Sleep Country acquires 25 percent stake in blackout curtains manufacturer Sleepout
Major Canadian sleep retailer Sleep Country has signed an agreement to purchase a 25 percent stake in Sleepout, a Toronto-based…
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Shabodi secures $3.3 million to accelerate deployment of next-generation 5G solutions
Toronto-based Shabodi has raised $3.17 million USD in what it classifies as an oversubscribed seed round led by Blumberg Capital,…
Whitecap Venture Partners closes $140 million Fund V to invest across Canada
Whitecap Venture Partners has secured $140 million CAD for its fifth fund, which will invest in early-stage B2B SaaS and medtech…
NACO names Backbone Angels’ Arati Sharma 2021 Angel of the Year
Former Shopify senior leader and current founding partner of Backbone Angels Arati Sharma has been named Canada’s Angel…
Wealthsimple Trade to launch ‘Plus’ tier, sunset ‘Premium’ offering, streamline US trading
Did someone say rundle?
Four startups from initial Entrepreneur First Toronto cohort raise collective $5.7 million CAD
As part of Entrepreneur First Toronto’s initial cohort in the city, startups TriplePlay (formerly Lobby), Vivid Machines,…
Ritual alumni launch GoodGood with $6.5 million to scale commerce for local food and drink makers
Ritual’s co-founder Robert Kim and former senior director of partnerships Kris Linney have co-founded a new Toronto-based…
Wealthsimple sells UK book of business as FinTech giant focuses solely on Canada (for now?)
Is Wealthsimple trying to build Canada’s first FinTech super app?
Inside the rise of Canadian venture studios
Over the last seven years, the number of global venture studios has increased by 625 percent, and Canada is no exception to…
Toronto right-wing video platform Rumble to go public on Nasdaq through SPAC
Video-sharing platform Rumble is set to go public on the Nasdaq through a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC)…
Just Boardrooms raises $3 million, launches marketplace for in-person meeting spaces
Toronto-based Just Boardrooms has raised $3 million CAD from a group of angel investors as the company launched its online…
Gradient Spaces, Georgian launch incubator program for early-stage 2SLGBTQIA+ founders
Gradient Spaces has opened applications to its new incubator program for Canadian founders who identify as members of the 2SLGBTQIA+…
Willful lands Dragon Michele Romanow in new $750,000 round
Kevin Oulds and Erin Bury entered the Dragons’ Den in June to pitch their death tech startup Willful. It was a move that…
Arteria AI pens deal to acquire assets of H4
Toronto-based Arteria AI is set to acquire certain assets of H4, a London, England-based company. As part of the agreement,…
Pow! Bam! Biff! Special effects studio Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies raises $6.5 million
Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies might sound like your worst nightmare, but it’s actually the name of a technology and visual…