Prairie startups secure investment at Startup TNT summit showcase
Companies from across Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatchewan participated in Startup TNT’s Investment Summit IV, with many of…
Funding
Spare ready to roll with $18 million Series A funding for its on-demand transit software
An oversubscribed $18 million Series A round is going to help Spare further build out its mobility software platform for public…
Volta Cohort program gives five early-stage Atlantic-Canadian startups $25,000 each
Halifax-based innovation hub Volta has announced that five early-stage Atlantic-Canadian startups will join its fall 2021 cohort…
Tech4SickKids e-auction raises $50,000 towards $25 million goal to modernize SickKids hospital
Tech4SickKids, a grassroots campaign to raise $25 million for Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), raised $50,000…
Constellation Software launches $200 million venture fund to find potential acquisitions
Constellation Software Inc. has launched a $200 million CAD venture capital fund, called VMS Ventures, saying it will finance…
WELL Health raises $70 million of target $500 million from bought deal offering
Vancouver-based WELL Health Technologies has raised $70 million from a bought deal offering of convertible debentures. In a…
Previously bootstrapped, appointment booking solution Booxi raises $1.5 million
Montréal-based retail tech startup Booxi has received $1.5 million CAD in financing from Investissement Quebec and Business…
Gotcare, Nectar raise seed funding supported by Telus’ corporate impact fund
Two social and environmental impact-focused Canadian tech companies, Toronto-based Gotcare and Montréal-based Nectar Technologies,…
Armed with first close of $6.3 million CAD, PaceZero aims to bring focus on sustainability to Canada’s private credit market
A pair of former capital market operators have launched a new Toronto-based investment firm to address what they see as a gap…
Harvest Builders launches venture fund to build on Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes success
SkipTheDishes co-founder and former CEO Chris Simair is looking to increase the Prairies’ notoriety yet again, this time…
Bill Gates firm backs Mangrove Lithium, as need for faster lithium processing for electric vehicles booms
Mangrove Lithium has received a $10 million USD ($12.6 million CAD) Series A round to address the emerging deficit of high-purity…
Rhino Ventures unveils $120 million third fund to invest beyond Western Canada
Rhino Ventures announced its Fund III on November 23, and armed with $120 million CAD is ready to move beyond British Columbia…
GaN Systems nails $189.7 million CAD to drive semiconductor innovation
GaN Systems, a producer of gallium nitride power semiconductors, has secured a $150 million USD ($189.7 million CAD) growth…
Espresso Capital secures $200 million USD credit facility to fund tech firms in red-hot venture debt market
Espresso Capital has closed a $200 million USD credit facility from KeyBank, a Cleveland, Ohio-based financial institution.…
Northleaf Capital Partners to launch new technology fund
Northleaf Capital Partners announced it has raised an additional $4 billion USD in commitments over the last year, and an as-of-yet…