PwC’s FinTech market map takes stock of growing Canadian tech sector
With the help of Hockeystick, PwC Canada has produced a map that illustrates some of the trends shaping Canada’s financial…
Reports
Snapcommerce, Maple top 2021 Deloitte Technology Fast 50
Deloitte has announced the 2021 winners of its Technology Fast 50, a list that highlights Canadian tech companies’ innovation,…
Canadian SaaS funding in 2021 rebounds from 2020 low, fuelled by influx of US investors
Fuelled by pandemic-induced digital transformation efforts and rising support from United States (US) investors, Canadian software-as-a-service…
Canadian VC funding hits all-time high as seed investment continues to lag
For companies looking to raise capital in Canada, the market is a favourable one. The amount of venture capital (VC) being…
Hopper’s Series G kept Montréal funding strong in Q3
Montréal’s tech ecosystem continued to see strong venture funding in the third quarter of 2021, raising a total of $408.7…
After booming Q2, Waterloo Region deal volume hit two-year low in Q3 2021
With only five deals closed, venture funding activity in the Waterloo Region fell to a two-year low in the third quarter of…
Neo Financial’s Series B leads Calgary’s venture funding bounce back in Q3
Following a two-year low for tech investment, Calgary’s tech ecosystem saw a return to health in the third quarter of 2021,…
BC’s tech investment boom continued in Q3
With over $900 million raised by British Columbia’s tech startups, venture investment in the province stayed strong in the…
In Q3, Toronto startups broke venture funding records… again
Toronto tech startups once again broke venture funding records, raising over $1.6 billion through 53 deals in Q3 2021, according…
Despite COVID-19, Ontario AI ecosystem continues growth trajectory, report finds
The Vector Institute’s second annual snapshot of Ontario’s artificial intelligence (AI) sector has found that despite the…
Toronto-Waterloo rises in Startup Genome’s 2021 global ecosystem rankings, as Vancouver falls
Toronto-Waterloo has jumped four spots in Startup Genome’s annual global startup ecosystem report since 2020, as Canada’s…
BC set a new venture funding record in Q2 as total investment eclipsed previous quarter
Tech startups in British Columbia raised over $1 billion in the second quarter of 2021, slightly eclipsing total investment…
Lack of late-stage deals in Q2 deflated Calgary venture funding to two-year low
With no late-stage deals, the second quarter of 2021 marked the Calgary tech ecosystem’s lowest quarter for venture funding…
Toronto tech smashed venture funding records in Q2 with $1.46 billion raised
Toronto tech set a new record for venture funding during the second quarter of 2021, one of several milestones smashed according…
Montréal saw best venture funding quarter yet in Q2 as local startups clinched more megadeals
Over the last year, Montréal has often relied on one megadeal to keep venture funding levels healthy each quarter. But in…