Following Vancouver Expansion, San Francisco’s Homejoy Raises $38 Million
San Francisco-based home cleaning network Homejoy expanded to Vancouver a few months ago, its second Canadian city among a…
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Toronto Research Startup Xagenic Nets $20 Million
Toronto-based research startup Xagenic, a molecular diagnostics company heavily associated with the MaRS Discovery District…
VC Insider: The Four Key Players of Venture Capital
Typically one thinks of the entrepreneur and the venture capitalist (VC) as the two main players in venture capital. Thatâs…
Calgary’s Slyce Closes $2.2 Million in Financing
Calgary-based visual search platform Slyce, which enables consumers to buy any item they see in the real world simply by…
Quebec Experiencing Best Year in Venture Cap in Over a Half Decade
The first three quarters of 2013 has turned out to be a pretty good for Quebec in terms of venture capital being invested-…
Execution Labs Creates Post-Graduation Program, But Devs Must Give up 70% Revenue
Execution Labs, the Montreal-based accelerator and incubator for independent, mobile game developers, today announced that…
Montreal’s Outpost Travel Raises $200,000 Seed Round from Private Investors
Scorned by Dawson College and yet embraced by startup heroes like Dave McClure, the polarizing Montreal startup Outpost Travel…
Nova Scotia’s Affinio, Inc. Raises $1.5 Million for Tactics Cloud Tool
Nova Scotia-based business intelligence startup Affinio, Inc. has raised $1.5 Million in venture capital from Build Ventures.…
CMF Experimental Stream Startups Can Get an Extra $30K Towards an Accelerator Program
The Canadian Media Fund (CMF) has announced a new funding announcement that will give $30,000 to 12 startups accepted into…
Waterloo’s VeloCity Renames Venture Fund, Shakes Up Funding Structure
Waterloo-based startup incubator, VeloCity, has changed the name of one of its most successful programs, the “VeloCity…
Venture Capital Insider: What Do Venture Capitalists Do Everyday?
While some of us might think the job of a venture capitalist mostly entails socializing at events with people who want their…
Fredricton’s Introhive Gets Additional Funding From SalesForce.Com
Fredricton-based startup Introhive already raised a series B round of funding from Build Ventures, CIT GAP, Fortify VC, Growthworks…
SDTC Invests $39.8 Million in Quebec Cleantech Project
While Cleantech projects typically scare off traditional startup seed VC funds because of the amount of money needed, it is…
Extreme Startups Orchestrates Major Shake-Up, Splits into Three Categories
We didn’t hear much from Marcus Daniels since he took on the position of Extreme Startups’ Managing Director earlier…
BEST Funds Makes a $3 Million Bet on Mobile Sales Tool
Oakville-based mobile sales technology company Skura Corporation has received $3 million in venture capital funding from Toronto’s…