Tech-enabled fulfillment company Darwynn closes $20 million pre-seed round
Darwynn says its facilities take up less space and costs less to operate.
Funding
Blume secures $2 million CAD to scale latte replacement product
Ex-Frank and Oak exec buys into Blume’s first institutional round.
Federal, BC governments invest in new agtech innovation centre at Simon Fraser University
The centre is expected to create 200 jobs and train over 700 workers.
Oncoustics secures $5.5 million CAD to help spot liver disease using AI
Startup aims to “decrease or eliminate” need for high-end imaging, painful biopsies.
Intelligent City puts scaffolding in place to scale sustainable building solution
Intelligent City has secured $22 million CAD from investors like BDC.
Permalution, Magnestar, Ohh! Foods among winners of Startupfest 2022 pitch competitions
The tech at Startupfest varied from harvesting fog to “inclusive snacking.”
Multilingual chatbot startup Proto secures $5.6 million for global expansion
Proto’s polyglot chatbot was created to improve inclusion, protection of customers.
Fieldless Farms secures $17.5 million to expand indoor farm, leafy greens product line
The Ottawa startup claims growing demand for lettuce amid global shortage.
Financial rates comparison platform Ratehub receives “major” investment from Novacap
Novacap buys into financial education platform Ratehub amid increasing mortgage rates.
Truffle raises $2.3 million to compete with restaurant POS incumbents Lightspeed, Square
Truffle’s latest feature allows for contactless food pickup using a locker system.
Welbi raises $3 million CAD to take its senior engagement software south of the border
Welbi’s solution helps ease the isolation of seniors in assisted living facilities.
Northumberland CFDC secures $7.7 million from federal government to launch new funding program
The program is expected to help 145 companies transition to greener business.
Tissue engineering startup Spiderwort raises $17.1 million CAD to move to clinical trials
Spiderwort’s plant-based scaffolding can be used in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.
Milk Moovement bags $26 million CAD to bolster dairy supply chain software
The Halifax startup beefs up its cash reserves.
Solana Ventures, Twitch co-founder buy into Bravo Ready’s play-to-earn, Web3 video game
Bravo Ready has secured $3.9 million in fiat and cryptocurrency.