M&A likely to be a significant driver of value for Canadian tech firms in 2022
byPwC data finds Canada’s growth in M&A last year was in step with a global surge.
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New analysis identifies 35 Canadian tech companies on path to $1 billion in annual revenue
byList points to startups like ApplyBoard, Benevity, Clio, FreshBooks, RenoRun.
Calgary only Canadian tech city not to drop in Startup Genome’s annual ecosystem report
byStartup Blink report tells different story, with Canadian cities rising up through the ranks.
Legaltech unicorn Clio now also a centaur after hitting $100 million USD in ARR milestone
byAmid glut of unicorns, Bessemer calls centaur status “true mark of an exceptional SaaS startup.”
Five Canadian startups crack CB Insights’ 2022 AI 100 list
byFour out of the five Canadian companies come from Toronto.
Canadian tech venture deal count continued to decline in Q1 2022, but total investment stayed high: CVCA
byQ1 2022 was also just shy of the most private equity deals on record.
Startup Genome ranks Vancouver, Toronto-Waterloo among top global AgTech, new food ecosystems
byVancouver came ninth, while Toronto-Waterloo finished 11th.
Québec venture funding turned a new corner in Q1 2022 with $1.4 billion raised
byQuébec’s later-stage tech startups make waves while early-stage funding loses steam.
Alberta’s tech sector coming of age as province sets new venture funding record in Q1 2022
byLocal and global investors opened their pockets to a growing crop of Alberta tech startups.
BC venture funding starts 2022 strong, but are later-stage companies raising at yesterday’s prices?
byVCs say price uncertainty creating a “standstill” between investors and late-stage firms.
Venture funding in Waterloo Region moved “in the right direction” in Q1 2022
byQ1 2022 represented the most active quarter for the Waterloo Region in the last year.
Toronto venture funding continued to reach new heights in Q1 2022, but tech valuations may be due for a cooling
byToronto broke another venture funding record in Q1, but what’s going on under the hood?
New report shares stories of the biases women entrepreneurs face raising capital
by“He said, ‘well, don’t you just want to go get married and have babies now? Why are you fundraising?’”
2022 Narwhal List tracks Canada’s unicorn explosion
byWith a rising number of Canadian unicorns, Narwhal List shifts focus to fast-scaling companies.
Larger rounds, US dollars fuelled Canadian tech’s record-shattering 2021
byUS investment firms outnumbered Canadian investment firms in Series A, B, C deals.