Sid Paquette will now head RBC Ventures and RBCx
Paquette will lead some 500 staff members between the two groups.
Toronto
Eight months after a personal tragedy and a lab fire, e-Zinc has bounced back with a $31 million CAD Series A
e-Zinc has secured backing from Anzu, BDC, Toyota, and Eni to start producing its energy storage solution.
Cybrid secures $3.8 million CAD seed round to help challenger banks launch crypto
Cybrid calls itself “the crypto banking-as-a-service provider.”
Amid NFT boom, Liquid MarketPlace aims to turn physical sports and Pokémon cards into tokens
Logan Paul-led startup using blockchain to facilitate fractional ownership of physical assets.
Cosm Medical raises $4.7 million CAD for its custom gynecological prosthetics
Cosm wants to change the standard of care for pelvic floor disorders.
Athlete Tech Group aims to demystify tech for Black youth with second Tech Summit Black
After “sparking curiosity” in 2021, second summit wanted to help Black youth build tech skills.
Citylitics closes $6.2 million CAD to help companies spot public infrastructure sales opportunities
After building presence in transportation, Citylitics plans to move into new verticals like power.
FutureFit AI raises $5.7 million to scale career navigation platform
JPMorgan Chase, Acumen America co-led the round.
With Series A funding, Manifest Climate can scale approach to helping companies see climate change as a strategic issue
The $30 million round will help Manifest reach new markets.
PocketHealth secures $20 million CAD to put medical records in US patients’ pockets
PocketHealth wants to help users access, share, and understand medical imaging.
Canadian startups in Y Combinator tie all-time high at Winter 2022 Demo Day
For the second time, 16 Canadian startups participated in a YC cohort.
Bonsai closes $21 million to scale embedded commerce solution for publishers like BuzzFeed, Vox
CEO says focus on net-new GMV sets Bonsai apart from competition in the checkout field.
Clearco commits to Dublin with $164.4 million CAD earmarked for Irish startups
Clearco’s Dublin hub will back the company’s broader European expansion.
Meta to hire up to 2,500 workers in Canada, open engineering hub to build metaverse
Meta said Toronto will play an important role in creating the metaverse.
Telus Health continues Canadian healthtech acquisition spree with Sprout
Telus Health previously planted money into Sprout in 2015.