Isaac Souweine leaves Real Ventures, joins Pender Ventures to support Vancouver firm’s expansion across Canada
After backing nine startups through first fund, Pender Ventures hopes to raise $100 million CAD for Fund II.
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Goeasy plans to leverage its LendCare acquisition with online car sales startup Canada Drives
Financial services company makes $40 million equity investment, joins Canada Drives’ board.
FinTech chatbot startup Finn AI gets acquired by former partner Glia
Finn AI has also worked with Visa, BMO, and ATB Financial.
Autozen secures $5.1 million to expand car marketplace in Canada, US
Autozen has secured over $5.1 million in what it described as an oversubscribed seed round.
Impro.AI secures $2.25 million CAD to improve its AI-augmented corporate coaching solution
The Vancouver startup plans to add corporate mentoring next.
BBTV reduces workforce by 14 percent following revenue decline in Q1
Layoffs continue to sweep Canada’s tech sector.
Collision unveils 28 Canadian startups shortlisted for pitch competition
Collision expects to see 35,000 attendees in-person after two years of being online.
WonderFi to become only Canadian-regulated crypto-trading platform listed on the TSX
Listing comes after WonderFi reduced its staff by between 15 to 20 percent.
Amid crypto crash, WonderFi makes case for long-term survival
Following Bitbuy acquisition, WonderFi has reduced staff by at least 15 to 20 percent.
Calgary only Canadian tech city not to drop in Startup Genome’s annual ecosystem report
Startup Blink report tells different story, with Canadian cities rising up through the ranks.
Trendi, Swede, Frontly the latest early-stage BC startups to secure funding
Three early-stage BC startups secure pre-seed and seed funding.
Parvis raises $2.6 million seed round for blockchain-enabled real estate investment management platform
Parvis’ direct-to-investor platform is set to launch later this summer.
Penny AI raises $33.9 million CAD Series B to expand direct sales solution
Penny’s platform supports sales consultants in over 60 countries and 25 languages.
Acquisitions drive revenues at Emerge Commerce and Plurilock Security
Both companies report revenue increases for the first quarter of 2022.
Unbounce expands leadership team with addition of Indochino, RBC Ventures, Mapbox alums
Startup adds CMO, CPO, and VP of engineering for “next phase of growth.”