Youth-Led Teams
Innovation Guelph is ready to host its first “Startup Royale” pitch competition. The organization helps ideas…
Kelowna EdTech Startup FreshGrade Raises $4.3 Million Seed Round
Kelowna-based edtech startup FreshGrade has raised a $4.3 million seed round led by NewSchools Venture Fund, Emerson Collective,…
$55K Up for Grabs With Spark Centre’s Ignite Startup Competition
Oshawa’s non-for-profit Spark Innovation Centre is all set to host its second annual Ignite Competition. It’ll…
Canadian VCs Ranked Favourably in New Deloitte-NVCA Survey
Canadian venture capitalists and private equity firms scored big marks in a recent Deloitte-NVCA survey that revealed global…
Desire2Learn Raises $85 Million Following Record Growth Year
Desire2Learn (D2L) has raised an $85 million series B round, led by Columbus Nova Technology Partners, Graham Holdings, Four…
Just Two Days Left to Apply to York Region’s YEDIInstitute Fall 2014 Cohort
York Region’s YEDIInstitute incubator is giving potential startups until Friday night for its call to applications for…
Private Jets and Expensive Trips: The New ‘Arms Race’ in Wooing Entrepreneurs
iNovia Capital partner Chris Arsenault said he was sitting down at dinner last night with a Canadian entrepreneur in Silicon…
Armed with $800K Seed Round, Montreal’s Provender Launches in Toronto
After launching almost a year ago with a bit of angel cash, Montreal’s Provender officially launched in Toronto this…
Three Canadian Startups Named to Latest 500 Startups Batch
Dave McClure and company at Silicon Valley’s 500 Startups have given the nod to three Canadian startups for entry into…