Panache Ventures acquires Commonwealth Ventures, launches Fund II
Montreal’s Panache Ventures has acquired San Francisco-based Commonwealth Ventures, as the early-stage venture firm looks…
Funding
Following Google accelerator nod, Paperstack attracts $250,000 pre-seed round, interest from Canada’s unicorns
Fresh from acceptance into Google’s second Women Founders Accelerators cohort, Toronto-based FinTech startup Paperstack has…
Gallea raises $1.5 million CAD in seed funding to expand art distribution network
Art tech company and distribution network Gallea announced on Wednesday that it raised $1.5 million CAD in a seed funding round.…
Shopify makes strategic investment in Israeli ecommerce marketing startup Yotpo with new partnership
Two unicorns, Canadian ecommerce giant Shopify and Israeli ecommerce marketing startup Yotpo, have signed a multi-year platform…
Irwin raises $25 million CAD as investor relations startup claims increased demand due to pandemic
Investor relations software company Irwin announced the closing of a $25 million CAD ($20 million USD) Series A financing round…
Rebranded Nuula secures $120 million for real-time data app, loan offering for small businesses
Nuula is a newly branded FinTech company, now headquartered in Toronto, that is looking to provide small businesses with data…
AON3D gets $14.4 million CAD in Series A funding, announces partnership with private space agency
Montreal’s AON3D is literally over the moon with its latest round of funding after securing $11.5 million USD ($14.4 million…
Cohere raises $40 million USD to make natural language processing more accessible
Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cohere, which provides natural language processing (NLP) models, has secured…
Creative Layer secures backing from Shopify CEO, Celtic House for personalized printing platform for Shopify creators
After selling Canvaspop in July, Ottawa’s Nazim Ahmed has already launched his next startup, Creative Layer, raising $3 million…
ShopperPlus secures $20 million to expand online marketplace
Québec-based startup ShopperPlus has raised $20 million CAD in Series A financing to bring its e-commerce platform and delivery…
FedDev Ontario commits combined $12 million to OneEleven and new Waterloo-London healthtech hub
In August, the Government of Canada made some investments, through FedDev Ontario, in the province’s innovation and startup…
Fresh Prep raises $21 million Series B round to bring its meal kits to new markets
Vancouver-based startup Fresh Prep has secured $21 million CAD in Series B financing to expand its meal kit delivery service…
New York-based FinTech startup Jeeves announces $71.6 million CAD, expansion into Canada
Armed with a major round of funding, New York-based Jeeves announced September 2 it’s expanding within Canada as well as…
Audette secures $1 million to help commercial real estate sector build and implement carbon reduction plans
After testing out its platform in British Columbia and gaining acceptance to the first cohort of Google Canada’s Cloud accelerator…
D3 Security secures $18.9 million CAD in growth equity, debt financing
Vancouver’s Vistara Growth (formerly Vistara Capital Partners) is taking a $10 million USD ($12.6 million CAD) growth equity…